Fully automatic disassembling machine for environment-friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries and its process method

By designing a fully automatic disassembly machine for environmentally friendly recycling of power batteries, the problem of low degree of automation of power batteries in the existing technology is solved, and the fully automated production and environmentally friendly recycling of power batteries is realized, and resource recycling efficiency and operation safety are improved.

CN112310501BActive Publication Date: 2025-06-27SHENYANG INST OF AUTOMATION GUANGZHOU CHINESE ACAD OF SCI +1
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Application Number
CN202011240225.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2020-11-09
Publication Date
2025-06-27
Estimated Expiration
2040-11-09

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Technical Problem

In the prior art, the power battery recycling process has a low degree of automation and relies on manual operations, resulting in low resource recycling efficiency, serious environmental pollution, and a fire risk during cutting.

Method used

Design a fully automatic disassembly machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries, including silo, pressing, cutting, conveying, core removal and other devices to realize fully automatic feeding, conveying, cutting, and core removal of power batteries, and is equipped with fire monitoring and early warning functions and double-layer protective covers inside and outside to ensure safe, closed and environmental protection.

Benefits of technology

It realizes fully automated production of power batteries, improves resource recycling efficiency, reduces environmental pollution risks, ensures operational safety, and has high value for large-scale industrial production.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries and its process method. The disassembling machine includes a bin device, a material pressing device, a cutting device, a conveying device, a core taking device, a frame platform, an outer protective cover device and an inner protective cover device. The conveying device is correspondingly connected to the bin device, the cutting device and the core taking device according to the process. The conveying device is provided with a battery stopper to push the power battery into the cutting device through the elastic pressing of the material pressing device, and the two symmetrically arranged shaft cutting blades are used to cut off the electrode heads at both ends of the battery simultaneously. The movable clamping plate and the fixed clamping plate of the core taking device cooperate to clamp the battery shell to realize the rapid removal of the battery core by the core pushing plate. The present invention can realize the full-automatic production of power battery feeding, conveying, cutting and core taking, configure a fire monitoring and early warning function to deal with the ignition during the charged cutting of the battery, and set up an inner and outer double-layer protective cover to effectively seal and isolate dust, waste gas and noise, effectively prevent the leakage of battery disassembling dust and waste gas from polluting the environment, and significantly improve the production efficiency and resource recovery rate.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of automation equipment, and in particular to a fully automatic disassembly machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries and a process method thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, grid energy storage, and 5G base station power supply related industries in my country, the production and sales of power batteries continue to grow at a high rate. In the next few years, a large number of power batteries will be retired and scrapped. A large number of waste power batteries are both "urban mines" and environmental disasters. In view of the needs of ecological environment protection, battery pollutant prevention and control, and lithium and cobalt scarce resource recovery, the environmentally friendly recycling and reuse of scrapped power batteries is very necessary and time is urgent.

[0003] In the existing technology, many companies adopt the production process of overall crushing and separation and extraction of power batteries, which relies heavily on manual labor and has a low degree of automation. The types of mixed materials are complex and the separation process is long. Material resource recovery is difficult and costly. Dust, waste gas, waste liquid and waste residue are easily leaked, seriously polluting the environment and endangering the personal safety of workers. Summary of the invention

[0004] The main purpose of the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings and deficiencies of the prior art. The present invention provides a fully automatic disassembly machine for the environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries with high production efficiency, safety, closure and environmental protection. The machine can realize fully automated production of power battery feeding, conveying, cutting and coring, and is equipped with a fire monitoring and early warning function to deal with battery live cutting and fire. An inner and outer double-layer protective cover is set to effectively seal and isolate dust, exhaust gas and noise, effectively preventing the leakage of dust and exhaust gas from battery disassembly to pollute the environment.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a process method for an environmentally friendly recycling fully automatic disassembly machine for scrapped power batteries.

[0006] In order to achieve the above first purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0007] A fully automatic disassembly machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries, which is used for fully automatically disassembling scrapped power batteries to separate battery shells and battery core materials, including a silo device, a pressing device, a cutting device, a conveying device, a coring device, a machine frame, an outer protective cover device and an inner protective cover device;

[0008] The bin device, the cutting device, the conveying device, and the core-taking device are sequentially installed on the rack mounting plate of the rack table. The conveying device is connected to the bin device, the cutting device, and the core-taking device according to the process. The pressing device is installed in the cutting device. The bin device pushes the power battery onto the conveying device. There is a battery stopper on the conveying device to push the power battery to move. The power battery is elastically and floatingly pressed by the pressing device and sent into the cutting device. The cutting device is provided with two-axis cutting blades to simultaneously cut off the electrode heads at both ends of the power battery. The electrode heads of the power battery fall into the electrode head collection box. After cutting, the conveying device sends the power battery to the core-taking device. The core-taking device is provided with a movable clamping plate, a fixed clamping plate, and a battery core pushing plate. The movable clamping plate and the fixed clamping plate cooperate to clamp the outer shell of the power battery. The battery core pushing plate pushes out the battery core of the power battery. The outer shell and the battery core of the power battery fall into the outer shell collection box and the battery core collection box respectively;

[0009] The inner protective cover device covers the cutting area between the cutting device and the conveying device to isolate the dust, waste gas, and noise generated during the cutting process. The inner protective cover device is provided with air extraction holes that can be connected to the waste gas pipeline to extract the dust waste gas for collection and treatment. The outer protective cover device completely covers all the devices installed on the rack table to seal and isolate the waste gas generated during the disassembly process. The outer protective cover device is provided with air extraction holes connected to the waste gas pipeline to extract the waste gas for purification treatment.

[0010] Preferably, the bin device includes a bin bottom plate, a guide rail assembly, a connecting seat one, a push plate, a support seat, a push rod, a push rod spring, a push rod seat, a connecting seat two, a battery support plate, a bin fixing plate, a bidirectional adjustment screw, a bin side plate one, a bin adjustment plate, a bin side plate two, a bin mounting plate, an adjustment bolt assembly, a rodless cylinder, and a detection switch;

[0011] The bin side plate one and the bin side plate two are symmetrically installed on the bin fixing plate through the bidirectional adjustment screw. The bin fixing plate is installed on the bin mounting plate. The bin adjustment plate is installed on the bin mounting plate and is connected to the bin side plate one and the bin side plate two. The bin mounting plate is installed on the battery support plate and can be vertically adjusted in distance through the adjustment bolt assembly. Setting the distance between the bin adjustment plate and the bin fixing plate and adjusting the distance between the bin side plate one and the bin side plate two can meet the storage of the power battery;

[0012] The push plate is installed on the guide rail assembly, and the guide rail assembly is installed on the bottom plate of the bin. The push plate is fixedly connected to the rodless cylinder through the first connecting seat and the second connecting seat. A plurality of push rod seats are arranged on the push plate. The push rod is swingably installed in the push rod seat and can automatically return to the vertical posture through the push rod spring. The battery support plate is installed on the bottom plate of the bin through the support seat. The upper end of the push rod can pass through the through groove of the battery support plate to push the power battery;

[0013] The rodless cylinder pushes the push plate forward. The push plate translates along the guide rail assembly to drive the push rod forward to push the power battery out from the gap between the battery support plate and the bin mounting plate. The power battery falls on the battery support plate under the action of gravity. The rodless cylinder retracts backward to pull back the push plate. The push plate drives the push rod to translate backward. The power battery blocks the push rod. The push rod can swing to avoid the power battery and stretch the push rod spring. After the push rod retracts past the position of the power battery, it can swing back to the vertical posture under the action of the push rod spring.

[0014] Preferably, the conveying device further includes a reduction motor, a sprocket shaft, a driving sprocket set, a rotation induction switch, a bearing seat, a conveying chain, a chain support, a driven shaft, a driven sprocket set, a chain tensioning seat, a battery stop block and a motor mounting seat;

[0015] The conveying device is horizontally provided with a plurality of groups of the conveying chains according to the length of the power battery to support the power battery. The conveying chains are annularly provided with a plurality of groups of the battery stop blocks at equal intervals according to the width of the power battery. The chain support is arranged under the conveying chains to maintain the supporting posture of the conveying chains. One end of the conveying chain is connected to the driving sprocket set and the other end is connected to the driven sprocket set. The driving sprocket set is installed on the sprocket shaft. One end of the sprocket shaft is connected to the reduction motor and the other end is installed on the bearing seat. The reduction motor is installed on the motor mounting seat. The driven sprocket set is installed on the driven shaft. The driven shaft is installed on the chain tensioning seat. The chain tensioning seat is adjusted to keep the conveying chain in a tensioned posture. The conveying device is installed on the frame mounting plate through the motor mounting seat, the bearing seat, the chain support and the chain tensioning seat;

[0016] The reduction motor drives the sprocket shaft to drive the driving sprocket set, the conveying chain and the driven sprocket set to move. The battery stop block follows the conveying chain to push the power battery to translate. The position of the battery stop block is detected by the rotation induction switch to set the start and stop of the reduction motor so that the conveying chain conveys the power battery to the corresponding station.

