Solar panel automated disassembly and separation system

Abstract

The application provides a solar panel automatic disassembling and separating system, which mainly disassembles the aluminum frame of the solar panel through an outer frame disassembling system to form stacked materials, and carries the stacked materials to a stacked material disassembling system by a carrying device. The stacked materials are heated by a heating unit to melt the EVA glue between the glass upper cover, the chip layer and the back plate layer, the uppermost material is removed by the suction cup of the carrying device to expose the residual glue, and the residual glue is scraped off by a scraper. The operation is repeated to sequentially remove each layer of material and collect and recycle them, so as to achieve the purposes of high efficiency and environmental protection.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to a disassembling device, in particular to a solar panel automatic disassembling and separating system. BACKGROUND

[0002] A general solar photoelectric panel includes a glass cover, a chip layer, and a back plate stacked in sequence, and each layer has a glue layer (for example, EVA encapsulant) between the layers to combine the cover, the chip layer, and the back plate. The outer edge of the stacked material is additionally provided with an aluminum frame, a junction box, and other structures.

[0003] The current existing solar panel disassembly process mainly focuses on the processing of the aluminum frame and the junction box. After disassembling the aluminum frame and the junction box, the stacked materials such as the glass cover, the chip layer, and the back plate cannot be separated and recycled due to the glue layer between them. They can only be crushed and then handed over to a third party for subsequent processing such as thermal cracking or other combustion processes. This will cause pollution problems. Therefore, a disassembly method with high efficiency and environmental protection is needed. SUMMARY

[0004] The present application provides a solar panel automatic disassembling and separating system, which mainly aims to provide a disassembly method with high efficiency and environmental protection.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the solar panel automatic disassembling and separating system of the present application comprises:

[0006] An outer frame disassembling system has a carrying platform, and a plurality of linear transmission devices are arranged on the carrying platform. A clamp is arranged on each linear transmission device.

[0007] A carrying device is used to carry a solar panel or a stacked material for displacement; and

[0008] A stacked material disassembling system has a disassembling platform, a heating temperature control module, and a scraping module. The heating temperature control module has a heating unit, a moving frame, and a linear drive device. The linear drive device drives the moving frame to move. The heating unit is arranged on the moving frame. The scraping module has a scraper linear transmission device and a scraper. The scraper is arranged on the scraper linear transmission device. The scraper linear transmission device drives the scraper to move.

[0009] As can be seen from the foregoing, the present application mainly disassembles the aluminum frame of the solar panel by the outer frame disassembling system to form a stacked material. The carrying device carries the stacked material to the stacked material disassembling system. The EVA glue between the glass cover, the chip layer, and the back plate layer is melted by the heating unit. The uppermost material is removed by the suction cup of the carrying device, so that the residual glue is exposed. The residual glue is scraped off by the scraper. Each layer of material is sequentially removed and collected for recycling, so as to achieve the purposes of high efficiency and environmental protection. Attached Figure Description

[0010] Figure 1 This is a top view of the outer frame disassembly system.

[0011] Figure 2A This is a side view of the outer frame disassembly system.

[0012] Figure 2B This is a schematic diagram of the aluminum frame being disassembled using the outer frame disassembly system.

[0013] Figure 3A A side view of the stack material dismantling system and handling device.

[0014] Figure 3B This is a top view of the conveying device.

[0015] Figure 4 A top view of the stack material disassembly system.

[0016] Figure 5 A side view of the stack material dismantling system and handling device.

[0017] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of scraping off the adhesive layer with a scraper.

[0018] Explanation of symbols in the attached diagram:

[0019] Frame disassembly system 10

[0020] Platform 11

[0021] Linear transmission device 12

[0022] Fixture 13

[0023] Bottom 131

[0024] Angled guide 132

[0025] Guide slope 132A

[0026] 133, near the base

[0027] Check space 134

[0028] Transport device 20

[0029] Main frame 21

[0030] Roller 22

[0031] Suction Cup Module 23

[0032] Suction Cup Drive Device 231

[0033] Suction Cup Holder 232

[0034] Suction Cup 233

[0035] Stack material disassembly system 30

[0036] Disassembly platform 31

[0037] First side 31A

[0038] Second side 31B

[0039] First end 31C

[0040] Second end 31D

[0041] Tabletop 311

[0042] Chip removal groove 312

[0043] Bottom suction disc 32

[0044] Heating temperature control module 33

[0045] Heating unit 331

[0046] Moving frame 332

[0047] Linear drive device 333

[0048] Guide rod 334

[0049] Scraping module 34

[0050] Scraper linear transmission device 341

[0051] Scraper rotary device 342

[0052] Scraper 343

[0053] Collection groove 35

[0054] Transverse direction Y

[0055] Longitudinal direction X

[0056] Sensing device S

[0057] Aluminum frame F

[0058] Stack material M

[0059] Solar panel P

[0060] Origin position O DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0061] The present application provides a kind of solar panel automated disassembly separation system, please refer to Figures 1-6 As shown in the figure, it includes:

[0062] A frame disassembling system 10 has a carrying platform 11, on which a plurality of linear transmission devices 12 are arranged, and a clamp 13 is detachably arranged on each linear transmission device 12 to drive the linear displacement of the clamp 13. Since the clamp 13 is detachably arranged on the linear transmission device 12, the user can replace the clamp 13 of different sizes according to the solar panel P of different sizes. The clamp 13 is used to clamp an aluminum frame F of a solar panel P. In the embodiment, the number of linear transmission devices 12 and clamps 13 is four. Two linear transmission devices 12 are arranged along a longitudinal direction X and oppositely arranged. The clamps 13 arranged on the two linear transmission devices 12 can be displaced along the longitudinal direction X. The other two linear transmission devices 12 are arranged along a transverse direction Y and oppositely arranged. The clamps 13 arranged on the two linear transmission devices 12 can be displaced along the transverse direction Y. The transverse direction Y is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X. The linear transmission devices 12 can include linear sliding rails, servo motors, but are not limited thereto. The linear transmission devices 12 can also include pneumatic turbines and connecting rods.

[0063] In other embodiments, two clamps 13 are detachably arranged on the linear transmission devices 12, and the other two clamps 13 are fixedly arranged on the linear transmission devices 12.

[0064] Please refer to Figure 2A 、 2B The clamp 13 includes a bottom portion 131, an inclined guide portion 132, and an abutting portion 133. The bottom portion 131 is arranged on the linear transmission device 12. The inclined guide portion 132 is located on the other side of the bottom portion 131 arranged on the linear transmission device 12. The inclined guide portion 132 has a guide inclined surface 132A for abutting against the solar panel P to facilitate the sliding of the clamp 13 to the lower side of the solar panel P. The abutting portion 133 is located on the other side of the inclined guide portion 132 opposite to the guide inclined surface 132A. The abutting portion 133 is used to abut against the aluminum frame F. The abutting portion 133 and the bottom portion 131 are spaced apart by a distance to form a hooking space 134 for accommodating the aluminum frame F. The clamp 13 can fix the aluminum frame F. When the clamp 13 is displaced by the linear transmission device 12, the clamp 13 can disassemble the aluminum frame F of the solar panel P. The solar panel P after disassembling the aluminum frame F is defined as a stacking material M.

[0065] Preferably, please refer to Figure 2B, and a plurality of sensing devices S are arranged at the other ends of the abutting portions 133 connected to the inclined guide portions 132. The sensing devices S are touch sensors, and can ensure that the abutting portions 133 of the clamps 13 touch the aluminum frame F. When the sensing devices S all sense the aluminum frame F, the clamps 13 are driven to move synchronously to remove the different sides of the aluminum frame F, and the aluminum frame F is evenly stressed.

[0066] Preferably, a rubber strip is arranged at the other end of the abutting portion 133 connected to the inclined guide portion 132. The rubber strip can be a rubber strip with high elasticity, and the sensing devices S can be arranged between the rubber strips.

[0067] Please refer to Figure 3A , 3B , 5, a conveying device 20 is arranged to carry the solar panel P to move. In the embodiment, the conveying device 20 has a main frame 21, a plurality of rollers 22 and a suction cup module 23. The suction cup module 23 has a suction cup driving device 231, a suction cup support 232 and a plurality of suction cups 233. The suction cup driving device 231 is arranged on the main frame 21. The suction cup support 232 is arranged on the suction cup driving device 231 and can be driven by the suction cup driving device 231 to move up and down. The suction cups 233 are arranged on the suction cup support 232. The suction cups 233 are arranged to adsorb the solar panel P or the stacking material M. The suction cup driving device 231 can be a pneumatic cylinder, but is not limited to this.

[0068] Preferably, the suction cup supports 232 can include sliding rails, so that the suction cups 233 can move along the suction cup supports 232 to adjust the positions of the suction cups 233 to cope with solar panels P or stacking materials M of different sizes.

[0069] In other embodiments, the conveying device 20 can also use a mechanical arm.

