WO2021171709A1 - 電池検査システム - Google Patents
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- One aspect of the present invention relates to a battery inspection system.
- Patent Document 1 As an inspection system for inspecting an inspection object transported from the outside, for example, an inspection system for performing an instrumental error test of a plurality of measuring instruments as shown in Patent Document 1 is known.
- the inspection system described in Patent Document 1 includes a plurality of inspection devices for inspecting an inspection object, a carry-in device for carrying an inspection object carried from the outside into each of the plurality of inspection devices, and a plurality of inspection devices. Each of them is provided with a plurality of storage devices for temporarily storing the inspection target, and a unloading device for carrying out the inspection target to the outside from each of the plurality of storage devices.
- an object of one aspect of the present invention is to provide a battery inspection system capable of increasing the operating rate of the inspection device and carrying out a desired battery group at once.
- the battery inspection system is a battery inspection system that inspects batteries, and stores an inspection device configured to be able to inspect a plurality of batteries at the same time and a battery that has been inspected by the inspection device.
- a storage device having a plurality of shelves, a carry-in conveyor for carrying batteries into the battery inspection system from the outside, a carry-out conveyor for carrying out batteries from the battery inspection system to the outside, and an inspection device between the carry-in conveyor and the inspection device.
- a transport device for transporting batteries between the storage device and between the storage device and the carry-out conveyor, and a controller for controlling the battery inspection system are provided, and the controller is provided with a predetermined number of batteries carried in by the carry-in conveyor.
- Group control that manages as the same group, control of the transport device so that the batteries carried in by the carry-in conveyor are stored in the inspection device that has not been inspected, and the batteries that have been inspected are discharged from the inspection device.
- the inspection control that controls the transfer device and the transfer device are controlled so that at least a part of the batteries discharged from the inspection device are stored in the storage device, and the battery group of the same group is transferred from the inspection device or the storage device to the carry-out conveyor.
- Storage control which controls the transport device so that it is delivered continuously, is executed.
- the group of batteries when they are carried in by the carry-in conveyor are collectively carried out by the carry-out conveyor.
- the desired battery group can be collectively carried out.
- the battery for which the inspection has been completed is immediately discharged from the inspection device, so that the next battery can be immediately accepted. As a result, the operating rate of the inspection device can be increased.
- the battery inspection system is provided in the middle of the path of the unloading conveyor, further includes a stacking device for forming a unloading stack when batteries are stacked, and the controller is a battery group of the same group. You may execute the stacking control which controls the stacking apparatus so as to form the stacking body at the time of carrying out by. In this configuration, the battery group of the same group can be unloaded at the time of unloading.
- the battery inspection system is provided in the middle of the path of the carry-in conveyor, and further includes a step-disassembling device for separating the batteries of the carry-in stack when the batteries are stacked, and the group control is performed.
- the battery group constituting one carry-in stage stack separated by the stage disassembling device may be managed as the same group. In this configuration, the battery groups transported in a stacked state can be individually carried into the inspection device.
- the battery inspection system is provided in the middle of the path of the carry-in conveyor, and is provided in the middle of the path of the carry-in conveyor and the stacking device for forming the carry-out stack when the batteries are stacked. Further equipped with a step-disassembling device that disassembles the loading-in stage stacks in which batteries are stacked into individual batteries, and group control is a group of batteries constituting one loading-in stage stack disassembled by the staging device.
- the controller may execute stacking control for controlling the stacking device so as to form a stacking body at the time of carrying out by the battery group of the same group, which is managed as the same group. In this configuration, even when the battery groups carried in as the carry-in stage stacks are individually carried into the inspection device, the carry-out time stage stacks can be formed again by the battery groups of the same group and carried out.
- the transfer device has a transfer unit capable of simultaneously transferring a plurality of batteries stored horizontally arranged in the storage device, and storage control is simultaneously performed from the storage device.
- a plurality of batteries are taken out and the taken-out batteries are placed on the carry-out conveyor at the same time, they are stored in a storage device so that the carry-out time-stage stacks are formed in the stacking order or the reverse order of the carry-out time-stage stacks. May be good.
- efficient control becomes possible, so that the processing capacity can be improved.
- the storage control may control the transport device so that the batteries managed as the same group are stored in the horizontally adjacent shelves.
- efficient control becomes possible, so that the processing capacity can be improved.
