JP2016058157A - Protective layer forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protective layer forming device capable of improving a leveling property without damaging a collector.SOLUTION: A protective layer forming device 30 includes a conveying device 19 which conveys an electrode material 17 including a long metal foil 11a and active metal layers 12 formed on both surfaces of the long metal foil 11a. The protective layer forming device 30 further includes a coating device 23 which coats a protective layer forming material 24 on the active material layers 12 formed in the electrode material 17, and a vibration generating device 40 which vibrates the electrode material 17 by electromagnetic vibration in a non-contact manner.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a protective layer forming apparatus for forming a protective layer having electrical insulation on the surface of an active material layer formed on at least one side of a current collector.

  Power storage devices such as secondary batteries and capacitors are widely used as power sources because they can be recharged and can be used repeatedly. Conventionally, lithium ion secondary batteries, nickel-hydrogen secondary batteries, and the like are well known as power storage devices mounted on vehicles such as EVs (Electric Vehicles) and PHVs (Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles). These secondary batteries include, for example, an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode each having an active material layer on the surface of a current collector are stacked or wound with a porous and resin separator interposed therebetween. Have

  Further, conventionally, with respect to the electrode assembly, efforts have been made to further improve the heat resistance of the insulating structure that suppresses a short circuit between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. As one of them, it has been proposed to arrange an insulating protective layer in addition to the resin separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The protective layer is more excellent in heat resistance than the resin separator, and for example, there is a protective layer in which a ceramic layer made of fine ceramic particles is formed on an active material layer.

  An example of manufacturing an electrode having a protective layer will be described. First, an active material layer is formed continuously or intermittently in the longitudinal direction on a long metal foil, and the metal foil and the active material layer are included. An electrode material is formed. Next, the material for forming the protective layer is applied onto the active material layer while conveying the long belt-like electrode material in the longitudinal direction. After that, when the electrode material is passed through the drying device and the protective layer forming material is dried, a protective layer containing ceramic particles is formed on the active material layer. And the electrode which has a protective layer is manufactured by cut | disconnecting the electrode material in which the protective layer was formed in the shape of an electrode.

  By the way, bubbles may be generated in the material for forming the protective layer during the production of the electrode, particularly during the formation of the protective layer. When bubbles are generated in the protective layer forming material, voids are formed on the surface of the protective layer after drying, and the leveling property of the protective layer is lowered. Specifically, a thin portion is formed in the protective layer, and particularly when large bubbles are formed, an exposed portion of the active material layer is formed after drying, and the electrical resistance is reduced in that portion. . Then, when the secondary battery is used, the current concentrates on the thin part of the protective layer or the exposed part of the active material layer, which is not preferable because the performance of the secondary battery is deteriorated or the life is shortened. .

Thus, it has been proposed to improve leveling by removing bubbles from the protective layer when forming the protective layer (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
As shown in FIG. 6, the coating apparatus 80 of Patent Document 1 is an apparatus that can also be used for manufacturing an electrode, and an unwinding roll 82 on which a long belt-like support body 81 (a metal foil in an electrode) is fed, An applicator 83 for applying a paint (a protective layer forming material for electrodes) on the support 81 and a take-up roll 84 for taking up the support 81 on which the paint has been applied are provided. The coating device 80 includes a vibration generating unit 85 that vibrates the undried paint applied on the support 81 between the coating unit 83 and the take-up roll 84 in the conveyance direction of the support 81. The vibration generating unit 85 includes a vibration unit 85a and a guide roll 85b that is vibrated by the vibration unit 85a.

  And when the support body 81 passes the guide roll 85b of the vibration generation part 85, it is vibrated forcibly by the vibration generation part 85, and the viscosity fall of a coating material is caused by the shear stress given by the vibration. As a result, leveling properties are improved by removing bubbles contained in the paint, and smoothing of the paint layer is promoted.

JP 2005-144414 A

By the way, when improving the leveling property of a protective layer, there exists a possibility that a collector may be damaged.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art, and its purpose is to provide a protective layer forming apparatus capable of improving the leveling property without damaging the current collector. It is to provide.

  A protective layer forming apparatus for solving the above problems is a protective layer forming apparatus for forming a protective layer having electrical insulation on the surface of an active material layer formed on at least one side of a current collector. A transport device for transporting an electrode material having a long current collector capable of forming the current collector, and an active material layer formed on at least one surface of the long current collector, and formed on the electrode material A coating device that applies a protective layer forming material to the active material layer formed to form a coating portion of the protective layer forming material, and vibration that imparts vibration to the electrode material in a non-contact manner by electromagnetic vibration And a generator.