[0070] Please refer to Figures 3A-5A stack material disassembling system 30 has a disassembling platform 31, a plurality of bottom suction cups 32, a heating temperature control module 33, and a scraping module 34. The disassembling platform 31 has a table top 311, and the bottom suction cups 32 are installed on the table top 311. The bottom suction cups 32 are used to adsorb the stack material M, and the suction force of the bottom suction cups 32 is greater than that of the suction cups 233. The heating temperature control module 33 has a heating unit 331, a moving frame 332, and a linear driving device 333. The linear driving device 333 is in power connection with the moving frame 332, and the linear driving device 333 drives the moving frame 332 to move along the lateral direction Y. The heating unit 331 is installed on the moving frame 332, so that the heating unit 331 can move along the lateral direction Y. The scraping module 34 has a scraper linear transmission device 341, a scraper rotary device 342, and a scraper 343. The scraper linear transmission device 341 is installed on one side of the disassembling platform 31 along the lateral direction Y. The scraper linear transmission device 341 drives the scraper rotary device 342 and the scraper 343 to move along the lateral direction Y. The scraper rotary device 342 is installed on the scraper linear transmission device 341. The scraper 343 is rotatably installed on the scraper rotary device 342. The scraper rotary device 342 drives the scraper 343 to rotate to change the angle of the downward pressure of the scraper 343. The scraper 343 is closer to the bottom suction cups 32 than the heating unit 331 is.

[0071] In this embodiment, please refer to Figure 4, the disassembling platform 31 has a first side 31 A and a second side 31B along the longitudinal direction X, and has a first end 31C and a second end 31D along the transverse direction Y, the number of the heating units 331 is plural, the number of the moving frames 332 and the linear driving devices 333 is two, and the two moving frames 332 are provided along the longitudinal direction X, one end of each of the two moving frames 332 is fixed to one of the linear driving devices 333, and the other end is slidably provided on one of the guide rods 334, the two linear driving devices 333 drive the two moving frames 332 to move along the transverse direction Y, one of the moving frames 332 moves from the first end 31C to between the first end 31C and the second end 31D, and the other of the moving frames 332 moves from the second end 31D to between the first end 31C and the second end 31D, so that the two moving frames 332 can move close to or away from each other, the number of the heating units 331 provided on the two moving frames 332 can be increased or decreased according to actual needs, and the heating units 331 are spaced apart from the bottom suction disc 32 by a distance, in the embodiment, the linear driving device 333 can include a linear sliding rail and a servo motor, and the heating unit 331 can be a far infrared heater, but is not limited thereto.

[0072] Preferably, the scraper linear transmission device 341 drives the scraper rotating device 342 and the scraper 343 to move from the first end 31C to the second end 31D to perform one-way scraping.

[0073] Preferably, the temperature of the heating unit 331 is controlled to be between 130°C and 200°C.

[0074] Preferably, the disassembling platform 31 further has a collection groove 35 below the disassembling platform 31, and the collection groove 35 is used to collect the residual glue scraped by the scraper 343.

[0075] Preferably, please refer to Figure 4 The disassembling platform 31 further has at least one chip removal groove 312, the chip removal groove 312 is in communication with the collection groove 35, so that the EVA glue scraped by the scraper 343 is pushed into the chip removal groove 312 and then falls into the collection groove 35 from the chip removal groove 312, so as to achieve the effect of collecting chips.

[0076] Preferably, please refer to Figure 4The number of the chip removal grooves 312 is plural, the chip removal grooves 312 are arranged along the transverse direction Y, the chip removal grooves 312 closer to the second end 31D are larger, the chip removal grooves 312 farther from the second end 31D are smaller, thus, the EVA glue scraped by the scraper 343 is sequentially discharged from the smaller chip removal grooves 312, and the EVA glue not yet discharged is discharged from the larger chip removal grooves 312, thereby avoiding the situation of material extrusion.

[0077] Preferably, there is also a collecting table adjacent to the stacked material disassembling system 30 for accommodating the glass, chips, back plates and the like disassembled by the stacked material disassembling system 30.

[0078] The above is the configuration description of the main components of each embodiment of the present application, and the operation mode and effect of the present application are described as follows.

[0079] Firstly, the clamps 13 are positioned at an original position O of the frame disassembling system 10, when the conveying device 20 conveys the solar panel P to the frame disassembling system 10, the clamps 13 are moved to the aluminum frame F of the solar panel P at the same time, and the aluminum frame F of the solar panel P is removed by synchronously pushing outward by the clamps 13 to form the stacked material M, and then the stacked material M is conveyed to the disassembling platform 31 of the stacked material disassembling system 30 by the conveying device 20, at this time, the clamps 13 are returned to the original position O again, and the stacked material M on the disassembling platform 31 is adsorbed by the bottom suction cups 32, the moving frame 332 of the heating temperature control module 33 drives the heating unit 331 to move above the stacked material M to reciprocatingly heat the stacked material M, so that the EVA glue between the glass cover, the chip layer and the back plate layer is melted, then the uppermost material (such as the glass cover) is sucked and removed by the suction cup 233 of the conveying device 20, and the removed glass cover is stacked on the collecting table for classification and recycling.