- the storage control may carry out the battery group of the same group to the carry-out conveyor in the stacking order of the stacks at the time of carry-in or in the reverse order. In this configuration, it is possible to carry out the carry-out time-stage stacks in the stacking order of the carry-in time-stage stacks and vice versa.
- an identifier is provided for at least one of the batteries constituting the loading stack, and the group control may manage the same group based on the identifier. In this configuration, management of the same group can be easily realized.
- the transport device has a transfer unit capable of simultaneously transferring a plurality of batteries housed horizontally side by side in the storage device, and storage control is managed as the same group.
- the transport device may be controlled so that the batteries to be stored are stored in horizontally adjacent shelves.
- the group control manages defective batteries determined to be defective by the inspection device as the same group, and the storage control carries out a predetermined number of defective batteries from the inspection device or the storage device.
- the transport device may be controlled so that it is continuously delivered to the conveyor. With this configuration, defective batteries can be collectively carried out.
- the battery inspection system further includes a transfer conveyor provided between the inspection device and the storage device, and the transfer device is between the carry-in conveyor and the inspection device and between the inspection device and the transfer conveyor. It may have a first transport device for transporting batteries between and a second transport device for transporting batteries between the transport conveyor and the storage device, and between the storage device and the carry-out conveyor.
- the transfer of batteries between the carry-in conveyor and the inspection device, between the inspection device and the transfer conveyor, and between the storage device and the carry-out conveyor which are prone to bottlenecks, is distributed between the two transfer devices. Will be done. This makes it possible to prevent a decrease in transport efficiency.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a battery inspection system 1 according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a front view of the battery inspection system as viewed from line II-II.
- FIG. 3A is a diagram showing how to disassemble the battery in the step disassembling device.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram showing how the batteries are stacked in the stacking device.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the first transfer device and the second transfer device.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the battery inspection system.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage control in a battery inspection system.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage control in the battery inspection system.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage control in the battery inspection system.
- the battery inspection system 1 puts the battery B in the inspection device 4 that performs one step (for example, charge / discharge inspection step, voltage / current / resistance value inspection step, aging step, etc.) of a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery. It is a system for carrying in and out.
- the battery inspection system 1 includes a carry-in conveyor 2, a step-off device 3, a transfer device 9, an inspection device 4, a transfer conveyor 5, a storage device 6, and a carry-out conveyor. 7 and a stacking device 8 are provided.
- the leftward, rightward, forward, backward, upward and downward directions defined in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be used in future description.
- FIG. 2 is a front view seen from the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, and for convenience of explanation, the transfer device 9, the carry-in conveyor 2, and the step-off device 3 are not shown.
- the carry-in conveyor 2 carries the battery B into the battery inspection system 1 from the outside.
- the battery B is carried in from the outside in a state of being housed in the tray T and in a state of the loading stage stack S1 in which the tray T is stacked.
- the carry-in conveyor 2 is a device such as a belt conveyor or a roller conveyor that supports and conveys the bottom surface of the carry-in stage stack S1.
- battery B housed in tray T may be simply referred to as "battery B”.
- the carry-in conveyor 2 is controlled by a controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the step disassembling device 3 is provided in the middle of the path of the carry-in conveyor 2.
- the step disassembling device 3 is a device for disassembling the trays T stacked as the loading stack S1 one by one. Specifically, by the operation of the stage disassembling device 3 and the loading conveyor 2, the loading stage stack S1 is separated into each tray T. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the step disassembling device 3 leaves the bottom tray T1 and lifts the other trays T2 to T5.
- the carry-in conveyor 2 transports the bottom tray T1 in the downstream direction for a certain distance and stops. Next, the step disassembling device 3 places the lifted trays T2 to T5 on the carry-in conveyor 2, and then lifts the other trays T3 to T5, leaving the bottom tray T2. By repeating such lifting of the tray T by the step disassembling device 3 and intermittent transportation by the carry-in conveyor 2, each tray T is conveyed in the downstream direction.
- the step disassembling device 3 is controlled by a controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- a first acquisition unit 13 for reading the tag TG attached to the tray T is provided on the downstream side of the stage disassembling device 3 in the carry-in conveyor 2.
- the first acquisition unit 13 transmits the acquired information to the controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the tag TG is used to acquire information on the battery B stored in the tray T, to confirm that the battery B is in the pre-inspection state, and to record the good / bad inspection in the inspection device 4. do.
