CN221369506U

CN221369506U - Battery piece carrier transport mechanism and electroplating equipment

Info

Publication number: CN221369506U
Application number: CN202323408049.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄勇; 请求不公布姓名
Original assignee: Suzhou Taiyangjing New Energy Co ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Taiyangjing New Energy Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-12-14
Filing date: 2023-12-14
Publication date: 2024-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 2033-12-14

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery piece carrier conveying mechanism and electroplating equipment. The battery piece carrier handling mechanism comprises: the battery piece carrier is used for carrying battery pieces; the carrying unit is used for carrying the battery piece carrier; the carrying unit is provided with at least three working states, in the first working state, one carrying unit is connected with the battery piece carrier, and the other carrying unit is not connected with the battery piece carrier; in the second working state, the two carrying units are connected with the battery piece carrier; in the third working state, one carrying unit is not connected with the battery piece carrier, and the other carrying unit is connected with the battery piece carrier. According to the battery piece carrier conveying mechanism and the electroplating equipment, quick and accurate detachable connection between the battery piece carrier and the conveying unit is realized, so that the battery piece carrier can stably move, and when the battery piece carrier conveying mechanism is applied to the equipment, the battery piece carrier can move across the groove.

Description

Battery piece carrier transport mechanism and electroplating equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the field of manufacturing of photovoltaic cells and semiconductors, and particularly relates to a cell carrier conveying mechanism and electroplating equipment.

Background

In the process of producing the battery piece, a plurality of grooves are required to be applied in a plurality of processes, and at this time, the transportation of the battery piece among a plurality of grooves is involved, for example, in the electroplating process, the battery piece is required to be placed in a plurality of grooves containing liquid medicines with different components for electroplating in sequence, so as to form a plurality of plating layers on the surface of the battery piece. Because the hardness of the battery piece is low, the battery piece needs to be carried and moved by the carrier, the volume and the weight of the carrier are overlarge, a large amount of liquid can be driven to flow towards the moving direction of the carrier during movement, if the opening for the carrier to move is arranged on the groove body, the liquid medicine between different groove bodies can be mixed or lost, the liquid medicine is wasted, and the production cost is increased.

It should be noted that the foregoing description of the background art is only for the purpose of providing a clear and complete description of the technical solution of the present utility model and is presented for the convenience of understanding by those skilled in the art. The above-described solutions are not considered to be known to the person skilled in the art simply because they are set forth in the background of the utility model section.

In view of the foregoing, it is necessary to provide a battery carrier handling mechanism and electroplating equipment to solve the transportation problem of the battery carrier in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above technical problems, the present utility model provides an improved battery carrier transporting mechanism and electroplating equipment.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

A first aspect of the present utility model provides a battery piece carrier handling mechanism, comprising:

the battery piece carrier is used for carrying battery pieces;

the number of the carrying units is at least two;

The carrying unit is provided with at least three working states, and in the first working state, one carrying unit is connected with the battery piece carrier, and the other carrying unit is not connected with the battery piece carrier; in a second working state, the two carrying units are connected with the battery piece carrier; in the third working state, one carrying unit is not connected with the battery piece carrier, and the other carrying unit is connected with the battery piece carrier.

Preferably, in the first working state, one of the carrying units drives the battery piece carrier to move; in a second working state, the battery piece carrier is transferred from one carrying unit to the other carrying unit; in a third working state, the other carrying unit drives the battery piece carrier to move;

The carrying unit has a height difference when in the first working state and the second working state, and has a height difference when in the second working state and the third working state.

Preferably, the carrying unit comprises a first driving assembly, a second driving assembly and a moving claw, wherein the first driving assembly is connected with the second driving assembly, and the moving claw is connected with the second driving assembly;

the movable claw is used for being matched and connected with the battery piece carrier;

The first driving component is used for driving the battery piece carrier to move along the horizontal direction;

the second driving component is used for driving the battery piece carrier to move along the vertical direction.

Further, the moving claw comprises a moving connecting plate and an extension part arranged on the moving connecting plate, and the moving connecting plate is connected with the second driving assembly;

The battery piece carrier is provided with a matching piece, the matching piece is provided with a clamping groove, and the clamping groove is matched with at least part of the structure of the extension part, so that the extension part is connected with the matching piece.

Furthermore, the matching piece and the extension part are provided with mutually matched connection structures, wherein any one of magnetic connection, plug connection and adhesive connection can be adopted between the matching piece and the extension part.

