Sheet material stacking mechanism, sheet material-strip material collaborative stacking mechanism and collaborative stacking method
By using sheet material conveying, transfer, and reciprocating folding mechanisms in conjunction with strip material stacking, the problem of insufficient stacking precision was solved, achieving efficient and precise sheet material stacking and improving the quality of battery products.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202210249556.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2022-03-14
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-20
- Estimated Expiration
- 2042-03-14
AI Technical Summary
Existing stacking equipment cannot accurately control the stacking position of the material strip, resulting in insufficient stacking precision and affecting the quality of battery products.
The sheet material is conveyed to the stacking table by a sheet material conveying mechanism and a sheet material transfer mechanism, and stacked in coordination with the strip material by a reciprocating folding mechanism. The stacking accuracy is ensured by a folding positioning mechanism and a hot pressing composite device.
It improves the efficiency and precision of stacking, especially the stacking efficiency of large-size sheets, ensuring the quality of battery products.
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of production of laminations of batteries or capacitors, and in particular to a sheet material lamination mechanism, a sheet material-belt material collaborative lamination mechanism and a collaborative lamination method. BACKGROUND
[0002] Chinese patent application CN113555595A discloses a hot composite lamination equipment and a hot composite lamination method, and in particular, a lamination mechanism is described in the specification. Specifically, the lamination mechanism includes a material box and a blowing assembly. The upper end of the material box is provided with an opening. A main conveying mechanism drives the belt material to enter the material box from the opening of the material box in the vertical direction. The blowing assembly is arranged on one side of the material box. When the end of the belt material enters the upper end of the material box, the blowing assembly blows air to the other side of the material box, so that the end of the belt material is blown to abut against the other side of the material box. Then, the belt material abuts against the material box and continues to move downward, realizing positioning of the first sheet unit. Then, the blowing assembly stops blowing air, and the belt material freely falls and is folded in a Z shape, so that the sheet units are stacked in the material box one by one. When the sheet units are stacked to a preset number, the belt material is cut, at which time the material box filled with sheet units is away from the lower side of the belt material, and the empty material box is moved to the lower side of the belt material, so as to ensure continuous lamination process, reduce waiting time and improve production efficiency.
[0003] Although the lamination mechanism can theoretically meet the lamination requirements of the belt material, the lamination accuracy cannot be guaranteed. During lamination, only the blowing assembly is used to blow the belt material for lamination, and the falling position and folding position of the belt material cannot be accurately controlled. The position accuracy of lamination is required to be high during battery manufacturing. If the lamination error is large, the battery products produced will be scrapped. If other auxiliary means are used after lamination to improve the lamination accuracy, relative movement will occur between the materials after lamination, which will affect the surface properties of the materials after lamination, and will also lead to a decrease in the quality of the battery products produced. SUMMARY
[0004] Therefore, the present application aims to provide a sheet material lamination mechanism, a sheet material-belt material collaborative lamination mechanism and a collaborative lamination method. The sheet material lamination mechanism can meet the lamination requirements of sheet material, and the sheet material-belt material collaborative lamination mechanism can realize collaborative lamination of sheet material and belt material, thereby effectively improving the efficiency.
[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application provides the following technical solutions:
[0006] The present application first provides a sheet material lamination mechanism, which comprises:
[0007] a lamination table;
[0008] A sheet material conveying mechanism for conveying sheet material in a sheet form to a position adjacent to a lamination station;
[0009] A sheet material transfer mechanism for transferring sheet material adjacent to the lamination station to the lamination station.
[0010] Further, the sheet material conveying mechanism is provided as one, or the sheet material conveying mechanism is provided as two, and the two sheet material conveying mechanisms are respectively used for conveying sheet material to opposite sides of the lamination station.
[0011] Further, the sheet material conveying mechanism adopts a roller conveyor or a belt conveyor.
[0012] Further, the sheet material conveying mechanism includes a front conveying roller and a rear conveying roller respectively located at the front and rear ends, and a conveying belt is provided between the front conveying roller and the rear conveying roller.
[0013] Further, a sheet material slicing mechanism is further included, and the sheet material slicing mechanism includes a pay-off roller for continuously paying off a second strip material, a cutter mechanism for cutting the second strip material to form sheet material, and a driving roller set for driving the second strip material to the cutter mechanism, and the cutter mechanism is located between the rear conveying roller and the driving roller set.
[0014] Further, a support table is respectively provided between the cutter mechanism and the rear conveying roller and between the cutter mechanism and the driving roller set.
[0015] Further, an encoder for length measurement is provided between the driving roller set and the pay-off roller.
[0016] Further, a second strip material buffer area for buffering the second strip material is provided between the encoder and the pay-off roller.
[0017] Further, the sheet material transfer mechanism adopts a sheet material clamping mechanism for clamping the sheet material from the sheet material conveying mechanism and placing the sheet material in a designated position area of the lamination station.
[0018] Further, the sheet material transfer mechanism includes a fixed seat located above the sheet material conveying mechanism and a moving seat located between the fixed seat and the sheet material conveying mechanism, the fixed seat is provided with a first driving mechanism for driving the moving seat to move in a vertical direction; the moving seat is provided with a horizontal sliding rail, the horizontal sliding rail is provided with a sliding seat in sliding cooperation therewith, the bottom surface of the sliding seat is arrayed with suction cups, and the moving seat is provided with a second driving mechanism for driving the sliding seat to reciprocate along the horizontal sliding rail between the lamination station and the sheet material conveying mechanism.
[0019] The application further provides a sheet-ribbon coordination lamination mechanism, comprising a reciprocating folding mechanism, a folding positioning mechanism and the sheet lamination mechanism as described above; the reciprocating folding mechanism is used for reciprocating folding ribbon material in a ribbon shape on the lamination table; the folding positioning mechanism is used for controlling the position of the two ends of the reciprocating folded ribbon material; and the sheet transfer mechanism is used for transferring the sheet material adjacent to the lamination table to the lamination table and laminating the sheet material with the reciprocating folded ribbon material.
[0020] Further, the reciprocating folding mechanism comprises a folding guide mechanism and a folding driving mechanism; the folding guide mechanism comprises a swing arm, the two ends of the swing arm are respectively a moving end and a swing end, the moving end of the swing arm is rotatable relative to a rotating shaft, and the swing end is provided with a first roller set for guiding the ribbon material; the folding driving mechanism comprises a driving assembly for driving the moving end of the swing arm to move along a preset track and a swing assembly for driving or guiding the swing arm to rotate around the rotating shaft, and the preset track comprises at least one vertical track perpendicular to the lamination table; the first roller set is reciprocally moved relative to the lamination table under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm in a direction perpendicular to the lamination table and the rotary motion of the swing arm around the rotating shaft, so as to reciprocally fold the ribbon material on the lamination table.
[0021] Further, the preset track comprises a vertical track perpendicular to the lamination table, and the vertical track is provided with a moving slider in sliding cooperation with the vertical track; the moving end of the swing arm is rotatably connected with the moving slider through the rotating shaft.
[0022] Further, the preset track comprises two vertical tracks perpendicular to the lamination table, and the two ends of the two vertical tracks away from the lamination table are connected by an arc track; or the two ends of the two vertical tracks are respectively provided with an arc track.
[0023] Further, the swing assembly comprises a swing track, the swing arm is provided with a slider, the slider is in sliding cooperation with the swing track and rotatable relative to the swing track; or the swing assembly comprises a swing control motor for controlling the swing arm to rotate around the rotating shaft.
[0024] Further, the swing end of the swing arm is provided with a first roller frame, and the first roller set is mounted on the first roller frame; the first roller frame is fixedly mounted on the swing arm, or the first roller frame is rotatably connected with the swing arm.
