Lane changing device and battery production equipment

Abstract

The utility model provides a lane changing device and battery production equipment, the lane changing device is provided with a first waiting station, a lane changing station and a blanking station, the lane changing device comprises a first conveying assembly, a second conveying assembly and a third conveying assembly, the first conveying assembly comprises a first conveying line, and the tail end of the first conveying line is arranged at the first waiting station; the second conveying assembly comprises N second conveying lines, and each second conveying line sequentially penetrates through the lane changing station and the discharging station; and the track changing assembly is movably arranged at the track changing station in N states, the track changing assembly is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and when the track changing assembly is in the ith state, the inlet is connected with the tail end of the first conveying line, and the outlet is connected with the head end of the ith second conveying line so as to convey the battery to the ith second conveying line. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and 1 < = i < = N. According to the lane changing device, state switching can be continuously carried out at a high speed so as to complete lane changing operation, beat loss during lane changing is reduced, and high-speed development of a battery production line is facilitated.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of production equipment, and more specifically, to a lane changing device and battery production equipment. Background Art

[0002] With the booming market of electronic products such as electric vehicles and smart phones, the production efficiency and capacity of batteries, as one of their core energy components, have become the focus of the industry. In order to meet the growing market demand for batteries, battery production lines are gradually moving towards high-speed and automation. In the process of battery unloading, the traditional single-row gripping manipulator has greatly affected the unloading speed due to its limited number of batteries it can grab at a time, and has gradually been unable to meet the high requirements of high-speed production lines for the beat. Utility Model Content

[0003] The utility model provides a new technical solution for a lane changing device, which can at least solve the problem in the prior art that traditional battery feeding is difficult to meet the demand for high-speed battery production.

[0004] The utility model also provides a battery production device, comprising the lane changing device.

[0005] According to a first aspect of the utility model, a lane changing device is provided, the lane changing device having a first waiting station, a lane changing station and a material unloading station, the lane changing device comprising: a first conveying assembly, the first conveying assembly comprising a first conveying line for conveying batteries, the end of the first conveying line being arranged at the first waiting station; a second conveying assembly, the second conveying assembly comprising N second conveying lines for conveying the batteries, each of the second conveying lines sequentially passing through the lane changing station and the material unloading station; a lane changing assembly, the lane changing assembly being movably arranged at the lane changing station in N states, the lane changing assembly having an import and an export, when the lane changing assembly is in the i-th state, the import is connected to the end of the first conveying line, the export is connected to the head end of the i-th second conveying line, so as to convey the battery to the i-th second conveying line; wherein N is an integer ≥2, 1≤i≤N.

[0006] Optionally, the first conveying component further includes:

[0007] Two first material blocking assemblies are arranged at intervals at the end of the first conveying line, and the first material blocking assemblies are used to block or release the batteries to cache M batteries at the first waiting station, where M is an integer ≥1.

[0008] Optionally, the lane-changing device further includes a second waiting station, and each of the second conveying lines passes through the lane-changing station, the second waiting station and the unloading station in sequence, and the second waiting station is used to cache N*M of the batteries.

[0009] Optionally, the lane changing assembly comprises: a support; a guide member, the guide member being rotatably arranged on the support around a first preset axis, the first preset axis extending along a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to a conveying direction of the battery, the guide member defining a guide channel suitable for accommodating the battery, one end of the guide channel forming the inlet, and the other end of the guide channel forming the outlet;

[0010] A first driving member is connected to the guide member to drive the guide member to rotate.

[0011] Optionally, the first driving member has a telescopic rod, which is rotatably connected to the guide member around a second preset axis, the first preset axis is parallel to the second preset axis, the telescopic rod is movable along a second direction, and the first direction, the second direction and the conveying direction of the battery are perpendicular to each other.

[0012] Optionally, the guide member is a gantry, which includes: two guide bars, which are arranged at intervals, and each guide bar extends along the conveying direction of the battery; and a gate-shaped bracket, which is mounted on the two guide bars and cooperates with the two guide bars to form the guide channel.

[0013] Optionally, N=2.

[0014] Optionally, the lane-changing assembly further comprises: a contoured block, wherein the contoured block is disposed between the two second conveying lines, and the contoured block cooperates with the guide to guide the battery into one of the two second conveying lines.

[0015] Optionally, the lane changing assembly further includes:

[0016] A support member is connected to the support, the support member extends along the second direction toward a side away from the guide member, and the support member supports the guide member.

[0017] Optionally, the lane changing device further comprises: a side push positioning assembly, which is disposed at the unloading station and is used to push and position the battery on the second conveying line.

