JPH04215247A - Electrode plate machining device for battery - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change a plate-shaped material conveyed in the suspended state via lug sections for dipping and machining in a solution like an electrode plate material into the horizontal conveyance state for machining. CONSTITUTION:A horizontal conveyor 6 is driven by the rectangular motion, a sucker 2 is driven by a pulling lever 3 pivotally supported at the tip of the horizontal conveyor 6, the sucker 2 is moved along a roller 9, a cam lever 4 and a return rail 11, and it is moved from the vertical state to the horizontal state.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is suitable for suspending plate-shaped materials such as battery electrode plates, which need to be transported in a suspended state inside an aqueous solution for operations such as plating and melting during processing. This technology relates to a transport mechanism for horizontally transporting the material from the state to the next step, the punching press.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when a plate-shaped material that has been transported in a suspended state is conveyed horizontally to be sent to the next press process, the edges of the plate-shaped material are conveyed by a belt conveyor. The structure was such that a stopper was brought into contact with the lower part of the conveyor, and the conveyance state gradually changed to horizontal conveyance. Therefore, a conveyor of a certain length is required, resulting in a problem that the processing line becomes long.

0003

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the problems of the conventional art, and aims to lift the plate-shaped material stored in the storage line using an adsorbent and change it from a vertical state to a horizontal state in a short process. This makes it possible to migrate to

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above, and the present invention provides a system for storing water in a storage line 25 by suspending it vertically by means of ears 18 protruding from both ends. The electrode plate material 1 is adsorbed by an adsorbent 2 that is pressed in a vertical absorption state, and the adsorption member 2 is rotated to a horizontal release state and placed on a horizontal conveyance device 26 by a parts handler H. , the horizontal conveyance body 6 of the horizontal conveyance device 26 is moved in a rectangular trajectory in side view, and the tension rod 3 and roller 9 provided at the tip of the horizontal conveyance body 6 are moved by the cam rod 4 and the return rail 11; The suction body 2 is configured to move from a vertical state to a horizontal state.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The problems to be solved by the present invention and the means for solving them are as described above.Next, the structure of an embodiment shown in the attached drawings will be explained. FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a battery plate processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a right side view. In FIG. 1, the conveyor after the previous stage is connected to the left side, and from the previous stage conveyor, the electrode plate material 1 is hung from the belt conveyors on both sides at the ears 18. It is delivered in good condition. Then, it is transferred to the conveyor 24 of the battery electrode plate processing device. The conveyor 24 is driven by an intermittent drive motor 22, and is not constantly conveyed, but only when the next storage line 25 is opened. The storage line 25, which is arranged continuously with the conveyor 24, is also driven by the intermittent drive motor 23, and is configured to be driven only when one sheet is conveyed by the adsorbent 2 in the next stage. has been done. In the next step of the storage line 25, a vertical-horizontal switching mechanism, which is the main part of the present invention, is arranged. It is driven by parts handler H. The single parts handler H lifts the vertically suspended electrode plate material 1 to a horizontal position, and at the same time,
The process includes transferring the cut crank press P by placing it on the horizontal conveying device 26 of the cut crank press P. An orthogonal conveyor 20 for conveying to the next press step is disposed downstream of the conveyor 26 of the cut crank press P.

In FIG. 6, a plate material 1 and ears 18 provided at both upper ends of the plate material 1 are disclosed. The electrode plate material 1 is used to constitute the electrode plate of a lead-acid battery, and it is necessary to chemically process it while suspended in a solution, such as galvanizing or cleaning after plating in the previous process. There is an ear part 18 in the upper corner to allow the solution to be transferred with both ends hanging on the conveyor.
・18 are provided. In the present invention, at the stage where the chemical processing as described above is completed, in order to perform the punching process into individual electrode plates 30 using a press in the next process, the plate is suspended vertically and then placed horizontally. It is then lifted up and transported to a new state. and the horizontal conveyance device 26
It is placed below the cut crank press P in a state where it is placed on top of the cut crank press P, and the ears 18 are cut along the section indicated by the cutting line 19 in FIG.

Next, the specific structure of the vertical/horizontal switching mechanism will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In FIG. 4, the electrode plate material 1 is stored at the left end in a state overlapping the storage line 25. As shown in FIG. Among the plurality of electrode plate materials 1 in the stored state, the electrode plate material 1 closest to the adsorbent 2 is adsorbed by the adsorbent 2. A vacuum pipe 15 is connected to the adsorbent 2, and the air inside the vacuum pipe 15 is removed by a vacuum pump while the tip of the adsorbent 2 is in contact with the electrode plate material 1. By operating the vacuum pipe 15 under vacuum, the adsorbent 2 reliably adsorbs the electrode plate material 1. The lower part of the suction bracket 31 of the suction body 2 is fixed to a slide body 8, and the slide body 8 holds a portion of the holding rail 32 of the slide rail rod 7. The slide rail rod 7 itself is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 16, and can be rotated to the position 7a in FIG. 4 along with the upward rotation of the suction body 2.

