CN220663948U

CN220663948U - Feeding mechanism and pin inserting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN220663948U
Application number: CN202322264089.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 聂民昆; 刘长清; 朱海霞; 刘伟发
Original assignee: Shenzhen Hans Dingsheng Intelligent Equipment Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Hans Dingsheng Intelligent Equipment Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-08-22
Filing date: 2023-08-22
Publication date: 2024-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 2033-08-22

Abstract

The application provides a feeding mechanism and dowel equipment, include: the conveying structure is used for conveying the workpieces and enabling the workpieces to flow out of a discharge end of the conveying structure; the turnover structure comprises a turnover piece and a turnover driving piece, wherein the turnover piece is arranged on one side of the discharge end, a material receiving part with a feed inlet is arranged on the turnover piece, the turnover driving piece can drive the turnover piece to rotate, so that the material receiving part can be abutted to the discharge end, and a workpiece flowing out of the discharge end can enter the material receiving part through the feed inlet; and the transfer structure is arranged on one side of the overturning structure and is used for transferring the workpiece on the receiving part. It can be seen that the feeding mechanism of the feeding mechanism can avoid long-distance transmission of workpieces in an upright form, so that the problem that the workpieces are easy to topple can be avoided.

Description

Feeding mechanism and pin inserting equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of inserted pin equipment, and more specifically relates to a feeding mechanism and inserted pin equipment.

Background

With the rapid development of new energy automobiles, the market demand of lithium batteries is gradually increased, so that the processing requirements on the lithium batteries are higher and higher. For example, in the process of producing lithium batteries, there is a link to fill a liquid into the lithium battery, and then enter a subsequent oven to perform battery formation after the liquid filling is completed. However, in order to avoid volatilization of the electrolyte injected into the battery at high temperature, the actual soaking effect of the battery is affected, and the quality of the battery is further affected. Therefore, the liquid injection port of the lithium battery after the liquid injection is completed needs to be temporarily blocked by the formation nails. At present, the formation nails adopt vertical feeding, and the formation nails are easy to topple in the feeding process due to the mode, so that the feeding efficiency is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a feeding mechanism and a pin inserting device to solve at least one technical problem mentioned in the background art.

The technical scheme that this application adopted is, a feeding mechanism includes:

the conveying structure is used for conveying the workpieces and enabling the workpieces to flow out of a discharge end of the conveying structure;

the turnover structure comprises a turnover piece and a turnover driving piece, wherein the turnover piece is arranged on one side of the discharge end, a material receiving part with a feed inlet is arranged on the turnover piece, the turnover driving piece can drive the turnover piece to rotate, so that the material receiving part can be abutted to the discharge end, and a workpiece flowing out of the discharge end can enter the material receiving part through the feed inlet; to be used for

And the transfer structure is arranged on one side of the overturning structure and is used for transferring the workpiece on the receiving part.

It can be seen that in the feeding mechanism of this application, set up flip structure at the discharge end of conveying structure, and flip in the flip structure is provided with the portion of receiving that has the feed inlet, make the work piece can carry out the transmission in the mode of lying on conveying structure, and can flow from the discharge end of conveying structure down on the back automatic entering to receiving portion from the feed inlet, flip driver drive flip drives the work piece on the portion of receiving and overturn into upright form, then the rethread shifts the work piece of upright form to the rethread transfer structure, this mode makes the work piece need not carry out long distance transmission with upright form, avoid the work piece to take place the problem of empting easily when the transmission.

Optionally, a detection hole is formed in the turnover piece, the detection hole is communicated to the material receiving part, and the detection hole is used for installing a sensor; and

the length direction of the detection hole is perpendicular to the feeding direction of the workpiece in the receiving part.

Optionally, the surface of the turnover piece on the circumferential side of the receiving part is a plane.

Optionally, the conveying structure comprises a conveying member, a guide channel is arranged on the conveying member, a workpiece can move in the guide channel, and the guide channel is provided with a discharging end capable of enabling the workpiece to flow out.

Optionally, the conveying structure further comprises a vibrating member, wherein the vibrating member is in driving connection with the conveying member and is used for driving the conveying member to vibrate so that the workpiece can move in the guide channel.

