Pouch battery assembly apparatus and method thereof
By designing automated pouch battery assembly equipment, the problems of high manual operation ratio and insufficient equipment continuity were solved, achieving efficient and stable production of pouch batteries, improving battery quality and reducing costs.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510811889.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-18
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-26
- Estimated Expiration
- 2045-06-18
AI Technical Summary
In the current processing of soft-pack batteries, manual operation accounts for a large proportion, resulting in limited production capacity, unstable quality, and insufficient equipment continuity, which affects production efficiency and quality.
Design a soft-pack battery assembly equipment, including tab processing, adhesive application, stacking, bending, tab welding, upper shell and outer shell welding components, to achieve automated assembly line processing of battery cells through robotic arms and clamping trays, reducing manual intervention.
It has enabled automated production lines for battery processing, improving quality and efficiency, and reducing the rate of defective products and production costs.
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of soft package battery processing, in particular to a soft package battery assembling device and method thereof. BACKGROUND
[0002] At present, soft package batteries are widely used in the fields of power batteries and consumer electronics due to their high energy density, good safety, and flexible design. However, there are still many technical bottlenecks in the current soft package battery processing and production process, which seriously restricts the upgrading of the industry.
[0003] From the production process, the key problem to be solved is the high proportion of manual participation. In the core processes of pole piece, glue application, stacking, and shell installation, manual operation accounts for as high as 40%-60%, which not only limits the production capacity to the size of manpower, but also causes quality problems such as unstable pole piece burr control precision and deviation of cell alignment due to the difference in operator skill level. Data shows that the defective rate caused by manual operation is 15-20 percentage points higher than that of automated production lines, especially in the production of high-capacity batteries, the risk of internal short circuit caused by manual intervention increases significantly.
[0004] At the same time, the problem of insufficient continuity of production system equipment is more prominent. In the existing production line, although the single machine devices such as pole piece, glue application, stacking, and shell installation have improved the degree of automation, the material transmission between devices relies on manual transfer or non-standard connection devices, resulting in unbalanced beat matching between processes. This continuity defect also causes production data faults, and the process parameters generated by independent operation of each device cannot be interacted in real time, making it difficult to realize whole-process quality traceability and process optimization.
[0005] More seriously, the above problems are superimposed, forming a vicious cycle. The inefficiency of manual operation forces enterprises to adopt a production mode of "multiple shifts and high manpower", resulting in high production costs; and the poor connection of equipment prolongs the product in-process time, increasing the quality risks of environmental dust pollution and cell moisture. SUMMARY
[0006] The purpose of the present application is to solve the problem of insufficient continuity of soft package battery processing equipment and high proportion of manual use in the prior art, which affects the quality and efficiency of soft package battery processing, and to provide a soft package battery assembling device and method thereof.
[0007] To solve the above technical problems, the technical solution adopted by the present application is: a soft package battery assembling device has a conveying member for conveying a battery cell, and the conveying member sequentially comprises a tab processing assembly, a glue application assembly, a stacking assembly, a bending assembly, a tab welding assembly, a upper shell assembly, and a shell welding assembly in the direction of conveying the battery cell;
[0008] The lug processing assembly comprises a cutting member arranged corresponding to the conveying member, which can cut the lug;
[0009] The rubber pasting assembly comprises a rubber coating member arranged corresponding to the conveying member, which can coat the rubber sheet on the battery cell;
[0010] The stacking assembly comprises a storage rack and a grabbing member which can stack the battery cell in the storage rack and transfer it to the conveying member;
[0011] The bending assembly comprises a bending member arranged corresponding to the conveying member, which can press the lug to bend in two directions of the conveying member conveying the battery cell;
[0012] The lug welding assembly comprises a lug welding member arranged corresponding to the conveying member, which can spot weld the lug to reinforce the connection of multiple lugs;
[0013] The upper shell assembly comprises two feeding members arranged corresponding to the conveying member, which can set the outer shell cover on the battery cell;
[0014] The shell welding assembly comprises a first welding assembly, a turnover assembly and a second welding assembly, which can weld the top outer periphery of the shell and then turn over to weld the bottom of the shell.
[0015] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembly equipment, the cutting member comprises a cutting laser and a driving row frame and a height row frame for driving the cutting laser, so that the cutting laser can cut the lug at different positions to control the length of the lug.
[0016] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembly equipment, a transfer robot arm is arranged between the lug processing assembly and the rubber pasting assembly, and the transfer robot arm and the grabbing member each correspond to a buffer area, which can store good battery cells for replacement.
[0017] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembly equipment, the grabbing member comprises a stacking robot arm and a transfer robot arm arranged in sequence along the direction of conveying the battery cell on the conveying member, so that the battery cell can be stacked and then transferred to the conveying member.
[0018] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembly equipment, the bending member comprises a first row frame arranged corresponding to the conveying member, which can drive the second row frame to displace, and the second row frame is provided with a bending plate, which can press the lug to bend in two directions of the conveying member conveying the battery cell.
[0019] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembly equipment, a plurality of sampling stations are arranged corresponding to the conveying member between the lug welding assembly and the upper shell assembly, so as to sample and process the processed battery cell.
[0020] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembling device: a combination station is correspondingly arranged on the conveying member between the stacking assembly and the bending assembly, so as to position the bus bar to the corresponding position of the battery cell in cooperation with the first clamping tray conveyed by the conveying member.
[0021] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembling device: the conveying member comprises a first conveying part for conveying the first clamping tray and a second conveying part for conveying the second clamping tray, so as to maintain the quality of the welding between the tab and the bus bar and the welding efficiency of the shell.
[0022] As a further optimization of the soft package battery assembling device: the first clamping tray comprises a screw-nut pair to stably clamp and position the battery cell and the bus bar, and the second clamping tray comprises an elastic member for positioning the battery cell in cooperation with the movable clamping plate and the fixed clamping plate.
[0023] A soft package battery assembling method, comprising using a soft package battery assembling device to sequentially perform the cutting, rubberizing, stacking, bending, tab reinforcing, upper shell mounting and shell welding processes on the battery cell.
[0024] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following beneficial effects:
[0025] The application grasps and stably places the battery cell in the battery cell conveying member to the tab processing assembly by configuring the feeding assembly. After the tab of the battery cell is trimmed by the tab assembly, the battery cell is transmitted to the rubberizing assembly for rubberizing treatment. After the rubberizing is completed, the stacking assembly grasps and stacks in turn to form, and then places the stacked battery cell on the first clamping tray on the conveying member. The conveying member is provided with an opening assembly to assist the opening of the clamping tray, so that the battery cell is accurately placed by the stacking assembly. Then, the conveying member conveys the first clamping tray loaded with the battery cell to the assembly station, so as to facilitate the staff to install the busbar, and accurately positions the busbar and the battery cell by closing the first clamping tray. After the installation of the busbar is completed, the conveying member conveys the closed clamping tray provided with the battery cell and the busbar to the bending assembly to bend the tab on the battery cell, so as to realize the connection with the busbar and complete the pretreatment of the battery cell. The pretreated battery cell is continuously conveyed by the conveying member to the tab welding assembly to reinforce the tab of the stacked battery cell after the tab is stacked and bent. Then, the conveying member conveys the reinforced stacked battery cell to the upper shell assembly, and the first clamping tray used by the tab welding assembly is replaced by the second clamping tray by the upper shell assembly. The second clamping tray adopts an elastic structure and can realize the clamping and positioning of the stacked battery cell and the shell, and is convenient to open and close, so as to improve the efficiency of the equipment for turning and welding the shell, that is, improve the efficiency of processing the battery. The first welding assembly, the turning assembly and the second welding assembly of the upper shell can quickly weld the shell. After the welding of the shell of the battery cell is completed, the detection assembly detects, and the battery cell is clamped into the box by the offline mechanical arm, so as to facilitate subsequent transfer and use. Thus, the battery processing flow line is greatly realized, the use proportion of manual work is reduced, the processing quality and efficiency of the battery are significantly improved, the appearance rate of unqualified battery products is reduced, and the preparation cost of the battery is greatly reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0026] Figure 1 It is a top view structure schematic diagram of the application;
[0027] Figure 2 It is a first partial top view structure schematic diagram of the application;
[0028] Figure 3 It is a second partial top view structure schematic diagram of the application;
[0029] Figure 4 It is a first structure schematic diagram of the feeding assembly of the application;
[0030] Figure 5 It is a second structure schematic diagram of the feeding assembly of the application;
[0031] Figure 6 It is a structure schematic diagram of the tab cutting assembly of the application;
[0032] Figure 7Structure diagram of the detecting member of the present application;
[0033] Figure 8 Structure diagram of the flattening member of the present application;
[0034] Figure 9 Structure diagram of the reversing member of the present application;
[0035] Figure 10 Structure diagram of the cutting member of the present application;
[0036] Figure 11 First structure diagram of the rubber pasting assembly of the present application;
[0037] Figure 12 Second structure diagram of the rubber pasting assembly of the present application;
[0038] Figure 13 First partial structure diagram of the rubber pasting assembly of the present application;
[0039] Figure 14 Second partial structure diagram of the rubber pasting assembly of the present application;
[0040] Figure 15 First structure diagram of the stacking assembly of the present application;
[0041] Figure 16 Second structure diagram of the stacking assembly of the present application;
[0042] Figure 17 Structure diagram of the bending assembly of the present application;
[0043] Figure 18 Structure diagram of the bending member of the present application;
[0044] Figure 19 Structure diagram of the leveling assembly of the present application;
[0045] Figure 20 Structure diagram of the tab welding assembly of the present application;
[0046] Figure 21 Structure diagram of the dispensing member of the present application;
[0047] Figure 22 Structure diagram of the auxiliary welding member of the present application;
[0048] Figure 23 Structure diagram of the measuring assembly of the present application;
[0049] Figure 24 Structure diagram of the DCIR detecting member of the present application;
[0050] Figure 25 Structure diagram of the upper shell assembly of the present application;
[0051] Figure 26 Structure diagram of the disc changing part of the present application;
[0052] Figure 27 Structure diagram of the upper shell part of the present application;
[0053] Figure 28 Structure diagram of the first welding assembly of the present application;
[0054] Figure 29 Structure diagram of the first perspective view of the turnover assembly of the present application;
[0055] Figure 30 Structure diagram of the second perspective view of the turnover assembly of the present application;
[0056] Figure 31 Structure diagram of the second welding assembly of the present application;
[0057] Figure 32 Structure diagram of the detection assembly of the present application;
[0058] Marked in the figure: 1, cell conveying piece; 2, feeding assembly; 201, second mechanical arm; 202, transfer plate; 203, placing piece; 2031, pull-up cylinder; 2032, pull-up suction cup; 2033, placing row frame; 204, adjusting assembly; 2041, fourth cylinder; 2042, sliding piece; 2043, first bearing plate; 2044, anti-deviation block; 205, push piece; 2051, eleventh cylinder; 2052, first connecting plate; 2053, first spring; 2054, push flat block; 206, distance adjusting table; 3, tab processing assembly; 301, electrode testing piece; 3011, first support frame; 3012, first cylinder; 3013, first mounting plate; 3014, verification head; 3015, supporting plate; 3016, detector; 302, adjusting piece; 3021, second support frame; 3022, second cylinder; 3023, first rotary cylinder; 3024, first suction cup; 3025, clamping jaw cylinder; 303, reversing piece; 3031, code scanning gun; 3032, second support plate; 3033, eighth cylinder; 3034, fourth connecting plate; 3035, second rotary cylinder; 3036, ninth cylinder; 3037, clamping jaw; 3038, first clamping block; 304, flattening piece; 3041, third support frame; 3042, lower pressing block; 3043, upper pressing block; 3044, second mounting plate; 3045, flattening cylinder; 305, cutting piece; 3051, first support; 3052, driving row frame; 3053, height row frame; 3054, waste gas exhaust pipe; 3055, cutting laser; 3056, positioning pressing plate; 3057, first camera; 3058, processing hole; 3059, third cylinder; 30510, avoidance hole; 30511, discharging pipe; 30512, limiting sliding plate; 30513, third support; 306, size inspection piece; 3061, inspection frame; 3062, inspection head; 307, support base; 4, rubberizing assembly; 401, conveying piece; 4011, conveying belt; 4012, placing frame; 4013, guide rail; 402, bearing base; 403, rubberizing piece; 4031, feeding row frame; 4032, rubber storage frame; 4033, suction frame; 4034, waste box; 4035, rubberizing mechanical arm; 4036, rubber tearing clamp jaw; 404, aligning piece; 4041, aligning frame; 4042, aligning cylinder; 4043, push block; 4044, aligning spring; 405, overturning piece; 4051, overturning frame; 4052, positioning claw; 4053, third rotary cylinder; 4054, lifting cylinder; 4055, opening and closing cylinder; 406, rolling piece; 4061, rolling row frame; 4062, rolling wheel; 407, rubber tearing piece; 4071, rubber tearing row frame; 4072, finger cylinder; 408, observation piece; 4081, observation frame; 4082, observation head; 409, leveling piece; 4091, leveling frame; 4092, top pressing cylinder; 4093, upper clamping head; 4094, lower clamping head;4010, auxiliary; 40101, lifting clamping jaw; 40102, bidirectional air cylinder; 40103, push-lifting air cylinder; 40104, auxiliary frame; 5, stacking assembly; 501, checking piece; 5011, light adding plate; 5012, tab observation head; 5013, second bearing frame; 502, stacking robot arm; 503, buffer area; 504, suction accessory; 505, stacking piece; 5051, storage frame; 5052, stacking row frame; 5053, gland plate; 5054, rotary table; 506, opening assembly; 507, transfer robot arm; 6, transportation piece; 601, turning table; 602, first transmission part; 603, second transmission part; 7, bending assembly; 701, fourth support frame; 702, workbench; 703, measuring assembly; 704, lifting assembly; 706, bending piece; 7061, first row frame; 7062, second row frame; 7063, connecting frame; 7064, third bearing plate; 7065, impact piece; 7066, bending plate; 7067, bending air cylinder; 707, pressing assembly; 7071, pressing frame; 7072, pressing air cylinder; 7073, load connecting plate; 7074, detection frame; 7075, position measuring instrument; 708, leveling assembly; 7081, third row frame; 7082, fourth row frame; 7083, vertical telescopic frame; 7084, auxiliary plate; 7085, roller wheel; 7086, bearing block; 8, assembly station; 9, transfer robot arm; 10, tab welding assembly; 1001, fixing frame; 1002, auxiliary welding piece; 10021, auxiliary welding frame; 10022, longitudinal row frame; 10023, transverse row frame; 10024, auxiliary positioning frame; 10025, auxiliary positioning air cylinder; 10026, push plate; 10027, telescopic rod; 10028, shock-absorbing spring; 10029, push plate; 1003, dispensing piece; 10031, transmission shaft; 10032, conveying chain; 10033, lifting disc; 10034, pressing wheel; 10035, push-up air cylinder; 10036, measuring instrument; 10037, limiting block; 10038, cam divider; 10039, transmission frame; 1004, fireproof assembly; 10041, guide frame; 10042, fire extinguishing box; 10043, monitoring piece; 1005, tab welding piece; 10051, fourth bearing frame; 10052, variable-distance row frame; 10053, auxiliary row frame; 10054, positioning frame; 10055, laser welding piece; 1006, guide welding piece; 10061, guide welding frame; 10062, adjustment platform; 10063, calibrating instrument; 10064, adjustment assembly; 10065, tab welding nozzle; 11, measuring assembly; 1101, rack; 1102, first detection mechanism; 11021, image acquisition machine; 11022, camera plate; 11023, fifth support frame; 1103, shadowless plate; 1104, pressure-difference detection piece; 11051, detection rod; 11052, multi-purpose air cylinder; 11053, first sliding plate;1106, DCIR detection piece; 11061, second fixing plate; 11062, auxiliary connecting plate; 11603, measuring spring; 11604, measuring cylinder; 1107, positioning assembly; 11071, first swing wheel; 11072, vertical plate; 11073, second swing wheel; 11074, horizontal plate; 12, sampling station; 13, upper shell assembly; 1301, upper shell base; 1302, first opening and closing assembly; 1303, disc changing piece; 13031, first clamping jaw; 13032, disc changing row frame; 130321, main row frame; 130322, auxiliary row frame; 130323, vertical row frame; 1304, recycling station; 1305, second opening and closing assembly; 13051, opening and closing movable plate; 13052, pulling cylinder; 13053, opening and closing cylinder; 1306, feeding piece; 13061, feeding base; 13062, row frame base; 13063, shell taking row frame; 130631, first upper shell row frame; 130632, second upper shell row frame; 130633, third upper shell row frame; 13064, jaw shell cylinder; 13065, shell storage frame; 13066, gluing head; 13067, confirmation head; 13068, shell taking cylinder; 14, first welding assembly; 1401, first welding bed; 1402, welding frame; 1403, seventh cylinder; 1404, first sliding base; 1405, side edge welding nozzle; 1406, first mounting base; 1407, positioning image machine; 1408, supporting cylinder; 1409, positioning plate; 14010, first laser; 14011, push plate; 14012, flange; 14013, slide rod; 14014, top edge welding nozzle; 15, overturning assembly; 1501, overturning base; 1502, carrying frame; 1503, movable grab plate; 1504, overturning cylinder; 1505, overturning slide plate; 1506, overturning motor; 1507, overturning clamping jaw; 16, second welding assembly; 1601, second welding bed; 1602, long edge welding frame; 1603, distance adjusting cylinder; 1604, angle plate; 1605, long edge welding nozzle; 1606, butt joint cylinder; 1607, displacement support; 17, detection assembly; 1701, detection base; 1702, detection frame; 1703, detection clamping jaw; 1704, detection slide frame; 1705, detection cylinder; 1706, detection carrying frame; 1707, weld seam observation head; 18, offline mechanical arm; 19, first clamping tray; 20, second clamping tray. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0059] In order to better understand the present application, the content of the present application is further illustrated below in combination with examples, but the content of the present application is not limited to the following examples.