- the transport device 9 transports the battery B between the carry-in conveyor 2 and the inspection device 4, between the inspection device 4 and the storage device 6, and between the storage device 6 and the carry-out conveyor 7. More specifically, the transfer device 9 is a first transfer device 9A and a first transfer device 9A that transfer the battery B between the carry-in conveyor 2 and the inspection device 4 and between the inspection device 4 and the first transfer conveyor 5A. It has a second conveyor 9B that conveys the battery B between the conveyor 5A and the storage device 6 and between the storage device 6 and the unloading conveyor 7. In FIG. 1, the first transfer device 9A is arranged on the right side, and the second transfer device 9B is arranged on the left side. The first transfer device 9A and the second transfer device 9B are controlled by the controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the first transfer device 9A and the second transfer device 9B are stacker cranes that travel along rails 91 and 91 arranged on the floor and ceiling.
- the first transfer device 9A and the second transfer device 9B have a traveling unit 92, 92 traveling along the rails 91, 91 arranged on the floor surface and the ceiling, respectively, and a mast 93 connecting the traveling units 92, 92.
- It has an elevating part 94 provided so as to be movable along the mast 93, and two transfer parts 95 and 95 provided in the elevating part 94.
- the traveling unit 92 has a rolling unit 92A that supports wheels that roll on the rail 91, and a driving unit 92B such as a motor that rotates at least one wheel provided on the rolling unit 92A.
- a driving unit 92B such as a motor that rotates at least one wheel provided on the rolling unit 92A.
- the traveling portion 92 traveling along the rail 91 on the floor surface is configured as a driving wheel
- the traveling portion 92 traveling along the rail 91 on the ceiling is configured as a driven wheel.
- the elevating part 94 has a support part 94A that supports the transfer parts 95 and 95, and a drive part 94B that moves the support part 94A in the vertical direction.
- the drive unit 94B is provided in the lower traveling unit 92.
- the transfer section 95 is provided so as to be able to move forward and backward (advance and retract) in the front-rear direction (direction orthogonal to the traveling direction and the vertical direction), and is provided with a carry-in conveyor 2, an inspection device 4, a first transfer conveyor 5A, and a second transfer.
- the battery B is delivered between the conveyor 5B, the storage device 6, and the unloading conveyor 7.
- the second transfer device 9B of the present embodiment is provided with two transfer sections 95 so that a plurality of batteries B housed side by side in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction) in the storage device 6 can be transferred at the same time. .. That is, the second transfer device 9B of the present embodiment can simultaneously take out two (plurality) batteries B from the storage device 6 and place the taken out batteries B on the carry-out conveyor 7 at the same time. ..
- the inspection device 4 is an inspection device that performs, for example, a charge / discharge inspection step, a voltage / current / resistance value inspection step, and an aging step.
- the aging step is a step of storing the battery B for a certain period of time, and measures the voltage before and after the aging step to determine whether the battery B is good or bad depending on whether or not it is within the threshold value.
- the inspection device 4 is configured to be able to inspect a plurality of batteries B at the same time.
- inspection units 41 having an inspection chamber 42 for accommodating the battery B are arranged in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction) and the vertical direction (vertical direction). That is, the inspection device 4 has a plurality of inspection units 41.
- the inspection device 4 starts the inspection when the battery B is accommodated, and notifies the controller 10 (see FIG. 5) to that effect (inspection completion notification) when the inspection is completed. Further, the inspection device 4 notifies the controller 10 (see FIG. 5) of the inspection result (presence or absence of defect). In the charge / discharge inspection or the aging inspection, there is a variation in the time from when the target battery B is housed in the inspection room 42 to when the inspection is completed.
- the conveyor 5 is provided between the inspection device 4 and the storage device 6.
- the conveyor 5 is a device that supports and conveys the bottom surface of the tray T, such as a belt conveyor or a roller conveyor.
- the conveyor 5 has a first conveyor 5A arranged on the inspection device 4 side and a second conveyor 5B arranged below the storage device 6.
- the conveyor 5 is controlled by a controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the delivery section A4 of the transfer conveyor 5 is provided with a second acquisition section 14 for reading the tag TG attached to the tray T.
- the second acquisition unit 14 transmits the acquired information to the controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the storage device 6 stores the battery B that has been inspected by the inspection device 4.
- the storage device 6 is arranged above the second conveyor 5B and the unloading conveyor 7, which are a part of the conveyor 5. In this configuration, the storage device 6 is not arranged above the second transfer conveyor 5B and the unloading conveyor 7, and the second transfer conveyor 5B, the unloading conveyor 7, and the storage device 6 are placed in the first transfer device 9A and the second transfer device 9B. It is possible to save space in the entire battery inspection system 1 as compared with the case where the batteries are arranged side by side along the transport direction. Further, the storage device 6 may be arranged above the carry-in conveyor 2.