Optionally, the guide channel is a guide groove formed on a surface of the conveying member and having an opening, and a shielding member is provided on the conveying member, and the shielding member is used for preventing the workpiece from being separated from the opening.

Optionally, the transfer structure includes a first transfer drive, a second transfer drive, and a clamp; wherein,

the first transfer driving piece is in driving connection with the clamping piece and is used for driving the clamping piece to move to the area where the material receiving part is located along the horizontal first direction so that the clamping piece can clamp a workpiece;

the second transfer driving piece is in driving connection with the clamping piece and is used for driving the clamping piece to move along the vertical direction and pulling out the workpiece from the receiving part;

the transfer structure further comprises a third transfer driving piece which is in driving connection with the clamping piece and is used for driving the clamping piece to move along a horizontal second direction, wherein the horizontal first direction and the horizontal second direction are perpendicular to each other; and

the clamping piece comprises clamping jaws which are oppositely arranged, the clamping jaws can move towards the direction close to or far away from each other, and profile grooves are respectively formed in the side faces of the clamping jaws close to one side of each clamping jaw.

Optionally, the feeding end of the conveying structure is abutted against the discharging end of the vibrating disc, and the vibrating disc is used for enabling the workpiece to enter the conveying structure in a horizontal mode.

Optionally, the device further comprises a positioning structure, wherein the positioning structure is arranged on a moving path of the transferring structure and is used for receiving the workpiece on the transferring structure and positioning the workpiece.

The pin inserting device comprises a pin inserting mechanism and the feeding mechanism, wherein the pin inserting mechanism is used for inserting a workpiece transferred by the transferring structure into a liquid injection port of a battery.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required for the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, 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 structural diagram of a feeding mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a conveying structure in the feeding mechanism according to the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the overturning structure and the transferring structure in the feeding mechanism provided in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a turnover member in the feeding mechanism provided in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Reference numerals:

100. a transfer structure; 110. a transfer member; 120. a vibrating member; 130. a guide groove; 140. a shield; 150. a discharge end;

200. a turnover structure; 210. a turnover piece; 220. a flip drive; 230. a receiving part; 240. a feed inlet; 250. a detection hole; 260. a plane;

300. a transfer structure; 310. a first transfer drive; 320. a second transfer drive; 330. a clamping member; 331. a clamping jaw; 332. a profiling groove; 340. a third transfer drive;

400. a vibration plate;

500. a positioning structure; 510. a fixing member; 520. a positioning part;

600. a workpiece.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT (S) OF INVENTION

In order to make the technical problems, technical schemes and beneficial effects to be solved by the present application more clear, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the present application.

It should be noted that when a meta-structure is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another meta-structure, it may be directly on the other meta-structure or indirectly on the other meta-structure. When a meta-structure is referred to as being "connected to" another meta-structure, it can be directly connected to the other meta-structure or indirectly connected to the other meta-structure.

It is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate or are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present application and simplify description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of some applications, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The application provides a feeding mechanism, it sets up generally on production facility, and this feeding mechanism can be used to carry out the material loading to the work piece to can realize that the work piece overturns in the material loading process, so that the work piece satisfies the requirement of material loading, and then satisfies the requirement of production. For example, in the production of lithium batteries, it is necessary to insert a pair of formation nails into the battery liquid inlet and temporarily block the lithium battery liquid inlet after the liquid injection is completed. Because the formation nail is rectangular, so formation nail is easy to take place to empty if with the state of standing up when feeding, influences the material loading of follow-up formation nail, so the feeding mechanism of this application can realize formation nail and carry out the material loading with the mode of lying down to can turn over formation nail into the state of standing up in the last process, in order to follow-up formation nail inserts the battery and annotates the liquid mouth.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the feeding mechanism includes a conveying structure 100, a turning structure 200, and a transferring structure 300. The conveying structure 100 is used for conveying the workpiece 600, the workpiece 600 may be formed nails, and the formed nails may be conveyed in a horizontal manner and may flow out through the discharge end 150 of the conveying structure 100. The turning structure 200 is used for turning the workpiece 600 transferred by the transfer structure 100, for example, the turning structure 200 may turn the workpiece 600 transferred by the transfer structure 100 by 90 °. The transfer structure 300 is used for transferring and feeding the workpiece 600 on the turnover structure 200, that is, after the turnover structure 200 turns over the workpiece 600, the transfer structure 300 can transfer the turned-over workpiece 600 from the turnover structure 200 for feeding.