[0025] Further, the first guide roller set comprises two first guide rollers arranged oppositely, and the two first guide rollers have a first symmetry plane parallel to the axis of the first guide rollers; when the first roller frame is fixedly installed on the swing arm, the axis of the rotating shaft falls on the first symmetry plane; when the first roller frame is rotationally connected with the swing arm, the axis of the first rotating shaft of the first roller frame relative to the swing arm falls on the first symmetry plane.
[0026] Further, when the first roller frame is rotationally connected with the swing arm, the swing arm is provided with a posture control motor for controlling the rotating angle of the first roller frame relative to the swing arm.
[0027] Further, the swing arm is provided with a second roller frame, and the second guide roller set is installed on the second roller frame; or the second guide roller set is fixedly arranged relative to the preset track.
[0028] Further, the second guide roller set is installed on the second roller frame, and the second guide roller set comprises two second guide rollers arranged oppositely, and the two second guide rollers have a second symmetry plane parallel to the axis of the second guide rollers, and the axis of the rotating shaft falls on the second symmetry plane.
[0029] Further, the tension stabilizing mechanism comprises a tension balance roller arranged on the feeding side of the second guide roller set and a balance force applying mechanism for applying pressure on the strip by the tension balance roller.
[0030] Further, the tension balance roller is provided as two and arranged on two sides of the strip respectively.
[0031] Further, the tension stabilizing mechanism comprises a balance roller frame, and the middle part of the balance roller frame is provided with a middle rotating shaft, and the balance roller frame can rotate around the middle rotating shaft, and the two tension balance rollers are respectively installed on two ends of the balance roller frame.
[0032] Further, the balance force applying mechanism comprises a compression spring for applying elastic pressure on the tension balance roller, or the balance force applying mechanism comprises a tension spring for applying elastic tension on the tension balance roller.
[0033] Further, the folding positioning mechanism comprises a positioning rod, a positioning press needle or a positioning press block respectively arranged at the two end positions of the strip during folding.
[0034] Further, the strip buffering mechanism comprises fixed rollers arranged on two sides, a movable roller arranged between the two fixed rollers and a tension mechanism for driving the movable roller to move to control the tension of the strip, and the strip enters the reciprocating folding mechanism after passing through the buffering mechanism.
[0035] Further, a lamination table moving driving mechanism is further included for driving the lamination table to move along a direction perpendicular to the table surface thereof.
[0036] Further, the moving end of the swing arm is located above or below the lamination table, and the swing end of the swing arm is located above the lamination table.
[0037] Further, the center of the first guide roller group is a straight line parallel to the lamination table relative to the track of the lamination table moving.
[0038] Further, the strip material includes a second strip material in a strip shape and a sheet material in a sheet shape compounded on the second strip material, and a gap between adjacent two pieces of the sheet material; and a hot-press compounding device for hot-compounding the strip material is further included.
[0039] Further, the hot-press compounding device includes a heating device for heating the strip material and a hot-roller pressing compounding device for hot-roller pressing the heated strip material.
[0040] The hot-roller pressing compounding device includes a hot-press roller group, and a tension roller group for balancing tension is arranged on both sides of the hot-press roller group; the hot-press roller group includes two oppositely arranged hot-press rollers, and at least one of the two hot-press rollers can move along a direction perpendicular to the axis thereof and parallel to the axis of the two hot-press rollers; the tension roller group includes two oppositely arranged tension rollers, and at least one of the two tension rollers can move along a direction perpendicular to the axis thereof and parallel to the axis of the two tension rollers.
[0041] The distance between the plane passing through the axes of the two tension rollers belonging to the same tension roller group and the plane passing through the axes of the two hot-press rollers is greater than or equal to the distance between adjacent two pieces of the sheet material.
[0042] Further, a tension mechanism for keeping the strip material at a set tension in the heating device is further included; the tension mechanism is arranged at the rear side of the heating device, and the hot-roller pressing compounding device is arranged at the front side of the heating device.
[0043] Further, the strip material includes a second strip material in a strip shape and a sheet material in a sheet shape compounded on the second strip material, and a gap between adjacent two pieces of the sheet material; and a hot-press compounding device for hot-compounding the strip material is further included.
[0044] Further, the hot-press compounding device includes a heating device for heating the strip material and a hot-roller pressing compounding device for hot-roller pressing the heated strip material.
[0045] The hot roller pressing composite device comprises a hot pressing roller group, and two sides of the hot pressing roller group are respectively provided with a tension roller group for balancing tension; the hot pressing roller group comprises two oppositely arranged hot pressing rollers, at least one of the two hot pressing rollers can move along a direction perpendicular to the axis of the hot pressing roller and parallel to the axes of the two hot pressing rollers; the tension roller group comprises two oppositely arranged tension rollers, at least one of the two tension rollers can move along a direction perpendicular to the axis of the tension roller and parallel to the axes of the two tension rollers;
[0046] The distance between the plane passing through the axes of the two tension rollers belonging to the same tension roller group and the plane passing through the axes of the two hot pressing rollers is greater than or equal to the distance between the adjacent two sheets.
[0047] Further, a tension mechanism for keeping the strip material at a set tension in the heating device is further included; the tension mechanism is arranged at the rear side of the heating device, and the hot roller pressing composite device is arranged at the front side of the heating device.
[0048] The present application also provides a sheet material-strip material cooperative lamination method, wherein a reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material to fold back and forth on a lamination table, in the process that the reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material to move from one end to the other end of the back-and-forth folding, a sheet material conveying mechanism conveys the sheet material to a position close to the lamination table; the reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material to reach the other end from one end of the back-and-forth folding, and a folding positioning mechanism is used for positioning to complete one folding of the strip material, and then a sheet material transferring mechanism is used for stacking the sheet material beside the lamination table on the strip material which has been folded on the lamination table; after the sheet material stacking is completed, the reciprocating folding mechanism is used for driving the strip material to move towards the other end of the back-and-forth folding, and the process is repeated until the lamination is completed.
[0049] Further, the reciprocating folding mechanism comprises a folding guide mechanism and a folding driving mechanism; the folding guide mechanism comprises a swing arm, two ends of the swing arm are respectively a moving end and a swing end, the moving end of the swing arm can rotate relative to a rotating shaft, and the swing end is provided with a first guide roller group for guiding the strip material, the folding driving mechanism comprises a driving assembly for driving the moving end of the swing arm to move along a preset track and a swing assembly for driving or guiding the swing arm to rotate around the rotating shaft, and the preset track comprises at least one vertical track perpendicular to the lamination table; under the combined action of the linear motion of the first guide roller group along the direction perpendicular to the lamination table and the rotary motion of the swing arm around the rotating shaft, the first guide roller group moves back and forth relative to the lamination table to fold the strip material back and forth on the lamination table.
[0050] The method comprises the following steps:
[0051] 1) Position the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller at the end of the first end of the reciprocating folding of the strip. Use the folding positioning mechanism to press and fix the strip at the first end. Use the linear drive assembly to control the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group and the stacking table increases to the set value.
[0052] Sheets are stacked on a stacking table using a sheet stacking mechanism;
[0053] 2) The linear drive assembly drives the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm to rotate around the axis, so that the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane is reduced. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm moves relative to the stacking table toward the second end of the reciprocating folding of the material.
[0054] When the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane decreases to zero, the distance between the moving end of the swing arm and the stacking table reaches its maximum value. Then, the linear drive assembly drives the moving end of the swing arm to move closer to the stacking table, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm to rotate around the axis, so that the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane increases in the opposite direction. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm continues to move towards the second end of the reciprocating folding of the material relative to the stacking table.
