Electrolytic bath assembly mistake proofing system, method and device

Abstract

The invention provides an electrolytic bath assembly mistake proofing system, method and device, and the system comprises a control unit, a lower end plate used for carrying out electrolytic bath part assembly, and a sensor assembly arranged at the top of the lower end plate; the sensor assembly is electrically connected with the control unit; the sensor assembly is used for collecting various sensor information generated in the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell part and transmitting the various sensor information to the control unit; and the control unit is used for determining whether assembly errors occur or not based on the information of the multiple sensors and giving an alarm for reminding when the assembly errors are determined to occur. The problem of neglected assembly or wrong assembly in the assembly process of the electrolytic bath parts can be found in time, an operator is reminded of reworking in time, and problem expansion is avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electrolytic cell assembly, and in particular to an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, method and device. Background Art

[0002] The current electrolyzer unit usually contains a variety of parts, such as plates, frames, gas diffusion layers and proton exchange membranes, etc., and each part contains hundreds of components. In actual production, the above parts are assembled into an electrolyzer unit using a certain stacking structure.

[0003] In the prior art, operators are required to manually assemble each part to the corresponding installation area. However, during the assembly process, there are too many parts and there is often a risk of missing or installing the wrong parts due to negligence of the operator, which affects the product qualification rate to a certain extent. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure at least provide an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, method and device, which can timely detect the problems of missing or wrong assembly of electrolytic cell parts during assembly through automatic sensing of the sensor component, and remind the operator to rework in time to avoid the problem from expanding.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, comprising: a control unit, a lower end plate for assembling electrolytic cell parts, and a sensor assembly disposed on the top of the lower end plate; the sensor assembly is electrically connected to the control unit;

[0006] The sensor assembly is used to collect various sensor information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts and transmit the various sensor information to the control unit;

[0007] The control unit is used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on the various sensor information, and to issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0008] In a possible implementation, the sensor assembly includes a distance sensor and a color sensor;

[0009] The distance sensor is used to transmit a detection signal to the to-be-installed area set on the lower end plate, collect distance change information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts, and send the distance change information to the control unit;

[0010] The control unit is used to trigger the color sensor to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part based on the distance change information, and determine that an assembly error occurs when the color information is inconsistent with a preset part color.

[0011] In a possible implementation, the distance sensor includes at least one of an ultrasonic distance sensor and an optical distance sensor;

[0012] The ultrasonic distance measuring sensor is used to transmit a high-frequency modulated sound wave detection signal to the area to be installed set on the lower end plate by using an ultrasonic vibrator, and determine the distance change information generated in the area to be installed after being reflected by the target electrolytic cell parts assembled on the area to be installed;

[0013] The optical distance measuring sensor is used to emit electromagnetic wave detection signals to the area to be installed set on the lower end plate, and determine the distance change information generated in the area to be installed after being reflected by the target electrolytic cell parts assembled on the area to be installed.

[0014] In a possible implementation manner, an alarm is further included; the alarm is electrically connected to the control unit;

[0015] The control unit is used to generate an audible and visual alarm signal for reminding that an assembly error has occurred when it is determined that an assembly error has occurred;

[0016] The alarm is used to remind the operator to promptly repair the assembly errors generated during the assembly process based on the sound and light alarm information.

[0017] In a possible implementation, the device further includes: a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism being arranged at the bottom of the lower end plate; the lifting mechanism being electrically connected to the control unit;

[0018] The control unit is used to determine whether the current height of the area to be installed set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions after the electrolytic cell parts are stacked and assembled, and to generate a control signal for the lifting mechanism to drive the lower end plate to descend if the preset conditions are not met;

[0019] The lifting mechanism is used to drive the lower end plate to descend based on the control signal so that the height of the area to be installed set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions.