- the storage device 6 has a plurality of shelves 61, and is arranged in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction) and the vertical direction (vertical direction).
- the storage and delivery of the battery B into and out of the storage device 6 are performed by the second transfer device 9B.
- the second transport device 9B stores the battery B transported to the loading section A1 of the second transport conveyor 5B into the storage device 6, and loads the battery B discharged from the storage device 6 into the unloading section A2 of the unloading conveyor 7. It is delivered to the carry-out conveyor 7.
- the storage control such as which shelf 61 of the storage device 6 stores the battery B received from the second conveyor 5B will be described in detail later.
- the number of shelves 61 of the storage device 6 is provided in association with the number of groups handled by the group control described in detail later. For example, when handling N groups, it is preferable that the storage device 6 is provided with (the number of stacks M-1 in the loading stack S1) ⁇ N shelves 61. If more shelves 61 are provided, there will be flexibility in how to store the storage device 6, and even if the number of groups to be handled increases, it will be possible to deal with it without adding equipment or the like. It will be possible.
- the carry-out conveyor 7 carries out the battery B to the outside of the battery inspection system 1.
- the battery B is delivered from the second transfer device 9B or the second transfer conveyor 5B in a state of being housed in the tray T.
- the carry-out conveyor 7 is a device that supports and conveys the bottom surface of the tray T, such as a belt conveyor or a roller conveyor.
- the unloading conveyor 7 is controlled by a controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the stacking device 8 is provided in the middle of the path of the carry-out conveyor 7.
- the stacking device 8 is a device that stacks the trays T that are transported one by one to form a stacking body S2 at the time of carrying out.
- the unloading stacking body S2 is formed by the operation of the stacking device 8 and the unloading conveyor 7. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3B, the stacking device 8 lifts the conveyed tray T5.
- the unloading conveyor 7 transports the tray T4 in the downstream direction for a certain distance and stops.
- the step disassembling device 3 places the lifted tray T5 on the tray T4. By repeating such lifting of the tray T by the stacking device 8 and intermittent transportation by the unloading conveyor 7, the unloading stacking body S2 is formed.
- the unloading conveyor 7 carries out the unloading time-stage stacking body S2 formed by the stacking device 8 to the outside.
- the stacking order of the carry-in stage stack S1 when carried into the carry-in conveyor 2 and the stacking order of the carry-out stage stack S2 when being carried out from the carry-out conveyor 7 are the same.
- the stacking order referred to here means the stacking order of the trays T from the bottom of the loading stack S1 (unloading stack S2). Specifically, it refers to the order of tray T1, tray T2, tray T3, tray T4, and tray T5.
- the stacking device 8 is controlled by a controller 10 (see FIG. 5).
- the controller 10 shown in FIG. 5 controls the entire battery inspection system 1. More specifically, the controller 10 controls the carry-in conveyor 2, the step-off device 3, the transfer device 9, the inspection device 4, the transfer conveyor 5, the carry-out conveyor 7, and the stacking device 8.
- the controller 10 has an input / output interface for inputting / outputting signals to and from the outside, a ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing programs and information for processing, and a RAM (Random Access) for temporarily storing data. It has a storage medium such as Memory), a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a communication circuit, and the like.
- the controller 10 stores the input data in the RAM based on the signal output by the CPU, loads the program stored in the ROM into the RAM, and executes various processes by executing the program loaded in the RAM. ..
- the controller 10 executes group control, inspection control, storage control, and stacking control. Hereinafter, each control will be described in detail.
- Group control manages a predetermined number of batteries B carried in by the carry-in conveyor 2 as the same group.
- the battery group B housed in the tray T separated from one loading stack S1 by the stage disassembling device 3 is managed as the same group.
- the five batteries B (tray T) formed by one loading stack S1 are managed as the same group.
- the controller 10 manages (stores) the number of trays T constituting the loading stack S1 and the order of stacking. Therefore, if the information of the tag TG attached to one of the trays T (for example, the bottom tray T) constituting the loading stack S1 is acquired, the tray T stacked on the upper part of the tray T is acquired. Can be stored in association with the tag TG, that is, managed (stored) as the same group.