  According to this, the coating part can be vibrated in a non-contact manner by the electromagnetic vibration generated by the vibration generator. For this reason, even if bubbles are generated in the coating portion of the protective layer forming material, the bubbles can be ruptured by the cavitation effect. Therefore, unlike the case where a vibrating device or the like is directly brought into contact with the electrode material for vibration to vibrate the coated portion, the electrode material is less likely to be damaged.

  As for the protective layer forming apparatus, when the electrode material passes through the vibration generating device, the conveying device conveys the electrode material in a state in which the longitudinal direction of the electrode material extends in the horizontal direction. A magnetic field generator for generating a direct-current magnetic field along the transport direction of the electrode material transported to the surface, and an alternating-current generator for applying an alternating current orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic flux of the direct-current magnetic field in a horizontal plane, The vibration is a vertical vibration generated by a Lorentz force generated by the DC magnetic field and the AC current.

  According to this, by applying a DC magnetic field and an AC electric field simultaneously, a periodic Lorentz force is generated on the coating part, and the coating part vibrates in the vertical direction at the same frequency as the AC electric field. For this reason, it becomes possible to rupture the air bubbles in the coating part by the cavitation effect.

  Further, with respect to the protective layer forming device, the electrode material is disposed upstream of the vibration generating device in the transport direction of the electrode material, and after application of the protective layer forming material and before application of the electromagnetic vibration. There may be provided a vibration absorbing device that absorbs vibration in the vertical direction.

  According to this, even if vibration is applied to the electrode material including the coating part by the vibration generating device, the vibration is absorbed by the vibration absorbing device on the downstream side of the coating device and on the upstream side of the vibration generating device. be able to. Therefore, it can suppress that a vibration propagates to the application place of the protective layer formation material by a coating device. As a result, it can suppress that an electrode material vibrates in the application place of the protective layer formation material by a coating apparatus, and can suppress that a coating part waves and leveling property falls.

Moreover, about the protective layer formation apparatus, you may provide the drying apparatus arrange | positioned downstream from the said vibration generator in the conveyance direction of the said electrode material.
According to this, after applying a vibration to a coating part with a vibration generator and bursting the bubble in a coating part, a coating part can be dried with a drying device. For this reason, it is suppressed that a coating part will be dried with a bubble existing in a coating part.

  According to the present invention, the leveling property can be improved without damaging the current collector.

The perspective view which shows the electrode of embodiment. The figure which shows the protective layer forming apparatus of embodiment typically. The schematic diagram which shows the relationship between a direct-current magnetic field, an alternating current, and Lorentz force. (A), (b), (c), (d) is a schematic diagram explaining the state of bubble bursting by the cavitation effect. The figure which shows typically the protective layer forming apparatus of another example. The figure which shows background art.

Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying a protective layer forming apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.
Although not shown, the secondary battery as the power storage device is a rectangular battery having a rectangular external appearance, and is a lithium ion battery. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly in a case. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes, and the positive electrode electrode and the negative electrode are insulated from each other by a porous and resin separator. It is configured to be alternately stacked in a state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an electrode 10 for a secondary battery includes a rectangular metal foil 11 as a current collector, a rectangular active material layer 12 provided on both surfaces of the metal foil 11, and an active material layer. 12 and a protective layer 13 shown by dot hatching covering the entire surface of 12 and a part of the metal foil 11. The protective layer 13 has an insulating function for suppressing a short circuit between the positive electrode 10 and the negative electrode 10 and also has heat resistance. The electrode 10 has an uncoated portion 12 a along which the active material layer 12 is not provided and the metal foil 11 is exposed. And in the electrode 10, the current collection tab 14 is provided in the state which protrudes in a part of uncoated part 12a. In the present embodiment, the electrode 10 is a negative electrode.

  The active material layer 12 is configured such that the active material particles are fixed to each other by a resin binder, and a large number of pores serving as electrolyte and ion passages are provided between the active materials. The protective layer 13 is made of ceramic composed of ceramic particles having electrical insulation and a resin binder. The ceramic particles in the present embodiment are alumina particles, and the protective layer 13 has a large number of pores like the active material layer 12. The protective layer 13 is desirably as thin and flat as possible. The ceramic particles included in the protective layer 13 may be other than alumina particles.

