CN220614033U - Battery cell module clamping device and full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model provides a clamping device of an electric core module and a full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator, wherein the clamping device of the electric core module comprises a clamping frame, two side ends of the clamping frame are horizontally connected with a group of clamping jaws for clamping the electric core module in a sliding manner, the clamping jaws are in transmission connection with a clamping jaw driving device for driving the two clamping jaws to horizontally slide close to and far away from each other, the clamping device further comprises a locking device for fixing a clamping jaw to prevent the clamping jaw from moving after the clamping jaw clamps the electric core module, and a buffer device for buffering and a limiting device for limiting the two clamping jaws when the two clamping jaws slide close to the clamping electric core module are fixed on the clamping frame. The utility model can realize high automatic clamping efficiency of the battery cell module, the locking device can keep the stability of the clamping jaw after clamping the battery cell module, prevent the clamping jaw from moving or shaking, prevent the battery cell module from moving and misplacing in the subsequent moving process, and has good stability.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of battery cell production equipment, in particular to a battery cell module clamping device and a full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator.
Background
With the rapid development of economic technology, mechanical automation has also achieved a rapid development. The existing household energy storage product production line adopts manual or semi-automatic devices to carry the battery cells and modules, and has the advantages of low efficiency, high labor intensity, high cost and poor stability.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides a clamping device for an electric core module and a full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator, which solve the problems of low efficiency and poor stability of electric core module carrying equipment in the prior art.
The technical scheme of the utility model is realized as follows:
the utility model firstly provides a clamping device for a cell module, which comprises a clamping frame, wherein two side ends of the clamping frame are horizontally connected with a group of clamping jaws for clamping the cell module in a sliding manner, the clamping jaws are in transmission connection with a clamping jaw driving device for driving the two clamping jaws to horizontally slide close to and far away from each other, the clamping device also comprises a locking device for fixing a clamping jaw to prevent the clamping jaw from moving after the clamping jaw clamps the cell module, and a buffer device for buffering and a limiting device for limiting the clamping jaws when the two clamping jaws slide close to the clamping cell module are fixed on the clamping frame.
Further, a clamping jaw positioning block used for clamping the cell module and having guiding and positioning functions is fixed on the inner side surface of the clamping jaw, and an insulating rubber cushion layer is also fixed on the inner side surface of the clamping jaw and the outer surface of the clamping jaw positioning block.
Further, the clamping jaw is L-shaped, and a plurality of avoidance openings are formed in the clamping jaw positioning block.
Further, the upper end fixedly connected with slide of clamping jaw, fixedly connected with slider on the slide, clamping frame fixedly connected with horizontally sliding rail, slider sliding connection is on the sliding rail, two drive cylinders of clamping jaw drive arrangement, the tip and the slide fixed connection of the telescopic link of drive cylinder.
Further, the locking device comprises a locking cylinder which is vertically downward, the end part of the telescopic rod of the locking cylinder is fixedly connected with a pressing plate, and the pressing plate is positioned above the sliding seat.
Further, a limit groove or a limit hole corresponding to the pressing plate is formed in the sliding seat.
Further, the buffer device is a buffer cylinder, the limiting device is a limiting stud, and the buffer cylinder and the limiting stud are four.
Further, the clamping frame comprises a bottom plate, a front end plate is fixed at the front end of the bottom plate, a rear end plate is fixed at the rear end of the bottom plate, and a top plate is fixedly connected to the top ends of the front end plate and the rear end plate.
The utility model further provides a full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator which comprises the battery cell module clamping device and a lifting driving device for driving the battery cell module clamping device to move up and down.
Further, lift drive includes four lift guide posts, two lift slide rails, a lead screw, frock board and servo motor, lift guide post, lift slide rail and lead screw are parallel all vertically pass the frock board, fixed mounting has the linear bearing with lift guide post complex on the frock board, fixed mounting has the lift slider with lift slide rail complex on the frock board, be provided with screw-nut on the frock board, screw-nut one end externally mounted has the bearing, the bearing is installed in the centre of frock board, screw-nut other end externally mounted has synchronous pulley I, servo motor fixes on the frock board, install synchronous pulley II in servo motor's the pivot, synchronous pulley I and synchronous pulley II pass through the hold-in range and are connected, lift guide post the lift slide rail with the lower extreme of lead screw with holder fixed connection, lift guide post the lift slide rail with the upper end of lead screw is fixedly connected with the end plate, four lift guide posts are the rectangle and arrange, two lift slide rails symmetrical arrangement.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. the clamping device for the battery cell module can achieve high automatic clamping efficiency of the battery cell module, the locking device can keep stability of the clamping jaws after clamping the battery cell module, the clamping jaws are prevented from moving or shaking, the battery cell module is prevented from moving and misplacing in the subsequent moving process, and the stability is good.