Still further, the number of extension portion with the cooperation piece is four, four extension portion is two sets of, two sets of extension portion parallel arrangement in on the removal connecting plate, two of same group respectively set up in remove the connecting plate both ends, and to keeping away from the direction of removing the connecting plate extends, four the cooperation piece is two sets of two the cooperation piece set up respectively in battery piece carrier both sides, two that are located same one side the cooperation piece sets up in opposite directions to with two of same group extension portion phase-match.

Still further, the carrying unit further includes a carry-in-place sensor for determining whether the moving claw is moved in place.

A second aspect of the present utility model provides a battery piece carrier handling mechanism, comprising:

The battery piece carrier is provided with a plurality of bearing grooves for placing battery pieces, the battery piece carrier is provided with matching pieces, and the matching pieces are arranged on two sides of the battery piece carrier;

The carrying unit comprises a first driving assembly, a second driving assembly and a moving claw, wherein the first driving assembly is connected with the second driving assembly, the moving claw is connected with the second driving assembly, and the moving claw is matched with the structure of the matching piece;

At least two carrying units are arranged, each carrying unit is provided with a carrying path, each two carrying units are adjacently arranged, the carrying paths of the two adjacent carrying units are parallel, and each carrying path is provided with a carrying receiving end and a carrying transferring end; when the carrying unit is positioned between the carrying receiving end and the carrying transferring end, the moving claw of the carrying unit is connected with the matching piece of the battery piece carrier, and the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly drive the battery piece carrier to move; in the adjacent two carrying units, when one carrying unit is positioned at the carrying transfer end, the other carrying unit is positioned at the carrying receiving end, and the moving claws of the two carrying units are respectively connected with the matching pieces at two sides of the battery piece carrier; in the adjacent two carrying units, when the other carrying unit leaves the carrying receiving end, the moving claw of one carrying unit is separated from the matching piece of the battery piece carrier and moves towards the carrying receiving end.

Preferably, the moving claw comprises a moving connecting plate and an extending part arranged on the moving connecting plate, a protruding block is arranged on the extending part, the matching piece is provided with a clamping groove, and a groove matched with the protruding block is arranged in the clamping groove.

A third aspect of the present utility model provides an electroplating apparatus comprising:

the processing groove at least comprises a first processing groove and a second processing groove which are sequentially arranged;

the battery piece carrier is used for carrying battery pieces;

The conveying unit at least comprises a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit;

The first carrying unit can drive the battery piece carrier to move in the first processing groove and can drive the battery piece carrier to move to a connecting station between the first processing groove and the second processing groove; the second carrying unit can move the battery piece carrier on the handover station to the second processing groove and can drive the battery piece carrier to move in the second processing groove.

A fourth aspect of the present utility model provides an electroplating apparatus comprising:

The battery piece carrier carrying mechanism provided by the first aspect of the utility model;

One carrying unit is movably arranged above the first processing groove, and the other carrying unit is movably arranged above the second processing groove;

In a first working state, one carrying unit drives the battery piece carrier to move in a first processing groove;

in the second working state, the two carrying units are respectively positioned at two sides of a connecting station between the first processing groove and the second processing groove, and both the two carrying units are connected with the battery piece carrier;

And in a third working state, the other carrying unit drives the battery piece carrier to move in the second processing groove.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:

The battery piece carrier conveying mechanism is provided with at least two conveying units, wherein the conveying units at least have three working states, and in the first working state, one conveying unit drives the battery piece carrier to move; in the second working state, one carrying unit transfers the battery piece carrier to the other carrying unit; in the third working state, the other carrying unit drives the battery piece carrier to move; therefore, the battery piece carrier can move between two stations with barriers or a certain distance through the matching of the two carrying units, so that the processing efficiency of the battery piece is improved.

In a further preferred scheme, through setting up assorted cooperation piece and movable claw, can realize quick, accurate dismantlement connection between battery piece carrier and the handling unit to make movable claw can stably remove, in addition, movable claw can realize along the horizontal movement of X direction and along the vertical movement of Y direction through first drive assembly and second drive assembly, in order to realize the multidirectional removal of movable claw. And only need set up on the battery piece carrier with transport unit complex cooperation piece can realize the transportation, equipment overall structure is simple.