- the controller 10 also manages which inspection room 42 of the inspection device 4 each of these group-managed trays T (battery B) is carried into. Therefore, the controller 10 determines which group the tray T (battery B) delivered from the inspection room 42 belongs to after the inspection in the inspection device 4 is completed, and at what position the tray T (battery B) is loaded in the loading stage stack S1. Information can also be managed.
- the tag TG in order to record the good / bad inspection results of the inspection in the inspection device 4, the tag TG is attached to all the trays T constituting the carry-in stage stack S1, but group management is performed. If it is only for the purpose, one tag TG may be provided in one carry-in stage stack S1. With such a configuration, the cost for attaching the tag TG can be reduced.
- an example of managing the group using the tag TG attached to the bottom tray T constituting the carry-in stage stack S1 was given. For example, the group was attached to the top tray T. A tag TG or a tag TG attached to the tray T in the middle of the stacking direction may be used.
- defective batteries determined to be defective by the inspection device 4 are managed as the same group.
- the storage control for the battery B determined to be a defective battery will be described in detail later.
- the inspection control controls the first transport device 9A so that the battery B carried in by the carry-in conveyor 2 is stored in the inspection device 4 that has not been inspected, and the battery B that has been inspected is discharged from the inspection device 4.
- the first transfer device 9A is controlled so as to be operated.
- the controller 10 monitors the operating status of each inspection room 42 by means of an inspection completion signal or the like transmitted from the inspection device 4. Based on the above operating status, the controller 10 stores the battery B in the vacant inspection room 42, and discharges the battery B for which the inspection has been completed from the inspection room 42 based on the inspection completion signal.
- the first transfer device 9A is controlled so that the battery B discharged from the inspection room 42 is delivered to the first transfer conveyor 5A.
- the storage control controls the transport device 9 so as to store at least a part of the batteries B discharged from the inspection device 4 in the storage device 6.
- the storage control of the present embodiment four of the five batteries B managed as one group by the group control are stored in the storage device 6.
- all five batteries B managed as one group may be stored in the storage device 6.
- the storage control controls the second transfer device 9B so that the batteries B managed as the same group are stored in the shelves 61 adjacent to each other.
- the storage control further controls the second transport device 9B, takes out two batteries B from the storage device 6 at the same time, and when the taken out batteries B are simultaneously placed on the carry-out conveyor 7, the stacking device 8 sets the two batteries B. It is stored in the storage device 6 so that the carry-out time-stage stack S2 is formed in the same stacking order as the carry-in time-stage stack S1. The details of the control will be described in detail later.
- a predetermined number of defective batteries (for example, five) are carried out from the inspection device 4 from the inspection device 4 and from the second conveyor 5B on the condition that a predetermined number (for example, five) of defective batteries are discharged from the inspection device 4.
- the second conveyor 9B, the second conveyor 5B, and the unloading conveyor 7 are controlled so as to continuously deliver to the conveyor 7.
- the carry-in stage stack S1 stacked in the order of tray T1, tray T2, tray T3, tray T4, and tray T5 from the bottom is carried in by the carry-in conveyor 2. This will be explained by taking this as an example.
- the step disassembling device 3 disperses the trays T one by one.
- the controller 10 manages the battery group B housed in the plurality of trays T separated from one loading stack S1 by the stage disassembling device 3 as the same group (group control).
- Each of the disassembled trays T is conveyed to the delivery section A3 on the downstream side by the carry-in conveyor 2.
- the first transfer device 9A receives the battery B from the carry-in conveyor 2 at the delivery section A3.
- the first transfer device 9A confirms the vacant state in the inspection device 4, and stores the battery B in the vacant state inspection room 42.
- the first transfer device 9A stores the batteries B, which are transported one after another by the carry-in conveyor 2, into the empty inspection room 42.
- the inspection is started when the battery B is stored in the inspection room 42, and when the inspection is completed, the inspection completion notification is transmitted to the controller 10.
- the first transfer device 9A discharges the battery B for which the inspection has been completed from the inspection room 42, and delivers the battery B to the transfer conveyor 5.
- the controller 10 controls the loading and unloading of the battery B into and from the inspection device 4 (inspection control).
- the first transfer conveyor 5A receives the battery B from the first transfer device 9A at the delivery section A4 in the upstream portion and transports the battery B to the loading section A1.
- the second transport device 9B receives the battery B transported to the loading section A1 and stores the battery B in the shelf section 61 of the storage device 6.