2. The buffer device can buffer the clamping jaw to a certain extent when clamping the cell module, so as to prevent damage to the cell module.
3. The limiting device can ensure the clamping accuracy of the clamping jaw on the cell module.
4. After the clamping jaw positioning blocks are arranged, the accuracy of clamping and positioning can be further guaranteed, and the insulating rubber cushion layer can prevent static electricity and the like from damaging the cell module.
5. The full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator fully automatically realizes the lifting of the clamping device of the battery cell module, adopts four lifting guide posts and two lifting slide rails, ensures the lifting stability and the guiding accuracy, and adopts the cooperation of a servo motor, a screw rod and a screw rod nut to control the lifting accuracy.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of example 1;
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of example 1 with the top plate removed;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of another angle of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic top view of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the connection of the clamping jaw and the driving cylinder in embodiment 1;
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of example 2;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another angle of embodiment 2;
fig. 8 is a schematic diagram showing connection between a servo motor and a synchronous pulley I in embodiment 2.
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the clamping device for the battery cell module comprises an A-battery cell module clamping device, a B-full-automatic portal frame conveying manipulator, a 1-clamping frame, a 11-bottom plate, a 12-front end plate, a 13-rear end plate, a 14-top plate, a 2-clamping jaw, a 3-clamping jaw positioning block, a 31-insulating rubber cushion layer, a 32-avoiding opening, a 41-sliding seat, a 42-sliding block, a 43-sliding rail, a 44-limiting hole, a 5-driving cylinder, a 61-locking cylinder, a 62-pressing plate, a 71-buffering cylinder, a 72-limiting stud, a 80-synchronous belt, a 81-lifting guide post, 811-linear bearings, 82-lifting sliding rails, 83-lead screws, 84-tooling plates, 85-servo motors, 86-lifting sliding blocks, 87-lead screw nuts, 88-bearings and 89-synchronous pulleys I and 9-end plates.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1-5, the utility model firstly provides a clamping device a of an electric core module, which comprises a clamping frame 1, wherein two side ends of the clamping frame 1 are horizontally connected with a group of clamping jaws 2 for clamping the electric core module in a sliding manner, the clamping jaws 2 are in transmission connection with a clamping jaw driving device for driving the two clamping jaws 2 to horizontally slide close to and far away from each other, the clamping device further comprises a locking device for fixing a clamping jaw to prevent the clamping jaw from moving after the clamping jaw clamps the electric core module, and a buffer device for buffering and a limiting device for limiting when the two clamping jaws slide close to the clamping electric core module are fixed on the clamping frame 1.
As a further embodiment, the clamping frame 1 includes a bottom plate 11, a front end plate 12 is fixed at the front end of the bottom plate 11, a rear end plate 13 is fixed at the rear end of the bottom plate 11, and top plates 14 are fixedly connected to the top ends of the front end plate 12 and the rear end plate 13.
As a further embodiment, a clamping jaw positioning block 3 for clamping the cell module and playing a role in guiding and positioning is fixed on the inner side surface of the clamping jaw 2, and an insulating rubber cushion layer 31 is also fixed on the inner side surface of the clamping jaw 2 and the outer surface of the clamping jaw positioning block 3. After the clamping jaw positioning block 3 is arranged, the accuracy of clamping and positioning can be further guaranteed, and the insulating rubber cushion layer can prevent static electricity and the like from damaging the cell module.
As a further embodiment, the clamping jaw 2 is L-shaped, and the clamping jaw positioning block 3 is provided with a plurality of avoidance openings 32.