[0017] Preferably, the material pressing device includes a chain material pressing mechanism, a floating adjustment mechanism, and a material blocking mechanism; the chain material pressing mechanism includes a material pressing mounting seat, an adjusting member, a shaft support one, a sprocket idler assembly, a material pressing chain, a support rod, a support seat, and a shaft support two; the floating adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment seat, a mounting plate, an adjustment spring, a guide shaft, and a connecting plate; the material blocking mechanism includes a material blocking spring, a connecting block, a rotating shaft, a material blocking mounting seat, and a material blocking rod;

[0018] Both ends of the material pressing chain are connected to the sprocket idler assembly and are respectively installed on the shaft support one and the shaft support two. The shaft support one and the shaft support two are installed on the material pressing mounting seat. The adjusting member adjusts the position of the shaft support one to make the material pressing chain taut. The support rod is arranged on the material pressing chain to keep the material pressing chain in a flat posture. The support rod is connected to the support seat and installed on the material pressing mounting seat;

[0019] One end of the guide shaft passes through the mounting plate and is fixedly installed on the material pressing mounting seat, and the other end is connected to the connecting plate. Both ends of the mounting plate are connected to the adjustment seat and installed on the cutting device. An adjustment spring is arranged in the middle of the guide shaft to floatingly adjust the distance between the mounting plate and the material pressing mounting seat to realize that the material pressing device adaptively presses the power battery;

[0020] The material blocking rod is fixedly installed on the rotating shaft, the connecting block is fixedly installed on the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is installed on the material blocking mounting seat, the material blocking mounting seat is installed on the material pressing mounting seat, and the material blocking spring connects the connecting block and the material pressing mounting seat; the material blocking rod elastically blocks the movement of the power battery to make the posture of the power battery flat. During the movement of the power battery, the material blocking rod can be pushed to swing and stretch the material blocking spring. After the power battery completely passes through the material blocking rod, the material blocking spring returns to make the material blocking rod return to the vertical posture.

[0021] Preferably, the cutting device includes a mounting frame, a two-way adjustment mechanism, and a cutting mechanism. Two sets of the cutting mechanisms are symmetrically and evenly distributed on both sides of the cutting device; the cutting mechanism includes a mounting machine frame, a motor mounting plate, a motor, a locking seat, a protective cover, a bearing seat, a cutting blade, a blanking baffle rod, an outer clamping plate, an inner clamping plate, a driving wheel, a transmission belt, a driven wheel, a transmission shaft, a rotation sensor, and a rotating piece; the two-way adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment connecting seat, an adjustment handwheel, an adjustment machine frame, a nut seat, a screw locking piece, a two-way screw assembly, an adjustment ruler, and a fixed seat; the mounting frame includes a machine frame, a support shaft, a mounting plate, a locking piece, a fixing piece, a linear bearing seat, a linear bearing, and a shaft fixing seat;

[0022] The cutting disc is clamped and fixedly installed at one end of the transmission shaft through the outer clamping plate and the inner clamping plate. The transmission shaft is supported and installed on the installation frame through the bearing seat. A protective cover is provided on the bearing seat to cover the cutting disc to block dust and waste residues. A blanking baffle is provided on the protective cover to enable the electrode head of the power battery to be smoothly cut off and fall into the electrode head collection box. The driven wheel is installed at the other end of the transmission shaft. A rotating piece is provided on the driven wheel. The rotation sensor is installed on the installation frame to detect the rotation state of the cutting disc by sensing the rotating piece. The driving wheel is installed on the shaft of the motor. The transmission belt connects the driving wheel and the driven wheel. The motor is installed on the motor mounting plate. The motor mounting plate is installed on the installation frame and can be adjusted in position to tension the transmission belt. A plurality of sets of locking seats are provided on the installation frame.

[0023] The mounting plate is installed on the frame. The locking member is installed on the mounting plate. The support shaft is fixedly connected to the frame through the shaft fixing seat and the locking member. A linear bearing is provided on the support shaft. The linear bearing is connected to the linear bearing seat and installed on the installation frame. The cutting mechanism can move along the support shaft to facilitate the replacement of the cutting disc. A plurality of sets of fixing members are provided on the adjustment connecting seat to lock the locking seat to fixedly connect the cutting mechanism and the two-way adjustment mechanism. Loosening the fixing seat and the screw locking member allows the adjustment handwheel to be rotated to symmetrically adjust the distance between the two cutting discs. The adjustment scale can visually indicate the distance between the two cutting discs.

[0024] Preferably, two sets of adjustment connecting seats are installed on the nut seat and connected to the two-way screw assembly. The two-way screw assembly is installed on the adjustment frame. An adjustment handwheel is provided at one end of the two-way screw assembly. The two-way screw assembly is also provided with a screw locking member to prevent the screw from rotating after adjustment and positioning. The fixing seat is installed on the adjustment connecting seat and can lock the adjustment connecting seat to the adjustment frame through bolts. The adjustment frame is installed on the frame. The adjustment scale is installed on the frame.

[0025] Preferably, the core-taking device further includes a core-taking frame, a core-taking mounting plate, a roller group, a blanking hopper, an outer shell discharge plate, a battery core discharge plate; a battery core push plate, a push plate connecting piece, a lead screw assembly one, a guide rail assembly, a deceleration servo motor, a core-pushing mounting seat; a movable clamping plate, a connecting seat, a guide rail assembly one, a lead screw assembly two, a guide rail assembly two, a clamping shell cylinder, a fixed clamping plate and a servo motor;

[0026] The drum group is installed on the core-taking mounting plate. The blanking hopper is installed on the core-taking mounting plate below the drum group. The core-taking frame is installed on the core-taking mounting plate. The outer shell discharge plate is installed on the core-taking mounting plate flush with the top surface of the drum group along the outer shell discharge direction of the power battery. The core discharge plate is installed on the core-taking mounting plate slightly lower than the top surface of the drum group along the core pushing direction of the core pushing plate. The core-taking mounting plate is installed on the frame table;

[0027] The core pushing plate is installed on the push plate connecting piece. The push plate connecting piece is installed on the guide rail assembly and connected to the first lead screw assembly. The first lead screw assembly is installed on the core pushing mounting seat in parallel with the guide rail assembly. The core pushing mounting seat is installed on the core-taking frame. The reduction servo motor is connected to one end of the first lead screw assembly and installed on the core-taking frame;

[0028] The fixed clamping plate is installed on the core-taking mounting plate above the drum group. The movable clamping plate is aligned with the fixed clamping plate and installed on the connecting seat. The connecting seat is installed on the second guide rail assembly and connected to the clamping cylinder. The clamping cylinder can drive the connecting seat to drive the movable clamping plate to move vertically along the second guide rail assembly. The second guide rail assembly and the clamping cylinder are installed on the first guide rail assembly and connected to the second lead screw assembly. The first guide rail assembly, the second lead screw assembly, and the servo motor are all installed on the core-taking frame;

[0029] The servo motor can drive the second lead screw assembly to drive the movable clamping plate to horizontally move with a set stroke and set torque. The movable clamping plate can move and cooperate with the fixed clamping plate to clamp the end face of the outer shell of the power battery, so that the reduction servo motor drives the first lead screw assembly to drive the core pushing plate to push out the core of the power battery with a set stroke and set torque and drop it into the core collection box.