- the second transfer device 9B places the battery B delivered from the shelf 61 of the storage device 6 on the unloading section A2 of the unloading conveyor 7, and delivers the battery B to the unloading conveyor 7.
- the controller 10 stores the battery B in the shelf 61 of the storage device 6 and discharges it to the unloading conveyor 7 under predetermined conditions.
- the controller 10 controls the loading and unloading of the battery B into and from the storage device 6 (storage control).
- the second transfer device 9B of the present embodiment stores the batteries B managed as the group G1 in the four horizontally adjacent shelves 61. More specifically, the second transport device 9B has trays T5 and trays on shelves 61 forming accommodation spaces 62A, 62B, 62C, 62D arranged side by side from the downstream side to the upstream side of the carry-out conveyor 7. Each of T4, tray T3, and tray T2 is stored. That is, the second transport device 9B stores the tray T containing the battery B arranged above the loading stack S1 toward the shelf 61 closer to the downstream side of the unloading conveyor 7. The battery groups managed as the other group G2 are also stored in the four horizontally adjacent shelves 61 as in the group G1.
- the order in which the trays T are stored in the four shelves 61 described above is an example, and is not limited thereto.
- the tray T1, the tray T2, the tray T3, and the tray T4 may be stored in the shelves 61 forming the storage spaces 62A, 62B, 62C, and 62D.
- the fifth battery B in the group G1 is discharged from the inspection device 4 from the inspection device 4 (all batteries B belonging to the group G1 are discharged from the inspection device 4). ) And the second conveyor 9B or the second conveyor 5B continuously deliver all the batteries B of the group G1 to the unloading conveyor 7.
- the two transfer portions 95 and 95 of the second transfer device 9B are the shelves 61 forming the accommodation space 62A and the shelves forming the accommodation space 62B of the storage device 6. Batteries B and B housed in two trays T5 and T4 are taken out from the part 61 at the same time, and the taken-out batteries B and B are placed on the carry-out conveyor 7 at the same time.
- the two transfer portions 95 and 95 of the second transfer device 9B have a shelf portion 61 forming the accommodation space 62C and a shelf portion 61 forming the accommodation space 62D of the storage device 6.
- Batteries B and B housed in the two trays T3 and T2 are taken out at the same time, and the taken-out batteries B and B are placed on the carry-out conveyor 7 at the same time.
- the batteries B are arranged on the carry-out conveyor 7 in the reverse order of the stacking order of the carry-in stage stack S1. That is, the tray T5, the tray T4, the tray T3, the tray T2, and the tray T1 are arranged in this order from the downstream side of the carry-out conveyor 7.
- the tray T1 or the tray T5 is conveyed last by the first conveyor 5A, but the other tray T (for example, the tray T3) is conveyed last. It may come.
- the second transport device 9B temporarily accommodates the tray T (tray T1 or tray T5) in the other shelf portion 61, and at an appropriate timing, rearranges the trays T so as to be arranged as described above. You may do it.
- the stacking device 8 stacks the batteries B housed in the tray T conveyed by the unloading conveyor 7 to form the unloading stacking body S2.
- the stacking device 8 forms a carry-out stacking body S2 in which trays T1, tray T2, tray T3, tray T4, and tray T5 are stacked in the stacking order from the bottom. That is, in the battery inspection system 1 of the present embodiment, the carry-out time-stage stack S2 stacked in the same order as the carry-in time-stage stack S1 is carried out.
- the battery inspection system 1 of the above embodiment the battery groups grouped when the batteries are carried in by the carry-in conveyor 2 are collectively carried out by the carry-out conveyor 7. As a result, the desired battery group can be collectively carried out. Further, in the battery inspection system 1 having this configuration, the battery B for which the inspection has been completed is immediately discharged from the inspection device 4, so that the next battery B can be immediately accepted. As a result, the operating rate of the inspection device 4 can be increased.
- the batteries of the same group can be unloaded as the unloaded stack S2.
- the battery groups constituting one carry-in stage stack S1 separated by the stage disassembling device 3 are managed as the same group, so that the batteries are transported in a stacked state.
- the batteries B of the battery group can be separated and individually carried out to the inspection device 4.
- the carry-out stage stack S2 is formed again by the same battery group. Can be carried out.
- the stacking device 8 is required for the number of groups (N).
- the stacking device 6 and the stacking device 6 are stacked. By combining with the device 8, the number of stacking devices 8 smaller than N can be used.
- a tag TG is provided for each of the trays T constituting the carry-in stage stack S1, and the same group is managed based on the tag TG.