[0020] In a second aspect, the present disclosure further provides an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method, which is applied to the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system described in any one of the first aspect and various embodiments thereof, and the method comprises:

[0021] Acquiring various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolyzer parts;

[0022] It is determined whether an assembly error occurs based on the various sensor information, and an alarm is issued when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0023] In a possible implementation manner, the sensor information includes distance change information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the distance sensor, and color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the color sensor;

[0024] The determining whether an assembly error occurs based on the multiple sensor information includes:

[0025] Triggering the color sensor to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts based on the distance change information;

[0026] In the case where the color information is inconsistent with the preset part color, it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0027] In a possible implementation manner, when there are multiple target electrolytic cell parts, and the multiple target electrolytic cell parts have a preset assembly sequence and preset part colors in the corresponding sequence, determining whether an assembly error occurs based on the multiple sensor information includes:

[0028] When a target electrolytic cell part is currently assembled and a distance change occurs, the color sensor is triggered to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part;

[0029] Determining whether the collected color information is consistent with a preset part color corresponding to a target electrolytic cell part currently being assembled;

[0030] If they are consistent, then start the part counting and determine the preset part color corresponding to the next target electrolytic cell part, and loop through the steps of assembling the next target electrolytic cell part;

[0031] If there is any inconsistency, an alarm will be issued.

[0032] In a possible implementation, the method further includes:

[0033] After stacking and assembling any electrolytic cell parts, determine whether the current height of the to-be-installed area set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions;

[0034] When it is determined that the preset condition is not met, a control signal is generated for the lifting mechanism to drive the lower end plate to descend.

[0035] In a third aspect, the present disclosure further provides an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention device, which is applied to the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system described in any one of the first aspect and various embodiments thereof, and the device comprises:

[0036] An acquisition module, used to acquire various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolytic cell parts;

[0037] The alarm module is used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on the multiple sensor information, and to issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0038] The above electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, method and device are adopted, and the system includes a control unit, a lower end plate for assembling electrolytic cell parts, and a sensor assembly arranged on the top of the lower end plate; the sensor assembly is electrically connected to the control unit; on the premise that the sensor assembly collects a variety of sensor information generated in the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts and transmits the various sensor information to the control unit, the control unit can determine whether an assembly error occurs based on the various sensor information, and issue an alarm reminder when it is determined that an assembly error occurs. The present disclosure utilizes the sensor assembly arranged on the top of the lower end plate to timely sense various sensor information generated in the process of assembling electrolytic cell parts, for example, whether there are electrolytic cell parts approaching, and whether the electrolytic cell parts currently stacked and assembled meet the preset assembly sequence, etc., so that the problem of missing or wrong assembly in the process of assembling electrolytic cell parts can be discovered in time, and the operator can be reminded to rework in time to avoid the expansion of the problem.

[0039] Other advantages of the present disclosure will be explained in more detail in conjunction with the following description and drawings.

[0040] It should be understood that the above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present disclosure, so that the technical means of the present disclosure can be generally understood and then implemented according to the contents of the specification. In order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and easy to understand, the specific implementation methods of the present disclosure are specifically described below with examples. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. The drawings herein are incorporated into the specification and constitute a part of the specification. These drawings illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and are used together with the specification to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the drawings only illustrate certain embodiments of the present disclosure and therefore should not be regarded as limiting the scope of protection. For ordinary technicians in this field, other relevant drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work. Moreover, the same reference numerals are used to represent the same components throughout the drawings. In the drawings:

[0042] Figure 1 A schematic structural diagram of an electrolytic cell unit provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0043] Figure 2 A front view of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0044] Figure 3A top view of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0045] Figure 4 A flow chart of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0046] Figure 5 A workflow diagram of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0047] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0048] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0049] The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure can be implemented in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, these embodiments are provided to enable a more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

[0050] In the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure, it should be understood that terms such as "including" or "having" are intended to indicate the presence of the disclosed features, numbers, steps, behaviors, components, parts, or a combination thereof in the specification, and do not exclude the possibility of the presence of one or more other features, numbers, steps, behaviors, components, parts, or a combination thereof.

[0051] Unless otherwise specified, “ / ” means or. For example, A / B can mean A or B. The “and / or” in this article is merely a way to describe the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone.

[0052] The terms "first", "second", etc. are used only to distinguish the same or similar technical features for the convenience of description, and should not be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or quantity of these technical features. Thus, the features defined by "first", "second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the term "plurality" means two or more than two.