[0030] Preferably, the core-taking device further includes a battery push plate, a mounting seat, a leveling cylinder, a first guide shaft, a rodless cylinder, a second guide shaft; a pressing plate, a third guide shaft, a pressing cylinder; an outer shell push plate, a fourth guide shaft, a shell pushing cylinder, a feeding cylinder, a feeding inclined plate, and a swing seat;

[0031] The battery push plate is installed on the first guide shaft and connected to the leveling cylinder. The first guide shaft and the leveling cylinder are installed on the mounting seat. The mounting seat is installed on the second guide shaft and connected to the rodless cylinder. The rodless cylinder and the second guide shaft are installed on the core-taking frame. The leveling cylinder can push the battery push plate to move vertically reciprocally. The rodless cylinder can push the battery push plate to move horizontally reciprocally to level the power battery;

[0032] The pressing plate is installed on the third guiding shaft parallel to the top surface of the roller group and is connected to the pressing cylinder. The third guiding shaft and the pressing cylinder are installed on the core-taking frame. When the pressing cylinder extends, it can push the pressing plate downward to tightly press the power battery.

[0033] The shell pushing plate is installed on the fourth guiding shaft perpendicular to the top surface of the roller group and is connected to the shell pushing cylinder. The fourth guiding shaft and the shell pushing cylinder are installed on the frame mounting plate. When the shell pushing cylinder extends, it pushes the shell pushing plate to push out the shell of the power battery and drop it into the shell collection box.

[0034] The feeding inclined plate is installed on the swinging seat, the swinging seat is installed on the core-taking mounting plate, and the feeding cylinder is installed on the core-pushing mounting seat and is connected to the feeding inclined plate. When the feeding cylinder extends, it can swing the feeding inclined plate to be flush with the conveying chain to wait for the feeding of the power battery. When the feeding cylinder retracts, it can swing the feeding inclined plate to rise so that the power battery falls into the roller group.

[0035] To achieve the above second object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0036] A process method of a fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries includes the following methods:

[0037] (1) Manually adjust the distance between the cutting blades of the bin device, the pressing device, and the cutting device to adapt to the specification size of the power battery, and then manually feed the power battery into the bin device.

[0038] (2) Automatically adjust the battery stoppers of the bin device, the core-taking device, and the conveying device to the initial positions.

[0039] (3) The motor of the cutting device drives the two groups of cutting blades to rotate simultaneously at a set speed.

[0040] (4) The rodless cylinder of the bin device pushes the power battery forward onto the conveying chain of the conveying device, and the baffle rod of the pressing device simultaneously aligns the power batteries.

[0041] (5) Judge whether the core-taking device is completed and whether the cutting blades are rotating. If the conditions are met, the reduction motor of the conveying device is started to drive the battery stopper to push the power battery towards the cutting device, and the pressing device simultaneously presses the power battery tightly.

[0042] (6) The rodless cylinder of the bin device retracts to restore the initial position, and the baffle rod of the pressing device restores the initial position.

[0043] (7) The rotation induction switch of the conveying device detects that the next battery stopper is in place, and the reduction motor stops, waiting for the silo device to feed materials;

[0044] (8) Repeat steps (4) to (7). If the power battery passes through the position of the cutting disc, both ends of the power battery are cut simultaneously and fall into the electrode head collection box. After the power battery is cut, it reaches the feeding inclined plate of the core-taking device;

[0045] (9) The conveying device sends the power battery to the core-taking device to complete the core-taking process. The specific steps of the core-taking device are as follows:

[0046] (9-1) The core-taking device determines whether the core-taking is completed and whether the power battery has reached the feeding inclined plate. If the conditions are met, the feeding air cylinder retracts to swing the feeding inclined plate to send the power battery into the roller group. Otherwise, the feeding air cylinder extends to reset the feeding inclined plate and wait;

[0047] (9-2) The leveling air cylinder of the core-taking device extends to lower the battery push plate, and the rodless air cylinder pushes the battery push plate forward to level the power battery;

[0048] (9-3) The reduction servo motor starts and drives the core-taking push plate forward according to the set stroke to push the power battery to the set position;

[0049] (9-4) The pressing air cylinder extends to push the pressing plate to press the power battery; the rodless air cylinder retracts to pull back the battery push plate, and the leveling air cylinder retracts to raise the battery push plate;

[0050] (9-5) The clamping shell air cylinder extends to lower the movable clamping plate, and the servo motor starts and drives the movable clamping plate to move towards the power battery according to the set torque and cooperate with the fixed clamping plate to clamp the outer shell of the power battery;

[0051] (9-6) The reduction servo motor starts and drives the core-taking push plate forward according to the set torque to push out the battery core of the power battery and fall into the core collection box;

[0052] (9-7) The servo motor starts to drive the movable clamping plate to retreat to the initial position, and the clamping shell air cylinder retracts to raise the movable clamping plate; the reduction servo motor starts to drive the core-taking push plate to retreat to the initial position; the pressing air cylinder retracts to drive the pressing plate to rise to the initial position;

[0053] (9-8) The shell pushing air cylinder extends to drive the shell push plate to push out the outer shell of the power battery and fall into the outer shell collection box; after the material is dropped, the shell pushing air cylinder retracts to restore the initial position;

[0054] (9 - 9) Mechanism reset, repeat steps (9 - 1) to (9 - 8).

[0055] Preferably, the control system of the fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries can automatically cycle steps (2) to (9), and is configured with a fire monitoring and early warning function to deal with the situation of fire and combustion during the cutting of the power battery with residual power. If a fire is detected, an alarm light immediately prompts the operator to extinguish the fire. The silo device resets and stops feeding, the core - taking device clears the material and resets to wait, the conveying device sends the power battery into the core - taking device, and the outer - shell push plate immediately pushes the power battery into the outer - shell collection box.

[0056] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages and beneficial effects:

[0057] The present invention can realize the full automation of processes such as feeding, conveying, cutting, and core - taking of power batteries, physically disassembling and separating the battery outer shell and core materials, which is beneficial to simplifying the composition of the mixed materials and shortening the chemical extraction process flow, significantly improving the production efficiency and resource recovery rate; reducing the dependence on labor and protecting personal safety, configuring a fire monitoring and early warning function, and the inner and outer double - layer protective covers effectively seal and isolate dust, waste gas, and noise, effectively preventing the leakage of battery - disassembling dust and waste gas from polluting the environment; the equipment structure is designed reasonably and compactly, occupying less space, which is beneficial to large - scale industrial production and has good practical application value. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0058] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to the present invention;

[0059] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the internal device of the fully automatic disassembling machine for scrapped power batteries according to the present invention;

[0060] Figure 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the silo device according to the present invention;

[0061] Figure 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the power - battery pushing mechanism according to the present invention;

[0062] Figure 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the battery pressing device according to the present invention;

[0063] Figure 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the battery conveying device according to the present invention;

[0064] Figure 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the battery cutting device according to the present invention;

[0065] Figure 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the cutting drive mechanism according to the present invention;

[0066] Figure 9 is a schematic structural diagram of the battery core-taking device of the present invention;

[0067] Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the battery cell discharging mechanism of the present invention;

[0068] Explanation of the reference numerals in the attached drawings: 1 - bin device, 2 - material pressing device, 3 - cutting device, 4 - conveying device, 5 - core-taking device, 6 - frame table, 7 - outer protective cover device, 8 - inner protective cover device;

[0069] 100 - power battery, 101 - bin bottom plate, 102 - guide rail assembly, 103 - connecting seat one, 104 - push plate, 105 - support seat, 106 - push rod, 107 - push rod spring, 108 - push rod seat, 109 - connecting seat two; 111 - battery support plate, 112 - bin fixing plate, 113 - bidirectional adjustment screw, 114 - bin side plate one, 115 bin adjustment plate, 116 - bin side plate two, 117 - bin mounting plate, 118 - adjustment bolt assembly; 120 - rodless cylinder, 121 - detection switch;

[0070] 20 - chain material pressing mechanism, 201 - material pressing mounting seat, 202 - adjusting part, 203 - shaft support one, 204 - sprocket idler wheel assembly, 205 - material pressing chain, 206 - support rod, 207 - support seat, 208 - shaft support two; 21 - floating adjustment mechanism, 211 - adjustment seat, 212 - mounting plate, 213 - adjustment spring, 214 - guide shaft, 215 - connecting plate; 22 - material blocking mechanism, 221 - material blocking spring, 222 - connecting block, 223 - rotating shaft, 224 - material blocking mounting seat, 225 - material blocking rod;

