A new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line

By designing a new energy semi-automatic stack assembly production line, and using hydraulic and electrical control systems to achieve automated transport, lifting, positioning and flipping, the problem of large errors in manual handling and positioning accuracy in large stack assembly is solved, and production efficiency and safety are improved.

CN222705547UActive Publication Date: 2025-04-01DALIAN TIANYINENG EQUIP MFG CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202420130451.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-01-19
Publication Date
2025-04-01
Estimated Expiration
2034-01-19

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Technical Problem

The assembly of large fuel cells, liquid flow energy storage batteries and PEM electrolytic cell stacks is difficult to handle manual and cranes due to their large volume and heavy mass, and has large positioning accuracy errors, and has difficulty in flipping and transporting after assembly, which affects production efficiency and increases labor intensity and safety risks.

Method used

A new energy semi-automatic stack assembly production line is designed, including hydraulic assembly press, hydraulic power system, electrical control system, feed conveying line body, lifting positioning conveying line body, feeding conveying line body, mobile flip conveying line body and workpiece pallet. Automatic conveying, lifting, positioning and flipping are achieved through hydraulic and electrical control systems, reducing manual operations.

Benefits of technology

Automatic assembly and flip of the stack is realized, assembly accuracy and efficiency are improved, labor intensity and safety risks are reduced, and mass production needs are met.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line, which relates to the technical field of battery stack assembly machines. The utility model comprises a hydraulic assembly press, a hydraulic power system, an electrical control system, a loading conveyor line, a lifting and positioning conveyor line, a unloading conveyor line, a mobile flipping conveyor device and a workpiece pallet. The device transports, presses and assembles the assembled battery stack through a set of lines with conveying, lifting and positioning functions, and a set of line flipping devices capable of flipping the workpiece, thereby avoiding the low positioning accuracy error caused by manual handling or crane handling, and flipping after assembly for easy transportation, thereby meeting the requirements of mass production and, at the same time, reducing the labor intensity, and reducing the risk of safe operation.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of battery stack assembly machines, in particular to a new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line. Background Art

[0002] The battery stack assembly machine is mainly used for the assembly of new energy battery stacks such as fuel cells, liquid flow energy storage batteries, PEM electrolyzers, etc.

[0003] The assembly of large fuel cells, liquid flow energy storage batteries, and PEM electrolyzer stacks is difficult to transport to the equipment workbench by manual or crane due to their large size and heavy weight before and after assembly, and the positioning accuracy error is large. It is not easy to flip over after assembly and is difficult to transport. The manual handling efficiency is low and cannot meet the requirements of mass production, affecting production efficiency. At the same time, it increases labor intensity and increases the risk of safe operation. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to solve the above problems, that is, to solve the problems raised by the above background technology, the utility model proposes a new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line, including a hydraulic assembly press, a hydraulic power system, an electrical control system, a loading conveyor line, a lifting and positioning conveyor line, a unloading conveyor line, a mobile flip conveyor line and a workpiece pallet, the hydraulic assembly press includes a lower base, the upper wall of the lower base is equipped with four column tie rods, the upper ends of the four column tie rods are jointly equipped with an upper crossbeam, the upper crossbeam is equipped with a main pressing oil cylinder, the telescopic end flange of the main pressing oil cylinder is connected with a moving slider, the moving slider is mounted on the four column tie rods, the lower wall of the moving slider is equipped with an upper pressing block, and the upper wall of the lower base is equipped with a lower pressing block;

[0005] The upper structure of the loading conveyor line is the same as that of the lifting and positioning conveyor line and the unloading conveyor line, and they are all equipped with a motor-driven roller conveying assembly and a baffle. The lifting and positioning conveyor line also includes four line lifting cylinder brackets installed on the left and right sides of the lower base, and the four lifting cylinder brackets are all equipped with lifting cylinders. The telescopic ends of the four lifting cylinders are all connected to the lifting plates through the guide device flange;

[0006] The mobile flipping conveyor line includes a flipping line frame, in which a flipping shaft, a flipping body and a flipping positioning pad are installed, and protective bodies are installed on the outside of the flipping line frame all around. A flipping cylinder and a flipping auxiliary cylinder are hinged on the flipping body, and the other ends of the flipping cylinder and the flipping auxiliary cylinder are hinged on the flipping line frame. A transition conveying body is also installed in the flipping line frame and on one side of the flipping body, and a motor-driven roller conveying assembly is installed on a plane of the flipping body and on the transition conveying body.