The application also provides electroplating equipment, and the battery piece carrier is moved by the carrying unit and can be carried into the processing groove adjacent to the battery piece carrier, so that the battery piece is electroplated for multiple times or residual liquid is drained. The electroplating equipment comprises all technical schemes of the battery piece carrier conveying mechanism, so that all technical advantages of the battery piece carrier conveying mechanism are also achieved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present 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 a battery piece transporting device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of a battery piece transporting apparatus according to the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view at B in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 3 at C;

FIG. 6 is a side view of a battery sheet transport apparatus in an embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a battery pack carrying and transferring mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of another perspective structure of a battery pack carrying and transferring mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a battery plate electroplating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 10 is a side view of a battery plate electroplating apparatus according to an embodiment of the utility model;

1, a battery piece carrier conveying mechanism; 2. a battery piece carrier; 21. a mating member; 211. a clamping groove; 3. a carrying unit; 31. a moving claw; 311. an extension; 6. a support frame; 7. a transport-in-place sensor; 8. electroplating equipment; 9. and (5) processing a groove.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings so that the advantages and features of the present utility model can be more easily understood by those skilled in the art. The description of these embodiments is provided to assist understanding of the present utility model, but is not intended to limit the present utility model. In addition, technical features of the embodiments of the present utility model described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not collide with each other.

For convenience of description and understanding of a specific structure, an XY coordinate system is constructed in the present utility model, in which an X direction and a Y direction are perpendicular to each other, and the X direction and the Y direction extend in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, respectively. In some embodiments, the X-direction and Y-direction may not be exactly perpendicular, but intersect at an angle approaching 90 °, see schematic illustrations in fig. 1, 3 and 9 for a detailed orientation.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the battery piece carrier carrying mechanism 1 in this embodiment includes a carrying unit 3 and a battery piece carrier 2, the battery piece carrier 2 has a plurality of carrying grooves for placing battery pieces to carry the battery pieces, the carrying unit 3 is used for driving the battery piece carrier 2 to do horizontal movement and vertical movement, wherein at least two carrying units 3 have three working states, in the first working state, one carrying unit 3 is connected with the battery piece carrier 2 and drives the battery piece carrier 2 to move, and the other carrying unit 3 is not connected with the battery piece carrier 2; in the second working state, both carrying units 3 are connected with the battery piece carrier 2, so that the battery piece carrier 2 is transferred from one carrying unit 3 to the other carrying unit 3; in the third operating state, one carrying unit 3 is not connected with the battery piece carrier 2, and the other carrying unit 3 is connected with the battery piece carrier 2 and drives the battery piece carrier 2 to move. Wherein the carrying unit 3 has a height difference in the first working state and in the second working state, and the carrying unit 3 has a height difference in the second working state and in the third working state.

Each carrying unit 3 is provided with a carrying path, every two carrying units 3 are adjacently arranged, the carrying paths of the two adjacent carrying units 3 are parallel, and the carrying path is provided with a carrying receiving end and a carrying transferring end; when the carrying unit is positioned between the carrying receiving end and the carrying transferring end, the carrying unit 3 is connected with the battery piece carrier 2 and drives the battery piece carrier to move; in the two adjacent carrying units 3, when one carrying unit 3 is positioned at the carrying and transferring end, the other carrying unit 3 is positioned at the carrying and receiving end, and the two carrying units 3 are respectively connected with the two sides of the battery piece carrier 2, so that the battery piece carrier 2 can be transferred; in the adjacent two carrying units 3, when the other carrying unit 3 is separated from the carrying receiving end, the one carrying unit 3 is separated from the battery piece carrier 3 and moves toward the carrying receiving end. In this way, the two carrying units 3 cooperate with the battery piece carrier 2, so that the battery piece carrier 3 can move across a range, for example, the battery piece carrier 3 moves between two grooves with obstacles or a certain distance.

The carrying unit 3 includes a first driving assembly, a second driving assembly, and a moving claw 31, where the first driving assembly is connected with the second driving assembly, the moving claw 31 is connected with the second driving assembly, the first driving assembly is used to drive the moving claw 31 to move along a horizontal direction, i.e. an X direction in the figure, so that the moving claw 31 and the battery piece carrier 2 are mutually engaged with or disengaged from each other, and the second driving assembly is used to drive the moving claw 31 to move along a vertical direction, i.e. a Y direction in the figure, so that the moving claw 31 drives the battery piece carrier 2 to move along the vertical direction. Of course, the moving claw 31 is connected to the first driving unit, and driving of the moving claw 31 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction may be realized. Specifically, the first driving component comprises a first transmission part and a first driving part, the second driving component comprises a second transmission part and a second driving part, the first transmission part and the first driving part, the second transmission part and the second driving part are respectively of structures capable of being matched with each other, for example, if the transmission part adopts a linear guide rail, the driving part adopts an air cylinder, if the transmission part adopts a chain transmission structure, the driving part adopts a motor, and if the transmission part adopts a belt transmission structure, the driving part adopts a motor.