[0053] The research found that Figure 1As shown, the current electrolyzer unit includes at least six parts, namely, the electrode plate 101, the first frame 102, the second frame 103, the first gas diffusion layer 104, the second gas diffusion layer 105 and the proton exchange membrane 106, and each part has about 400 pieces. In actual production, operators need to manually assemble each part to the corresponding installation area, and in the assembly process, there is often a risk of missing or assembling the wrong parts due to negligence of the operators.

[0054] If the gas diffusion layer is missing, or the first gas diffusion layer 104 is installed at the wrong position of the second gas diffusion layer 105, etc., defective products will be produced, affecting customer experience, and the cost of rework is very high. When defective products are found, the electrolyzer needs to be completely disassembled, and the missing or wrongly installed electrolyzer unit needs to be found and replaced. Then the electrolyzer needs to be installed again, which requires a lot of manpower, time and material costs.

[0055] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a technical solution that can effectively solve the problem of missing or wrong assembly during the assembly process of electrolytic cell parts.

[0056] In order to at least partially solve one or more of the above-mentioned problems and other potential problems, the present disclosure provides an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, method and device, which can timely detect the problems of missing or wrong assembly of electrolytic cell parts during assembly through automatic sensing of the sensor component, and remind the operator to rework in time to avoid the problem from expanding.

[0057] To facilitate understanding of this embodiment, a system for preventing errors in assembling an electrolytic cell disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is first introduced in detail. Figure 2 , which shows a schematic diagram of the structure of the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system mainly comprises: a control unit 201, a lower end plate 202 for assembling electrolytic cell parts, and a sensor assembly 203 arranged on the top of the lower end plate 202; the sensor assembly 203 is electrically connected to the control unit 201; wherein:

[0058] The sensor assembly 203 is used to collect various sensor information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts and transmit the various sensor information to the control unit 201;

[0059] The control unit 201 is used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on various sensor information, and to issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0060] In order to facilitate understanding of the electrolyzer assembly error prevention system provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the application scenario of the system is briefly described below. The electrolyzer assembly error prevention system can be mainly applied to various related technical fields that require electrolyzer assembly, such as fuel cell vehicles, fuel cell engines, etc. The accurate assembly of the electrolyzer is a key link to adapt to the above-mentioned various application fields.

[0061] However, in the actual process of assembling the electrolytic cell, the risk of missing or assembling the wrong parts often occurs due to negligence of personnel, especially when each part has many pieces, this risk will be further increased. Based on this, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, which can timely detect the problem of missing or wrong assembly during the assembly of electrolytic cell parts through the automatic sensing of the sensor assembly 203, and remind the operator to rework in time to avoid the problem from expanding.

[0062] The lower end plate 202 is mainly used for assembling the electrolytic cell parts, and during the assembly process, the sensor assembly 203 arranged on the top of the lower end plate 202 can collect various sensor information collected during the entire process of assembling the electrolytic cell parts, so that the control unit 201 can determine whether an assembly error occurs based on the sensor information. In particular, when it is determined that an assembly error occurs, an alarm can be issued so that the operator can promptly discover the problem of missing or wrong installation, and can quickly take remedial measures such as timely rework to avoid further expansion of the problem.

[0063] Based on different error prevention requirements, the specific devices included in the sensor component 203 required by the embodiment of the present disclosure are slightly different. For example, it may include a distance sensor for distance detection, a color sensor for color detection, an image sensor for identifying parts, etc. Other sensors may also be included. The sensors to be selected can be determined based on the actual application requirements, and no specific restrictions are made here.

[0064] Based on various sensor information, various dynamic / static information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts (i.e., the parts to be installed) can be captured to better assist in the judgment of whether an assembly error has occurred. The judgment result determined in this way will be more comprehensive and complete, and can effectively avoid the problem of missing or wrong installation during the assembly process of the electrolytic cell parts. Even if an assembly error occurs at present, an alarm reminder can be used to promptly warn the operator and carry out subsequent remedial work in a timely manner. Compared with the time-consuming and labor-intensive problem of disassembly and assembly of the entire electrolytic cell in the related art, the embodiment of the present disclosure is more fact-saving and labor-saving, and has a higher sensitivity for accurately detecting missing or wrong installation problems.

