Automatic feeding device for solar cells

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of solar cell feeding, in particular to an automatic solar cell feeding device, which adopts the technical scheme that the automatic solar cell feeding device comprises a cabin, a bottom plate is fixedly mounted on the bottom surface of the cabin, a first conveying belt is arranged on one side of the cabin, and a second conveying belt is arranged on the other side of the cabin; solar cells are conveyed on the top face of the first conveying belt, a mechanical arm is installed on the top face of the cabin, a vertical hydraulic rod is fixedly installed at the end, away from the cabin, of the mechanical arm, a first suction cup gripper is installed at the lower end of the vertical hydraulic rod, and a recycling device is installed on the side face of the cabin. The beneficial effects of the utility model are that the recovery device recovers the solar cells which are not grabbed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt, and grabs the recovered solar cells to the top surface of the second conveyor belt again, so that the effects of recovering the solar cells which are not grabbed and carrying out secondary feeding are achieved; and the feeding efficiency of the solar cells is greatly improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of solar cell feeding, in particular to an automatic feeding device for solar cell. Background Art

[0002] The solar cell automatic feeding device is an automated device used in solar cell production lines. Its main function is to automatically take out solar cells from storage bins or conveyor belts and accurately feed them to the equipment or processing stations of the next process to achieve automation and efficiency of the production line.

[0003] The prior art has the following deficiencies: the automatic feeding device includes a grabbing robot arm. When the robot arm grabs the solar cell from the top of one conveyor belt to another conveyor belt, if the transmission speed of the conveyor belt at the grabbed end is too fast, or a solar cell on the top of the conveyor belt is not placed within the specified spacing, it may cause the robot arm to miss the opportunity to grab the solar cell, resulting in a small number of solar cells not being grabbed and fed by the robot arm during the actual feeding process. The traditional automatic feeding device does not have the function of recovering the missed solar cells, which greatly reduces the feeding efficiency of the solar cells.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to invent an automatic feeding device for solar cells. Utility Model Content

[0005] To this end, the utility model provides an automatic feeding device for solar cells, which recovers the solar cells that are missed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt through a recovery device, and re-grabs the recovered solar cells to the top surface of the second conveyor belt to solve the problem that a small number of solar cells are not grabbed by the robot arm for feeding during the actual feeding process, and the traditional automatic feeding device has the problem of not having the function of recovering the missed solar cells, which greatly reduces the feeding efficiency of the solar cells.

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: an automatic feeding device for solar cells, comprising a cabin, a bottom plate fixedly installed on the bottom surface of the cabin, a first conveyor belt arranged on one side of the cabin, a second conveyor belt arranged on the other side of the cabin, solar cells being conveyed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt, a mechanical arm installed on the top surface of the cabin, a vertical hydraulic rod fixedly installed on one end of the mechanical arm away from the cabin, a first suction cup gripper installed on the lower end of the vertical hydraulic rod, the first suction cup gripper can grab the solar cells on the top surface of the first conveyor belt to the top surface of the second conveyor belt, a recovery device is installed on the side of the cabin, the recovery device can recover the solar cells missed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt, and the recovery device can re-grasp the recovered solar cells to the top surface of the second conveyor belt.

[0007] Preferably, the recovery device comprises a slide seat, a slide rail is provided on the side of the top surface of the bottom plate away from the cabin, the slide seat is slidably mounted on the slide rail, and a groove is provided on the top surface of the slide seat.

[0008] Preferably, the recovery device comprises a recovery guide plate, the recovery guide plate is fixedly mounted on a side of the outer wall of the cabin close to the first conveyor belt, and the bottom surface of the recovery guide plate is in close contact with the surface of the first conveyor belt.

[0009] Preferably, the recovery device includes a recovery material plate, which is arranged at an end of the recovery guide plate away from the first conveyor belt. If the recovery material plates are stacked on an end of the slide seat close to the recovery guide plate, a spring is fixedly installed in a groove on the top surface of the slide seat directly below the recovery material plate.

[0010] Preferably, the recovery device comprises a column, which is arranged on a side of the recovery plate away from the recovery guide plate and a side of the recovery plate away from the cabin, and the lower end of the column extends downward to the slide and is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the slide.