In practical application, first drive assembly adopts chain drive structure, first driving medium includes chain and gear, chain and gear engagement, and form annular track with it jointly, first driving medium is the motor, and with gear connection, with drive gear drive chain rotation, second drive assembly sets up on the transport platform, the transport platform is connected with the chain, so that first drive assembly can drive second drive assembly and follow annular track and remove, because battery piece carrier 2 only need carry out horizontal migration along the X direction, therefore, the transport platform only need follow annular track's linear part and remove, namely through changing the direction of rotation of gear, make the transport platform do horizontal reciprocating motion. In order to improve the stability that the transport platform and the second drive assembly removed, chain drive structure can have two sets of, and the both sides of transport platform are connected with two sets of chain drive structure respectively, under this structure, the gear of two sets of chain drive types can be transmitted and is connected to make two sets of chain drive can synchronous motion. The second driving assembly adopts a linear transmission structure, the second driving part is a linear guide rail, the second driving part is an air cylinder, the air cylinder is connected with a sliding block of the linear guide rail, the moving claw 31 is arranged on the sliding block, the linear guide rail is vertically arranged on the carrying platform, and when the air cylinder drives the sliding block to move along the guide rail, the sliding block drives the moving claw 31 to vertically reciprocate along the Y direction. In order to reduce the cost, in the case that the moving range of the moving claw 31 in the vertical direction is small, the second driving assembly may directly adopt an air cylinder, that is, the air cylinder is vertically disposed on the carrying platform, and a piston rod thereof is connected with the moving claw 31 to drive the moving claw 31 to vertically reciprocate in the Y direction. It should be noted that, in the case of ensuring that the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly can drive the carrying unit 3 to move in the X direction and the Y direction, respectively, the specific structures of the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly are not limited in the present application. The moving claw 31 includes a moving connection plate and an extension 311 provided on the moving connection plate. Wherein, the movable connecting plate is connected with the second driving assembly, one end of the extension part 311 is positioned on the movable connecting plate, and the other end protrudes out of the extension part 311 along the horizontal direction. Wherein the configuration of the extension 311 matches the configuration of the mating element 21, including shape and size, to enable the extension 311 to be connected to the mating element 2. In practical application, the extending part 311 is in an L-shaped structure, the matching piece 21 is provided with a clamping groove 211 horizontally arranged on the matching piece, the shape and the size of the clamping groove 211 are matched with those of the horizontal part of the L-shaped structure, namely, the clamping groove 211 is in a cuboid, so that the extending part 311 can move into the clamping groove 211 under the common driving of the first driving component and the second driving component, the clamping connection between the extending part 311 and the matching piece 21 is realized, at the moment, when the second driving component drives the moving claw 31 to do vertical movement in the Y direction, the extending part 311 can be limited by the top and the bottom of the clamping groove 211 in the vertical direction, the battery piece carrier 2 can follow the second driving component to do vertical movement in the Y direction, When the first driving assembly drives the moving claw 31 to move horizontally in the X direction, the extending portion 311 is limited by two sides of the clamping groove 211 in the horizontal direction, so that the battery carrier 2 can move horizontally in the X direction along with the second driving assembly.

Further, the engaging member 21 and the extending portion 311 have a connection structure capable of being engaged with each other, so as to realize detachable connection between the engaging member 21 and the extending portion 311, so as to improve the moving stability of the battery chip carrier 2. The mating member 21 and the extension portion 311 may be any one of magnetic connection, plug connection, and adhesive connection. Preferably, a plug-in connection is adopted between the matching piece 21 and the extension part 311, a bump is arranged on any one of the matching piece 21 and the extension part 311, a groove matched with the bump is arranged on the other part, and the bump corresponds to the position of the groove, so that when the bump moves into the groove, the plug-in connection between the matching piece 21 and the extension part 311 can be realized. In order to realize the insertion of the protruding block and the groove, the clamping groove 211 should have a corresponding space for the extending part 311 to move, in practical application, the protruding block is disposed at the top of the extending part 311, the groove is disposed at the top of the clamping groove 211, when the extending part 311 moves in place, the groove is located above the protruding block, and the second driving assembly can drive the extending part 311 to drive the protruding block to move close to the groove until the protruding block is completely inserted into the groove.

Further, in order to facilitate the movement of the extension 311 into the clamping groove 211, an opening communicating with the clamping groove 211 is provided on the mating member 21.

