An improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration process and system thereof

Abstract

An improved automatic dehydration process for battery steel shells and its system, the automatic dehydration system includes multiple dehydrators, automatic feeding devices, unloading platforms, and a manipulator for automatic feeding connection and coordination between the automatic feeding devices, dehydrators and unloading platforms, the manipulator includes a left base frame, a right base frame, a mobile frame and multiple mechanical heads; the unloading platform includes a unloading frame, a unloading station, a discharge conveyor belt and a flipping device that synchronously flips and dumps multiple dehydration barrels onto the discharge conveyor belt. The automatic dehydration system and process have high dehydration efficiency, can realize the dehydration operation of multiple dehydration barrels at the same time, and some details are well controlled, such as the manipulator can take and put multiple dehydration barrels at the same time, and the operation is more stable with a low failure rate; the design of the baffle assembly is adopted, the barrel mouths of multiple dehydration barrels are blocked by the baffle assembly at the same time, and multiple dehydration barrels are not easy to loosen and fall off, which can meet the simultaneous dumping operation of multiple dehydration barrels.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of battery steel shell production equipment, and in particular to an improved automatic dehydration process for battery steel shells and a system thereof. Background Art

[0002] Roll plating is divided into three categories, namely horizontal roll plating, inclined roll plating and vibration plating. Taking horizontal roll plating as an example, the existing horizontal roll plating is also called drum plating, which is a plating processing method that places a certain number of small parts (such as battery steel shells, etc.) in a special roll (usually a hexagonal rolling cage with a mesh side wall), and deposits various metal or alloy coatings on the surface of the parts in an indirect conductive manner while rolling, so as to achieve surface protection, decoration and various functional purposes.

[0003] After the battery steel shell is electroplated and cleaned, it is also necessary to dehydrate the battery steel shell. The traditional method of dehydrating the battery steel shell is to manually take out the battery steel shell from the drum and place it in a material bucket with a mesh, and then place the material bucket in a dehydrator. The rotating motor on the dehydrator drives the material bucket to rotate and dry it, ensuring that the moisture on each battery steel shell in the material bucket is thrown out to achieve the purpose of dehydrating the battery steel shell. The traditional method of dehydrating the battery steel shell has high labor intensity for workers, and the dehydration effect is not ideal, which affects the product quality. In addition, the dehydration efficiency is low, and continuous operation cannot be achieved, making it difficult to achieve a large-scale integrated production model.

[0004] In order to solve the traditional method of dehydrating battery steel shells, the applicant previously applied for a Chinese patent named: Automatic dehydration system for battery steel shells (patent number: ZL202021853597.1, authorization announcement date: June 22, 2021). The automatic dehydration system includes a dehydrator for dehydrating and drying battery steel shells, an automatic feeding device for receiving the battery steel shells in the roller cage on the electroplating production line and feeding the dehydrator, a unloading platform for receiving the dehydrated battery steel shells on the dehydrator, a discharge conveyor belt for receiving the battery steel shells on the unloading platform, and a robot for automatic feeding connection and coordination between the automatic feeding device, the dehydrator and the unloading platform. The automatic dehydration system can realize continuous operation of the automated production line, and the dehydration efficiency is improved to a certain extent. However, there are still some shortcomings. The dehydration efficiency of the entire automatic dehydration system is not high enough, and it is impossible to realize the dehydration operation of multiple dehydration buckets at the same time. Moreover, the control of some details of the design is not ideal. For example, the manipulator can only take and place one dehydration bucket at a time, and the efficiency of the manipulator is low. Moreover, during the walking process, it is subjected to unilateral force and has a high working frequency, which makes it not stable enough, resulting in large mechanical wear, high failure rate, and easy damage. During the unloading process of the dehydration bucket on the unloading platform, the overlapping method of the L-shaped block on the outer edge of the barrel mouth of the dehydration bucket is not stable enough, and the dehydration bucket is easy to loosen. Moreover, one block can only cooperate with one dehydration bucket, and one block cannot meet the simultaneous dumping operation of multiple dehydration buckets. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present invention provides an improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration process and system thereof, the main purpose of which is to overcome the shortcomings of the existing automatic dehydration system, such as the structural design is not ideal, the dehydration efficiency is not high enough, multiple dehydration buckets cannot perform dehydration operations at the same time, and the control of some detailed designs is not ideal.