[0060] As Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown, a soft package battery assembly device has sequentially arranged feeding assembly 2, tab processing assembly 3, rubberizing assembly 4, stacking assembly 5, conveying member 6, bending assembly 7, tab welding assembly 10, measuring assembly 11, upper shell assembly 13, first welding assembly 14, overturning assembly 15, second welding assembly 16, detection assembly 17 and offline mechanical arm 18. Feeding assembly 2 can transmit the electric core conveying member 1 to grab and stably place the electric core to tab processing assembly 3. The tab of the electric core is trimmed by tab processing assembly 3 and then is transmitted to rubberizing assembly 4 to be rubberized. After the rubberizing is completed, the electric core is grabbed and stacked by stacking assembly 5 in sequence to form, and then is placed on the first clamping tray 19 arranged on conveying member 6. The first opening and closing assembly 1302 arranged on conveying member 6 is used to assist the opening of the first clamping tray 19 to cooperate with stacking assembly 5 to place the stacked electric core. Then, conveying member 6 transmits the first clamping tray 19 on which the electric core is placed to assembly station 8 to facilitate the staff to install the bus bar by placing the first clamping tray 19 on which the electric core is placed, and to position the bus bar and the electric core by closing the first clamping tray 19. After the installation of the bus bar is completed, conveying member 6 transmits the closed first clamping tray 19 on which the electric core and the bus bar are arranged to bending assembly 7 to bend the tab arranged on the electric core to connect the bus bar to complete the preprocessing of the electric core. Tab welding assembly 10 can reinforce the tab of the stacked electric core after the tab is stacked and bent. Then, conveying member 6 transmits the reinforced stacked electric core to upper shell assembly 13 to replace the first clamping tray 19 used by tab welding assembly 10 with the second clamping tray 20 arranged on upper shell assembly 13. The second clamping tray 20 uses a resilient structure to achieve the clamping and positioning of the stacked electric core and the shell, and can be easily opened and closed to improve the efficiency of the device in overturning and welding the shell, that is, to improve the efficiency of processing the battery. This facilitates the rapid welding of first welding assembly 14, overturning assembly 15 and second welding assembly 16. After the welding of the shell of the electric core is completed, the detection assembly 17 detects the electric core, and the offline mechanical arm 18 clamps the electric core into a box after the detection to facilitate the subsequent transfer and use.
[0061] As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5 Before feeding assembly 2 places the electric core to tab processing assembly 3, in order to avoid the contact or interference of the electric core in the conveying process when the electric core is processed on tab processing assembly 3, the adjacent electric cores need to maintain the fixed spacing. Therefore, feeding assembly 2 includes adjustment assembly 204 arranged on distance adjustment table 206 and used to adjust the spacing of the electric core. In the embodiment, the number of adjustment assembly 204 is two, and they are distributed along the width direction of the electric core. One adjustment assembly 204 can adjust two electric cores, and two adjustment assemblies 204 can adjust four electric cores at a time to make the spacing of the adjacent two electric cores in the four electric cores meet the requirements of tab processing assembly 3 on the spacing of the electric core.
[0062] The adjusting assembly 204 comprises two first bearing plates 2043 arranged oppositely and capable of moving towards each other or moving away from each other. The battery cell on the battery cell conveying member 1 is transferred to the first bearing plate 2043 through the second mechanical arm 201 and the transfer plate 202 comprised in the feeding assembly 2, and is transferred to the transmission member 401 applied on the tab processing assembly 3 through the placing member 203 after the battery cell on the first bearing plate 2043 is adjusted in distance. The first bearing plate 2043 is in sliding connection with the distance adjusting table 206, and two groups of sliding members 2042 corresponding to the two groups of first bearing plates 2043 are fixedly connected to the distance adjusting table 206. The sliding member 2042 can assist the sliding of the first bearing plate 2043. The sliding member 2042 comprises a first sliding rail, the number of the first sliding rail in each group is two, and the first sliding rails in each group are distributed along the width direction of the first bearing plate 2043. A first sliding block corresponding to the two first sliding rails is fixedly connected to the first bearing plate 2043, and the first sliding block can slide along the sliding rail. A fourth cylinder 2041 for driving the two first bearing plates 2043 to move towards each other and move away from each other is arranged between the two first bearing plates 2043. The fourth cylinder 2041 is fixedly installed on the distance adjusting table 206 and located below the first bearing plate 2043. Two pistons of the fourth cylinder 2041 are fixedly connected to the corresponding first bearing plates 2043 respectively. When the two first bearing plates 2043 move towards each other, the distance between the two first bearing plates 2043 decreases. When the two first bearing plates 2043 move away from each other, the distance between the two first bearing plates 2043 increases. A deviation preventing block 2044 is fixedly connected to the edge of the first bearing plate 2043 towards the tab processing assembly 3. The top end of the deviation preventing block 2044 is higher than the upper surface of the first bearing plate 2043, and the deviation preventing block 2044 limits the battery cell on the first bearing plate 2043 to avoid deviation.
[0063] The second mechanical arm 201 driving the transfer plate 202 is arranged on the distance adjusting table 206. The second mechanical arm 201 can drive the transfer plate 202 to move in multiple axes. A plurality of groups of second suction cups for adsorbing battery cells are arranged on the transfer plate 202. Each group of second suction cups corresponds to one battery cell. In the embodiment, the second suction cups are divided into four groups. The distance between the two adjacent groups of second suction cups corresponds to the distance between the battery cells in the frame, so that one group of second suction cups adsorbs one battery cell. The number of second suction cups in each group is four and is fixedly arranged on both sides of the transfer plate 202. Specifically, two second suction cups in each group are arranged on one side of the transfer plate 202, and the other two are arranged on the other side of the transfer plate 202. The second suction cups on the same side are distributed along the length direction of the transfer plate 202. The second suction cups are fixedly connected to the transfer plate 202 through “L” type connecting pieces. The connection between the “L” type connecting piece and the transfer plate 202 is bolted connection.
[0064] The placing part 203 comprises a second connecting plate corresponding to each first bearing plate 2043, and a plurality of pull-up suction cups 2032 for adsorbing the battery cell are fixedly arranged on the second connecting plate. The second connecting plate is driven by a pull-up air cylinder 2031 to vertically displace, and the pull-up air cylinder 2031 is connected with a placing row frame 2033 arranged on the distance adjusting table 206, so that the second connecting plate can horizontally reciprocate and vertically reciprocate. The number of the second connecting plates is the same as the number of the first bearing plates 2043, that is, the number of the second connecting plates is four, and the spacing between the adjacent two second connecting plates matches the spacing of the battery cells in the tab processing assembly 3. The second connecting plate is fixedly provided with a plurality of pull-up suction cups 2032 for fixing the battery cell. Four pull-up suction cups 2032 are arranged on each second connecting plate, and the four pull-up suction cups 2032 are divided into two parts and respectively located on both sides of the second connecting plate. Each side of the two pull-up suction cups 2032 is fixedly connected with the second connecting plate through a "Z"-shaped connecting piece.
[0065] When the battery cell on the first bearing plate 2043 is translated, the placing row frame 2033 drives the first support plate to slide, thereby driving the pull-up suction cup 2032 to be located above the corresponding battery cell. Then, the pull-up air cylinder 2031 drives the pull-up suction cup 2032 to move downward to contact and adsorb the battery cell. Then, the pull-up air cylinder 2031 drives the pull-up suction cup 2032 and the battery cell to rise, and then moves to above the transmission part 401 of the tab processing assembly 3 under the driving of the placing row frame 2033. Next, the pull-up air cylinder 2031 drives the pull-up suction cup 2032 to move downward to place the battery cell on the transmission part 401 arranged on the tab processing assembly 3 and separate from the battery cell, thereby completing the feeding.
[0066] The first bearing plate 2043 is provided with a pushing piece 205 for pushing the battery cell on the first bearing plate 2043 away from one end of the placing part 203, and the pushing piece 205 comprises a pushing flat block 2054 and an eleventh air cylinder 2051 arranged on the distance adjusting table 206 and used for pushing the pushing flat block 2054 to reciprocate. Specifically, the piston end of the eleventh air cylinder 2051 is fixedly connected with a first connecting plate 2052, the first connecting plate 2052 is vertically arranged, the bottom end of the first connecting plate 2052 is fixedly connected with the piston end of the eleventh air cylinder 2051, and the top end of the first connecting plate 2052 is connected with the pushing flat block 2054. A plurality of first springs 2053 are arranged between the first connecting plate 2052 and the pushing flat block 2054, and the number of the first springs 2053 is two. A plurality of connecting rods are slidably arranged on the first connecting plate 2052, the number of the connecting rods corresponds to the number of the first springs 2053 one by one, the connecting rod is in a cylindrical structure, one end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected with a baffle to prevent the connecting rod from falling off the first connecting plate 2052, the other end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected with the pushing flat block 2054 through the first connecting plate 2052, and the first spring 2053 is sleeved on the connecting rod. After adjusting the distance between the battery cells of the first bearing plate 2043, the eleventh air cylinder 2051 drives the pushing flat block 2054 to move towards the battery cell and pushes the edge of the battery cell to cooperate with the anti-deviation block 2044 to adjust the position of the battery cell, so that the edges of the battery cells are flush, and the first spring 2053 plays a buffering role to prevent the pushing flat block 2054 from damaging the battery cell.
[0067] In the embodiment, two first protection claws are arranged on each second connecting plate, specifically, a grabbing air cylinder is fixedly connected with the second connecting plate, the grabbing air cylinder drives the two first protection claws to move towards each other or away from each other, the first protection claw comprises a fixed rod fixedly connected with the piston end of the grabbing air cylinder, a stop block is fixedly connected with the lower surface of the fixed rod, a protection part is vertically fixed with the end of the stop block away from the fixed rod, when the first protection claw moves towards each other, the protection part can enter below the battery cell, so that the suction cup 2032 is pulled up to translate the battery cell, and the battery cell is protected to prevent it from falling.
[0068] As shown in Figure 6 The tab processing assembly 3 comprises a conveying part 401, and an electrode testing part 301, an adjusting part 302, a reversing part 303, a flattening part 304, a cutting part 305, another flattening part 304 and a size testing part 306 are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the battery cell on the conveying part 401.
[0069] As shown in Figure 7As shown, the electrode test piece 301 comprises a detector 3016 and a plurality of verification heads 3014 connected with the detector 3016, and the verification heads 3014 can be in contact with the electrode tabs of the battery cell. The detector 3016 is fixedly installed on the support base 307 through a first support frame 3011, and the first support frame 3011 is provided with a first cylinder 3012 for driving the verification heads 3014 to contact or separate from the battery cell. The first support frame 3011 comprises two vertically arranged first vertical rods and a horizontally arranged first horizontal rod, the two first vertical rods are located on both sides of the transmission piece 401, and the bottom end of the first vertical rod is fixedly connected with the support base 307 in a bolted manner, and the two ends of the first horizontal rod are fixedly connected with the top ends of the two first vertical rods in a bolted manner. In the embodiment, the detector 3016 is fixedly installed on the first horizontal rod.
[0070] The first cylinder 3012 and the verification heads 3014 driven by the first cylinder 3012 form an electrode detection unit, and in the embodiment, the number of electrode detection units is four and is evenly divided into two groups, the two groups of electrode detection units are distributed at intervals along the conveying direction of the battery cell, and the electrode detection units in each group are located on both sides of the corresponding transmission piece 401, and each group of electrode detection units detects one battery cell, that is, the electrode tabs of two battery cells can be detected at the same time. In the embodiment, each electrode detection unit has four verification heads 3014.
[0071] The first cylinder 3012 and the first support frame 3011 are connected in that the first vertical rods of the first support frame 3011 are fixedly connected with detection connecting plates, the length direction of the detection connecting plate is parallel to the conveying direction of the battery cell, and the detection connecting plate and the first support frame 3011 are connected in a bolted manner; each detection connecting plate is fixedly connected with two first mounting plates 3013 in a bolted manner, and the first cylinder 3012 is fixedly installed on the first mounting plate 3013; the end of the piston rod of the first cylinder 3012 is fixedly connected with a third connecting plate, and the four verification heads 3014 are fixedly connected with the third connecting plate. The first mounting plate 3013 is fixedly connected with a plurality of supporting plates 3015 capable of supporting the electrode tabs, and the supporting plates 3015 are located at the bottom of the first mounting plate 3013 in a bolted manner.
[0072] The working process of the electrode test piece 301 is that the conveying piece 401 conveys the battery cell to the assembly station, the tab is located between the supporting plate 3015 and the verification head 3014, and the lower surface of the tab is in contact with the upper surface of the supporting plate 3015; the first cylinder 3012 drives the corresponding verification head 3014 to move downward until the verification head 3014 is in contact with the corresponding tab; the detector 3016 detects the tab to determine the positive and negative poles of the battery cell and transmits to the control system; after the detection is completed, the first cylinder 3012 drives the verification head 3014 to rise, so that the verification head 3014 is separated from the tab, and the conveying piece 401 conveys the battery cell to the next station.
[0073] As Figure 6As shown, if the electrode direction of the cell tab is correct, the adjusting member 302 does not work, and if the electrode direction of the cell tab is incorrect, the control system controls the adjusting member 302 to adjust the electrode direction thereof. The adjusting member 302 comprises a first suction cup 3024 for grabbing the cell and a clamping jaw cylinder 3025 for assisting the first suction cup 3024 to clamp, the first suction cup 3024 is vertically reciprocated by a second cylinder 3022 and is rotated by a first rotary cylinder 3023. The second cylinder 3022 is installed on the support base 307 through a second support frame 3021, wherein the second support frame 3021 comprises two vertically arranged second vertical rods and a horizontally arranged second horizontal rod, the two second vertical rods are located on both sides of the conveying member 401, and the bottom ends of the second vertical rods are fixedly connected with the support base 307 in a bolted manner, and the two ends of the second horizontal rod are fixedly connected with the top ends of the two second vertical rods in a bolted manner. The second cylinder 3022 is connected with the second support frame 3021 in the following manner: a second sliding table cylinder is fixedly installed at the center position of the second horizontal rod, the second cylinder 3022 is fixed on the sliding table of the second sliding table cylinder and can drive the second cylinder 3022 and the first suction cup 3024 to move along the cell conveying direction. The piston end of the second cylinder 3022 is connected with the first rotary cylinder 3023, the first rotary cylinder 3023 is connected with the first suction cup 3024, specifically, the piston end of the first rotary cylinder 3023 is fixedly connected with a first rotating plate, the first rotating plate is fixedly connected with two symmetrically distributed first connecting pieces, one end of the first connecting piece is fixedly connected with the first rotating plate in a bolted manner, and the other end of the first connecting piece is fixedly installed with the first suction cup 3024. Two first suction cups 3024 are installed on each first connecting piece. The first rotating plate is provided with a clamping jaw cylinder 3025, the clamping jaw cylinder 3025 is provided with two second protective claws, the two second protective claws are driven to move towards or away from each other by a clamping cylinder, the clamping cylinder is a double-acting cylinder and is fixedly installed at the center position of the first rotating plate below the first rotating plate, and the two second protective claws are correspondingly fixed on the two side pistons of the clamping cylinder. The end of the second protective claw is provided with a bent portion which can be located below the cell, and when the first suction cup 3024 grabs the cell and rotates, the bent portion of the second protective claw is located below the cell to play a protection role and avoid the cell from falling.
