阅读说明：本技术 一种电芯入框装置 (Battery cell frame-entering device ) 是由 王卫星 丁庆龙 于 2021-08-03 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种电芯入框装置,包括基板及其上方安装的机架、电芯框和电芯放置平台,电芯框和电芯放置平台均位于机架下方,机架上方安装水平直线模组,水平直线模组上方安装竖直直线模组,竖直直线模组上安装用于抓取电芯的机械手组件,水平直线模组、竖直直线模组、机械手组件均信号连接至控制器。本发明所述的电芯入框装置,使用夹板夹取电芯主体的方式,比夹取极耳位置更加准确,不容易损伤电芯,同时降低了模组速度,增加电芯位置准确性。(The invention provides a battery cell frame entering device which comprises a base plate, a rack arranged above the base plate, a battery cell frame and a battery cell placing platform, wherein the battery cell frame and the battery cell placing platform are both positioned below the rack, a horizontal linear module is arranged above the rack, a vertical linear module is arranged above the horizontal linear module, a manipulator assembly used for grabbing a battery cell is arranged on the vertical linear module, and the horizontal linear module, the vertical linear module and the manipulator assembly are all in signal connection with a controller. According to the battery cell frame entering device, the mode of clamping the battery cell main body by the clamping plate is more accurate than the mode of clamping the tab, so that the battery cell is not easy to damage, the module speed is reduced, and the accuracy of the battery cell position is improved.)

1. The utility model provides a frame device is gone into to electric core which characterized in that: the electric core frame and the electric core placing platform are both located below the frame, a horizontal straight line module is installed above the frame, a vertical straight line module is installed above the horizontal straight line module, a manipulator assembly used for grabbing an electric core is installed on the vertical straight line module, and the horizontal straight line module, the vertical straight line module and the manipulator assembly are connected to the controller through signals.

2. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 1, wherein: the manipulator subassembly includes manipulator mounting panel and cylinder mounting panel, installation manipulator mounting panel above the cylinder mounting panel, manipulator mounting panel rigid coupling to vertical sharp module, a plurality of slip table cylinders of cylinder mounting panel below installation, every slip table cylinder all is equipped with position sensor for the position of response slip table cylinder, the slip table cylinder is two slider cylinders, install a splint on every slider of slip table cylinder, the equal signal connection of slip table cylinder, position sensor to controller.

3. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 2, wherein: the manipulator assembly further comprises a linear bearing, a guide pillar of the linear bearing is installed on the manipulator installation plate, a guide sleeve of the linear bearing is installed on the cylinder installation plate, and a limiting structure is arranged on the lower portion of the guide pillar.

4. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 2, wherein: the position sensors are respectively a first magnetic sensor, a second magnetic sensor and a third magnetic sensor which are arranged at different positions, and the first magnetic sensor, the second magnetic sensor and the third magnetic sensor are respectively in signal connection with the controller.

5. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 2, wherein: a limiting structure is arranged between the two clamping plates.

6. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 5, wherein: the limiting structure is a limiting screw which is fixedly arranged on the clamping plate.

7. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 2, wherein: the inner side of the splint is provided with foam.

8. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 2, wherein: the inboard installation of splint is used for responding to No. two sensors of electric core, and No. two sensor signal connection are to the controller.

9. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 2, wherein: a plurality of cylinders are installed below the cylinder installation plate, reverse limiting structures are arranged on two sides of each cylinder, and the cylinders are in signal connection with the controller.

10. The cell frame-entering device according to claim 9, wherein: the reverse limiting structure is a reverse limiting screw.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of production and manufacturing of battery cells, and particularly relates to a battery cell frame entering device.

Background

The lithium ion battery mainly comprises a soft package, a square and a cylinder. With the fierce development of new energy, the production line speed is faster and faster. The current soft sealing line is improved to about 15ppm by 6 ppm. The cells after injection are circulated by using a frame. The number of the battery cores loaded in one frame and the size of the frame become a problem which is difficult to solve.

