Bending device for photovoltaic module

By designing a bending device for photovoltaic modules including a pulling mechanism, a bending mechanism, a buffer assembly and a translation cylinder, the problems of inconsistent bending angles and breakage of welding tapes in the production of photovoltaic modules are solved, and the neat and consistent bending angles of welding tapes and the improvement of production efficiency are achieved.

CN222902247UActive Publication Date: 2025-05-27苏州羿驰辉科技有限公司
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Application Number
CN202421961844.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-14
Publication Date
2025-05-27
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-14

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Technical Problem

In the production of existing photovoltaic modules, the bending process of the welding tape relies on manual operations, resulting in inconsistent bending angles of the welding tape, and it is easy to break the welding tape due to manual operation errors, affecting subsequent processing.

Method used

A bending device for photovoltaic modules is designed, including an operating platform, a pulling mechanism, a bending mechanism, a buffering component and a translation cylinder. Through the coordinated work of these components, automatic pulling and bending of welding tapes is realized.

Benefits of technology

This device makes the bending angle of the welding tape neat and consistent, improves work efficiency and reduces the production cost increased due to the breaking of the welding tape.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a bending device for a photovoltaic module, which comprises an operation platform, and a material pulling mechanism, a bending mechanism, a buffer component and a translation cylinder are arranged on the operation platform. The material pulling mechanism is arranged at the front end of the operation platform, the bending mechanism is arranged on one side of the material pulling mechanism, the buffering assemblies are arranged on the two sides of the bending mechanism, and the translation air cylinder is arranged at the end, away from the material pulling mechanism, of the operation platform. The welding strip bending device is simple and compact in structure and convenient to operate, the angles of bent finished products are neat and consistent, the working efficiency is greatly improved, and meanwhile the production cost increased due to the fact that a welding strip is broken is reduced.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic component production equipment, and in particular relates to a bending device for photovoltaic components. Background Art

[0002] Photovoltaic welding ribbon, also known as tinned copper ribbon or tin-coated copper ribbon, is divided into busbar and interconnection strip. It is used to connect the solar cells of photovoltaic modules and plays an important role in conducting electricity.

[0003] In the process of connecting the cells of photovoltaic modules, bent photovoltaic welding ribbons are used. At present, the welding ribbons used in photovoltaic modules are manually bent and cut, and the cut welding ribbons are manually bent into shape. This is purely manual production, which has high labor costs. In the process of bending the welding ribbons, the welding ribbons are basically bent based on the personal experience of the operators. This not only leads to inconsistent bending angles of the welding ribbons for each cell, but also causes the welding ribbons to break when adjusting the bending angle, which is not conducive to the continued processing of the cell in the next process. Utility Model Content

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a bending device for a photovoltaic component.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by the utility model is: a bending device for photovoltaic modules, including an operating platform, characterized in that: a material pulling mechanism, a bending mechanism, a buffer assembly and a translation cylinder are arranged on the operating platform. The material pulling mechanism is arranged at the front end of the operating platform, the bending mechanism is arranged at one side of the material pulling mechanism, the buffer assembly is arranged at both sides of the bending mechanism, and the translation cylinder is arranged on the end of the operating platform away from the material pulling mechanism.

[0006] Preferably, the material pulling mechanism includes a motor, the motor is transmission-connected to the material pulling module, the material pulling module is provided with a grabbing base plate, one end of the grabbing base plate is provided with a avoidance cylinder, a first slide rail is provided on one side of the avoidance cylinder, the first slide rail is slidably connected to a cylinder connecting plate, a grabbing cylinder is provided on the cylinder connecting plate, the output end of the grabbing cylinder is connected to a mounting piece, one end of the mounting piece is provided with a connecting piece, and an upper clamp is provided on the connecting piece.

[0007] Preferably, the other end of the cylinder connecting plate is provided with a lower clamping jaw, and the lower clamping jaw is fixedly connected to the bottom side surface of the cylinder connecting plate.

[0008] Preferably, the bending mechanism includes a second slide rail which is slidably connected to a fixed mounting plate. On one side of the fixed mounting plate, there are a plurality of support plates which are connected to a straight strip storage platform. At the central axis of the straight strip storage platform, there is a material pressing component. At the central axis on the other side of the fixed mounting plate, there is a bending cylinder. The output end of the bending cylinder is fixedly connected with a bending module. On both sides of the bending cylinder, a set of bending seats are symmetrically arranged. At the end of each bending seat adjacent to the bending cylinder, there is a material pressing component.