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0007] An improved automatic dehydration system for battery steel shells, comprising a dehydrator for dehydrating and drying battery steel shells, an automatic feeding device for receiving battery steel shells in a rolling cage on an electroplating production line and feeding the dehydrator, a discharge platform for receiving the dehydrated battery steel shells on the dehydrator, and a manipulator for automatic feeding connection and coordination between the automatic feeding device, the dehydrator and the discharge platform, wherein the automatic feeding device comprises a receiving tank body with a dehydration bucket loading station, a battery steel shell unloading hopper installed on one side of the receiving tank body and located below the rolling cage unloading station of the electroplating production line, and a loading trolley movably installed in the receiving tank body and moving back and forth between the battery steel shell unloading hopper and the dehydration bucket loading station; the manipulator comprises left and right base frames located on both sides of the dehydrator, and a left and right base frame installed on the left and right base frames. A movable frame on the base frame that can move forward and backward on the top of the base frame, and a plurality of mechanical heads fixedly connected to the movable frame and can move vertically thereon; the dehydrator includes a dehydrator frame and a dehydration container installed on the dehydrator frame and can swing left and right, the dehydration container is provided with a plurality of dehydration turntables for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels and a dehydration motor that drives each dehydration turntable to rotate at high speed, and each dehydration motor is installed at the bottom of the dehydration container; the unloading platform includes a unloading frame, an unloading station installed on the unloading frame and used to receive a plurality of dehydration barrels from the dehydrator by a robot, a discharge conveyor belt located at one side of the unloading station and feeding the drying conveyor belt, and a flipping device with a baffle assembly that synchronously flips and dumps the plurality of dehydration barrels on the unloading station onto the discharge conveyor belt.

[0008] Furthermore, the receiving trough body is provided with two tracks which are arranged at intervals on the left and right and cooperate with the rollers at the bottom of the loading trolley. One end of the two tracks extends to the bottom of the battery steel shell lower hopper, and the other end of the two tracks extends to the dehydration barrel loading station; the receiving trough body is also provided with a center rack arranged parallel to the two tracks, and the bottom of the loading trolley is provided with a center gear which is meshed with the rack.

[0009] Furthermore, the movable frame includes a horizontal movable frame that can move forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames, a gate frame installed on the left and right side walls of the horizontal movable frame, and a vertical movable frame that can move vertically on the gate frame and has the multiple mechanical heads.

[0010] Furthermore, the horizontal moving frame includes a square frame and a first driving motor mounted on the square frame, the bottom of the square frame is provided with rollers that roll forward and backward on the tops of the left and right base frames, and the horizontal moving frame is driven by the driving motor to move forward and backward on the tops of the left and right base frames. The roller is connected to a roller shaft, and a gear assembly is sleeved on the roller shaft, and the output shaft of the first driving motor drives the roller to roll forward and backward on the tops of the left and right base frames through the gear assembly.

[0011] Furthermore, the flipping device includes a swing frame installed on the unloading station and a flipping motor for driving the swing frame to flip and tip over, and the flipping motor is installed on a side wall of the unloading frame; the swing frame includes a plurality of unit placement frames for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels, and each unit placement frame is used to place a dehydration barrel 。

[0012] Furthermore, the turning device also includes a device that blocks the outer edges of the barrel openings of the plurality of dehydration barrels. bar Block components, Said The blocking assembly includes a A blocking cylinder on the top surface of the swing frame and a blocking rod connected to the piston rod of the blocking cylinder and blocking the outer edges of the barrel openings of multiple dehydration barrels. The blocking cylinder is arranged along the width direction of the swing frame and is located on the side edge of the swing frame; the blocking rod is arranged along the length direction of the swing frame and is located on the rear edge of the swing frame. The blocking rod is pulled forward by the piston rod of the blocking cylinder and blocked on the outer edges of the barrel openings of multiple dehydration barrels.

[0013] Furthermore, the number of the blocking cylinders is two, and the two blocking cylinders are respectively located on the left and right edges of the swing frame, and the left and right ends of the blocking rod are respectively connected to the piston rods of the two blocking cylinders. 。

[0014] An improved automatic dehydration process for battery steel shells, which includes the following steps: 1) automatic feeding, transferring the battery steel shells in the rolling cage on the electroplating production line to multiple dehydration barrels on the automatic feeding device for automatic feeding operation; the automatic feeding device includes a receiving tank body with a dehydration barrel loading station, a battery steel shell unloading hopper installed on one side of the receiving tank body and located below the unloading station of the rolling cage on the electroplating production line, a loading trolley movably installed in the receiving tank body and moving back and forth between the battery steel shell unloading hopper and the dehydration barrel loading station, a discharging assembly installed on one side of the receiving tank body and used for unloading the rolling cage, and a blocking assembly located at the bottom of the battery steel shell unloading hopper and capable of blocking its unloading port; 2) automatic loading, synchronously lifting multiple dehydration barrels to corresponding dehydrators through a gate-shaped manipulator for automatic loading operation; the manipulator includes a left base frame and a right base frame located on both sides of the multiple dehydrators. The invention relates to a method for drying battery steel shells by using a dehydrating machine, a base frame, a mobile frame installed on the left and right base frames and capable of moving forward and backward on the top of the base frames, and a plurality of mechanical heads fixedly connected to the mobile frame and capable of moving vertically thereon; 3) dehydration operation, using a rotating device on the dehydrating machine to drive a plurality of dehydration barrels thereon to rotate at high speed to dehydrate and dry the battery steel shells; each dehydrating machine includes a dehydrating machine frame and a dehydration container installed on the dehydrating machine frame and capable of swinging left and right, wherein a plurality of dehydration turntables for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels and a dehydration motor for driving each dehydration turntable to rotate at high speed are arranged in the dehydration container; 4) automatic unloading and drying, the dehydration barrels are taken out from the dehydrating machine by a gate-shaped manipulator and transferred to a plurality of unloading stations on the unloading platform, and a plurality of dehydration barrels on a plurality of unloading stations are synchronously flipped and dumped onto a discharge conveyor belt by a flipping device on the unloading platform, and then the battery steel shells are conveyed along the discharge conveyor belt to the drying conveyor belt for subsequent drying operations.