Frame is gone into to present soft-packaged electrical core, and the manipulator once snatchs 2 electric cores, and the load electric core is less in the frame, generally about 20. In order to meet the requirement of 15ppm of high-speed equipment, the running speed of the cell loading manipulator is very high. After the module speed improves, the decline appears in the position accuracy of frame is gone into to electric core, and unexpected phenomena such as slope take place for electric core occasionally. The battery cell is scratched when the light intensity is low, the battery cell is damaged when the light intensity is medium, and the battery cell is deformed when the light intensity is high, so that the battery cell is ignited. The prior art has the following disadvantages: (1) 2 cells are put into the frame, so that the speed is low and the requirement of a high-speed production line cannot be met; (2) because of the module speed block, the position of the battery cell is inaccurate, and the battery cell is easy to damage; (3) the cell frame carries too few cells, generally more than 20 cells.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a cell frame device to solve the problems that the cell frame has a small number of cells, cannot meet high-speed production, and is easy to damage the cells.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

the utility model provides a frame device is gone into to electric core, includes frame, electric core frame and the electric core place the platform of base plate and top installation, and electric core frame and electric core place the platform all are located the frame below, the horizontal straight line module of frame top installation, the vertical sharp module of horizontal sharp module top installation, the installation is used for snatching the manipulator subassembly of electric core on the vertical sharp module, horizontal straight line module, vertical sharp module, the equal signal connection of manipulator subassembly to controller.

Further, the manipulator subassembly includes manipulator mounting panel and cylinder mounting panel, installation manipulator mounting panel above the cylinder mounting panel, and manipulator mounting panel rigid coupling to vertical sharp module, a plurality of slip table cylinders of cylinder mounting panel below installation, every slip table cylinder all is equipped with position sensor for the position of response slip table cylinder, the slip table cylinder is two slider cylinders, a splint of installation on every slider of slip table cylinder, the equal signal connection of slip table cylinder, position sensor to controller.

Furthermore, the manipulator assembly further comprises a linear bearing, a guide pillar of the linear bearing is installed on the manipulator installation plate, a guide sleeve of the linear bearing is installed on the cylinder installation plate, and a limiting structure is arranged on the lower portion of the guide pillar.

Furthermore, the position sensors are respectively a first magnetic sensor, a second magnetic sensor and a third magnetic sensor which are arranged at different positions, and the first magnetic sensor, the second magnetic sensor and the third magnetic sensor are respectively in signal connection with the controller.

Furthermore, a limiting structure is arranged between the two clamping plates.

Furthermore, the limiting structure is a limiting screw which is fixedly arranged on the clamping plate.

Furthermore, foam is arranged on the inner side of the clamping plate.

Furthermore, the inboard installation of splint is used for responding to No. two sensors of electric core, and No. two sensor signal connection are to the controller.

Further, a plurality of cylinders are installed below the cylinder installation plate, reverse limiting structures are arranged on two sides of each cylinder, and the cylinders are connected to the controller through signals.

Furthermore, the reverse limiting structure is a reverse limiting screw.

Compared with the prior art, the battery cell frame entering device has the following advantages:

(1) according to the battery cell frame entering device, the mode of clamping the battery cell main body by the clamping plates is more accurate than the mode of clamping the lug, so that the battery cell is not easy to damage, the module speed is reduced, and the accuracy of the battery cell frame entering position is improved.

(2) According to the cell frame entering device, 4 cells are entered into a frame at one time, the cell frame can load 36 cells, and the cell frame is only 854mm, so that the working efficiency is greatly improved, the requirement of high-speed production is met, and the requirement of small space of a circulating frame is met.

(3) According to the battery cell frame entering device, the limiting device is arranged in the battery cell clamping process step, so that the battery cell is protected; go into the work step that the frame unclamped at electric core, installed anti-stop device, guaranteed the distance of splint and electric core to and the unilateral interval of adjacent electric core, effectively protect electric core.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a front view of a cell frame device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a robot assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention with the slipway cylinder open;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the open position of the clamp according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the clamping plate in a closed state according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which a clamping plate and a battery cell are separated according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a front view of an electrical core frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Schematic representation.

