Battery pin inserting device

Abstract

The invention discloses a battery nail inserting device which comprises a nail inserting part, and the nail inserting part comprises a mechanical arm and a nail inserting mechanism arranged on the mechanical arm. The nail inserting mechanism comprises a fixing plate and at least one clamping jaw which is arranged below the fixing plate and used for nail inserting, at least one detection assembly is arranged below the fixing plate, and the detection assembly is located on one side of the clamping jaw; the detection assembly comprises a distance measuring sensor fixedly connected with the fixing plate, a detection nail is arranged below the distance measuring sensor, and the detection nail is connected with the fixing plate in an up-and-down sliding mode. Through arrangement of a rotating air cylinder and a clamping jaw, a process nail can be grabbed for nail insertion, meanwhile, a detection mechanism is further arranged on one side of the inserted nail, and the detection efficiency is improved. Compared with the prior art, the automatic nail inserting device has the advantages that during nail inserting, nail inserting of the previous action can be checked, checking is carried out during nail inserting, in the process that nail inserting is not in place, nail re-inserting is carried out in time, then the detection time is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to the technical field of an electric core plug device, in particular to a battery plug device. BACKGROUND

[0002] After formation, a lithium battery needs to be subjected to high-temperature aging and static treatment, which is beneficial to the stability of the battery performance, and a process plug needs to be inserted into the liquid injection port before high-temperature aging.

[0003] As shown in the prior art, Figure 6 The current plug device generally comprises a conveying part, a feeding part, a plug receiving part, a plug distributing part and a plug inserting part. The process plug sequentially passes through the feeding part, the plug receiving part and the plug distributing part to reach the plug inserting part. The battery to be plugged is transported to the plug inserting station by the conveying part. The plug inserting part is located at the plug inserting station, and then the plug inserting part is used for plug. During the plug process, the plug is often not in place. The prior art generally checks the batteries on the entire tray after the plug is completed by manual or detection equipment, and the plug that is not in place is re-plugged. This treatment needs more time, resulting in low production efficiency. SUMMARY

[0004] The application aims to provide a battery plug device to solve the problems in the background art.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the application provides the following technical scheme.

[0006] A battery plug device comprises a plug inserting part, the plug inserting part comprises a mechanical arm and a plug mechanism arranged on the mechanical arm.

[0007] The plug mechanism comprises a fixed plate and at least one clamping jaw arranged below the fixed plate for plug, at least one detection assembly is arranged below the fixed plate, and the detection assembly is located on one side of the clamping jaw.

[0008] The detection assembly comprises a distance measuring sensor fixedly connected with the fixed plate, a detection plug is arranged below the distance measuring sensor, and the detection plug is connected with the fixed plate in an up-down sliding mode.

[0009] The plug mechanism is arranged to plug the liquid injection port, and a detection device is further arranged to detect whether the plug is accurately in place.

[0010] As a further scheme of the application, the mechanical arm comprises a mechanical hand mounting frame and a mechanical hand arranged on the upper portion of the mechanical hand mounting frame, a connecting flange is fixedly connected with the fixed plate, and the connecting flange is fixedly connected with the mechanical hand.

[0011] The plug mechanism is moved by the mechanical hand, so that the plug is conveniently taken and inserted, and the degree of automation is improved.

[0012] As a further scheme of the present application: a rotary cylinder for driving the rotation of the clamping jaw is slidably connected below the fixed plate.

[0013] The clamping jaw is rotated by the rotary cylinder, and the process pin clamped by the clamping jaw is rotated into the liquid injection port of the battery.

[0014] As a further scheme of the present application: a rotary cylinder for driving the rotation of the clamping jaw is slidably connected below the fixed plate.

[0015] The rotary seat is arranged below the rotary cylinder, the rotary seat is rotated by the rotary cylinder, and the clamping jaw is driven by the clamping jaw cylinder to realize the grabbing and releasing of the process pin.