[0007] Preferably, column locking nuts and column adjusting nuts are installed on the four column tie rods and located on the upper and lower sides of the upper cross beam and the lower base.

[0008] Preferably, a lower pressing block limiting cylinder and a lower pressing block positioning sleeve are installed on the lower pressing block.

[0009] Preferably, a loading positioning cylinder is installed in the loading conveyor line.

[0010] Preferably, adjustment brackets are installed on the lower supporting legs of the loading conveyor line body and the unloading conveyor line body.

[0011] Preferably, the flip body is an L-shaped structure, and a pair of flip stop irons and a pair of pads are installed on another plane of the flip body, and limit switches are installed on the pair of pads.

[0012] The beneficial technical effect of the utility model is as follows: the device transports and presses the assembled battery stack through a set of wire bodies with conveying, lifting and positioning functions, and a set of wire body turning devices that can turn the workpiece, avoiding low positioning accuracy errors caused by manual handling or crane handling, and flipping and transporting after assembly, which meets the requirements of mass production. At the same time, it reduces labor intensity and reduces danger. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall layout structure of the utility model.

[0014] Figure 2 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the hydraulic assembly press.

[0015] Figure 3 for Figure 1 Front view of the loading conveyor line, lifting and positioning conveyor line, and unloading conveyor line.

[0016] Figure 4 for Figure 1 Top view of the loading conveyor line, lifting and positioning conveyor line, and unloading conveyor line.

[0017] Figure 5 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the cross-section structure of the mobile flip conveyor line.

[0018] Figure 6 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the mobile flip conveyor line.

[0019] In the figure: 1. Hydraulic assembly press, 2. Hydraulic power system, 3. Electrical control system, 4. Feeding conveyor line, 5. Lifting and positioning conveyor line, 6. Unloading conveyor line, 7. Moving and flipping conveyor line, 8. Upper crossbeam, 9. Moving slide block, 10. Lower base, 11. Column pull rod, 12. Column locking nut, 13. Column adjustment nut, 14. Main pressing cylinder, 15. Upper pressing block, 16. Lower pressing block, 17. Workpiece support plate, 18. Adjustment Bracket, 19. Feeding positioning cylinder, 20. Lifting cylinder bracket, 21. Lifting cylinder, 22. Lifting plate, 23. Lower pressure block limit cylinder, 24. Lower pressure block positioning sleeve, 25. Baffle, 26. Flip line frame, 27. Flip shaft, 28. Flip body, 29. Transition conveyor, 30. Flip cylinder, 31. Flip auxiliary cylinder, 32. Flip stop iron, 33. Flip positioning pad, 34. Pad, 35. Limit switch, 36. Protective body. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only used to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