Next, a method for manufacturing the electrode 10 will be described.
First, the manufacturing process of the electrode 10 prior to the manufacturing method of the present embodiment will be described. The manufacturing process of the electrode 10 is performed in the order of kneading, application of the active material layer, pressing, and formation of a protective layer. First, an active material mixture is formed by kneading each material constituting the component of the active material layer and a solvent. Next, after coating the active material mixture on the long metal foil, the precursor of the active material layer is formed on the long metal foil by passing through a drying device and removing the solvent. Next, an active material layer is formed by pressurizing the precursor of the active material layer with a roll press to increase the density of the active material. The manufacturing method of the electrode 10 of this embodiment is equivalent to the following protective layer formation.

The manufacturing method of the electrode 10 in the present embodiment is a manufacturing method that is performed by the protective layer forming apparatus 30 using the electrode material 17.
As shown in FIG. 2, the electrode material 17 is continuously formed in the longitudinal direction on a long metal foil 11a as a long current collector capable of forming the metal foil 11, and on both surfaces of the long metal foil 11a. Active material layer 12. And the manufacturing method of the electrode 10 apply | coats the protective layer formation material 24 with respect to the surface of the active material layer 12 formed in the electrode material 17, and forms the coating part 24a of the protective layer formation material 24, In addition, a vibration applying step of applying vibration to the coating unit 24a to rupture air bubbles in the coating unit 24a and a drying step of the coating unit 24a are included.

Next, the protective layer forming apparatus 30 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the protective layer forming apparatus 30 for manufacturing the electrode 10 is an apparatus for performing the above-described coating process, vibration applying process, and drying process. Then, the protective layer forming device 30 vibrates the conveying device 19 that conveys the electrode material 17, the coating device 23 that applies the protective layer forming material 24 to the electrode material 17 and performs a coating process, and the coating unit 24a. And a vibration generating device 40 that performs a vibration applying step, and a drying device 25 that dries the coating portion 24a and performs a drying step.

  The transport device 19 has a supply roll 21, and the electrode material 17 is wound around the supply roll 21. The supply roll 21 is rotatably supported by a support device (not shown). Further, the transport device 19 includes a winding roll 22, and the winding roll 22 is rotatably supported by a support device (not shown) and rotates at a constant rotational speed. And the electrode material 17 supplied from the supply roll 21 is wound up by the winding roll 22, and the electrode material 17 is conveyed by the conveyance direction X1.

  Further, the transport device 19 includes three tension rollers 29a to 29c. Of the three tension rollers, the first tension roller 29a disposed on the most upstream side is disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction X1 with respect to the coating roll 23 so as to face the coating device 23 with the electrode material 17 interposed therebetween. Yes. Then, the direction of the electrode material 17 supplied from the supply roll 21 is changed by the first tension roller 29a so as to be conveyed in the lateral direction.

  Of the three tension rollers, the second tension roller 29b disposed on the downstream side of the first tension roller 29a has the orientation of the electrode material 17 such that the longitudinal direction of the electrode material 17 extends along the horizontal direction. To change. The second tension roller 29b has a roller surface made of a material capable of absorbing vibration, such as a foam material, and can absorb vibrations generated in the electrode material 17 in the vertical direction. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the second tension roller 29b constitutes a vibration absorbing device.

  Further, among the three tension rollers, the third tension roller 29 c arranged on the most downstream side and on the downstream side of the drying device 25 gives tension to the electrode material 17 wound around the winding roll 22. In the present embodiment, the transport device 19 includes the supply roll 21, the take-up roll 22, and the first to third tension rollers 29 a to 29 c.

  The coating device 23 is a slit die type coating device, and a discharge port (not shown) of the coating device 23 is disposed to face one side of the electrode material 17. In the coating device 23, the coating method of the protective layer forming material 24 may be other than the slit die method. In the coating process, the protective layer forming material 24 is continuously applied to the active material layer 12 on one side of the electrode material 17 from the discharge port of the coating device 23, and the electrode material 17 is coated on one side of the electrode material 17. A long coating portion 24a extending in the longitudinal direction is formed. The protective layer forming material 24 is obtained by kneading alumina particles, resin binder particles, and a solvent into a slurry.

