阅读说明：本技术 自动注液封口一体机 (Automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine ) 是由 安建军 于 2021-01-12 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种自动注液封口一体机,通过设置有排列输送装置、工位轮转装置、上料装置、整形装置、下料装置、注液装置、封口装置,实现锂电池的电池前端盖、电池体、电池后端盖的组装、注液、封口的工作流程,能够降低电池的质量受人工因素的影响,及解决电解液常压静置效率底下的问题。(The invention discloses an automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine which is provided with an arranging and conveying device, a station rotating device, a feeding device, a shaping device, a discharging device, a liquid injection device and a sealing device, so that the working processes of assembling, injecting and sealing a battery front end cover, a battery body and a battery rear end cover of a lithium battery are realized, the influence of manual factors on the quality of the battery can be reduced, and the problem of low normal-pressure standing efficiency of electrolyte is solved.)

1. Automatic annotate liquid and seal all-in-one, its characterized in that includes the frame, and installs following parts in the frame:

the arrangement conveying device (100) comprises a first vibration disc (110) for arranging the front end covers of the batteries, a second vibration disc (120) for arranging the battery bodies and a third vibration disc (130) for arranging the rear end covers of the batteries;

the station rotating device (200) is arranged in the center of the rack and comprises a servo driver and a workbench (210) driven by the servo driver to rotate, a plurality of stations are uniformly distributed on the workbench (210), and fixing clamps (211) used for clamping a front end cover of a battery are arranged on the stations;

the feeding device (300) comprises a first feeding groove (310) connected with the first vibration plate (110), a second feeding groove (320) connected with the second vibration plate (120), and a third feeding groove (330) connected with the third vibration plate (130), wherein a first pushing-out mechanism (311) used for pushing the front end cover of the battery into the fixing clamp (211) is installed at the end part of the first feeding groove (310), and a feeding manipulator (340) used for buckling the battery body on the front end cover of the battery in the fixing clamp (211) is arranged at the end part of the second feeding groove (320);

the shaping device (400) is arranged on the side part of the workbench (210) and comprises a first lifting mechanism (410) and a first pressing block (420) driven by the first lifting mechanism (410) and used for pressing the battery body and the battery front end cover;

the blanking device (500) is arranged on the side part of the workbench (210) and comprises a first overturning mechanical arm (510) used for taking out a battery body and a battery front end cover from the fixed frame and a second overturning mechanical arm (520) used for receiving a workpiece on the first overturning mechanical arm (510), the first overturning mechanical arm (510) or the second overturning mechanical arm (520) comprises an installation part fixedly arranged on the rack, a driving motor and a clamping part (530) driven by the driving motor to overturn are arranged on the installation part, and the clamping part (530) comprises a pneumatic finger and a clamping block driven by the pneumatic finger;

the liquid injection device (600) comprises a positioning seat (610) installed on the rack, a second lifting mechanism (620) and a liquid injector (630) driven by the second lifting mechanism (620) are arranged above the positioning seat (610), the second turnover manipulator (520) conveys the workpiece to the positioning seat (610), and the liquid injector (630) fills electrolyte into the workpiece;

the sealing device (700) is installed on the side portion of the liquid injection device (600), and comprises a second material pushing mechanism (710) and a third lifting mechanism (720), wherein the second material pushing mechanism is used for pushing the battery rear end cover on the third feeding groove (330) to a workpiece in the positioning seat (610), the third lifting mechanism (720) is located above the positioning seat (610), and the third lifting mechanism (720) is connected with a second pressing block (730) which is used for pressing the battery rear end cover and a battery body.

2. The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the battery front end cover fixing frame is characterized by further comprising an adjusting device (800) used for enabling the battery front end cover to be placed in the fixing frame in a flat mode, wherein the adjusting device (800) comprises a fourth lifting mechanism (810) and a third pressing block (820) driven by the fourth lifting mechanism (810) to press the battery front end cover downwards.

3. The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the first lifting mechanism (410), the second lifting mechanism (620), or the third lifting mechanism (720) includes a cylinder.