[0009] Preferably, the material pressing component includes a cylinder fixing piece, on which there is a material pressing cylinder. The output end of the material pressing cylinder is provided with a floating joint which is connected to a material pressing claw through a rotating shaft. The bottom surface of the material pressing claw is connected with a material pressing claw connecting piece which is connected to a material pressing claw fixing piece through a fixed shaft. The material pressing claw fixing piece is fixedly connected to the side wall of the bending seat.

[0010] Preferably, on the straight strip storage platform and the top of the bending seat, there are multiple groups of cylindrical pins arranged in a transverse array respectively. And each group of the cylindrical pins includes two cylindrical pins. Between the two cylindrical pins, there is a welding tape opening for guiding and correcting the welding tape at intervals. And the welding tape openings on multiple groups of the cylindrical pins form a welding tape channel.

[0011] Preferably, the buffer component includes a buffer mounting seat, on which an oil buffer and a limit bolt are provided simultaneously.

[0012] In the above technical solution, the beneficial effect of the present utility model is that the utility model has a simple and compact structure, convenient operation, the bent finished product angles are neat and consistent, and the working efficiency is greatly improved. At the same time, the production cost increased due to the breakage of the welding tape is also reduced. Description of the Drawings

[0013] Figure 1 is a top view schematic diagram of the present utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 is a partial schematic diagram of the material pulling mechanism of the present utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 is a rear side schematic diagram of the bending mechanism of the present utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 is a front side schematic diagram of the bending mechanism of the present utility model;

[0017] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the material pressing component of the present utility model;

[0018] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the buffer device of the present utility model;

[0019] Markings in the figure: 1. Operating platform; 2. Material pulling mechanism; 201. Motor; 202. Material pulling module; 203. Material grabbing bottom plate; 204. First slide rail; 205. Cylinder connecting plate; 206. Material grabbing cylinder; 207. Mounting part; 208. Connecting part; 209. Upper clamping jaw; 210. Lower clamping jaw; 211. Avoidance cylinder; 3. Bending mechanism; 301. Second slide rail; 302. Fixed mounting plate; 303. Support plate; 304. Straight strip storage platform; 305. Bending seat; 306. Bending module; 307. Bending cylinder; 308. Pressure material assembly; 309. Cylinder fixing part; 310. Pressure material cylinder; 311. Pressure material claw fixing part; 312. Pressure material claw connecting part; 313. Pressure material claw; 314. Rotating shaft; 315. Fixed shaft; 316. Floating joint; 4. Buffer assembly; 401. Buffer mounting seat; 402. Hydraulic buffer; 403. Limit bolt; 5. Translating cylinder; 6. Cylindrical pin. Detailed implementation mode

[0020] The following will describe the present utility model in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0021] The present utility model and its implementation modes are described below. This description is not restrictive, and the actual implementation modes are not limited thereto. Generally speaking, if those of ordinary skill in the art are inspired by it and, without departing from the purpose of the present invention, design similar structural modes and embodiments to this technical solution without creative efforts, they shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0022] As Figure 1 shown, the present utility model discloses a bending device for photovoltaic modules, including an operating platform (1), on which a material pulling mechanism (2), a bending mechanism (3), a buffer assembly (4) and a translating cylinder (5) are arranged. The material pulling mechanism (2) is arranged at the front end of the operating platform (1) and is used for clamping and pulling the long-side solder tape and short-side solder tape that have been cut in the previous process. In this application, the previous process is the cutting mechanism of the solder tape, which is a conventional process and will not be specifically described in this application. A set of vertically arranged second slide rails (301) are arranged on one side of the material pulling mechanism (2), and the bending mechanism (3) is slidably connected to the second slide rails (301). The bending mechanism (3) is arranged horizontally and is used for placing the long-side solder tape and short-side solder tape required for the production of photovoltaic modules, as well as bending the short-side solder tape. Buffer assemblies (4) are arranged on both sides of the bending mechanism (3), and the buffer assemblies (4) are used for positioning and restricting the bending mechanism (3) during operation and protecting the device. At the end of the operating platform (1) far from the material pulling mechanism (2), a vertically arranged translating cylinder (5) is arranged on one side of the buffer assembly (4), and the translating cylinder (5) is used to switch the placement position of the long-side solder tape and short-side solder tape of the bending mechanism (3) according to the production requirements of the photovoltaic module.