[0074] The working process of the adjusting piece 302 is that the electrode testing piece 301 detects the electrode of the battery cell, and if the electrode direction of the battery cell is opposite, the electrode direction needs to be adjusted through the adjusting piece 302. Specifically, the second air cylinder 3022 drives the first rotary air cylinder 3023 and the first rotating plate to move downward, thereby driving the first suction cup 3024 to move downward to contact the upper surface of the battery cell and adsorb the battery cell; the second air cylinder 3022 drives the first suction cup 3024 and the battery cell to move upward to the required position, the first rotary air cylinder 3023 drives the battery cell to rotate by 180° to adjust the electrode direction; the second air cylinder 3022 drives the first suction cup 3024 and the battery cell to move downward to place the battery cell on the conveying piece 401, and the first suction cup 3024 is separated from the battery cell and rises.
[0075] As shown in Figure 9 The reversing piece 303 includes a second supporting plate 3032 arranged on the supporting base 307, the second supporting plate 3032 is provided with a code scanning gun 3031 and two groups of clamping jaws 3037 driven by two ninth air cylinders 3036 to clamp the battery cell, each group of clamping jaws 3037 forms a clamping area, and the two clamping jaws 3037 move towards each other to make the edge of the battery cell abut against the clamping jaws 3037, and the two ninth air cylinders 3036 are driven to overturn by a second rotary air cylinder 3035 arranged on a fourth connecting plate 3034. The connection mode of the second supporting plate 3032 and the supporting base 307 is bolted connection. The connection mode of the fourth connecting plate 3034 and the second supporting plate 3032 is that the second supporting plate 3032 is fixedly connected with two parallel and vertical sliding rails, the connection mode of the two is bolted connection, and the fourth connecting plate 3034 is fixedly connected with a sliding block corresponding to the sliding rail, and the sliding block can slide along the sliding rail. The fourth connecting plate 3034 is driven to reciprocate in the vertical direction by an eighth air cylinder 3033 fixedly installed on the side of the second supporting plate 3032 away from the conveying piece 401; the fourth connecting plate 3034 is located on the side close to the conveying piece 401, a third fixed plate is vertically fixed at the center position of the top end of the fourth connecting plate 3034, the end of the third fixed plate penetrates through the second supporting plate 3032 and is fixedly connected with the end of the piston rod of the eighth air cylinder 3033, so that the eighth air cylinder 3033 can drive the fourth connecting plate 3034 to move vertically. The ninth air cylinder 3036 is a double-acting air cylinder, that is, one end of the clamping jaw 3037 is fixedly connected with the piston on both sides of the ninth air cylinder 3036, and the other end of the clamping jaw 3037 extends towards the other side of the conveying piece 401.
[0076] In the embodiment, each clamping jaw 3037 is fixedly connected with a plurality of first clamping blocks 3038 distributed along the length direction of the clamping jaw 3037, each clamping jaw 3037 has two first clamping blocks 3038, the first clamping blocks 3038 are connected with the clamping jaw 3037 in a bolted manner, and the first clamping blocks 3038 are provided with grooves with openings facing the clamping area and capable of allowing the edges of the battery cell to extend into the grooves.
[0077] In the embodiment, the fourth connecting plate 3034 is fixedly connected with two sensors corresponding to the two clamping units, the second rotating disc is fixedly connected with a sensing sheet, and the sensors can sense the sensing sheet during the rotation of the clamping jaw 3037.
[0078] The working process of the reversing piece 303 is as follows. First, the code scanning gun 3031 scans the battery cell identification. If the code scanning gun 3031 does not retrieve the battery cell identification, the eighth cylinder 3033 drives the clamping jaw 3037 to move downward to a required position, the ninth cylinder 3036 drives the two clamping jaws 3037 to move towards each other, the two clamping jaws 3037 moving towards each other makes the edges of the battery cell abut against the clamping jaw 3037, specifically, the edges of the battery cell enter the grooves and abut against the bottom of the grooves, and the battery cell is fixed; after the eighth cylinder 3033 drives the clamping jaw 3037 to move upward to a required position, the second rotating cylinder 3035 drives the clamping jaw 3037 to rotate 180°, so that the battery cell identification faces upward, and the turning over is completed; the eighth cylinder 3033 drives the clamping jaw 3037 to move downward to a position where the battery cell is located in the conveying piece 401, the ninth cylinder 3036 drives the two clamping jaws 3037 to move away from each other, and then the eighth cylinder 3033 drives the clamping jaw 3037 to move upward, so that the conveying piece 401 conveys the battery cell to a next station.
[0079] As Figure 8As shown, the flattening pieces 304 each include a plurality of upper pressing blocks 3043 and lower pressing blocks 3042 located on both sides of the conveying piece 401, and a flattening area for the entering of the cell tab is formed between the upper pressing block 3043 and the lower pressing block 3042 in each group. The flattening piece 304 further includes a third support frame 3041 fixedly connected with the support base 307. Specifically, the fourth support frame 701 includes two third vertical rods arranged vertically, and the two third vertical rods are located on both sides of the conveying piece 401 and the bottom ends of the third vertical rods are fixedly connected with the support base 307 in a bolted connection manner. Each third vertical rod is fixedly connected with a fourth fixed plate in a bolted connection manner. Each fourth fixed plate is fixedly connected with two second mounting plates 3044 distributed along the cell conveying direction, and the second mounting plate 3044 and the fourth fixed plate are connected in a bolted connection manner. Each second mounting plate 3044 is fixedly connected with two flattening cylinders 3045 arranged vertically and oppositely, and the two flattening cylinders 3045 are located at the top and the bottom of the second mounting plate 3044 respectively. The flattening cylinder 3045 located at the top is fixedly connected with the upper pressing block 3043, and the flattening cylinder 3045 located at the bottom is fixedly connected with the lower pressing block 3042. That is, in this embodiment, the flattening piece 304 can work on two cells at the same time. The flattening piece 304 flattens the cell tab once, improves the flatness of the tab, facilitates subsequent laser cutting, and improves the accuracy of the tab.
[0080] As shown in the figure, Figure 10 The cutting piece 305 includes a first camera 3057, a cutting laser 3055, and a driving row frame 3052 and a height row frame 3053 for driving the cutting laser 3055 and the first camera 3057. The first camera 3057 collects the image of the tab and transmits it to the control system, and the control system identifies the image and confirms the initial position of the cutting laser 3055. In this embodiment, the first camera 3057 and the cutting laser 3055 are referred to as a laser cutting unit, and the number of laser cutting units is two, and they are located on both sides of the conveying piece 401. One laser cutting unit can cut the tabs of two cells located on that side.
[0081] The driving row frame 3052 can drive the height row frame 3053 to reciprocate along the cell conveying direction. The height row frame 3053 is connected with a fifth mounting plate, which can drive the fifth mounting plate to reciprocate horizontally along the vertical cell conveying direction. The first camera 3057 and the cutting laser 3055 are arranged on the fifth mounting plate.
[0082] The first support frame 3051 includes two first vertical rods distributed along the cell conveying direction, and the bottom ends of the two first vertical rods are fixedly connected with the support base 307. Specifically, the bottom ends of the two first vertical rods are jointly connected with an intermediate plate, and the first vertical rod and the intermediate plate are connected in a bolted connection manner.
[0083] The fifth fixed plate is fixedly connected with a sixth fixed plate, and the two are connected in a bolted manner. The first camera 3057 is connected with the sixth fixed plate, and a light source surrounding the first camera 3057 is arranged on the sixth fixed plate, so as to improve the quality of the tab image.
[0084] A positioning pressing plate 3056 parallel to the transmission member 401 is arranged at the telescopic end of the third cylinder 3059. The positioning pressing plate 3056 is in a square plate structure, and a processing hole 3058 for exposing the tab is arranged on the positioning pressing plate 3056. The processing hole 3058 is four in number and is arranged at four corners of the positioning pressing plate 3056, and corresponds to the tabs of two battery cells, that is, one tab corresponds to one processing hole 3058. A blanking pipe 30511 is arranged at the bottom of the processing hole 3058. The side wall of the processing hole 3058 is an inclined surface, so that the cut tab waste falls into the blanking pipe 30511 for collection, so that the operator can conveniently perform subsequent processing. An avoiding hole 30510 is arranged on the side wall of the processing hole 3058. The positioning pressing plate 3056 is driven by the third cylinder 3059 to vertically reciprocate, and the positioning pressing plate 3056 can lift the tab during vertical movement, so as to reduce the influence of the transmission member 401 on the battery cell. The number of the third cylinder 3059 is two, and the third cylinder 3059 is arranged on both sides of the transmission member 401. A third bracket 30513 fixedly connected with the support base 307 is arranged below the third cylinder 3059. The third cylinder 3059 is fixedly installed on the third bracket 30513. The piston end of the third cylinder 3059 is fixedly connected with the lower surface of the positioning pressing plate 3056. A limiting slide plate 30512 is fixedly connected to each third bracket 30513. A limiting cylinder fixedly connected with the positioning pressing plate 3056 is arranged on the limiting slide plate 30512, so as to keep the stability of the movement of the positioning pressing plate 3056. A waste gas exhaust pipe 3054 is arranged on the fifth mounting plate, for exhausting the gas generated by laser cutting.
[0085] The working process of the cutting member 305 is as follows. The battery cell is conveyed to above the positioning pressing plate 3056 by the transmission member 401. Then, the third cylinder 3059 lifts the positioning pressing plate 3056 to hold the battery cell. Then, the driving rack 3052 drives the first camera 3057 to collect the image of the corresponding tab and transmit it to the control system. The control system identifies the image and confirms the initial position of the cutting laser 3055 and the cutting path of the cutting laser 3055. After the cutting laser 3055 cuts the corresponding tab, another tab on the same side is cut again. After the four tabs are cut, the positioning pressing plate 3056 moves downward, and then the transmission member 401 conveys the battery cell to the dimension inspection member 306 arranged on the support base 307. Figure 6As shown, the size inspection piece 306 includes an inspection frame 3061 fixedly arranged on the support base 307, the inspection frame 3061 is arranged on both sides of the transmission piece 401 in a symmetrical manner to correspond to the position of the cut tab, and the inspection frame 3061 is provided with an inspection head 3062 for detecting the length of the cut tab, thereby determining whether the trimming meets the requirements.
[0086] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 , after the tab is processed, the transfer robot 9 cooperates with the corresponding transfer chuck to place the battery cell after the cutting process on the adhesive assembly 4. As shown in Figure 11 、 Figure 12 、 Figure 13 and Figure 14 , the adhesive assembly 4 includes an adhesive assembly 4 for adhering the adhesive film on the battery cell, and the adhesive assembly 4 corresponds to a stacking assembly 5 capable of stacking the battery cell after adhering the adhesive film together, the adhesive assembly 4 includes a carrying base 402, the carrying base 402 is provided with a transmission piece 401 and a back adhesive structure, a protective adhesive structure, a tearing piece 407, an observation piece 408, a leveling piece 409 and an auxiliary piece 4010 arranged in sequence along the transmission piece 401, thereby adhering the corresponding adhesive film on the multiple battery cells constituting the complete soft package battery according to the requirements, so as to facilitate the subsequent stacking and combination of multiple battery cells. As shown in Figure 15 and Figure 16 , the stacking assembly 5 includes a stacking robot 502 and a transfer robot 507, the stacking robot 502 is provided with a checking piece 501, a buffer area 503 and a stacking piece 505 within the operating range of the stacking robot 502, so as to sequentially detect and transfer the battery cell after adhering to the stacking piece 505 for stacking. The transfer robot 507 can transfer the multiple battery cells stacked and combined by the transfer robot 507 through the matching suction accessory 504, that is, to the first clamping tray 19 in the subsequent transmission piece 401, and the opening and closing of the first clamping tray 19 is realized through the opening assembly 506 arranged on the transmission piece 401, thereby enabling the transfer robot 507 to place the stacked battery cell into the first clamping tray 19 and then close and position it, and then subsequent processing steps can be performed.
[0087] The buffer area 503 can also be arranged within the working range of the transfer robot 9, thereby replacing the good battery cell when the battery cell tab cutting is wrong to perform subsequent processing, thereby improving the yield of the final battery cell pretreatment product.
[0088] As shown in Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 11 、 Figure 12 、 Figure 14 and Figure 16As shown, the transmission member 401 includes a transmission belt 4011 driven by a power source on a bearing base 402, and a plurality of placing racks 4012 for storing and stably transmitting soft-pack battery cells are uniformly arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the transmission belt 4011. The edges of the placing racks 4012 are slidingly fitted with guide rails 4013, which are fixedly arranged on the bearing base 402 or the support base 307, to ensure the stability of the transmission belt 4011 in stably transmitting the soft-pack battery cells for adhesive application. The back adhesive application structure and the protective adhesive application structure each include a turnover member 405, an auxiliary member 4010, a glue applying member 403, and a rolling member 406 arranged along the transmission direction of the transmission belt 4011, so as to turn the battery cells to the corresponding side as needed, and then stably apply the back adhesive or protective adhesive sheet in the corresponding order for battery cell adhesive application. The turnover member 405 includes a turnover rack 4051 arranged on the bearing base 402, and a third rotary air cylinder 4053 driven by a lifting air cylinder 4054 is arranged on the turnover rack 4051. The third rotary air cylinder 4053 drives two positioning claws 4052 driven by an opening and closing air cylinder 4055. After the placing rack 4012 carrying the battery cell passes through, the opening and closing air cylinder 4055 drives the two positioning claws 4052 to clamp the battery cell according to the control of the existing electric control system. Then, the lifting air cylinder 4054 lifts the battery cell to a certain height, and the third rotary air cylinder 4053 turns the battery cell to turn it over and reset it into the placing rack 4012 for subsequent processing. After the battery cell is turned over by the turnover member 405 or without turning over, the battery cell travels along the running direction of the transmission belt 4011, and finally the auxiliary member 4010 on the bearing base 402 repeatedly arranges the position of the battery cell in the placing rack 4012, so as to ensure the accuracy of subsequent processing of the battery cell. The auxiliary member 4010 includes an auxiliary rack 40104 arranged on the bearing base 402, and a bidirectional air cylinder 40102 is slidingly arranged on the auxiliary rack 40104. The two telescopic ends of the bidirectional air cylinder 40102 are each provided with a lifting clamping claw 40101, and the bidirectional air cylinder 40102 is driven by a push-lifting air cylinder 40103 arranged on the auxiliary rack 40104. When the battery cell is displaced to the auxiliary member 4010, the push-lifting air cylinder 40103 drives the bidirectional air cylinder 40102 and the lifting clamping claw 40101 to approach the corresponding battery cell. Then, the bidirectional air cylinder 40102 drives the two lifting clamping claws 40101 to clamp the battery cell, so as to reset the battery cell in the placing rack 4012. The turnover member 405 is also provided with a centering member 404 fixed on the bearing base 402. The centering member 404 includes a centering rack 4041 fixedly arranged on the bearing base 402, and a centering air cylinder 4042 is fixedly arranged on the top of the centering rack 4041. The centering air cylinder 4042 is connected with a push block 4043 through a centering spring 4044. The push block 4043 can press the battery cell clamped by the two positioning claws 4052 under the pushing of the centering air cylinder 4042, so as to further accurately position the battery cell in the placing rack 4012.The upper gluing member 403 comprises a feeding column 4031 vertically distributed with the conveying belt 4011 and arranged on the bearing base 402. The feeding column 4031 can vertically extend and retract and can cyclically displace in the vertical direction towards the conveying belt 4011. The bottom of the vertically extending and retracting end of the feeding column 4031 corresponds to a plurality of glue storage racks 4032 fixedly arranged on the bearing base 402. The glue storage rack 4032 is composed of four guide bars distributed at the four corners of the film and fixedly arranged on the bearing base 402, thereby being capable of storing a plurality of films to facilitate the adsorption of the adsorption rack 4033 arranged at the vertically extending and retracting end of the feeding column 4031, and being placed on the film tearing platform arranged on the bearing base 402 with the displacement of the feeding column 4031. The film tearing platform corresponds to a glue tearing clamp jaw 4036 driven by a film tearing column arranged on the bearing base 402. The glue tearing clamp jaw 4036 can cooperate with the film tearing column to tear off the release paper film on one side of the corresponding film. When the glue tearing clamp jaw 4036 is released, the waste box 4034 corresponding to the film tearing displacement range of the glue tearing clamp jaw 4036 and arranged on the bearing base 402 collects the torn release paper film, thereby facilitating the subsequent processing by the operator. Specifically, how the feeding column 4031 drives the adsorption rack 4033 and the film corresponds to the glue tearing clamp jaw 4036 to complete the glue tearing operation is achieved by the sensor arranged on the bearing base 402 and corresponding to the glue tearing clamp jaw 4036 cooperating with the corresponding electric control system. The use of what kind of sensor and electric control system and how the sensor and electric control system cooperate to achieve the glue tearing operation should be understood as prior art. After the film tearing is completed, the film after the film tearing can be adsorbed and placed on the battery cell by the film pasting robot arm 4035, which is positioned by the auxiliary member 4010. After the film is pasted on the battery cell and the wire position is aligned by the auxiliary member 4010 and the aligning member 404, the rolling member 406 distributed along the conveying direction of the conveying belt 4011 and fixedly arranged on the bearing base 402 is used to roll the film release paper on the side not torn by the film or the side not provided with adhesive for protection of the protective glue, thereby improving the stability and flatness of the film adhering to the battery cell, i.e., the stable adhesion of the film to the battery cell. The opening and closing cylinder 4055 and the two positioning claws 4052 are arranged in two groups, which can improve the efficiency of positioning and turning the battery cell. The rolling member 406 comprises a rolling column 4061 fixedly arranged on the bearing base 402. The rolling column 4061 is driven by a rolling wheel 4062 to roll the film and improve the adhesion stability of the film to the battery cell.