[0018] Optionally, the side-push positioning assembly includes: a push plate, wherein the push plate is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves adapted to the battery on the side facing the battery, and the plurality of positioning grooves are arranged along the conveying direction of the second conveyor line; and a second driving member, wherein the second driving member is connected to the push plate and is used to drive the push plate to move in a direction perpendicular to the second conveyor line.

[0019] Optionally, the second conveying assembly further includes: N material blocking groups, the N material blocking groups are arranged at the unloading station, and the N material blocking groups are arranged one-to-one with the N second conveying lines, each of the material blocking groups includes two second material blocking assemblies, the second material blocking assemblies are used to block or release the batteries, and the side push positioning assembly is located between the two second material blocking assemblies of each of the material blocking groups.

[0020] Optionally, the second conveying assembly includes: a conveyor belt, which passes through the lane changing station and the unloading station in sequence; at least one partition, each of which extends along the conveying direction of the battery, and at least one partition is arranged on the conveyor belt and divides the conveyor belt into N second conveying lines.

[0021] According to a second aspect of the utility model, a battery production device is provided, comprising the lane changing device described in any one of the above embodiments.

[0022] According to the lane changing device of the utility model, a lane changing assembly is arranged between the first conveying assembly and the second conveying assembly. The state switching of the lane changing assembly can be used to divide the batteries originally arranged in a row for conveying on the first conveyor line into multiple parts, and the multiple parts of batteries are respectively guided to multiple second conveyor lines to form the purpose of conveying multiple columns of batteries side by side, thereby forming a layout of multiple columns and rows of batteries at the unloading station, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of mechanical grasping of battery unloading, and the lane changing assembly can continuously switch states at high speed to complete the lane changing operation, reducing the beat loss during lane changing, and can meet the continuous grasping of high-speed manipulators, which is beneficial to the high-speed development of battery production lines.

[0023] Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of a battery production device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 2is a schematic diagram of a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a first conveying assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional diagram of a first material blocking assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 5 is a top view of a lane changing assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 6 It is a stereoscopic diagram of the cooperation between the lane changing assembly and the first conveying assembly and the second conveying assembly in the lane changing device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

[0031] Figure 7 is a three-dimensional diagram of a lane changing assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of a second waiting station in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0033] Fig. 9 It is a schematic diagram of the cooperation between the side push positioning assembly and the second conveying assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0034] Fig.10 It is a stereoscopic diagram of a side push positioning assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0035] Fig.11 It is a stereoscopic view of a second material blocking assembly in a lane changing device according to an embodiment of the utility model.

[0036] Reference numerals

[0037] 100. Battery production equipment; 1. Lane changing device; 2. Manipulator; 3. Battery; 4. Support cup; 10. First conveying assembly; 11. First conveying line; 20. Second conveying assembly; 21. Second conveying line; 21a. Second conveying line numbered 1; 21b. Second conveying line numbered 2; 23. Partition; 30. Lane changing assembly; 31. Support; 32. Guide; 321. Guide channel; 322. Inlet; 323. Outlet; 324. Guide strip; 325. Door bracket; 326. 6. L-shaped bracket; 33. First driving member; 331. Telescopic rod; 34. Contour stopper; 341. Inclined surface; 35. Support member; 40. First material stopper assembly; 41. Driving structure; 42. Baffle; 50. Side push positioning assembly; 51. Push plate; 511. Positioning groove; 52. Second driving member; 60. Material stopper group; 61. Second material stopper assembly; a. First waiting station; b. Lane changing station; c. Second waiting station; d. Unloading station; A. First preset axis; B. Second preset axis. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that unless otherwise specifically stated, the relative arrangements of components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values ​​set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention.

[0039] The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the present invention, its application, or uses.

[0040] Technologies, methods, and equipment known to ordinary technicians in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, the technologies, methods, and equipment should be considered as part of the specification.

[0041] In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values ​​should be interpreted as merely exemplary and not limiting. Therefore, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

[0042] It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to similar items in the following figures, and therefore, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further discussed in subsequent figures.

[0043] The lane changing device 1 according to an embodiment of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0044] like Figures 1 to 11 As shown, the lane changing device 1 has a first waiting station a, a lane changing station b and a material unloading station d. The lane changing device 1 according to the embodiment of the utility model comprises: a first conveying assembly 10, a second conveying assembly 20 and a lane changing assembly 30.