[0016] As a further scheme of the present application: the clamping jaw mounting seat comprises a horizontal plate fixedly connected with the rotary piston end of the rotary cylinder and vertical plates located on both sides of the horizontal plate, and a slide rail is arranged on the inner side of each vertical plate, and one clamping jaw is arranged on each slide rail.

[0017] Two clamping jaws are arranged on each clamping jaw mounting seat of the present application, and the process pin part can be clamped by the relative movement of the two clamping jaws.

[0018] As a further scheme of the present application: a guide rod is slidably connected to the fixed plate, the upper end of the guide rod penetrates through the fixed plate and is connected with a limiting nut, the lower end of the guide rod is fixedly connected with a buffer plate, a first return spring is sleeved on the guide rod, the first return spring is located between the buffer plate and the fixed plate, and the rotary cylinder is fixedly connected to the lower end of the buffer plate.

[0019] The buffer plate movably connected with the fixed plate can buffer the whole pin inserting device through the buffer plate, so as to avoid the impact on the battery.

[0020] As a further scheme of the present application: a sensor mounting plate is fixedly connected to one side of the fixed plate, and the distance measuring sensor is fixedly connected with the fixed plate through the sensor mounting plate.

[0021] The distance measuring sensor of the present application uses laser ranging, and the distance measuring sensor is installed on the fixed plate through the sensor mounting plate, so as to ensure that the position of the sensor is relatively stable as a whole, and avoid shaking to affect the measurement accuracy of the distance measuring sensor.

[0022] As a further scheme of the present application: the rotating air cylinder is fixedly connected with a support plate on one side, a sliding groove is arranged on one side of the support plate, a sliding plate is slidably connected to the sliding groove, a stop plate is fixedly connected to the lower end of the sliding plate, a reset spring is arranged between the upper end of the stop plate and the support plate, and a groove for avoiding the clamping jaw and detecting the nail is arranged on the stop plate.

[0023] The stop plate is slidably connected to the rotating air cylinder through the sliding groove and the sliding plate, and in the process of inserting the nail, when the nail inserting mechanism contacts the battery, the stop plate can buffer the instant contact to reduce the impact on the battery.

[0024] As a further scheme of the present application: the rotating air cylinder is fixedly connected with a support plate on one side, a sliding groove is arranged on one side of the support plate, a sliding plate is slidably connected to the sliding groove, a stop plate is fixedly connected to the lower end of the sliding plate, a reset spring is arranged between the upper end of the stop plate and the support plate, and a groove for avoiding the clamping jaw and detecting the nail is arranged on the stop plate.

[0025] The detecting nail is slidably connected in the through hole of the detecting nail support plate, and after the lower end of the detecting nail contacts the process nail, the detecting nail will move upward to overcome the pressure of the second reset spring as the nail inserting mechanism continues to descend, and then the distance between the upper end of the detecting nail and the distance sensor is measured, so that whether the process nail is installed in place can be judged.

[0026] As a further scheme of the present application: the rotating air cylinder is provided with two, and the lower end of each of the two rotating air cylinders is provided with a clamping jaw, and the side of each of the two rotating air cylinders is provided with a detection assembly.

[0027] By providing two rotating air cylinders, two batteries can be inserted with nails at the same time, improving the nail insertion efficiency.

[0028] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages:

[0029] 1. By arranging the rotating air cylinder and the clamping jaw, the process nail can be grabbed and inserted, and at the same time, a detection mechanism is arranged on one side of the nail insertion, so that the previous nail insertion can be checked at the same time, that is, the application checks at the same time of nail insertion, and the process nail that is not inserted in place is re-inserted in time, thereby reducing the detection time and improving the production efficiency;

[0030] 2. The present application is provided with two groups of nail inserting manipulators and nail insertion parts, which improves the nail insertion efficiency;

[0031] 3. The clamping jaw of the present application is provided with a buffer structure, which reduces the impact on the battery during the nail insertion process and reduces the failure rate. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0032] Figure 1 Structure diagram of the nail inserting device in the embodiment;

[0033] Figure 2 Structure diagram of the nail inserting mechanism in the embodiment;

[0034] Figure 3 Structure diagram of the detection assembly in the embodiment;

[0035] Figure 4 、 Figure 5 Structure diagram of the nail inserting cylinder and the clamping jaw in the embodiment;

[0036] Figure 6 Structure diagram of the nail inserting device in the embodiment.