[0089] After the soft package battery is completed by pasting adhesive on one side of the plurality of battery cells in the middle of the soft package battery and on the side of the battery cells towards the center of the plurality of battery cells, and by pasting protective glue on the outside of the outermost two battery cells of the soft package battery, the soft package battery will be sequentially subjected to the processes of tearing off the release paper film that has not been torn off the adhesive film, detecting the quality of the pasted glue, extruding and flattening the battery cell tabs, and flattening the position of the wires, by means of the glue tearing member 407, the observation member 408 and the flattening member 409 provided on the bearing base 402. The glue tearing member 407 includes a glue tearing row frame 4071 fixedly provided on the bearing base 402, and a finger air cylinder 4072 driven by the glue tearing row frame 4071, so as to remove the release paper protective film that has not been torn off the adhesive film under the driving of the glue tearing row frame 4071. The observation member 408 includes an observation frame 4081 fixedly provided on the bearing base 402, and an observation head 4082 provided above the transmission belt 4011, which is in the structure of a camera, so as to observe the quality of the pasted glue by shooting the pasted state of the battery cell. The flattening member 409 includes two flattening frames 4091 fixedly provided on the bearing base 402, which are provided at the opposite ends of the transmission belt 4011. The opposite ends of the two flattening frames 4091 are fixedly provided with a top pressing air cylinder 4092 and a lower clamping head 4094. The movable end of the top pressing air cylinder 4092 towards the lower clamping head 4094 is provided with an upper clamping head 4093. The upper clamping head 4093 and the lower clamping head 4094 can pass the tabs of the battery cell, so as to press the upper clamping head 4093 under the driving of the top pressing air cylinder 4092, thereby flattening the tabs of the battery cell. Finally, the auxiliary member 4010 can be used for auxiliary alignment, so as to facilitate the subsequent stacking assembly 5 to stack the plurality of battery cells one by one, so as to bond the plurality of battery cells together.
[0090] The checking member 501 can detect the electrode lug of the battery cell after the adhesive is pasted and whether the adhesive exceeds the edge of the battery cell. The checking member 501 includes a second bearing frame 5013 arranged on the bearing base 402 corresponding to the tail of the conveying belt 4011. The second bearing frame 5013 is provided with a light board 5011 corresponding to the position of the electrode lug of the battery cell. The light board 5011 is a square lampshade with a light source inside, which can position the battery cell by supporting the electrode lug to avoid the adhesive adhesion. The top of the second bearing frame 5013 corresponding to the light board 5011 is provided with an electrode lug observation head 5012. The electrode lug observation head 5012 can detect the integrity of the electrode lug of the battery cell and whether the adhesive exceeds the edge of the battery cell to cover part of the electrode lug. The battery cell after detection can be grabbed by the stacking mechanical arm 502 cooperating with the corresponding suction accessory 504 and conveyed into the stacking member 505. The suction accessory 504 on the stacking mechanical arm 502 is provided with a release material to hold and place the battery cell with adhesive. If the electrode lug is found to be broken, damaged or the adhesive position is offset after being detected by the checking member 501, the corresponding battery cell will be placed in the buffer area 503 and the corresponding good battery cell placed in advance will be grabbed from the buffer area 503 and stacked in the stacking member 505. The stacking member 505 includes a rotating table 5054. The rotating disc edge of the rotating table 5054 is symmetrically provided with two storage racks 5051. The storage rack 5051 is a rectangular frame with a top corner limit and is fixed on the rotating disc to facilitate the stacking mechanical arm 502 to place the detected battery cell into the storage rack 5051, so that the gravity of the plurality of battery cells can make the plurality of battery cells extrude the adhesive to realize the stacking combination of the plurality of battery cells. The side of the storage rack 5051 towards the center of the rotating disc is provided with a stacking row frame 5052. The top of the stacking row frame 5052 is provided with a gland plate 5053. After all the battery cells of one battery are placed in the storage rack 5051, the gland plate 5053 is driven by the stacking row frame 5052 to press the top battery cell to make all the battery cells adhere more tightly. The checking member 501 and the stacking mechanical arm 502 are both provided with two to cooperate with the two storage racks 5051 arranged on the rotating table 5054 to improve the stacking efficiency of the battery cell. After the stacking of the battery cell is completed, the rotating table 5054 will rotate the controlled storage rack 5051 to the working range of the stacking mechanical arm 502. At the same time, the gland plate 5053 of the other storage rack 5051 will be driven by the stacking row frame 5052 to separate and move to the working range of the transfer mechanical arm 507. Then the transfer mechanical arm 507 will grab and transfer to convey the stacked battery cell to the first clamping tray 19 arranged on the conveying member 6. At the same time, the opening assembly 506 arranged in the conveying member 6 is used to open the first clamping tray 19, so that the transfer mechanical arm 507 can place the stacked battery cell into the first clamping tray 19. Then the conveying member 401 will convey the first clamping tray 19 in the open state and with the stacked battery cell inside to the assembly station 8 to install the busbar and close the first clamping tray 19. Next, the conveying member 6 will convey the first clamping tray 19 in the closed state clamping the battery cell and the busbar to the bending assembly 7 for bending treatment.The models of the stacking robot 502, the rotating table 5054, the transfer robot 507, the observation head 4082, and the tab observation head 5012, and how they work together through the electric control device, should all be understood as prior art.
[0091] The opening assembly 506 includes a bearing on the conveying member 401 and a vertical telescopic member on the bearing. The vertical telescopic member can drive a longitudinal telescopic member connected to the vertical telescopic member. The longitudinal telescopic member is provided with a driving member. The driving member can be connected to the screw included in the tray. Specifically, the driving member is connected to the rotating disc provided at the end of the screw. After the operator adjusts, the driving member can be automatically controlled to be connected to the rotating disc, and the screw is driven to rotate forward and backward to open or close the clamping structure, so as to release or clamp the battery assembly, and process the battery assembly.
[0092] The bearing includes a gantry fixed by a foot plate. The gantry is internally provided with two symmetrical reinforcing beams to improve the structural stability of the gantry. The outer side of the gantry is symmetrically provided with two fourth bearing plates included in the two vertical telescopic members. The two fourth bearing plates are fixedly provided with telescopic cylinders. The telescopic ends of the two telescopic cylinders are arranged towards the foot plate, and the telescopic ends of the two telescopic cylinders are fixedly connected with the two ends of the displacement frame in the length direction, to drive the displacement frame to vertically displace under the support of the gantry. The gantry is provided with a sliding rail in sliding cooperation with the displacement frame, to ensure the stability of the movement of the displacement frame. The displacement frame is fixedly provided with a driving plate included in the longitudinal telescopic member. The driving plate is fixedly provided with a driving motor. The output shaft of the driving motor is provided with a control screw. The control screw is threadedly connected with a moving plate. The moving plate is in sliding cooperation with the auxiliary guide rail provided on the driving plate. The moving plate is fixedly provided with a control motor included in the driving member. The output shaft of the control motor is fixedly provided with a matching disc. The matching disc is uniformly provided with a plurality of connecting columns. The plurality of connecting columns can be connected with the connecting holes opened on the rotating disc, to drive the screw to rotate forward and backward. The moving plate is fixedly provided with a positioner at the position of the connecting column. Specifically, the positioner is a laser depth finder. The positioner can cooperate with the electromechanical system to determine the moving position of the moving plate, so that the connecting column and the connecting hole can be stably connected, and the relative positions of the connecting column and the connecting hole are maintained. The ring formed by the plurality of connecting columns is connected with the plurality of connecting holes opened in the ring shape on the rotating disc, to facilitate the adjustment of the operator. The positioner, the control motor, the driving motor, and the telescopic cylinder can be controlled by the electromechanical system. Specifically, how the electromechanical system is set, how it is controlled, and how it is adjusted and applied should all be understood as prior art, so as to be controlled by the operator after adjustment. The control motor and the driving motor are forward and reverse stepping motors, so as to be controlled by the electromechanical system.
[0093] The first clamping tray 19 has a rectangular bottom plate provided with guide rollers at four corners, and a cushion stand, a clamping assembly and a clamping assembly are arranged on the bottom plate. The clamping assembly is located in the width direction of the cushion stand, and the clamping assembly is located in the length direction of the cushion stand. The top of the cushion stand is fixedly provided with a placing plate which can carry a battery assembly including a soft package battery cell and cooperates with the clamping assembly to clamp and position the soft package battery cell. The clamping assembly includes a fixed clamping jaw and a movable clamping jaw. The fixed clamping jaw is fixed on the bottom plate, and the movable clamping jaw is provided with two adjusting slides at the bottom, which are in sliding fit with the auxiliary slide rails on the bottom plate. The two adjusting slides are provided with a control screw threadedly connected with the movable clamping jaw. The opposite surfaces of the fixed clamping jaw and the movable clamping jaw are provided with protective pads made of elastic rubber material to protect the surface of the soft package battery cell in the battery assembly during clamping of the movable clamping jaw and the fixed clamping jaw. The control screw can control the displacement of the movable clamping jaw, so that the distance between the movable clamping jaw and the fixed clamping jaw is convenient for the operator to operate. The end of the control screw penetrating through the movable clamping jaw and the corresponding bearing seat is fixedly provided with a butt joint wheel which can cooperate with the corresponding opening assembly 506 to assist the operator to adjust the position of the movable clamping jaw by machine. The clamping assembly includes a positioning plate arranged on one side of the placing plate in the length direction, and the positioning plate is vertically slidably arranged on the bottom plate. Specifically, the positioning plate is fixedly provided with a slide strip on both sides in the width direction of the placing plate, and the slide strip is slidably arranged on the slide rail seat fixed on the bottom plate. The positioning plate is provided with an adjusting waist groove, and a plurality of plug-in blocks are connected to the adjusting waist groove through screws, so that the operator can adjust the position of the plug-in block according to different soft package battery processing conditions. The plug-in block can be inserted between the bus plate and the soft package battery cell to position the distance between the bus plate and the soft package battery cell, and align the soft package battery cell in the length direction to the designed position, and make the tab penetrating through the bus plate and bending in stable contact with the bus plate. The plug-in block can cooperate with the stabilizing block fixedly arranged on the top surface of the positioning plate to form a clamping area to clamp and position the bus plate. A power groove is formed in the center of the positioning plate, and the power groove is arranged in an inclined manner. A power column is slidably arranged in the power groove. Specifically, a wear-resistant wheel is rotatably arranged outside the power column to reduce the mutual friction of the power column when sliding in the power groove, so that the power column can easily slide in the power groove. The power column is fixedly connected with a pushing slide plate, and the pushing slide plate is slidably arranged on the supporting slide rail on the bottom plate, and the pushing slide plate is provided with a screw column. In specific use, the operator can drive the pushing slide plate to drive the power column and the wear-resistant wheel to displace in the power groove, and then cooperate with the inclined power groove to make the positioning plate stably vertically displace under the support of the slide strip and the slide rail seat. When the positioning plate vertically upwardly displaces, the plug-in block will first be inserted between the bus plate and the soft package battery cell, and then guide the soft package battery cell and the bus plate to maintain a corresponding distance, and guide the soft package battery cell to displace to the designed position. With the gradual rising of the positioning plate, the bus plate will enter the clamping area to further position the bus plate.After the positioning plate is moved into position, the operator can rotate the screw to press the bottom plate to stabilize the position of the positioning plate, thereby maintaining the stability of the subsequent soft-pack battery cell processing. After repeatedly operating the two clamping assemblies, the two busbars and the plurality of soft-pack battery cells can be positioned at the designed positions on the placement plate. Finally, the operator can operate the clamping assembly to clamp the plurality of soft-pack battery cells to process the subsequent battery assembly.
[0094] The cover plate member includes a pressing plate for covering the top of the plurality of soft-pack battery cells, and a clamping hole is formed in the pressing plate. The clamping hole can be clamped with the clamping head fixed on the top of the movable clamping jaw and the fixed clamping jaw to position itself. At the same time, the clamping hole can also limit the position of the fixed clamping jaw and the movable clamping jaw to maintain the stability of the fixed clamping jaw and the movable clamping jaw in positioning the plurality of soft-pack battery cells. The two sides of the length direction of the cover plate member are provided with a plurality of fixing blocks and a plurality of auxiliary blocks. The auxiliary block and the fixing block can form a positioning area for clamping the busbar, and the positioning area can cooperate with the clamping area to further stabilize the relative position of the busbar. The auxiliary block is connected with the matching waist groove formed in the pressing plate through a screw, so as to facilitate the operator to adjust the position of the auxiliary block to adapt to the tab of the soft-pack battery cell.
[0095] The opening assembly 506 includes a docking column that can cooperate with the docking wheel included in the first clamping tray 19. The docking wheel can drive the control screw to rotate, and then the operator can move the movable clamping jaw to expose enough space for the placement plate. Then the operator can place the corresponding number of soft-pack battery cells on the placement plate. Next, the operator can sequentially push the two clamping assemblies to stably position the busbar connected by the tabs of the soft-pack battery cells, and stably place the plurality of soft-pack battery cells at the designed position of the placement plate. After the plurality of soft-pack battery cells are clamped and positioned, the cover plate member can be placed on the top of the plurality of soft-pack battery cells, and the clamping hole can be clamped with the clamping head provided on the top of the fixed clamping jaw and the movable clamping jaw to further stabilize the relative position of the fixed clamping jaw and the movable clamping jaw, i.e. to stabilize the clamping of the plurality of soft-pack battery cells.
[0096] As Figure 17As shown, the bending assembly 7 has a fourth support frame 701 provided with the conveying member 6 at the center, and a work frame 702 provided on the fourth support frame 701, the work frame 702 is sequentially provided with a bending member 706 and a flattening assembly 708 along the conveying direction of the conveying member 6, and the work frame 702 is provided with a measuring assembly 703 for determining the position of the first clamping tray 19 conveyed by the conveying member 6. After the first clamping tray 19 conveyed by the conveying member 6 is detected by the measuring assembly 703, two lifting assemblies 704 will be operated to stably hold and lift the first clamping tray 19 at the corresponding position upward. Specifically, the lifting assembly 704 includes a lifting cylinder provided in the fourth support frame 701 and a butt joint plate provided on the moving end of the lifting cylinder, the butt joint plate can be clamped with the bottom surface of the first clamping tray 19, and then stably push the corresponding first clamping tray 19 upward, so that the tab included in the plurality of battery cells clamped by the first clamping tray 19 corresponds to the bending member 706 or the flattening assembly 708 to perform the corresponding processing procedure. The bending member 706 and the flattening assembly 708 can sequentially bend and flatten the tabs of the plurality of battery cells.