[0015] From the above description of the structure of the present invention, it can be seen that compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: the automatic dehydration system and process have high dehydration efficiency, can realize the dehydration operation of multiple dehydration barrels at the same time, and some details are well controlled. For example, the manipulator can take and place multiple dehydration barrels (such as three) at the same time, the manipulator has high efficiency, and during the walking process, it is subjected to double-sided force (i.e., door-shaped) and has a low operating frequency, so the operation is more stable, the mechanical wear is small, the failure rate is low, and it is not easy to be damaged; in the process of dumping and unloading multiple dehydration barrels, the unloading platform adopts the design of a baffle assembly, and the barrel mouths of multiple dehydration barrels are blocked by the baffle assembly at the same time, the dehydration barrels are not easy to loosen and fall off, and can meet the simultaneous dumping operation of multiple dehydration barrels. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the automatic feeding device in the present invention.

[0018] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the automatic feeding device in the present invention, wherein the loading trolley is located below the upper hopper of the dehydration barrel.

[0019] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the cooperation between the battery steel shell lower hopper and the rolling cage in the present invention, wherein the rolling cage is in a separated state.

[0020] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the cooperation between the battery steel shell lower hopper and the rolling cage in the present invention, wherein the rolling cage is in an overlapping state.

[0021] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the side view of the battery steel shell lower hopper in the present invention.

[0022] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the baffle device located at the bottom of the hopper under the battery steel shell in the present invention.

[0023] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the top view of the manipulator in the present invention.

[0024] Fig. 9 It is a schematic diagram of the main viewing direction of the robot in the present invention.

[0025] Fig.10 It is a schematic diagram of a mechanical head in the manipulator of the present invention on a door frame.

[0026] Fig.11 It is a schematic diagram of a side view of a dehydrator in the present invention.

[0027] Fig.12 It is a schematic diagram of a side view of a dehydrator in the present invention, wherein the container cover is in an open state.

[0028] Fig.13 This is a schematic diagram of a dehydrator in the present invention when viewed from above, wherein the container cover is not drawn.

[0029] Fig.14 It is a schematic diagram of the unloading platform in the present invention.

[0030] Fig.15 It is a schematic diagram of the unloading platform in the present invention, wherein the dewatering barrel is drawn.

[0031] Fig.16 It is a schematic diagram of the swing frame in the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0033] See attached Figure 1. An improved automatic dehydration system for battery steel shells includes multiple dehydrators 2 for dehydrating and drying battery steel shells, an automatic feeding device 1 for receiving battery steel shells in a rolling cage 10 on an electroplating production line and feeding multiple dehydrators 2, a discharge table 4 for receiving dehydrated battery steel shells on multiple dehydrators 2, and a manipulator 3 for automatic feeding connection and coordination between the automatic feeding device 1, multiple dehydrators 2 and the discharge table 4. The automatic dehydration system has high dehydration efficiency and can realize dehydration operations of multiple dehydration barrels 6 at the same time. In addition, some details of the design are well controlled. For example, the manipulator 3 can take and place multiple dehydration barrels 6 at the same time, and the operation is more stable with a low failure rate. The design of the baffle assembly 40 is adopted, and the barrel mouths of multiple dehydration barrels 6 are blocked by the baffle assembly 40 at the same time. Multiple dehydration barrels 6 are not easy to loosen and fall off, and can meet the requirements of dumping multiple dehydration barrels 6 at the same time.

[0034] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 The automatic feeding device 1 includes a receiving tank body 12 with a dewatering barrel loading station 11, a battery steel shell unloading hopper 13 installed on one side of the receiving tank body 12 and located below the unloading station of the rolling cage 10 on the electroplating production line, a loading trolley 14 movably installed in the receiving tank body 12 and traveling back and forth between the battery steel shell unloading hopper 13 and the dewatering barrel loading station 11, a unloading assembly 15 installed on one side of the receiving tank body 12 and used to unload the rolling cage 10, and a blocking assembly 16 located at the bottom of the battery steel shell unloading hopper 13 and capable of blocking its unloading port.