[0065] like Figure 2As shown, the sensor assembly 203 in the embodiment of the present disclosure mainly includes a distance sensor 2031 and a color sensor 2032; wherein:

[0066] The distance sensor 2031 is used to transmit a detection signal to the to-be-installed area aa set on the lower end plate 202, collect distance change information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts, and send the distance change information to the control unit 201;

[0067] The control unit 201 is used to trigger the color sensor 2032 to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts based on the distance change information, and determine that an assembly error occurs when the color information is inconsistent with the preset part color.

[0068] The distance sensor 2031 may be any sensor capable of determining whether there is a distance change during the process of assembling target electrolytic cell parts. For example, it may be an ultrasonic distance measuring sensor, which utilizes an ultrasonic vibrator to transmit a high-frequency modulated sound wave detection signal to the installation area aa set on the lower end plate 202, and determines the distance change information generated in the installation area aa after being reflected by the target electrolytic cell parts assembled on the installation area aa. For another example, it may be an optical distance measuring sensor, and can also determine the distance change information after the emitted electromagnetic wave detection signal is reflected by the target electrolytic cell parts. In specific applications, optical distance measuring sensors such as infrared distance measuring and laser distance measuring can be used, and no specific restrictions are made here.

[0069] Here, no matter which type of distance sensor 2031 is used, the distance sensor 2031 can be set above the area to be installed aa. Once the parts to be installed (i.e., the target electrolytic cell parts) are stacked on the area to be installed aa, a very obvious distance change will be captured. That is, as the parts to be installed are installed on the area to be installed aa, the parts to be installed will reflect the modulated acoustic detection signal or other detection signal, so that the distance change can be determined very accurately (i.e., there is a difference between the distance reflected by the parts to be installed and the distance not reflected by the parts to be installed).

[0070] like Figure 2As shown, in actual scenarios, a large height difference can be set between the parts to be installed and the installed parts (to accommodate more and more stacked electrolytic cell parts), such as 50 centimeters (cm). This height difference can be recognized by distance sensors 2031 such as ultrasonic ranging sensors. Taking ultrasonic ranging sensors as distance sensors 2031 as an example, ultrasonic ranging sensors use ultrasonic vibrators to emit high-frequency modulated sound waves. After detecting the reflection of electrolytic cell parts, the receiving probe divides the distance reached by the received sound waves by the time taken to calculate the distance. That is, when the parts to be installed are moved to the area aa to be installed, the parts to be installed will cut the rays emitted by the distance sensor 2031. At this time, the distance detected by the ultrasonic wave will change from the distance detected before, thereby triggering the entire system to collect part colors.

[0071] The color sensor 2032 can be any sensor that can identify the color difference of different electrolytic cell parts. Different electrolytic cell parts have different colors. The working principle of the color sensor 2032 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is to compare the color of the object with the reference color (i.e., the preset part color) that has been taught before to detect the color. When the two colors match within a certain error range, the detection result is output. In practical applications, the colors of the electrolytic cell parts detected include white, gray, black, etc.

[0072] by Figure 1 Taking the classic electrolyzer unit shown in the figure as an example, the plate, proton exchange membrane, frame, and gas diffusion layer have obvious color differences, which can be identified by the human eye and can be identified by color sensors with average accuracy. There will be no misjudgment, and the wrong installation and missing installation of the first gas diffusion layer, the second gas diffusion layer, the proton exchange membrane, and the plate can be identified. Even if the first frame and the second frame have the same color, it can be identified whether there is a missing installation.

[0073] In addition, in order to better realize the collection of the above-mentioned various sensor information, the number and type of the distance sensors 2031 and color sensors 2032 that can be set here are not specifically limited. In order to ensure comprehensive coverage of electrolytic cell assembly, such as Figure 3 As shown, a distance sensor 2031 and two color sensors 2032 may be placed on top of the to-be-installed area aa set on the lower end plate 202, as shown by a first color sensor (labeled 2032a) and a second color sensor (labeled 2032b).

[0074] After the target electrolytic cell parts are installed in the installation area aa, the distance sensor 2031 will send the collected distance change information to the control unit 201. Then, the control unit 201 will output instructions to the color sensor 2032 to collect the color of the parts. If the color information collected by the color sensor 2032 is inconsistent with the preset part color, an alarm signal will be output here to remind the personnel to rework the parts in time.