[0097] The conveying member 6 is a structure of two chain wheels driving two chains arranged at intervals, thereby being able to connect the two side edges of the bottom of the first clamping tray 19, and then stably drive the first clamping tray 19 to displace, so as to improve the processing efficiency of the plurality of battery cells clamped by the first clamping tray 19. Figure 18As shown, the bending piece 706 includes two symmetrically arranged bending rows arranged on the working frame 702, and the bending rows include first rows 7061 arranged on the working frame 702, spaces for the plurality of battery cells are formed between the two first rows 7061, the first rows 7061 drive second rows 7062, the second rows 7062 are provided with connecting frames 7063, the connecting frames 7063 are fixedly provided with third bearing plates 7064 at the bottom, the third bearing plates 7064 are provided with bending plates 7066, the bending plates 7066 can be driven by the first rows 7061 and the second rows 7062 to bend the tabs of the plurality of battery cells lifted by the lifting assembly 704, and can also bend the tabs of the plurality of battery cells at different positions. Specifically, the second rows 7062 drive the bending plates 7066 to approach the tabs, the first rows 7061 drive the second rows 7062 to make the bending plates 7066 press the tabs to bend to the corresponding side, that is, the tabs can be bent to the required direction to adapt to the assembly formula of the corresponding plurality of battery cells, and the formula is a specific positive and negative electrode connection mode. During the bending process, the roller provided at the end of the bending plate 7066 is used to reduce the friction between the bending plate 7066 and the tab, that is, to reduce the damage to the surface of the tab caused by the bending plate 7066, thereby reducing the probability of affecting the subsequent contact of the tab to cause the transmission power quality to decrease. The third bearing plate 7064 is fixedly provided with a limiting frame, the bending plate 7066 is movably connected with the limiting frame through a relief spring and a limiting column, and in the process of bending the tab by the bending plate 7066, the relief spring slows down the hard pushing of the bending plate 7066 during the bending process of the tab, that is, reduces the probability of damage caused by the hard bending of the tab. The bending plate 7066 and the limiting frame are both provided with two, and the spacing between the two bending plates 7066 is equal to the spacing between the two tabs of the plurality of battery cells, so as to simultaneously bend the two tabs of the plurality of battery cells, that is, to improve the efficiency of bending the tabs of the plurality of battery cells. The two limiting frames are slidably connected with impact pieces 7065 along the transmission direction of the conveying piece 6, and the two impact pieces 7065 are driven by a bending cylinder 7067 arranged on the third bearing plate 7064, so as to impact the tab to reinforce the bending degree and flatness of the bent tab after the tab is bent in place by the bending plate 7066.
[0098] As Figure 19As shown, the flattening assembly 708 includes a flattening frame symmetrically arranged on both sides of the tab of the plurality of battery cells, and the flattening frame includes a third row frame 7081 and a fourth row frame 7082 arranged on the working frame 702, and the space for the plurality of battery cells is formed between the two third row frames 7081, and the vertical telescopic frame 7083 is arranged on the fourth row frame 7082, and the vertical telescopic frame 7083 is connected with the vertical bearing block 7086, and the auxiliary plate 7084 is matched with the bearing block 7086, and the end of the auxiliary plate 7084 towards the tab is provided with the roller 7085. Specifically, the third row frame 7081 can drive the fourth row frame 7082 to displace, and then the vertical telescopic frame 7083, the bearing block 7086, the auxiliary plate 7084 and the roller 7085 can be displaced to correspond to the tabs at different positions of the plurality of battery cells. The fourth row frame 7082 can drive the vertical telescopic frame 7083 to approach the tab position, and then the roller 7085 can be pressed through the bent tab by the bearing block 7086 and the auxiliary plate 7084, and then the state of the bent tab can be further reinforced, and the tab bending surface can also be kept flat. The bearing block 7086 and the auxiliary plate 7084 are slidingly matched, and the auxiliary spring is arranged between the end surface of the auxiliary plate 7084 and the movable end of the vertical telescopic frame 7083, so as to adapt to the condition that the fourth row frame 7082 moves too much, and the hard rolling can be changed to soft rolling to a certain extent, so as to reduce the stress concentration of the tab caused by hard pressing, or reduce the tab fracture caused by hard pressing.
[0099] As Figure 18 and Figure 19As shown, the working frame 702 is provided with a pressing assembly 707 at both the bending member 706 and the flattening assembly 708, so as to cooperate with the lifting assembly 704 to press the plurality of battery cells during the processing of the plurality of cell tabs by the bending member 706 and the flattening assembly 708, that is, to reduce the displacement of the plurality of battery cells during the processing of the plurality of cell tabs, so as to ensure the quality of the tab bending of the plurality of battery cells. The pressing assembly 707 comprises a pressing frame 7071 fixedly arranged on the working frame 702, the pressing frame 7071 is arranged between the two first rows of frames 7061 or the two third rows of frames 7081, a pressing cylinder 7072 is fixedly arranged at the center of the pressing frame 7071, a moving plate is fixedly arranged at the extension end of the pressing cylinder 7072, and a pressing plate is elastically connected to one side of the moving plate facing the plurality of battery cells. After the lifting assembly 704 moves the first clamping tray 19 and the plurality of battery cells to a suitable height, the pressing cylinder 7072 drives the moving plate and the pressing plate to press the plurality of battery cells, and then cooperates with the lifting assembly 704 to stabilize the position of the plurality of battery cells, so as to ensure the relative position of the plurality of battery cells during the tab bending process, thereby maintaining the quality of the tab bending. Two slide columns are symmetrically fixedly arranged on one side of the moving plate facing the pressing frame 7071, and the two slide columns are in sliding fit with two slide sleeves arranged on the pressing frame 7071, so as to maintain the stability of the vertical movement of the moving plate, that is, to maintain the accuracy and stability of clamping and positioning the plurality of battery cells. An active column is slidably arranged at each corner of the moving plate away from the pressing frame 7071, and a buffer spring is sleeved on the active column. The arrangement of the buffer spring can reduce the vibration during the extension and retraction of the lifting assembly 704 and the pressing cylinder 7072 when the pressing plate presses the plurality of battery cells, and can also reduce the damage to the plurality of battery cells caused by excessive pressing force of the lifting assembly 704 and the pressing cylinder 7072. The pressing plate is provided with a load connecting plate 7073 fixedly arranged on both sides of the tab of the plurality of battery cells, the load connecting plate 7073 is provided with a detection frame 7074 fixedly arranged on one side of the tab of the plurality of battery cells, and the detection frame 7074 is provided with a position detector 7075 arranged on one side of the plurality of tabs. Specifically, the position detector 7075 comprises an infrared receiving end and an infrared emitting end, and the infrared receiving end and the infrared emitting end are arranged along the distribution direction of the plurality of tabs on one side. During the bending and flattening of the tab, if it is not flat or the bending is not in place, the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitting end of the position detector 7075 will not be received by the infrared receiving end, and then corresponding feedback can be performed to control the bending member 706 and the flattening assembly 708 to repeat the bending and flattening operation. The flattening assembly 708 can further reinforce the bending stability of the tab after the tab is bent and transported by a certain transportation member 6. The position detector 7075 arranged on the flattening assembly 708 is closer to the corresponding side tab than the position detector 7075 arranged on the bending member 706, thereby further enhancing the stability of the tab bending connection.Specifically, the detection frame 7074 is U-shaped, and the concave part of the detection frame 7074 can cover the corresponding tabs of multiple battery cells, so that the infrared receiver and infrared transmitter are arranged along the distribution direction of multiple tabs on one side to perform detection operations on multiple tabs.
[0100] like Figure 20 As shown, the tab welding assembly 10 has a support frame 1001. Along the length of the support frame 1001, a feeder 1003 and a tab welding component 1005 are arranged sequentially. Importantly, an auxiliary welding component 1002 and a welding guide 1006 are mounted above the feeder 1003. These two components work in conjunction with the tab welding component 1005 to complete the tab welding process. The feeder 1003 is responsible for precisely positioning the first clamping tray 19 and the pouch battery pack conveyed on the transport component 6 to the corresponding positions of the auxiliary welding component 1002 and the welding guide 1006. Subsequently, through adjustment by the feeder 1003, the pouch battery pack is lifted to a specific height, ensuring precise alignment of its tabs with the auxiliary welding component 1002 and the welding guide 1006. Furthermore, this process elevates the pouch battery pack into a relatively independent space, aiming to reduce interference from external factors and thus ensure the accuracy and stability of the tab welding operation. Once the pouch battery pack has moved to the designated position, the auxiliary welding component 1002 adjusts its posture, causing the welding guide 1006 to initially align with the tabs of the pouch battery pack. Simultaneously, the welding guide 1006 performs precise measurements, and the auxiliary welding component 1002 adjusts accordingly to ensure accurate alignment between the welding guide 1006 and the tabs. Next, the welding guide 1006, in conjunction with the tab welding component 1005, welds the tabs. After welding one side of the tabs, the delivery component 1003 rotates the pouch battery pack and repeats the above operation to complete welding on the other side. Once both sides of the tabs are welded, the delivery component 1003 reverses its rotation, transferring the welded pouch battery pack back to the transport component 6 for subsequent processing steps.
[0101] like Figure 21As shown, the structure of the distributing member 1003 includes a transmission frame 10039 corresponding to the conveying member 6, and two transmission shafts 10031 are assembled on the transmission frame 10039, one of which is driven by a driving motor to realize forward and reverse rotation. The two transmission shafts 10031 are each provided with a conveying sprocket to drive the conveying chain 10032 tensioned on the two transmission shafts 10031 to rotate circularly, which aims to improve the transmission efficiency and ensure the stable transmission of the soft-pack battery pack. The conveying chain 10032 is composed of two chains, and the links are arranged in one-to-one correspondence and parallel. The outer side of the link is clamped with the two bottoms of the protective sheet, which is designed in an inverted U shape to protect the surface of the soft-pack battery pack and increase the friction of the soft-pack battery pack during transmission, thereby reducing the risk of slipping on the conveying chain 10032. The driving motor is a forward and reverse stepping motor, which has a simple structure, convenient control, and reliable operation, and can realize the forward and reverse circulation of the two transmission chains, thereby realizing the stable bidirectional transmission of the soft-pack battery pack, improving the flexibility of the equipment, and ensuring the smooth progress of the production process. The conveying sprocket and the conveying chain 10032 are each provided with two, which are respectively installed at the two ends of the transmission shaft 10031 inside the transmission frame 10039, which aims to enhance the carrying capacity of the distributing member 1003 and ensure the stability of the soft-pack battery pack after moving to the vertical position of the station. A push-up cylinder 10035 connected to the fixed frame 1001 is arranged between the two transmission chains, which is driven to rotate by the cam divider 10038 arranged on the fixed frame 1001. The extension end of the push-up cylinder 10035 is fixedly installed with a lifting disc 10033, and the edge of the lifting disc 10033 corresponds to the measuring instrument 10036 arranged on the fixed frame 1001, which is an infrared sensor. When the infrared ray emitted by the measuring instrument 10036 is blocked by the first clamping tray 19 holding the battery pack, the two conveying chains 10032 will stop running, and then the push-up cylinder 10035 will push the lifting disc 10033 to drive the first clamping tray 19 and the battery pack to move up to the corresponding height position. The fixed frame 1001 is provided with a pressure wheel 10034 corresponding to the two sides of the lifting disc 10033 in the direction of rotation of the conveying chain 10032, which is pushed by the auxiliary cylinder arranged on the fixed frame 1001. When the first clamping tray 19 is pushed to the appropriate height and the angle is adjusted by the cam divider 10038, the two pressure wheels 10034 will clamp and position the first clamping tray 19, thereby further ensuring the stability of the tab welding member 1005 during the welding of the tabs. The fixed frame 1001 is also provided with a limiting block 10037 driven by a limiting cylinder to move vertically, which can prevent the position from changing due to the vibration of the push-up cylinder 10035 during the upward and downward movement or angle change of the first clamping tray 19.This is intended to reduce the possibility of positional change between the first clamping tray 19 and the auxiliary welding member 1002 and the guide welding member 1006 after the transition angle of the push-up cylinder 10035, that is, to reduce the time of repeated calibration of the auxiliary welding member 1002 and the guide welding member 1006 with the tab to ensure the efficiency of the tab welding process. When the first clamping tray 19 needs to be input or output, the restriction cylinder allows the restriction block 10037 to move downward, so that the first clamping tray 19 can stably pass to achieve input or output.
[0102] As Figure 22As shown, the auxiliary welding member 1002 includes an auxiliary welding frame 10021 and a longitudinal frame 10022 arranged on the fixed frame 1001. The auxiliary welding frame 10021 is fixedly installed with a push-up cylinder 10035 at the center, the push-up cylinder 10035 is driven with a push plate 10026, the four corners of the push plate 10026 are all arranged with telescopic rods 10027, the telescopic ends of the four telescopic rods 10027 are all fixedly connected with push plates 10029, and the periphery of the telescopic rod 10027 is surrounded by damping springs 10028 arranged between the push plate 10029 and the push plate 10026. After the soft-pack battery pack is pushed to the appropriate height by the push-up cylinder 10035, the auxiliary cylinder 10025 will drive the push plate 10029 and the push plate 10026 to press the top of the battery pack after the angle adjustment of the soft-pack battery pack is completed, so as to further stabilize the position of the soft-pack battery pack, that is, to maintain the position stability of the tab during the processing process. During the process that the push plate 10029 presses the soft-pack battery pack, the damping spring 10028 will reduce the vibration generated when the auxiliary cylinder 10025 is elongated to press the soft-pack battery pack, thereby reducing the position change of the soft-pack battery pack caused by the vibration. The longitudinal frame 10022 drives the transverse frame 10023 to displace along the longitudinal direction, and the transverse frame 10023 drives the guide welding member 1006 to displace transversely, so as to adjust the position of the guide welding member 1006 to correspond to the tab. The guide welding member 1006 includes a guide welding frame 10061 driven by the transverse frame 10023 to displace transversely, the bottom of the guide welding frame 10061 is provided with an adjustment platform 10062, and the adjustment platform 10062 is arranged with four detectors 10063, the four detectors 10063 are inclinedly distributed, so that the laser lines thereof can cross and intersect through the small mouths of the two tab welding nozzles 10065 arranged on the guide welding frame 10061, so as to correspond to the four vertices of the tab of the soft-pack battery pack, that is, to assist in determining the welding position of the tab of the soft-pack battery pack. After the laser is reflected at the four vertices of the tab of the soft-pack battery pack, it again crosses the welding port of the tab welding nozzle 10065 and is detected by the detector 10063. This process not only realizes accurate measurement and verification of the position of the tab, but also improves the reliability and stability of the measurement. During the detection process, the corresponding electric control system will be matched to control the operation of the longitudinal frame 10022 and the transverse frame 10023, so as to ensure that the tab of the soft-pack battery pack corresponds to the tab welding nozzle 10065 accurately. After the position detection is completed, the adjustment platform 10062 will drive the corresponding detector 10063 to give way, so that the tab welding nozzle 10065 cooperates with the tab welding member 1005 to weld the tab. The longitudinal frame 10022, the transverse frame 10023 and the auxiliary cylinder 10024 arranged on the auxiliary welding frame 10021 are all arranged in two, and are arranged in sequence along the width direction of the fixed frame 1001, thereby improving the efficiency of tab welding.The fourth bearing frame 10051 provided on the fixed frame 1001 is provided with a variable distance row frame 10052, the variable distance row frame 10052 drives the auxiliary row frame 10053 to be close to the tab welding nozzle 10065, the auxiliary row frame 10053 drives the positioning frame 10054 to displace along the width direction of the fixed frame 1001. The end of the positioning frame 10054 towards the tab welding nozzle 10065 is fixedly provided with a laser welding piece 10055 and an infrared sensor aligned with the tab welding nozzle 10065. When the laser emitted by the infrared sensor passes through the sidewall of the tab welding nozzle 10065, it indicates that the preliminary movement is in place. After the laser emitted by the infrared sensor passes through the hollow structure of the tab welding nozzle 10065, the parameter position of the laser welding piece 10055 can be stably corresponded with the tab welding nozzle 10065. Then the welding laser emitted by the laser welding piece 10055 can pass through the tab welding nozzle 10065 to weld the tab. The control adjustment after parameter correction can also be realized through a numerical control system. The specific device model and working principle used to correspond the laser welding piece 10055 with the tab welding nozzle 10065 should be understood as prior art. During the welding process, the pipeline connected with the tab welding nozzle 10065 sprays protective gas and absorbs harmful gas after welding, thereby ensuring the welding quality of the tab. In addition, the setting of the auxiliary row frame 10053 enables two groups of tab welding nozzles 10065 to alternately perform welding work, thereby further improving the efficiency of welding tabs. One of the two tab welding nozzles 10065 is connected with the guide welding frame 10061 through the adjusting assembly 10064, and the other is fixedly arranged on the guide welding frame 10061, thereby facilitating the operator to adjust the distance between the two tab welding nozzles 10065 to adapt to the use of tabs of different sizes. The adjusting assembly 10064 includes an auxiliary motor arranged on the guide welding frame 10061, the auxiliary motor drives an adjusting screw rotatably arranged on the guide welding frame 10061, and the auxiliary motor is a reversible stepper motor. When the auxiliary motor is reversely rotated, the tab welding nozzle 10065 slidingly arranged on the guide welding frame 10061 can be driven to displace through the adjusting screw cooperating with the threaded block connected with the tab welding nozzle 10065, so as to adjust the distance between the two tab welding nozzles 10065.
