A battery processing device

Abstract

The present invention discloses a battery cell processing device, comprising a rotating device for clamping battery cells, the rotating device comprising a turntable, a driving mechanism, and a plurality of battery cell clamping units circumferentially mounted on the upper surface of the turntable; the battery cell clamping unit comprises an air inlet and an exhaust port fastened to the turntable, a pneumatic component connected through the air inlet and the exhaust port, and a clamping tool arranged at the driving end of the pneumatic component; an air guide device for intake of air at the air inlet or exhaust of air at the exhaust port, the air guide device comprising a driving component arranged below the turntable, and an air inlet nozzle and an exhaust nozzle arranged at the driving end of the driving component, the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle being connected through the external air supply and return device; the battery cell processing device adopting the above-mentioned structural design can make the battery cell processing device more compact in structure through the arrangement of the air guide device and its rotating device, thereby reducing space occupancy.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of mechanical equipment, and in particular to a battery core processing device. Background Art

[0002] The existing cell processing equipment used for cell loading, coating, pressure holding and unloading has a complex structure and a very large size due to its unreasonable structural design, which in turn makes the equipment occupy a lot of space and has a high production cost. Summary of the invention

[0003] The object of the present invention is to provide a battery core processing device, which has a reasonable and compact structure and layout and can reduce space occupancy.

[0004] The present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] A battery core processing device, comprising:

[0006] A rotating device for clamping a battery cell, the rotating device comprising a rotating disk, a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disk to rotate at equal angle intervals, and a plurality of battery cell clamping units circumferentially mounted on the upper surface of the rotating disk; the battery cell clamping unit comprises an air inlet and an air outlet fastened to the rotating disk, a pneumatic assembly connected to the air inlet and the air outlet, and a clamping tooling arranged at the driving end of the pneumatic assembly;

[0007] An air guiding device is used for intake of air through the air inlet or exhaust of air through the exhaust port, and the air guiding device includes a driving assembly arranged below the turntable, and an air inlet nozzle and an exhaust nozzle arranged at the driving end of the driving assembly, and the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle are through-connected with an external air supply and return device; when the driving end of the driving assembly moves toward the side close to the battery cell clamping unit, the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle respectively cooperate with the corresponding air inlet and exhaust port.

[0008] The pneumatic assembly includes a check valve connected to the air inlet, a solenoid valve connected to the check valve, and a first cylinder connected to the solenoid valve, and the exhaust port is connected to the first cylinder through the solenoid valve.

[0009] The clamping tool comprises a first clamping member fastened to the driving rod of the first cylinder, a support plate fastened to the side wall of the first cylinder, and a second clamping member fastened to the end of the support plate and matched with the first clamping member.

[0010] Among them, the first clamping member includes a beam fastened to the driving rod of the first cylinder, a first clamping member arranged at one end of the beam, and a second clamping member arranged at the other end of the beam, and a long groove is opened along the length direction of the beam at one end of the beam away from the first clamping member, and the second clamping member is fastened to the beam through the long groove.

[0011] Among them, support beams are horizontally extended outward on opposite sides of the upper end of the support plate, and two support beams are fastened with two support rods for supporting the battery cells, and the two support rods are respectively located below the first clamping member and the second clamping member.

[0012] Wherein, the driving mechanism includes a bracket and a motor vertically mounted in the middle of the bracket, and the air guide device is fastened to the bracket.

[0013] Wherein, the driving assembly is a second cylinder vertically mounted on the bracket, a fixing plate is fastened to the end of the driving rod of the second cylinder, and the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle are both vertically fastened to the fixing plate.

[0014] There are at least two air guide devices, and the two air guide devices are arranged adjacent to each other.

[0015] Among them, the upper surface of the turntable is circumferentially arranged with a battery cell loading station, a battery cell coating station, a battery cell pressure holding station and a battery cell unloading station in sequence, and the air guide device is respectively arranged below the battery cell loading station and the battery cell unloading station; the plurality of battery cell clamping units are respectively arranged at the battery cell loading station, the battery cell coating station, the battery cell pressure holding station and the battery cell unloading station.