[0071] 30 - mounting frame, 301 - frame, 302 - support shaft, 303 - mounting plate, 304 - locking part, 305 - fixing part, 306 - linear bearing seat, 307 - linear bearing, 308 - shaft fixing seat; 31 - bidirectional adjustment mechanism, 311 - adjustment connecting seat, 312 - adjustment handwheel, 313 - adjustment frame, 314 - nut seat, 315 - screw locking part, 316 - bidirectional screw assembly, 317 - adjustment scale, 318 - fixing seat; 32 - cutting mechanism, 3201 - mounting frame, 3202 - motor mounting plate, 3203 - motor, 3204 - locking seat, 3205 - protective cover, 3206 - bearing seat, 3207 - cutting blade, 3208 - blanking baffle rod, 3209 - outer clamping plate, 3210 - inner clamping plate, 3211 - driving wheel, 3212 - transmission belt, 3213 - driven wheel, 3214 - transmission shaft, 3215 - rotation sensor, 3216 - rotation piece;

[0072] 401 - Reduction motor, 402 - Sprocket shaft, 403 - Driving sprocket set, 404 - Rotating induction switch, 405 - Bearing housing, 406 - Conveyor chain, 407 - Chain support, 408 - Driven shaft, 409 - Driven sprocket set, 410 - Chain tensioning seat, 411 - Battery stop block, 412 - Motor mounting seat;

[0073] 501 - Core - taking frame, 502 - Core - taking mounting plate, 503 - Roller set, 504 - Hopper, 505 - Outer shell discharge plate, 506 - Core discharge plate; 511 - Core push plate, 512 - Push - plate connecting piece, 513 - Lead screw assembly 1, 514 - Guide rail assembly, 515 - Reduction servo motor, 516 - Core - pushing mounting seat; 521 - Movable clamping plate, 522 - Connecting seat, 523 - Guide rail assembly 1, 524 - Lead screw assembly 2, 525 - Guide rail assembly 2, 526 - Clamping cylinder, 527 - Fixed clamping plate, 528 - Servo motor; 531 - Battery push plate, 532 - Mounting seat, 533 - Aligning cylinder, 534 - Guide shaft 1, 535 - Rodless cylinder, 536 - Guide shaft 2; 541 - Pressure plate, 542 - Guide shaft 3, 543 - Pressing cylinder; 551 - Outer shell push plate, 552 - Guide shaft 4, 553 - Shell - pushing cylinder; 561 - Feeding cylinder, 562 - Feeding inclined plate, 563 - Swing seat;

[0074] 601 - Frame mounting plate, 602 - Electrode head collection box, 603 - Core collection box, 604 - Outer shell collection box, 701 - Exhaust gas pipeline. Specific embodiments

[0075] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with embodiments and the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

[0076] Embodiment

[0077] As Figure 1 and Figure 2 shown, an environmentally - friendly recycling full - automatic disassembling machine for scrapped power batteries in this embodiment is used to fully automatically disassemble scrapped power batteries to separate the battery outer shell and core materials, and includes a material bin device 1, a pressing device 2, a cutting device 3, a conveying device 4, a core - taking device 5, a frame table 6, an outer protective cover device 7, and an inner protective cover device 8. Through the disassembling machine of this embodiment, it can effectively seal and isolate dust, waste gas and noise to prevent the leakage of battery - disassembling dust and waste gas from polluting the environment, and can realize the full - automation production of power battery feeding, conveying, cutting and core - taking, significantly improving production efficiency and resource recovery rate.

[0078] The silo device 1, the cutting device 3, the conveying device 4, and the core-taking device 5 are sequentially installed on the frame mounting plate 601 of the frame table 6. The conveying device 4 is connected to the silo device 1, the cutting device 3, and the core-taking device 5 according to the process. The pressing device 2 is installed above the conveying device 4 in the cutting device 3. The inner protective cover device 7 covers the cutting area between the cutting device 3 and the conveying device 4 to isolate the dust, waste gas, and noise generated during the cutting process. The inner protective cover device 7 is provided with air extraction holes connected to the waste gas pipeline 701 to extract the dust and waste gas. The outer protective cover device 8 completely covers all the devices installed on the frame table 6 to seal and isolate the waste gas generated during the disassembly process. The outer protective cover device 8 is provided with air extraction holes connected to the waste gas pipeline 701 to extract the waste gas.

[0079] As Figure 3 and Figure 4 shown, the silo device 1 includes a silo bottom plate 101, a guide rail assembly 102, a connecting seat 103, a push plate 104, a support seat 105, a push rod 106, a push rod spring 107, a push rod seat 108, a connecting seat 109, a battery support plate 111, a silo fixing plate 112, a bidirectional adjustment screw 113, a silo side plate 114, a silo adjustment plate 115, a silo side plate 116, a silo mounting plate 117, an adjustment bolt assembly 118, a rodless cylinder 120, and a detection switch 121;

[0080] The silo side plate 114 and the silo side plate 116 are symmetrically installed on the silo fixing plate 112 through the bidirectional adjustment screw 113. The silo fixing plate 112 is installed on the silo mounting plate 117. The silo adjustment plate 115 is installed on the silo mounting plate 117 and is connected to the silo side plate 114 and the silo side plate 116. The silo mounting plate 117 is installed on the battery support plate 111 and can vertically adjust the distance through the adjustment bolt assembly 118. Setting the distance between the silo adjustment plate 115 and the silo fixing plate 115 and adjusting the distance between the silo side plate 114 and the silo side plate 116 can meet the storage requirements of the power battery 100;

[0081] The push plate 104 is installed on the guide rail assembly 102, and the guide rail assembly 102 is installed on the bottom plate 101 of the bin. The push plate 104 is fixedly connected to the rodless cylinder 120 through the first connecting seat 103 and the second connecting seat 109. Three push rod seats 108 are arranged on the push plate 104. The push rod 106 is swingably installed in the push rod seat 108 and can automatically return to the vertical posture through the push rod spring 107. The battery support plate 111 is installed on the bottom plate 101 of the bin through the support seat 105. The upper end of the push rod 106 can pass through the through groove of the battery support plate 111 to push the power battery 100;

[0082] The rodless cylinder 120 pushes the push plate 104 forward. The push plate 104 translates along the guide rail assembly 102 to drive the push rod 106 forward to push the power battery 100 out of the gap between the battery support plate 111 and the bin mounting plate 117. The power battery 100 falls on the battery support plate 111 under the action of gravity. The rodless cylinder 120 retracts to pull back the push plate 104. The push plate 104 drives the push rod 106 to translate and retract. The power battery 100 blocks the push rod 106. The push rod 106 can swing to avoid the power battery 100 and stretch the push rod spring 107. After the push rod 106 retracts beyond the position of the power battery 100, it can swing back to the vertical posture under the action of the push rod spring 107.

[0083] As Figure 5 shown, the pressing device 2 includes a chain pressing mechanism 20, a floating adjustment mechanism 21, and a material blocking mechanism 22. The chain pressing mechanism 20 includes a pressing mounting seat 201, an adjusting member 202, a first shaft support 203, a sprocket idler assembly 204, a pressing chain 205, a support rod 206, a support seat 207, and a second shaft support 208. The floating adjustment mechanism 21 includes an adjustment seat 211, a mounting plate 212, an adjustment spring 213, a guide shaft 214, and a connecting plate 215. The material blocking mechanism 22 includes a material blocking spring 221, a connecting block 222, a rotating shaft 223, a material blocking mounting seat 224, and a material blocking rod 225;

[0084] Both ends of the pressing chain 205 are connected to the sprocket idler assembly 204 and are respectively installed on the first shaft support 203 and the second shaft support 208. The first shaft support 203 and the second shaft support 208 are installed on the pressing mounting seat 201. The adjusting member 202 adjusts the position of the first shaft support 203 to tension the pressing chain 205. The pressing chain 205 is provided with the support rod 206 to keep the pressing chain 205 in a flat posture. The support rod 206 is connected to the support seat 207 and installed on the pressing mounting seat 201;

[0085] Four groups of the guiding shafts 214 are arranged such that one end thereof passes through the mounting plate 212 and is fixedly installed on the blank pressing mounting seat 201, and the other end is connected to the connecting plate 215. Both ends of the mounting plate 212 are connected to the adjusting seat 211 and are installed on the cutting device 3. An adjusting spring 213 is arranged in the middle of the guiding shaft 214 to adjust the distance between the mounting plate 212 and the blank pressing mounting seat 201 in a floating manner, so as to enable the blank pressing device 2 to adaptively press the power battery 100 tightly.