[0103] As Figure 20As shown, the fixing frame 1001 is provided with a fireproof assembly 1004 at a position corresponding to the laser welding piece 10055. The fireproof assembly 1004 includes a monitoring piece 10043 provided on the auxiliary fixing frame 10024 and a guide frame 10041 provided on the transmission frame 10039 towards the laser welding piece 10055. The monitoring piece 10043 is an image monitoring device, which can also be a smoke alarm device. When the soft pack battery pack is on fire during the welding process, the monitoring piece 10043 will send a signal to control the reverse rotation of the conveying chain 10032, so as to convey the soft pack battery pack on fire to the guide frame 10041. Then, the guide frame 10041 guides the soft pack battery pack into the fire extinguishing box 10042, and the water or fire-retardant foam provided in the fire extinguishing box 10042 will extinguish the soft pack battery pack. It is particularly worth noting that a plurality of balls can be arranged on the slope of the guide frame 10041 to reduce the friction between the soft pack battery pack and the slope of the guide frame 10041, thereby increasing the speed of the soft pack battery pack being sent into the fire extinguishing box 10042 after passing through the guide frame 10041, that is, shortening the time of the soft pack battery pack threatening the equipment outside.
[0104] As shown in Figure 23 and Figure 24 , the measuring assembly 11 includes a rack 1101 carrying the conveying piece 6, and a first detection mechanism 1102 and a second detection mechanism are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction of the soft pack battery pack. In this embodiment, a first detection station and a second detection station are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction of the conveying piece 6; the first detection mechanism 1102 is used for post-welding detection of the tab of the soft pack battery pack, and the second detection mechanism is used for differential pressure detection and DCIR detection of the soft pack battery pack. As shown in Figure 23 , the processed soft pack battery pack enters the measuring assembly 11 from front to back, and the conveying piece 6 drives the soft pack battery pack to sequentially pass through the first detection station and the second detection station, so that the first detection mechanism 1102 performs post-welding detection of the tab, and the second detection mechanism performs differential pressure detection and DCIR detection, thereby improving the consistency and reliability of the soft pack battery pack product.
[0105] In the present embodiment, during the processing of the soft package battery pack, a plurality of battery packs need to be placed in order and reliably clamped by the first clamping tray 19, and then the tabs are welded, at the same time, the tabs of the battery pack are connected to the busbar to form two electrodes of the soft package battery pack, i.e. the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first detection mechanism 1102 includes two image acquisition machines 11021 symmetrically arranged on the rack 1101 and used for acquiring images of the tabs of the soft package battery pack, and the acquired images are transmitted to the control unit, the control unit identifies the received images, and the acquisition area is formed between the two image acquisition machines 11021. The fifth support frame 11023 is fixedly connected on the rack 1101, the fifth support frame 11023 includes two vertical supporting rods located on both sides of the first detection station and a horizontal supporting rod, the ends of the horizontal supporting rod are connected with the ends of the two vertical supporting rods by bolts. The fifth support frame 11023 is provided with a camera board 11022 for mounting the image acquisition machine 11021, the first slide rail is fixedly connected on the fifth support frame 11023, the first slide block is fixed on the camera board 11022, the first slide block slides along the first slide rail and can be fixed, and the extension direction of the first slide rail is parallel to the sliding direction of the soft package battery pack. In the present embodiment, the connection mode of the first slide rail and the fifth support frame 11023 and the connection mode of the first slide block and the camera board 11022 are both bolted connection, and the first slide rail and the first slide block are provided to adjust the position of the image acquisition machine 11021 to adapt to different soft package battery packs, thereby improving the application range of the present application.
[0106] The ends of the camera board 11022 are provided with mounting frames, the mounting frames can slide along the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the soft package battery pack and can be fixed, and the connection mode between the mounting frame and the camera board 11022 is bolted connection; the image acquisition machine 11021 is fixedly arranged on the mounting frame, and the connection mode between the image acquisition machine 11021 and the mounting frame is bolted connection, so as to adapt to soft package battery packs of different sizes and improve the application range of the present application.
[0107] During actual detection, the image collected by the image collector 11021 deviates from the actual image due to the illumination of the lamps in the workshop and the influence of the environment. Therefore, the image collector 11021 is provided with a shadowless board 1103 on the side close to another image collector 11021. The top end of the shadowless board 1103 is fixedly connected with a camera board 11022. Correspondingly, a plurality of fixed holes distributed along the length direction of the camera board 11022 are formed on the camera board 11022. The shadowless board 1103 is connected with the fixed holes through bolts. The fixed holes correspond to different positions according to the required position of the shadowless board 1103, so as to adjust the position of the shadowless board 1103, improve the application range of the present application, and improve the quality of the tab image collected by the image collector 11021. The shadowless board 1103 is provided with a glass area for the image collector 11021 to collect the tab image. Specifically, a square hole is formed on the shadowless board 1103. A glass sheet is fixed in the square hole to form a glass area. The side of the shadowless board 1103 away from the image collector 11021 is provided with a light source distributed around the glass area, so as to improve the quality of the tab image collected by the image collector 11021.
[0108] In the embodiment, a fifth cylinder for lifting the soft-pack battery pack and entering the collection area is arranged below the collection area. A third mounting plate is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the guide rail. The third mounting plate is connected to the guide rail in a bolted manner. The fifth cylinder is fixed to the third mounting plate. A first lifting plate parallel to the third mounting plate is arranged above the third mounting plate. A plurality of first sleeves are fixedly connected to the third mounting plate. In the embodiment, the number of first sleeves is one and they are uniformly distributed on the third mounting plate. A plurality of first guide rods corresponding to the first sleeves are fixedly arranged on the first lifting plate. The top end of the guide rod is fixedly connected to the first lifting plate. The bottom end of the guide rod penetrates through the first sleeve and extends into the third mounting plate below. When the bottom plate enters the first detection station, the piston of the fifth cylinder pushes the first lifting plate to move upward. The first lifting plate pushes the bottom plate to move upward, so that the soft-pack battery pack enters the collection area. The image collector 11021 collects the images of the tabs on both sides of the soft-pack battery pack and transmits them to the control unit for identification and detection.
[0109] In the embodiment, the end of the first guide rod extending into the third mounting plate below is fixedly connected with a first limiting plate, which limits the extreme displacement of the semi-solid battery pack in the vertical direction.
[0110] The second detection mechanism comprises a differential pressure detection piece 1105 for differential pressure detection of the soft package battery pack and a DCIR detection piece 1106 for DCIR detection of the soft package battery pack, and a supporting plate 1104 is fixedly connected to the rack 1101, and the differential pressure detection piece 1105 and the DCIR detection piece 1106 are arranged on the supporting plate 1104. It should be noted that the present application simultaneously performs DCIR detection and differential pressure detection on the soft package battery pack, and the differential pressure detection piece 1105 and the DCIR detection piece 1106 are both existing commercially available products, which will not be described here.
[0111] The differential pressure detection piece 1105 comprises two groups of oppositely arranged differential pressure detection units, and each differential pressure detection unit comprises a plurality of detection rods 11051 corresponding to the lug on one side of the soft package battery pack, one end of the detection rod 11051 being capable of contacting the corresponding lug, and the other end of the detection rod 11051 being electrically connected to the corresponding differential pressure detection device, so that the differential pressure detection device detects the voltage of each battery pack when the end of the detection rod 11051 contacts the corresponding lug. The detection rods 11051 of each differential pressure detection unit are divided into two groups, and the detection rods 11051 in each group are distributed at intervals along the extension direction of the guide rail, so that each lug is contacted by a detection rod 11051. The differential pressure detection unit further comprises a first sliding plate 11053 slidingly arranged on the supporting plate 1104, and the first sliding plate 11053 is driven by a multi-purpose cylinder 11052, and the detection rods 11051 of the differential pressure detection unit are fixedly installed on the first sliding plate 11053. Specifically, the first sliding plate 11053 of the right differential pressure detection unit is fixedly arranged at the middle upper position of the supporting plate 1104, the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 of the differential pressure detection unit is bolted to the first fixed plate, the first sliding plate 11053 is fixedly connected to the piston extension end of the multi-purpose cylinder 11052, that is, the first sliding plate 11053 is a vertical plate, the bottom of the first sliding plate 11053 is fixedly connected to a connecting plate, a plurality of connecting rods distributed along the extension direction of the guide rail are fixedly connected to the connecting plate, the detection rods 11051 are fixed to the connecting rods, and each connecting rod has two detection rods 11051. When the right differential pressure detection unit contacts the lug on the right side of the soft package battery pack, the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 drives the first sliding plate 11053 to slide towards the soft package battery pack, thereby driving the detection rods 11051 to slide towards the soft package battery pack until the detection rods 11051 contact the corresponding lug, and the differential pressure detection device measures the voltage of each battery pack; after detection, the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 drives the first sliding plate 11053 to slide away from the soft package battery pack, thereby driving the detection rods 11051 to separate from the corresponding lug, and the detected soft package battery pack enters the next processing procedure.
[0112] The specific structure of the left differential pressure detection unit is that the first fixed plate of the left differential pressure detection unit is fixed at the top end of the supporting plate 1104, a sliding seat connected with the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 is arranged on the first fixed plate in a sliding mode, the first sliding plate 11053 is connected with the sliding seat in a sliding mode and moves up and down by driving the first sliding plate 11053 by the sixth cylinder, the bottom of the first sliding plate 11053 is fixedly connected with another connecting plate, a plurality of connecting rods distributed along the extension direction of the guide rail are fixedly connected to the other connecting plate, the detection rods 11051 are fixed to the connecting rods, and two detection rods 11051 are arranged on one connecting rod. When the left differential pressure detection unit contacts the left tab of the soft package battery pack, the sixth cylinder drives the second sliding plate to slide downward to the required position, at the same time, the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 drives the sliding seat to slide towards the soft package battery pack, thereby driving the second sliding plate to slide towards the soft package battery pack until the detection rods 11051 are in contact with the corresponding tabs on the left side of the soft package battery pack. When the two detection rods 11051 are in contact with the tabs on the two sides of the soft package battery pack, the detection is performed, and after the detection is completed, the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 drives the sliding seat to slide away from the soft package battery pack, so that the detection rods 11051 are separated from the corresponding tabs.
[0113] The DCIR detection piece 1106 includes two groups of DCIR detection pieces 1106 corresponding to the two electrodes of the soft package battery pack, i.e. the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The DCIR detection piece 1106 includes a detection head for connecting with the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the soft package battery pack. The two detection heads are electrically connected with the DCIR detection device. After the detection head contacts the corresponding electrode, the DCIR detection device detects the DCIR of the soft package battery pack. The DCIR detection piece 1106 further includes a second fixed plate 11061 for mounting the detection head. The second fixed plate 11061 is driven by the measuring cylinder 11604 to move up and down, and the detection head can be connected with or separated from the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the soft package battery pack when the second fixed plate 11061 moves up and down. The third fixed plate is fixedly connected in parallel below the second fixed plate 11061. The detection head is fixed to the third fixed plate, and the top end of the detection head is located between the third fixed plate and the second fixed plate 11061 for electrical connection with the transmission line. The bottom end of the detection head penetrates through the second fixed plate 11061 and is located below the second fixed plate 11061 for contacting the electrode of the soft package battery pack.
[0114] In order to avoid that the detection head crushes the soft package battery group electrode, the upper side of the second fixed plate 11061 is provided with an auxiliary connecting plate 11062 which is fixedly connected with the piston of the measuring cylinder 11604, and a plurality of measuring springs 11603 are arranged between the auxiliary connecting plate 11062 and the second fixed plate 11061, one end of the measuring spring 11603 is fixedly connected with the auxiliary connecting plate 11062, and the other end of the measuring spring 11603 is connected with the second fixed plate 11061. Specifically, the two ends of the second fixed plate 11061 are fixedly connected with two vertical slide rods 14013, the auxiliary connecting plate 11062 is provided with a sliding hole, the top end of the slide rod 14013 extends into the sliding hole and the slide rod 14013 can slide along the sliding hole, the measuring spring 11603 is sleeved on the part of the slide rod 14013 between the second fixed plate 11061 and the auxiliary connecting plate 11062, after the soft package battery group is located at the detection position, the auxiliary connecting plate 11062 is driven to move downward by the measuring cylinder 11604, thereby driving the second fixed plate 11061 and the detection head to move downward; after the bottom end of the detection head contacts with the electrode of the soft package battery group, the measuring cylinder 11604 continues to move downward, at this time, the measuring spring 11603 is compressed, and the restoring force of the measuring spring 11603 pushes the detection head to tightly contact with the electrode of the soft package battery group, which improves the detection accuracy, and avoids that the detection head cannot be moved to the position for detection or is moved to the position for damaging the electrode.
[0115] In the embodiment, the first slide plate 11053 is fixedly connected with a supporting plate, when the first slide plate 11053 moves to the position that the detection rod 11051 contacts with the corresponding lug, the supporting plate is located below the electrode of the soft package battery group and contacts with the lower surface of the electrode, which plays a role of bearing the electrode, avoids that the electrode is damaged due to the excessive pressure of the detection head, and plays a role of protecting the electrode.
[0116] The driving cylinder installed on the rack 1101 is arranged between the two DCIR detection pieces 1106, and the top plate is arranged above the driving cylinder. In the embodiment, the fourth mounting plate is fixedly connected below the guide rail of the rack 1101, and the driving cylinder is fixedly installed on the fourth mounting plate. The top plate is above the fourth mounting plate and perpendicular to the piston axis of the driving cylinder. The second sleeve is fixedly connected to the fourth mounting plate, and the second guide rod is slidably arranged in the second sleeve. The top end of the second guide rod extends out of the second sleeve and is fixedly connected to the top plate. The driving cylinder pushes the top plate to move upward, and in turn drives the soft package battery pack above it to move upward. In the embodiment, the bottom end of the second guide rod extends out of the second sleeve and is fixedly connected to the limiting plate, which is used to limit the limit displacement of the soft package battery pack. When the soft package battery pack moves to the second detection station, the driving cylinder pushes the top plate to rise, and in turn drives the soft package battery pack to rise to the detection position. The differential pressure detection piece 1105 and the DCIR detection piece 1106 detect the soft package battery pack. After the detection is completed, the driving cylinder piston retracts, and the soft package battery pack descends to the initial position and is transmitted to the next processing station for processing by the conveying piece 6.
[0117] During the differential pressure detection and DCIR detection of the soft package battery pack, sparks are easily generated at the contact position between the detection rod 11051 and the tab. Therefore, a plurality of push-away cylinders for pushing the soft package battery pack away from the top plate are arranged on the top plate, and a plurality of rollers are rotatably arranged on the top plate. The axis of the roller is parallel to the extension direction of the guide rail. In the embodiment, the number of push-away cylinders is two. A water tank is arranged on one side of the rack 1101, and a measuring cylinder 11604 for pushing the soft package battery pack away from the top plate into the water tank is arranged on the other side of the rack 1101. When sparks appear on the soft package battery pack, the measuring cylinder 11604 drives the detection head to move upward, and the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 on the left side of the soft package battery pack drives the first sliding plate 11053 to make room for the soft package battery pack. At the same time, the sixth cylinder drives the second sliding plate to move upward to avoid the soft package battery pack, so that it can smoothly enter the water tank. Then, the push-away cylinder lifts the soft package battery pack, and the multi-purpose cylinder 11052 on the right side of the soft package battery pack pushes the soft package battery pack into the water tank, thereby improving the safety of the detection equipment.
