KR101212017B1 - Production device and method therefor of secondary battery materials by roll to roll - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a secondary battery material production apparatus and method thereof by roll-to-roll. After laminating two or more materials, the punching process reduces the number of processes and significantly increases the process speed, and minimizes the burr generated during punching. In the punching process, the tension holding part and the first and second auxiliary rollers are provided to maintain the sufficient tension of the material at the stop time, thereby minimizing the movement of the material during punching, thereby minimizing the defective rate in the production of the product.

Description

Production apparatus and method of secondary battery material by roll-to-roll {PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR OF SECONDARY BATTERY MATERIALS BY ROLL TO ROLL}

The present invention relates to a secondary battery production apparatus using a roll-to-roll and a production method thereof, and more particularly, by a roll-to-roll process and a roll-to-roll process of matching the positive electrode film, the separator and the negative electrode film during the secondary battery manufacturing process The present invention relates to a secondary battery production apparatus and method using a roll-to-roll, which allows the production of secondary batteries to be integrally formed by simultaneously punching laminated materials, thereby significantly increasing the process speed.

When the punching process is applied to the conventional continuous roll-to-roll system, the material must be stopped while the punching tool is processing the material while stopping the feed.

However, since the mass and radius of the unwinding roll constantly changes over time, the repetitive process of stopping and transferring the punching tool has a problem that a certain amount of material inflow into the machining process is very unstable.

In addition, the range of tension change experienced by the roll-to-roll system while stopping and conveying not only has a risk of falling out of the control range, but also predicts in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the material because sufficient tension is not maintained when punching the material. There is a problem that the alignment error in the longitudinal direction and the width direction can be amplified by the movement of the material that occurs impossible.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a tension holding unit so that sufficient tension can be maintained at the stop time in the punching process, thereby reducing the error in the positional force in the longitudinal direction and the width direction due to the movement of the material during punching. It is to provide a secondary battery production apparatus and method using a roll-to-roll to minimize.

In order to achieve the above object, a positive film winding roller in which a positive electrode film is wound, a first separator winding roller in which a first separator is laminated on a lower part of the positive film, and a negative film winding roller in which a negative film is laminated in a lower part of the first separator The second separator winding roller, the positive electrode film, the first separator, the negative electrode film, and the second separator laminated on the lower portion of the negative electrode film are laminated to one material, and the lamination part through the vertical motion, in the lamination part through the vertical motion. Punching part for forming a cutting line to cut the laminated material into a battery shape, the tension holding unit for maintaining the tension to prevent distortion in the material during the punching is installed at the front and rear ends of the punching portion, lamination by lamination And a final winding roller for finally winding the material from which the punching is completed by the punching unit. Chieul provides,

(a) The first lamination part and the second lamination part laminating at least two materials are laminated with the positive electrode film wound on the positive electrode film winding roller and the first separator wound on the first separator winding roller, respectively, and the negative electrode wound on the negative electrode film winding roller. Laminating the film and the second separator wound on the second separator winding roller; (b) a tandem punching process for re-laminating the material laminated at the first lamination part and the material laminated at the second lamination part to perform a punching process. Determining whether to proceed to the parallel lamination process to perform the lamination process, after performing a punching process separately on the material laminated in the first lamination and the material laminated in the second lamination, respectively, (c) serial punching Re-laminating the material in which the cathode film and the second separator are laminated by the third lamination part by the first lamination part and the material of the second lamination part by the third lamination part when determined by the process; (d) punching A punching step of forming a cutting line of the material finally laminated by the third laminating part in the shape of a battery, and (e) winding the material on which the cutting line is formed by the final winding roller; It is to provide a secondary battery material production method by roll-to-roll.

According to the present invention, after laminating two or more materials, the punching process is performed, thereby reducing the number of processes and significantly increasing the process speed, thereby minimizing burr generated during punching. It has an effect.

In addition, the present invention has a tension maintaining portion and the first and second auxiliary rollers to maintain the sufficient tension of the material during the stop time in the punching process, to minimize the movement of the material during punching can reduce the defective rate of the product It works.

1 is a view showing a first embodiment of a secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention,
2 is a view showing a punching part,
Figure 3 is a view showing a second embodiment of a secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention,
3 is a view showing a third embodiment of a secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention;
5 is a view showing a configuration that is incidentally mounted on the secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention,
And
6 is a flow chart of the secondary battery material production method by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims are not to be construed as limiting in their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are able to properly define the concept of terms in order to best explain their invention in the best way possible. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical spirit of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a first embodiment of a secondary battery material production apparatus and method by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention.

