Automatic glass laying equipment for photovoltaic modules

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic glass laying device for photovoltaic modules, comprising: a glass feeding mechanism, a glass turning mechanism, a glass steering mechanism, a glass correcting mechanism, and a glass laying mechanism. The glass feeding mechanism is used to transport the glass after stripping the separation paper to the glass turning mechanism. The glass turning mechanism is used to achieve 180-degree rotation of the glass. The glass correcting mechanism is used to achieve 90-degree reversal of the glass and transfer it to the glass correcting mechanism. The glass correcting mechanism includes a transverse correcting mechanism and a longitudinal correcting mechanism. The transverse correcting mechanism and the longitudinal correcting mechanism cooperate to align the center of the glass. The glass laying mechanism is used to transport the glass after center alignment to a glass accompanying tooling plate and complete the laying of the glass. The automatic glass laying device for photovoltaic modules provided by the present invention improves the laying accuracy, production capacity, and versatility of the glass laying process in the automatic production line of back-contact photovoltaic modules.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic module production line equipment, and in particular to automatic glass laying equipment for photovoltaic modules. Background Art

[0002] As the application of solar power generation technology becomes more and more extensive, the demand for photovoltaic modules is also increasing. In order to improve the production capacity and equipment cost of solar photovoltaic modules, various new technologies continue to emerge. Back contact is an important process of photovoltaic modules. Its production capacity, cost and efficiency have obvious market competitiveness compared with other processes. Glass laying is an important process of the back contact photovoltaic module automatic line. In this context, it is necessary to optimize the glass laying process and laying equipment. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The main technical problem solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic glass laying device for photovoltaic modules, so as to improve the laying accuracy, production capacity and versatility of the glass laying process in the automatic production line of back-contact photovoltaic modules.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, a technical solution adopted by the present invention is: to provide an automatic glass laying equipment for photovoltaic modules, including: a glass loading mechanism, a glass flipping mechanism, a glass steering mechanism, a glass correcting mechanism and a glass laying mechanism, the glass loading mechanism is used to transport the glass after peeling off the separation paper to the glass flipping mechanism, the glass flipping mechanism is used to realize 180-degree rotation of the glass, the glass turning mechanism is used to realize 90-degree reversal of the glass and transmit it to the glass correcting mechanism, the glass correcting mechanism includes a transverse correcting mechanism and a longitudinal correcting mechanism, the transverse correcting mechanism and the longitudinal correcting mechanism are used to cooperate for center alignment of the glass, and the glass laying mechanism is used to transport the center-aligned glass to the glass accompanying tooling board and complete the laying of the glass.

[0005] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the glass loading mechanism includes a glass raw material bin, a glass horizontal conveying track, a paper peeling vertical track and a glass vertical track slidingly arranged on the glass horizontal conveying track, a paper peeling robot for peeling off the separation paper on the glass surface is slidingly arranged on the paper peeling vertical track, a glass robot for transporting the glass is slidingly arranged on the glass vertical track, and a separation paper material cart is arranged under the paper peeling robot.

[0006] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the glass flipping mechanism includes a cage bracket, a cage, forward and reverse streamlines and a smooth bar. The cage is arranged on the cage bracket through a rotating shaft and a bearing seat. The forward and reverse streamlines and the smooth bar are arranged on the cage. A clamping mechanism is provided on the forward and reverse streamlines. A limiting column is provided on the smooth bar. The cage bracket is also provided with a flipping cylinder for driving the cage to rotate.

[0007] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the clamping mechanism is a clamping cylinder for clamping the glass.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the glass turning mechanism includes a discharge line, feed rollers arranged on both sides of the discharge line, a flow line lifting cylinder, a steering lifting device, a brush and an electrostatic elimination device arranged at the discharge end of the discharge line, the flow line lifting cylinder is arranged below the discharge line, and the steering lifting device is used to lift the glass on the discharge line and complete a 90-degree reversal.

[0009] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the glass correcting mechanism includes a feeding line, and the horizontal correcting mechanism and the longitudinal correcting mechanism have the same structure and are arranged below the feeding line, including: a correcting fixed plate located on the side of the feeding line, a correcting push block slidably arranged on the correcting fixed plate, a pull rod connected to the correcting push block, a central rotating arm connecting the two pull rods, and a correcting cylinder connected to the central rotating arm, and correcting limit columns are provided at both ends of the correcting push block.