[0016] Wherein, the rotating device and the air guiding device are both electrically connected to an external electric control device.

[0017] Beneficial effects of the present invention: The present invention provides a battery cell processing device, comprising a rotating device for clamping battery cells, the rotating device comprising a turntable, a driving mechanism for driving the turntable to rotate at equal angles, and a plurality of battery cell clamping units circumferentially mounted on the upper surface of the turntable; the battery cell clamping unit comprises an air inlet and an exhaust port fastened to the turntable, a pneumatic component connected through the air inlet and the exhaust port, and a clamping tooling arranged at the driving end of the pneumatic component; an air guide device for intake of air at the air inlet or exhaust of air at the exhaust port, the air guide device comprising a driving component arranged below the turntable, and an air inlet nozzle and an exhaust nozzle arranged at the driving end of the driving component, the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle being connected through the external air supply and return device; when the driving end of the driving component moves toward a side close to the battery cell clamping unit, the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle respectively cooperate with the corresponding air inlet and exhaust port. The battery cell processing device adopting the above structural design can make the structure of the battery cell processing device more compact by arranging the air guide device and the rotating device, thereby reducing the space occupied. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is the first axonometric view of a battery core processing device of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 2 It is a second axonometric view of a battery core processing device of the present invention.

[0020] Figure 3 It is a first isometric view of a pneumatic component and a clamping fixture after being assembled according to the present invention.

[0021] Figure 4 It is a second isometric view of a pneumatic component and a clamping fixture after being assembled according to the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The technical solution of the present invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and through specific implementation methods.

[0023] Combination Figures 1 to 4 As shown, this embodiment provides a battery cell processing device, including a rotating device 1 and an air guide device 2. Specifically, the rotating device 1 is mainly used for clamping battery cells. Furthermore, the rotating device 1 in this embodiment includes a turntable 11, a driving mechanism 12 for driving the turntable 11 to rotate at equal angles, and a plurality of battery cell clamping units 13 circumferentially mounted on the upper surface of the turntable 11; preferably, the driving mechanism 12 in this embodiment includes a bracket 121, and a motor 122 vertically mounted in the middle of the bracket 121, and the driving end of the motor 122 is fastened to the turntable 11.

[0024] Furthermore, the battery cell clamping unit 13 in this embodiment includes an air inlet 131 and an exhaust port 132 fastened to the turntable 11, a pneumatic component 134 connected to the air inlet 131 and the exhaust port 132, and a clamping tool 135 arranged at the driving end of the pneumatic component 134; specifically, the pneumatic component 134 includes a check valve 133 connected to the air inlet 131, a solenoid valve connected to the check valve 133, and a first cylinder 1341 connected to the solenoid valve, and the exhaust port 132 is connected to the first cylinder 1341 through the solenoid valve.

[0025] The setting of the check valve 133 in this embodiment can make the airflow introduced by the air guide device 2 flow unidirectionally along the air path of the battery cell clamping unit 13, and through the action of the solenoid valve connected to the first cylinder, after the first cylinder 1341 is ventilated, the clamping tooling 135 is driven to clamp the battery cell and keep it in a pressure-maintaining state.

[0026] To be more specific, the air guide device 2 in the present embodiment is mainly used for intake of air through the air inlet 131 and exhaust of air through the exhaust port 132. Specifically, the air guide device 2 includes a driving assembly arranged below the turntable 11, and an air inlet nozzle 23 and an exhaust nozzle 24 arranged at the driving end of the driving assembly, and the air inlet nozzle 23 and the exhaust nozzle 24 are through-connected with an external air supply and return device; preferably, the driving assembly in the present embodiment is a second cylinder 21 vertically mounted on the bracket 121, and a fixing plate 22 is fastened to the end of the driving rod of the second cylinder 21, and the air inlet nozzle 23 and the exhaust nozzle 24 are both vertically fastened to the fixing plate 22.

