Battery transposition device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery transposition device. The battery transposition device comprises a rectangular and hollow transverse moving bottom plate; a vertical camera assembly bottom plate extending front and back is arranged on the right side of the transverse moving bottom plate, and a vertical Y-axis mounting bottom plate extending front and back is arranged on the left side of the transverse moving bottom plate; the camera assembly bottom plate is connected with a camera mounting bottom plate capable of sliding back and forth; a camera and a light source frame are arranged on the camera mounting bottom plate; a Z-axis bottom plate capable of sliding front and back under the driving of a Y-axis motor is arranged on the Y-axis mounting plate, a clamping jaw bottom plate capable of sliding up and down under the driving of a Z-axis motor is arranged on the Z-axis bottom plate, and a transposition clamping jaw assembly is arranged on the clamping jaw bottom plate; the transposition clamping jaw assembly is directly connected through the rotating motor, the pneumoelectric slip ring and the clamping jaw, the number of parts is small, the weight is reduced, and energy consumption is low. In the design, the plurality of transposition clamping jaw assemblies can grab a plurality of batteries to rotate liquid injection ports of the batteries to appointed positions according to deviation angles while the cameras take the batteries in a flying manner, so that the working precision and the working efficiency are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of battery manufacturing, in particular to a battery transfer device. Background Art

[0002] At present, the country vigorously promotes new energy, and the lithium battery industry has also developed greatly. In this case, the production efficiency and quality requirements of lithium batteries are getting higher and higher. The injection link is the top priority in battery production. In order to reduce the injection cost and improve the efficiency of injection, a whole tray of batteries has a precise angle position in the tray, which has become a necessary condition. Realizing assembly automation has become a key link to improve the productivity of the entire mechanical manufacturing system, reduce costs, and stabilize product quality. Therefore, a new device that can achieve high-precision transfer of a whole tray of batteries is needed. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the above problems, the present invention proposes a battery transfer device. The battery transfer device comprises a rectangular and hollow transverse bottom plate; the two opposite sides of the transverse bottom plate are defined as the left side and the right side, and the two sides perpendicular to the left side and the right side are respectively the front side and the rear side; a vertical and front-to-back extending camera assembly bottom plate is provided on the right side of the transverse bottom plate, and a vertical and front-to-back extending Y-axis mounting bottom plate is provided on the left side of the transverse bottom plate; a second reinforcing rib connecting the camera assembly bottom plate and the Y-axis mounting bottom plate is provided at the rear of the transverse bottom plate;

[0004] A camera drag chain slot is provided on the top of the camera assembly bottom plate, and a drag chain is provided in the drag chain slot; a camera transverse sliding rail in the front-to-back direction is provided on the right side of the camera assembly bottom plate; the upper end of a drag chain fixing sheet metal is connected to the drag chain; the lower end of the drag chain fixing sheet metal is connected to a camera mounting bottom plate; the camera mounting bottom plate is connected to the camera transverse sliding rail in a forward and backward sliding manner, and the front and rear ends of the camera mounting bottom plate are respectively connected to a camera mounting plate through the camera assembly reinforcement ribs; a downward camera is provided on each of the left and right sides of the camera mounting plate through a camera adjustment plate, and a light source frame is provided at the lower end of each camera;