For example, in lithium battery production, the workpiece 600 may be a formed nail. Specifically, the formation nails can be transported in a horizontal manner in the transport structure 100, and can flow out through the discharge end 150 of the transport structure 100, the flowing formation nails can enter the turnover structure 200, the turnover structure 200 can turn the horizontal formation nails by 90 degrees, the formation nails are adjusted to be vertical, the transfer structure 300 transfers and feeds the vertical formation nails, and the vertical formation nails are convenient to insert into the liquid injection port of the lithium battery.

Further, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the turnover structure 200 may include a turnover member 210 and a turnover driving member 220, the turnover member 210 is disposed on one side of the discharge end 150, a receiving portion 230 having a feed inlet 240 may be disposed on the turnover member 210, and the turnover driving member 220 may drive the turnover member 210 to rotate, so that the receiving portion 230 may butt against the discharge end 150, and the workpiece 600 flowing out of the discharge end 150 may enter the receiving portion 230 through the feed inlet 240.

The overturning member 210 may be cylindrical, and the cylindrical overturning member 210 may reduce the space occupied by the overturning member 210 during the overturning process. The receiving portion 230 may be a receiving slot or a receiving hole, and when the receiving portion 230 is a receiving hole, it is required to ensure that the size of an opening in the receiving hole, which is far away from the feeding port 240, is smaller than that of the feeding port 240, so as to prevent the workpiece 600 from flowing out from the receiving hole, which is far away from the feeding port 240.

For example, the overturning driving member 220 may be a rotary cylinder, and the overturning driving member 220 may drive the overturning shaft to rotate around its axis, so that the material receiving portion 230 on the overturning member 210 can be in butt joint with the material discharging end 150 of the conveying structure 100, even if the material inlet 240 on the material receiving portion 230 can be aligned with the material discharging end 150 on the overturning member 210, the workpiece 600 flowing out from the material discharging end 150 can enter the material receiving portion 230 from the material inlet 240, and after the workpiece 600 enters the material receiving portion 230, the overturning driving member 220 drives the overturning member 210 to overturn the workpiece 600 on the material receiving portion 230.

The transfer structure 300 may be disposed at one side of the overturning structure 200 for transferring the workpiece 600 on the docking portion 230.

It can be seen that in the feeding mechanism of the present application, the turning structure 200 is disposed at the discharge end 150 of the conveying structure 100, and the turning member 210 in the turning structure 200 is provided with the receiving portion 230 having the feeding port 240, so that the workpiece 600 can be conveyed on the conveying structure 100 in a horizontal manner, and can automatically enter the receiving portion 230 from the feeding port 240 after flowing out from the discharge end 150 of the conveying structure 100 under the action of the conveying structure 100, the turning driving member 220 drives the turning member 210 to drive the workpiece 600 on the receiving portion 230 to turn into a vertical shape, and then the workpiece 600 in the vertical shape is transferred by the transferring structure 300.

Referring to fig. 4, the turning piece 210 may further be provided with a detection hole 250, where the detection hole 250 is connected to the material receiving portion 230, and a sensor is installed in the detection hole 250, and the sensor is used for detecting whether a sufficiently long workpiece 600 enters the material receiving portion 230.

It will be appreciated that when the turnover member 210 turns over, the workpiece 600 located on the receiving portion 230 is subjected to a centrifugal force, and if the length of the workpiece 600 entering the receiving portion 230 is not long enough, the workpiece 600 may be separated from the receiving portion 230 under the action of the centrifugal force, so that when the sensor detects whether the workpiece 600 having a sufficient length enters the receiving portion 230, the turnover member 210 can drive the workpiece 600 to turn over.

Optionally, in order to better prevent the workpiece 600 from separating from the receiving portion 230, the workpiece 600 may be clamped with the receiving portion 230 to a certain extent after entering the receiving portion 230, that is, the sidewall of the workpiece 600 and the inner wall of the receiving portion 230 may rub against each other.