[0010] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it also includes a bull's eye seat correction and lifting mechanism, which includes a bull's eye seat bracket, a plurality of bull's eye seats arranged on the bull's eye seat bracket, and a bull's eye seat lifting cylinder arranged below the bull's eye seat bracket.

[0011] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a feed limiting column is provided at the end of the feed line.

[0012] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the glass laying mechanism includes a suction cup driving mechanism and a suction cup frame arranged below the suction cup driving mechanism, and a plurality of vacuum suction cups for adsorbing the glass are distributed on the suction cup frame.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the suction cup driving mechanism includes a suction cup servo motor, a transmission shaft, suction cup frame guide rails arranged on both sides of the transmission shaft, a horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate slidably arranged under the suction cup frame guide rails, a vertical suction cup frame connecting plate slidably arranged on the horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate, and a suction cup frame lifting cylinder arranged on the vertical suction cup frame connecting plate, and the vertical suction cup frame connecting plate is fixedly connected to the suction cup frame.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the present invention are: compared with the original glass laying equipment, the glass laying equipment of the present invention can adapt to the laying of glass with the glass frosting facing upward or downward, the entire glass laying equipment has a compact structure, reduces the equipment's footprint, can adapt to the laying of glass with different component sizes, and can quickly change lines without the need for adjustment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for describing the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can also derive other drawings based on these drawings without inventive work, among which:

[0016] Figure 1 This is a plan layout diagram of an automatic glass laying device for photovoltaic modules according to the present invention;

[0017] Figure 2 It is an isometric view of the glass feeding mechanism of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 3 It is an isometric view of the glass turning mechanism of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 4 is an isometric view of the glass turning mechanism of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 5 is a side view of the glass turning mechanism of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 6 is a top view of the glass correcting mechanism of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the combination of the glass straightening mechanism and the glass laying mechanism in the present invention;

[0023] Figure 8 It is an axonometric view of the glass laying mechanism of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The following is a clear and complete description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0025] See also Figure 1An embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic glass laying device for photovoltaic modules, comprising: a glass loading mechanism 27, a glass turning mechanism 28, a glass steering mechanism 29, a glass correcting mechanism 30 and a glass laying mechanism 31. The glass loading mechanism is used to transport the glass after peeling off the separation paper to the glass turning mechanism, the glass turning mechanism is used to realize a 180-degree rotation operation of the glass, the glass turning mechanism is used to realize a 90-degree reversal of the glass and then transfer the glass to the glass correcting mechanism, the glass correcting mechanism includes a transverse correcting mechanism and a longitudinal correcting mechanism, the transverse correcting mechanism and the longitudinal correcting mechanism are used to cooperate with each other to align the center of the glass, and the glass laying mechanism is used to transport the glass after center alignment to the glass accompanying tooling plate 32 and complete the glass laying work.

[0026] See also Figure 2 The glass loading mechanism 27 includes a horizontal glass conveying track 271, a paper peeling vertical track 272 and a glass vertical track 273 slidingly arranged on the horizontal glass conveying track, a paper peeling robot 274 slidingly arranged on the paper peeling vertical track, a glass robot 275 slidingly arranged on the glass vertical track, and a separation paper material cart 276 arranged below the paper peeling robot. The glass loading mechanism in this example realizes the sequential placement of glass pallet raw materials on the glass flow line. A glass raw material warehouse 277 is provided, one for use and one for standby. A separation paper material cart is provided next to the glass raw material warehouse. The glass raw material warehouse has one for use and one for standby, which is conducive to the replacement of glass pallets without stopping the line. Two sets of robots are provided, the paper peeling robot is used to peel the separation paper between the glasses, and the glass robot is used to take and place the glass. The two sets of robots operate simultaneously without occupying the production cycle.

[0027] See also Figure 3 The glass flipping mechanism 28 realizes the flipping direction of the glass rough surface, which includes a cage bracket 281, a cage 282, a smooth bar 283 and a forward and reverse flow line 284. A clamping mechanism 285 is provided on the forward and reverse flow lines. The clamping mechanism is used to fix the glass when flipping. The cage is set on the rotating shaft 286 and the bearing seat.