[0005] A second guide rail pad is provided on the right side of the Y-axis mounting base plate, a transverse guide rail extending forward and backward is provided on the second guide rail pad, and a Z-axis base plate that can slide forward and backward is provided on the transverse guide rail; two rotating Y-axis models are provided on the right side of the Y-axis mounting base plate; a rotating Y-axis motor is provided in one of the two rotating Y-axis models, and the rotating Y-axis model is electrically connected to the Z-axis base plate; a rotating Z-axis model is provided on the top right side of the Z-axis base plate, and a rotating Z-axis motor is provided on the top of the rotating Z-axis model; a first guide rail is provided on the front and rear ends of the right side of the Z-axis base plate The first rail raising block is provided with a lifting rail extending up and down; the lifting rail is provided with a rotating mounting vertical plate that can slide up and down; the Z-axis model is electrically connected to the rotating mounting vertical plate; a horizontal solenoid valve sheet metal is provided on the right side of the rotating mounting vertical plate, and a rotating clamping claw solenoid valve is provided on the top of the solenoid valve sheet metal; a vertical solenoid valve reinforcement rib is provided at the bottom of the solenoid valve sheet metal; a horizontal clamping claw bottom plate is provided at the bottom of the solenoid valve reinforcement rib; two rows of left and right flush clamping claw through holes are provided on the clamping claw bottom plate, and each of the clamping claw through holes contains a transfer clamping claw assembly. There are seven clamping claw through holes in each row, and the corresponding battery tray has fourteen batteries in each row.

[0006] More specifically, the indexing jaw assembly includes a rotating motor, the lower end of which is connected to a coupling sleeved in the jaw through hole; the lower end of the coupling is provided with an origin sensor sheet metal, the origin sensor sheet metal is provided with an origin sensor, and the origin sensor is provided with an auxiliary sensing sheet metal; the lower end of the origin sensor is provided with a gas-electric slip ring, and the outer periphery of the gas-electric slip ring is provided with a stop plate; the lower end of the gas-electric slip ring is provided with a slider connecting plate, the lower end of the slider connecting plate is provided with a cylinder fixing plate, and the lower end of the cylinder fixing plate is provided with a rotating jaw; the upper end of the rotating jaw is provided with an in-position detection sensor, and the lower end is connected to two claw ends that can be brought close to each other through a cylinder structure; the gas-electric slip ring can ensure that the sensor wires and air pipes will not break during multiple rotations.

[0007] More specifically, a rubber strip is inserted on the side of the claw ends facing each other, which can increase the contact area between the claw ends and the battery, making the clamping more secure, and at the same time play a buffering role to protect the battery from being damaged by the clamping.

[0008] More specifically, the Y-axis mounting base plate is provided with a first reinforcing rib connected to the transverse moving base plate, and the camera assembly base plate is provided with a third reinforcing rib connected to the transverse moving base plate.

[0009] More specifically, the diameters of the cameras and the transfer jaw assemblies may correspond one to one with the batteries in the tray; and there is a distance of one battery between adjacent cameras on the left and right and between adjacent transfer jaw assemblies.

[0010] More specifically, a micro-radio sensor is provided at the claw end to accurately detect the battery position.

[0011] The working steps of the present invention include:

[0012] 1. The external battery tray is transported by the external roller to the bottom of the indexing jaw assembly and positioned; the camera assembly bottom plate drives the camera to slide from front to back and take photos of the batteries in the tray to obtain the battery deviation angle;

[0013] 2. After the camera obtains the deviation angle of the first four columns of batteries, the Z-axis base plate is driven by the Y-axis motor to align seven of the fourteen batteries in each column, and the transfer jaw assembly is driven by the Z-axis motor to descend and clamp the battery to remove the battery from the tray; at the same time, the in-situ detection sensor continuously monitors whether the battery position is offset, and the transfer jaw assembly axially rotates the battery under the action of the rotating jaw solenoid valve; after all the transfer jaw assemblies have rotated, the transfer jaw assembly descends to put the battery back to the tray;

[0014] 3. The rotating jaws of the indexing jaw assembly rotate back to the initial position, and the Z-axis base plate is driven by the Y-axis motor to align the other seven batteries in each column of fourteen batteries. The indexing jaw assembly is driven by the Z-axis motor to descend and clamp the battery, and rotate the battery according to the previous steps.

[0015] 4. Move the horizontal bottom plate and repeat steps 2 and 3 for the remaining batteries on the tray. When the injection ports of all batteries are rotated to the specified angle, the transfer work is completed.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are: the transfer jaw assembly is directly connected by a servo motor, a pneumatic slip ring and a jaw, with fewer parts, which reduces the weight of the assembly, reduces energy consumption, reduces the cumulative deviation caused by multiple parts, and improves the overall accuracy; the transfer jaw assembly can rotate multiple batteries while the camera is taking pictures, greatly improving work efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 The figure is a structural diagram of a battery transfer device.