1 is a secondary battery material production apparatus using a roll-to-roll roll according to the present invention, the positive electrode film winding roller 100 wound around the positive electrode film 110, the first separator winding roller 200 wound around the first separator 210, the negative electrode Cathode film winding roller 300 wound the film 310, the second separator winding roller 400, the second separator 410 is wound, the lamination part 500, the tension maintaining part 600, the punching part 700 and the final The winding roller 800 is included.

The lamination part 500 may include a first 510, a second 520, and a third lamination part 530. The first lamination part 510 may be a cathode film 110 wound on a cathode film winding roller 100. ) And the first separator wound around the first separator winding roller 200 are passed through a pair of rollers that are rotated outside to be laminated.

 The second lamination part 520 passes between the negative electrode film 310 wound on the negative electrode film winding roller 300 and the second separation membrane 410 wound around the second separation membrane winding roller 400 to rotate between a pair of rollers that rotate. To make it.

In addition, the third lamination part 530 may be a material laminated in the first lamination part 510 and the second lamination part 520, that is, the positive electrode film 110, the first separator 210, and the negative electrode film. The 310 and the second separation membrane 410 are passed through a pair of rolls that are externally rotated to be laminated.

The punching part 700 forms a cutting line to easily cut the material finally laminated in the third lamination part 530 into the shape of a battery.

The punching unit 700 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a view showing a punching unit.

As shown in Figure 2, the guide roller 710 for guiding the movement of the laminated material, the die 720 placed in the transverse direction between the guide roller, for increasing the tension of the material moving the guide roller 710 The first auxiliary roller 730 and the second auxiliary roller 750 and a punching tool 740 is punched through the vertical movement to cut the laminated material to be easily cut into a battery shape.

Punching of the laminated material by the punching unit 700 having the above-described configuration is to adjust the tension of the material by pressing both ends of the material to be punched when the laminated material is moved from the lamination along the guide roller 710 The first auxiliary roller 730 is lowered to be in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the guide roller 710, at which time the punching tool 740 with a battery-shaped cutting tool is lowered in contact with the die 720 supported from the bottom Accordingly, a cutting line is formed on the material between the punching tool 740 and the die 720.

At this time, the second auxiliary roller 750 is disposed on the side portion of the up material and the downward side material portion to pass through the guide roller 710, presses the material in a predetermined depth in the inward direction, the first In cooperation with the auxiliary roller 730 to adjust the tension of the material to be punched.

On the other hand, the tension holding part 600 is formed at the front and rear ends of the punching part 700 described above, the tension holding part 600 is laminated as the punching tool 740 descends from the punching part 700. Allow punching to occur without warping the material.

The tension retaining part 600 is arranged in parallel with a plurality of rollers at equal intervals so that the laminated material is repeatedly mounted from the lower roller to the upper roller and the upper roller to the lower roller to move the direction of movement. As the upper and lower sides change, the tension is adjusted and maintained.

For reference, in the embodiment according to the present invention, the four rollers are arranged at equal intervals in the lower part, and the three rollers are arranged in parallel in the upper part in parallel to the position corresponding to the equal intervals of the rollers arranged at the lower part.

After laminating in the lamination part 500, the punched material passes through the tension retaining part 600a at the rear end and is wound on the final winding roller 800 to be commercialized as a secondary battery material.

Meanwhile, the final winding roller 800 reduces the winding tension to a predetermined ratio or a desired profile in order to protect the materials inside the winding rolls and to prevent delamination between the layers, distortion of the side portions, or folding of the materials in the interior. Wind up the material by applying taper tension logic to adjust the stress inside the roll.

A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

Figure 3 is a view showing another embodiment of a secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the secondary battery material production apparatus using the roll-to-roll according to another embodiment of the present invention has a parallel structure, in which the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator winding roller are wound on the positive electrode film winding roller 100. The first separator 210 wound on the 200 is wound on the material and the negative electrode film winding roller 300, which are laminated at the first laminating portion 510 of the lamination part 500, and the positive electrode film 310 and the second separator winding roller. The first separator 410 wound on the 400 is laminated in the second lamination part 520 of the lamination part 500, respectively, and the punching process as described in the first embodiment is performed separately, and the third sum After coalescing in the branch 530, it is wound on the final winding roller (800).