[0045] Specifically, the first conveying assembly 10 includes a first conveying line 11 for conveying batteries 3, and the end of the first conveying line 11 is set at the first waiting station a. The second conveying assembly 20 includes N second conveying lines 21 for conveying batteries 3, and each second conveying line 21 passes through the lane changing station b and the unloading station d in sequence. The lane changing assembly 30 is movably arranged at the lane changing station b in N states, and the lane changing assembly 30 has an inlet 322 and an outlet 323. When the lane changing assembly 30 is in the i-th state, the inlet 322 is connected to the end of the first conveying line 11, and the outlet 323 is connected to the head end of the i-th second conveying line 21, so as to convey the battery 3 to the i-th second conveying line 21. N is an integer ≥2, 1≤i≤N.

[0046] In other words, the lane-changing device 1 according to the embodiment of the utility model is mainly composed of a first conveying assembly 10, a second conveying assembly 20 and a lane-changing assembly 30. The first waiting station a, the lane-changing station b and the unloading station d are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the battery 3. The first conveying assembly 10 and the second conveying assembly 20 are both used to convey the battery 3, and the battery 3 may include but is not limited to a cylindrical battery 3. Optionally, the first conveying assembly 10 and the second conveying assembly 20 may convey the battery 3 through the tray 4, and the battery 3 may be loaded in the tray 4.

[0047] The first conveying assembly 10 can be mainly composed of a first conveying line 11, and the end of the first conveying line 11 can be set at the first waiting station a. Therefore, the first conveying line 11 can convey the battery 3 toward the first waiting station a, so that one or more batteries 3 are cached in the first waiting station a, waiting for the next operation.

[0048] The second conveying assembly 20 may be mainly composed of N second conveying lines 21, where N may be an integer greater than 1, for example, N may be 2, 3, 4, etc. Optionally, the N second conveying lines 21 may be parallel to each other, that is, the N second conveying lines 21 extend in the same direction, and the N second conveying lines 21 may simultaneously convey the batteries 3 carried thereon in the same direction. In addition, the second conveying line 21 may pass through the lane-changing station b and the unloading station d, so the second conveying line 21 may convey the batteries 3 from the lane-changing station b to the unloading station d.

[0049] A lane-changing assembly 30 may be provided between the first conveying assembly 10 and the second conveying assembly 20 . The lane-changing assembly 30 may have an inlet 322 and an outlet 323 . The battery 3 may enter the lane-changing assembly 30 through the inlet 322 and then leave the lane-changing assembly 30 through the outlet 323 .

[0050] In addition, the lane changing assembly 30 can switch between N states, that is, the number of states of the lane changing assembly 30 is equal to the number of second conveyor lines 21. For example, when there are two second conveyor lines 21, the lane changing assembly 30 can switch between two states; when there are three second conveyor lines 21, the lane changing assembly 30 can switch between three states, and so on.

[0051] In addition, in any state of the lane changing assembly 30, the inlet 322 of the lane changing assembly 30 can be connected to the end of the first conveying line 11 to receive the battery 3 from the first conveying line 11 at any time. For the convenience of explanation, the N second conveying lines 21 can be numbered in sequence according to the arrangement order. When the lane changing assembly 30 is in the i-th state, the outlet 323 of the lane changing assembly 30 can be connected to the head end of the second conveying line 21 numbered i to convey the battery 3 to the second conveying line 21 numbered i. i can be any integer greater than 0 and not greater than N.

[0052] For example, when n=2, the lane changing assembly 30 can have two states, namely a first state and a second state. When the lane changing assembly 30 is in the first state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the first second conveyor line 21, that is, connected to the second conveyor line 21a numbered 1; when the lane changing assembly 30 is in the second state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the second second conveyor line 21, that is, connected to the second conveyor line 21b numbered 2.

[0053] When n=3, the lane changing assembly 30 can have three states, namely, a first state, a second state and a third state. When the lane changing assembly 30 is in the first state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the first second conveyor line 21, that is, connected to the second conveyor line 21a numbered 1; when the lane changing assembly 30 is in the second state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the second second conveyor line 21, that is, connected to the second conveyor line 21b numbered 2; when the lane changing assembly 30 is in the third state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the third second conveyor line 21, that is, connected to the second conveyor line 21 numbered 3.

[0054] Therefore, according to the lane changing device 1 of the embodiment of the utility model, a lane changing component 30 is arranged between the first conveying component 10 and the second conveying component 20. The state switching of the lane changing component 30 can be used to divide the batteries 3 originally arranged in a row on the first conveyor line 11 into multiple parts, and the multiple batteries 3 are respectively guided to multiple second conveyor lines 21 to form the purpose of conveying multiple columns of batteries 3 side by side, thereby forming a layout of multiple columns and rows of batteries 3 at the unloading station d, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of mechanical grasping and unloading of batteries 3, and the lane changing component 30 can continuously switch states at high speed to complete the lane changing operation, reducing the beat loss during lane changing, and can meet the continuous grasping of the high-speed manipulator 2, which is beneficial to the high-speed development of the battery 3 production line.