[0023] As Figure 1-2 shown, the material pulling mechanism (2) includes a motor (201) fixedly connected to the operation platform (1). The output end of the motor (201) is drivingly connected to a material pulling module (202). The material pulling module (202) is horizontally arranged at the front end of the operation platform (1). A material grasping assembly is provided on the material pulling module (202). The material grasping assembly includes a material grasping bottom plate (203) fixedly connected to the material pulling module (202). At one end of the material grasping bottom plate (203), an avoidance cylinder (211) arranged vertically is provided. On one side of the avoidance cylinder (211), a group of first sliding rails (204) arranged vertically is provided. The first sliding rails (204) are slidably connected to a cylinder connecting plate (205). The output end of the avoidance cylinder (211) is connected to the side wall on one side of the cylinder connecting plate (205). A material grasping cylinder (206) arranged horizontally is further provided on the cylinder connecting plate (205). The output end of the material grasping cylinder (206) is fixedly connected to one end of a mounting member (207). A connecting member (208) is provided at the other end of the mounting member (207). The connecting member (208) is hingedly connected to an upper clamping jaw (209). Directly below the upper clamping jaw (209), a lower clamping jaw (210) fixedly connected to the bottom side of the cylinder connecting plate (205) is provided. The welding tape is clamped on the lower clamping jaw (210) by driving the upper clamping jaw (209) to close through the material grasping cylinder (206).

[0024] As Figure 1 , Figure 3 , Figure 4As shown, the bending mechanism (3) includes a second slide rail (301) fixedly connected to the operating platform (1) and arranged vertically, the second slide rail (301) is slidably connected to the fixed mounting plate (302), and a plurality of support plates (303) are fixedly connected to one side of the fixed mounting plate (302), each support plate (303) is fixedly connected to a straight material storage platform (304), and the straight material storage platform (304) is used to place the long side welding strip, and a pressing assembly (308) is provided at the central axis of the straight material storage platform (304), and the pressing assembly (308) is fixedly connected to one of the support plates (303), and the fixed mounting plate (302) is fixedly connected to the fixed mounting plate (302). ) is provided at the central axis on the other side of the bending cylinder (307), the output end of the bending cylinder (307) is fixedly connected to the bending module (306), and a group of bending seats (305) are symmetrically provided on the left and right sides of the bending cylinder (307), the bending seats (305) are fixedly connected to the fixed mounting plate (302), the bending seats (305) are used to place the short side welding strips, the bending seats (305) and the bending module (306) are in a horizontal position, the other ends of the short side welding strips placed on the bending seats (305) on both sides are located at the two ends of the bending module (306), and the adjacent ends of the two bending seats (305) are provided with a pressing assembly (308). A plurality of groups of cylindrical pins (6) are distributed along a transverse array on the top of the straight material storage platform (304) and the bending seat (305), and each group of cylindrical pins (6) includes two cylindrical pins (6), and a welding strip opening for guiding and correcting the welding strip is provided between the two cylindrical pins (6). The welding strip openings on the plurality of groups of cylindrical pins (6) form a welding strip track for placing the welding strip clamped by the material pulling mechanism.

[0025] like Figure 5 As shown, the pressing assembly (308) includes a cylinder fixing member (309), which is fixedly connected to the support plate (303) and the bending seat (305) respectively, and the cylinder fixing member (309) is fixedly connected to a pressing cylinder (310), and the output end of the pressing cylinder (310) is connected to a floating joint (316), and the floating joint (316) is connected to a pressing claw (313) through a rotating shaft (314), and the bottom surface of the pressing claw (313) is fixedly connected to a pressing claw connecting member (312), and the pressing claw connecting member (312) is connected to a pressing claw fixing member (311) through a fixed shaft (315), and the pressing claw fixing member (311) is fixedly connected to the side walls of the support plate (303) and the bending seat (305) respectively.

[0026] The buffer assembly (4) comprises a buffer mounting seat (401) fixedly connected to the operating platform (1), and a hydraulic buffer (402) and a limiting bolt (403) are provided on the buffer mounting seat (401). The hydraulic buffer (402) and the limiting bolt (403) are used to operate the translation cylinder (5) so as to limit the positioning of the bending mechanism (3), and protect the device from shaking caused by the operation process.