4. The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: the fourth lifting mechanism (810) includes a cylinder.

5. The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the feeding manipulator (340) comprises a translation mechanism (341), a first clamping jaw (342) and a second clamping jaw (343) which are driven by the translation mechanism (341) to do reciprocating translation motion, the first clamping jaw (342) and the second clamping jaw (343) are arranged in parallel along the movement direction of the translation mechanism (341), the feeding manipulator (340) also comprises an opening and closing mechanism (350) and an inserting mechanism (360) which are arranged below the translation mechanism (341), the first clamping jaw (342) takes out the battery body from the second feeding groove (320) and places the battery body on the opening and closing mechanism (350) for temporary storage, the second clamping jaw (343) takes out the battery body temporarily stored on the opening and closing mechanism (350) and places the battery body on the inserting mechanism (360), the battery body is buckled on the battery front end cover in the fixing clamp (211) by the inserting mechanism (360).

6. The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: the opening and closing mechanism (350) comprises two transverse moving mechanisms which are arranged on the rack and can reciprocate oppositely, and first clamping blocks (351) used for clamping workpieces are arranged on the two transverse moving mechanisms.

7. The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: the inserting mechanism (360) comprises two fifth lifting mechanisms which are respectively arranged on the two transverse moving mechanisms, and second clamping blocks (361) used for clamping workpieces are arranged on the two fifth lifting mechanisms.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of battery assembling equipment, in particular to an automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine.

Background

Lithium ion batteries, as a new energy storage carrier and a new energy field, play an increasingly important role in the process of changing the human life style. For lithium battery production enterprises, high efficiency and low cost are one of the main purposes for continuously investing in research and development resources. At present, the production process of domestic lithium batteries is not complete, and in many processes, especially key processes which directly influence various performances of the batteries are worthy of being researched and improved, and liquid injection and sealing are key processes. The existing battery assembly mostly adopts manual operation of hands and single-machine assembly operation, needs a large amount of personnel and a plurality of devices, and the battery needs to be transferred among the devices, thus causing the problems of high labor intensity of personnel, low production efficiency, large occupied area of the devices and the like; the assembly process is repeated mechanical work, the production quality is easily reduced due to long-time work of personnel, the automatic detection of each machine table is incomplete, and defective products, waste reports and the like are easily generated; the production needs a large amount of personnel, the conditions of difficult recruitment and labor shortage easily occur, and the production is difficult to meet.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides an automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine which can reduce the influence of manual factors on the quality of a battery and solve the problem of low normal-pressure standing efficiency of electrolyte.

The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine comprises a frame and the following components mounted on the frame:

the arrangement conveying device comprises a first vibration disc for arranging the front end cover of the battery, a second vibration disc for arranging the battery body and a third vibration disc for arranging the rear end cover of the battery;

the station rotating device is arranged in the center of the rack and comprises a servo driver and a workbench driven by the servo driver to rotate, a plurality of stations are uniformly distributed on the workbench, and fixing clamps for clamping a front end cover of the battery are arranged on the stations;

the feeding device comprises a first feeding groove connected with the first vibration disc, a second feeding groove connected with the second vibration disc and a third feeding groove connected with the third vibration disc, a first pushing mechanism used for pushing the front end cover of the battery into the fixing clamp is installed at the end part of the first feeding groove, and a feeding mechanical arm used for buckling the battery body on the front end cover of the battery in the fixing clamp is arranged at the end part of the second feeding groove;

the shaping device is arranged on the side part of the workbench and comprises a first lifting mechanism and a first pressing block which is driven by the first lifting mechanism and is used for pressing the battery body and the front end cover of the battery;

the blanking device is arranged on the side part of the workbench and comprises a first overturning mechanical arm and a second overturning mechanical arm, the first overturning mechanical arm is used for taking out a battery body and a battery front end cover from the fixed frame, the second overturning mechanical arm is used for receiving a workpiece on the first overturning mechanical arm, the first overturning mechanical arm or the second overturning mechanical arm comprises an installation part fixedly arranged on the rack, a driving motor and a clamping part driven by the driving motor to overturn are arranged on the installation part, and the clamping part comprises a pneumatic finger and a clamping block driven by the pneumatic finger;

the liquid injection device comprises a positioning seat arranged on the rack, a second lifting mechanism and a liquid injector driven by the second lifting mechanism are arranged above the positioning seat, the second turnover machine is used for conveying the workpiece to the positioning seat, and the liquid injector is used for filling electrolyte into the workpiece;

and the sealing device is arranged on the side part of the liquid injection device and comprises a second material pushing mechanism and a third lifting mechanism, the second material pushing mechanism is used for pushing the battery rear end cover on the third feeding groove to the workpiece in the positioning seat, the third lifting mechanism is positioned above the positioning seat, and the third lifting mechanism is connected with a second pressing block for pressing the battery rear end cover and the battery body.