A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a view showing another embodiment of a secondary battery material production apparatus using a roll-to-roll according to the present invention, as shown in the secondary battery material production apparatus having a series structure as in the first embodiment described above In order to cope with a faster process speed, two punching units 700 are arranged in series between the final tension holding units 600.

In the third embodiment, as the punching unit 700 of the secondary battery material production apparatus according to the present invention is arranged in series long, the positive electrode film 110, the first separation membrane 210, the negative electrode film (wound on each winding roller) Wasted areas of the 310 and the second separator 410 may be reduced, and productivity may be improved since a punching process is performed at a high production speed.

On the other hand, in all the embodiments described above, the lamination and punching process at the edge portion bordered by the dotted line should be made in a dry state to prevent the life of the battery by the battery material is shortened.

The configuration applied to all the above-described embodiments will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration in which the winding roller and the lamination part, the lamination part and the lamination part, and incidentally mounted between the lamination part and the final winding roller are shown.

As shown in Figure 5, the configuration is additionally mounted between the winding roller and the lamination portion, the lamination portion and the lamination portion and the lamination portion and the final winding roller is tension sensor 910, the denser 920, the minimum path guide portion 930, a lap angle calculator 940, a lattice controller 950, and an operation speed controller 960.

The tension control sensor 910 is installed in front of the first lamination part 510, the second lamination part 520, the third lamination part 530, and the final winding roller 800.

Since the tension control sensor 910 installed at the front end of the first lamination part 510 has different physical properties, longitudinal deformation occurs when the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator 210 are laminated. In order to minimize the deformation in the longitudinal direction, the tension acting on the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator 210 is precisely measured.

Since the tension control sensor 910 installed in front of the second lamination part 520 has different physical properties, when the negative electrode film 310 and the second separation membrane 410 are laminated, longitudinal deformation occurs. In order to minimize the deformation in the longitudinal direction, the tension acting on the negative electrode film 210 and the second separator 410 is precisely measured.

Since the tension control sensor 910 installed at the front end of the third lamination part 530 has different physical properties, when the material output from the first lamination part 510 and the second lamination part 510 is laminated, the length is also long. Directional deformation occurs, and in order to minimize the longitudinal deformation, the tension acting on the material laminated in the first lamination part 510 and the material laminated in the second lamination part 520 is precisely measured.

In addition, the tension control sensor 910 installed at the front end of the final winding roller 800 has a plurality of materials having different physical properties and a lamination process and a punching process are completed, and the final winding roller in the process of being wound on the final winding roller 800. Due to the rotational force of 800, the tension applied to the finally laminated material is precisely measured to minimize interlaminar phenomena and longitudinal deformation.

The denser 920 is used for tension control in the region of low speed in consideration of the operating speed of the device, and is also used for absorbing the tension disturbance generated during lamination.

In particular, the semi-active type denser 920 used in the roll-to-roll secondary battery material production apparatus according to the present invention does not have an actuator of the denser itself but functions as a damper of the denser and functions as a sensor. The tension of the section is controlled by changing the speed of the driving roll disposed at the front end by using the or the tension control sensor 910 described above precisely measured.

However, when the process speed is remarkably slow, the motor deceleration ratio is very low. When the time constant of the motor is larger than the tension control time constant, the tension is controlled using an active denser.

The minimum path guide part 930 allows the material flowing into the secondary battery material production apparatus according to the present invention to be introduced into the minimum path so that rapid production is achieved, thereby improving productivity.

If the curvature changes significantly, bending deformation is changed between materials having different characteristics, resulting in transfer stresses between materials, and thus longitudinal alignment errors occur. The wrap angle calculator 940 determines the longitudinal alignment of these materials. In order to minimize the error, the radius of the roller and the corresponding lap angle are calculated from the relationship between the minimum size of the roller and the tension in consideration of the curvature placed on the path.

The lateral control unit 950 is in charge of the lateral displacement control, which is an important configuration for determining the stability of the battery.

The driving speed control unit 960 controls the rotation speed of the driving roll by controlling the above-described tension control sensor 910 by using the feedback tension control in the high speed section to mass produce the material at the set speed, and the low speed section having the large reduction ratio. In the above, the rotational speed of the driving roll is controlled by controlling the above-described denser 920 to reduce tension disturbance.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 6 will be described in detail with respect to the secondary battery material production method by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention.