[0055] During this process, the sheet material is transported to the position near the stacking table using a sheet material conveying mechanism;
[0056] 3) When the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller group reach the end position of the second end of the reciprocating folding of the strip, the included angle between the swing arm and the reference plane reaches the maximum value in the opposite direction. The folding positioning mechanism is used to press and fix the strip at the second end. Then, the linear drive assembly is used to drive the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group and the stacking table increases to the set value.
[0057] Sheets are stacked on a stacking table using a sheet stacking mechanism;
[0058] 4) The swing arm is driven to rotate around the axis by the swing drive assembly, which reduces the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm moves relative to the stacking table toward the first end of the reciprocating folding of the material. When the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane is reduced to zero, the distance between the moving end of the swing arm and the stacking table reaches its maximum value. After that, the moving end of the swing arm is driven to move toward the stacking table by the linear drive assembly, while the swing drive assembly is driven to rotate around the axis, which increases the positive angle between the swing arm and the reference plane. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm continues to move relative to the stacking table toward the first end of the reciprocating folding of the material.
[0059] During this process, the sheet material is transported to the position near the stacking table using a sheet material conveying mechanism;
[0060] 5) When the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller group reach the end position of the first end of the reciprocating folding of the strip, the included angle between the swing arm and the reference plane reaches the maximum positive value. The folding positioning mechanism is used to press and fix the strip at the first end. Then, the linear drive assembly is used to drive the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group and the stacking table increases to the set value.
[0061] 6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 until the stacking is complete.
[0062] Furthermore, the sheet material transfer mechanism includes a fixed base located above the sheet material conveying mechanism and a movable base located between the fixed base and the sheet material conveying mechanism. The fixed base is provided with a first drive mechanism for driving the movable base to move vertically. The movable base is provided with a horizontal slide rail, and a sliding seat that slides with the horizontal slide rail is provided with the slide rail. A suction cup is arrayed on the bottom surface of the sliding seat. The movable base is provided with a second drive mechanism for driving the sliding seat to reciprocate between the stacking table and the sheet material conveying mechanism along the horizontal slide rail.
[0063] In steps 1) and 3), the sliding seat is driven to move above the stacking table, and the moving seat is driven to move downward using the first driving mechanism to stack the sheet material on the top layer of the already folded strip material. Then, the moving seat is driven to move upward to the set position, and the sliding seat is driven to move above the sheet material conveying mechanism.
[0064] In steps 2) and 4), the sheet material is conveyed to a position near the stacking table and corresponds to the position of the suction cup using the sheet material conveying mechanism; then the moving seat is driven to move downward, and after the suction cup picks up the sheet material, the moving seat is driven to reset upward.
[0065] The beneficial effects of this invention are as follows:
[0066] The sheet stacking mechanism of the present invention conveys the sheet material to a position near the stacking table through a sheet material conveying mechanism, and then transfers the sheet material to the stacking table through a sheet material transfer mechanism, thereby achieving the technical objective of stacking the sheet material on the stacking table.
[0067] The sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism of the present invention uses a reciprocating folding mechanism to fold the strip material back and forth on the stacking table. After the reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material to complete one fold and is positioned by the folding positioning mechanism, the sheet material stacking mechanism stacks the sheet material on the topmost strip material that has already been folded, thereby achieving the technical objective of collaborative stacking of sheet and strip materials. This can effectively improve stacking efficiency, especially for larger sheet materials. Simply using the sheet material transfer mechanism to drive the sheet material stacking is less efficient. In this case, by coordinating with the reciprocating folding method of the strip material, the efficiency of large-size stacking can be greatly improved. Attached Figure Description
[0068] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and beneficial effects of this invention clearer, the following figures are provided for illustration:
[0069] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of Embodiment 1 of the sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism of the present invention;
[0070] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Detailed drawing A;
[0071] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a structure where the sheet conveying mechanism is only installed on one side of the stacking table;
[0072] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of a structure with sheet conveying mechanisms installed on both sides of the stacking table.
[0073] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the sheet material transfer mechanism;
[0074] Figures 6(a)-6(g) show the process of transferring sheet material from the sheet material conveying mechanism to the stacking table using the sheet material transfer mechanism;
[0075] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the reciprocating folding mechanism;
[0076] Figure 8 for Figure 1 Detailed drawing B;
[0077] Figure 9 This is a partial structural diagram of the first roller frame and the swing arm being fixedly connected.
[0078] Figure 10This is a schematic diagram of a structure with a balancing roller frame between two tension balancing rollers.
[0079] Figure 11 for Figure 10 Detailed drawing of D;
[0080] Figure 12 This is a schematic diagram of the structure when the second guide roller assembly is installed at the moving end of the swing arm;
[0081] Figure 13 This is a schematic diagram of a reciprocating folding mechanism with an arc-shaped track at the upper end of two vertical tracks.
[0082] Figure 14 This is a schematic diagram of a reciprocating folding mechanism with arc-shaped tracks at both the upper and lower ends of two vertical tracks.
[0083] Figure 15 This is a schematic diagram of the material-supported structure;
[0084] Figure 16 This is a schematic diagram of the hot roller pressing composite device;
[0085] Figure 17 This is a schematic diagram of steps 1) to 2) in the sheet-strip co-stacking method;
[0086] Figure 18 This is a schematic diagram of step 2) in the sheet-strip co-stacking method.
[0087] Figure 19 This is a schematic diagram of steps 3) to 4) in the sheet-strip co-stacking method;
[0088] Figure 20 This is a schematic diagram of step 4) in the sheet-strip co-stacking method.
[0089] Figure 21 This is a schematic diagram of the state of step 5) in the sheet-strip co-stacking method.
[0090] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:
[0091] 1-Strip material; 2-Sheet material; 3-Second strip material; 4-First strip material; 4a-Sheet material; 5-Separator;
[0092] 10-Stacking table; 11-Swing arm; 111-Moving end; 112-Swing end; 12-Rotating shaft; 13-First guide roller group; 14-Preset track; 141-Trajectory line; 15-Moving slider; 16-First roller frame; 161-First rotating shaft; 17-Second guide roller group; 171-Second roller frame; 18-Positioning pressure block; 19-Fixed roller; 20-Moving roller; 21-First strip unwinding roller; 22-Diaphragm composite roller; 23-Diaphragm unwinding roller; 24-Diaphragm tension mechanism; 25-Electrode cutting mechanism; 26-Encoder; 27-Feeding roller group; 28-First strip buffer area; 29-Heating box; 30-Hot roller press composite roller group; 31-Tension balance roller; 32-Balance roller frame; 33-Intermediate rotating shaft; 34-Compression spring; 35-Tension roller group; 36-Tension mechanism;
[0093] 40-Sheet conveying mechanism; 41-Front conveying roller; 42-Rear conveying roller; 43-Conveyor belt; 44-Support roller; 45-Unwinding roller; 46-Cuter mechanism; 47-Drive roller group; 48-Support platform; 49-Encoder; 50-Fixed roller; 51-Tension moving roller; 52-Fixed seat; 53-Moving seat; 54-Sliding seat; 55-Suction cup; 56-Guide rod; 57-Hydraulic cylinder; Detailed Implementation
[0094] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, so that those skilled in the art can better understand and implement the present invention. However, the embodiments described are not intended to limit the present invention.