[0018] Figure 2 The present invention is a structural diagram of a camera assembly base plate of a battery transfer device.

[0019] Figure 3 The figure is a structural diagram of the inner side of a battery transfer device.

[0020] Figure 4 This is a structural diagram of the Z-axis base plate of a battery transfer device.

[0021] Figure 5 It is a structural diagram of the transfer jaw assembly. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The specific implementation of the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific implementation described here is only used to illustrate and explain the embodiment of the present invention, and is not used to limit the embodiment of the present invention.

[0023] In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, “clockwise”, “counterclockwise”, “axial”, “radial”, “circumferential”, etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0024] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0025] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral one; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or communication with each other; it can be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0026] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above", "above" or "above" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below", "below" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0027] In the description of this specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" etc. means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, those skilled in the art may combine and combine the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples, without contradiction.

[0028] The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0029] A battery transfer device. The battery transfer device comprises a rectangular and hollow transverse bottom plate 1; the two opposite sides of the transverse bottom plate 1 are defined as the left side and the right side, and the two sides perpendicular to the left side and the right side are respectively the front side and the rear side; a vertical and front-to-back extending camera assembly bottom plate 3 is provided on the right side of the transverse bottom plate, and a vertical and front-to-back extending Y-axis mounting bottom plate 2 is provided on the left side of the transverse bottom plate; a second reinforcing rib 4 connecting the camera assembly bottom plate and the Y-axis mounting bottom plate is provided on the rear side of the transverse bottom plate;

[0030] A camera drag chain slot 7 is provided on the top of the camera assembly bottom plate 3, and a drag chain 16 is provided in the drag chain slot 7; a camera transverse sliding rail 14 in the front-to-back direction is provided on the right side of the camera assembly bottom plate 3; the upper end of a drag chain fixing sheet metal 17 is connected to the drag chain; the lower end of the drag chain fixing sheet metal 17 is connected to a camera mounting bottom plate 18; the camera mounting bottom plate 18 is connected to the camera transverse sliding rail 14 in a forward and backward sliding manner, and the front and rear ends of the camera mounting bottom plate 18 are respectively connected to a camera mounting plate 8 through a camera assembly reinforcement rib 12; a downward camera 11 is provided on each of the left and right sides of the camera mounting plate through a camera adjustment plate 9, and a light source frame 10 is provided at the lower end of each camera;

[0031] A second guide rail pad 31 is provided on the right side of the Y-axis mounting base plate, on which a transverse guide rail 30 extending forward and backward is provided, and on which a Z-axis base plate 32 which can slide forward and backward is provided; two rotating Y-axis models 19 are provided on the right side of the Y-axis mounting base plate; a rotating Y-axis motor 23 is provided in one of the two rotating Y-axis models 19, and the rotating Y-axis model 19 is electrically connected to the Z-axis base plate 32 and can drive the Z-axis base plate to move forward and backward; a rotating Z-axis model 21 is provided on the top of the right side of the Z-axis base plate 32, and a rotating Z-axis motor 22 is provided on the top of the rotating Z-axis model 21; first guide rail pads 20 are provided on the front and rear ends of the right side of the Z-axis base plate 32, The first rail pad block 20 is provided with a lifting rail 29 extending up and down; the lifting rail 29 is provided with a rotating mounting plate 24 that can slide up and down; the rotating Z-axis model electrical 21 is connected to the rotating mounting plate 24 and can drive the rotating mounting plate 24 to move up and down; a horizontal solenoid valve sheet metal 26 is provided on the right side of the rotating mounting plate 24, and a rotating clamping claw solenoid valve 25 is provided on the top of the solenoid valve sheet metal 26; a vertical solenoid valve reinforcement rib 27 is provided at the bottom of the solenoid valve sheet metal 26; a horizontal clamping claw bottom plate 28 is provided at the bottom of the solenoid valve reinforcement rib 27; the clamping claw bottom plate 28 is provided with two rows of left and right flush clamping claw through holes, each of which contains a transfer clamping claw assembly. There are seven clamping claw through holes in each row, and the corresponding battery tray has fourteen batteries in each row.