[0055] In some specific embodiments, the lane changing device 1 of this embodiment can at least meet the needs of the high-speed manipulator 2 for continuous incoming material grabbing at 200 PPM.

[0056] According to one embodiment of the utility model, the first conveying assembly 10 also includes two first material blocking groups 60 pieces 40, and the two first material blocking groups 60 pieces 40 are spaced apart at the end of the first conveying line 11, and the first material blocking groups 60 pieces 40 are used to block or release the battery 3 to cache M batteries 3 at the first waiting station a, where M is an integer ≥1.

[0057] Specifically, two first material stopper groups 60 pieces 40 may be provided on the first conveyor line 11, and the two first material stopper groups 60 pieces 40 may be spaced apart in the conveying direction of the battery 3 to separate the first conveyor line 11 into a buffer area, which may be at the first waiting station a.

[0058] like Figure 3 As shown, in order to ensure that the batteries 3 are not disturbed during unloading, two first blocking groups 60 pieces 40 can be set on the first conveyor line 11. Through these two first blocking groups 60 pieces 40, M batteries 3 can be retained and cached at the first waiting station a. Therefore, after each lane changing component 30 switches its state, the M batteries 3 cached at the first waiting station a can be quickly conveyed to the corresponding second conveyor line 21, reducing the time required to be reserved between two lane changes, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of unloading and conveying the batteries 3.

[0059] For example, M may be 16. Before each lane change, 16 batteries 3 may be cached at the first waiting station a. Then, after the lane change assembly 30 completes the sequential state switching, the 16 batteries 3 may be conveyed one by one to the corresponding second conveyor line 21 .

[0060] In some optional embodiments, the first material blocking group 60 may include a driving structure 41 and a baffle 42. The driving structure 41 may be disposed on one side of the first conveyor line 11, and the baffle 42 may be connected to the driving structure 41, and the driving structure 41 may drive the baffle 42 to move along the width direction of the first conveyor line 11, that is, drive the baffle 42 to move along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the battery 3.

[0061] When the driving structure 41 drives the baffle 42 to extend, the baffle 42 can block the batteries 3 at the rear in the conveying direction, preventing the batteries 3 at the rear from continuing to be conveyed downward.

[0062] According to some other embodiments of the present utility model, the lane changing device 1 also includes a second waiting station c, each second conveying line 21 passes through the lane changing station b, the second waiting station c and the unloading station d in sequence, and the second waiting station c is used to cache N*M batteries 3.

[0063] Specifically, a second waiting station c can be provided between the lane changing station b and the unloading station d. Before the battery 3 is transported to the unloading station d through the lane changing assembly 30, it can be first transported to the second waiting station c for caching to wait for the robot 2 at the unloading station d to complete the previous round of unloading, and then be transported together to the unloading station d for the next round of unloading.

[0064] In this embodiment, the second waiting station c can play a connecting role and realize a buffering function by storing the batteries 3, which is beneficial to improving the stability and continuity of production.

[0065] For example, N=2, M=16. First, the 16 batteries 3 of the first wave cached in the first waiting station a are conveyed to the second conveyor line 21a numbered 1 through the lane-changing assembly 30 in the first state, and then the 16 batteries 3 are conveyed to the second waiting station c through the second conveyor line 21a numbered 1. During the process of the 16 batteries 3 being conveyed to the second waiting station c, the 16 batteries 3 of the second wave can enter the first waiting station a for waiting. Then the lane-changing assembly 30 is switched from the first state to the second state, and the 16 batteries 3 of the second wave are conveyed to the second conveyor line 21b numbered 2 through the lane-changing assembly 30, and then the 16 batteries 3 of the second wave are conveyed to the second waiting station c through the second conveyor line 21b numbered 2. At this time, there are 32 batteries 3 in total in the second waiting station, and then these 32 batteries 3 are conveyed together to the unloading station d, and the manipulator 2 grabs these 32 batteries 3 at one time and completes the unloading.

[0066] In some specific embodiments of the present utility model, the lane changing assembly 30 includes a support 31, a guide member 32 and a first driving member 33. The guide member 32 is rotatably arranged on the support 31 around a first preset axis A, the first preset axis A extends along a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the battery 3, and the guide member 32 defines a guide channel 321 suitable for accommodating the battery 3, one end of the guide channel 321 is formed as an inlet 322, and the other end of the guide channel 321 is formed as an outlet 323. The first driving member 33 is connected to the guide member 32 to drive the guide member 32 to rotate.