[0118] In the application, the positioning scanner is arranged in front of the first detection station, and the scanning code is arranged on the bottom plate, which is used for positioning the soft package battery pack on the guide rail. Meanwhile, the positioning assembly 1107 is arranged on the guide rail in the extension direction of the guide rail. The positioning assembly 1107 comprises a positioning cylinder fixedly installed on the guide rail. The fixed seat is fixedly connected below the guide rail. The positioning cylinder is fixedly installed on the fixed seat. The base is fixedly connected to the top end of the piston of the positioning cylinder. The first swing wheel 11071 and the second swing wheel 11073 are rotatably arranged on the base. The vertical plate 11072 is arranged on the first swing wheel 11071. The vertical plate 11072 is fixedly connected with the outer side wall of the first swing wheel 11071. The horizontal plate 11074 is arranged on the second swing wheel 11073. The horizontal plate 11074 is fixedly connected with the outer side wall of the second swing wheel 11073. The accommodating groove for accommodating the vertical plate 11072 is arranged on the bottom plate. When the soft package battery pack is conveyed, the positioning assembly 1107 is located below the bottom plate, so as to ensure the smooth passing of the soft package battery pack. When the positioning scanner scans the bottom plate into the first detection station, the transport part 6 is paused. The base is pushed upward by the positioning cylinder. The vertical plate 11072 enters the accommodating groove, and the horizontal plate 11074 contacts with the lower surface of the bottom plate. At this time, the driving cylinder and the fifth cylinder lift the corresponding soft package battery pack into the detection position. In the application, when the bottom plate is dislocated due to inertia, the vertical plate 11072 will be deflected into the accommodating groove during the lifting of the base. With the vertical plate 11072 entering the accommodating groove, the first swing wheel 11071 will push the bottom plate to correct the position, so as to ensure the accuracy of detection.
[0119] As Figure 1 and Figure 3 shown, in order to improve the quality of the tab welding, the sampling station 12 corresponding to the transmission assembly is arranged between the upper shell assembly 13 and the measurement assembly 11, so as to sample the battery pack after tab welding or to install parts.
[0120] As Figure 25As shown, the upper shell assembly 13 includes an upper shell base 1301 for carrying the transport member 6, and the upper shell base 1301 is correspondingly provided with a first opening and closing assembly 1302 and a second opening and closing assembly 1305, which are respectively used to open the first clamping tray 19 and the second clamping tray 20, and the first clamping tray 19 and the second clamping tray 20 are respectively a hard clamping structure and an elastic clamping structure. The upper shell base 1301 is provided with a recycling station 1304 at the first opening and closing assembly 1302, so as to facilitate the operator to collect and reuse the unused first clamping tray 19. The upper shell base 1301 is provided with a feeding member 1306 at the second opening and closing assembly 1305, so as to place the shell bottom into the second clamping tray 20, and is provided with a tray changing member 1303 to grab the battery pack after the tab welding in the first clamping tray 19, and place it into the second clamping tray 20. The tray changing member 1303 includes a tray changing row frame 13032 provided on the upper shell base 1301 to cooperate with the corresponding first clamping jaw 13031 to clamp the battery pack after the tab welding and stacking, and convey it into the second clamping tray 20 provided with the shell bottom at the bottom of the corresponding second opening and closing assembly 1305 of the transport member 6. Then, another feeding member 1306 can be used to place the shell top on the top of the stacked battery pack and interface with the shell bottom. In this way, the feeding operation of the battery pack shell is completed.
[0121] As shown, Figure 26 The tray changing row frame 13032 includes a main row frame 130321 fixedly provided on the upper shell base 1301 and arranged along the transmission direction of the transport member 6, the main row frame 130321 is driven with a vertical auxiliary row frame 130322, and the auxiliary row frame 130322 can drive a vertical row frame 130323 to drive the first clamping jaw 13031 to stably displace to transport the stacked battery pack from the transport member 6 to the first clamping tray 19 to the paragraph of the second clamping tray 20. As shown, Figure 27As shown, the feeding member 1306 includes a feeding seat 13061 provided on the upper shell base 1301, and three row frame seats 13062 are uniformly arranged on the feeding seat 13061. Three shell taking frames 13063 are arranged on the three row frame seats 13062, respectively. The three shell taking frames 13063 are respectively driven by a claw shell cylinder 13064, a glue applying head 13066 and a shell taking cylinder 13068. An identification head 13067 for detecting the glue applying quality of the glue applying head 13066 is arranged on the shell taking frame 13063 between the glue applying head 13066 and the shell taking cylinder 13068. The identification head 13067 can take images and transmit the images to a control unit for processing to determine whether the glue applying is qualified. The claw shell cylinder 13064 can drive the corresponding shell taking frame 13063 to correspond to the shell storage frame 13065 arranged on the upper shell base 1301. Specifically, the shell storage frame 13065 is composed of limiting strips arranged at the four corners of the shell bottom to take the shell placed in the shell storage frame and place the shell bottom on the carrying member to transmit the shell to the glue applying head 13066 so that the glue applying head 13066 applies glue on the shell bottom under the driving of the corresponding shell taking frame 13063. The carrying member can finally transmit the shell bottom with the applied glue to the shell taking cylinder 13068, so that the shell taking cylinder 13068 places the shell bottom in the opened second clamping tray 20, and the glue can stably connect the stacked battery pack and the shell bottom which is transferred by the first clamping claw 13031. The carrying member is a transmission belt rotatably arranged on the upper shell base 1301, and the surface of the transmission belt is provided with a recess for positioning the shell bottom. The transmission belt is driven by a motor arranged on the upper shell base 1301 to transport the shell bottom to the corresponding position for rotation. The shell taking frame 13063 includes a first upper shell frame 130631 arranged on the row frame seat 13062 along the transmission direction of the carrying member. The first upper shell frame 130631 is driven by a second upper shell frame 130632 perpendicular thereto. The second upper shell frame 130632 can drive a third upper shell frame 130633 connected thereto to realize three-dimensional displacement for multi-degree-of-freedom processing operation.
[0122] After the shell cover is arranged on the stacked battery pack, the connection between the shell and the battery pack only relies on the glue connection, so that the stacked battery pack cannot be protected. Therefore, it is necessary to weld the connecting edges of the shell to wrap all the battery packs with the shell and form a stable protective barrier. The first welding assembly 14, the overturning assembly 15 and the second welding assembly 16 are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction of the carrying member 6.
[0123] The first welding assembly 14 is used for welding the connecting position between the top side plate and the top plate of the shell and the connecting position between the side plate and the bent part, that is, welding the three short edges of the shell top, such as Figure 28As shown, the first welding assembly 14 includes two oppositely arranged first lasers 14010 and two welding mechanical arms for driving the corresponding first laser 14010 to move, the two welding mechanical arms are located on both sides of the first welding bed 1401, one welding mechanical arm is connected with one first laser 14010, it should be noted that the welding mechanical arm is a commercially available product, which is not shown in the figure, and the model of the welding mechanical arm is FANUC M-iD, FANUC M-iD / and the like; only one first laser 14010 is shown in the figure. In this embodiment, the first laser 14010 and the welding mechanical arm are fixedly connected through the first mounting seat 1406, the first mounting seat 1406 is fixedly connected with a flange 14012 for connecting with the welding mechanical arm, and the first laser machine is fixedly installed on the first mounting seat 1406. In this embodiment, the first mounting seat 1406 is fixedly provided with a positioning image machine 1407 for shooting the soft package battery pack. When the soft package battery pack moves to the working position of the first welding assembly 14, the positioning image machine 1407 collects the image of the soft package battery pack, and the initial welding position and the stroke of the first laser 14010 are determined through image recognition.
[0124] The first welding assembly 14 includes a first welding bed 1401 for carrying and transporting the second clamping tray 20, and the first welding bed 1401 is provided with two oppositely arranged welding frames 1402, which are arranged on both sides of the conveying member 6. The welding frame 1402 is provided with a seventh cylinder 1403 for driving a first sliding seat 1404 slidingly arranged on the welding frame 1402. The first sliding seat 1404 is provided with side welding nozzles 1405 on both sides in the conveying direction of the conveying member 6, and the top of the first sliding seat 1404 is provided with a top welding nozzle 14014.
[0125] Specifically, the welding frame 1402 is fixedly connected with two parallel first sliding rails, and the first sliding seat 1404 is fixedly connected with two first sliding blocks capable of sliding along the first sliding rails. The first sliding blocks correspond to the first sliding rails one by one. Specifically, the two side welding nozzles 1405 and the top welding nozzle 14014 provided on the first sliding seat 1404 are driven to displace by the supporting cylinder 1408 for welding the connection between the shell side plate and the bent part. The two side welding nozzles 1405 and the top welding nozzle 14014 are both communicated with a first exhaust pipe arranged on the welding frame 1402 for exhaust.
[0126] In order to reduce the gap between the side plate of the soft package battery pack shell and the top plate and the bending part during the welding process of the shell, a positioning plate 1409 capable of contacting the side plate of the shell is arranged on the machine tool in sliding mode, and the positioning plate 1409 is pressed against the side plate on the battery pack during welding, facilitating the welding of the connecting part. The side of the positioning plate 1409 in contact with the side plate of the shell is fixedly connected with a protective pad for protecting the side plate of the shell. The side of the positioning plate 1409 away from the side plate is fixedly connected with a slide rod 14013 in vertical mode, and the slide rod 14013 is connected with the machine tool in sliding mode. The connection mode between the two is a prior art, which will not be described here. The first sliding seat 1404 is fixedly connected with a push plate 14011, and the number of the push plate 14011 is two. The push plate 14011 is connected with the first sliding seat 1404 in bolt connection mode. The first sliding seat 1404 can push the positioning plate 1409 to contact the side plate during sliding. When the first welding assembly 14 welds the soft package battery pack, the first sliding seat 1404 slides towards the soft package battery pack, the push plate 14011 contacts the surface of the positioning plate 1409 away from the soft package battery pack, and as the first sliding seat 1404 continues to slide, the push plate 14011 pushes the positioning plate 1409 towards the soft package battery pack until the push plate 14011 presses the positioning plate 1409 tightly against the side plate of the shell.
[0127] The welding process of the first welding assembly 14 is as follows: the conveying member 6 pauses after conveying the soft package battery pack to the position of the first welding assembly 14, the seventh cylinder 1403 drives the first sliding seat 1404 to slide towards the soft package battery pack, at this time, the push plate 14011 pushes the positioning plate 1409 to slide towards the soft package battery pack, and then the positioning plate 1409 presses the side plate of the shell tightly against the end of the battery pack; then the supporting cylinder 1408 moves the corresponding side edge welding nozzle 1405 and top edge welding nozzle 14014 towards the soft package battery pack, and then the welding mechanical arm drives the first mounting seat 1406 to displace, and in the displacement process, the positioning image machine 1407 collects the image of the soft package battery pack and transmits it to the control unit. The control unit identifies and confirms the initial position of welding through image recognition, and controls the welding mechanical arm to drive the first laser 14010 to weld the three short edges in turn; after completing the welding, the seventh cylinder 1403 drives the top edge welding nozzle 14014 and the side edge welding nozzle 1405 to reset, and the conveying member 6 drives the soft package battery pack into the turnover assembly 15.
[0128] As Figure 29 and Figure 30As shown, the turnover assembly 15 comprises a turnover seat 1501 carrying the transport member 6, two oppositely arranged and openable and closable turnover clamps 1507 are arranged on the turnover seat 1501, and a turnover motor 1506 for driving the clamps to rotate, the two turnover clamps 1507 form a clamping area for clamping the soft-pack battery pack between them, and the turnover motor 1506 corresponds to the turnover clamp 1507 one by one. Specifically, the turnover assembly 15 further comprises a loading frame 1502 fixedly connected with the turnover seat 1501, the loading frame 1502 comprises two vertically arranged vertical rods and a horizontal rod, the two vertical rods are located on both sides of the transport member 6 and the bottom ends thereof are fixedly connected with the turnover seat 1501, and the connection between the vertical rods and the turnover seat 1501 is screw connection; the horizontal rod is fixedly connected with the top ends of the two vertical rods, and the connection between them is screw connection. The turnover sliding plate 1505 is arranged on the loading frame 1502, the turnover sliding plate 1505 is a rectangular plate structure and is arranged horizontally, and the turnover sliding plate 1505 is driven by the turnover folding cylinder 1504 to slide up and down along the loading frame 1502, the piston of the turnover folding cylinder 1504 is fixedly connected with the turnover sliding plate 1505; specifically, the loading frame 1502 is fixedly connected with a loading plate, the connection between the loading plate and the horizontal rod is screw connection, and the turnover folding cylinder 1504 is fixedly installed on the loading plate. Two second sliding rails are fixedly arranged on the loading plate and are arranged vertically; a second connecting plate is fixedly connected to one side of the turnover sliding plate 1505 close to the loading frame 1502, two second sliding blocks corresponding to the second sliding rails are fixedly arranged on the second connecting plate, and the second sliding blocks can slide along the second sliding rails.
[0129] The two ends of the turnover sliding plate 1505 are slidingly connected with movable grab plates 1503 located below the turnover sliding plate 1505, the movable grab plates 1503 can slide horizontally along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the soft package battery pack, and the turnover clamping jaws 1507 are rotationally arranged on the corresponding movable grab plates 1503, that is, the number of the movable grab plates 1503 is two and corresponds to the turnover clamping jaws 1507 one by one; a power cylinder for driving the two movable grab plates 1503 to move towards or away from each other is arranged between the two movable grab plates 1503, and the power cylinder is fixedly installed at the center position of the turnover sliding plate 1505. In the embodiment, taking one of the movable grab plates 1503 as an example, the movable grab plate 1503 includes a first part arranged horizontally and a second part arranged vertically, the first part and the second part are fixedly connected, the connection mode between the first part and the second part is bolt connection, the first part is used to be connected with the turnover sliding plate 1505, the second part is used to be connected with the turnover clamping jaw 1507, and a reinforcing plate is fixedly arranged between the first part and the second part in order to improve the stability of the movable grab plate 1503. The first part is fixedly connected with a third sliding block, the lower surface of the turnover sliding plate 1505 is fixedly connected with a third sliding rail corresponding to the third sliding block, the piston end of the measuring cylinder 11604 is fixedly connected with the first part, and the third sliding block can be driven to reciprocatingly slide along the third sliding rail. The second part is rotationally connected with the turnover clamping jaw 1507 through a rotating shaft, the turnover clamping jaw 1507 includes a circular plate and a plurality of clamping blocks arranged on the circular plate, the number of the clamping blocks is four and is uniformly distributed along the circumference of the circular plate in the embodiment, the connection mode between the clamping blocks and the circular plate is bolt connection, and the circular plate is rotationally connected with the second part through the rotating shaft; the second part is provided with a turnover motor 1506 for driving the turnover clamping jaw 1507 to rotate, a driving pulley is fixedly connected with the driving shaft of the turnover motor 1506, the rotating shaft is coaxially fixedly connected with a driven pulley, and the driving pulley and the driven pulley are transmission through a belt.
[0130] In the embodiment, in order to limit the limit displacement of the horizontal sliding of the movable grab plate 1503, the first part is fixedly connected with a limiting plate, a limiting hole corresponding to the limiting plate is formed in the turnover sliding plate 1505, the top end of the limiting plate extends to above the turnover sliding plate 1505 through the limiting hole, and a limiting plate fixedly connected with the turnover sliding plate 1505 is arranged at the opening of the limiting hole. The connection mode between the limiting plate and the turnover sliding plate 1505 is bolt connection.
[0131] The second clamping tray 20 includes a second clamping bottom plate provided with rollers at four corners, a fixed clamping plate and a movable clamping plate are oppositely arranged on the second clamping bottom plate, the movable clamping plate is slidingly matched with the second clamping bottom plate, a clamping push block connected with the second clamping bottom plate is arranged on the side of the movable clamping plate away from the fixed clamping plate, and a clamping measuring spring 11603 is arranged between the clamping push block and the movable clamping plate to drive the movable clamping plate to clampingly position the stacked battery pack close to the fixed clamping plate.
[0132] The second opening and closing assembly 1305 provided on the turnover seat 1501 includes a hook plate capable of opening the second clamping tray 20. Specifically, the turnover seat 1501 is fixedly connected with a second opening and closing frame, and the opening and closing movable plate 13051 is slidably arranged on the second opening and closing frame. The opening and closing movable plate 13051 is driven by the opening and closing cylinder 13053 mounted on the second opening and closing frame. The number of the opening and closing cylinder 13053 is two and is located on both sides of the conveying member 6. The piston of the opening and closing cylinder 13053 is fixedly connected with the corresponding end of the opening and closing movable plate 13051. The opening and closing movable plate 13051 is fixedly provided with a pulling cylinder 13052. The end of the piston of the pulling cylinder 13052 is fixedly connected with the hook plate. When the opening and closing movable plate 13051 moves downward, the hook plate can be driven to move downward and inserted into the groove provided on the movable clamping plate. Then, the pulling cylinder 13052 pulls the hook plate to drive the movable clamping plate to move away from the soft-pack battery pack. Then, the movable clamping plate is pulled to slide away from the fixed clamping plate to overcome the elastic force of the clamping spring 11603, thereby releasing the clamping of the soft-pack battery pack by the second clamping tray 20.