[0037] In the drawings:

[0038] 1-conveying part, 2-feeding part, 3-nail receiving part, 4-nail separating part, 5-nail inserting part;

[0039] 51-robot mounting frame, 52-robot, 53-connection seat, 5301-fixing plate, 5302-connection flange, 5303-buffer plate, 5304-guide rod, 5305-limiting nut, 5306-first return spring, 5307-rotary cylinder, 5308-clamping jaw mounting seat, 5309-clamping jaw, 5310-clamping jaw cylinder, 5311-slide, 5312-sensor mounting plate, 5313-distance measuring sensor, 5314-supporting plate, 5315-sliding plate, 5316-sliding groove, 5317-sliding block, 5318-detection nail supporting plate, 5319-detection nail, 5320-second return spring, 5321-stop plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0040] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0041] Please refer to Figure 1 、 Figure 2The battery plug pin device in the embodiment of the application comprises a plug pin part 5, the plug pin part 5 comprises a mechanical arm and a plug pin mechanism 53 arranged on the mechanical arm, the mechanical arm comprises a mechanical arm mounting frame 51 and a mechanical arm 52 arranged on the upper part of the mechanical arm mounting frame 51, a connecting flange 5302 is fixedly connected to the fixed plate 5301, the connecting flange 5302 is fixedly connected with the mechanical arm 52, the plug pin mechanism 53 is driven to move by the mechanical arm 52, thereby facilitating the taking and inserting of the pin, and the degree of automation is improved. The plug pin mechanism 53 comprises a fixed plate 5301 and at least one clamping jaw 5309 for inserting the pin arranged below the fixed plate 5301, at least one detection assembly is arranged below the fixed plate 5301, and the detection assembly is located on one side of the clamping jaw 5309.

[0042] Please refer to Figure 2 、 Figure 3 、 Figure 4 、 Figure 5 A rotating cylinder 5307 for driving the clamping jaw 5309 to rotate is slidably connected to the lower part of the fixed plate 5301, a clamping jaw mounting seat 5308 is fixedly connected to the lower end rotating piston end of the rotating cylinder 5307, a slide rail 5311 is arranged on the inner side of the clamping jaw mounting seat 5308, the clamping jaw 5309 is slidably connected with the clamping jaw mounting seat 5308 through the slide rail 5311, a clamping jaw cylinder 5310 for driving the clamping jaw 5309 to slide along the slide rail 5311 is fixedly connected to the clamping jaw mounting seat 5308, the clamping jaw mounting seat 5308 comprises a horizontal plate fixedly connected with the rotating piston end of the rotating cylinder 5307 and vertical plates located on both sides of the horizontal plate, the slide rail 5311 is arranged on the inner side of each vertical plate, and one clamping jaw 5309 is arranged on each slide rail 5311. A guide rod 5304 is slidably connected to the fixed plate 5301, the upper end of the guide rod 5304 penetrates through the fixed plate 5301 and is connected with a limiting nut, a buffer plate 5303 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the guide rod 5034, a first reset spring 5306 is sleeved on the guide rod 5304, the first reset spring 5306 is located between the buffer plate 5303 and the fixed plate 5301, and the rotating cylinder 5307 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the buffer plate 5303.

[0043] A supporting plate 5314 is fixedly connected to one side of the rotating cylinder 5307, a sliding groove 5316 is arranged on one side of the supporting plate 5314, a sliding plate 5315 is slidably connected to the sliding groove 5316, a stop plate 5321 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the sliding plate 5315, a reset spring is arranged between the upper end of the stop plate 5321 and the supporting plate 5314, and a groove for avoiding the clamping jaw 5309 and detecting the pin 5319 is arranged on the stop plate 5321. The stop plate 5321 is slidably connected to the rotating cylinder 5307 through the sliding groove and the sliding plate, in the process of inserting the pin, when the plug pin mechanism contacts the battery, the stop plate 5321 can buffer the instant of contact, and the impact on the battery is reduced.