- the batteries are carried out to the carry-out conveyor 7 in the stacking order of the battery groups constituting one carry-in stage stack S1 or in the reverse order. It becomes possible to do.
- the battery B (tray T) can be carried out under the same "data / conditions" as before the inspection process is carried in, and data deviation and other troubles can be reduced.
- the batteries B managed as the same group are stored in the horizontally adjacent shelves 61.
- efficient control becomes possible, so that the processing capacity can be improved.
- defective batteries determined to be defective by the inspection device 4 are managed as the same group, and when a predetermined number of defective batteries are delivered from the inspection device 4, the inspection device 4 or the storage device 6 is used. A predetermined number of defective batteries are continuously delivered to the carry-out conveyor 7. This makes it possible to carry out the defective batteries all at once.
- the defective tray containing the defective battery is conveyed to an external payout conveyor (not shown).
- the load on the transport device (not shown) to the external discharge conveyor can be reduced.
- the defective tray carried out to the end of the payout conveyor is taken out by the operator, but when the defective trays are collectively carried out, the number of operations of the worker can be reduced.
- a bottleneck is likely to occur between the carry-in conveyor 2 and the inspection device 4, between the inspection device 4 and the first transfer conveyor 5A, and between the second transfer conveyor 5B and the storage device 6.
- the transfer of the battery B between and between the storage device 6 and the carry-out conveyor is distributed to two transfer devices, the first transfer device 9A and the second transfer device 9B. This makes it possible to prevent a decrease in transport efficiency.
- the case where the number of stacks of the carry-in stage stack S1 carried in by the carry-in conveyor 2 is 5 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be 2 or more and 4 or less, or 6 or more. The same applies to the number of stacks of the stacks S to be carried out to the carry-out conveyor 7.
- a predetermined number for example, five
- the battery inspection system 1 may not include the step disassembling device 3 and the stacking device 8.
- the production unit (lot) of the product manufactured under the same conditions may be the above-mentioned predetermined number.
- the batteries B can be grouped under desired conditions, and the grouped batteries B can be collectively carried out from the carry-out conveyor 7.
- the battery B that is finally delivered from the inspection device 4 in the group has been described with reference to an example in which the battery B is not carried into the shelf portion 61 of the storage device 6, but all the batteries B that have been delivered are stored. It may be stored in the device 6. In this case, the second transfer device 9B may rearrange the batteries B housed in the shelf 61 at an appropriate timing. Further, it is not necessary to store not only the battery B that is finally delivered from the inspection device 4 in the group but also a plurality of batteries B in the shelf portion 61 of the storage device 6.
- a first transfer device 9A and a second transfer device 9B in which two transfer portions 95 and 95 are provided in one elevating portion 94 are taken as an example.
- the controller 10 may control the second transfer device 9B so that the batteries B managed as the same group are stored in the vertically adjacent shelves 61, for example.
- the controller 10 carries out the stacking body S1 at the time of carrying-in in the stacking order or vice versa.
- the second transfer device 9B may be controlled so that these batteries B are stored in the vertically adjacent shelves 61.
- the tag TG is attached to all the batteries B (tray T), and the description has been made.
- the tag TG may be attached only to the battery B) arranged at the bottom.
- the configuration including two transport devices 9 of the first transport device 9A and the second transport device 9B has been described as an example, but a configuration including only one transport device may be used. ..
- the installation of the transfer conveyor 5 may be omitted, and the transfer device 9 may directly transfer the battery B from the inspection device 4 to the storage device 6.
- the inspection device 4 and the storage device 6 may be arranged side by side (as a series of racks) instead of the configurations of the above-described embodiment and the modification in which the inspection device 4 and the storage device 6 are arranged apart from each other.
- the stage disassembling device 3 may be used in order from the battery B arranged above the stage stack S1 at the time of loading.
- the battery B sent earlier is the unloading stack S2.
- the stacking device 8 may be stacked below the above. In these cases, the order of the batteries B delivered to the storage device 6 and the carry-out conveyor 7 is the reverse of the above description.
- the battery B housed in the tray T is conveyed by way of the example.
- the battery B is directly conveyed by the carry-in conveyor 2, the transfer device 9, the transfer conveyor 5, and the carry-out conveyor 7. May be done.