[0021] The utility model proposes a new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line, including a hydraulic assembly press 1, a hydraulic power system 2, an electrical control system 3, a feeding conveyor line 4, a lifting and positioning conveyor line 5, a unloading conveyor line 6, a mobile flip conveyor line 7 and a workpiece pallet 17. The hydraulic assembly press 1 includes a lower base 10, and four column pull rods 11 are installed on the upper wall of the lower base 10. The upper ends of the four column pull rods 11 are jointly installed with an upper crossbeam 8. The upper crossbeam 8 is installed with a main pressing cylinder 14. The telescopic end flange of the main pressing cylinder 14 is connected to a moving slide block 9. The moving slide block 9 is set on the four column pull rods. On the column pull rod 11, an upper pressure block 15 is installed on the lower wall of the movable slider 9, and a lower pressure block 16 is installed on the upper wall of the lower base 10; the upper structure of the loading conveyor line 4 is the same as that of the lifting and positioning conveyor line 5 and the unloading conveyor line 6, and both are equipped with a motor-driven roller conveying assembly and a baffle 25. The lifting and positioning conveyor line 5 also includes four line lifting cylinder brackets 20 installed on the left and right sides of the lower base 10, and the four lifting cylinder brackets 20 are all equipped with lifting cylinders 21, and the telescopic ends of the four lifting cylinders 21 are all connected to the lifting plate 22 through the guide device flange; the mobile flip conveyor line The body 7 includes a flip line frame 26, in which a flip shaft 27, a flip body 28 and a flip positioning pad 33 are installed. A protective body 36 is installed on the outside of the flip line frame 26. A flip cylinder 30 and a flip auxiliary cylinder 31 are hinged on the flip body 28. The other ends of the flip cylinder 30 and the flip auxiliary cylinder 31 are hinged on the flip line frame 26. A transition conveyor 29 is also installed in the flip line frame 26 and on one side of the flip body 28. A motor-driven roller conveyor group is installed on a plane of the flip body 28 and on the transition conveyor 29. Parts; column locking nuts 12 and column adjusting nuts 13 are installed on the four column pull rods 11 and on the upper and lower sides of the upper crossbeam 8 and the lower base 10; the lower pressure block 16 is installed with a lower pressure block limit cylinder 23 and a lower pressure block positioning sleeve 24; a loading positioning cylinder 19 is installed in the loading conveyor line body 4; adjustment brackets 18 are installed on the lower supporting legs of the loading conveyor line body 4 and the unloading conveyor line body 6; the flip body 28 is an L-shaped structure, and a pair of flip stop irons 32 and a pair of pads 34 are installed on another plane of the flip body 28, and a pair of limit switches 35 are installed on the pair of pads 34.

[0022] The hydraulic assembly press 1 is composed of an upper crossbeam 8, a movable slider 9 and a lower base 10 connected by column tie rods 11 at the four corners, and locked and connected into an integral frame by locking nuts 12 on the upper and lower columns at the four corners. The main pressing cylinder 14 is fixed on the upper crossbeam 8, and connected to the movable slider 9 through a piston rod. The upper pressing block 15 is fixed on the lower plane of the movable slider 9 with screws, and the lower pressing block 16 is fixed on the upper plane of the lower base 10 with screws. The column adjustment nut 13 is used to adjust the parallel accuracy between the upper pressing block 15 and the lower pressing block 16; through the centralized control of the hydraulic power system 2 and the electrical control system 3, the piston rod of the main pressing cylinder 14 drives the movable slider 9 together with the upper pressing block 15 to move downward, and presses the workpiece (assembled battery stack) on the lower pressing block 16. After the work is completed, the piston rod of the main pressing cylinder 14 drives the movable slider 9 together with the upper pressing block 15 to move upward and return to the original point position;

[0023] An adjustment bracket 18 is installed under the supporting leg of the feeding conveyor line body 4. The adjustment bracket 18 is placed on the ground to adjust the horizontal height of the feeding conveyor line body 4. The workpiece support plate 17 is placed on the roller assembly of the feeding conveyor line body 4 and positioned by the feeding positioning cylinder 19. It is transported to the lifting and positioning conveyor line body 5 through the roller conveying assembly. The lifting plate 22 on the lifting and positioning conveyor line body 5 is in a raised position under the action of the lifting cylinder 21; the lower pressing block positioning sleeve 24 is diagonally installed in the upper plane of the lower pressing block 16, and the lower pressing block limiting cylinder 23 is installed on the front side of the upper plane of the lower pressing block 16; the lower pressing block limiting cylinder 23 is lifted by action, and the workpiece support plate 17 stops moving. Under the action of the lifting cylinder 21, the lifting plate 22 falls together with the workpiece support plate 17 and is positioned by the lower pressing block positioning sleeve 24;

[0024] The upper pressing block 15 moves downward to press and assemble the workpiece. After the assembly work is completed, the upper pressing block 15 returns. The lifting plate 22 is lifted together with the workpiece support plate 17 by the lifting cylinder 21, and is separated from the lower pressing block limit cylinder 23 and the lower pressing block positioning sleeve 24, and then transported to the moving flipping conveyor line 7 through the unloading conveyor line 6 by the roller conveyor assembly;

[0025] The workpiece support plate 17 and the pressed battery stack workpiece are transported to the turning body 28 via the roller conveyor assembly via the transition conveyor body 29, and the workpiece support plate 17 is moved forward by the roller conveyor assembly on the turning body 28 until it stops at the turning stop iron 32; the limit switch 35 sends a signal, and the turning cylinder 30 turns the turning bracket body 28 90 degrees, so that the battery stack workpiece turns over and falls onto the pad 34 fixed on the turning body 28;