[0035] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3The receiving tank body 12 is provided with two tracks 121 arranged at intervals on the left and right and matched with the rollers at the bottom of the loading trolley 14. One end of the two tracks 121 extends to the bottom of the battery steel shell hopper 13, and the other end of the two tracks 121 extends to the dewatering barrel loading station 11; the receiving tank body 12 is also provided with a center rack 122 arranged in parallel with the two tracks, and the bottom of the loading trolley 14 is provided with a center gear 141 meshing with the center rack 122. The design of the center rack 122 matching the center gear 141 is adopted. Since the center rack 122 and the center gear 141 have a meshing action, the loading trolley 14 is more stable in the process of going back and forth between the battery steel shell hopper 13 and the dewatering barrel loading station 11, and it is not easy to slide. Especially when it is directly below the battery steel shell hopper 13 or the dewatering barrel loading station 11, the unloading operation and unloading operation are more stable. Each dehydration barrel 6 is a cylindrical barrel with mesh holes on the side, and the barrel mouth of the cylindrical barrel is a gradually narrowing circular mouth 60. A leak-proof baffle 17 is extended outward from one side of the receiving tank body 12 to prevent liquid from leaking out when the robot 3 lifts and transfers multiple dehydration barrels 6 to the dehydrator 2.

[0036] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4 The battery steel shell hopper 13 includes a hopper body 131, the top of which is an upper opening for receiving the battery steel shell in the roller cage 10 on the electroplating production line, and the bottom of which is composed of a plurality of unit discharge ports arranged in sequence, each of which extends vertically downward to a leakproof cover 132 at the barrel mouth of each dewatering barrel, and the outlet of each leakproof cover 132 is the above-mentioned discharge port, and the barrel mouth of each dewatering barrel 6 on the loading trolley 14 can be located directly below each leakproof cover 132. A blocking curtain 133 (such as a plastic blocking curtain) is provided outside the upper opening of the battery steel shell hopper 13, one end of which extends to the outer edge of the battery steel shell hopper 13, and the other end extends to the upper section of a plurality of unit discharge ports, and a gap cavity for liquid splashing is formed between the blocking curtain 133 and the inner wall of the battery steel shell hopper 13.

[0037] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 4 and Figure 5The unloading assembly 15 includes a unloading motor 151 and two support frames 152 respectively located on the left and right sides of the lower hopper 13 of the battery steel shell; the output shaft of the unloading motor 151 is installed with a driving gear 152, and the top surfaces of the two support frames 152 are provided with symmetrically arranged slot bodies 153 (in a V shape); the rolling cage 10 includes a rolling cage body 101 with a side gear plate 100 and a hanging assembly connected to the rolling cage body 101, the hanging assembly includes a left side plate 102, a right side plate 103, a fixed shaft 104 connected between the left and right side plates 102, 103, and a rotating shaft 105, the two sides of the rolling cage body 101 are respectively rotatably connected between the left and right side plates 102, 103, and the end of the fixed shaft 104 can be overlapped on the slot body 153. The rotating shaft 105 is provided with a driven gear 106 meshing with the driving gear 152 and a linkage gear 107 that drives the roller cage body 101 to rotate so as to perform unloading operation from the unloading port thereof. The linkage gear 107 is meshingly connected with the side gear plate 100. Two linkage gears 107 are provided, and the two linkage gears 107 are respectively located on the left and right sides of the rotating shaft 105. The design of the unloading assembly 15 is adopted to realize the automatic unloading operation, which is faster and more convenient, with high unloading efficiency, and greatly reduces many problems caused by manual unloading operation, such as time-consuming and labor-intensive.

[0038] See attached Figure 6 and Figure 7 . The material blocking assembly 16 includes a shielding bottom plate 161 and a driving assembly that drives the shielding bottom plate 161 to shield the discharge port of the battery steel shell discharge hopper 13. The driving assembly includes a slide rail 162, a slider 163 connected to the slide rail 162, and a driving cylinder 164 that drives the slider 163 to move on the slide rail 162. A connecting plate 165 is installed on the slider 163. One side of the connecting plate 165 is fixedly connected to the top surface of one side of the shielding bottom plate 161, and the other side is fixed to the slider 163. The front side of the shielding bottom plate 161 is provided with a strip groove 166 for preventing liquid from splashing out and collecting and temporarily storing the splashed liquid. The driving assembly also includes a strip slide trough body 167 arranged from front to back and an auxiliary roller 168 installed in the strip slide trough body 167. The auxiliary roller 168 is connected to the top surface of the shielding bottom plate 161 through a roller shaft bracket 169. There are two strip chute bodies 167, and each strip chute body 167 is located between two leakproof covers 132. The battery steel shell falls into the battery steel shell lower hopper 13, and the shielding bottom plate 161 of the material blocking assembly 16 plays a temporary storage and buffering role, preventing the battery steel shell in the rolling cage from falling directly into the dehydration barrel 6 and causing unnecessary damage, thereby improving the quality of the product; it is also convenient for the staff to observe the battery steel shell in the battery steel shell lower hopper 13 to see if there are any abnormalities in the electroplating cleaning process in the previous process.