Since the plug-in connection structure can limit the moving direction of the extension 311, the structure of the fitting 21 can be simplified to facilitate the fitting of the moving jaw 31 thereto. Specifically, if the connection structure is not provided, the fitting 21 is in a cuboid structure, that is, only one end face of the clamping groove 211 is communicated with the outside, and when the other end faces are closed, the extension portion 311 can only enter the clamping groove 211 from one direction, and if the connection structure is provided, the fitting 21 can be provided with a structure in which a plurality of end faces are communicated with the outside, and only one face provided with the protruding block is reserved. In practical application, the bump is disposed at the top of the slot 211, and the matching piece 21 is in an L-shaped structure, so that a certain distance is provided between the bump and the battery piece carrier 2 for the extension portion 311 to move, when the second driving component drives the moving claw 31 to move downward, the bump will separate from the groove, but the extension portion 311 will not leave the matching piece 21 under the limit of the battery piece carrier 2.

Therefore, when the battery piece carrier 2 needs to be moved, the first driving component drives the moving claw 31 to horizontally move to the upper side of one side of the battery piece carrier 2 along the X direction, the second driving component drives the moving claw 31 to vertically move to one side of the battery piece carrier 2 along the Y direction, the extending part 311 corresponds to the clamping groove 211, after the extending part 311 corresponds to the clamping groove 211, the first driving component can drive the extending part 311 to move into the clamping groove 211 until the extending part 311 is positioned in the clamping groove 211, the second driving component drives the extending part 311 to move upwards again, so that the protruding block is inserted into the groove, and after the connection between the moving claw 31 and the matching piece 21 is completed, the first driving component and the second driving component can drive the moving claw 31 to drive the battery piece carrier 2 to move in multiple directions.

Furthermore, the plurality of extending portions 311 and the plurality of matching pieces 21 are all provided with a plurality of same extending portions 311 and are in one-to-one correspondence with each other, the plurality of extending portions 311 are uniformly distributed on two sides of the movable connecting plate, the plurality of matching pieces 21 are uniformly distributed on two sides of the battery piece carrier 2, when the plurality of extending portions 311 are simultaneously connected with the plurality of matching pieces 21, the connection stability between the movable claw 31 and the battery piece carrier 2 can be improved, in the working state, the movable claw 31 is positioned on one side of the battery piece carrier 2, and the extending portions 311 are connected with the adjacent matching pieces 21; or, the two moving claws 31 are respectively located at two sides of the battery piece carrier 2, and the extending parts 311 are connected with the adjacent matching pieces 21 so as to realize the handover of the battery piece carrier 2. Specifically, when the number of the extending portions 311 and the number of the matching pieces 21 are two, the extending portions 311 are respectively located at two sides of the moving connecting plate, the two matching pieces 21 are respectively located at two sides of the battery piece carrier 2, so that the two matching pieces 21 can be connected with the extending portions 311 of the two carrying units at the same time, and when one matching piece 21 and one extending portion 311 are matched and connected, the other matching piece 21 can be separated from the battery piece carrier 2, and therefore the battery piece carrier 2 is handed over.

Preferably, the extending portions 311 and the mating members 21 are four, the four extending portions 311 are distributed at four corners of the moving connecting plate, and accordingly, the four mating members 21 are distributed at corresponding positions of the battery piece carrier 2, so that the supporting force provided by the extending portions 311 can be ensured to be uniformly distributed on the moving connecting plate. Specifically, one end of each of the four extending portions 311 is connected to the moving connecting plate, and the other end extends in a direction away from the moving connecting plate, so that the extending directions of the two extending portions 311 on the same side of the moving connecting plate are opposite, the two mating members 21 corresponding to the two extending portions 311 have different orientations, and the openings on the mating members 21 are located at corresponding positions. In the process of moving the battery piece carrier 2, if the position where the battery piece carrier 2 needs to reach exceeds the carrying path of the carrying unit 3, the carrying unit 3 connected with the battery piece carrier 2 can be changed, that is, the handover of the battery piece carrier 2 occurs, at this time, two moving claws 31 respectively belonging to two carrying units 3 will be simultaneously connected with the battery piece carrier 2, and compared with the case of only two extending parts 311 and matching pieces 21, the stability of the connection of the moving claws 31 to the battery piece carrier 2 can be improved. In order to facilitate two carrying units to be capable of being simultaneously separated into one group by two, the four extending portions 311 are arranged on the movable connecting plate in parallel, the two extending portions 311 of the same group are respectively arranged at two ends of the movable connecting plate and extend towards a direction far away from the movable connecting plate, the four matching pieces 21 are arranged in a group by two, the two matching pieces 21 of the same side are respectively arranged at two sides of the battery piece carrier 2, the two matching pieces 21 of the same side are oppositely arranged and are matched with the structures of the two extending portions 311 of the same group, the two oppositely arranged extending portions 311 of the same side are connected with one battery piece carrier 2, that is, when the two movable claws 31 are simultaneously connected with one battery piece carrier 2, the two movable claws 31 are respectively arranged at two sides of the battery piece carrier 2, the adjacent extending portions 311 of one movable claw 31 are connected with the matching pieces 21, namely, after the extending portions 311 of the other movable claw 31 are stably connected with the matching pieces 21, namely, after the protruding blocks are inserted into the grooves, the other movable claws 31 can be moved away from the battery piece carrier 2, and the battery piece carrier 2 is completed. In one possible embodiment, one moving jaw 31 may also be connected to the mating members 21 of four battery chip carriers 2 by four extensions 311 thereon, respectively.