[0086] The material blocking rod 225 is fixedly installed on the rotating shaft 223, the connecting block 222 is fixedly installed on the rotating shaft 223, the rotating shaft 223 is installed on the material blocking mounting seat 224, the material blocking mounting seat 224 is installed on the blank pressing mounting seat 201, and the material blocking spring 221 connects the connecting block 222 and the blank pressing mounting seat 201; the movement of the power battery 100 is elastically blocked by the material blocking rod 225 to make the posture of the power battery 100 flat. During the movement of the power battery 100, the material blocking rod 225 can be pushed to swing and the material blocking spring 221 can be stretched. After the power battery 100 completely passes the material blocking rod 225, the material blocking spring 221 resumes to enable the material blocking rod 225 to resume the vertical posture.

[0087] As Figure 6 shown, the conveying device 4 further includes a reduction motor 401, a sprocket shaft 402, a driving sprocket group 403, a rotation induction switch 404, a bearing seat 405, a conveying chain 406, a chain support 407, a driven shaft 408, a driven sprocket group 409, a chain tensioning seat 410, a battery stop 411, and a motor mounting seat 412.

[0088] The conveying device 4 is horizontally arranged with two groups of the conveying chains 406 along the length of the power battery 100 to support the power battery 100. Multiple groups of the battery stoppers 411 are annularly arranged at equal intervals along the width of the power battery 100 on the conveying chains 406. A chain support member 407 is arranged below the conveying chains 406 to maintain the supporting posture of the conveying chains 406. One end of the conveying chains 406 is connected to the driving sprocket set 403 and the other end is connected to the driven sprocket set 409. The driving sprocket set 403 is installed on the sprocket shaft 402. One end of the sprocket shaft 402 is connected to the reduction motor 401 and the other end is installed on the bearing seat 405. The reduction motor 401 is installed on the motor mounting seat 412. The driven sprocket set 409 is installed on the driven shaft 408. The driven shaft 408 is installed on the chain tensioning seat 410. The chain tensioning seat 410 is adjusted to keep the conveying chains 406 in a tensioned posture. The conveying device 4 is installed on the frame mounting plate 601 through the motor mounting seat 412, the bearing seat 405, the chain support member 407, and the chain tensioning seat 410;

[0089] The reduction motor 401 drives the sprocket shaft 402 to drive the driving sprocket set 403, the conveying chains 406, and the driven sprocket set 409 to move. The battery stoppers 411 follow the conveying chains 406 to push the power battery 100 to translate. The position of the battery stoppers 411 is detected by the rotation induction switch 404 to set the start and stop of the reduction motor 401 so that the conveying chains 406 convey the power battery 100 to the corresponding workstations.

[0090] As Figure 7 and Figure 8 shown, the cutting device 3 includes a mounting frame 30, a bidirectional adjustment mechanism 31, and a cutting mechanism 32. Two sets of the cutting mechanisms 32 are symmetrically and evenly distributed on both sides of the cutting device 3. The cutting mechanism 32 includes a mounting frame 3201, a motor mounting plate 3202, a motor 3203, a locking seat 3204, a protective cover 3205, a bearing seat 3206, a cutting blade 3207, a blanking stop bar 3208, an outer clamping plate 3209, an inner clamping plate 3210, a driving wheel 3211, a transmission belt 3212, a driven wheel 3213, a transmission shaft 3214, a rotation sensor 3215, and a rotation piece 3216. The bidirectional adjustment mechanism 31 includes an adjustment connection seat 311, an adjustment handwheel 312, an adjustment frame 313, a nut seat 314, a screw locking part 315, a bidirectional screw assembly 316, an adjustment ruler 317, and a fixed seat 318. The mounting frame 30 includes a frame 301, a support shaft 302, a mounting plate 303, a locking part 304, a fixing part 305, a linear bearing seat 306, a linear bearing 307, and a shaft fixing seat 308;

[0091] The cutting disc 3207 is clamped and fixedly installed at one end of the transmission shaft 3214 through the outer clamping plate 3209 and the inner clamping plate 3210. The transmission shaft 3214 is supported and installed on the installation frame 3201 through the bearing seat 3206. The protective cover 3205 is arranged on the bearing seat 3206 to cover the cutting disc 3207 to block dust and waste residues. The blanking baffle 3208 is arranged on the protective cover 3205 to enable the electrode head of the power battery 100 to be smoothly cut off and fall into the electrode head collection box 602. The driven wheel 3213 is installed at the other end of the transmission shaft 3214. The rotating piece 3216 is arranged on the driven wheel 3213. The rotation sensor 3215 is installed on the installation frame 3201 to detect the rotation state of the cutting disc 3207 by sensing the rotating piece 3216. The driving wheel 3211 is installed on the shaft of the motor 3203. The transmission belt 3212 connects the driving wheel 3211 and the driven wheel 3213. The motor 3203 is installed on the motor mounting plate 3202. The motor mounting plate 3202 is installed on the installation frame 3201 and can be adjusted in position to tension the transmission belt 3212. Multiple groups of the locking seats 3204 are arranged on the installation frame 3201;

[0092] Two sets of the adjustment connection seats 311 are installed on the nut seat 314 and are connected to the bidirectional screw assembly 316. The bidirectional screw assembly 316 is installed on the adjustment frame 313. One end of the bidirectional screw assembly 316 is provided with the adjustment handwheel 312. The bidirectional screw assembly 316 is also provided with the screw locking piece 315 to prevent the screw from rotating after adjustment and positioning. The fixed seat 318 is installed on the adjustment connection seat 311 and can lock the adjustment connection seat 311 to the adjustment frame 313 through bolts. The adjustment frame 313 is installed on the frame 301. The adjustment ruler 317 is installed on the frame 301;

[0093] The mounting plate 303 is mounted on the frame 301, the locking member 304 is mounted on the mounting plate 303, the support shaft 302 is fixedly connected to the frame 301 through the shaft fixing seat 308 and the locking member 304. The linear bearing 307 is arranged on the support shaft 302, and the linear bearing 307 is connected to the linear bearing seat 306 and mounted on the mounting frame 3201. The cutting mechanism 32 can move along the support shaft 302 to facilitate the replacement of the cutting blade 3207. Three groups of the fixing members 305 are arranged on the adjustment connecting seat 311 to lock the locking seat 3204 so as to fixedly connect the cutting mechanism 32 and the two-way adjustment mechanism 31. By loosening the fixing seat 318 and the screw locking member 315, the adjustment handwheel 312 can be rotated to symmetrically adjust the distance between the two cutting blades 3207, and the adjustment scale 317 can visually indicate the distance between the two cutting blades 3207.

[0094] As Figure 9 and Figure 10 As shown, the core-taking device 5 includes a core-taking frame 501, a core-taking mounting plate 502, a roller group 503, a blanking hopper 504, a housing discharge plate 505, a battery core discharge plate 506; a battery core push plate 511, a push plate connecting member 512, a lead screw assembly 513, a guide rail assembly 514, a reduction servo motor 515, a core-pushing mounting seat 516; a movable clamping plate 521, a connecting seat 522, a guide rail assembly 523, a lead screw assembly 524, a guide rail assembly 525, a clamping cylinder 526, a fixed clamping plate 527, a servo motor 528;

[0095] The roller group 503 is mounted on the core-taking mounting plate 502, the blanking hopper 504 is mounted on the core-taking mounting plate 502 below the roller group 503, the core-taking frame 501 is mounted on the core-taking mounting plate 502, the housing discharge plate 505 is mounted on the core-taking mounting plate 502 flush with the top surface of the roller group 503 along the housing discharge direction of the power battery 100, the battery core discharge plate 506 is mounted on the core-taking mounting plate 502 slightly lower than the top surface of the roller group 503 along the core-pushing direction of the battery core push plate 511, and the core-taking mounting plate 502 is mounted on the frame table 6;

[0096] The battery core push plate 511 is mounted on the push plate connecting member 512, the push plate connecting member 512 is mounted on the guide rail assembly 514 and connected to the lead screw assembly 513. The lead screw assembly 513 and the guide rail assembly 514 are mounted on the core-pushing mounting seat 516 in parallel, the core-pushing mounting seat 516 is mounted on the core-taking frame 501, and the reduction servo motor 515 is connected to one end of the lead screw assembly 513 and mounted on the core-taking frame 501;

[0097] The fixed clamping plate 527 is mounted on the core-taking mounting plate 502 above the roller group 503. The movable clamping plate 521 is aligned with the fixed clamping plate 527 and mounted on the connecting seat 522. The connecting seat 522 is mounted on the second guide rail assembly 525 and connected to the clamping cylinder 526. The clamping cylinder 526 can drive the connecting seat 522 to drive the movable clamping plate 521 to move vertically along the second guide rail assembly 525. The second guide rail assembly 525 and the clamping cylinder 526 are mounted on the first guide rail assembly 523 and connected to the second lead screw assembly 524. The first guide rail assembly 523, the second lead screw assembly 524, and the servo motor 528 are all mounted on the core-taking frame 501;

[0098] The servo motor 528 can drive the second lead screw assembly 524 to drive the movable clamping plate 521 to move horizontally with a set stroke and set torque. The movable clamping plate 521 can move and cooperate with the fixed clamping plate 527 to clamp the end face of the housing of the power battery 100, so that the reduction servo motor 515 drives the first lead screw assembly 513 to drive the cell pushing plate 511 to push out the cell of the power battery 100 with a set stroke and set torque and drop it into the cell collection box 603.