[0039] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 8 , Fig. 9 and Fig.10 The manipulator 3 includes a left base frame 31 and a right base frame 32 located on both sides of the plurality of dehydrators 2, a mobile frame 33 mounted on the left and right base frames 31 and 32 and movable forward and backward on the top thereof, and a plurality of mechanical heads 30 fixedly connected to the mobile frame 33 and movable vertically thereon; the mobile frame 33 includes a horizontal movable frame 331 movable forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames 31 and 32, a gate frame 332 mounted on the left and right side walls of the horizontal movable frame 331, and a vertical movable frame 333 movable vertically on the gate frame 332 and carrying the plurality of mechanical heads 30. The number of the plurality of mechanical heads 30 is three. In addition, the number may also be two or four or other suitable numbers. The manipulator 3 can take and place a plurality of dehydration barrels 6 at a time, and the efficiency of the manipulator 3 is high. In addition, due to the double-sided force (i.e., gate-shaped) and low working frequency during the walking process, the operation is more stable, the mechanical wear is small, the failure rate is low, and it is not easy to be damaged.

[0040] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 8 , Fig. 9 and Fig.10 The horizontal moving frame 331 includes a square frame and a first driving motor 334 mounted on the square frame. The bottom of the square frame is provided with a roller 335 that rolls forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames 31 and 32. The horizontal moving frame 331 is driven by the first driving motor 334 to move forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames 31 and 32. The roller 335 is connected to a roller shaft, and a gear assembly is sleeved on the roller shaft. The output shaft of the first driving motor 334 drives the roller 335 to roll forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames 31 and 32 through the gear assembly.

[0041] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 8 , Fig. 9 and Fig.10 The inner wall of the door frame 332 is provided with left and right vertical tracks 336, and the left and right sides of the vertical moving frame 333 are respectively provided with left and right sliders 337, and the vertical moving frame 333 is connected to the door frame 332 by the left and right sliders 337 sliding up and down in the corresponding left and right vertical tracks 336. A second driving motor 338 is provided at the top of the door frame 332, and the second driving motor 338 drives the left and right sliders 337 to slide up and down in the left and right vertical tracks 336 through a transmission assembly.

[0042] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 8 , Fig. 9 and Fig.10 The vertical moving frame 333 includes upper and lower horizontal rods 3331 and 3332 and a left vertical rod 3333 and a right vertical rod 3334 connected between the upper and lower horizontal rods 3331 and 3332. The left and right ends of the upper horizontal rod 3331 are respectively provided with the left and right sliders 337; the multiple mechanical heads 30 are arranged in sequence along the length direction of the lower horizontal rod 3332, and the number of the multiple mechanical heads 30 corresponds to the number of the multiple dehydration turntables of each dehydrator 2.

[0043] See attached Figure 8 , Fig. 9 and Fig.10 The mechanical head 30 includes an upper disk body 302 and a lower disk body 303 mounted on the lower horizontal rod 3332 and a first connecting rod 304 connected between the upper disk body 302 and the lower disk body 303. The upper disk body 302 is connected to the lower horizontal rod 3332 via a second connecting member 305. The bottom of the disk surface of the lower disk body 303 is movably provided with three hook members 306 arranged in a triangle. The tops of the three hook members 306 are radially arranged along the center of the lower disk body 303. A vertical cylinder 307 is also provided between the upper and lower plates 302 and 303. The piston rod of the vertical cylinder 307 extends downward through the center of the lower plate 303, and the end of the piston rod is sleeved with a shaft sleeve 308. A side wall of each hook member 306 is connected to a tilting rod 309, one end of each tilting rod 309 is movably connected to a side wall of a corresponding hook member 306, and the other end of each tilting rod 309 is connected to the outer side wall of the shaft sleeve 308. The three hook members 306 can loosen and grasp the barrel mouth 60 of the dewatering barrel 6 (i.e., open or close) through the up and down movement of the piston rod of the vertical cylinder 307. The vertical cylinder 307 is used to drive a plurality of hook members 306 to open and close, so as to facilitate the lifting and lowering of the dewatering barrel 6, and the operation is stable and easy to operate.

[0044] See attached Figure 1 , Fig.11 , Fig.12 and Fig.13The dehydrator 2 includes a dehydrator frame 21 and a dehydration container 22 mounted on the dehydrator frame 21 and capable of swinging left and right. The dehydration container 22 is provided with a plurality of dehydration turntables 23 for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels 6 and a dehydration motor 24 for driving each dehydration turntable 23 to rotate at high speed. The dehydration turntable 420 and the dehydration motor 421 constitute a rotating device. Each dehydration motor 24 is mounted at the bottom of the dehydration container 22. There are four dehydrators 2, and the four dehydrators 2 are arranged in sequence to form a multi-stage dehydration line. The robot 3 can simultaneously pick up and place a plurality of dehydration barrels 6 on a plurality of dehydration turntables 23 in each dehydrator 2. The dehydration container 42 includes a container body, a container cover 25 covered on the top of the container body, and a cover-opening cylinder 26 for driving the container cover 25 to open and close, the bottom of the cover-opening cylinder 26 is fixedly connected to the bottom of a side wall of the container body, and the end of the piston rod of the cover-opening cylinder 26 is connected to a side wall of the container cover 25. The number of the plurality of dehydration turntables 23 is three, and can also be two or four or other suitable numbers.