[0067] Specifically, the lane changing assembly 30 may be mainly composed of a support 31, a guide 32 and a first driving member 33. The support 31 may be fixedly arranged, the guide 32 may be rotatably connected to the support 31, the rotation axis of the guide 32 is a first preset axis A, and the first preset axis A may extend along a first direction, and the first direction may be perpendicular to the conveying direction of the battery 3. Optionally, the battery 3 may be conveyed in a horizontal direction, and the first direction may be a vertical direction.

[0068] In addition, the guide member 32 may be provided with a guide channel 321 , and the guide channel 321 may be a one-way channel having an inlet 322 and an outlet 323 .

[0069] In addition, the first driving member 33 can be connected to the guiding member 32 to drive the guiding member 32 to rotate around the first preset axis A, so that the guiding member 32 switches between multiple positions, thereby realizing multiple state switching of the lane changing assembly 30 .

[0070] Optionally, the first driving member 33 may be a driving motor, and the rotational motion of the driving motor may be converted into the rotational motion of the guiding member 32 .

[0071] In this embodiment, the guide member 32 is rotatable relative to the support 31, so that the inlet 322 of the guide member 32 is always connected with the end of the first conveyor line 11 to receive the batteries 3 conveyed by the first conveyor line 11, and the outlet 323 is connected with each second conveyor line 21 during the rotation of the guide member 32, so as to facilitate guiding the batteries 3 into the corresponding second conveyor line 21 without jamming, which is beneficial to improving the stability and reliability of the lane changing device 1.

[0072] According to some optional embodiments of the utility model, the first driving member 33 has a telescopic rod 331, which is rotatably connected to the guide member 32 around a second preset axis B. The first preset axis A is parallel to the second preset axis B. The telescopic rod 331 is movable along the second direction, and the first direction, the second direction and the conveying direction of the battery 3 are perpendicular to each other.

[0073] For example, the first driving member 33 may include but is not limited to a cylinder having a telescopic rod 331. The second direction may be the width direction of the first conveyor line 11 or the second conveyor line 21. The telescopic rod 331 may be telescopic along the second direction, and the telescopic rod 331 is rotatably connected to the guide member 32, thereby converting the linear motion of the telescopic rod 331 into the rotational motion of the guide member 32, which is beneficial to simplifying the structure of the lane changing assembly 30 and reducing the cost of the lane changing assembly 30.

[0074] According to some other embodiments of the present invention, Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, the guide member 32 is a gantry, which includes two guide bars 324 and a gate-shaped bracket 325. The two guide bars 324 are arranged at intervals, and each guide bar 324 extends along the conveying direction of the battery 3. The gate-shaped bracket 325 is mounted on the two guide bars 324 and cooperates with the two guide bars 324 to form a guide channel 321.

[0075] Specifically, the guide member 32 may be mainly composed of two guide bars 324 and at least one gate-shaped bracket 325. Each guide bar 324 may extend in the conveying direction of the battery 3, and the two guide bars 324 may be spaced apart along the width direction of the first conveying line 11, and the distance between the two guide bars 324 is not less than the diameter of the battery 3 or the tray 4 loaded with the battery 3, so that the battery 3 can pass through the guide channel 321 in the guide member 32 without hindrance.

[0076] In addition, a gate-shaped bracket 325 may be mounted on the two guide bars 324. For example, the gate-shaped bracket 325 may include two vertically extending side bars and a top bar disposed at the top of the two side bars, and the top bar connects the two side bars to form a "gate" shape. The guide channel 321 defined by the gate-shaped bracket 325 and the two guide bars 324 can allow the tray cup 4 loaded with the battery 3 to pass through, and the two guide bars 324 can also guide the tray cup 4 to guide the tray cup 4 into the corresponding second conveyor line 21.

[0077] Optionally, the number of the gate-shaped bracket 325 may be one or more, and the multiple gate-shaped brackets 325 may be arranged at intervals along the conveying direction of the battery 3 .

[0078] In this embodiment, the guide member 32 has a simple structure, uses less material, is strong and reliable. The gate-shaped bracket 325 is used to limit and protect the upper part of the battery 3, which is conducive to improving the safety and reliability of lane changing. In addition, the two guide bars 324 can guide the movement of the battery 3 or the support cup 4 to prevent the battery 3 or the support cup 4 from deflecting or shaking.

[0079] In some specific embodiments of the present invention, N = 2. Two second conveyor lines 21 are provided to realize the one-to-two switching of the battery 3, and the battery 3 is divided into two unloading lines. A plurality of second conveyor lines 21 are used to convey more batteries 3 to the unloading station d for unloading by the manipulator 2 within a unit time, thereby improving the unloading efficiency.