6 is a flow chart of the secondary battery material production method by a roll-to-roll in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the first separator 510 and the second laminate 520 are wound on the positive film and the first separator winding roller 200 respectively wound on the positive film winding roller 100. (210) and the step of laminating the negative electrode film wound on the negative electrode film winding roller 300 and the second separator 410 wound on the second separator winding roller 400 (S100).

According to the user's setting, in the subsequent step, whether the material laminated in the first lamination part 510 and the material lamination in the second lamination part 520 is re-laminated to proceed to the tandem punching process to perform the punching process or the first sum After performing the punching process separately on the material laminated in the branch portion 510 and the material laminated in the second lamination portion 520, a step of determining whether to proceed to a parallel punching process for performing a re- lamination process is performed (S200). )

When it is determined as a series punching process in step S200, the material and the second lamination part in which the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator 210 are laminated by the first lamination part 510 may be formed by the first lamination part 510. In operation S300, the negative electrode film 310 and the second separator 410 may be re-laminated (S520).

The punching unit 700 performs a punching step of forming a cutting line to easily cut the material finally re-laminated by the third lamination unit 530 in the shape of a battery in step S300 (S400).

On the other hand, when the serial punching process is carried out, the process speed is increased. In order to correspond to the fixed speed, it is preferable that two punching parts 700 arranged in the long term holding part 600 are connected in series.

When performing the punching process by the punching unit 700 in step S400, the first auxiliary roller 730 and the second auxiliary roller 750 are expanded to adjust the tension within the set range during processing. The steps are performed simultaneously.

That is, the first auxiliary roller 730 is the both ends of the material to be punched to the outer peripheral surface of the guide roller 710 when the final laminated material is moved along the guide roller 710, the third lamination unit 530 Press to increase the tension, and in addition, the second auxiliary roller 750 is disposed on the side of the upside and the side of the downward material to pass through the guide roller 710, the material in the predetermined direction inwardly Pressed by the depth, in cooperation with the first auxiliary roller 730 to further increase the tension of the material to be punched within the set range at the time of processing.

When it is determined in the parallel punching process in step S200, the negative electrode film 310 is formed by the first lamination part 510 and the second lamination part 520. ) And punching the material on which the second separator 410 is laminated separately as in the aforementioned 'S400' (S300 ').

When the step S300 is completed, the third lamination part 530 performs the step of laminating the separately laminated materials in the first lamination part 510 and the second lamination part 520, respectively (S400 ′).

When the above-described operation of the S400 or S400` step is completed, the final winding roller 800 is tapered to prevent the material between the lamination and the punching process is completed, such as laminar or lateral distortion or folding in the interior. The winding is applied by applying logic (S500).

Although the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to specific examples described in the embodiments, it is apparent that various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention, and such variations and modifications also belong to the appended claims. Of course it is.

100: positive electrode film winding roller 110: positive electrode film
200: first separator winding roller 210: first separator
300: negative electrode film winding roller 310: negative electrode film
400: second separator winding roller 410: second separator
500: lamination portion 510: first lamination portion
520: second lamination portion 530: third lamination portion
600: tension holding part 700: punching part
710: guide roller 720: die
730: first auxiliary roller 731: connecting frame
740: punching tool 750: second auxiliary roller
800: the final winding roller

Claims (12)