In one implementation, as shown in fig. 6, the carrying unit 3 further includes a carrying in-place sensor 7, where the carrying in-place sensor 7 is used to detect a position of the battery piece carrier 2 to be carried by the carrying unit 3, so as to determine whether the moving claw 31 moves in place, so that the extending portion 311 can accurately move into the clamping groove 211, and the protruding block is located below the groove, so that quick and accurate connection between the moving claw 31 and the mating piece 21 is achieved. In the case where there is a handover of the battery piece carrier 2, in order to enable the two moving claws 31 to be simultaneously connected to the battery piece carrier 2, only the extension 311 of one side of the moving claw 31 can be used to connect to the battery piece carrier 2, and the carry-in-place sensor 7 is provided on the moving connection plate and is located on the side of the moving claw 31 connected to the battery piece carrier 2. In order to determine whether the extension portion 311 moves in place, the position may be preset to the site, specifically, after the protrusion is inserted into the groove, the position corresponding to the ray of the in-place sensor 7 is preset to the site, and after the moving claw 31 moves to the side of the clamping groove 211, the position corresponding to the ray of the in-place sensor 7 is preset to the site. To further increase the positioning accuracy, an in-place sensor (not shown) may be provided on the battery chip carrier 2.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is also provided an electroplating apparatus including the battery piece carrier handling mechanism 1 in the foregoing embodiment. The electroplating device is used for electroplating the battery piece so as to enable at least one layer of metal film to be attached to all or part of the surface of the battery piece.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the plating apparatus 8 includes at least a processing tank 9, a battery piece carrier 2, and a carrying unit 3. The processing groove 9 at least comprises a first processing groove and a second processing groove which are sequentially arranged, and the battery piece carrier 2 is used for carrying battery pieces and is movably arranged in the processing groove 9; the carrying unit at least comprises a first carrying unit and a second carrying unit, wherein the first carrying unit is movably arranged above the first processing groove, and the second carrying unit is movably arranged above the second processing groove. Specifically, the first carrying unit can drive the battery piece carrier 2 to move in the first processing groove and can drive the battery piece carrier 2 to move to a transfer station between the first processing groove and the second processing groove, and the second carrying unit can move the battery piece carrier 2 on the transfer station to the second processing groove and can drive the battery piece carrier 2 to move in the second processing groove. The electroplating apparatus 8 further comprises a frame on which both the handling unit 3 and the processing tank 9 are mounted.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9 to 10, a plurality of processing grooves 9 are arranged in parallel along the X direction, and since a part of the processing grooves 9 contains liquid, in order to avoid the battery carrier 2 from carrying the liquid out of the processing grooves 9, a certain distance is provided between two adjacent processing grooves 9. Specifically, in order to electroplate multiple cladding layers to the battery piece, the liquid composition of splendid attire in the processing groove 9 is different, in an implementation mode, can add a processing groove 9 that is used for dribbling battery piece carrier 2 residual liquid between two processing grooves 9 of splendid attire liquid, can not set up the device in this processing groove 9, adopts the mode that battery piece carrier 2 naturally drips, perhaps adds drying device in this processing groove 9 to dry battery piece carrier 2 and battery piece surface, avoid remaining liquid to get into in the other liquid processing groove 9.

The processing groove 9 is provided with a supporting frame 6, the supporting frame 6 is provided with two sides which are respectively positioned at two sides of the processing groove 9, when the battery piece carrier 2 is positioned in the processing groove 9, the two sides of the battery piece carrier 2 are respectively arranged on the two supporting frames 6, and when the carrying unit is contacted with the battery piece carrier 2 and drives the battery piece carrier 2 to move, the two sides of the battery piece carrier 2 horizontally move on the supporting frame 6 along the length of the supporting frame 6 in the X direction.