[0045] See attached Figure 1 , Fig.14 and Fig.15 The unloading platform 4 includes a unloading frame 41, a plurality of unloading stations 42 mounted on the unloading frame 41 and used to receive the manipulator 3 to take out a plurality of dewatering barrels 6 from the dehydrator 2, a discharge conveyor belt 5 located on one side of the plurality of unloading stations 42 and feeding the drying conveyor belt 7, and a flipping device 43 with a stopper assembly 40 for flipping and dumping the plurality of dewatering barrels 6 on the plurality of unloading stations 42 onto the discharge conveyor belt 5 synchronously. The unloading platform has an ideal structural design and can be used to dump the plurality of dewatering barrels 6 synchronously. During the unloading process, the stopper assembly 40 is used, and the barrel openings of the plurality of dewatering barrels 6 are simultaneously blocked by the stopper assembly 40, so that the dewatering barrels 6 are not easy to loosen and fall off, and can meet the requirements of the simultaneous and synchronous dumping operation of the plurality of dewatering barrels.

[0046] See attached Figure 1 , Fig.14 , Fig.15 and Fig.16 The flipping device 43 includes a swing frame 44 installed on a plurality of unloading stations 42 and a flipping motor 45 for driving the swing frame 44 to flip and tip over, and the flipping motor 45 is installed on a side wall of the unloading frame 41; the swing frame 44 includes a plurality of unit placement frames 440 for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels 6, each unit placement frame 440 forms the above-mentioned unloading station 42, each unit placement frame 440 is used to place a dehydration barrel 6, each unit placement frame 440 includes a frame bottom on which the bottom of the dehydration barrel 6 is placed and a plurality of limiting vertical rods arranged around the frame bottom and limiting the dehydration barrel 6, and a side wall of each limiting vertical rod can abut against the side wall of the dehydration barrel 6.

[0047] See attached Fig.14 , Fig.15 and Fig.16 The turning device 43 also includes a plurality of dehydration barrels 6 outer edges of the barrel to play a blocking role The blocking assembly 40 includes a The blocking cylinder 400 on the top surface of the swing frame 44 and the blocking rod 401 connected to the piston rod of the blocking cylinder 400 and blocking the outer edges of the barrel openings of the multiple dehydration barrels 6, the blocking cylinder 400 is arranged along the width direction of the swing frame 44, and it is located on the side edge of the swing frame 44; the blocking rod 401 is arranged along the length direction of the swing frame 44, and it is located on the rear edge of the swing frame 44, the blocking rod 401 is pulled forward by the piston rod of the blocking cylinder 400, and blocked on the outer edges of the barrel openings of the multiple dehydration barrels 6.

[0048] See attached Fig.14 , Fig.15 and Fig.16 The number of the blocking cylinders 400 is two, and the two blocking cylinders 400 are respectively located on the left and right edges of the swing frame 44, and the left and right ends of the blocking rod 401 are respectively connected to the piston rods of the two blocking cylinders 400; The blocking assembly 40 also includes The width direction of the swing frame 44 is arranged Guide strip 402, The guide bar 402 is provided along its length and The blocking rod 401 passes through The strip-shaped opening 403. Said Number of guide strips 402 There are multiple guide strips 402 along The width direction of the swing frame 44 is arranged in sequence on the top surface of the swing frame. The discharge conveyor belt 5 is located on one side of the discharge frame 41, and its length direction is consistent with the length direction of the discharge frame 41. The drying conveyor belt 7 is located at the end of the discharge conveyor belt 5; the outer side of the discharge conveyor belt 5 is provided with a baffle plate 50 extending obliquely upward. The discharge conveyor belt 7 is a grid conveyor belt.

[0049] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 6 , Figure 7 , Figure 8 , Fig. 9 , Fig.11 , Fig.13 , Fig.15 and Fig.16An improved automatic dehydration process for battery steel shells includes the following steps: 1) automatic feeding, transferring the battery steel shells in the rolling cage 10 on the electroplating production line to a plurality of dehydration barrels 6 on the automatic feeding device 1 for automatic feeding operation; the automatic feeding device 1 includes a receiving tank body 12 with a dehydration barrel loading station 11, a battery steel shell unloading hopper 13 installed on one side of the receiving tank body 12 and located below the unloading station of the rolling cage 10 on the electroplating production line, a loading trolley 14 movably installed in the receiving tank body 12 and moving back and forth between the battery steel shell unloading hopper 13 and the dehydration barrel loading station 11, a discharging assembly 15 installed on one side of the receiving tank body 12 and used for unloading the rolling cage 10, and a blocking assembly 16 located at the bottom of the battery steel shell unloading hopper 13 and capable of blocking its unloading port.