[0011] Preferably, a groove is provided on one side of the lower end of the cabin close to the slide, a motor is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the groove at the lower end of the cabin, a gear is fixedly installed on the output end of the lower end of the motor, a tooth groove is provided on one side of the slide close to the cabin, and the gear is meshingly connected with the tooth groove.

[0012] Preferably, the recovery device includes a side panel, a slot for cutting off the cabin is provided in the middle of the cabin, the side panel is fixedly mounted on one side of the slot in the middle of the cabin close to the recovery guide plate, and the upper and lower sides of the side panel are fixedly connected to the upper and lower parts of the cabin.

[0013] Preferably, a folding arm is rotatably installed on the side of the side panel away from the recovery guide plate, a motor is provided at the rotating shaft of the folding arm, one end of the folding arm away from the folding arm is fixedly connected to a slider, a guide rail is fixedly installed on the top surface of the slider, and the guide rail is embedded and slidably installed on the bottom surface of the upper half of the cabin.

[0014] Preferably, the recovery device includes a horizontal hydraulic rod, which is fixedly installed on the side of the slider close to the slide seat, and a second suction cup gripper is fixedly installed on the end of the horizontal hydraulic rod away from the slider, and the second suction cup gripper can grab the recovery material board on the top surface of the recovery material board to the top surface of the second conveyor belt.

[0015] The beneficial effect of the utility model is that the solar cell sheets missed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt are recovered by the recovery device, and the recovered solar cell sheets are re-grabbed to the top surface of the second conveyor belt, so as to achieve the effect of recovering the missed solar cell sheets and performing secondary loading, which greatly improves the loading efficiency of the solar cell sheets. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 This is a view of the first conveyor belt of an automatic feeding device for solar cells provided by the utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 A view of a second conveyor belt of an automatic feeding device for solar cells provided by the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a recycling device for a solar cell automatic feeding device provided by the utility model;

[0019] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the recovery structure of a recovery device of an automatic feeding device for solar cells provided by the utility model;

[0020] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of a recycling device for automatically feeding solar cells provided by the utility model;

[0021] Figure 6 The utility model provides a schematic diagram of the feeding structure of a recycling device of an automatic feeding device for solar cells.

[0022] In the figure: cabin 11, mechanical arm 12, vertical hydraulic rod 13, first suction cup gripper 14, recovery guide plate 15, bottom plate 16, slide rail 17, slide seat 18, column 19, recovery material plate 20, spring 21, gear 22, motor 23, tooth groove 24, side plate 25, folding arm 26, slider 27, guide rail 28, horizontal hydraulic rod 29, second suction cup gripper 30, first conveyor belt 31, second conveyor belt 32. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention, and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0024] Example 1

[0025] like Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4As shown, an automatic feeding device for solar cells in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model comprises a cabin 11, a bottom plate 16 is fixedly installed on the bottom surface of the cabin 11, a first conveyor belt 31 is arranged on one side of the cabin 11, and a second conveyor belt 32 is arranged on the other side of the cabin 11, the top surface of the first conveyor belt 31 conveys solar cells, a mechanical arm 12 is installed on the top surface of the cabin 11, a vertical hydraulic rod 13 is fixedly installed on one end of the mechanical arm 12 away from the cabin 11, a first suction cup gripper 14 is installed at the lower end of the vertical hydraulic rod 13, the first suction cup gripper 14 can grab the solar cells on the top surface of the first conveyor belt 31 to the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32, a recovery device is installed on the side of the cabin 11, the recovery device can recover the solar cells missed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt 31, and the recovery device can re-grasp the recovered solar cells to the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32.