[0032] More specifically, the indexing jaw assembly includes a rotating motor 33, the lower end of which is connected to a coupling 45 sleeved in the jaw through hole; an origin sensor sheet metal 34 is provided at the lower end of the coupling 45, an origin sensor 35 is provided on the origin sensor sheet metal 34, and an auxiliary sensing sheet metal 44 is provided on the origin sensor; a gas-electric slip ring 36 is provided at the lower end of the origin sensor 35, and a stop plate 43 is provided on the periphery of the gas-electric slip ring 36; a slider connecting plate 42 is provided at the lower end of the gas-electric slip ring 36, a cylinder fixing plate 41 is provided at the lower end of the slider connecting plate 42, and a rotating jaw 37 is provided at the lower end of the cylinder fixing plate 41; an in-position detection sensor 38 is provided at the upper end of the rotating jaw, and the lower end is connected to two claw ends 40 that can be brought close to each other through a cylinder structure; the gas-electric slip ring can ensure that the sensor wires and air pipes will not break during multiple rotations.

[0033] More specifically, the sides of the claw ends 40 facing each other are filled with rubber strips 39, which can increase the contact area between the claw ends and the battery, make the clamping more secure, and protect the battery from being damaged.

[0034] More specifically, the Y-axis mounting base plate is provided with a first reinforcing rib 5 connected to the transverse displacement base plate, and the camera assembly base plate is provided with a third reinforcing rib 6 connected to the transverse displacement base plate.

[0035] More specifically, the diameters of the cameras and the transfer jaw assemblies may correspond one-to-one to the batteries in the tray; and there is a distance of one battery diameter between adjacent cameras on the left and right and between adjacent transfer jaw assemblies.

[0036] More specifically, a micro-radio sensor is provided at the claw end to accurately detect the battery position.

[0037] The working steps of the present invention include:

[0038] 1. The external battery tray is transported by the external roller to the bottom of the indexing jaw assembly and positioned; the camera assembly bottom plate slides from front to back, driving the camera to slide from front to back and take photos of the batteries in the tray to obtain the battery deviation angle;

[0039] 2. After the camera obtains the deviation angle of the first four columns of batteries, the Z-axis base plate is driven by the Y-axis motor to align seven of the fourteen batteries in each column, and the transfer jaw assembly is driven by the Z-axis motor to descend and clamp the battery to remove the battery from the tray; at the same time, the in-situ detection sensor continuously monitors the battery status to prevent the battery from deflecting, and the transfer jaw assembly axially rotates the battery under the action of the rotating jaw solenoid valve; after all the transfer jaw assemblies have rotated, the transfer jaw assembly descends to put the battery back into the tray;

[0040] 3. The rotating jaws of the indexing jaw assembly rotate back to the initial position, and the Z-axis base plate is driven by the Y-axis motor to align the other seven batteries in each column of fourteen batteries. The indexing jaw assembly is driven by the Z-axis motor to descend and clamp the battery, and rotate the battery according to the previous steps.

[0041] 4. Move the tray and repeat steps 2 and 3 for the remaining batteries on the tray. When the injection ports of all batteries are rotated to the specified angle, the transfer work is completed.

[0042] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are: the transfer jaw assembly is directly connected by a servo motor, a pneumatic slip ring and a jaw, with fewer parts, which reduces the weight of the assembly, reduces energy consumption, reduces the cumulative deviation caused by multiple parts, and improves the overall accuracy; the transfer jaw assembly can rotate multiple batteries while the camera is taking pictures, greatly improving work efficiency.