Further, the length direction of the detecting hole 250 may be perpendicular to the feeding direction of the workpiece 600 in the receiving portion 230, so that the sensor in the detecting hole 250 may detect the end position of the workpiece 600 in the receiving portion 230, and the sensor may detect the workpiece 600 only after the workpiece 600 enters the end position of the receiving portion 230, so that it may be ensured that the overturning member 210 starts to overturn after the workpiece 600 having a sufficient length enters the receiving portion 230.

Referring to fig. 4, the surface of the turnover member 210 at the circumferential side of the receiving portion 230 may be provided as a plane 260 in such a manner that the transfer structure 300 can act on the workpiece 600 closer to the receiving portion 230, that is, the transfer structure 300 can act on the workpiece 600 closer to the bottom, preventing the transfer structure 300 from being separated from the transfer structure 300 when transferring the workpiece 600.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, when the workpiece 600 is a formed staple, the peripheral surface of the formed staple has not only an arc but also a slope, and when the portion of the transfer structure 300 that contacts the workpiece 600 has no slope, the transfer structure 300 can only contact the portion of the workpiece 600 that has the largest diameter, so that stability can be better ensured only if the transfer structure 300 is brought into contact with a position of the workpiece 600 that is as close to the bottom as possible, preventing the workpiece 600 from being detached.

Referring to fig. 2, the transfer structure 100 may include a transfer member 110, and the transfer member 110 may be provided with a guide channel in which the workpiece 600 can move, and the guide channel has a discharge end 150 that can allow the workpiece 600 to flow out.

Specifically, the workpiece 600 can accurately enter the receiving portion 230 from the feed inlet 240 after moving in the guide channel and flowing out through the discharge end 150, and the guide channel can enable the workpiece 600 to move in a predetermined posture and direction, so that the workpiece 600 can smoothly enter the receiving portion 230.

In some embodiments, to enable movement of the workpiece 600 within the guide channel, the transfer structure 100 may further include a vibrating member 120, the vibrating member 120 being drivingly coupled to the transfer member 110 for driving the transfer member 110 into vibration to enable movement of the workpiece 600 along the guide channel.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the plurality of workpieces 600 within the guide channel may be sequentially aligned along the length of the guide channel under the restriction of the guide channel and may be sequentially moved along the discharge end 150 of the guide channel under the vibration of the transfer member 110 by the vibration member 120.

In addition, in some embodiments, the guide channel may be a guide groove 130 having an opening formed on a surface, such as an upper surface, of the transfer member 110, and in this case, the transfer member 110 may be further provided with a shutter 140, and the shutter 140 is used to prevent the workpiece 600 from being detached from the opening.

The guide channel of the guide groove 130 structure may facilitate processing.

It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the conveying structure 100 may move the workpiece 600 in the guide channel by means of vibration, and in this case, if the guide channel is in a groove type structure, the workpiece 600 is easy to separate from the guide groove 130 from the opening of the guide groove 130 under the action of vibration, so the shielding member 140 is provided to shield the workpiece 600 to prevent the workpiece 600 from separating.

Referring to fig. 3, the transfer structure 300 includes a first transfer driver 310, a second transfer driver 320, and a clamping member 330. The first transferring driving member 310 is in driving connection with the clamping member 330, and is used for driving the clamping member 330 to move to the area of the receiving portion 230 along the horizontal first direction, so that the clamping member 330 can clamp the workpiece 600. The second transfer driving member 320 is in driving connection with the clamping member 330, and is used for driving the clamping member 330 to move along the vertical direction, so as to pull out the workpiece 600 from the receiving portion 230.

When transferring the workpiece 600, the clamping member 330 may move above the turning member 210 under the action of the first transfer driving member 310 and the second transfer driving member 320, and after the turning member 210 drives the workpiece 600 to turn, the clamping member 330 clamps the workpiece 600, and then the first transfer driving member 310 and the second transfer driving member 320 may drive the clamping member 330 to take out the workpiece 600 from the receiving portion 230 and transfer the workpiece 600.