[0028] On the cage bracket, the forward and reverse streamlines and the smooth strips are arranged in the rotating cage, and a limiting column 287 is provided on the smooth strip. The rotating cage bracket is also provided with a flip cylinder 288 for driving the rotating cage to rotate. Specifically, the rotating cage can rotate 180 degrees, and the internal structure is also reversed up and down. The forward and reverse streamlines and the smooth strips are arranged parallel and symmetrically up and down and left and right. The clamping cylinder is located at the inlet and outlet positions of the forward and reverse streamlines, and the limiting column is located at the outlet position of the upper and lower smooth strips. The limiting column is driven by the cylinder to be raised or lowered, which is convenient for feeding and limiting the glass pallet. There are two groups of flip cylinders to realize 180-degree flipping of the rotating cage mechanism and the glass. The two groups of flip cylinders cooperate with each other, and have the characteristics of no reverse gap and no dead point, which is very suitable for 180-degree flipping of the glass.

[0029] See also Figure 4-5 The glass steering mechanism 29 includes a discharge line 291, a feed roller 292 arranged on both sides of the discharge line, a streamline lifting cylinder 293 and a steering lifting device. According to production requirements, a brush 294 and an electrostatic eliminator 295 in the prior art can be added to the discharge end of the discharge line to remove static electricity on the glass surface. The streamline lifting cylinder is arranged below the discharge line to avoid mutual interference between the glass in and out. The steering lifting device includes a steering lifting cylinder 296 and a steering motor 297. The steering lifting cylinder and the steering motor are connected with a disc 298, which is used to lift the glass on the discharge line and complete a 90-degree reversal.

[0030] See also Figure 6-7 The glass correction mechanism is used to align the center position of the glass before laying, including a feeding line 301, a feeding limit column 300 is provided at the end of the feeding line, the horizontal correction mechanism and the vertical correction mechanism have the same structure and are arranged below the feeding line, including: a correction fixing plate 302 located on the side of the feeding line, a correction push block 303 slidably arranged on the correction fixing plate, a pull rod 304 connected to the correction push block, a central rotating arm 305 connecting the two pull rods and a correction cylinder 306 connected to the central rotating arm, and correction limit columns 307 are provided at both ends of the correction push block. The horizontal and vertical correction mechanisms move independently and perpendicularly to the direction, and can be applied to the correction operation of various sizes of glass without adjustment. The horizontal and vertical correction mechanisms both use the correction cylinder as the correction power and the central rotating arm as the synchronous centering mechanism, and the correction push blocks on both sides are driven by the pull rod to align the center of the glass.

[0031] Specifically, it also includes a correction and lifting bull's eye seat mechanism, which includes a bull's eye seat bracket 308, a plurality of bull's eye seats 309 arranged on the bull's eye seat bracket, and a bull's eye seat lifting cylinder arranged below the bull's eye seat bracket. During the correction operation, the bull's eye seat lifting cylinder is actuated to lift the glass on the feeding assembly line, so that the lower surface of the glass contacts multiple distributed bull's eye seats. When the horizontal correction mechanism and the longitudinal correction mechanism perform the correction operation, the friction of the glass movement is reduced, which facilitates the smooth correction operation.

[0032] See also Figure 8The glass laying mechanism 31 includes a suction cup driving mechanism and a suction cup frame 310 arranged below the suction cup driving mechanism. The suction cup frame is distributed with a number of vacuum suction cups 311 for adsorbing the glass. Multiple vacuum suction cups suck the glass and place it on the glass accompanying tooling board. The vacuum is generated by a vacuum generator, and the vacuum and vacuum breaking operations of the air circuit and the suction cup are controlled by an electromagnetic valve. The suction cup driving mechanism includes a suction cup servo motor 312, a transmission shaft 313, suction cup frame guide rails 314 arranged on both sides of the transmission shaft, a horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate 315 slidably arranged below the suction cup frame guide rail, and a vertical suction cup frame connecting plate 315 installed on the horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate through a slide rail. 16 and a suction cup frame lifting cylinder 317 arranged on the vertical suction cup frame connecting plate, the vertical suction cup frame connecting plate is connected to the suction cup frame, and the suction cup servo motor drives the suction cup frame through the reducer and then the transmission shaft to the suction cup frame guide rails on both sides, which can drive the entire glass laying mechanism to realize reciprocating motion along the suction cup frame guide rails. The suction cup frame guide rails on both sides adopt a double hanger structure to ensure the stability and precision requirements of the moving process. The suction cup frame lifting cylinders on both sides are used as the power source for rising and falling. Suction cup synchronization gears 318 can be set at both ends of the matching transmission shaft. The suction cup synchronization gears are engaged with the racks on the side of the horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate to ensure the synchronous movement of the suction cup frame lifting cylinders on both sides.