[0099] Further, as Figure 9 and Figure 10 shown, the core-taking device further includes a battery pushing plate 531, a mounting seat 532, a leveling cylinder 533, a first guide shaft 534, a rodless cylinder 535, a second guide shaft 536; a pressing plate 541, a third guide shaft 542, a pressing cylinder 543; a housing pushing plate 551, a fourth guide shaft 552, a housing pushing cylinder 553; a feeding cylinder 561, a feeding inclined plate 562, a swing seat 563;

[0100] The battery pushing plate 531 is mounted on the first guide shaft 534 and connected to the leveling cylinder 533. The first guide shaft 534 and the leveling cylinder 533 are mounted on the mounting seat 532. The mounting seat 532 is mounted on the second guide shaft 536 and connected to the rodless cylinder 535. The rodless cylinder 535 and the second guide shaft 536 are mounted on the core-taking frame 501. The leveling cylinder 533 can push the battery pushing plate 531 to move vertically back and forth. The rodless cylinder 535 can push the battery pushing plate 531 to move horizontally back and forth to level the power battery 100;

[0101] The pressing plate 541 is mounted on the third guide shaft 542 parallel to the top surface of the roller group 503 and connected to the pressing cylinder 543. The third guide shaft 542 and the pressing cylinder 543 are mounted on the core-taking frame 501. When the pressing cylinder 543 extends, it can push the pressing plate 541 downward to press the power battery 100 tightly;

[0102] The outer shell push plate 551 is vertically installed on the top surface of the drum group 503 and is mounted on the fourth guide shaft 552 and connected to the shell pushing cylinder 553. The fourth guide shaft 552 and the shell pushing cylinder 553 are installed on the frame table 6. The shell pushing cylinder 553 extends to push the outer shell push plate 551 to push out the outer shell of the power battery 100 and drop it into the outer shell collection box 604;

[0103] The feeding inclined plate 562 is installed on the swing seat 563. The swing seat 563 is installed on the core taking mounting plate 502. The feeding cylinder 561 is installed on the core pushing mounting seat 516 and is connected to the feeding inclined plate 562. When the feeding cylinder 561 extends, it can swing the feeding inclined plate 562 to be flush with the conveying chain 406 to wait for the feeding of the power battery 100. When the feeding cylinder 561 retracts, it can swing the feeding inclined plate 562 to rise so that the power battery 100 falls into the drum group 503.

[0104] This embodiment also provides a process method for a fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries, which realizes automatic production according to the following methods and steps:

[0105] (1) Manually adjust the distance between the cutting blades of the bin device, the pressure device and the cutting device to adapt to the specification size of the power battery, and then manually feed the power battery into the bin device;

[0106] (2) Automatically adjust the battery stoppers of the bin device, the core taking device and the conveying device to the initial positions;

[0107] (3) The motor of the cutting device drives the two groups of cutting blades to rotate simultaneously at a set speed;

[0108] (4) The rodless cylinder of the bin device pushes the power battery forward onto the conveying chain of the conveying device, and the baffle rod of the pressure device simultaneously aligns the power batteries;

[0109] (5) Judge whether the core taking device is completed and whether the cutting blades are rotating. If the conditions are met, the reduction motor of the conveying device starts, driving the battery stopper to push the power battery towards the cutting device, and the pressure device simultaneously presses the power battery;

[0110] (6) The rodless cylinder of the bin device retracts to restore the initial position, and the baffle rod of the pressure device restores the initial position;

[0111] (7) The rotation induction switch of the conveying device detects that the next battery stopper is in place, and the reduction motor stops, waiting for the bin device to feed the material;

[0112] (8) Repeat steps (4) to (7). If the power battery passes through the position of the cutting disc, cut both ends of the power battery simultaneously and let the cut pieces fall into the electrode head collection box. When the cutting of the power battery is completed, it reaches the feeding inclined plate of the core-taking device.

[0113] (9) The conveying device sends the power battery to the core-taking device to complete the core-taking process. The specific steps of the core-taking device are as follows:

[0114] (9-1) The core-taking device determines whether the core-taking is completed and whether the power battery has reached the feeding inclined plate. If the conditions are met, the feeding cylinder retracts to swing the feeding inclined plate and send the power battery into the roller group. Otherwise, the feeding cylinder extends to reset the feeding inclined plate and wait.

[0115] (9-2) The aligning cylinder of the core-taking device extends to lower the battery push plate, and the rodless cylinder pushes the battery push plate forward to align the power battery.

[0116] (9-3) The deceleration servo motor starts and drives the core-taking push plate forward according to the set stroke to push the power battery to the set position.

[0117] (9-4) The pressing cylinder extends to push the pressing plate to press the power battery; the rodless cylinder retracts to pull back the battery push plate, and the aligning cylinder retracts to raise the battery push plate.

[0118] (9-5) The clamping cylinder extends to lower the movable clamping plate, and the servo motor starts and drives the movable clamping plate to move towards the power battery according to the set torque and cooperate with the fixed clamping plate to clamp the outer shell of the power battery.

[0119] (9-6) The deceleration servo motor starts and drives the core-taking push plate forward to push out the core of the power battery and let it fall into the core collection box.

[0120] (9-7) The servo motor starts to drive the movable clamping plate to retreat to the initial position, and the clamping cylinder retracts to raise the movable clamping plate; the deceleration servo motor starts to drive the core-taking push plate to retreat to the initial position; the pressing cylinder retracts to drive the pressing plate to rise to the initial position.

[0121] (9-8) The shell pushing cylinder extends to drive the shell push plate to push out the outer shell of the power battery and let it fall into the outer shell collection box; after the blanking, the shell pushing cylinder retracts to restore the initial position.

[0122] (9-9) The mechanism resets, and repeat steps (9-1) to (9-8).

[0123] The control system of the fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries can automatically cycle through steps (2) to (9), and is configured with a fire monitoring and early warning function to deal with the situation of the power battery catching fire and burning during cutting with residual power. If a fire is detected, an alarm light immediately prompts the operator to carry out fire extinguishing treatment. The bin device resets and stops feeding, the core extraction device clears the material and resets to wait, the conveying device sends the power battery into the core extraction device, and the outer shell push plate immediately pushes the power battery out into the outer shell collection box.