[0026] In the above embodiment, it should be noted that the first suction cup gripper 14 is a manipulator that grabs objects by the vacuum adsorption principle and belongs to the prior art. The joint of the mechanical arm 12 is driven by a motor and belongs to the prior art. The mechanical arm 12 is started to drive the hydraulic rod 13 to move above the first conveyor belt 31, and the hydraulic rod 13 is started to push the first suction cup gripper 14 downward to grab the solar cell on the top surface of the first conveyor belt 31. Then the hydraulic rod 13 drives the hydraulic rod 13 to retract and lift the solar cell. The mechanical arm 12 drives the hydraulic rod 13 to move above the second conveyor belt 32, and the hydraulic rod 13 is started to push the first suction cup gripper 14 downward to place the solar cell on the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32, so as to complete the loading of solar cells on one side. The solar cells that are missed on the top surface of the first conveyor belt 31 are recovered by the recovery device, and the recovered solar cells are re-grabbed to the top surface 32 of the second conveyor belt, so as to achieve the effect of recovering the missed solar cells and performing secondary loading, which greatly improves the loading efficiency of the solar cells.

[0027] Example 2

[0028] like Figure 1-Figure 4As shown, an automatic feeding device for solar cells includes all the contents of embodiment 1, in addition, the recovery device includes a slide 18, a slide rail 17 is provided on the top surface of the bottom plate 16 away from the cabin 11, the slide 18 is slidably mounted on the slide rail 17, the top surface of the slide 18 is provided with a groove, the recovery device includes a recovery guide plate 15, the recovery guide plate 15 is fixedly mounted on the side of the outer wall of the cabin 11 close to the first conveyor belt 31, the bottom surface of the recovery guide plate 15 is in close contact with the surface of the first conveyor belt 31, the recovery device includes a recovery material The recycling material plate 20 is arranged at one end of the recycling guide plate 15 away from the first conveyor belt 31. If the recycling material plate 20 is stacked on the end of the slide 18 close to the recycling guide plate 15, a spring 21 is fixedly installed in the groove on the top surface of the slide 18 directly below the recycling material plate 20. The recycling device includes a column 19, which is arranged on a side of the recycling material plate 20 away from the recycling guide plate 15 and a side of the recycling material plate 20 away from the cabin 11. The lower end of the column 19 extends downward to the slide 18 and is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the slide 18.

[0029] In the above embodiment, it should be noted that the slide 18 is a metal slide, and the top surface of the recovery guide plate 15 is a convex inclined surface in the middle. When the omitted solar cell is transported to the recovery guide plate 15 by the first conveyor belt 31, it rushes to the top surface of the recovery guide plate 15 due to its own inertia and slides over the convexity to the recovery material plate 20. The recovery material plate 20 is made of light plastic material. The elastic force range of the spring 21 has been accurately calculated. When there is no solar cell in the recovery material plate 20 stacked on the top surface of the spring 21, the spring 21 pushes all the recovery material plates 20 along the vertical The column 19 slides upward and aligns the plane of the recycling material board 20 on the bottom layer with the recycling guide plate 15. When the solar cell slides into the recycling material board 20 along the recycling guide plate 15, the spring 21 is compressed and drives all the recycling material boards 20 to slide downward along the column 19, so that the recycling material board 20 filled with solar cells sinks and the empty recycling material board 20 on the upper layer is aligned with the plane of the recycling guide plate 15. The solar cells are put into the stacked recycling material boards 20 one by one through the recycling guide plate 15, so as to achieve the effect of recycling and storing the missed solar cells.

[0030] Example 3

[0031] like Figure 3-Figure 5 As shown, an automatic feeding device for solar cells includes all the contents of Example 2. In addition, a groove is provided on the side of the lower end of the cabin 11 close to the slide 18, a motor 23 is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the groove at the lower end of the cabin 11, a gear 22 is fixedly installed on the lower output end of the motor 23, a tooth groove 24 is provided on the side of the slide 18 close to the cabin 11, and the gear 22 is meshed and connected with the tooth groove 24.

[0032] In the above embodiment, it should be noted that the motor 23 drives the gear 22 to rotate, and the gear 22 and the tooth groove 24 are meshed with each other, so as to achieve the effect of driving the slide seat 18 to slide along the slide rail 17 .