As a further embodiment, the upper end of the clamping jaw 2 is fixedly connected with a sliding seat 41, a sliding block 42 is fixedly connected to the sliding seat 41, the clamping frame 1 is fixedly connected with a horizontal sliding rail 43, the sliding rail 43 is fixed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 11, the sliding block 42 is slidably connected to the sliding rail 43, the two driving cylinders 5 of the clamping jaw driving device are fixed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 11, and the end parts of telescopic rods of the driving cylinders 5 are fixedly connected with the sliding seat 41.
As a further embodiment, the locking device includes a locking cylinder 61 vertically downward, the locking cylinder 61 is fixedly mounted on the top plate 14 through an L-shaped plate, the end of the telescopic rod of the locking cylinder 61 is fixedly connected with a pressing plate 62, and the pressing plate 62 is located above the sliding seat 41. The locking device can keep the stability of the clamping jaw 2 after clamping the battery cell module, prevent the clamping jaw 2 from moving or shaking, prevent the battery cell module from moving and misplacing in the subsequent moving process, and has good stability.
As a further embodiment, the slide 41 is provided with a limit groove or a limit hole 44 corresponding to the pressing plate 62.
As a further embodiment, the buffer device is a buffer cylinder 71, the limiting device is a limiting stud 72, the buffer cylinder 71 and the limiting stud 72 are four, and the buffer cylinder 71 and the limiting stud 72 are fixed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 11. The buffer device can buffer the clamping jaw 2 to a certain extent when clamping the cell module, so that damage to the cell module is prevented, and the limiting device can ensure the clamping accuracy of the clamping jaw 2 to the cell module.
When the clamping jaw 2 is driven to clamp the cell module through the driving cylinder 5, the final stage of clamping is realized through the buffering cylinder 71, the damage to the cell module caused by the clamping jaw 2 is prevented, the limiting function to the clamping jaw 2 is realized through the limiting stud 72, the clamping automation clamping efficiency is high, the locking device can keep the stability of the clamping jaw after clamping the cell module, the clamping accuracy of the clamping jaw 2 to the cell module is ensured, the clamping jaw positioning block 3 is arranged on the clamping jaw 2, the clamping positioning accuracy can be ensured, the insulating rubber cushion layer can be arranged to prevent the damage to the cell module caused by static electricity and the like, after the clamping is finished, the locking cylinder 61 drives the pressing plate 62 to descend and clamp into the limiting hole 44, the clamping jaw 2 is prevented from moving or shaking, the cell module is prevented from moving and misplacement in the subsequent moving process, the stability is good, the cell module clamping device A is driven by external mobile equipment to move to the appointed position, and then the driving cylinder 5 drives the clamping jaw 2 to loosen the cell module, and clamping jaw moving work is completed.
Example 2
Referring to fig. 6-8, a fully automatic gantry handling manipulator B includes the cell module clamping device a described in embodiment 1, and further includes a lifting driving device for driving the cell module clamping device a to move up and down.
Further, the lifting driving device comprises four lifting guide posts 81, two lifting slide rails 82, a screw rod 83, a tool plate 84 and a servo motor 85, wherein the lifting guide posts 81, the lifting slide rails 82 and the screw rod 83 are parallel, the lifting guide posts 81, the lifting slide rails 82 and the screw rod 83 are parallel and vertically penetrate through the tool plate 84, linear bearings 811 matched with the lifting guide posts 81 are fixedly installed on the tool plate 84, lifting sliding blocks 86 matched with the lifting slide rails 82 are fixedly installed on the tool plate 84, screw nuts 87 are arranged on the tool plate 84, bearings 88 are installed at one end of each screw nut 87 in an external mode, the bearings 88 are installed in the middle of the tool plate 84, synchronous pulleys II are installed on the rotating shafts of the servo motor 85, the synchronous pulleys I89 and the synchronous pulleys II are connected through synchronous belts 80, the lifting guide posts 81, the lifting slide rails 82 and the lower ends of the screw rods 83 are fixedly connected with the clamping frames 1, the lifting guide posts 81, the lifting slide rails 82 and the upper ends of the screw rods 83 are fixedly connected with four rectangular guide posts 9, and the lifting guide posts 82 are symmetrically arranged.
The full-automatic portal frame carrying manipulator B fully automatically realizes the lifting of the cell module clamping device A, adopts four lifting guide posts 81 and two lifting slide rails 82, ensures the lifting stability and the guiding accuracy, and adopts the cooperation of a servo motor 85, a screw rod 83 and a screw rod nut 87 to control the lifting accuracy.