[0124] The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above embodiments. Any other changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be equivalent replacement methods and are all included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An environmentally friendly recycling full-automatic disassembling machine for scrapped power batteries, which is used for fully automatically disassembling scrapped power batteries to separate the battery housing and the cell materials, and is characterized in that: It includes a silo device, a material pressing device, a cutting device, a conveying device, a core-taking device, a frame table, an outer protective cover device and an inner protective cover device; The silo device, the cutting device, the conveying device and the core-taking device are sequentially installed on the frame mounting plate of the frame table. The conveying device is correspondingly connected to the silo device, the cutting device and the core-taking device according to the process. The material pressing device is installed in the cutting device; The silo device pushes the power battery onto the conveying device. A battery stopper is arranged on the conveying device to push the power battery to move. The power battery is elastically and floatingly pressed by the material pressing device and sent into the cutting device. The cutting device is provided with two-axis cutting blades to simultaneously cut off the electrode heads at both ends of the power battery. The electrode heads of the power battery fall into the electrode head collection box. After cutting, the conveying device sends the power battery to the core-taking device. The core-taking device is provided with a movable clamping plate, a fixed clamping plate and a battery core pushing plate. The movable clamping plate cooperates with the fixed clamping plate to clamp the outer shell of the power battery. The battery core pushing plate pushes out the battery core of the power battery. The outer shell and the battery core of the power battery fall into the outer shell collection box and the battery core collection box respectively; The silo device includes a silo bottom plate, a guide rail assembly, a connecting seat one, a push plate, a support seat, a push rod, a push rod spring, a push rod seat, a connecting seat two, a battery support plate, a silo fixing plate, a bidirectional adjustment screw, a silo side plate one, a silo adjustment plate, a silo side plate two, a silo mounting plate, an adjustment bolt assembly, a rodless cylinder and a detection switch; The blanking device includes a chain blanking mechanism, a floating adjustment mechanism, and a blanking stop mechanism; the chain blanking mechanism includes a blanking mounting seat, an adjusting member, a first shaft support, a sprocket idler assembly, a blanking chain, a support rod, a support seat, and a second shaft support; the floating adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment seat, a mounting plate, an adjustment spring, a guide shaft, and a connecting plate; the blanking stop mechanism includes a blanking spring, a connecting block, a rotating shaft, a blanking mounting seat, and a blanking rod; both ends of the blanking chain are connected to the sprocket idler assembly and are respectively mounted on the first shaft support and the second shaft support, the first shaft support and the second shaft support are mounted on the blanking mounting seat, the adjusting member adjusts the position of the first shaft support to tension the blanking chain, the support rod is arranged on the blanking chain to keep the blanking chain in a flat posture, and the support rod is connected to the support seat and mounted on the blanking mounting seat; one end of the guide shaft passes through the mounting plate and is fixedly mounted on the blanking mounting seat and the other end is connected to the connecting plate, both ends of the mounting plate are connected to the adjustment seat and mounted on the cutting device, and the adjustment spring is arranged in the middle of the guide shaft to float and adjust the distance between the mounting plate and the blanking mounting seat so as to enable the blanking device to adaptively press the power battery; the blanking rod is fixedly mounted on the rotating shaft, the connecting block is fixedly mounted on the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is mounted on the blanking mounting seat, the blanking mounting seat is mounted on the blanking mounting seat, and the blanking spring connects the connecting block and the blanking mounting seat; the blanking rod elastically blocks the movement of the power battery to make the posture of the power battery flat, the power battery can push the blanking rod to swing and stretch the blanking spring during the movement process, and after the power battery completely passes through the blanking rod, the blanking spring returns to make the blanking rod return to the vertical posture; The inner protective cover device covers the cutting area between the cutting device and the conveying device to isolate the dust, waste gas and noise generated during the cutting process, and the inner protective cover device is provided with air extraction holes which can be connected to an exhaust gas pipeline to extract the dust waste gas for collection and treatment; the outer protective cover device completely covers all the devices installed on the machine frame platform to seal and isolate the waste gas generated during the disassembly process, and the outer protective cover device is provided with air extraction holes connected to an exhaust gas pipeline to extract the waste gas for purification treatment.

2. The fully automatic disassembling machine for environment-friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 1, wherein: The first bin side plate and the second bin side plate are symmetrically mounted on the bin fixing plate through the bidirectional adjustment screw rod, the bin fixing plate is mounted on the bin mounting plate, the bin adjustment plate is mounted on the bin mounting plate and is connected to the first bin side plate and the second bin side plate, the bin mounting plate is mounted on the battery support plate and the distance can be vertically adjusted through the adjustment bolt assembly, and setting the distance between the bin adjustment plate and the bin fixing plate and adjusting the distance between the first bin side plate and the second bin side plate can meet the storage of the power battery; The push plate is installed on the guide rail assembly, and the guide rail assembly is installed on the bottom plate of the bin. The push plate is fixedly connected to the rodless cylinder through the first connecting seat and the second connecting seat. Multiple groups of push rod seats are arranged on the push plate. The push rod is swingably installed in the push rod seat and is connected by the push rod spring to automatically restore the vertical posture. The battery support plate is installed on the bottom plate of the bin through the support seat. The upper end of the push rod can pass through the through groove of the battery support plate to push the power battery; The rodless cylinder pushes the push plate forward. The push plate translates along the guide rail assembly to drive the push rod forward to push the power battery out of the gap between the battery support plate and the bin mounting plate. The power battery falls onto the battery support plate under the action of gravity. The rodless cylinder retracts backward to pull back the push plate. The push plate drives the push rod to translate backward. The power battery blocks the push rod. The push rod can swing to avoid the power battery and stretch the push rod spring. After the push rod retracts past the position of the power battery, it can swing back to the vertical posture under the action of the push rod spring.

3. The fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 1, wherein: The conveying device further includes a reduction motor, a sprocket shaft, a driving sprocket group, a rotation induction switch, a bearing seat, a conveying chain, a chain support member, a driven shaft, a driven sprocket group, a chain tensioning seat, a battery stop block and a motor mounting seat; The conveying device is horizontally provided with multiple groups of the conveying chains according to the length of the power battery to support the power battery. Multiple groups of the battery stop blocks are annularly arranged at equal intervals according to the width of the power battery on the conveying chain. The chain support member is arranged below the conveying chain to maintain the supporting posture of the conveying chain. One end of the conveying chain is connected to the driving sprocket group and the other end is connected to the driven sprocket group. The driving sprocket group is installed on the sprocket shaft. One end of the sprocket shaft is connected to the reduction motor and the other end is installed on the bearing seat. The reduction motor is installed on the motor mounting seat. The driven sprocket group is installed on the driven shaft. The driven shaft is installed on the chain tensioning seat. The chain tensioning seat is adjusted to keep the conveying chain in a tensioned posture. The conveying device is installed on the frame mounting plate through the motor mounting seat, the bearing seat, the chain support member and the chain tensioning seat; The reduction motor drives the sprocket shaft to drive the driving sprocket group, the conveying chain and the driven sprocket group to move. The battery stop block follows the conveying chain to push the power battery to translate. The rotation induction switch is used to detect the position of the battery stop block so as to set the start and stop of the reduction motor, so that the conveying chain conveys the power battery to the corresponding station.

4. The fully automatic disassembling machine for environment-friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 1, wherein: The cutting device includes a mounting frame, a two-way adjustment mechanism, and a cutting mechanism. Two sets of the cutting mechanisms are symmetrically and evenly distributed on both sides of the cutting device; the cutting mechanism includes a mounting frame, a motor mounting plate, a motor, a locking seat, a protective cover, a bearing seat, a cutting blade, a blanking baffle, an outer clamping plate, an inner clamping plate, a driving wheel, a transmission belt, a driven wheel, a transmission shaft, a rotation sensor, and a rotation piece; the two-way adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment connection seat, an adjustment handwheel, an adjustment frame, a nut seat, a screw locking piece, a two-way screw assembly, an adjustment scale, and a fixed seat; the mounting frame includes a frame, a support shaft, a mounting plate, a locking piece, a fixing piece, a linear bearing seat, a linear bearing, and a shaft fixing seat. The cutting blade is clamped and fixed to one end of the transmission shaft by the outer clamping plate and the inner clamping plate. The transmission shaft is supported and installed on the mounting frame through the bearing seat. The protective cover is arranged on the bearing seat to cover the cutting blade to block dust and waste residues. The blanking baffle is arranged on the protective cover to enable the electrode head of the power battery to be smoothly cut and fall into the electrode head collection box; the driven wheel is installed at the other end of the transmission shaft, the rotation piece is arranged on the driven wheel, and the rotation sensor is installed on the mounting frame to detect the rotation state of the cutting blade by sensing the rotation piece. The driving wheel is installed on the shaft of the motor, the transmission belt connects the driving wheel and the driven wheel, the motor is installed on the motor mounting plate, and the motor mounting plate is installed on the mounting frame and can be adjusted in position to tension the transmission belt. Multiple groups of the locking seats are arranged on the mounting frame. The mounting plate is installed on the frame, the locking piece is installed on the mounting plate, the support shaft is fixedly connected to the frame through the shaft fixing seat and the locking piece. The linear bearing is arranged on the support shaft, and the linear bearing is connected to the linear bearing seat and installed on the mounting frame. The cutting mechanism can move along the support shaft to facilitate the replacement of the cutting blade. Multiple groups of the fixing pieces are arranged on the adjustment connection seat to lock the locking seat to fixedly connect the cutting mechanism and the two-way adjustment mechanism. Loosen the fixed seat and the screw locking piece, and the adjustment handwheel can be rotated to symmetrically adjust the distance between the two cutting blades. The adjustment scale can intuitively indicate the distance between the two cutting blades.