[0033] Example 4

[0034] like Figure 4-Figure 6 As shown, an automatic feeding device for solar cells includes all the contents of Example 3. In addition, the recovery device includes a side plate 25, a slot for cutting off the cabin 11 is provided in the middle of the cabin 11, the side plate 25 is fixedly installed on one side of the slot in the middle of the cabin 11 close to the recovery guide 15, the upper and lower sides of the side plate 25 are fixedly connected to the upper and lower parts of the cabin 11, and a folding arm 26 is rotatably installed on the side of the side plate 25 away from the recovery guide 15, and a motor is provided at the rotating shaft of the folding arm 26, and the folding arm 26 is away from the recovery guide 15. One end of the folding arm 26 is fixedly connected to a slider 27, a guide rail 28 is fixedly installed on the top surface of the slider 27, and the guide rail 28 is embedded in and slidably installed on the bottom surface of the upper half of the cabin 11. The recovery device includes a horizontal hydraulic rod 29, which is fixedly installed on the side of the slider 27 close to the slide seat 18, and a second suction cup gripper 30 is fixedly installed on the end of the horizontal hydraulic rod 29 away from the slider 27. The second suction cup gripper 30 can grab the recovery material board 20 on the top surface of the recovery material board 20 to the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32.

[0035] In the above embodiment, it should be noted that the second suction cup gripper 30 is a manipulator that grabs objects through the principle of vacuum adsorption and belongs to the prior art. The thickness of the second suction cup gripper 30 is less than the spacing between the stacked recycled material boards 20. When the recycled material boards 20 equipped with solar cells are driven to the side of the cabin 11 by the slide 18, the second suction cup gripper 30 is driven by starting the horizontal hydraulic rod 29 to extend between the stacked recycled material boards 20 and grab the solar cell on the top surface of the recycled material board 20. Then the folding arm 26 is started to push the slider 27 to slide out along the guide rail 28 to the top of the second conveyor belt 32. The slider 27 drives the horizontal hydraulic rod 29 and the second suction cup The gripper 30 moves to above the second conveyor belt 32, and then the second suction cup gripper 30 releases the solar cell to make it fall to the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32, so as to achieve the effect of secondary loading of the recycled solar cell to the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32. When the second suction cup gripper 30 drives the solar cell on the top surface of the recycled material board 20 to move out of the recycled material board 20, the weight above the spring 21 becomes smaller, and the spring 21 pushes the stacked recycled material board 20 upward and keeps the next layer of recycled material board 20 with solar cells flush with the bottom surface of the second suction cup gripper 30, and then the folding arm 26 drives the second suction cup gripper 30 to move to repeatedly perform the loading work.

[0036] The use process of the utility model is as follows: the technician in this field starts the mechanical arm 12 to drive the hydraulic rod 13 to move above the first conveyor belt 31, starts the hydraulic rod 13 to push the first suction cup gripper 14 downward to grab the solar cell on the top surface of the first conveyor belt 31, then the hydraulic rod 13 drives the hydraulic rod 13 to retract and lift the solar cell, the mechanical arm 12 drives the hydraulic rod 13 to move above the second conveyor belt 32, starts the hydraulic rod 13 to push the first suction cup gripper 14 downward to place the solar cell on the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32, when a solar cell is missed, the missed solar cell is transported to the recovery guide plate 15 by the first conveyor belt 31, and is rushed to the top surface of the recovery guide plate 15 by its own inertia and passes over the protrusion Slide to the recycling material board 20, then start the motor 23 to drive the gear 22 to rotate, the gear 22 and the tooth groove 24 engage with each other, drive the slide 18 to slide along the slide rail 17 to the side of the cabin 11, start the horizontal hydraulic rod 29 to drive the second suction cup gripper 30 to extend between the stacked recycling material boards 20 and grab the solar cell on the top surface of the recycling material board 20, then start the folding arm 26 to push the slider 27 to slide out along the guide rail 28 to above the second conveyor belt 32, the slider 27 drives the horizontal hydraulic rod 29 and the second suction cup gripper 30 to move above the second conveyor belt 32, and then the second suction cup gripper 30 releases the solar cell to make it fall to the top surface of the second conveyor belt 32, thereby completing the recovery and secondary loading of the missed solar cell.