  The vibration generating device 40 is disposed downstream of the second tension roller 29b and upstream of the drying device 25 in the conveying direction X1 of the electrode material 17. The vibration generator 40 includes a cylindrical superconducting magnet 41 as a magnetic field generator, and the central axis of the superconducting magnet 41 extends in the horizontal direction. Although not shown, the superconducting magnet 41 generates a strong magnetic flux in the coil by passing a current through the coil made of superconductor. Further, since the superconducting magnet 41 has no electrical resistance, the current continues to flow through the coil permanently, and becomes a powerful electromagnet.

  In the superconducting magnet 41, a magnetic flux is formed along the axial direction thereof, and a DC magnetic field B extending in the axial direction of the superconducting magnet 41 is formed. The electrode material 17 conveyed in the horizontal direction passes through the cylinder of the superconducting magnet 41. For this reason, the DC magnetic field B is formed along the longitudinal direction of the electrode material 17 to be conveyed.

  The vibration generator 40 includes an alternating current generator 42. The alternating current generator 42 has an alternating current power supply 43, and includes a first wiring 44 connected to one electrode of the alternating current power supply 43 and a second wiring 45 connected to the other electrode of the alternating current power supply 43. The first wiring 44 is connected to one end of the superconducting magnet 41 in the axial direction, and the second wiring 45 is connected to the other axial end of the superconducting magnet 41. The AC power supply 43 is configured to flow an AC current J having a frequency set from a predetermined range and to apply an AC electric field based on the generated AC current J in the vicinity of the superconducting magnet 41. The direction in which the alternating current J applied by the alternating current generator 42 flows is a direction orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic flux in the direct magnetic field B applied by the superconducting magnet 41 in the same horizontal plane.

The drying device 25 is disposed on the downstream side of the vibration generating device 40 in the conveying direction X1 of the electrode material 17. In the drying device 25, for example, hot air is supplied around the electrode material 17.
Next, the manufacturing method of the electrode 10 is demonstrated with an effect | action. In the protective layer forming apparatus 30, it is assumed that the alternating current generator 42 of the vibration generator 40 always operates, the alternating current J flows near the superconducting magnet 41, and an alternating electric field is always formed.

  In the coating process, the strip-shaped electrode material 17 having the active material layer 12 (not shown) on both sides is fed from the supply roll 21 and then from the coating device 23 at a position facing the coating device 23. The discharged slurry-like protective layer forming material 24 is applied on the active material layer 12 on one surface of the electrode material 17, and the coating portion 24 a is formed on the active material layer 12. At this time, large air bubbles may be generated in the coating portion 24a of the protective layer forming material 24 due to the intrusion of air from the pores of the active material layer 12 into the coating portion 24a.

  Thereafter, the electrode material 17 is guided by the first and second tension rollers 29 a and 29 b so as to extend in the horizontal direction, and passes through the superconducting magnet 41 in the vibration generator 40. In the superconducting magnet 41 of the vibration generator 40, a DC magnetic field B is formed in which the magnetic flux extends along the conveying direction X <b> 1 of the electrode material 17, and an AC current J flows by the AC current generator 42. In the case of FIG. 2, the direction of the DC magnetic field B is in the horizontal direction of the figure, and the alternating current J flows in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of the figure.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the direction in which the alternating current J flows and the direction of the DC magnetic field B are orthogonal to each other in the horizontal plane, and the Lorentz force F acts in the direction orthogonal to the directions of the AC electric field and the DC magnetic field B. To do. The direction of the Lorentz force F is determined by Fleming's left-hand rule. Even if the direction of the DC magnetic field B is constant, the current is alternating, so the direction of the Lorentz force F changes alternately according to the AC frequency in the direction of the arrow in FIG. To do. That is, it changes alternately in the vertical direction.

  Then, Lorentz force F acts on the electrode material 17, and vibration is given to the long metal foil 11a and the coating part 24a. In this case, in the slurry-like coating part 24a, the action on the bubbles 50 differs depending on the direction of the Lorentz force F, and as shown in FIG. As shown, the Lorentz force F in the direction of compressing the bubbles 50 is repeated alternately. When the Lorentz force F acts in a state where the cavitation effect is generated, the bubbles 50 are ruptured as shown in FIGS.