5. The fully automatic disassembling machine for environment-friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 4, characterized in that: Two sets of the adjustment connection seats are installed on the nut seat and connected to the two-way screw assembly. The two-way screw assembly is installed on the adjustment frame. The adjustment handwheel is arranged at one end of the two-way screw assembly. The two-way screw assembly is also provided with the screw locking piece to prevent the screw from rotating after adjustment and positioning. The fixed seat is installed on the adjustment connection seat and can lock the adjustment connection seat to the adjustment frame through bolts. The adjustment frame is installed on the frame, and the adjustment scale is installed on the frame.

6. The fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 1, wherein: The core-taking device further includes a core-taking frame, a core-taking mounting plate, a roller group, a blanking hopper, a housing discharge plate, and a battery core discharge plate; a battery core push plate, a push plate connecting member, a first lead screw assembly, a guide rail assembly, a reduction servo motor, and a core pushing mounting seat; a movable clamping plate, a connecting seat, a first guide rail assembly, a second lead screw assembly, a second guide rail assembly, a clamping cylinder, a fixed clamping plate, and a servo motor; The roller group is installed on the core-taking mounting plate, the blanking hopper is installed on the core-taking mounting plate below the roller group, the core-taking frame is installed on the core-taking mounting plate, the housing discharge plate is installed on the core-taking mounting plate flush with the top surface of the roller group along the housing discharge direction of the power battery, the battery core discharge plate is installed on the core-taking mounting plate slightly lower than the top surface of the roller group along the core pushing direction of the battery core push plate, and the core-taking mounting plate is installed on the machine frame table; The battery core push plate is installed on the push plate connecting member, the push plate connecting member is installed on the guide rail assembly and connected to the first lead screw assembly, the first lead screw assembly is installed on the core pushing mounting seat in parallel with the guide rail assembly, the core pushing mounting seat is installed on the core-taking frame, and the reduction servo motor is connected to one end of the first lead screw assembly and installed on the core-taking frame; The fixed clamping plate is installed on the core-taking mounting plate above the roller group, the movable clamping plate is aligned with the fixed clamping plate and installed on the connecting seat, the connecting seat is installed on the second guide rail assembly and connected to the clamping cylinder, the clamping cylinder can drive the connecting seat to drive the movable clamping plate to move vertically along the second guide rail assembly, and the second guide rail assembly and the clamping cylinder are installed on the first guide rail assembly and connected to the second lead screw assembly. The first guide rail assembly, the second lead screw assembly, and the servo motor are all installed on the core-taking frame; The servo motor can drive the second lead screw assembly to drive the movable clamping plate to horizontally move with a set stroke and a set torque. The movable clamping plate can move to cooperate with the fixed clamping plate to clamp the end face of the housing of the power battery, so that the reduction servo motor drives the first lead screw assembly to drive the battery core push plate to push out the battery core of the power battery with a set stroke and a set torque and drop it into the battery core collection box.

7. The fully automatic disassembling machine for environment-friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 6, wherein: The core-taking device further includes a battery push plate, a mounting seat, a leveling cylinder, a first guide shaft, a rodless cylinder, and a second guide shaft; a pressing plate, a third guide shaft, and a pressing cylinder; a housing push plate, a fourth guide shaft, a housing pushing cylinder, a feeding cylinder, a feeding inclined plate, and a swing seat; The battery push plate is installed on the first guide shaft and connected to the leveling cylinder. The first guide shaft and the leveling cylinder are installed on the mounting seat. The mounting seat is installed on the second guide shaft and connected to the rodless cylinder. The rodless cylinder and the second guide shaft are installed on the core-taking frame. The leveling cylinder can push the battery push plate to reciprocate vertically, and the rodless cylinder can push the battery push plate to reciprocate horizontally to level the power battery; The pressing plate is installed on the third guiding shaft parallel to the top surface of the roller group and is connected to the pressing cylinder. The third guiding shaft and the pressing cylinder are installed on the core-taking frame. When the pressing cylinder extends, it can push the pressing plate downward to tightly press the power battery. The shell pushing plate is installed on the fourth guiding shaft perpendicular to the top surface of the roller group and is connected to the shell pushing cylinder. The fourth guiding shaft and the shell pushing cylinder are installed on the frame mounting plate. When the shell pushing cylinder extends, it can push the shell pushing plate to push out the shell of the power battery and drop it into the shell collection box. The feeding inclined plate is installed on the swinging seat, and the swinging seat is installed on the core-taking mounting plate. The feeding cylinder is installed on the core-pushing mounting seat and is connected to the feeding inclined plate. When the feeding cylinder extends, it can swing the feeding inclined plate to be flush with the conveying chain to wait for the feeding of the power battery. When the feeding cylinder retracts, it can swing the feeding inclined plate to rise so that the power battery falls into the roller group.

8. The process method of the fully automatic disassembling machine for environmental protection recycling of scrapped power batteries according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that, It includes the following method: (1) Manually adjust the spacing of the cutting blades of the bin device, the pressing device, and the cutting device to adapt to the specification size of the power battery, and then manually load the power battery into the bin device. (2) Automatically adjust the battery stoppers of the bin device, the core-taking device, and the conveying device to their initial positions. (3) The motor of the cutting device drives the two groups of cutting blades to rotate simultaneously at a set speed. (4) The rodless cylinder of the bin device pushes the power battery forward onto the conveying chain of the conveying device, and the blocking rod of the pressing device simultaneously aligns the power batteries. (5) Judge whether the core-taking device is completed and whether the cutting blades are rotating. If the conditions are met, the reduction motor of the conveying device starts, driving the battery stopper to push the power battery towards the cutting device, and the pressing device simultaneously presses the power battery tightly. (6) The rodless cylinder of the bin device retracts to restore the initial position, and the blocking rod of the pressing device restores the initial position. (7) The rotation induction switch of the conveying device detects that the next battery stopper is in place, and the reduction motor stops, waiting for the bin device to feed. (8) Repeat steps (4) to (7). If the power battery passes through the position of the cutting blades, both ends of the power battery are cut simultaneously and dropped into the electrode head collection box. After the power battery is cut, it reaches the feeding inclined plate of the core-taking device. (9) The conveying device sends the power battery to the core-taking device to complete the core-taking process. The specific steps of the core-taking device are as follows: (9-1) The core-taking device judges whether the core-taking is completed and whether the power battery has reached the feeding inclined plate. If the conditions are met, the feeding cylinder retracts to swing the feeding inclined plate to send the power battery into the roller group. Otherwise, the feeding cylinder extends to reset the feeding inclined plate and wait. (9-2) The aligning cylinder of the core-taking device extends to lower the battery pushing plate, and the rodless cylinder pushes the battery pushing plate forward to align the power batteries. The deceleration servo motor described in (9-3) starts and drives the core-taking push plate to push the power battery forward to a set position according to a set stroke; The pressing cylinder described in (9-4) extends to push the pressing plate to press the power battery; the rodless cylinder retracts to pull back the battery push plate, and the aligning cylinder retracts to raise the battery push plate; The clamping cylinder described in (9-5) extends to lower the movable clamping plate, the servo motor starts and drives the movable clamping plate to move towards the power battery according to a set torque, and cooperates with the fixed clamping plate to clamp the outer shell of the power battery; The deceleration servo motor described in (9-6) starts and drives the core-taking push plate forward to push out the battery core of the power battery and drop it into the battery core collection box; The servo motor described in (9-7) starts and drives the movable clamping plate to retract to the initial position, the clamping cylinder retracts to raise the movable clamping plate; the deceleration servo motor starts and drives the core-taking push plate to retract to the initial position; the pressing cylinder retracts to drive the pressing plate to rise to the initial position; The shell pushing cylinder described in (9-8) extends to drive the shell push plate to push out the outer shell of the power battery and drop it into the outer shell collection box; after the blanking, the shell pushing cylinder retracts to return to the initial position; The mechanism resets, and steps (9-1) to (9-8) are repeated.

9. The process method of the fully automatic disassembling machine for environmental protection recycling of scrapped power batteries according to claim 7, characterized in that, The control system of the fully automatic disassembling machine for environmentally friendly recycling of scrapped power batteries can automatically cycle steps (2) to (9), and is configured with a fire monitoring and early warning function to deal with the situation of fire and combustion caused by the cutting of the power battery with residual power. If a fire situation is detected, an alarm light immediately prompts the operator to carry out fire extinguishing treatment. The bin device resets and stops feeding, the core-taking device clears the material and resets to wait, the conveying device sends the power battery into the core-taking device, and the shell push plate immediately pushes the power battery out into the outer shell collection box.

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