Description of reference numerals:

1-a substrate; 2-a frame; 3-a horizontal linear module; 4-a vertical linear module; 5-a robot assembly; 51-a manipulator mounting plate; 52-cylinder mounting plate; 53-linear bearings; 54-sensor number one; 55-sensor sensing piece; 56-a slipway cylinder; 57-limit screws; 58-clamping plate; 59-anti-set screw; 510-a cylinder; 511-connecting plate; 512-sensor number two; 513-foam; 514-wire groove; 6-electric core frame; 7-a cell placement platform; and 8-electric core.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art through specific situations.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

The utility model provides a frame device is gone into to electric core, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, including base plate 1, a machine support 2, horizontal straight line module 3, vertical sharp module 4, manipulator subassembly 5, electric core frame 6, electric core place the platform 7, 1 top installation frame 2 of base plate, electric core frame 6 and electric core place the platform 7 all are located frame 2 below, 2 top installation horizontal straight line modules 3 of frame, 3 top installation vertical sharp modules 4 of horizontal sharp module, install manipulator subassembly 5 on the vertical sharp module 4, horizontal sharp module 3, vertical sharp module 4, the equal signal connection of manipulator subassembly 5 is to equipment main control unit.

The main controller is a controller on the blanking loading equipment, and the horizontal linear module 3 and the vertical linear module 4 are all existing standard parts (brands such as THK and HIWIN meet requirements).

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the manipulator assembly 5 includes a manipulator mounting plate 51, a cylinder mounting plate 52, a linear bearing 53, a first sensor 54, a sensor sensing sheet 55, a slide cylinder 56, a limit screw 57, a clamping plate 58, a reverse limit screw 59, a cylinder 510, a connecting plate 511, a second sensor 512, foam 513, and a wire guide 514, wherein the manipulator mounting plate 51 is mounted on the cylinder mounting plate 52 through the linear bearing 53, the manipulator mounting plate 51 is fixedly connected to the vertical linear module 4, a plurality of slide cylinders 56 are mounted in the middle of the lower portion of the cylinder mounting plate 52, each slide cylinder 56 is provided with a position sensor for sensing the position of the slide cylinder 56, the slide cylinder 56 is a double-slider cylinder, one clamping plate 58 is mounted on each slider of the slide cylinders 56, the clamping plate 58 is provided with the second sensor 512 for sensing the electric core 8, and a plurality of cylinders 510 are mounted on both sides of the lower portion of the cylinder mounting plate 52, the cylinder 510 both sides all are equipped with anti-limit structure, and equal signal connection to controller of slip table cylinder 56, cylinder 510, position sensor, No. two sensor 512.

In this embodiment, the manipulator assembly 5 can grasp 4 electric cores at a time, the number of the sliding table cylinders 56 is 4, 4 groups of clamping plates 58 are respectively installed on the 4 sliding table cylinders 56, and 36 electric cores 8 can be placed into the electric core frame 6 by 9 times. The four positions 1, 10, 19 and 28 are loaded at one time. And sequentially loading other cells according to the gap of 22mm of the cell. The center distance between every two adjacent cells is 22 mm. The thickness MAX of the battery cell is 15 mm.

In one embodiment, a first sensor 54 is mounted on one side of the robot mounting plate 51, and a sensor sensing piece 55 is mounted above the cylinder mounting plate 52.

The cylinder 510 is mounted on the cylinder mounting plate 52 through a connection plate 511.

Preferably, the guide post of the linear bearing 53 is mounted on the robot mounting plate 51, and the guide bush of the linear bearing 53 is mounted on the cylinder mounting plate 52. And the lower part of the guide post is provided with a limiting structure, so that the guide sleeve cannot fall off from the lower part due to gravity. When the manipulator assembly 5 meets an obstacle in the descending process, all the assemblies on the lower portion of the cylinder mounting plate 52 of the manipulator assembly 5 ascend through the linear bearing 53, and the sensor sensing piece 55 is inserted into the sensor 54 to prompt an alarm.

Preferably, the number of the position sensors is 3, which are the first magnetic sensor 561, the second magnetic sensor 562 and the third magnetic sensor 563, and the 3 magnetic sensors are respectively used for sensing three positions of the sliding table cylinder 56.