When the electric core module clamping device A clamps an electric core module, the servo motor 85 works, the servo motor 85 drives the synchronous pulley I89 to rotate through the synchronous belt 80, the synchronous pulley I89 drives the screw nut 87 to rotate and drives the electric core module clamping device A to lift up and down through the screw 83, and the four lifting guide posts 81 and the two lifting slide rails 82 can ensure the lifting stability and the guiding accuracy.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the utility model.
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1. Cell module clamping device, its characterized in that: including the clamping frame, the both sides end horizontal slip of clamping frame is connected with a set of clamping jaw that is used for centre gripping electricity core module, and the clamping jaw transmission is connected with two clamping jaw horizontal slip of drive and is close to and keep away from clamping jaw drive arrangement, still is used for fixing behind the electricity core module and presss from both sides locking device that prevents the claw and press from both sides removal including the clamping jaw, is fixed with on the clamping frame and is used for two clamping jaws to slide when being close to centre gripping electricity core module and plays buffer and the stop device that plays limiting effect.
2. The cell module clamping device as recited in claim 1 wherein: the clamping jaw positioning block used for clamping the cell module and having guiding and positioning functions is fixed on the inner side surface of the clamping jaw, and the insulating rubber cushion layer is also fixed on the inner side surface of the clamping jaw and the outer surface of the clamping jaw positioning block.
3. The cell module clamping device of claim 2, wherein: the clamping jaw is L-shaped, and a plurality of avoidance openings are formed in the clamping jaw positioning block.
4. The cell module clamping device as recited in claim 1 wherein: the clamping jaw is characterized in that the upper end of the clamping jaw is fixedly connected with a sliding seat, the sliding seat is fixedly connected with a sliding block, the clamping frame is fixedly connected with a horizontal sliding rail, the sliding block is slidably connected onto the sliding rail, two driving cylinders of the clamping jaw driving device are arranged, and the end parts of telescopic rods of the driving cylinders are fixedly connected with the sliding seat.
5. The cell module clamping device as recited in claim 4 wherein: the locking device comprises a locking cylinder which is vertically downward, the end part of a telescopic rod of the locking cylinder is fixedly connected with a pressing plate, and the pressing plate is positioned above the sliding seat.
6. The cell module clamping device as recited in claim 5 wherein: and the slide seat is provided with a limit groove or a limit hole corresponding to the pressing plate.
7. The cell module clamping device as recited in claim 1 wherein: the buffer device is a buffer cylinder, the limiting device is a limiting stud, and the buffer cylinder and the limiting stud are four.
8. The cell module clamping device as recited in claim 1 wherein: the clamping frame comprises a bottom plate, a front end plate is fixed at the front end of the bottom plate, a rear end plate is fixed at the rear end of the bottom plate, and a top plate is fixedly connected with the top ends of the front end plate and the rear end plate.
9. Full-automatic portal frame transport manipulator, its characterized in that: comprising the cell module clamping device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and further comprising a lifting drive device for driving the cell module clamping device to move up and down.
10. The fully automated gantry handling robot of claim 9, wherein: the lifting driving device comprises four lifting guide posts, two lifting slide rails, a screw rod, a tooling plate and a servo motor, wherein the lifting guide posts, the lifting slide rails and the screw rod are parallel, the lifting guide posts, the lifting slide rails and the screw rod are parallel and vertically penetrate through the tooling plate, linear bearings matched with the lifting guide posts are fixedly arranged on the tooling plate, lifting slide blocks matched with the lifting slide rails are fixedly arranged on the tooling plate, screw nuts are arranged on the tooling plate, bearings are arranged at one end of each screw nut, the bearings are arranged in the middle of the tooling plate, synchronous pulleys I are arranged at the other end of each screw nut, the servo motor is fixed on the tooling plate, synchronous pulleys II are arranged on rotating shafts of the servo motor, the synchronous pulleys I and the synchronous pulleys II are connected through synchronous belts, the lifting guide posts, the lifting slide rails and the lower ends of the screw rods are fixedly connected with the clamping frames, the lifting guide posts are fixedly connected with end plates, and the four lifting guide posts are arranged in rectangular shapes, and the two lifting guide rails are symmetrically arranged.
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