[0095] Example 1
[0096] like Figure 1 The diagram shown is a structural schematic of Embodiment 1 of the sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism of the present invention. This embodiment of the sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism includes a reciprocating folding mechanism, a folding positioning mechanism, and a sheet stacking mechanism. The sheet transfer mechanism is used to transfer the sheet material 2 adjacent to the stacking table to the stacking table 10 and to stack the sheet material with the reciprocatingly folded strip material. Specifically, this embodiment of the sheet stacking mechanism includes: a stacking table 10; a sheet conveying mechanism for conveying the sheet material 2 to a position adjacent to the stacking table 10; and a sheet transfer mechanism for transferring the sheet material 2 adjacent to the stacking table 10 to the stacking table 10. The reciprocating folding mechanism of this embodiment is used to reciprocally fold the strip material 1 on the stacking table 10; the folding positioning mechanism is used to control the positions of the two ends of the reciprocating folding of the strip material 1.
[0097] Furthermore, the sheet material conveying mechanism is set to one, such as... Figure 3 As shown, there may be two sheet conveying mechanisms, each used to convey the sheet to opposite sides of the stacking table 10, as follows. Figure 4As shown. Specifically, the sheet material conveying mechanism adopts a roller conveyor or a belt conveyor. The sheet material conveying mechanism of this embodiment includes a front conveying roller 41 and a rear conveying roller 42 located at the front and rear ends respectively. A conveyor belt 43 is provided between the front conveying roller 41 and the rear conveying roller 42. Several support rollers 44 may also be provided between the front conveying roller 41 and the rear conveying roller 42.
[0098] Furthermore, the sheet conveying mechanism 40 of this embodiment also includes a sheet slicing mechanism. The sheet slicing mechanism includes an unwinding roller 45 for continuously preventing the second strip from winding, a cutting mechanism 46 for cutting the second strip 3 to form sheet 2, and a drive roller group 47 for driving the second strip 3 to the cutting mechanism 46. The cutting mechanism 46 is located between the rear conveying roller 42 and the drive roller group 47. By providing the sheet slicing mechanism, the continuous second strip 3 can be cut into sheet 2. Preferably, support platforms 48 are provided between the cutting mechanism 46 and the rear conveying roller 42, and between the cutting mechanism 46 and the drive roller group 47, to prevent the end of the second strip 3 from tilting downwards and failing to smoothly enter the cutting mechanism 46 and the rear conveying roller 42.
[0099] Preferably, in some embodiments, an encoder 49 for measuring length is provided between the drive roller group 47 and the unwinding roller 45, thereby ensuring the dimensional accuracy of each sheet 2.
[0100] Preferably, in some embodiments, a second strip buffer area for buffering the second strip 3 is provided between the encoder 49 and the unwinding roller 45. In this embodiment, the second strip buffer area includes a fixed roller 50 and a tension roller 51, so that the unwinding roller 45 can continuously unwind at a set speed without being affected by the intermittent feeding of the sheet 2.
[0101] Furthermore, in some embodiments, the sheet transfer mechanism employs a sheet gripping mechanism for picking up sheet 2 from the sheet conveying mechanism and placing sheet 2 in a designated position area of the stacking table 10. The sheet gripping mechanism can be a robotic arm or similar device, which will not be elaborated further. For example... Figure 5As shown, the sheet material transfer mechanism of this embodiment includes a fixed base 52 located above the sheet material conveying mechanism 40 and a movable base 53 located between the fixed base 52 and the sheet material conveying mechanism 40. The fixed base 52 is provided with a first drive mechanism for driving the movable base 53 to move vertically. The movable base 53 is provided with a horizontal slide rail, and a sliding seat 54 is provided on the horizontal slide rail for sliding cooperation with it. A suction cup 55 is arrayed on the bottom surface of the sliding seat 54. The movable base 53 is provided with a second drive mechanism for driving the sliding seat 54 to reciprocate between the stacking table 10 and the sheet material conveying mechanism 40 along the horizontal slide rail. Specifically, the first drive mechanism of this embodiment includes a hydraulic cylinder 57, and a plurality of guide rods 56 for guiding the movement of the movable base 53 are provided between the fixed base 52 and the movable base 53. The second drive mechanism can be implemented in various existing ways, such as a screw mechanism, a hydraulic cylinder, etc., which will not be described in detail. Specifically, the process of transferring the sheet material 2 from the sheet material conveying mechanism to the stacking table 10 using the sheet material transfer mechanism is shown in Figures 6(a) to 6(g).
[0102] like Figure 7 As shown, the reciprocating folding mechanism of this embodiment includes a folding guide mechanism and a folding drive mechanism. The folding guide mechanism includes a swing arm 11, with a moving end 111 and a swinging end 112 at its two ends. The moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 can rotate relative to a rotating shaft 12. The swinging end 112 is provided with a first guide roller group 13 for guiding the strip material 1. The folding drive mechanism includes a drive component for driving the moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 to move along a preset track 14 and a swing component for driving or guiding the swing arm 11 to rotate around the rotating shaft 12. The preset track 14 includes at least one vertical track perpendicular to the stacking table 10. The first guide roller group 13 reciprocates relative to the stacking table 10 under the combined motion of the linear motion of the moving end 111 of the swing arm perpendicular to the stacking table 10 and the rotational motion of the swing arm 11 around the rotating shaft 12, so as to fold the strip material 1 back and forth on the stacking table 10.
[0103] Furthermore, such as Figure 7 As shown, the preset track 14 in this embodiment includes a vertical track perpendicular to the stacking table 10. A sliding block 15 is provided within the vertical track and slidably engages with it. The moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 and the sliding block 15 are rotatably engaged via a rotating shaft 12. In some other embodiments, the preset track may also be configured to include two vertical tracks perpendicular to the stacking table 10, with the ends of the two vertical tracks furthest from the stacking table connected by an arc track, such as... Figure 13 As shown; or two vertical tracks are connected at both ends by circular arc tracks, such as... Figure 14As shown, during the folding process, the moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 moves along the preset track. Since the two vertical tracks are parallel to each other, when the swing arm 11 is perpendicular to the stacking table 10, the linear velocity of the moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 is parallel to that of the stacking table 10, thereby avoiding the swing arm 11 from having a swing dead angle.
[0104] Furthermore, during the reciprocating movement of the moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 along the preset track 14, there are two main ways to control the rotation of the swing arm 11 around the pivot 12: one is a non-powered mode, in which the swing component includes a swing track (not shown in the figure), and a slider is provided on the swing arm 11. The slider slides with the swing track and can rotate relative to the swing track. Specifically, take any point on the swing arm 11 and install the slider at that point. The path of this point during the reciprocating movement of the moving end 11 of the swing arm along the preset track 14 and the reciprocating movement of the swing end 112 of the swing arm along the preset track is the swing track. The slider slides with the swing track and rotates with the swing arm 11. Since the center line of the swing track is a curve, the slider adjusts its posture by rotating around the swing arm 11 during the movement along the swing track to prevent the slider from getting stuck in the swing track. Another method is a powered approach. In this case, the swing assembly includes a swing control motor for controlling the swing arm to rotate around the axis. The swing control motor controls the swing arm 11 to rotate around the axis 12 according to a set pattern, which can also achieve the technical purpose of driving the swing end 112 of the swing arm 11 to reciprocate relative to the stacking table 10 along a set trajectory line 141. Specifically, in this embodiment, the trajectory line 141 of the reciprocating movement of the swing end 112 relative to the stacking table 10 is a straight line parallel to the stacking table 10, that is, the trajectory of the center of the first guide roller group 13 relative to the stacking table 10 is a straight line parallel to the stacking table 10. Of course, in some other embodiments, the trajectory line 141 of the reciprocating movement of the swing end 112 relative to the stacking table 10 can also be a curve or other shapes, which will not be described further.