[0080] According to some optional embodiments of the present invention, the lane changing assembly 30 further includes a contour block 34 and a support member 35. The contour block 34 is disposed between the two second conveying lines 21. The contour block 34 cooperates with the guide member 32 to guide the battery 3 into one of the two second conveying lines 21.

[0081] Specifically, a contour block 34 may be provided between two adjacent second conveyor lines 21 , and the contour block 34 may better guide the batteries 3 outputted by the lane-changing assembly 30 to enter the corresponding second conveyor line 21 to avoid material jamming.

[0082] From a bird's-eye view, Figure 5As shown, in the conveying direction of the battery 3, the end of the contour block 34 close to the first conveying line 11 is narrower, and the end of the contour block 34 close to the second conveying line 21 is wider, which can increase the distance between two adjacent rows of batteries 3 and facilitate the subsequent gripper of the manipulator 2 to extend between two adjacent rows of batteries 3 to grab multiple rows of batteries 3.

[0083] The lane changing assembly 30 is switchable between a first state and a second state. When the lane changing assembly 30 is in the first state, the outlet 323 of the guide channel 321 is communicated with the second conveying line 21a numbered 1, and when the lane changing assembly 30 is in the second state, the outlet 323 of the guide channel 321 is communicated with the second conveying line 21b numbered 2.

[0084] In addition, one end of the contoured stopper 34 close to the guide member 32 may be configured to avoid the guide member 32 during the movement of the guide member 32 to avoid interference.

[0085] According to some other embodiments of the present invention, the lane changing assembly 30 further includes a support member 35 , which is connected to the support 31 , and extends along the second direction toward a side away from the guide member 32 , and supports the guide member 32 .

[0086] Specifically, the support 31 may be connected to a support member 35. The connection method between the support member 35 and the support 31 may include but is not limited to welding fixation and screw fixation. Optionally, the support member 35 may be L-shaped, and the support member 35 may be composed of two mutually perpendicular plates, one of which may extend along the second direction, and the other may extend along the first direction.

[0087] The guide member 32 may further include an L-shaped bracket 326, which may include a plate extending along the second direction and a column extending along the first direction, wherein the top end of the column may be connected to the plate, and the bottom end of the column may abut against the support member and may slide relative to the support member.

[0088] Therefore, when the guide member 32 rotates, the guide member 32 can always be supported on the support member 35 through the L-shaped bracket 326, avoiding the first driving member 33 to bear the gravity of the guide member 32 alone, which is beneficial to improving the stability of the guide member 32.

[0089] The support member 35 can be connected to the guide member 32. When the lane changing assembly 30 is in the first state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the second conveying line 21a numbered 1, that is, Figure 5 The support member 35 is located on the side of the second conveying line 21a numbered 1 away from the second conveying line 21b numbered 2. When the lane-changing assembly 30 is in the second state, the outlet 323 can be connected to the second conveying line 21 numbered 2, that is, Figure 5 The second conveyor line 21 in the middle and lower part is connected, and the support member 35 can abut against the end of the contour block 34 close to the first conveyor line 11 and block the head end of the second conveyor line 21a numbered 1.

[0090] In addition, the end of the contoured block 34 close to the first conveyor line 11 is smooth, and the end may be provided with an inclined surface 341. In the forward direction of conveying the battery 3, the inclined surface 341 may be inclined toward the side close to the support member 35. Since the support member 35 is connected to the guide member 32 and rotates together with the guide member 32, the inclined surface 341 may be provided to better cooperate with the support member 35 rotated to the second state to avoid jamming.

[0091] According to some other embodiments of the present invention, the lane changing device 1 further includes a side push positioning assembly 50 , which is disposed at the unloading station d and is used to push and position the batteries 3 on the second conveyor line 21 .

[0092] Specifically, the unloading station d can be provided with a side push positioning assembly 50, at least a portion of which can move along the second direction to push the battery 3 and quickly position all batteries 3 at the unloading station d, preparing for the manipulator 2 to grab multiple rows and columns of batteries 3.

[0093] In some specific embodiments of the present invention, the side push positioning assembly 50 includes a push plate 51 and a second driving member 52. The push plate 51 is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves 511 adapted to the battery 3 on one side thereof facing the battery 3, and the plurality of positioning grooves 511 are arranged along the conveying direction of the second conveyor line 21. The second driving member 52 is connected to the push plate 51, and is used to drive the push plate 51 to move in a direction perpendicular to the second conveyor line 21.

[0094] In other words, the side push positioning assembly 50 can be mainly composed of a push plate 51 and a second driving member 52. The second driving member 52 can be connected to the push plate 51 and drive the push plate 51 to move along the second direction, which can be a horizontal direction perpendicular to the battery cell conveying direction.