[0050] 2) Automatic loading, using a gate-shaped robot 3 to synchronously lift multiple dehydration barrels to the corresponding dehydrators 2 for automatic loading operations; the robot 3 includes a left base frame 31 and a right base frame 32 located on both sides of the multiple dehydrators 2, a mobile frame 33 installed on the left and right base frames 31, 32 and capable of moving forward and backward on the top thereof, and multiple mechanical heads 30 fixedly connected to the mobile frame 33 and capable of vertically moving thereon.

[0051] 3) Dehydration operation, using the rotating device on the dehydrator 2 to drive the multiple dehydration barrels 6 thereon to rotate at high speed to dehydrate the battery steel shell; each dehydrator 2 includes a dehydration frame 21 and a dehydration container 22 installed on the dehydration frame 21 and capable of swinging left and right, the dehydration container 22 is provided with multiple dehydration turntables 23 for placing multiple dehydration barrels 6 and a dehydration motor 24 that drives each dehydration turntable 23 to rotate at high speed, the dehydration turntable 420 and the dehydration motor 421 constitute a rotating device, and each dehydration motor 24 is installed at the bottom of the dehydration container 22.

[0052] 4) Automatic unloading and drying, the dewatering barrel 6 is taken out from the dehydrator 2 by the gate-shaped manipulator 3 and transferred to the multiple unloading stations 42 of the unloading platform 4, and the multiple dewatering barrels 6 on the multiple unloading stations 42 are synchronously flipped and dumped onto the discharge conveyor belt 5 by the flipping device 43 on the unloading platform 4, and then the battery steel shell will be transported along the discharge conveyor belt 5 to the drying conveyor belt 7 for subsequent drying operations. The unloading platform 4 includes a unloading frame 41, multiple unloading stations 42 installed on the unloading frame 41 and used to receive the manipulator 3 to take out multiple dewatering barrels 6 from the dehydrator 2, a discharge conveyor belt 5 located on one side of the multiple unloading stations 42 and feeding the drying conveyor belt 7, and a flipping device 43 with a stop bar assembly 40 for synchronously flipping and dumping multiple dewatering barrels 6 on the multiple unloading stations 42 onto the discharge conveyor belt 5.

[0053] The above is only a specific implementation of the present invention, but the design concept of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any non-substantial changes to the present invention using this concept shall be deemed as an infringement of the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An improved automatic dehydration system for battery steel shells, comprising a dehydrator for dehydrating and drying battery steel shells, an automatic feeding device for receiving battery steel shells in a roller cage on an electroplating production line and feeding the dehydrator, a discharge platform for receiving dehydrated battery steel shells on the dehydrator, and a manipulator for automatic feeding connection and coordination between the automatic feeding device, the dehydrator and the discharge platform, characterized in that: The automatic feeding device includes a receiving tank body with a dehydration barrel loading station, a battery steel shell unloading hopper installed on one side of the receiving tank body and located below the roller cage unloading station of the electroplating production line, and a loading trolley movably installed in the receiving tank body and moving back and forth between the battery steel shell unloading hopper and the dehydration barrel loading station; the manipulator includes left and right base frames located on both sides of the dehydrator, a mobile frame installed on the left and right base frames and movable forward and backward on the top thereof, and a plurality of mechanical heads fixedly connected to the mobile frame and movable vertically thereon; the dehydrator includes a dehydration frame and a dehydration container installed on the dehydration frame and capable of swinging left and right, the dehydration container is provided with a device for placing A plurality of dehydration turntables with a plurality of dehydration barrels and a dehydration motor driving each dehydration turntable to rotate at a high speed, wherein each dehydration motor is installed at the bottom of the dehydration container; the unloading platform comprises a unloading frame, an unloading station installed on the unloading frame and used to receive a robot to take out a plurality of dehydration barrels from the dehydrator, a discharge conveyor belt located at one side of the unloading station and feeding the drying conveyor belt, and a flipping device with a baffle assembly for synchronously flipping and dumping the plurality of dehydration barrels on the unloading station onto the discharge conveyor belt; the flipping device comprises a swing frame installed on the unloading station and a flipping motor driving the swing frame to flip and dump, and the flipping motor is installed on a side wall of the unloading frame; The swing frame includes a plurality of unit placement frames for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels, and each unit placement frame is used to place a dehydration barrel; the turning device also includes a blocking component that blocks the outer edges of the barrel openings of the plurality of dehydration barrels, and the blocking component includes a blocking cylinder located on the top surface of the swing frame and a blocking rod connected to the piston rod of the blocking cylinder and blocking the outer edges of the barrel openings of the plurality of dehydration barrels, the blocking cylinder is arranged along the width direction of the swing frame, and is located on the side edge of the swing frame; the blocking rod is arranged along the length direction of the swing frame, and is located on the rear edge of the swing frame, and the blocking rod is pulled forward by the piston rod of the blocking cylinder to block the plurality of dehydration barrels. on the outer edge of the barrel mouth of a dewatering barrel; the number of the blocking cylinders is two, and the two blocking cylinders are respectively located on the left and right edges of the swing frame, and the left and right ends of the blocking rod are respectively connected to the piston rods of the two blocking cylinders; the automatic feeding device also includes a discharge assembly installed on one side of the receiving tank body and used to discharge the rolling cage, and a blocking assembly located at the bottom of the battery steel shell lower hopper and capable of blocking its discharge port; the discharge assembly includes a discharge motor and two support frames respectively located on the left and right sides of the battery steel shell lower hopper; the output shaft of the discharge motor is equipped with a driving gear, and the top surfaces of the two support frames are provided with symmetrically arranged slot bodies;The rolling cage includes a rolling cage main body with a side gear disk and a hanging assembly connected to the rolling cage main body, the hanging assembly includes a left side plate, a right side plate, a fixed shaft and a rotating shaft connected between the left and right sides, the two sides of the rolling cage main body are rotatably connected between the left and right sides, the end of the fixed shaft is overlapped on the slot body, the rotating shaft is sleeved with a driven gear meshed with the driving gear and a linkage gear that drives the rolling cage main body to rotate so that unloading operations are performed from the unloading port thereof, the linkage gear and The side gear disc is meshed and connected; the blocking assembly includes a shielding bottom plate and a driving assembly that drives the shielding bottom plate to shield the material outlet of the battery steel shell hopper, the driving assembly includes a slide rail, a slider connected to the slide rail, and a driving cylinder that drives the slider to move on the slide rail, and the slider is equipped with a connecting plate, one side of which is fixedly connected to the top surface of one side of the shielding bottom plate, and the other side is fixed to the slider; the front side of the shielding bottom plate is provided with a strip groove for preventing liquid from splashing out and collecting and temporarily storing the splashed liquid. ; 2. An improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The receiving trough body is provided with two tracks which are arranged at intervals on the left and right and cooperate with the rollers at the bottom of the loading trolley. One end of the two tracks extends to the bottom of the battery steel shell lower hopper, and the other end of the two tracks extends to the dehydration barrel loading station; the receiving trough body is also provided with a center rack arranged parallel to the two tracks, and the bottom of the loading trolley is provided with a center gear which is meshed with the rack.