The electroplating device further comprises a controller, a communication line (wired or wireless communication line) exists between the in-place conveying sensor 7, the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly and the controller, and the controller can receive signals sent by the in-place conveying sensor 7 and further control the first driving assembly and the second driving assembly to drive the moving claw 31 to move. Specifically, the preset-to-site of the carrier in-place sensor is provided on the frame, and the preset-to-site of the carry-in-place sensor 7 is provided on the battery piece carrier 2. When the battery piece carrier 2 moves in place in one processing groove 9, the carrier in-place sensor senses the preset in-place position, the first driving component and the second driving component drive the moving claw 31 to move in the X direction and the Y direction, so that the extending part 311 moves to one side of the clamping groove 211, at the moment, the carrying in-place sensor 7 senses the first preset in-place position, the first driving component and the second driving component can drive the extending part 311 to move to the clamping groove 211 until the lug corresponds to the groove position, the carrying in-place sensor 7 senses the second preset in-place position, the second driving component drives the extending part 311 to move upwards, so that the lug is inserted into the groove to complete connection between the moving claw 31 and the battery piece carrier 2, and when the first driving component and the second driving component drive the moving claw 31 again to move, the moving claw 31 drives the battery piece carrier 2 to move together until the next preset in-place position sensed by the carrier in-place sensor, and the other moving claw 31 is connected with the battery piece carrier 2, so that the battery piece carrier 2 is handed over, and the second driving claw 31 drives the other battery piece carrier 2 to move to the other adjacent battery piece carrier 2 to the other processing groove 9.

Further, a transfer table is provided between two adjacent processing tanks 9, and two transfer units 3 located on both sides of the transfer table can transfer the battery piece carrier 2 at the transfer table, so that the battery piece carrier 2 can be transferred from one processing tank 9 to the adjacent processing tank 9. The movement ranges of the first driving components of the two adjacent carrying units 3 are adjacent to the carrying and transferring table, that is, the moving claw 31 can move to one side of the carrying and transferring table, that is, the distance between the two mating members 21 located at both sides of the battery piece carrier 2 is smaller than or equal to the width of the carrying and transferring table, when one moving claw 31 is connected with the mating member 21 located at one side of the battery piece carrier 2 and moves it to above the carrying and transferring table, the other moving claw 31 can be connected with the mating member 21 located at the other side of the battery piece carrier 2, so as to realize the transfer of the battery piece carrier 2.

In this embodiment, the number of processing tanks 9 is preferably M, where M is equal to or greater than 2, M is an integer, and the number of transfer stations is N, where n=m-1. In this way, every two adjacent processing slots 9 can be replaced by the carrying unit 3 for the battery piece carrier 2.

The specific operation of the battery plate plating apparatus 8 of this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 9:

After the battery piece is placed on the battery piece carrier 2 through manual or automatic equipment, the battery piece carrier 2 moves into a processing groove 9 through a carrying unit 3, the carrying unit contacts with the battery piece carrier 2 and drives the battery piece carrier 2 to move along a supporting frame 6, when the battery piece carrier moves from one end of the processing groove 9 to the other end, a carrier in-place sensor senses a preset position, the battery piece carrier 2 stops moving, a first driving component drives a moving claw 31 to move above one side of the battery piece carrier 2 away from a carrying and transferring table (the next moving claw 31 can not be connected with a matching piece 21 of the battery piece carrier 2 if the battery piece carrier moves to the side close to the carrying and transferring table), a second driving component drives the moving claw 31 to move downwards until an extending part 311 moves to one side of a clamping groove 211, at the moment, the carrying in-place sensor 7 senses a first preset position, the first driving component and the second driving component can drive the extending part 311 to move to the clamping groove 211, until the bump corresponds to the groove position, the carrying in-place sensor 7 senses the second preset position, the second driving component drives the extension part 311 to move upwards, so that the bump is inserted into the groove, the second driving component and the first driving component drive the moving claw 31 again to drive the battery piece carrier 2 to move to the carrying transfer table until reaching the end part of the first driving component in the horizontal direction, at this time, the battery piece carrier 2 is positioned above the carrying transfer table, the moving claw 31 connected with the battery piece carrier 2 is positioned above the first processing groove 9, the moving claw 31 above the other processing groove 9 moves to the other side of the carrying transfer table in advance, after the battery piece carrier 2 moves in place, positioning sensing can be performed according to the carrying in-place sensor 7 on the battery piece carrier 2, connection with the battery piece carrier 2 is completed, after the connection of the second moving claw 31 is completed, the first moving claw 31 can be driven downwards through the second driving component, so that the protruding block is separated from the groove, the first driving component drives the moving claw 31 to move away from the battery piece carrier 2, and therefore the battery piece carrier 2 is handed over, and then the second carrying unit 3 can drive the battery piece carrier 2 to move into the second processing groove 9. After the battery piece carrier 2 is carried for a plurality of times, the processing of the battery piece can be completed. In summary, the battery piece carrier transporting mechanism and the electroplating device in the above embodiment have the following advantages:

1. Through the matched matching piece 21 and the moving claw 31, the battery piece carrier 2 and the carrying unit 3 can be quickly and accurately detachably connected, so that the moving claw 31 can stably move;

2. The moving claw 31 can realize horizontal movement along the X direction and vertical movement along the Y direction through the first driving component and the second driving component so as to realize multidirectional transportation of the moving claw 31;

3. The battery piece carrier 2 is handed over by two adjacent carrying units 3, so that the battery piece carrier 2 can be carried from one processing groove 9 to the other processing groove 9 adjacent to the processing groove 9, and the battery piece can be electroplated for many times or the residual liquid can be drained.

4. Before the battery piece is processed in one processing groove 9, namely when the battery piece carrier 2 is not moved to the processing end, the carrying unit 3 above the processing groove 9 can be moved to a preset positioning point in advance, and the carrying unit 3 above the other processing groove 9 adjacent to the processing groove 9 can be moved to a position in advance before the battery piece carrier 2 is moved to a carrying transfer platform, so that the carrying unit 3 can be quickly connected with the battery piece carrier 2, and the two carrying units 3 are matched with each other with high efficiency, thereby improving the transportation efficiency of the battery piece carrier.

As used in this specification and in the claims, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that the steps and elements are explicitly identified, and do not constitute an exclusive list, as other steps or elements may be included in a method or apparatus. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any combination of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, when a feature is referred to as being "fixed" or "connected" to another feature, it may be directly or indirectly fixed or connected to the other feature. Further, the descriptions of the upper, lower, left, right, etc. used in the present utility model are merely with respect to the mutual positional relationship of the constituent elements of the present utility model in the drawings.

The above-described embodiments are provided for illustrating the technical concept and features of the present utility model, and are intended to be preferred embodiments for those skilled in the art to understand the present utility model and implement the same according to the present utility model, not to limit the scope of the present utility model. All equivalent changes or modifications made according to the principles of the present utility model should be construed to be included within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A battery piece carrier handling mechanism, comprising:

the battery piece carrier is used for carrying battery pieces;

the number of the carrying units is at least two;

2. The battery piece carrier handling mechanism of claim 1, wherein in a first operating state, one of the handling units drives the battery piece carrier to move; in a second working state, the battery piece carrier is transferred from one carrying unit to the other carrying unit; in a third working state, the other carrying unit drives the battery piece carrier to move;

3. The battery pack carrier handling mechanism of any one of claims 1-2, wherein the handling unit comprises a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and a moving jaw, the first drive assembly being connected to the second drive assembly, the moving jaw being connected to the second drive assembly;

4. The battery tray carrier handling mechanism of claim 3, wherein the moving jaw comprises a moving web and an extension disposed on the moving web, the moving web being connected to the second drive assembly;

5. The battery piece carrier handling mechanism of claim 4, wherein the mating member and the extension portion are provided with a mutually-mating connection structure, and wherein any one of a magnetic connection, a plug connection, and an adhesive connection is provided between the mating member and the extension portion.

6. The battery piece carrier handling mechanism of claim 5, wherein the number of the extending parts and the matching parts is four, the four extending parts are two by two in one group, the two extending parts are arranged on the movable connecting plate in parallel, the two extending parts of the same group are respectively arranged at two ends of the movable connecting plate and extend in a direction away from the movable connecting plate, the four matching parts are two by two in one group, the two matching parts of the two groups are respectively arranged at two sides of the battery piece carrier, and the two matching parts positioned at the same side are arranged in opposite directions and are matched with the two extending parts of the same group.

7. The battery pack carrier handling mechanism of claim 6, wherein the handling unit further comprises a handling in-place sensor for determining whether the moving jaw is moved in place.

8. A battery piece carrier handling mechanism, comprising:

9. The battery piece carrier handling mechanism of claim 8, wherein the moving claw comprises a moving connecting plate and an extension portion arranged on the moving connecting plate, a bump is arranged on the extension portion, the matching piece is provided with a clamping groove, and a groove matched with the bump is arranged in the clamping groove.

10. An electroplating apparatus, comprising:

the battery piece carrier is used for carrying battery pieces;

11. An electroplating apparatus, comprising:

The battery piece carrier handling mechanism of any one of claims 1-7;