[0075] The size of the area aa to be installed will affect the detection effect. Based on this, the embodiment of the present disclosure needs to perform relevant performance tests and set a reasonable area size according to the characteristics of the distance sensor 2031 and the color sensor 2032.

[0076] In actual application, after receiving the feedback of the distance change, the control unit 201 will send a command to the color sensor 2032 to collect the color information of the parts. Since the colors of the various parts of the electrolytic cell, such as the plate, frame, gas diffusion layer and proton exchange membrane, are different, the control unit 201 will compare the color information collected by the color sensor 2032 with the preset part color to determine whether there is any missing or wrong installation of the parts.

[0077] In order to achieve more comprehensive sensor information collection, such as Figure 3 As shown, the distance sensor 2031 in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be set in the middle position of the top of the area aa to be installed. At this time, the first color sensor 2032a can be set around the distance sensor 2031 to collect color information such as the plate and the frame, and the second color sensor 2032b can be set outward to cover the color collection of gas diffusion layers and proton exchange membranes.

[0078] In the actual assembly of the electrolyzer parts, Figure 1 Taking the classic electrolytic cell unit shown as an example, it has a clear installation sequence, namely, the sequence of electrode plate-first frame-first gas diffusion layer-proton exchange membrane-second frame-second gas diffusion layer, and when each part is installed, it is necessary to detect the distance change and combine the color information to realize the assembly reminder.

[0079] Regardless of which electrolytic cell part has an assembly error, the embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an alarm reminder through an alarm.

[0080] Specifically, when determining that an assembly error occurs, the control unit 201 generates an audible and visual alarm signal for reminding the operator of the assembly error. The alarm reminds the operator to promptly repair the assembly error generated during the assembly process based on the audible and visual alarm information.

[0081] Taking into account that as the electrolytic cell parts are stacked, the distance between the area aa to be installed and the sensor assembly 203 becomes smaller, at this time, in order to ensure that the performance of the sensor assembly 203 including the distance sensor 2031 and the color sensor 2032 reaches the best effect as much as possible, the lower end plate 202 can be adjusted to drive the entire area aa to be installed to descend, so as to ensure that the height of the area aa to be installed meets the preset conditions.

[0082] Specifically, after stacking and assembling any part of the electrolytic cell, the control unit 201 determines whether the current height of the area aa to be installed set on the lower end plate 202 meets the preset conditions, and generates a control signal for the jacking mechanism to drive the lower end plate 202 to descend when the preset conditions are not met; the jacking mechanism drives the lower end plate 202 to descend based on the control signal, so that the height of the area aa to be installed set on the lower end plate 202 meets the preset conditions.

[0083] The preset condition here may be that the height of the installation area aa is within a certain range, or the relative distance between the installation area aa and the sensor assembly 203 is within a certain range, neither too large nor too small, so that the performance of the sensor assembly 203 is optimized.

[0084] To facilitate further understanding of this embodiment, a method for preventing electrolytic cell assembly errors disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is described in detail below. The execution subject of the method for preventing electrolytic cell assembly errors provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure is generally an electronic device with certain computing capabilities, and the electronic device includes, for example: a terminal device or other processing device, and the terminal device may be a user equipment (User Equipment, UE), a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), etc. Other processing devices may be, for example, a control unit of the above-mentioned electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, etc. In some possible implementations, the method for preventing electrolytic cell assembly errors may be implemented by a processor calling computer-readable instructions stored in a memory.

[0085] See also Figure 4 , which shows a flow chart of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method comprising the following steps S401-S402:

[0086] S401: Acquiring various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolytic cell parts;

[0087] S402: Determine whether an assembly error occurs based on information from various sensors, and issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0088] The sensor information includes the distance change information generated during the assembly of the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the distance sensor, and the color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the color sensor. The specific collection method of the above distance change information and color information can be found in the above description and will not be repeated here.

[0089] The process of determining whether an assembly error occurs can also be found in the above description, which will not be repeated here.

[0090] The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure will determine that an assembly error has occurred once it is determined that the collected color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part is inconsistent with the preset part color.