[0095] The push plate 51 may extend along the conveying direction of the battery cell, and may be provided with a plurality of positioning grooves 511, and the shape of the positioning grooves 511 may be adapted to the shape of the battery 3, or to the shape of the support cup 4. For example, the battery 3 or the support cup 4 is cylindrical, and the positioning groove 511 may be an arc-shaped groove, and the radius of the arc may be substantially the same as the radius of the battery 3 or the support cup 4.

[0096] In addition, multiple positioning grooves 511 can be arranged along the conveying direction of the battery 3. By pushing the push plate 51 through the second driving member 52, multiple batteries 3 on the same second conveyor line 21 can be inserted one by one into the multiple positioning grooves 511 on the push plate 51, thereby completing the positioning of multiple corresponding batteries 3 through a single drive of a second driving member 52, which is beneficial to improving positioning efficiency and reducing beat loss.

[0097] According to some optional embodiments of the utility model, the second conveying assembly 20 also includes N material blocking groups 60, the N material blocking groups 60 are arranged at the unloading station d, and the N material blocking groups 60 are arranged one by one corresponding to the N second conveying lines 21, each material blocking group 60 includes two second material blocking groups 60 pieces, and the second material blocking groups 60 pieces are used to block or release the battery 3, and the side push positioning assembly 50 is located between the two second material blocking groups 60 pieces of each material blocking group 60.

[0098] Specifically, the unloading station d can be provided with N material blocking groups 60, that is, each second conveying line 21 is correspondingly provided with a material blocking group 60, and each material blocking group 60 can include two second material blocking groups 60 arranged at intervals along the conveying direction of the battery 3, one of the two second material blocking groups 60 is arranged at one end of the side push positioning assembly 50 close to the lane changing assembly 30, and the other is arranged at the end of the side push positioning assembly 50 away from the lane changing assembly 30.

[0099] Therefore, in the process of positioning by the side-push positioning mechanism, the two second stopper groups 60 on each second conveyor line 21 can limit the M batteries 3 at the unloading station d, wherein the second stopper group 60 close to the lane changing assembly 30 can prevent the battery 3 or the cup 4 from rebounding after collision, and at the same time block the cup 4 at the second waiting station c from entering the unloading station d, and the second stopper group 60 away from the lane changing assembly 30 can ensure that the side-push positioning can accurately position the battery 3.

[0100] Optionally, the second stopper set 60 may have the same structure as the first stopper set 60 .

[0101] In some optional embodiments, N=2, the side-push positioning mechanism includes two push plates 51 and two second driving members 52, the two push plates 51 are spaced apart along the second direction, and a second stopper group 60 is provided at both ends of each push plate 51.

[0102] In some other implementations, the distance between the manipulator 2 and the robot 2 is 120 mm, and the manipulator 2 has 32 grippers.

[0103] According to some other embodiments of the present invention, the second conveying assembly 20 includes a conveyor belt and at least one partition 23. The conveyor belt passes through the lane changing station b and the unloading station d in sequence. Each partition 23 extends along the conveying direction of the battery 3, and at least one partition 23 is provided on the conveyor belt and divides the conveyor belt into N second conveying lines 21.

[0104] Therefore, the partition 23 can be used to divide a single conveyor belt into multiple second conveyor lines 21, so as to realize one-to-two or one-to-N conveying of the batteries 3, which is beneficial to reduce the number of conveyor belts and reduce the cost of the lane changing device 1.

[0105] In addition, when the battery 3 is positioned by the push plate 51 at the blanking station d, the partition plate 23 can cooperate with the push plate 51 to clamp the battery 3 to complete the positioning of the battery 3.

[0106] In some other implementations, the N second conveyor lines 21 can be independent conveyor belts. Independent conveyor belts are conducive to the continuous operation of the system. Even if one or several conveyor belts fail, other conveyor belts can continue to unload materials, which helps to reduce downtime.

[0107] It should be noted that the battery 3 can have different specifications. For example, the cylindrical battery 3 can have different diameters. When producing batteries 3 of different specifications, the gaps between adjacent batteries 3 are different. The size of the guide channel 321 in the lane changing assembly 30 and the size of the positioning groove 511 can be adjusted according to the specifications of the battery 3.