Specifically, the sliding table cylinder 56 has three state positions, the three positions are respectively provided with a first magnetic sensor 561, a second magnetic sensor 562 and a third magnetic sensor 563, and when the sliding table cylinder is in an open state, the sliding table cylinder is induced by the first magnetic sensor 561, at this time, the distance between the two clamping plates 58 is 50mm, and the distance from the single side of the electric core 8 is 17.5 mm; when in a clamping state, the clamping state is sensed by the second magnetic sensor 562, at this time, the outer width of the clamping plate 58 is 54mm, the outer distance between adjacent electric cores in the frame is 59, and the electric core 8 cannot be scratched by the clamping plate 58; the battery core is inducted by the third magnetic sensor 563 when being in a separation state, at the moment, the distance between the clamping plates 58 is 17mm, and the distance between the clamping plates is 26 mm. The distance between the two sides of the clamping plate 58 and the battery cell 8 is 1mm and 1.5mm respectively. After the slipway cylinder 56 is opened, the distance between the clamping plates 58 is 17mm using the anti-limit screw 59. The width of the outer wall of the clamping plate 58 is 26mm, and the distance between the adjacent battery cores 8 on the outer wall of the clamping plate 58 is 29 mm.

Preferably, a limiting structure is arranged between the two clamping plates 58.

In one or more embodiments, a mounting limit screw 57 is disposed between the two clamping plates 58, and the limit screw 57 is fixedly mounted on any one of the clamping plates 58. When the clamping plates 58 clamp the battery cell 8, the limiting screws 57 are used for limiting the width between the two clamping plates 58, so that the width between the two clamping plates 58 is slightly narrower than the width of the battery cell 8, and the clamping plates 58 and the sliding table air cylinder 56 are prevented from being deformed due to long-time clamping of the battery cell 8.

Preferably, foam 513 is adhered to the inner side of the clamping plate 58, and the foam 513 is used for contacting the battery cell 8 to protect the battery cell.

The second sensor 512 is installed on the inner side of the clamping plate 58 and used for sensing whether the battery cell is clamped or not and whether the battery cell drops in the conveying process, and the second sensor 512 is in signal connection with the controller.

Be equipped with sensor wire casing 514 on splint 58 for place the wire of No. two sensors 512, prevent that the pencil is more, disturb the centre gripping of electricity core 8.

In one or more embodiments, the anti-limiting structure is an anti-limiting screw 59, and when the battery cell is placed, the air cylinder 510 extends out to the middle of the two sliding table air cylinders 56, and the anti-limiting screw 59 extends out to the middle of the clamping plate 58.

The working principle of the battery cell frame-entering device is as follows:

the working principle of the manipulator assembly 5 for clamping one cell is described here, and the clamping processes of other cells are the same and are performed synchronously.

The electric core grabbing process comprises the following steps: the controller is according to setting for the route, control horizontal straight line module 3, vertical straight line module 4 moves and sets for the displacement, thereby drive control manipulator subassembly 5 and walk the electric core position of electric core place the platform 7, controller control slip table cylinder 56 is in the open mode, reach behind the settlement time, controller control position slip table cylinder 56 is closed, electric core 8 is cliied to splint 58, second magnetic sensor 562 sends the signal for the controller this moment, the controller judges that slip table cylinder 56 reaches the closed mode, and control cylinder 510 carries anti-stop screw 59 and inserts between the adjacent splint 58.

The cell frame entering step is as follows: the controller controls the horizontal straight line module 3 and the vertical straight line module 4 to move to a set displacement, so that after the manipulator assembly 5 is driven to reach a cell placing position in the cell frame 6 from the cell placing platform 7, the third magnetic sensor 563 sends a signal to the controller, the controller judges that the position is correct, the controller controls the sliding table cylinder 56 to loosen, the clamping plate 28 reaches a separation state, meanwhile, the control cylinder 510 carries the counter limiting screw 59 to leave between the adjacent clamping plates 58, the cell 8 is separated from the clamping plates 58, and meanwhile, the vertical straight line module 4 is controlled to ascend to drive the manipulator assembly 5 to ascend, so that the manipulator assembly 5 is separated from the cell frame 6, and one-time loading is completed; the third magnetic sensor 563 sends a signal to the controller, and the controller controls the sliding table cylinder 56 to clamp again, controls the cylinder 510 to retract, and controls the anti-limit screw 59 to extend between the clamping plates 58. After the set time is reached, the sliding table cylinder 56 is restored to the open state, and the electric core 8 is clamped again.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.