  When the bubble 50 is ruptured, the air in the coating part 24a is decomposed into fine bubbles. As a result, the large bubbles 50 are eliminated from the coating portion 24a of the protective layer forming material 24. That is, the bubbles 50 can be ruptured in a non-contact manner with respect to the electrode material 17, and the large bubbles 50 in the coating part 24a can be dispersed into fine bubbles.

  In the drying process, the coating part 24 a in which the bubbles 50 are ruptured is dried in the drying device 25. The coating part 24a in the slurry state is dried and cured while passing through the inside of the drying device 25. As a result, the protective layer 13 having a uniform thickness is formed by the coating portion 24a.

  Thereafter, the electrode material 17 on which the protective layer 13 is formed is wound on the winding roll 22. The electrode material 17 taken up by the take-up roll 22 is fed out in a separate process, and the protective layer 13 is formed on the other side of the active material layer 12 in the same manner as described above. Taken. Thereafter, the electrode material 17 is unwound from another winding roll 22 in a separate step and cut into a predetermined shape. And while the active material layer 12 is formed in a rectangular shape, the uncoated part 12a and the current collection tab 14 are formed, and the electrode 10 is manufactured.

According to the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The vibration generator 40 provided in the protective layer forming apparatus 30 is used to apply vibration to the electrode material 17 in a non-contact manner by electromagnetic vibration. For this reason, for example, when the electrode material 17 is directly shaken up and down by an actuator or the like to apply vibration, the electrode material 17, particularly the long metal foil 11 a is prevented from being damaged during excitation. be able to. As a result, regarding the manufacture of the electrode 10, it is possible to reduce the incidence of defects due to the electrode material 17 being damaged. Moreover, the surface of the coating part 24a is naturally leveled by bursting the bubble 50 in the coating part 24a, and the protective layer 13 obtained can be made into uniform thickness. As a result, the leveling property of the protective layer 13 does not deteriorate, and it is possible to suppress the formation of a thin portion or an exposed portion of the active material layer 12 in the protective layer 13.

  (2) The electrode material 17 is vibrated by the Lorentz force F generated from the DC magnetic field B and the AC current J. Therefore, it is possible to apply vibration to the electrode material 17 using a non-contact device (superconducting magnet 41 and alternating current generator 42).

  (3) When passing through the vibration generator 40, the electrode material 17 is conveyed in a state extending in the horizontal direction. For this reason, the electrode material 17 is vibrated in the vertical direction by the vibration generator 40. And the 2nd tension roller 29b which absorbs the vibration of this electrode material 17 was arrange | positioned in the conveyance direction X1 downstream from the coating device 23, and upstream from the vibration generator 40. FIG. Therefore, even if the electrode material 17 vibrates in the vertical direction by the vibration generator 40, the vibration is absorbed by the second tension roller 29b, and the vibration applied by the vibration generator 40 extends to the vicinity of the coating device 23. Can be suppressed. For this reason, when the protective layer forming material 24 is applied by the coating apparatus 23, the electrode material 17 does not flutter, and the coating portion 24a can be formed with a uniform thickness.

  (4) In the transport direction X1, the drying device 25 is disposed on the downstream side of the vibration generating device 40. For this reason, even if bubbles 50 are generated in the protective layer forming material 24 after the application of the protective layer forming material 24, the coating portions 24a can be passed through the drying process after the bubbles 50 are dispersed in the vicinity of the vibration generating device 40. it can. Therefore, it can suppress that the big bubble 50 will be fixed by drying, and leveling property can be improved in the protective layer 13 obtained.

  (5) The superconducting magnet 41 is employed as a means for generating the DC magnetic field B. Since the superconducting magnet 41 does not generate heat and does not consume power, the manufacturing cost of the electrode 10 can be reduced.

  (6) The protective layer 13 preferably contains ceramic particles and is as thin and flat as possible. For this reason, if it dries with the bubble 50 produced in the coating part 24a of the protective layer formation material 24, a thin part will be formed in the protective layer 13, and there exists a possibility that it may become difficult to function as the protective layer 13. . In forming the protective layer 13, the bubble 50 is ruptured by electromagnetic vibration, so that the protective layer 13 having improved leveling properties can be formed even if the thickness is small.

In addition, you may change this embodiment as follows.
As shown in FIG. 5, a detection device 46 that detects the leveling property of the protective layer 13 after drying is installed on the downstream side of the drying device 25, and the detection device 46 is signal-connected to the controller 47. The detection device 46 may be a camera that directly images the protective layer 13 or may be a thickness detector that measures the thickness of the protective layer 13. The controller 47 is signal-connected to the AC power supply 43 of the AC current generator 42.