[0080] After the uppermost material is removed, the scraper 343 is moved by the scraper linear transmission device 341 to scrape the EVA glue above the second layer material (such as the chip layer), and the angle of the scraper 343 is adjusted by the scraper rotating device 342 to press and force in one direction to scrape the residual glue, and the scraped residual glue is pushed into the collecting groove.

[0081] The moving frame 332 of the heating temperature control module 33 is driven again to displace the heating unit 331 to heat the remaining stacked material M. After the EVA glue between the chip layer and the back plate layer is melted and the viscosity is reduced, the wires and the battery silicon chips are removed and collected separately. Then the scraper linear transmission device 341 is used to displace the scraper 343 to scrape off the EVA glue above the third layer material (for example, the back plate layer). The scraper rotary device 342 is used to adjust the angle of the downward pressure of the scraper 343. The downward pressure is applied to scrape off the residual glue in one direction. The scraped residual glue is pushed into the collection groove. Finally, the carrying device 20 is used to collect the back plate layer stack on the collection table for classification and recycling.

[0082] As known from the foregoing, the present application mainly disassembles the aluminum frame F of the solar panel P to form the stacked material M by using the outer frame disassembling system 10. The carrying device 20 is used to carry the stacked material M to the stacked material disassembling system 30. The heating unit 331 is used to heat the stacked material M to melt the EVA glue between the glass cover, the chip layer, and the back plate layer. The suction cup 233 of the carrying device 20 is used to remove the uppermost layer of material to expose the residual glue. The scraper 343 is used to scrape off the residual glue. Each layer of material is sequentially removed and collected for recycling in sequence. The present application achieves the purpose of high efficiency and environmental protection.

Claims

1. An automated solar panel disassembly and separation system, characterized in that, The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system includes: An outer frame disassembly system has a support platform, on which a complex linear transmission device is installed, and each of the complex linear transmission devices is equipped with a clamp. A stacked material dismantling system includes a dismantling platform, a heating and temperature control module, and a scraping module. The heating and temperature control module has multiple heating units, two moving frames, and two linear drive devices. The linear drive devices drive the moving frames to displacement. The heating units are mounted on the moving frames. The scraping module has a scraper linear transmission device and a scraper. The scraper is mounted on the scraper linear transmission device, which drives the scraper to displacement. A transport device for carrying a solar panel to the outer frame dismantling system or carrying a stack of materials to the stack of materials dismantling system; The disassembly platform has a first side and a second side along two opposite sides along a longitudinal direction, and also has two guide rods. One linear drive device is mounted on the first side of the disassembly platform, and the other linear drive device is mounted on the second side. One guide rod is mounted on the first side of the disassembly platform, and the other guide rod is mounted on the second side. One end of each of the two movable frames is fixed to one of the linear drive devices, and the other end is slidably mounted on one of the guide rods. The number of heating units on the two movable frames is multiple. The stack material dismantling system also has a plurality of bottom suction cups, the dismantling platform has a table, the table is equipped with the bottom suction cups, and the heating unit is spaced apart from the bottom suction cups by a distance.

2. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The number of the complex linear transmission devices and the clamps is four, wherein two linear transmission devices are arranged along a longitudinal direction and are arranged opposite to each other, and the clamps mounted on the two linear transmission devices can be displaced along the longitudinal direction; the other two linear transmission devices are arranged along a transverse direction and are arranged opposite to each other, and the clamps mounted on the two linear transmission devices can be displaced along the transverse direction.

3. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The clamp includes a bottom, an inclined guide, and a stop. The bottom is located on the linear transmission device, the inclined guide is located on the other side of the bottom, and the stop is spaced apart from the bottom to form a hooking space.

4. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 3, characterized in that, It also has a plurality of sensing devices, which are respectively installed on the abutting part of the clamp.

5. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 3, characterized in that, The inclined guide portion has a guide slope for abutting against the solar panel.

6. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 1, characterized in that, It also has a container platform adjacent to the stack material dismantling system.

7. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The conveying device has a main frame, which is equipped with a plurality of rollers and a suction cup module. The suction cup module has a suction cup driving device, a suction cup bracket, and a plurality of suction cups. The suction cup driving device is installed on the main frame, the suction cup bracket is installed on the suction cup driving device, and the suction cups are installed on the suction cup bracket.

8. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 7, characterized in that, The suction cup bracket includes a slide rail, along which the suction cup can be displaced.

9. The automated solar panel disassembly and separation system according to claim 1, characterized in that, Below the disassembly platform is a collection trough for collecting residual adhesive scraped off by the scraper. The disassembly platform also has a plurality of chip removal troughs arranged in parallel.

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