[0033] To sum up, the present invention points out an automatic glass laying equipment for photovoltaic modules. Compared with the original glass laying equipment, the glass laying equipment of the present invention can adapt to the laying of glass with the glass frosting facing up or down. The entire glass laying equipment has a compact structure, which reduces the floor space of the equipment, can adapt to the laying of glass of different module sizes, and can quickly change lines without adjustment.

[0034] The above descriptions are merely embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made using the contents of the present invention specification, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A photovoltaic module automatic glass laying device, characterized in that: include: A glass feeding mechanism, a glass flipping mechanism, a glass steering mechanism, a glass correcting mechanism and a glass laying mechanism. The glass feeding mechanism is used to transport the glass after peeling off the separation paper to the glass flipping mechanism. The glass flipping mechanism is used to realize 180-degree rotation of the glass. The glass steering mechanism is used to realize 90-degree reversal of the glass and transport the glass to the glass correcting mechanism. The glass correcting mechanism includes a transverse correcting mechanism and a longitudinal correcting mechanism. The transverse correcting mechanism and the longitudinal correcting mechanism are used together for center alignment of the glass. The glass laying mechanism is used to transport the glass after center alignment to the glass accompanying tooling board and complete the laying of the glass. The glass feeding mechanism includes a glass raw material bin, a horizontal glass conveying track, a paper peeling vertical track and a glass vertical track slidingly set on the horizontal glass conveying track. A paper peeling robot for peeling off the separation paper on the glass surface is slidably set on the paper peeling vertical track. A glass robot for transporting glass is slidably set on the glass vertical track. A paper separation car is provided below the paper stripping robot, and the glass turning mechanism includes a rotating cage bracket, a rotating cage, forward and reverse streamlines and a smooth bar, the rotating cage is arranged on the rotating cage bracket through a rotating shaft and a bearing seat, the forward and reverse streamlines and the smooth bar are arranged on the rotating cage, a clamping mechanism is provided on the forward and reverse streamlines, and a limiting column is provided on the smooth bar, and the rotating cage bracket is also provided with a turning cylinder for driving the rotating cage to rotate, the glass laying mechanism includes a suction cup driving mechanism and a suction cup frame arranged below the suction cup driving mechanism, and a plurality of vacuum suction cups for adsorbing the glass are distributed on the suction cup frame, the suction cup driving mechanism includes a suction cup servo motor, a transmission shaft, suction cup frame guide rails arranged on both sides of the transmission shaft, a horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate slidably arranged below the suction cup frame guide rail, a vertical suction cup frame connecting plate slidably arranged on the horizontal suction cup frame connecting plate, and a suction cup frame lifting cylinder arranged on the vertical suction cup frame connecting plate, and the vertical suction cup frame connecting plate is fixedly connected to the suction cup frame.

2. The photovoltaic module automatic glass laying equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping mechanism is a clamping cylinder for clamping the glass.

3. The photovoltaic module automatic glass laying equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The glass turning mechanism includes a discharge line, feed rollers arranged on both sides of the discharge line, a flow line lifting cylinder, a steering lifting device, a brush and an electrostatic elimination device arranged at the discharge end of the discharge line. The flow line lifting cylinder is arranged below the discharge line, and the steering lifting device is used to lift the glass on the discharge line and complete a 90-degree reversal.

4. The photovoltaic module automatic glass laying equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The glass correcting mechanism includes a feeding line. The horizontal correcting mechanism and the longitudinal correcting mechanism have the same structure and are arranged below the feeding line. They include: a correcting fixed plate located on the side of the feeding line, a correcting push block slidably arranged on the correcting fixed plate, a pull rod connected to the correcting push block, a central rotating arm connecting the two pull rods, and a correcting cylinder connected to the central rotating arm. Correction limit columns are provided at both ends of the correcting push block.

5. The photovoltaic module automatic glass laying equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: It also includes a bull's eye seat correction and lifting mechanism, which includes a bull's eye seat bracket, a plurality of bull's eye seats arranged on the bull's eye seat bracket, and a bull's eye seat lifting cylinder arranged below the bull's eye seat bracket.

6. The photovoltaic module automatic glass laying equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: A feeding limiting column is provided at the end of the feeding line.

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