[0091] The specific implementation process for determining whether an assembly error occurs may refer to the following steps:

[0092] Step 1: When a target electrolytic cell part is currently assembled and the distance changes, the color sensor is triggered to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part;

[0093] Step 2: determine whether the collected color information is consistent with the preset part color corresponding to the target electrolytic cell part currently being assembled;

[0094] Step 3: If they are consistent, start the part counting and determine the preset part color corresponding to the next target electrolytic cell part, and loop through the steps of assembling the next target electrolytic cell part;

[0095] Step 4: If there is inconsistency, an alarm will be issued.

[0096] In order to facilitate the understanding of the above-mentioned process of realizing the error-proofing of electrolytic cell parts assembly by combining the preset assembly sequence of each part and the preset part colors under the corresponding sequence, the following will combine Figure 3 The structural diagram shown and Figure 5 The workflow diagram shown is used for expanded explanation.

[0097] like Figure 5 As shown, the manual input can first be the number of stacked parts, and then the color collection of color sensor 1 (i.e., the first color sensor) will be initiated based on the feedback of the distance change received by the distance sensor. At this time, it can be determined whether the currently collected color is consistent with the color of the plate. If the color is consistent, the part counting can be started and the preset part color corresponding to the next part can be determined, and then the next part can be assembled in a loop. During the assembly process, once the color inconsistency is found, an alarm reminder will be used to wait for the operator to repair it in time, and the program will be resumed after the repair is completed. The entire process is basically completed automatically, which saves more time and effort, and provides more accurate error-proofing alarm measures, which is more applicable.

[0098] In order to further improve the error-proofing performance, the electrolytic cell assembly error-proofing method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can determine whether the current height of the area to be installed set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions after stacking and assembling any electrolytic cell parts, and generate a control signal for the jacking mechanism to drive the lower end plate to descend when it is determined that the preset conditions are not met.

[0099] The current height of the area to be installed may be determined based on the detection result of the distance sensor. For details, please refer to the above description, which will not be elaborated here.

[0100] In the description of this specification, the description with reference to the terms "some possible embodiments", "some embodiments", "examples", "specific examples", or "some examples" means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure, and the above terms do not necessarily represent the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the described specific features, structures, materials or characteristics may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, those skilled in the art may combine and combine the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples, unless they are contradictory.

[0101] About the method flow chart of the embodiment of the present disclosure, some operations are described as different steps performed in a certain order. Such a flow chart is illustrative and not restrictive. Some steps described in this article can be grouped together and performed in a single operation, or some steps can be divided into multiple sub-steps, and some steps can be performed in an order different from that shown in this article. The various steps shown in the flow chart can be implemented in any way by any circuit structure and / or tangible mechanism (for example, by software running on a computer device, hardware (for example, a logical function implemented by a processor or a chip), etc., and / or any combination thereof).

[0102] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, in the method described in the above specific implementation, the writing order of each step does not mean a strict execution order, and the specific execution order of each step should be determined by its function and possible internal logic.

[0103] Based on the same inventive concept, an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention device corresponding to the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method is also provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Since the principle of solving the problem by the device in the embodiment of the present disclosure is similar to the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method mentioned above in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the implementation of the device can refer to the implementation of the method, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

[0104] Reference Figure 6, which is a schematic diagram of an electrolytic cell assembly error prevention device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the device includes: an acquisition module 601, an alarm module 602; wherein:

[0105] An acquisition module 601 is used to acquire various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolytic cell parts;

[0106] The alarm module 602 is used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on various sensor information, and to issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0107] The disclosed embodiment utilizes the sensor assembly disposed on the top of the lower end plate to timely sense various sensor information generated during the process of assembling the electrolytic cell parts, for example, whether there are electrolytic cell parts approaching, whether the electrolytic cell parts currently stacked and assembled comply with a preset assembly sequence, etc., thereby timely discovering problems of missing or wrong assembly of electrolytic cell parts during assembly, and reminding the operator to rework in time to avoid the problem from expanding.