In some embodiments, the first transfer driver 310 may be a driving cylinder driven in a horizontal first direction, and the second transfer driver 320 may be a driving cylinder driven in a vertical direction.

The clamp 330 may be a jaw 331 device. The clamping piece 330 may include oppositely disposed clamping jaws 331, the clamping jaws 331 can move towards the direction close to or far away from each other, and profile grooves 332 are respectively formed on the sides of the clamping jaws 331 close to each other, so as to improve the acting area of the clamping jaws 331 and the workpiece 600, and ensure the stability of the clamping jaws 331 to clamp the workpiece 600.

In some embodiments, the transfer structure 300 may further include a third transfer driving member 340, where the third transfer driving member 340 is in driving connection with the clamping member 330 and is configured to drive the clamping member 330 to move along a horizontal second direction, and the horizontal first direction and the horizontal second direction are perpendicular to each other. By providing the third transfer drive 340, the path of movement of the gripper 330 can be more freely planned, facilitating transfer of the workpiece 600 to a suitable location.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the feeding mechanism may further include a vibration plate 400, and the feeding end of the conveying structure 100 is abutted against the discharging end 150 of the vibration plate 400, and the vibration plate 400 is used to allow the workpiece 600 to enter the conveying structure 100 in a horizontal manner.

Specifically, the work 600 may be fed into the vibration plate 400, and the work 600 may flow into the transfer structure 100 by the vibration plate 400.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the feeding mechanism may further include a positioning structure 500, where the positioning structure 500 is disposed on a moving path of the transferring structure 300, and is configured to receive the workpiece 600 on the transferring structure 300 and position the workpiece 600.

For example, when the workpiece 600 is a formation nail, the positioning structure 500 may position the formation nail transferred by the transfer structure 300, so that the formation nail may be accurately obtained by the nail inserting mechanism in the nail inserting apparatus and inserted into the liquid injection port of the lithium battery.

In some embodiments, the positioning structure 500 may include a fixing member 510, where the fixing member 510 is disposed on a moving path of the transferring structure 300, and at least one positioning portion 520 is disposed on the fixing member 510, and the positioning portion 520 is used for receiving the workpiece 600 transferred by the transferring structure 300 to position the workpiece 600.

If the workpiece 600 is a formed nail, the positioning portion 520 may be a positioning hole or a positioning groove formed on the fixing member 510, and the transfer structure 300 implements positioning of the formed nail by inserting the formed nail into the positioning hole or the positioning groove.

In addition, the present application also provides a nail inserting apparatus, which includes a nail inserting mechanism and the feeding mechanism in the above embodiment, wherein the nail inserting mechanism is used for inserting the workpiece 600 transferred by the transferring structure 300 into a liquid injection port of a battery.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model is not intended to limit the utility model to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A feeding mechanism, characterized by comprising:

2. The feeding mechanism as set forth in claim 1, wherein said turnover member is provided with a detection hole communicated to said receiving portion, said detection hole being for mounting a sensor; and

3. The feeding mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the turnover member on the circumferential side of the receiving portion is a plane.

4. A feed mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the conveying structure comprises a conveying member provided with a guide channel in which a workpiece can move, the guide channel having a discharge end from which the workpiece can flow.

5. The feeder mechanism of claim 4, wherein the transport structure further comprises a vibrating member drivingly coupled to the transport member for driving the transport member into vibration to move the workpiece within the guide channel.

6. The feeding mechanism as set forth in claim 5, wherein said guide passage is a guide groove having an opening formed on a surface of said conveying member, and a shutter for preventing the workpiece from being detached from said opening is provided on said conveying member.

7. The feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein the transfer structure comprises a first transfer drive, a second transfer drive, and a clamp; wherein,

8. A feed mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a vibrating tray, the feed end of the conveying structure being in abutment with the discharge end of the vibrating tray, the vibrating tray being adapted to allow the work pieces to enter the conveying structure in a lying manner.

9. A feed mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a locating structure disposed in the path of movement of the transfer structure for receiving and locating a workpiece on the transfer structure.

10. A nail inserting apparatus comprising a nail inserting mechanism for inserting a workpiece transferred by the transfer structure into a liquid injection port of a battery, and a feeding mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 9.