The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine provided by the embodiment of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects: this embodiment is through being provided with range conveyor, station wheel device, loading attachment, shaping device, unloader, priming device, closing device, realizes the equipment of the battery front end housing of lithium cell, the battery body, battery rear end cap, annotates liquid, the work flow who seals, can reduce the quality of battery and receive the influence of artificial factor, and solve the bottom problem of electrolyte ordinary pressure efficiency of stewing.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the battery fixing device further comprises an adjusting device for flatly placing the battery front end cover in the fixing frame, wherein the adjusting device comprises a fourth lifting mechanism, and a third pressing block driven by the fourth lifting mechanism to press the battery front end cover downwards.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the first lifting mechanism, the second lifting mechanism, or the third lifting mechanism comprises a cylinder.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the fourth lifting mechanism comprises a cylinder.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the feeding manipulator includes a translation mechanism, and a first clamping jaw and a second clamping jaw driven by the translation mechanism to perform a reciprocating translation motion, the first clamping jaw and the second clamping jaw are arranged side by side along a motion direction of the translation mechanism, the feeding manipulator further includes an opening and closing mechanism and an inserting mechanism arranged below the translation mechanism, the first clamping jaw takes out a battery from a second feeding slot and places the battery on the opening and closing mechanism for temporary storage, the second clamping jaw takes out the battery temporarily stored on the opening and closing mechanism and places the battery on the inserting mechanism, and the inserting mechanism buckles the battery on a front end cover of the battery in the fixing clip.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the opening and closing mechanism comprises two traversing mechanisms which are mounted on the frame and can reciprocate oppositely, and a first clamping block for clamping the workpiece is arranged on the two traversing mechanisms.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the inserting mechanism comprises two fifth lifting mechanisms respectively mounted on the two traversing mechanisms, and the two fifth lifting mechanisms are provided with second clamping blocks for clamping workpieces.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a top view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a liquid injection device and a sealing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding manipulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an automatic liquid injection and sealing all-in-one machine according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the invention includes a frame, and the following components mounted on the frame:

an arrangement conveying device 100 including a first vibration plate 110 for arranging a front end cap of a battery, a second vibration plate 120 for arranging a battery body, and a third vibration plate 130 for arranging a rear end cap of the battery; it can be understood that the vibration plate is an auxiliary feeding device of an automatic assembling or automatic processing machine, which is called a component feeding device for short. The automatic assembling machine can arrange various products in order, and is matched with automatic assembling equipment to assemble various parts of the products into a complete product, or is matched with automatic processing machinery to finish processing workpieces.

The station rotating device 200 is arranged in the center of the rack and comprises a servo driver and a workbench 210 driven by the servo driver to rotate, a plurality of stations are uniformly distributed on the workbench 210, and fixing clamps 211 used for clamping a front end cover of a battery are arranged on the stations; it is understood that the servo driver in this embodiment is a controller for controlling a servo motor, functions like a frequency converter acting on a common ac motor, belongs to a part of a servo system, and is mainly applied to a high-precision positioning system. The worktable 210 is driven by the servo driver to rotate, so that the station can be accurately positioned, and the assembly precision is improved.

A feeding device 300, including a first feeding groove 310 connected to the first vibration plate 110, a second feeding groove 320 connected to the second vibration plate 120, and a third feeding groove 330 connected to the third vibration plate 130, wherein a first pushing mechanism 311 for pushing the battery front end cover into the fixing clip 211 is installed at an end of the first feeding groove 310, and a feeding manipulator 340 for fastening the battery front end cover in the fixing clip 211 is installed at an end of the second feeding groove 320;

the shaping device 400 is installed on the side part of the workbench 210, and comprises a first lifting mechanism 410 and a first pressing block 420 driven by the first lifting mechanism 410 and used for pressing the battery body and the battery front end cover;

the blanking device 500 is installed on the side portion of the workbench 210, and comprises a first turnover manipulator 510 used for taking out a battery body and a battery front end cover from the fixed frame, and a second turnover manipulator 520 used for receiving a workpiece on the first turnover manipulator 510, wherein the first turnover manipulator 510 or the second turnover manipulator 520 comprises an installation portion fixedly installed on the rack, a driving motor is installed on the installation portion, and a clamping portion 530 driven to turn over by the driving motor, the clamping portion 530 comprises a pneumatic finger and a clamping block driven by the pneumatic finger; the workpiece is turned over twice by the first turning robot 510 and the second turning robot 520, and then enters the next process.