[0027] As a further preference, the air inlet nozzle 23 and the air outlet nozzle 24 in this embodiment are respectively connected to an external air supply and return device. When the driving end of the second cylinder 21 moves toward the side close to the battery cell clamping unit 13, the air inlet nozzle 23 is inserted into the air inlet 131 to supply air to the air circuit in the battery cell clamping unit 13. At this time, after the air flow flows into the first cylinder 1341 through the check valve 133, the first cylinder 1341 drives the clamping tool 135 to clamp the battery cell. Afterwards, the air inlet nozzle 23 is separated from the air inlet 131 under the driving action of the second cylinder 21. Since the check valve 133 is provided in the air circuit, the air flow will not flow back. At this time, the first cylinder 1341 is under the action of the first cylinder solenoid valve, and the input air flow will be stored in the air circuit all the time, so that the clamping tool 135 is always in a clamping and pressure-maintaining state; on the contrary, when the exhaust nozzle 24 is inserted into the exhaust port 132 under the action of the second cylinder 21, the solenoid valve is opened under the action of the electronic control device, and the air flow in the air circuit will be discharged into the external air supply and return device through the exhaust nozzle 24.

[0028] Furthermore, the clamping tool 135 in this embodiment includes a first clamping member fastened to the driving rod of the first cylinder 1341, a support plate 1342 fastened to the side wall of the first cylinder 1341, and a second clamping member fastened to the end of the support plate 1342 and matched with the first clamping member; the first clamping member includes a crossbeam 1351 fastened to the driving rod of the first cylinder 1341, a first pressing member 1352 arranged at one end of the crossbeam 1351, and a second pressing member 1352 arranged at the other end of the crossbeam 1351. Two clamping members 1353; a long slot 13511 is provided along the length direction of the cross beam 1351 at one end of the cross beam 1351 away from the first clamping member 1352, and the second clamping member 1353 is fastened to the cross beam 1351 through the long slot, and support beams are horizontally extended outward on both opposite sides of the upper end of the support plate 1342, and two support beams are fastened with two support rods 1354 for carrying the battery cells, and the support rods 1354 are located below the second clamping member 1353 and the first clamping member 1352. Preferably, the end face of the first clamping member 1352 in this embodiment is L-shaped, so that it can play a better positioning role when the battery cells are placed. In the above manner, the battery cell is placed on the two support rods 1354 by a robot, first pre-positioned by the first clamping member 1352, and then the first cylinder 1341 drives the first clamping member 1352 and the second clamping member 1353 to clamp the battery cell.

[0029] Preferably, the upper surface of the turntable 11 in the present embodiment is circumferentially provided with a battery cell loading station, a battery cell coating station, a battery cell pressure holding station and a battery cell unloading station in sequence; in order to facilitate the loading and unloading of batteries, the gas guide device 2 is respectively provided below the battery cell loading station and the battery cell unloading station. Preferably, the gas guide device 2 is provided in two, and the two gas guide devices 2 are adjacently arranged and respectively fastened to the bracket 121. Furthermore, a plurality of battery cell clamping units 13 are respectively arranged at the battery cell loading station, the battery cell coating station, the battery cell pressure holding station and the battery cell unloading station. In addition, the rotating device 1 and the gas guide device 2 in the present embodiment are electrically connected to an external electric control device. The specific circuit connection between the external electric control device and the rotating device 1 and the gas guide device 2 can be set according to the working principle of the battery cell processing device in the present embodiment. Since this part is more commonly used in the prior art, it will not be described in detail here.

[0030] In the battery processing equipment adopting the above-mentioned structural design, when the battery cell is placed on the clamping tool 135 in the battery cell loading station under the action of the manipulator, the second cylinder 21 drives the air inlet nozzle 23 to connect with the air inlet 131 and guide the air flow into the air path. Under the action of the first cylinder 1341, the solenoid valve and the check valve 133, the battery cell is in a clamping and pressure-maintaining state; then the motor 122 drives the turntable 11 to rotate 90 degrees, so that the clamping tool 135 holding the battery cell is in the position The battery cell coating station is used to coat the battery cell through external equipment, and then the motor 122 drives the turntable 11 to rotate 90 degrees, so that the coated battery cell is in the battery cell pressure holding station, and finally rotates it 90 degrees to the battery cell unloading station. At this time, the exhaust nozzle 24 is driven by the second cylinder 21 to connect with the exhaust port 132, and then the clamping tooling 135 is opened under the action of the first cylinder 1341, so as to facilitate the robot to take away the coated and pressure-maintained battery cells.