3. An improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The movable frame comprises a horizontal movable frame which can move forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames, a gate frame installed on the left and right side walls of the horizontal movable frame, and a vertical movable frame which can move vertically on the gate frame and has the plurality of mechanical heads.

4. An improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration system as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The horizontal moving frame includes a square frame and a first driving motor installed on the square frame. The bottom of the square frame is provided with a roller that rolls back and forth on the top of the left and right base frames. The horizontal moving frame is driven by the driving motor to move forward and backward on the top of the left and right base frames. The roller is connected to a roller shaft, and a gear assembly is sleeved on the roller shaft. The output shaft of the first driving motor drives the roller to roll back and forth on the top of the left and right base frames through the gear assembly.

5. An improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration process, using an improved battery steel shell automatic dehydration system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: It includes the following steps: 1) automatic feeding, transferring the battery steel shells in the rolling cage on the electroplating production line to multiple dewatering barrels on the automatic feeding device for automatic feeding operation; the automatic feeding device includes a receiving tank body with a dewatering barrel loading station, a battery steel shell unloading hopper installed on one side of the receiving tank body and located below the unloading station of the rolling cage on the electroplating production line, a loading trolley movably installed in the receiving tank body and moving back and forth between the battery steel shell unloading hopper and the dewatering barrel loading station, a unloading component installed on one side of the receiving tank body and used to unload the rolling cage, and a blocking component located at the bottom of the battery steel shell unloading hopper and capable of blocking its unloading port; 2) automatic loading, using a gate-shaped manipulator to synchronously lift multiple dewatering barrels to the corresponding dewatering machine for automatic loading operation; the manipulator includes a left base frame and a right base frame located on both sides of the multiple dewatering machines, and a left and right base frame installed on the left, A movable frame on the right base frame that can move forward and backward on the top of the frame, and a plurality of mechanical heads fixedly connected to the movable frame and able to move vertically thereon; 3) Dehydration operation, using a rotating device on the dehydrator to drive a plurality of dehydration barrels thereon to rotate at high speed to dehydrate and dry the battery steel shell; each dehydrator includes a dehydration frame and a dehydration container installed on the dehydration frame and capable of swinging left and right, wherein the dehydration container is provided with a plurality of dehydration turntables for placing a plurality of dehydration barrels and a dehydration motor for driving each dehydration turntable to rotate at high speed; 4) Automatic unloading and drying, the dehydration barrels are taken out from the dehydrator by a gate-shaped manipulator and transferred to a plurality of unloading stations on the unloading platform, and a plurality of dehydration barrels on a plurality of unloading stations are synchronously flipped and dumped onto a discharge conveyor belt by a flipping device on the unloading platform, and then the battery steel shells are conveyed along the discharge conveyor belt to the drying conveyor belt for subsequent drying operations.

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