  In the manufacture of the electrode 10 by the protective layer forming apparatus 30, the controller 47 does not drive the alternating current generator 42 during normal times. If the presence of the bubble 50 is confirmed in the protective layer 13 by the detection of the detection device 46 or a portion where the thickness of the protective layer 13 is reduced due to the bubble 50 is confirmed, the controller 47 generates the alternating current generator. 42 is driven, an alternating current J is passed, and an alternating electric field is generated. Then, a Lorentz force F is generated from the AC current J and the DC magnetic field B, and vibration is applied to the electrode material 17.

  As described above, vibration may be applied to the electrode material 17 by the vibration generator 40 only when the leveling property of the protective layer 13 is confirmed to be lowered. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress power consumption as compared to the case where the alternating current generator 42 always allows the alternating current J to flow.

As shown in FIG. 5, the vibration absorbing device may be a damper 48 instead of the second tension roller 29b.
The magnetic field generator that generates the DC magnetic field B may not be the superconducting magnet 41, but may be an electromagnet using a coil other than the superconductor or a permanent magnet.

The electrode material 17 may be provided with the active material layer 12 only on one side. In this case, the protective layer forming material 24 is applied only on one side of the electrode material 17.
In the embodiment, the active material layer 12 is provided continuously in the longitudinal direction of the long metal foil 11a. However, the active material layer 12 is formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the long metal foil 11a, and intermittently. The protective layer 13 may be formed on the provided active material layer 12 by the protective layer forming apparatus 30.

  In the embodiment, the example in which the electrode 10 is a negative electrode and the protective layer 13 is formed on the negative electrode 10 is described, but the electrode 10 may be a positive electrode. For the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrode assembly, the protective layer 13 may be formed only on one of the surfaces. Moreover, the protective layer 13 may be formed on both the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

The current collector is not limited to the long metal foil 11a as long as the active material layer 12 can be formed. For example, a woven or net-like sheet may be used.
(Circle) you may employ | adopt the protective layer formation apparatus 30 at the time of manufacture of the electrode used for electrical storage apparatuses, such as a nickel hydride secondary battery and an electrical double layer capacitor.

Next, the technical idea that can be grasped from the above embodiment and other examples will be described below.
(A) The protective layer contains ceramic particles.

  B ... DC magnetic field, F ... Lorentz force, J ... AC current, X1 ... conveying direction, 11 ... metal foil as current collector, 11a ... long metal foil as long current collector, 12 ... active material layer, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Protective layer, 17 ... Electrode material, 19 ... Conveying device, 23 ... Coating device, 24 ... Protective layer forming material, 24a ... Coating part, 25 ... Drying device, 29b ... Second tension as vibration absorbing device Roller, 30 ... protective layer forming device, 40 ... vibration generator, 41 ... superconducting magnet as magnetic field generator, 42 ... alternating current generator, 48 ... damper as vibration absorber.

Claims (4)

A protective layer forming apparatus for forming a protective layer having electrical insulation on the surface of an active material layer formed on at least one side of a current collector,
A transport device for transporting an electrode material having a long current collector capable of forming the current collector, and an active material layer formed on at least one surface of the long current collector;
A coating apparatus that applies a protective layer forming material to the active material layer formed on the electrode material and forms a coating portion of the protective layer forming material;
And a vibration generator that applies vibration to the electrode material in a non-contact manner by electromagnetic vibration. When the electrode material passes through the vibration generator, the transport device transports the electrode material in a state where the longitudinal direction of the electrode material extends in the horizontal direction,
The vibration generator includes a magnetic field generator that generates a DC magnetic field along a conveyance direction of an electrode material that is conveyed horizontally, and an AC current generation that applies an AC current orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic flux of the DC magnetic field in a horizontal plane. The protective layer forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic vibration is a vibration in a vertical direction generated by a Lorentz force generated by the DC magnetic field and an AC current.   Arranged upstream of the vibration generating device in the conveying direction of the electrode material, absorbs vibrations in the vertical direction of the electrode material after application of the protective layer forming material and before application of the electromagnetic vibration. The protective layer forming apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a vibration absorbing device that performs vibration.   The protective layer forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a drying device disposed downstream of the vibration generating device in the transport direction of the electrode material.