[0044] Please refer to 2. Figure 3 The detection assembly includes a ranging sensor 5313 fixedly connected to a fixed plate 5301. A sensor mounting plate 5312 is fixedly connected to one side of the fixed plate 5301. The ranging sensor 5313 is fixedly connected to the fixed plate 5301 via the sensor mounting plate 5312. A detection pin 5319 is disposed below the ranging sensor 5313. The detection pin 5319 is slidably connected to the fixed plate 5301. In this embodiment, a detection pin support plate 5318 is fixedly connected to the lower part of a support plate 5314. The detection pin support plate 5318 has a through hole, and the detection pin 5319 is slidably connected within the through hole. Limiting bosses are provided at both the top and bottom of the 5319. A second return spring 5320 is sleeved on the detection pin 5319. The second return spring 5320 is located below the detection pin support plate 5318. The detection pin 5319 is slidably connected in the through hole of the detection pin support plate 5318. After the lower end of the detection pin 5319 contacts the process pin, as the pin insertion mechanism continues to descend, the detection pin 5319 will overcome the pressure of the second return spring 5320 and move upward. This will determine the distance between the upper end of the detection pin 5319 and the distance sensor 5313. By measuring this distance, it can be determined whether the process pin is installed in place.

[0045] There are two rotary cylinders 5307, each with a gripper at its lower end and a detection component on one side. By using two rotary cylinders, two batteries can be inserted simultaneously, improving insertion efficiency.

[0046] When using this invention, as Figure 6 As shown, the nail insertion device includes a conveying unit 1, a feeding unit 2, a nail receiving unit 3, a nail distributing unit 4, and a nail insertion unit 5. The conveying unit 1 outputs the battery to the nail insertion station, and the feeding unit 2, the nail receiving unit 3, and the nail distributing unit 4 convey the process nails to the position that the nail insertion unit 5 can grasp. In this embodiment, the conveying unit 1, the feeding unit 2, the nail receiving unit 3, and the nail distributing unit 4 are not within the scope of protection claimed in this application, so they will not be described in detail.

[0047] The tray with the battery runs to the designated position, the manipulator 52 drives the nail inserting mechanism 53 to move above the process nail, then the clamping jaw 5309 of the nail inserting mechanism 53 grabs two process nails, then the manipulator 52 drives the nail inserting mechanism 53 to the above the battery to be inserted and drops, in the process of dropping of the nail inserting mechanism, as the distance from the battery is closer and closer, first, the stop plate 5321 contacts the battery, the dropping process is buffered through the stop plate 5321, preventing impact on the battery, then the manipulator 52 drives the fixed plate 5301 to continue to drop, when the clamping jaw 5309 clamped process nail contacts the liquid injection port of the battery, in the process of contact, since the rotary air cylinder 5307 is installed on the buffer plate 5303, the contact process can be buffered through the first return spring 5306, avoiding the process nail impacting the liquid injection port of the battery, the rotary air cylinder 5307 is started, driving the clamping jaw 5309 to rotate, at the same time the manipulator 52 drives the fixed plate 5301 to continue to drop, and then the process nail can be rotated downward and installed into the liquid injection port of the battery, the nail inserting detection pin 5319 detects the battery inserted with the process nail last time, the detection pin 5319 will be pressed on the process nail inserted last time, and pushes the process nail to move upward, the position of the detection pin 5319 is measured through the distance measuring sensor 5313, and then it can be judged whether the process nail is inserted in place, if the process nail state is normal, the next nail inserting action is performed, if not, the manipulator 52 and the nail inserting mechanism 53 will pull out the abnormal process nail and re-insert the nail.

[0048] It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that, without departing from the scope of the application, the application can be implemented in other specific forms. The embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the application being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the description given above, and therefore all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the scope of the claims.