A positive electrode film winding roller 100 in which the positive electrode film 110 is wound;
A first separator winding roller 200 in which a first separator 210 stacked on the lower portion of the positive electrode film 100 is wound;
A negative electrode film winding roller 300 on which the negative electrode film 310 stacked on the lower portion of the first separator 210 is wound;
A second separator winding roller 400 wound around the second separator 410 stacked on the lower portion of the negative electrode film 310;
A lamination part 500 for laminating the positive film 110, the first separator 210, the negative film 310, and the second separator with a single material;
Punching unit 700 for forming a cutting line to be cut in the battery shape the material laminated in the lamination unit 500 through the vertical movement;
A tension maintaining part 600 installed at the front end and the rear end of the punching part 700 to maintain tension to prevent distortion in the material during punching; and
Production of secondary battery material by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that it comprises a; and the final winding roller (800) for finally winding the lamination by the lamination unit 500 and the punching by the punching unit 700 is completed; Device. The method of claim 1,
The punching unit 700 is
One or more guide rollers 710 spaced apart by a predetermined distance to guide the movement of the material laminated by the lamination part 500;
A die 720 disposed in the longitudinal direction within the separation distance of the guide roller 710 and positioned parallel to a lower portion of the material moving the guide roller 710;
A pair of rollers are closer to the connecting frame 731 than the separation distance of the guide roller 710, but spaced apart by a distance that does not pass through the guide roller 710, so as to contact the outer peripheral surface of the guide roller 710 A first auxiliary roller 730 for increasing the tension of the material moving on the guide roller 710; And
Punching tool 740 is provided with a cutting tool for forming a cutting line in the material portion is increased tension by the outer peripheral surface of the first auxiliary roller 730 and the guide roller 710 through the repeated vertical movement; Secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 2,
The punching unit 700 is
It is disposed on the side portion of the up material and the downward side of the material to pass through the guide roller 710, and press the material in a predetermined depth in the inward direction of the material together with the first auxiliary roller 730 Second secondary roller material for increasing the tension; The secondary battery material production apparatus by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1,
The tension maintaining unit 600
A plurality of rollers are arranged parallel to each other in the horizontal direction at the top and the bottom, and the laminated material is repeatedly mounted from the lower roller to the upper roller and the upper roller to the lower roller. The secondary battery material production apparatus using a roll-to-roll, characterized in that to maintain the tension of the material by changing the direction of the top and bottom. The method of claim 1,
The final winding roller 800 reduces the winding tension to a predetermined ratio or a desired profile in order to protect the materials inside the winding roller and to prevent delamination between the layers, distortion of the side portions, or folding of the material in the interior. Roll-to-roll secondary battery material production apparatus characterized in that the taper tension logic for adjusting the internal stress is applied. The method of claim 1,
It is installed at the front end of the first lamination part 510, the second lamination part 520, and the third lamination part 530 of the lamination part 500 to act on the material before the materials having different physical properties are laminated. The secondary battery material production apparatus using a roll-to-roll, characterized in that it further comprises; sensor for the tension control (910) to minimize the longitudinal deformation by measuring the tension. (A) the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator winding roller 200 in which the first lamination part 510 and the second lamination part 520 laminating two or more materials are respectively wound on the positive electrode film winding roller 100. Laminating the first separator 210 wound on the second separator, and laminating the negative electrode film 310 wound on the negative electrode film winding roller 300 and the second separator 410 wound on the second separator winding roller 400;
(b) in a series punching process or in the first lamination part 510 to perform a punching process by re-laminating the lamination material in the first lamination part 510 and the lamination material in the second lamination part 520. Selecting a parallel punching process for performing a lamination process after separately performing a punching process on the laminated material and the second laminated portion 520, respectively;
(c) In the case of selecting the serial punching process in step (b), the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator 210 are laminated by the third lamination part 530 by the first lamination part 510. Re-laminating a material in which the negative electrode film 310 and the second separator 410 are laminated by the material and the second lamination part 520;
(d) a punching step of forming a cutting line by the punching part 700 in the shape of a battery on the material finally laminated by the third laminating part 530 in the step (c); And
(e) the final winding roller (800) winding the material having the cutting line formed in the step (d); secondary battery material production method by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that it comprises a. According to claim 7,
If it is determined in the step (b) a parallel punching process,
(c`) a material in which the positive electrode film 110 and the first separator 210 are laminated by the first lamination part 510 and the negative electrode film 310 by the second lamination part 520. Punching separately the material on which the second separator 410 is laminated; And
(d`) the third lamination part 530 laminating the separately laminated materials in the first lamination part 510 and the second lamination part 520; and the process after step (b) is performed. Method for producing a secondary battery material by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that the progress. In the step (d) of claim 7 or the step (c`) of claim 8,
During the punching process by the punching part 700, the first auxiliary roller 730 located at the upper end of the punching part 700 and the second auxiliary roller 750 located at both sides thereof are inflated and tensioned. To increase the secondary battery material production method by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 9,
The first auxiliary roller 730 is
A pair of rollers are closer to the connecting frame 731 than the separation distance of the guide roller 710 of the punching portion 700, but is spaced apart by a distance that does not pass through the guide roller 710, the guide roller 710 Method of producing a secondary battery material by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that to increase the tension of the material moving on the guide roller 710 in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the. The method of claim 10,
The second auxiliary roller 750 is
It is disposed on the side portion of the material upward and the side surface of the downward material to pass through the guide roller 710 of the punching part 700, press the material in a predetermined depth inward direction to reduce the tension of the material Method for producing a secondary battery material by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that to increase. 8. The method of claim 7,
If it is determined in the step (b) the tandem punching process,
Method for producing a secondary battery material by a roll-to-roll, characterized in that the punching step of forming the cutting line in step (d) is performed at least twice.

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