[0108] The embodiment of the utility model further provides a battery 3 production equipment 100, which includes a lane changing device 1 according to any of the above embodiments. Since the lane changing device 1 according to the embodiment of the utility model has the above technical effects, the battery 3 production equipment 100 according to the embodiment of the utility model also has the corresponding technical effects, that is, a lane changing component 30 is set between the first conveying component 10 and the second conveying component 20, and the battery 3 originally arranged in a row on the first conveying line 11 can be divided into multiple parts by using the state switching of the lane changing component 30, and the multiple batteries 3 are respectively guided to multiple second conveying lines 21 to form the purpose of conveying multiple columns of batteries 3 in parallel, so as to form a layout of multiple columns and rows of batteries 3 at the unloading station d, which is conducive to improving the efficiency of mechanical grasping of battery 3 unloading, and the lane changing component 30 can continuously switch the state at high speed to complete the execution of the lane changing operation, reducing the beat loss during the lane changing, and can meet the continuous grasping of the high-speed manipulator 2, which is conducive to the high-speed development of the battery 3 production line.

[0109] Although some specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail by way of examples, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments may be modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A lane changing device, characterized in that: The lane-changing device has a first waiting station, a lane-changing station and a material-unloading station, and the lane-changing device includes: A first conveying assembly, the first conveying assembly comprising a first conveying line for conveying batteries, wherein an end of the first conveying line is disposed at the first waiting station; A second conveying assembly, wherein the second conveying assembly comprises N second conveying lines for conveying the batteries, and each of the second conveying lines sequentially passes through the lane-changing station and the unloading station; A lane-changing assembly, the lane-changing assembly being movably disposed at the lane-changing station in N states, the lane-changing assembly having an inlet and an outlet, and when the lane-changing assembly is in the i-th state, the inlet is connected to the end of the first conveying line, and the outlet is connected to the head end of the i-th second conveying line, so as to convey the battery to the i-th second conveying line; Wherein, N is an integer ≥2, and 1≤i≤N.

2. The lane changing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first conveying assembly further comprises: Two first material blocking assemblies are arranged at intervals at the end of the first conveying line, and the first material blocking assemblies are used to block or release the batteries to cache M batteries at the first waiting station, where M is an integer ≥1.

3. The lane changing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lane-changing device further includes a second waiting station, and each of the second conveying lines passes through the lane-changing station, the second waiting station and the unloading station in sequence, and the second waiting station is used to cache N*M of the batteries.

4. The lane changing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lane changing assembly comprises: Support; A guide member, the guide member is rotatably disposed on the support around a first preset axis, the first preset axis extends along a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the battery, the guide member defines a guide channel suitable for accommodating the battery, one end of the guide channel is formed as the inlet, and the other end of the guide channel is formed as the outlet; A first driving member is connected to the guiding member to drive the guiding member to rotate.

5. The lane changing device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The first driving member has a telescopic rod, which is rotatably connected to the guide member around a second preset axis. The first preset axis is parallel to the second preset axis. The telescopic rod is movable along a second direction. The first direction, the second direction and the conveying direction of the battery are perpendicular to each other.

6. The lane changing device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The guide member is a gantry, and the gantry includes: Two guide bars, the two guide bars are spaced apart from each other, and each guide bar extends along the conveying direction of the battery; A door-shaped bracket is mounted on the two guide bars and cooperates with the two guide bars to form the guide channel.

7. The lane changing device according to claim 4, characterized in that: N＝2。 8. The lane changing device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The lane changing assembly further comprises: A contour block is disposed between the two second conveying lines, and cooperates with the guide to guide the battery into one of the two second conveying lines.

9. The lane changing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The lane changing assembly further comprises: A support member is connected to the support, the support member extends along the second direction toward a side away from the guide member, and the support member supports the guide member.

10. The lane changing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also includes: A side push positioning assembly is provided at the unloading station and is used for pushing and positioning the battery on the second conveying line.

11. The lane changing device according to claim 10, characterized in that: The side thrust positioning assembly comprises: A push plate, wherein a side of the push plate facing the battery is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves adapted to the battery, and the plurality of positioning grooves are arranged along the conveying direction of the second conveying line; A second driving member is connected to the push plate and is used to drive the push plate to move along a direction perpendicular to the second conveying line.

12. The lane changing device according to claim 10, characterized in that: The second conveying assembly also includes: N material blocking groups, the N material blocking groups are arranged at the unloading station, and the N material blocking groups are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the N second conveying lines, each of the material blocking groups includes two second material blocking components, and the second material blocking components are used to block or release the batteries, and the side push positioning component is located between the two second material blocking components of each of the material blocking groups.

13. The lane changing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The second conveying assembly comprises: A conveyor belt, the conveyor belt sequentially passes through the lane-changing station and the unloading station; At least one partition, each of the partitions extends along the conveying direction of the battery, and at least one of the partitions is arranged on the conveyor belt and divides the conveyor belt into N second conveying lines.

14. A battery production device, characterized in that: include: The lane changing device according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

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