[0108] In a possible implementation, the sensor information includes distance change information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the distance sensor, and color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the color sensor;

[0109] The alarm module 602 is specifically configured to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on various sensor information according to the following steps:

[0110] Based on the distance change information, the color sensor is triggered to collect the color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts;

[0111] In the case where the color information is inconsistent with the preset part color, it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0112] In a possible implementation, when there are multiple target electrolytic cell parts, and the multiple target electrolytic cell parts have a preset assembly sequence and preset part colors in the corresponding sequence, the alarm module 602 is specifically used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on multiple sensor information according to the following steps:

[0113] When a target electrolytic cell part is currently assembled and a distance change occurs, the color sensor is triggered to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part;

[0114] Determine whether the collected color information is consistent with the preset part color corresponding to the target electrolytic cell part currently being assembled;

[0115] If they are consistent, then start the part counting and determine the preset part color corresponding to the next target electrolytic cell part, and loop through the steps of assembling the next target electrolytic cell part;

[0116] If there is any inconsistency, an alarm will be issued.

[0117] In a possible implementation, it further includes:

[0118] The control module 603 is used to determine whether the current height of the area to be installed set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions after stacking and assembling any electrolytic cell parts; when it is determined that the preset conditions are not met, a control signal is generated by the lifting mechanism to drive the lower end plate to descend.

[0119] It should be noted that the device in the embodiment of the present disclosure can implement each process of the embodiment of the aforementioned method and achieve the same effects and functions, which will not be repeated here.

[0120] The present disclosure also provides an electronic device, such as Figure 7 , which is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes: a processor 701, a memory 702, and a bus 703. The memory 702 stores machine-readable instructions executable by the processor 701 (for example, Figure 6 When the electronic device is running, the processor 701 communicates with the memory 702 via the bus 703, and when the machine-readable instructions are executed by the processor 701, the following processing is performed:

[0121] Acquiring various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolyzer parts;

[0122] Determine whether an assembly error occurs based on various sensor information, and issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

[0123] The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method described in the above method embodiment are executed. The storage medium can be a volatile or non-volatile computer-readable storage medium.

[0124] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer program product, which carries a program code. The instructions included in the program code can be used to execute the steps of the electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method described in the above method embodiment. Please refer to the above method embodiment for details, which will not be repeated here.

[0125] The computer program product may be implemented in hardware, software or a combination thereof. In one optional embodiment, the computer program product is implemented as a computer storage medium. In another optional embodiment, the computer program product is implemented as a software product, such as a software development kit (SDK).

[0126] Each embodiment in the present disclosure is described in a progressive manner, and the same or similar parts between the various embodiments can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. In particular, for the device, equipment, and computer-readable storage medium embodiments, since they are basically similar to the method embodiments, their descriptions are simplified, and the relevant parts can be referred to the partial description of the method embodiments.

[0127] The apparatus, equipment and computer-readable storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure correspond one-to-one to the method. Therefore, the apparatus, equipment and computer-readable storage medium also have similar beneficial technical effects as the corresponding methods. Since the beneficial technical effects of the methods have been described in detail above, the beneficial technical effects of the apparatus, equipment and computer-readable storage medium will not be repeated here.

[0128] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of methods and apparatus (devices or systems), or computer-readable storage media. Therefore, the present disclosure can be implemented in a complete hardware implementation, a complete software implementation, or an implementation that combines software and hardware. Moreover, the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of a computer-readable storage medium implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, read-only compact disk storage (CD-ROM), optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program code.

[0129] The present disclosure is described with reference to the flowchart and / or block diagram of the method, device (equipment or system) and computer-readable storage medium according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, and the combination of the process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce a device for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0130] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce a product including an instruction device, wherein the instruction device implements the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0131] These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operational steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, whereby the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0132] In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or more processors (CPU), input / output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

[0133] The memory may include non-permanent storage in a computer-readable medium, random access memory (RAM) and / or non-volatile memory in the form of read-only memory (ROM) or flash memory (Flash RAM). The memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

[0134] Computer-readable media include permanent and non-permanent, removable and non-removable media, and information storage can be achieved by any method or technology. Information can be computer-readable instructions, data structures, modules of programs, or other data. Examples of computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of random access memory, read-only memory, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or any other non-transmission media that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. In addition, although the operations of the disclosed method are described in a specific order in the accompanying drawings, this does not require or imply that these operations must be performed in this specific order, or that all the operations shown must be performed to achieve the desired results. In addition, some steps can be omitted, multiple steps can be combined into one step, and / or one step can be decomposed into multiple sub-steps.