[0133] The working process of the turnover assembly 15 is as follows. The soft-pack battery pack welded by the first welding assembly 14 is conveyed to the position of the turnover assembly 15. The turnover slide plate 1505 is driven by the turnover cylinder 1504 to move downward, thereby driving the movable clamping plate 1503 and the turnover clamping jaw 1507 to move downward to the required position. The two movable clamping plates 1503 are driven by the auxiliary clamping cylinder to move away from each other, thereby driving the two turnover clamping jaws 1507 to move away from each other. The four clamping blocks on each turnover clamping jaw 1507 are respectively located at the four faces of the soft-pack battery pack shell, until the soft-pack battery pack is fixed between the two turnover clamping jaws 1507. The opening and closing cylinder 13053 drives the opening and closing movable plate 13051 to move downward, thereby driving the pulling cylinder 13052 to move downward. Then, the hook plate is moved downward to enter the hook groove. Then, the pulling cylinder 13052 pulls the hook plate to drive the second clamping tray 20 to slide away from the fixed clamping plate, thereby releasing the clamping of the soft-pack battery pack. The turnover slide plate 1505 is driven by the turnover cylinder 1504 to move upward, thereby driving the turnover clamping jaw 1507 and the soft-pack battery pack fixed between the two turnover clamping jaws 1507 to move upward, so that the soft-pack battery pack moves out of the clamping space and moves to the required position to be locked. The turnover motor 1506 drives the turnover clamping jaw 1507 to rotate, so that the bottom plate of the soft-pack battery pack is located above and the top plate is located below. The turnover slide plate 1505 is driven by the turnover cylinder 1504 to move downward, thereby driving the turnover soft-pack battery pack to enter the clamping space. The hook plate is driven by the pulling and closing cylinder to move toward the fixed clamping plate, so that the second clamping tray 20 clamps the soft-pack battery pack. Then, the pulling plate is driven by the driving cylinder to move upward, so that the pulling plate slides out of the hook groove. The two movable clamping plates 1503 are driven by the auxiliary clamping cylinder to move away from each other, so that the turnover clamping jaw 1507 is separated from the soft-pack battery pack. Then, the turnover slide plate 1505 is driven by the turnover cylinder 1504 to move above the soft-pack battery pack, thereby completing the turnover of the soft-pack battery pack.
[0134] As shown in Figure 31 The second welding assembly 16 is used for welding the connection between the bottom plate and the two long edges of the bending part and the connection between the bottom plate and the side plate of the shell. The second welding assembly 16 includes two oppositely arranged second lasers and two welding mechanical arms for driving the corresponding second lasers, which are not shown in the figure. The two welding mechanical arms are located on both sides of the machine tool, and one welding mechanical arm is connected with one second laser. It should be noted that the welding mechanical arm is a commercially available product, which is not shown in the figure, and the model of the welding mechanical arm is FANUC M-iD or FANUC M-iD / and the like. In the embodiment, the second laser and the welding mechanical arm are fixedly connected through a second mounting seat, the second mounting seat is fixedly connected with a corresponding flange 14012 for connecting with the welding mechanical arm, and the second laser is fixedly installed on the second mounting seat. A positioning image machine 1407 for shooting the soft-pack battery pack is fixedly arranged on the second mounting seat. When the soft-pack battery pack moves to the work station of the second welding assembly 16, the positioning image machine 1407 collects the image of the soft-pack battery pack, and the initial welding position and the stroke of the second laser are determined through image recognition.
[0135] The second welding assembly 16 includes a second welding bed 1601 for carrying the conveying member 6. The second welding bed 1601 is provided with two long edge welding frames 1602. The top of each long edge welding frame 1602 is provided with a distance adjusting cylinder 1603. The distance adjusting cylinder 1603 can drive a displacement support 1607 slidingly arranged on the long edge welding frame 1602. The side of the displacement support 1607 facing the conveying member 6 is provided with two angle plates 1604. The two angle plates 1604 are both rotatably provided with a butt joint cylinder 1606. The top of each butt joint cylinder 1606 is provided with a long edge welding nozzle 1605, so as to assist the second laser and the corresponding welding mechanical arm to realize the welding work of the long edge of the shell bottom. The butt joint cylinder 1606 can adjust the angle on the two angle plates 1604, so as to adapt to the shell bottom of different sizes and perform the welding operation on the shell bottom.
[0136] The second welding bed 1601 is provided with the same structure as the welding frame 1402 arranged on the first welding bed 1401, that is, when the long edge welding nozzle 1605 corresponds to the long edge of the shell bottom, the top edge welding nozzle 14014 designed on the same position of the first welding bed 1401 will correspond to the short edge of the shell bottom, and at the same time, the shell will be pressed to ensure the relative position of the shell during the welding process.
[0137] The second welding assembly 16 is used for welding the soft package battery pack shell. When the conveying member 6 conveys the soft package battery pack to the position of the corresponding welding frame 1402, the corresponding top edge welding nozzle 14014 is matched with the corresponding pressure plate 1409 to correspond to the short edge position of the shell bottom, and the distance adjusting cylinder 1603 is used to drive the displacement support 1607 to displace under the support of the long edge welding frame 1602. Then, the displacement support 1607 drives the two corresponding angle butt cylinders 1606 to the corresponding position through the angle plate 1604, so that the long edge welding nozzle 1605 corresponds to the long edge of the shell bottom. Next, the image positioning machine 1407 collects the image of the soft package battery pack and transmits it to the control unit. The control unit identifies the initial position of the welding through the image recognition and controls the welding mechanical arm to drive the second laser to weld in sequence. After the welding is completed, the long edge welding nozzle 1605 and the short edge welding nozzle are reset. Then, the conveying member 6 drives the soft package battery pack into the detection assembly 17 to detect the welding quality of the shell.
[0138] As Figure 32As shown, the detection assembly 17 includes a detection base 1701 carrying the conveying member 6, and a detection frame 1702 is fixedly arranged on the detection base 1701. The detection frame 1702 is in a gantry shape, and a detection cylinder 1705 is fixedly arranged on the horizontal section of the detection frame 1702. The detection cylinder 1705 can drive a detection carrier 1706 slidingly arranged on the detection frame 1702 to vertically displace, so as to drive the detection carrier 1706 to vertically displace when the battery pack conveyed by the conveying member 6 stops at the corresponding position, and then reset after the battery pack is placed on the conveying member 6 after the detection is completed, so that the battery pack after detection is conveyed to the offline mechanical arm 18 for grabbing into the box. The detection carrier 1706 is slidingly arranged towards the bottom of the conveying member 6, and a detection carriage 1704 is arranged on the detection carrier 1706. The detection carriage 1704 can be driven by a detection motor to move close to each other to press the two sides of the battery pack. Four detection clamps 1703 are arranged on the detection carriage 1704 and driven by a rotating member. The four detection clamps 1703 are driven to open and close by a control cylinder to clamp or release the four long sides of the battery pack. The rotating member includes a rotating motor arranged on one side of the detection carriage 1704. The rotating motor drives the control cylinder of the detection clamp 1703 to rotate through a transmission belt. An angle detector 10063 is arranged on the outer periphery of the control cylinder to make the control cylinder rotate in a cycle. The detection carrier 1706 is fixedly arranged at the center of the conveying member 6 and provided with a weld observation head 1707. When the rotating member drives the detection cylinder 1705 to rotate the detection clamp 1703 to drive the battery pack to rotate, the weld observation head 1707 can detect the weld of the shell of the battery pack, so as to ensure the ability of the shell to protect the battery pack. During the rotation of the battery pack, the angle detector 10063 can control the rotating motor to rotate at a corresponding angle, so as to improve the quality of the weld observation head 1707 shooting the weld of the shell, that is, to improve the precision of the weld quality detection of the shell. After the detection is completed, the conveying member 6 conveys the processed battery pack to the working range of the offline mechanical arm 18, so that the offline mechanical arm 18 grabs and places the battery pack into the transfer box for subsequent transportation. The conveying member 6 is composed of two chain wheels arranged at intervals to drive two corresponding chains. The specific operation and control of the conveying member 6 should be understood as prior art.
[0139] The conveying member 6 also includes a turning table 601, which can connect multiple chains arranged in different directions together to reduce the occupied space of the equipment while efficiently conveying the battery cells through various processing equipment to complete the battery processing. The chains on both sides of the conveying member 6 are also provided with multiple lines to realize stable transmission of the first clamping tray 19 and the second clamping tray 20. The conveying member 6 also includes a transmission member 401, a first transmission part 602, and a second transmission part 603 to cope with different situations respectively. The first transmission part 602 can convey the first clamping tray 19, and the second transmission part 603 can convey the second clamping tray 20 to cope with different situations and speed up the processing efficiency of the battery.
[0140] The first row frame 7061, the second row frame 7062, the third row frame 7081 and the third row frame 7081 are all screw-nut pair structures driven by positive and negative stepping motors, and the first row frame 7061 and the third row frame 7081 are arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying member 6, and the second row frame 7062 and the fourth row frame 7082 are arranged along the direction of the two sides of the tab of the plurality of battery cells. Specifically, the specific model, operation mode and control mode of the first row frame 7061, the second row frame 7062, the third row frame 7081, the third row frame 7081, the vertical telescopic frame 7083, the measuring assembly 703, the position measuring instrument 7075, the bending cylinder 7067, the conveying member 6, the lifting assembly 704 and the pressing cylinder 7072 should all be understood as the common knowledge of those skilled in the art.
[0141] The specific embodiments of the application are described above. It should be understood that the application is not limited to the specific implementation described above, and various modifications or changes can be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the claims, which does not affect the essential content of the application.
Claims
1. A soft-pack battery assembly device, characterized in that: It has a conveying piece (6) for conveying the battery cell, and the conveying piece (6) is sequentially provided with an ear processing assembly (3), a rubberizing assembly (4), a stacking assembly (5), a bending assembly (7), an ear welding assembly (10), an upper shell assembly (13) and a shell welding assembly in the direction of conveying the battery cell; The ear processing assembly (3) comprises a cutting piece (305) arranged corresponding to the conveying piece (6), which can cut the ear; the ear processing assembly (3) comprises a conveying piece (401), and an electrode testing piece (301) for detecting the electrode of the ear of the battery cell, an adjusting piece (302) for adjusting the direction of the electrode of the ear of the battery cell, a reversing piece (303) for reversing the battery cell, a flattening piece (304) for flattening the ear, another flattening piece (304) for flattening the ear, and a size testing piece (306) for detecting the ear are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the battery cell; the electrode testing piece (301) comprises a detector (3016) and a plurality of verification heads (3014) connected with the detector (3016), and the verification heads (3014) can be in contact with the ear of the battery cell; the detector (3016) is fixedly installed on a support base (307) through a first support frame (3011), and a first air cylinder (3012) is arranged on the first support frame (3011); The rubberizing assembly (4) comprises a rubberizing piece (403) arranged corresponding to the conveying piece (6) to paste a rubber sheet on the battery cell; The stacking assembly (5) comprises a storage rack (5051) and a grabbing piece for conveying the battery cell into the storage rack (5051) to stack and transfer to the conveying piece (6); The bending assembly (7) comprises a bending piece (706) corresponding to the conveying piece (6) to press the ear to bend in two directions of conveying the battery cell of the conveying piece (6); The ear welding assembly (10) comprises an ear welding piece (1005) arranged corresponding to the conveying piece (6) and a fixing frame (1001) capable of supporting to spot weld the ear to reinforce the connection of a plurality of ears; and a distribution piece (1003) and an ear welding piece (1005) are sequentially arranged in the length direction of the fixing frame (1001), an auxiliary welding piece (1002) and a guide welding piece (1006) are assembled above the distribution piece (1003), the guide welding piece (1006) comprises a guide welding frame (10061) driven by a transverse row frame (10023) to move transversely, an adjusting platform (10062) is arranged at the bottom of the guide welding frame (10061), four detectors (10063) are arranged on the adjusting platform (10062), and the four detectors (10063) are inclinedly distributed, so that the laser lines thereof can cross and intersect the small openings of two ear welding nozzles (10065) arranged on the guide welding frame (10061) to correspond to the four vertices of the ear of the soft-pack battery pack; The upper shell assembly (13) comprises two feeding pieces (1306) arranged corresponding to the conveying piece (6) to arrange the outer shell cover of the battery cell. The shell welding assembly comprises a first welding assembly (14), a turnover assembly (15) and a second welding assembly (16) to weld the shell top periphery and then turn over to weld the shell bottom; The conveying member (6) comprises a first conveying part capable of conveying the first clamping tray (19) and a second conveying part capable of conveying the second clamping tray (20), so as to maintain the quality of the welding of the tabs and the busbar and the welding efficiency of the shell; The first clamping tray (19) comprises a screw-nut pair to stably clamp and position the battery cell and the busbar, and the first clamping tray (19) has a rectangular bottom plate provided with guide rollers at four corners, and the bottom plate is provided with a cushion frame, a clamping assembly and a clamping positioning assembly; the clamping assembly comprises a fixed clamping jaw and a movable clamping jaw, the fixed clamping jaw is fixed on the bottom plate, the movable clamping jaw is provided with two adjusting sliding seats at the bottom, the adjusting sliding seats are in sliding fit with auxiliary sliding rails on the bottom plate, and control screws in thread connection with the movable clamping jaw are arranged between the two adjusting sliding seats; the clamping positioning assembly comprises a positioning plate arranged at one side of the length direction of the placing plate, the positioning plate is vertically slidably arranged on the bottom plate, slide strips are fixedly arranged at both sides of the positioning plate along the width direction of the placing plate, the slide strips are slidably arranged on slide rail seats fixed on the bottom plate, an adjusting waist groove is formed in the positioning plate, a plurality of plug-in blocks are connected to the adjusting waist groove through screws, a power groove is formed in the center of the positioning plate, the power groove is arranged in an inclined manner, a power column is slidably arranged in the power groove, the power column is fixedly connected with a pushing slide plate, the pushing slide plate is slidably arranged on a supporting slide rail on the bottom plate, and a screw column is arranged on the pushing slide plate; the plug-in blocks can be inserted between the busbar and the soft package battery cell to position the distance between the busbar and the soft package battery cell, align the soft package battery cell in the length direction to the designed position, and make the tabs passing through the busbar and being bent to stably contact the busbar; the plug-in blocks can cooperate with a stabilizing block fixed on the top surface of the positioning plate to form a clamping area to clamp and position the busbar, and the second clamping tray (20) comprises elastic members for positioning the battery cell. 2.The soft-pack battery assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The cutting member (305) comprises a cutting laser (3055) and a driving row frame (3052) and a height row frame (3053) for driving the cutting laser (3055) to cut the tabs at different positions to control the length of the tabs. 3.The soft-pack battery assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The tab processing assembly (3) and the rubberizing assembly (4) are provided with a transfer mechanical arm (9), and the transfer mechanical arm (9) and the grabbing member correspondingly have a buffer area (503) capable of storing good battery cells for replacement. 4.The soft-pack battery assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The grabbing member comprises a stacking mechanical arm (502) and a transfer mechanical arm (507) arranged in sequence along the direction in which the conveying member (6) conveys the battery cells, so as to stack the battery cells and then transfer the battery cells to the conveying member (6). 5.The soft-pack battery assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The bending member (706) comprises a first row frame (7061) corresponding to the conveying member (6) and arranged to drive the displacement of a second row frame (7062), and the second row frame (7062) is provided with a bending plate (7066) to press the tabs to bend in two directions in which the conveying member (6) conveys the battery cells. 6.The soft-pack battery assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein: A plurality of sampling stations (12) are correspondingly arranged on the conveying member (6) between the lug welding assembly (10) and the upper shell assembly (13) to sample and process the processed battery cell. 7.The soft-pack battery assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein: A combination station is correspondingly arranged on the conveying member (401) between the stacking assembly (5) and the bending assembly (7) to position the busbar to the corresponding position of the battery cell in cooperation with the first clamping tray (19) conveyed by the conveying member (6).
8. A method of assembling a pouch battery, the method comprising: The soft package battery assembling device comprises the conveying member (6), the lug processing assembly (3), the adhesive assembly (4), the stacking assembly (5), the bending assembly (7), the lug welding assembly (10), the upper shell assembly (13) and the shell welding assembly, which are used for sequentially cutting, adhering, stacking, bending, lug reinforcing, upper shell welding and shell welding of the battery cell.
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