[0037] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the utility model. Any person skilled in the art may modify the utility model by using the above technical solution or modify it into an equivalent technical solution. Therefore, any simple modification or equivalent replacement based on the technical solution of the utility model shall fall within the scope of protection claimed by the utility model.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding device for solar cells, comprising a cabin (11), a bottom plate (16) fixedly mounted on the bottom surface of the cabin (11), a first conveyor belt (31) disposed on one side of the cabin (11), a second conveyor belt (32) disposed on the other side of the cabin (11), the top surface of the first conveyor belt (31) conveying solar cells, a mechanical arm (12) mounted on the top surface of the cabin (11), a vertical hydraulic rod (13) fixedly mounted on one end of the mechanical arm (12) away from the cabin (11), a first suction cup gripper (14) mounted on the lower end of the vertical hydraulic rod (13), the first suction cup gripper (14) being able to grab the solar cells on the top surface of the first conveyor belt (31) to the top surface of the second conveyor belt (32), characterized in that: A recovery device is installed on the side of the cabin (11), and the recovery device can recover solar cells that are missed from the top surface of the first conveyor belt (31), and the recovery device can re-grasp the recovered solar cells to the top surface of the second conveyor belt (32).

2. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 1, characterized in that: The recovery device comprises a slide seat (18), a slide rail (17) is arranged on the top surface of the bottom plate (16) away from the cabin (11), the slide seat (18) is slidably mounted on the slide rail (17), and a groove is arranged on the top surface of the slide seat (18).

3. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 2, characterized in that: The recovery device comprises a recovery guide plate (15), wherein the recovery guide plate (15) is fixedly mounted on a side of the outer wall of the cabin (11) close to the first conveyor belt (31), and the bottom surface of the recovery guide plate (15) is in close contact with the surface of the first conveyor belt (31).

4. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 3, characterized in that: The recycling device comprises a recycling material plate (20), wherein the recycling material plate (20) is arranged at one end of the recycling guide plate (15) away from the first conveyor belt (31), and the recycling material plate (20) is stacked on one end of the slide seat (18) close to the recycling guide plate (15), and a spring (21) is fixedly installed in a groove on the top surface of the slide seat (18) directly below the recycling material plate (20).

5. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 4, characterized in that: The recovery device comprises a column (19), wherein the column (19) is arranged on a side of the recovery plate (20) away from the recovery guide plate (15) and on a side of the recovery plate (20) away from the cabin (11), and the lower end of the column (19) extends downward to the slide seat (18) and is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the slide seat (18).

6. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 5, characterized in that: A groove is provided on one side of the lower end of the cabin (11) close to the slide seat (18); a motor (23) is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the groove at the lower end of the cabin (11); a gear (22) is fixedly mounted on the output end of the lower end of the motor (23); a tooth groove (24) is provided on one side of the slide seat (18) close to the cabin (11); and the gear (22) is meshedly connected with the tooth groove (24).

7. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 6, characterized in that: The recovery device comprises a side plate (25), a slot for cutting off the cabin (11) is arranged in the middle of the cabin (11), the side plate (25) is fixedly mounted on one side of the slot in the middle of the cabin (11) close to the recovery guide plate (15), and the upper and lower sides of the side plate (25) are fixedly connected to the upper and lower parts of the cabin (11).

8. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 7, characterized in that: A folding arm (26) is rotatably mounted on a side of the side plate (25) away from the recovery guide plate (15); a motor is arranged at the rotating shaft of the folding arm (26); an end of the folding arm (26) away from the folding arm (26) is fixedly connected to a slider (27); a guide rail (28) is fixedly mounted on the top surface of the slider (27); and the guide rail (28) is embedded in and slidably mounted on the bottom surface of the upper half of the cabin (11).

9. The automatic feeding device for solar cells according to claim 8, characterized in that: The recovery device comprises a horizontal hydraulic rod (29), wherein the horizontal hydraulic rod (29) is fixedly mounted on a side of the slider (27) close to the slide seat (18), and a second suction cup gripper (30) is fixedly mounted on an end of the horizontal hydraulic rod (29) away from the slider (27), wherein the second suction cup gripper (30) is capable of grabbing the recovery material plate (20) on the top surface of the recovery material plate (20) to the top surface of the second conveyor belt (32).

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