[0135] Although the spirit and principle of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to several specific embodiments, it should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the disclosed specific embodiments, and the division of various aspects does not mean that the features in these aspects cannot be combined. The present disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included in the spirit and scope of the attached claims.

Claims

1. An electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system, characterized in that: include: A control unit, a lower end plate for assembling the electrolytic cell parts, and a sensor assembly disposed on the top of the lower end plate; The sensor assembly is electrically connected to the control unit; The sensor assembly is used to collect various sensor information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts and transmit the various sensor information to the control unit; The control unit is used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on the various sensor information, and to issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

2. The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sensor assembly includes a distance sensor and a color sensor; The distance sensor is used to transmit a detection signal to the to-be-installed area set on the lower end plate, collect distance change information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts, and send the distance change information to the control unit; The control unit is used to trigger the color sensor to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part based on the distance change information, and determine that an assembly error occurs when the color information is inconsistent with a preset part color.

3. The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The distance sensor includes at least one of an ultrasonic distance sensor and an optical distance sensor; The ultrasonic distance measuring sensor is used to transmit a high-frequency modulated sound wave detection signal to the area to be installed set on the lower end plate by using an ultrasonic vibrator, and determine the distance change information generated in the area to be installed after being reflected by the target electrolytic cell parts assembled on the area to be installed; The optical distance measuring sensor is used to emit electromagnetic wave detection signals to the area to be installed set on the lower end plate, and determine the distance change information generated in the area to be installed after being reflected by the target electrolytic cell parts assembled on the area to be installed.

4. The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: Also includes an alarm; the alarm is electrically connected to the control unit; The control unit is used to generate an audible and visual alarm signal for reminding that an assembly error has occurred when it is determined that an assembly error has occurred; The alarm is used to remind the operator to promptly repair the assembly errors generated during the assembly process based on the sound and light alarm information.

5. The electrolytic cell assembly error-proofing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: Also includes: A lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the lower end plate; the lifting mechanism is electrically connected to the control unit; The control unit is used to determine whether the current height of the area to be installed set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions after stacking and assembling any electrolytic cell parts, and to generate a control signal for the lifting mechanism to drive the lower end plate to descend if the preset conditions are not met; The lifting mechanism is used to drive the lower end plate to descend based on the control signal so that the height of the area to be installed set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions.

6. A method for preventing errors in assembling an electrolytic cell, characterized in that: The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the method comprising: Acquiring various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolyzer parts; It is determined whether an assembly error occurs based on the various sensor information, and an alarm is issued when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

7. The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method according to claim 6, characterized in that: The sensor information includes distance change information generated during the process of assembling the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the distance sensor, and color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts collected by the color sensor; The determining whether an assembly error occurs based on the multiple sensor information includes: Triggering the color sensor to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell parts based on the distance change information; In the case where the color information is inconsistent with the preset part color, it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

8. The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method according to claim 7, characterized in that: In the case where there are multiple target electrolytic cell parts, and the multiple target electrolytic cell parts have a preset assembly sequence and preset part colors in the corresponding sequence, determining whether an assembly error occurs based on the multiple sensor information includes: When a target electrolytic cell part is currently assembled and a distance change occurs, the color sensor is triggered to collect color information emitted by the target electrolytic cell part; Determining whether the collected color information is consistent with a preset part color corresponding to a target electrolytic cell part currently being assembled; If they are consistent, then start the part counting and determine the preset part color corresponding to the next target electrolytic cell part, and loop through the steps of assembling the next target electrolytic cell part; If there is any inconsistency, an alarm will be issued.

9. The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention method according to claim 6, characterized in that: The method further comprises: After stacking and assembling any electrolytic cell parts, determine whether the current height of the to-be-installed area set on the lower end plate meets the preset conditions; When it is determined that the preset condition is not met, a control signal is generated for the lifting mechanism to drive the lower end plate to descend.

10. An electrolytic cell assembly error prevention device, characterized in that: The electrolytic cell assembly error prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 comprises: An acquisition module, used to acquire various sensor information generated during the process of assembling target electrolytic cell parts; The alarm module is used to determine whether an assembly error occurs based on the multiple sensor information, and to issue an alarm when it is determined that an assembly error occurs.

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