Claims

1. A battery transfer device, characterized in that: It comprises a rectangular and hollow transverse bottom plate; the two opposite sides of the transverse bottom plate are defined as the left side and the right side, and the two sides perpendicular to the left side and the right side are respectively the front side and the rear side; a vertical camera assembly bottom plate extending forward and backward is provided on the right side of the transverse bottom plate, and a vertical Y-axis mounting bottom plate extending forward and backward is provided on the left side of the transverse bottom plate; a second reinforcing rib connecting the camera assembly bottom plate and the Y-axis mounting bottom plate is provided on the rear side of the transverse bottom plate; A camera drag chain slot is provided on the top of the camera assembly bottom plate, and a drag chain is provided in the drag chain slot; a camera transverse sliding rail in the front-to-back direction is provided on the right side of the camera assembly bottom plate; the upper end of a drag chain fixing sheet metal is connected to the drag chain; the lower end of the drag chain fixing sheet metal is connected to a camera mounting bottom plate; the camera mounting bottom plate is connected to the camera transverse sliding rail in a forward and backward sliding manner, and the front and rear ends of the camera mounting bottom plate are respectively connected to a camera mounting plate through the camera assembly reinforcement ribs; a downward camera is provided on each of the left and right sides of the camera mounting plate through a camera adjustment plate, and a light source frame is provided at the lower end of each camera; A second guide rail pad is provided on the right side of the Y-axis mounting base plate, a transverse guide rail extending forward and backward is provided on the second guide rail pad, and a Z-axis base plate that can slide forward and backward is provided on the transverse guide rail; two rotating Y-axis models are provided on the right side of the Y-axis mounting base plate; a rotating Y-axis motor is provided in one of the two rotating Y-axis models, and the rotating Y-axis model is electrically connected to the Z-axis base plate; a rotating Z-axis model is provided on the top right side of the Z-axis base plate, and a rotating Z-axis motor is provided on the top of the rotating Z-axis model; first guide rail pads are provided on the front and rear ends of the right side of the Z-axis base plate A high block, the first guide rail pad block is provided with a lifting guide rail extending up and down; the lifting guide rail is provided with a rotating mounting vertical plate that can slide up and down; the rotating Z-axis model is electrically connected to the rotating mounting vertical plate; a horizontal solenoid valve sheet metal is provided on the right side of the rotating mounting vertical plate, and a rotating clamping claw solenoid valve is provided on the top of the solenoid valve sheet metal; a vertical solenoid valve reinforcement rib is provided at the bottom of the solenoid valve sheet metal; a horizontal clamping claw bottom plate is provided at the bottom of the solenoid valve reinforcement rib; two rows of clamping claw through holes that are flush with each other are provided on the clamping claw bottom plate, and each of the clamping claw through holes accommodates a transfer clamping claw assembly.

2. A battery transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The indexing jaw assembly includes a rotating motor, the lower end of which is connected to a coupling sleeved in the jaw through hole; an origin sensor sheet metal is provided at the lower end of the coupling, an origin sensor is provided on the origin sensor sheet metal, and an auxiliary sensing sheet metal is provided on the origin sensor; an air-electric slip ring is provided at the lower end of the origin sensor, and a stop plate is provided on the periphery of the air-electric slip ring; a slider connecting plate is provided at the lower end of the air-electric slip ring, a cylinder fixing plate is provided at the lower end of the slider connecting plate, and a rotating jaw is provided at the lower end of the cylinder fixing plate; an in-position detection sensor is provided at the upper end of the rotating jaw, and the lower end is connected to two jaw ends that can be brought close to each other through a cylinder structure.

3. A battery transfer device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The claw ends are attached with adhesive strips on the sides facing each other.

4. A battery transfer device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The Y-axis mounting base plate is provided with a first reinforcing rib connected to the transverse displacement base plate, and the camera assembly base plate is provided with a third reinforcing rib connected to the transverse displacement base plate.

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