The liquid injection device 600 comprises a positioning seat 610 mounted on the frame, a second lifting mechanism 620 and a liquid injector 630 driven by the second lifting mechanism 620 are arranged above the positioning seat 610, the second turnover manipulator 520 delivers the workpiece to the positioning seat 610, and the liquid injector 630 fills the inside of the workpiece with electrolyte; it is understood that the injector 630 in this embodiment is a prior art technology that is easily known by those skilled in the art, and is used for injecting the electrolyte inside the lithium battery, which is not described herein again.

The sealing device 700 is installed on the side of the liquid injection device 600, and includes a second material pushing mechanism 710 for pushing the battery rear end cap on the third feeding groove 330 to the workpiece in the positioning seat 610, and a third lifting mechanism 720 located above the positioning seat 610, where the third lifting mechanism 720 is connected with a second pressing block 730 for pressing the battery rear end cap and the battery body.

The automatic liquid injection and sealing integrated machine provided by the embodiment of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects: the working procedures of assembling, injecting and sealing the front end cover, the battery body and the rear end cover of the lithium battery are realized by arranging the conveying device 100, the station rotating device 200, the feeding device 300, the shaping device 400, the blanking device 500, the injecting device 600 and the sealing device 700 in the embodiment, so that the quality of the battery can be reduced, the influence of artificial factors is caused, and the problem of low normal-pressure standing efficiency of the electrolyte is solved.

Further, according to some embodiments of the present invention, in order to prevent the front end cover of the battery from shifting, which may cause the edge portion to overlap the fixing clip 211 to tilt, the automatic liquid injection and sealing all-in-one machine further includes an adjusting device 800 for placing the front end cover of the battery flat in the fixing frame, where the adjusting device 800 includes a fourth lifting mechanism 810, and a third pressing block 820 driven by the fourth lifting mechanism 810 to press down the front end cover of the battery.

Further, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the first lifting mechanism 410, the second lifting mechanism 620 or the third lifting mechanism 720 includes a cylinder.

Further, according to some embodiments of the invention, the fourth lifting mechanism 810 comprises a cylinder.

Further, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the feeder robot 340 includes a translation mechanism 341, and a first clamping jaw 342 and a second clamping jaw 343 driven by the translation mechanism 341 to do reciprocating translation motion, the first clamping jaw 342 and the second clamping jaw 343 are arranged in parallel along the moving direction of the translation mechanism 341, the feeding manipulator 340 further includes an opening and closing mechanism 350 and an inserting mechanism 360 disposed below the translating mechanism 341, and specifically, the second clamping jaw 343 is closer to the workbench 210 than the first clamping jaw 342, the first jaw 342 takes out the battery from the second feeding chute 320 and places the battery on the opening and closing mechanism 350 for temporary storage, the second clamping jaw 343 takes out the battery body temporarily stored in the opening and closing mechanism 350 and places the battery body on the inserting mechanism 360, the insertion mechanism 360 fastens the battery body to the battery front end cover in the fixing clip 211.

Further, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the opening and closing mechanism 350 includes two traverse mechanisms mounted on the frame and capable of reciprocating in opposite directions, and a first clamping block 351 for clamping a workpiece is disposed on the two traverse mechanisms. The two first clamping blocks 351 are used for clamping the workpiece, so that the workpiece can be temporarily stored.

Further, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the inserting mechanism 360 includes two fifth lifting mechanisms respectively mounted on the two traversing mechanisms, and the two fifth lifting mechanisms are provided with second clamping blocks 361 for clamping the workpiece. The workpiece is clamped by the two second clamping blocks 361, and then lowered by the fifth lifting mechanism and mounted on the front end cover of the battery.

The present embodiment has been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.