[0105] Furthermore, the swing end of the swing arm 11 is provided with a first roller frame 16, and the first guide roller group 13 is mounted on the first roller frame 16; the first roller frame 16 is fixedly mounted on the swing arm 11, such as... Figure 9 As shown; or a rotational engagement between the first roller frame 16 and the swing arm 11, such as Figure 8As shown. The first guide roller group 13 includes two opposing first guide rollers, with a first symmetry plane parallel to their axes between the two first guide rollers; when the first roller frame 16 is fixedly mounted on the swing arm 11, the axis of the rotating shaft 12 falls on the first symmetry plane; when the first roller frame 16 and the swing arm 11 are rotatably engaged, the axis of the first rotating shaft 161 of the first roller frame 16 relative to the swing arm 11 falls on the first symmetry plane. Specifically, in some embodiments, when the first roller frame 16 and the swing arm 11 are rotatably engaged, an attitude control motor is mounted on the swing arm 11 to control the rotation angle of the first roller frame 16 relative to the swing arm 11, so as to control the attitude of the first roller frame 16 in real time, so as to facilitate the guidance of the strip 1 during the stacking process.
[0106] Furthermore, the sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism of this embodiment also includes a second guide roller group 17 for guiding the strip 1 to the first guide roller group 13; the second guide roller group 17 of this embodiment is fixedly disposed relative to the preset track 14. Of course, in some other embodiments, a second roller frame 171 can also be provided at the moving end of the swing arm 11, and the second guide roller group 17 is mounted on the second roller frame, such as... Figure 4 As shown, the second guide roller group 17 at this time includes two second guide rollers arranged opposite each other, and there is a second symmetry plane between the two second guide rollers that is parallel to their axis. The axis of the rotating shaft 12 falls on the second symmetry plane.
[0107] Furthermore, the tension stabilizing mechanism includes a tension balancing roller 31 disposed on the feed side of the second guide roller group 17 and a balancing force applying mechanism for applying pressure from the tension balancing roller 31 to the strip 1. Specifically, as shown in FIG6, in this embodiment, two tension balancing rollers 31 are provided and located on both sides of the second strip 1, respectively, with the two tension balancing rollers 31 staggered. Of course, in some other embodiments, the tension balancing roller 31 can also be a single roller (e.g., Figure 12 (As shown), or set to three or more roots, which will not be elaborated further. For example... Figure 10 As shown, in a preferred embodiment, the tension stabilizing mechanism includes a balance roller frame 32 with a central rotating shaft 33 at its center. The balance roller frame 32 can rotate around the central rotating shaft 33. Two tension balancing rollers 31 are respectively installed at both ends of the balance roller frame 32, thus enabling linkage between the two tension balancing rollers 31. Under the action of the balancing force application mechanism of each tension balancing roller, the balance roller frame 32 is subjected to a torque. This torque is balanced by the reaction force of the tension of the strip 1 on the tension balancing roller, thereby allowing real-time adjustment of the tension of the strip 1 and maintaining its stability. Specifically, the balancing force application mechanism includes a compression spring 34 for applying elastic pressure to the tension balancing roller 31, or the balancing force application mechanism includes a tension spring for applying elastic tension to the tension balancing roller. In this embodiment, the balancing force application mechanism includes a compression spring 34 for applying elastic pressure to the tension balancing roller 31, which will not be described further.
[0108] Furthermore, the folding positioning mechanism includes positioning rods, positioning pins, or positioning blocks 18 located at both ends of the reciprocating folding of the strip 1. In this embodiment, the folding positioning mechanism includes positioning blocks 18 located at both ends of the reciprocating folding of the strip 1. By setting the positioning blocks 18 to press on the folded ends of the strip 1, the strip 1 can be positioned and folded. Specifically, the positioning blocks 18 press on the topmost strip 1. Of course, the same technical purpose can also be achieved by using positioning rods and positioning pins in the folding positioning mechanism, which will not be elaborated further.
[0109] Furthermore, the sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism of this embodiment also includes a strip buffer mechanism. The strip buffer mechanism includes fixed rollers 19 located on both sides, a movable roller 20 and a tension mechanism for driving the movable roller 20 to move to control the tension of the strip 1 are provided between the fixed rollers 19 on both sides, and the strip 1 enters the reciprocating folding mechanism after passing through the buffer mechanism.
[0110] Furthermore, the sheet-strip collaborative stacking mechanism of this embodiment also includes a stacking table moving drive mechanism for driving the stacking table 10 to move in a direction perpendicular to its table surface. The stacking table moving drive mechanism can be implemented by means of a screw mechanism or a gear and rack mechanism, etc., which will not be described in detail here. By setting the stacking table moving drive mechanism to drive the stacking table 10 to move in a direction perpendicular to its table surface, when the thickness of the folded strip 1 is relatively thick, the stacking table 10 can be driven to move to make way.
[0111] In some embodiments, the strip 1 is a separator, requiring two sheet conveying mechanisms 40. The sheets 2 conveyed by the two sheet conveying mechanisms are respectively the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are stacked on both sides of the separator, thereby forming a battery or capacitor structure. In other embodiments, the strip 1 includes a first electrode strip, and the sheet 2 is the second electrode; a separator or solid electrolyte layer is laminated on both sides of the first electrode strip; or, a separator or solid electrolyte layer is laminated on both sides of the second electrode; or, a separator or solid electrolyte layer is laminated on one side of the first electrode strip and the second electrode. Thus, after the first electrode strip and the second electrode are stacked, a separator or solid electrolyte layer is formed between adjacent first electrode strips and second electrodes, which can also form a battery or capacitor structure. In this embodiment, the strip 1 includes a first electrode strip 4, and a separator 5 is laminated on both sides of the first electrode strip 4. That is, diaphragms 5 are respectively laminated on both sides of the first electrode strip 4 to form a strip 1. The strip feeding mechanism also includes a first electrode strip unwinding roller 21 for continuously unwinding the first electrode strip 4 and a diaphragm laminating mechanism for laminating diaphragms 5 on both sides of the first electrode strip 4. The diaphragm laminating mechanism includes a diaphragm laminating roller 22 and a diaphragm unwinding roller 23. In some embodiments, a diaphragm tension mechanism 24 is provided between the diaphragm laminating roller 22 and the diaphragm unwinding roller 23.
[0112] Specifically, for some first electrode strips with excellent folding performance, separators 5 can be laminated to both sides of the first electrode strip 4 and then directly folded back and forth on the stacking table 10. For some first electrode strips 4 with poor folding performance, especially those whose folding will affect the quality of the final battery or capacitor product, the first electrode strip 4 needs to be sliced first, and then laminated with separators 5 to form strip 1. At this time, an electrode cutting mechanism 25 for cutting the first electrode strip 4 is provided between the separator laminating roller 22 and the first electrode strip unwinding roller 21. The length of the first electrode sheet cut by the electrode cutting mechanism 25 is equal to the distance between the two ends of the strip 1 during back and forth folding. In this way, after the first electrode strip 4 is sliced, the length of the strip 1 during back and forth folding is equal to the length of the first electrode sheet. At this time, the position of the strip 1 during back and forth folding can be controlled to be exactly between the two first electrode sheets. Thus, continuous folding is achieved by utilizing the flexible and foldable separator 5 without affecting the performance. In this embodiment, the strip 1 includes a first strip 4 in the shape of a strip and sheet 5 laminated on the first strip 4, with a gap 3 between adjacent sheets 5. The sheet-strip co-lamination mechanism of this embodiment also includes a hot-pressing lamination device for thermally laminating the strip, such as... Figure 15 As shown.