[0049] In addition, it should be understood that, although the present specification is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, and the description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can be combined appropriately to form other embodiments that those skilled in the art can understand.

Claims

1. A battery insertion device, characterized in that, Includes a pin insertion part (5), the pin insertion part (5) includes a robotic arm and a pin insertion mechanism (53) disposed on the robotic arm; The pin insertion mechanism (53) includes a fixing plate (5301) and at least one clamping jaw (5309) for inserting pins disposed below the fixing plate (5301). At least one detection component is disposed below the fixing plate (5301) and the detection component is located on one side of the clamping jaw (5309). The detection component includes a distance sensor (5313) fixedly connected to the fixed plate (5301), and a detection pin (5319) is provided below the distance sensor (5313). The detection pin (5319) is slidably connected to the fixed plate (5301) vertically.

2. The battery insertion device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The robotic arm includes a robotic arm mounting frame (51) and a robotic arm (52) disposed on the upper part of the robotic arm mounting frame (51). A connecting flange (5302) is fixedly connected to the fixing plate (5301), and the connecting flange (5302) is fixedly connected to the robotic arm (52).

3. The battery insertion device according to claim 1, characterized in that, A rotary cylinder (5307) for driving the gripper (5309) to rotate is slidably connected below the fixed plate (5301).

4. The battery insertion device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The rotary cylinder (5307) has a gripper mounting base (5308) fixedly connected to the lower end of the rotary piston. The gripper mounting base (5308) has a slide rail (5311) on its inner side. The gripper (5309) is slidably connected to the gripper mounting base (5308) through the slide rail (5311). The gripper mounting base (5308) has a gripper cylinder (5310) fixedly connected to it for driving the gripper (5309) to slide along the slide rail (5311).

5. A battery insertion device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The gripper mounting base (5308) includes a horizontal plate fixedly connected to the end of the rotating piston of the rotating cylinder (5307) and vertical plates located on both sides of the horizontal plate. Slide rails (5311) are provided on the inner side of both vertical plates, and a gripper (5309) is provided on each slide rail (5311).

6. A battery insertion device according to claim 3, characterized in that, A guide rod (5304) is slidably connected to the fixed plate (5301). The upper end of the guide rod (5304) passes through the fixed plate (5301) and is connected to a limit nut. A buffer plate (5303) is fixedly connected to the lower end of the guide rod (5304). A first return spring (5306) is sleeved on the guide rod (5304). The first return spring (5306) is located between the buffer plate (5303) and the fixed plate (5301). The rotary cylinder (5307) is fixedly connected to the lower end of the buffer plate (5303).

7. The battery insertion device according to claim 1, characterized in that, A sensor mounting plate (5312) is fixedly connected to one side of the fixing plate (5301), and the ranging sensor (5313) is fixedly connected to the fixing plate (5301) through the sensor mounting plate (5312).

8. A battery insertion device according to claim 3, characterized in that, A support plate (5314) is fixedly connected to one side of the rotary cylinder (5307). A slide groove (5316) is provided on one side of the support plate (5314). A sliding plate (5315) is slidably connected to the slide groove (5316). A stop plate (5321) is fixedly connected to the lower end of the sliding plate (5315). A return spring is provided between the upper end of the stop plate (5321) and the support plate (5314). The stop plate (5321) is provided with a groove for avoiding the gripper (5309) and the detection pin (5319).

9. A battery insertion device according to claim 8, characterized in that, The support plate (5314) is fixedly connected to the lower part of the detection nail support plate (5318). The detection nail support plate (5318) is provided with a through hole. The detection nail (5319) is slidably connected in the through hole. The detection nail (5319) is provided with limit bosses at both the upper and lower ends. A second reset spring (5320) is sleeved on the detection nail (5319). The second reset spring (5320) is located below the detection nail support plate (5318).

10. A battery insertion device according to claim 3, characterized in that, Two rotary cylinders (5307) are provided, and each of the two rotary cylinders (5307) is provided with a gripper at its lower end. Each of the two rotary cylinders (5307) is provided with a detection component on one side.

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