[0026] After the flip body 28 flips 90°, it is blocked by the flip positioning pad 33 installed on the upper rear of the flip line frame 26, and the flipping stops; in order to ensure smooth, safe and reliable operation during the flipping process, a flip auxiliary cylinder 31 is also provided on the flip body 28; it is used in conjunction with the flip cylinder 30 to adjust the pressure and speed of the cylinder to achieve the purpose of smooth operation; after the flip device is completed, the assembled battery stack workpiece is removed with a lifting tool, and the assembly is completed.

[0027] Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, various modifications may be made thereto and parts thereof may be replaced with equivalents without departing from the scope of the present invention. In particular, the various technical features mentioned in the various embodiments may be combined in any manner as long as there is no structural conflict. The present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, but includes all technical solutions falling within the scope of the claims.

[0028] In the description of the present invention, the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer" and the like indicating directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for the convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0029] In addition, it should be noted that in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0030] The term "comprise" or any other similar term is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, article, or apparatus / device that includes a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, article, or apparatus / device.

[0031] So far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, it is easy for those skilled in the art to understand that the protection scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or substitutions to the relevant technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or substitutions will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line, comprising a hydraulic assembly press (1), a hydraulic power system (2), an electrical control system (3), a loading conveyor line (4), a lifting and positioning conveyor line (5), a unloading conveyor line (6), a moving and flipping conveyor line (7) and a workpiece support plate (17), characterized in that: The hydraulic assembly press (1) comprises a lower base (10), the upper wall surface of the lower base (10) is equipped with four column tie rods (11), the upper ends of the four column tie rods (11) are commonly equipped with an upper crossbeam (8), the upper crossbeam (8) is equipped with a main pressing cylinder (14), the telescopic end flange of the main pressing cylinder (14) is connected with a movable slider (9), the movable slider (9) is mounted on the four column tie rods (11), the lower wall surface of the movable slider (9) is equipped with an upper pressing block (15), and the upper wall surface of the lower base (10) is equipped with a lower pressing block (16); The upper structure of the loading conveyor line (4) is the same as that of the lifting and positioning conveyor line (5) and the unloading conveyor line (6), and they are all equipped with a roller conveying assembly driven by a motor and a baffle (25). The lifting and positioning conveyor line (5) also includes four line lifting cylinder brackets (20) installed on the left and right sides of the lower base (10). The four lifting cylinder brackets (20) are all equipped with lifting cylinders (21). The telescopic ends of the four lifting cylinders (21) are all connected to lifting plates (22) through guide device flanges. The movable flip conveyor line (7) comprises a flip line frame (26), a flip shaft (27), a flip body (28) and a flip positioning pad (33) are installed in the flip line frame (26), and protective bodies (36) are installed on the outside of the flip line frame (26) all around. A flip cylinder (30) and a flip auxiliary cylinder (31) are hinged on the flip body (28), and the other ends of the flip cylinder (30) and the flip auxiliary cylinder (31) are hinged on the flip line frame (26). A transition conveyor (29) is also installed in the flip line frame (26) and located on one side of the flip body (28), and a motor-driven roller conveyor assembly is installed on a plane of the flip body (28) and on the transition conveyor (29).

2. A new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: A column locking nut (12) and a column adjusting nut (13) are installed on the four column pull rods (11) and on the upper and lower sides of the upper cross beam (8) and the lower base (10).

3. A new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lower pressing block (16) is provided with a lower pressing block limiting cylinder (23) and a lower pressing block positioning sleeve (24).

4. A new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: A loading positioning cylinder (19) is installed in the loading conveying line body (4).

5. The new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line according to claim 1 is characterized by: Adjustment brackets (18) are installed on the lower support legs of the loading conveyor line body (4) and the unloading conveyor line body (6).

6. The new energy semi-automatic battery stack assembly production line according to claim 1 is characterized by: The flip body (28) is an L-shaped structure. A pair of flip stop irons (32) and a pair of pads (34) are installed on another plane of the flip body (28). Limit switches (35) are installed on the pair of pads (34).