[0031] It needs to be further explained that although the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle in this embodiment cooperate with the air inlet and the exhaust port at the same time, they are subject to the control of the solenoid valve, the check valve 133 and the external electronic control device, and can effectively control the extension and contraction of the first cylinder, that is, when the air inlet takes in air, the exhaust port is closed, and conversely, when the exhaust port is exhausting air, the air inlet stops supplying air.

[0032] The technical principle of the present invention is described above in conjunction with specific embodiments. These descriptions are only for explaining the principle of the present invention and cannot be interpreted as limiting the scope of protection of the present invention in any way. Based on the explanations herein, those skilled in the art can associate other specific implementations of the present invention without paying creative labor, and these methods will fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A battery core processing device, characterized in that: include: A rotating device for clamping a battery cell, the rotating device comprising a rotating disk, a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disk to rotate at equal angle intervals, and a plurality of battery cell clamping units circumferentially mounted on the upper surface of the rotating disk; the battery cell clamping unit comprises an air inlet and an air outlet fastened to the rotating disk, a pneumatic assembly connected to the air inlet and the air outlet, and a clamping tooling arranged at the driving end of the pneumatic assembly; An air guide device, used for air intake through the air inlet or air exhaust through the air outlet, the air guide device comprising a drive assembly arranged below the turntable, and an air inlet nozzle and an air exhaust nozzle arranged at the drive end of the drive assembly, the air inlet nozzle and the air exhaust nozzle being connected to an external air supply and return device; when the drive end of the drive assembly moves toward the side close to the battery cell clamping unit, the air inlet nozzle is inserted into the air inlet to supply air to the air path in the battery cell clamping unit, or the air exhaust nozzle is inserted into the air outlet, and the airflow in the air path is discharged into the external air supply and return device through the exhaust nozzle; The pneumatic assembly includes a check valve connected to the air inlet, a solenoid valve connected to the check valve, and a first cylinder connected to the solenoid valve. The exhaust port is connected to the first cylinder through the solenoid valve.

2. The battery core processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping tool comprises a first clamping member fastened to the driving rod of the first cylinder, a support plate fastened to the side wall of the first cylinder, and a second clamping member fastened to the end of the support plate and matched with the first clamping member.

3. The battery core processing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first clamping member includes a crossbeam fastened to the driving rod of the first cylinder, a first clamping member arranged at one end of the crossbeam, and a second clamping member arranged at the other end of the crossbeam. A long groove is formed at one end of the crossbeam away from the first clamping member along the length direction of the crossbeam, and the second clamping member is fastened to the crossbeam through the long groove.

4. The battery core processing device according to claim 3, characterized in that: Support beams are horizontally extended outward on opposite sides of the upper end of the support plate, and two support rods for carrying the battery cells are fastened to the two support beams, and the two support rods are respectively located below the first clamping member and the second clamping member.

5. The battery core processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving mechanism comprises a bracket and a motor vertically mounted in the middle of the bracket, and the air guide device is fastened to the bracket.

6. The battery core processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The driving assembly is a second cylinder vertically mounted on the bracket, a fixing plate is fastened to the end of the driving rod of the second cylinder, and the air inlet nozzle and the exhaust nozzle are both vertically fastened to the fixing plate.

7. The battery core processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: At least two of the air guide devices are provided, and the two air guide devices are arranged adjacent to each other.

8. The battery core processing device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The upper surface of the turntable is circumferentially arranged with a battery cell loading station, a battery cell coating station, a battery cell pressure maintaining station and a battery cell unloading station, and the air guide device is respectively arranged below the battery cell loading station and the battery cell unloading station; a plurality of battery cell clamping units are respectively arranged at the battery cell loading station, the battery cell coating station, the battery cell pressure maintaining station and the battery cell unloading station.

9. The battery core processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating device and the air guiding device are both electrically connected to an external electric control device.

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