[0113] Preferably, to precisely control the slicing length of the first electrode sheet, an encoder 26 for measuring the cutting length of the first electrode sheet 4 is provided between the electrode cutting mechanism 25 and the first electrode strip unwinding roller 21. To drive the continuous feeding of the first electrode sheet 4, a feeding roller group 27 for driving the electrode feeding is provided between the encoder 26 and the electrode cutting mechanism 25. To enable the first electrode sheet unwinding roller 21 to continuously prevent the first electrode sheet 4 from winding at a set speed, a first electrode sheet buffer area 28 is provided between the encoder 26 and the first electrode sheet unwinding roller 21. The first electrode sheet buffer area 28 includes a fixed roller and a moving roller, etc., which will not be described further.
[0114] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the strip 1 includes a second strip in the shape of a strip and a sheet in the shape of a sheet laminated on the second strip, with a gap between adjacent sheets; that is, the second strip is the diaphragm 5 or a solid electrolyte, and the sheet 4a is obtained by slicing the first electrode strip 4 by the electrode cutting mechanism 25, that is, the sheet 4a includes a current collector and an active material layer coated on the current collector. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism in this embodiment also includes a hot-pressing composite device for thermally composited strips. Specifically, the hot-pressing composite device is disposed between the diaphragm composite roller 22 and the strip folding mechanism to improve the composite performance between the diaphragm 5 and the first electrode strip 4.
[0115] like Figure 16As shown, the hot pressing composite device of this embodiment includes a heating device 29 for heating the strip material and a hot rolling composite device for hot rolling the heated strip material. The hot rolling composite device includes a hot pressing roller group 30, and tension roller groups 35 for balancing tension are respectively provided on both sides of the hot pressing roller group 30. The hot pressing roller group 30 includes two hot pressing rollers arranged opposite each other. At least one of the two hot pressing rollers can move in a direction perpendicular to its axis and parallel to the axes of the two hot pressing rollers. By controlling the movement of the hot pressing rollers, the pressure applied by the hot pressing roller group 30 to the strip material 1 can be adjusted. In this embodiment, only one of the two hot pressing rollers can move in a direction perpendicular to its axis and parallel to the axes of the two hot pressing rollers. Of course, in some other embodiments, both hot pressing rollers can be configured to move in a direction perpendicular to their axes and parallel to the axes of the two hot pressing rollers, which will not be elaborated further. The tension roller group 35 includes two tension rollers arranged opposite each other; at least one of the two tension rollers can move in a direction perpendicular to its axis and parallel to the axes of the two tension rollers. By controlling the movement of the tension rollers, the pressure applied by the tension roller group 35 to the strip 1 can be adjusted. In this embodiment, only one of the two hot pressing rollers can move in a direction perpendicular to its axis and parallel to the axes of the two tension rollers. Of course, in some other embodiments, both tension rollers can be configured to move in a direction perpendicular to their axes and parallel to the axes of the two tension rollers, which will not be elaborated further. Specifically, in this embodiment, the distance between the plane passing through the axes of the two tension rollers belonging to the same tension roller group 35 and the plane passing through the axes of the two hot pressing rollers is greater than or equal to the distance between two adjacent sheets 4a. Further, the hot pressing composite device in this embodiment also includes a tension mechanism 36 for maintaining a set tension in the composite strip within the heating device 29; the tension mechanism 36 is located on the rear side of the heating device, and the hot pressing composite device is located on the front side of the heating device.
[0116] Specifically, when the rear end of a sheet 4a is located behind the hot press roller group 30, and the distance between the rear end of the sheet 4a and the hot press roller group 30 is less than or equal to a set threshold, the hot press rollers are driven to move, increasing the distance between the two hot press rollers and reducing the pressure applied by the hot press rollers to the strip 1. At the same time, the tension rollers of the two tension roller groups 35 are driven to move, decreasing the distance between the two tension rollers belonging to the same tension roller group 35 and increasing the pressure applied by the tension rollers to the composite strip, thereby reducing or even eliminating the pressure applied by the hot press roller group to the composite strip due to the decrease in pressure. The resulting tension fluctuations; when the front end of the next sheet 4a passes the hot press roller group 30 and is located in front of the hot press roller group 30, and the distance between the front end of the sheet 4a and the hot press roller group 30 is greater than or equal to a set threshold, the hot press roller is driven to move, so that the distance between the two hot press rollers is reduced, and the pressure applied by the hot press roller to the composite strip is increased; at the same time, the tension rollers of the two tension roller groups 35 are driven to move, so that the distance between the two tension rollers belonging to the same tension roller group 35 is increased, and the pressure applied by the tension roller to the strip 1 is reduced, so as to achieve hot roller pressing of the strip 1.
[0117] This embodiment also proposes a sheet-strip collaborative stacking method. A reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip to fold back and forth on the stacking table 10. During the process of the reciprocating folding mechanism driving the strip to move from one end of the reciprocating folding to the other, the sheet conveying mechanism 40 conveys the sheet 2 to a position adjacent to the stacking table 10. The reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip from one end of the reciprocating folding to the other, and the folding positioning mechanism positions it, completing one fold of the strip. Then, the sheet transfer mechanism stacks the sheet 2 located next to the stacking table on top of the strip 1 already folded on the stacking table. After the sheet 2 is stacked, the reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip 1 to move towards the other end of the reciprocating folding, and this cycle repeats until the stacking is complete. Figures 17 to 21 As shown, the specific process is as follows:
[0118] 1) Position the swing end 112 of the swing arm 11 and the first guide roller group 13 at the end position of the first end of the reciprocating folding of the strip 1. Use the folding positioning mechanism to press and fix the strip 1 at the first end. Use the linear drive assembly to control the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group 13 and the stacking table 10 increases to a set value, such as... Figure 17 As shown; taking the plane passing through the axis of the rotating shaft 12 and perpendicular to the stacking table 10 as the reference plane, the angle between the swing arm 11 and the reference plane reaches the maximum positive value at this time;
[0119] Sheets are stacked on a stacking table using a sheet stacking mechanism; specifically, a sliding seat is driven to move above the stacking table, and a moving seat is driven to move downward using a first driving mechanism to stack the sheet on the top layer of already folded strip. Then, the moving seat is driven to move upward to a set position, and the sliding seat is driven to move above the sheet conveying mechanism.
[0120] 2) such as Figure 18 As shown, the linear drive assembly drives the moving end 111 of the swing arm 11 to move away from the stacking table 10, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm 11 to rotate around the rotating shaft 12, so that the angle between the swing arm 11 and the reference plane is reduced. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the rotating shaft, the swing end of the swing arm moves relative to the stacking table toward the second end of the reciprocating folding of the material.
[0121] When the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane decreases to zero, the distance between the moving end of the swing arm and the stacking table reaches its maximum value. At this time, the swing direction of the swing arm can be controlled by setting a toggle block or an auxiliary motor. Then, the moving end of the swing arm is driven to move closer to the stacking table by the linear drive assembly, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm to rotate around the axis, so that the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane increases in the opposite direction. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm continues to move towards the second end of the reciprocating folding of the material relative to the stacking table.
[0122] During this process, the sheet material 2 is transported to the position near the stacking table using the sheet material conveying mechanism; specifically, the sheet material is transported to the position near the stacking table using the sheet material conveying mechanism and corresponds to the position of the suction cup; then the moving seat is driven to move downward, and after the suction cup picks up the sheet material, the moving seat is driven to reset upward.