Pivot bracket 3 fixed to slide body 8
1 is pivotally supported on the tension rod 3 by a pivot shaft 14. The tension rod 3 is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 33 at the tip of a horizontal conveyor 6 that is linked to a parts handler H. The horizontal conveyor 6 is shown in FIG.
In order to sequentially pass through the four positions b and 6c, the parts handler H performs a rectangular movement when viewed from the side. In conjunction with the rectangular movement of the horizontal transport body 6, the position of the pivot shaft 33 of the tension rod 3 also moves in a rectangular manner. By the movement of the rectangle, the suction body 2 is configured to shift from a vertical state to a horizontal state as shown in 2a, 2b, and 2c. When the suction body 2 moves from the vertical state to the horizontal state and the electrode plate material 1 is placed on the horizontal conveyance device 26, the horizontal conveyance body 6 changes from the state 6c to the state 6, and then to the state 6a. When the plate material 1 on the horizontal conveying device 26 is raised to the position of
It is then lifted up and conveyed to the position 6b. The horizontal conveyor 26 is not provided with a belt conveyor, and a horizontal conveyor 6 protrudes intermittently from below. The horizontal conveying body 6 moves down below the horizontal conveying device 26 and returns to the upper side of the rectangle to the original position, and the plate material on the horizontal conveying device 26 is transferred to the horizontal conveying device 26. 1 to the orthogonal conveyor 20 side.

Next, the mechanism by which the adsorbent 2 moves from a vertical state to a horizontal state will be explained. In the state shown in FIG. 2, the horizontal conveyor 6 has pushed the tension rod 3 to the position closest to the electrode plate material 1 on the lower side of the rectangle, and in this state, the vacuum pipe 1
5, the adsorbent 2 is brought into a vacuum state and the electrode plate material 1 is adsorbed. Next, the horizontal conveyor 6 rises to the position 6a, and the tension rod 3 retreats slightly. As the tension rod 3 retreats,
The roller 9 at the tip of the tension rod 3 rests on the upper surface of the cam rod 4 and starts moving. The tip of the cam rod 4 is configured to be sharp so that the roller 9 can easily ride on the upper surface of the cam rod 4. While the horizontal conveyor 6 moves from the position 6a to the position 6b on the upper side of the rectangular trajectory, the tension rod 3 is pulled and the roller 9 moves on the cam rod 4 to the end. At the end of the cam rod 4, the roller 9 moves to position 9b. As the suction body 2 moves, the pivot bracket 31, the slide body 8, and the slide rail rod 7 also rotate together. That is, the slide rail rod 7 rotates around the rotation pivot shaft 16 to the position 7a in FIG. 4. When the slide rail rod 7 is at the position 7a, the roller 9 is detached from the cam rod 4 at the position 9b, and the pivot bracket 31 and the roller 9 are pulled by the biasing spring 10, so the roller 9 is at the position 9c. Lower to position, rail body 3
In the process of being placed on the return rail 11 of 4 and being pushed back from 6c to the 6 position, the roller 9 returns from the 9c position to the original 9 position. At this time, since it is necessary for the roller 9 to pass the lower surface of the cam rod 4, the cam rod 4 escapes and rotates upward around the pivot shaft 17, and the roller 9 passes under the cam rod 4 that has escaped and rotated. is allowed to pass through. A biasing spring 12 is provided between the cam rod 4 and the rail body 34, and the cam rod 4 returns to its original position after passing the roller 9. A stopper arc 35 is provided at the pivot shaft 16 of the slide rail rod 7, and restricts the slide rail rod 7 to rotate exactly 90 degrees.

As described above, the present invention provides a parts handler H
The support rod 36 protruding from the support rod 36 moves in a rectangular manner, and the horizontal conveyance body 6 fixed to the tip of the support rod 36 similarly moves in a rectangular trajectory when viewed from the side. Due to the rectangular movement of the body 6, the horizontal transport device 26
The suction body 2 is configured to transport the suction body 2 from a vertical position to a horizontal position at the same time by means of a tension rod 3 and a cam rod 4 provided at the tip of the horizontal transport body 6. .

[0011]

[Effects of the Invention] The first effect is that the parts handler H
By the rectangular movement of the table, the suction body 2 is changed from a vertical state to a horizontal state, and at the same time, the electrode plate material 1 that has been suctioned by the suction body 2 and conveyed to the top of the horizontal conveyance device 26 is then moved to the side by the parts handler H. Since horizontal transport can be carried out by the horizontal transport body 6 that traces a visually rectangular locus, there is no need to provide multiple drive motors or parts handlers H.

The second effect is that the tension rod 3 is interlocked with the movement of the horizontal transport body 6 by the parts handler H, and by both, it is possible to transport the suspended electrode plate material 1 onto the transport conveyor 26 that transports it horizontally. Therefore, it became possible to change the suspended state of the electrode plate material 1 to a horizontally conveyed state through a short process, and the entire processing line could be configured to be short.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a battery plate processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view of the battery electrode plate processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an overall right side view of the battery electrode plate processing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view showing a mechanism for shifting the adsorbent 2 from a vertical state to a horizontal state.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view showing a mechanism for shifting the adsorbent 2 from a vertical state to a horizontal state.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the electrode plate material 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

H Parts handler P cut crank press 1 Plate material 2 Adsorbent ３　Tension rod 4 Cam rod 6 Horizontal conveyor 7 Slide rail rod 8 Slide body 9 Roller 26 Conveyor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The electrode plate material 1 suspended in a vertical state and stored in a storage line 25 is adsorbed by an adsorbent 2 that is pressed in a vertical absorption state by ears 18 protruding from both ends, and the adsorbent 2 to the horizontal separation state and place it on the horizontal transport device 26, the parts handler H moves the horizontal transport body 6 of the horizontal transport device 26 in a rectangular trajectory in side view. The tension rod 3 and roller 9 provided at the tip of the horizontal conveyor 6 are connected to the cam rod 4 and the return rail 11.
A battery electrode plate processing device characterized in that it is configured to move an adsorbent body 2 from a vertical state to a horizontal state.