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- 電池の検査を行う電池検査システムであって、
複数の電池を同時に検査可能に構成された検査装置と、
前記検査装置において検査が終了した前記電池を保管する複数の棚部を有する保管装置と、
前記電池検査システムに外部から前記電池を搬入する搬入コンベヤと、
前記電池検査システムから外部に前記電池を搬出する搬出コンベヤと、
前記搬入コンベヤと前記検査装置との間、前記検査装置と前記保管装置との間、及び前記保管装置と前記搬出コンベヤとの間で前記電池を搬送する搬送装置と、
前記電池検査システムを制御するコントローラと、を備え、
前記コントローラは、
前記搬入コンベヤにより搬入された所定数の前記電池を同一グループとして管理するグループ制御と、
前記検査が行われていない前記検査装置に前記搬入コンベヤによって搬入された前記電池を入庫させるように前記搬送装置を制御すると共に、前記検査が完了した前記電池を前記検査装置から出庫させるように前記搬送装置を制御する検査制御と、
前記検査装置から出庫された少なくとも一部の電池を前記保管装置へ保管するように前記搬送装置を制御すると共に、前記同一グループの電池群を前記検査装置又は前記保管装置から前記搬出コンベヤに連続して受け渡すように前記搬送装置を制御する保管制御と、を実行する、電池検査システム。 - 前記搬出コンベヤの経路途中に設けられており、前記電池が積み重ねられた搬出時段積体を形成する段積装置を更に備え、
前記コントローラは、前記同一グループの電池群による前記搬出時段積体を形成するように前記段積装置を制御する段積制御を実行する、請求項1記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記搬入コンベヤの経路途中に設けられており、前記電池が積み重ねられた搬入時段積体の前記電池を一つ一つばらす段ばらし装置を更に備え、
前記グループ制御は、前記段ばらし装置によってばらされた一つの前記搬入時段積体を構成する電池群を前記同一グループとして管理する、請求項1記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記搬出コンベヤの経路途中に設けられており、前記電池が積み重ねられた搬出時段積体を形成する段積装置と、
前記搬入コンベヤの経路途中に設けられており、前記電池が積み重ねられた搬入時段積体を一つ一つの前記電池にばらす段ばらし装置と、を更に備え、
前記グループ制御は、前記段ばらし装置によってばらされた一つの前記搬入時段積体を構成する電池群を前記同一グループとして管理し、
前記コントローラは、前記同一グループの電池群による前記搬出時段積体を形成するように前記段積装置を制御する段積制御を実行する、請求項1記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記搬送装置は、前記保管装置において水平方向に並べて収容された複数の前記電池を同時に移載可能な移載部を有し、
前記保管制御は、前記保管装置から同時に前記複数の電池が取り出され、当該取り出された前記電池が前記搬出コンベヤに同時に載置されたとき、前記搬入時段積体の積み重ね順又はその逆順の前記搬出時段積体が形成されるように前記保管装置に保管する、請求項4記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記保管制御は、前記同一グループとして管理される電池が水平方向に隣接する前記棚部に保管されるように前記搬送装置を制御する、請求項5記載の電池検査システム。
- 前記保管制御は、前記同一グループの電池群を、前記搬入時段積体の積み重ね順又はその逆順で前記搬出コンベヤに搬出する、請求項3~6の何れか一項記載の電池検査システム。
- 前記搬入時段積体を構成する前記電池の少なくとも一つには識別子が設けられており、
前記グループ制御は、前記識別子に基づいて前記同一グループを管理する、請求項3~7の何れか一項記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記搬送装置は、前記保管装置において水平方向に並べて収容された複数の前記電池を同時に移載可能な移載部を有し、
前記保管制御は、前記同一グループとして管理される電池が水平方向に隣接する前記棚部に保管されるように前記搬送装置を制御する、請求項1~3の何れか一項記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記グループ制御は、前記検査装置によって不良と判定された不良電池を同一グループとして管理し、
前記保管制御は、前記検査装置又は前記保管装置から前記所定数の不良電池を前記搬出コンベヤに連続して受け渡すように前記搬送装置を制御する、請求項1~9の何れか一項記載の電池検査システム。 - 前記検査装置と前記保管装置との間に設けられる搬送コンベヤを更に備え、
前記搬送装置は、
前記搬入コンベヤと前記検査装置との間、及び前記検査装置と前記搬送コンベヤとの間で前記電池を搬送する第一搬送装置と、
前記搬送コンベヤと前記保管装置との間、及び前記保管装置と前記搬出コンベヤとの間で前記電池を搬送する第二搬送装置と、を有する、請求項1~10の何れか一項記載の電池検査システム。
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