[0123] 3) When the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller group reach the end position of the second end of the reciprocating folding of the strip, the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane reaches its maximum value in the opposite direction. The folding positioning mechanism then presses and fixes the strip at the second end, as shown below. Figures 10-12 As shown; then, the moving end of the swing arm is driven by the linear drive assembly to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group 13 and the stacking table 10 increases to a set value, as shown. Figure 19 As shown;
[0124] Sheets are stacked on a stacking table using a sheet stacking mechanism; specifically, a sliding seat is driven to move above the stacking table, and a moving seat is driven to move downward using a first driving mechanism to stack the sheet on the top layer of already folded strip. Then, the moving seat is driven to move upward to a set position, and the sliding seat is driven to move above the sheet conveying mechanism.
[0125] 4) The swing arm is driven to rotate around the axis using a swing drive assembly, reducing the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm moves relative to the stacking table towards the first end of the reciprocating folding of the material. When the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane decreases to zero, the distance between the moving end of the swing arm and the stacking table reaches its maximum value. At this time, the swing direction of the swing arm can be controlled by setting a lever or auxiliary motor. Afterward, the moving end of the swing arm is driven to move closer to the stacking table using a linear drive assembly, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm to rotate around the axis, increasing the positive angle between the swing arm and the reference plane. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm continues to move relative to the stacking table towards the first end of the reciprocating folding of the material. Figure 20 As shown;
[0126] During this process, the sheet material 2 is transported to the position near the stacking table using the sheet material conveying mechanism; specifically, the sheet material is transported to the position near the stacking table using the sheet material conveying mechanism and corresponds to the position of the suction cup; then the moving seat is driven to move downward, and after the suction cup picks up the sheet material, the moving seat is driven to reset upward.
[0127] 5) When the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller group reach the end position of the first end of the tape reciprocating folding, the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane reaches its maximum positive value. The folding positioning mechanism presses and fixes the tape at the first end. Then, the linear drive assembly drives the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, increasing the distance between the first guide roller group 13 and the stacking table 10 to the set value, such as... Figure 21 As shown;
[0128] 6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 until the stacking is complete.
[0129] The above-described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments provided to fully illustrate the present invention, and the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Equivalent substitutions or modifications made by those skilled in the art based on the present invention are all within the scope of protection of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the claims.
Claims
1. A sheet-belt co-stacking mechanism, characterized in that: This includes a reciprocating folding mechanism, a folding positioning mechanism, and a sheet stacking mechanism; The sheet stacking mechanism includes: Stacking table; A sheet material conveying mechanism is used to convey sheet materials in sheet form to a position adjacent to the stacking table; A sheet material transfer mechanism is used to transfer sheets adjacent to the stacking table to the stacking table; The sheet material conveying mechanism may be provided as one or two, with the two sheet material conveying mechanisms respectively used to convey the sheet material to opposite sides of the stacking table; the sheet material conveying mechanism may be a roller conveyor or a belt conveyor; The reciprocating folding mechanism is used to reciprocate and fold the strip material into a strip shape on the stacking table; the folding positioning mechanism is used to control the positions of the two ends of the strip material during the reciprocating folding; the sheet material transfer mechanism is used to transfer the sheet material adjacent to the stacking table to the stacking table and stack the sheet material with the reciprocating folded strip material. The reciprocating folding mechanism includes a folding guide mechanism and a folding drive mechanism. The folding guide mechanism includes a swing arm with a moving end and a swinging end at its two ends. The moving end of the swing arm is rotatable relative to a rotating shaft, and the swinging end is provided with a first guide roller group for guiding the material. The folding drive mechanism includes a drive component for driving the moving end of the swing arm to move along a preset track and a swing component for driving or guiding the swing arm to rotate around the rotating shaft. The preset track includes at least one vertical track perpendicular to the stacking table. The first guide roller group reciprocates relative to the stacking table under the combined motion of the moving end of the swing arm moving along a direction perpendicular to the stacking table and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the rotating shaft, so as to fold the material back and forth on the stacking table.
2. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sheet material conveying mechanism includes a front conveying roller and a rear conveying roller located at the front and rear ends respectively, and a conveyor belt is provided between the front conveying roller and the rear conveying roller.
3. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that: It also includes a sheet cutting mechanism, which includes an unwinding roller for continuously preventing the second strip from rolling, a cutting mechanism for cutting the second strip to form a sheet, and a drive roller assembly for driving the second strip to the cutting mechanism, the cutting mechanism being located between the rear conveying roller and the drive roller assembly.
4. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that: Support platforms are provided between the cutting mechanism and the rear conveying roller, and between the cutting mechanism and the drive roller group.
5. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that: An encoder for measuring length is provided between the drive roller assembly and the unwinding roller.
6. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 5, characterized in that: A second strip buffer area for buffering the second strip is provided between the encoder and the unwinding roller.
7. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that: The sheet transfer mechanism employs a sheet clamping mechanism for gripping the sheet from the sheet conveying mechanism and placing the sheet in a designated position area of the stacking table.
8. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that: The sheet material transfer mechanism includes a fixed base located above the sheet material conveying mechanism and a movable base located between the fixed base and the sheet material conveying mechanism. The fixed base is provided with a first drive mechanism for driving the movable base to move vertically. The movable base is provided with a horizontal slide rail, and a sliding seat that slides with the horizontal slide rail is provided with the horizontal slide rail. A suction cup is arrayed on the bottom surface of the sliding seat. The movable base is provided with a second drive mechanism for driving the sliding seat to reciprocate between the stacking table and the sheet material conveying mechanism along the horizontal slide rail.
9. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The preset track includes a vertical track perpendicular to the stacking table, and a movable slider that slides within the vertical track. The moving end of the swing arm and the movable slider are rotatably engaged through the rotating shaft.
10. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The preset track includes two vertical tracks perpendicular to the stacking table, and the ends of the two vertical tracks away from the stacking table are connected by an arc track; or the two ends of the two vertical tracks are respectively connected by an arc track.
11. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The swing assembly includes a swing track, and the swing arm is provided with a slider, the slider being slidably engaged with the swing track and rotatable relative to the swing track; or the swing assembly includes a swing control motor for controlling the swing arm to rotate around the pivot.
12. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The swing end of the swing arm is provided with a first roller frame, and the first guide roller group is installed on the first roller frame; the first roller frame is fixedly installed on the swing arm, or the first roller frame and the swing arm are rotatably coupled.
13. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 12, characterized in that: The first guide roller assembly includes two opposing first guide rollers, with a first symmetry plane between the two first guide rollers parallel to their axes; when the first roller frame is fixedly mounted on the swing arm, the axis of the rotating shaft falls on the first symmetry plane; when the first roller frame and the swing arm are rotatably engaged, the axis of the first rotating shaft of the first roller frame, which rotates relative to the swing arm, falls on the first symmetry plane.
14. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that: When the first roller frame and the swing arm are rotatably engaged, an attitude control motor for controlling the rotation angle of the first roller frame relative to the swing arm is installed on the swing arm.
15. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a second guide roller group for guiding the material to the first guide roller group; the moving end of the swing arm is provided with a second roller frame, and the second guide roller group is mounted on the second roller frame; or, the second guide roller group is fixedly arranged relative to the preset track.
16. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 15, characterized in that: The second guide roller assembly is mounted on the second roller frame. The second guide roller assembly includes two opposing second guide rollers. There is a second symmetry plane between the two second guide rollers that is parallel to their axis. The axis of the rotating shaft falls on this second symmetry plane.
17. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 15, characterized in that: It also includes a tension stabilizing mechanism, which includes a tension balancing roller disposed on the feed side of the second guide roller group and a balancing force applying mechanism for applying pressure to the strip by the tension balancing roller.
18. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 17, characterized in that: The tension balancing rollers are configured as two rollers, located on both sides of the strip, and are staggered between the two rollers.
19. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 18, characterized in that: The tension stabilizing mechanism includes a balance roller frame, with a central rotating shaft in the middle of the balance roller frame. The balance roller frame can rotate around the central rotating shaft, and two tension balance rollers are respectively installed at both ends of the balance roller frame.
20. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 17, characterized in that: The balancing force applying mechanism includes a compression spring for applying elastic pressure to the tension balancing roller, or the balancing force applying mechanism includes a tension spring for applying elastic tension to the tension balancing roller.
21. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The folding positioning mechanism includes positioning rods, positioning pins, or positioning blocks located at both ends of the material reciprocating folding process.
22. The continuous reciprocating folding mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a material buffer mechanism, which includes fixed rollers on both sides, a movable roller and a tension mechanism for driving the movable roller to move in order to control the tension of the material, and the material enters the reciprocating folding mechanism after passing through the buffer mechanism.
23. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a stacking stage movement drive mechanism for driving the stacking stage to move in a direction perpendicular to its surface.
24. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The moving end of the swing arm is located above or below the stacking table, and the swinging end of the swing arm is located above the stacking table.
25. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to any one of claims 9, 13, 15-24, characterized in that: The trajectory of the center of the first guide roller group relative to the stacking table is a straight line parallel to the stacking table.
26. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The strip material includes a second strip in the shape of a strip and sheet-like materials laminated on the second strip, with a gap between adjacent sheets; it also includes a hot-pressing lamination device for thermally laminating the strip material.
27. The sheet-strip co-stacking mechanism according to claim 26, characterized in that: The hot pressing composite device includes a heating device for heating the strip and a hot rolling composite device for hot rolling the heated strip. The hot roller pressing composite device includes a hot roller assembly, with tension roller assemblies on both sides of the hot roller assembly for balancing tension. Each hot roller assembly includes two opposing hot rollers, at least one of which is movable in a direction perpendicular to its axis and parallel to the axes of the two hot rollers. The tension roller assembly includes two opposing tension rollers; at least one of the two tension rollers is movable in a direction perpendicular to its axis and parallel to the axes of the two tension rollers. The distance between the plane passing through the axes of two tension rollers belonging to the same tension roller group and the plane passing through the axes of two hot press rollers is greater than or equal to the distance between two adjacent sheets.
28. The strip-sheet co-stacking machine according to claim 27, characterized in that: It also includes a tension mechanism for maintaining a set tension of the strip within the heating device; the tension mechanism is located on the rear side of the heating device, and the hot roll pressing composite device is located on the front side of the heating device.
29. A method for sheet-strip co-stacking, characterized in that: The reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material to fold back and forth on the stacking table. During the process of the reciprocating folding mechanism driving the strip material to move from one end of the reciprocating folding to the other end, the sheet material conveying mechanism conveys the sheet material to a position near the stacking table. The reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material from one end of the reciprocating folding to the other end, and the folding positioning mechanism is used to position it, completing one fold of the strip material. Then, the sheet material transfer mechanism is used to stack the sheet material located next to the stacking table on top of the strip material that has been folded on the stacking table. After the sheet material is stacked, the reciprocating folding mechanism drives the strip material to move towards the other end of the reciprocating folding, and this cycle is repeated until the stacking is completed. The reciprocating folding mechanism includes a folding guide mechanism and a folding drive mechanism. The folding guide mechanism includes a swing arm with a moving end and a swinging end at its two ends. The moving end of the swing arm is rotatable relative to a rotating shaft, and the swinging end is provided with a first guide roller group for guiding the material. The folding drive mechanism includes a drive component for driving the moving end of the swing arm to move along a preset track and a swing component for driving or guiding the swing arm to rotate around the rotating shaft. The preset track includes at least one vertical track perpendicular to the stacking table. The first guide roller group reciprocates relative to the stacking table under the combined motion of the moving end of the swing arm moving along a direction perpendicular to the stacking table and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the rotating shaft, so as to fold the material back and forth on the stacking table. Includes the following steps: 1) Position the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller at the end of the first end of the reciprocating folding of the strip. Use the folding positioning mechanism to press and fix the strip at the first end. Use the linear drive assembly to control the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group and the stacking table increases to the set value. Sheets are stacked on a stacking table using a sheet stacking mechanism; 2) The linear drive assembly drives the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm to rotate around the axis, so that the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane is reduced. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm moves relative to the stacking table toward the second end of the reciprocating folding of the material. When the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane decreases to zero, the distance between the moving end of the swing arm and the stacking table reaches its maximum value. Then, the linear drive assembly drives the moving end of the swing arm to move closer to the stacking table, while the swing drive assembly drives the swing arm to rotate around the axis, so that the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane increases in the opposite direction. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm continues to move towards the second end of the reciprocating folding of the material relative to the stacking table. During this process, the sheet material is transported to the position near the stacking table using a sheet material conveying mechanism; 3) When the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller group reach the end position of the second end of the reciprocating folding of the strip, the included angle between the swing arm and the reference plane reaches the maximum value in the opposite direction. The folding positioning mechanism is used to press and fix the strip at the second end. Then, the linear drive assembly is used to drive the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group and the stacking table increases to the set value. Sheets are stacked on a stacking table using a sheet stacking mechanism; 4) The swing arm is driven to rotate around the axis by the swing drive assembly, which reduces the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm moves relative to the stacking table toward the first end of the reciprocating folding of the material. When the angle between the swing arm and the reference plane is reduced to zero, the distance between the moving end of the swing arm and the stacking table reaches its maximum value. After that, the moving end of the swing arm is driven to move toward the stacking table by the linear drive assembly, while the swing drive assembly is driven to rotate around the axis, which increases the positive angle between the swing arm and the reference plane. Under the combined action of the linear motion of the moving end of the swing arm and the rotational motion of the swing arm around the axis, the swing end of the swing arm continues to move relative to the stacking table toward the first end of the reciprocating folding of the material. During this process, the sheet material is transported to the position near the stacking table using a sheet material conveying mechanism; 5) When the swing end of the swing arm and the first guide roller group reach the end position of the first end of the reciprocating folding of the strip, the included angle between the swing arm and the reference plane reaches the maximum positive value. The folding positioning mechanism is used to press and fix the strip at the first end. Then, the linear drive assembly is used to drive the moving end of the swing arm to move away from the stacking table, so that the distance between the first guide roller group and the stacking table increases to the set value. 6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 until the stacking is complete.
30. The sheet-strip co-stacking method according to claim 29, characterized in that: The sheet material transfer mechanism includes a fixed base located above the sheet material conveying mechanism and a movable base located between the fixed base and the sheet material conveying mechanism. The fixed base is provided with a first drive mechanism for driving the movable base to move vertically. The movable base is provided with a horizontal slide rail, and a sliding seat that slides with the horizontal slide rail is provided with the horizontal slide rail. A suction cup is arrayed on the bottom surface of the sliding seat. The movable base is provided with a second drive mechanism for driving the sliding seat to reciprocate between the stacking table and the sheet material conveying mechanism along the horizontal slide rail. In steps 1) and 3), the sliding seat is driven to move above the stacking table, and the moving seat is driven to move downward using the first driving mechanism to stack the sheet material on the top layer of the already folded strip material. Then, the moving seat is driven to move upward to the set position, and the sliding seat is driven to move above the sheet material conveying mechanism. In steps 2) and 4), the sheet material is conveyed to a position near the stacking table and corresponds to the position of the suction cup using the sheet material conveying mechanism; then the moving seat is driven to move downward, and after the suction cup picks up the sheet material, the moving seat is driven to reset upward.