[0027] The working method of this embodiment is as follows: when the welding strip passes the preset instruction and is cut into a long-side welding strip by the previous process of the device, the output end of the material grabbing cylinder (206) retracts, driving the mounting member (207) to drive the upper clamping claw (209) to clamp the long-side welding strip on the lower clamping claw (210), and at this time the motor (201) rotates, driving the pulling module (202) to drive the material grabbing assembly clamping the long-side welding strip to move horizontally, and the long-side welding strip is clamped and pulled to be placed on the straight strip. The material storage platform (304) is moved upward, and the output end of the pressing cylinder (310) is extended to drive the pressing claw (313) to press down, pressing the long side welding strip on the straight material storage platform (304). The output end of the grabbing cylinder (206) is extended again, driving the mounting part (207) to drive the upper clamping claw (209) to open, and the motor (201) is rotated again to drive the pulling module (202) to move horizontally to the specified position along the pulling direction. At the same time, the output end of the translation cylinder (5) is retracted to drive The bending mechanism (3) moves longitudinally backward to a designated position, so that the bending seat (305) and the short side welding strip that has been cut and is waiting in the previous process of the device are in the same straight line. The output end of the pressing cylinder (310) retracts, driving the pressing claw (313) to open and return to its original position. At this time, the output end of the avoidance cylinder (211) retracts and drives the material grabbing assembly to return to its original position. The motor (201) rotates to drive the material pulling module (202) to move back to the designated position. The output end of the avoidance cylinder (211) The material grabbing assembly is extended again to drive the material grabbing assembly to the specified position, and the above operation is repeated to pull the short side welding strips to the bending seats (305) placed on both sides. At this time, the output end of the pressing cylinder (310) is extended again to drive the pressing claw (313) to press down the short side welding strips, and then the output end of the bending cylinder (307) is extended to drive the bending module (306) to rise, so that the short side welding strips are bent 90 degrees along the length direction of the welding strips, thereby completing the bending of the welding strips used in the production of photovoltaic modules.

Claims

1. A photovoltaic module bending device, comprising an operating platform (1), characterized in that: The operating platform (1) is provided with a material pulling mechanism (2), a bending mechanism (3), a buffer assembly (4), and a translation cylinder (5); the material pulling mechanism (2) is arranged at the front end of the operating platform (1); the bending mechanism (3) is arranged at one side of the material pulling mechanism (2); the buffer assembly (4) is arranged at both sides of the bending mechanism (3); and the translation cylinder (5) is arranged at one end of the operating platform (1) away from the material pulling mechanism (2).

2. A photovoltaic module bending device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material pulling mechanism (2) comprises a motor (201), the motor (201) is connected to a material pulling module (202) in a transmission manner, a material grabbing base plate (203) is provided on the material pulling module (202), one end of the material grabbing base plate (203) is provided with a avoidance cylinder (211), a first slide rail (204) is provided on one side of the avoidance cylinder (211), a cylinder connecting plate (205) is slidably connected to the first slide rail (204), a material grabbing cylinder (206) is provided on the cylinder connecting plate (205), an output end of the material grabbing cylinder (206) is connected to a mounting member (207), one end of the mounting member (207) is provided with a connecting member (208), and an upper clamping claw (209) is provided on the connecting member (208).

3. A photovoltaic module bending device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The other end of the cylinder connecting plate (205) is provided with a lower clamping jaw (210), and the lower clamping jaw (210) is fixedly connected to the bottom side surface of the cylinder connecting plate (205).

4. A photovoltaic module bending device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bending mechanism (3) comprises a second slide rail (301), the second slide rail (301) is slidably connected to a fixed mounting plate (302), a plurality of support plates (303) are provided on one side of the fixed mounting plate (302), the support plates (303) are connected to a straight material storage platform (304), a material pressing assembly (308) is provided at the central axis of the straight material storage platform (304), a bending cylinder (307) is provided at the central axis of the other side of the fixed mounting plate (302), a bending module (306) is fixedly connected to the output end of the bending cylinder (307), a group of bending seats (305) are symmetrically provided on both sides of the bending cylinder (307), and a material pressing assembly (308) is provided at the end of the bending seat (305) adjacent to the bending cylinder (307).

5. A photovoltaic module bending device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The pressing assembly (308) includes a cylinder fixing part (309), a pressing cylinder (310) is provided on the cylinder fixing part (309), a floating joint (316) is provided at the output end of the pressing cylinder (310), the floating joint (316) is connected to a pressing claw (313) via a rotating shaft (314), the bottom surface of the pressing claw (313) is connected to a pressing claw connecting part (312), the pressing claw connecting part (312) is connected to a pressing claw fixing part (311) via a fixed shaft (315), and the pressing claw fixing part (311) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the bending seat (305).

6. A photovoltaic module bending device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The straight material storage platform (304) and the top of the bending seat (305) are respectively provided with a plurality of groups of cylindrical pins (6) distributed along a transverse array, and each group of the cylindrical pins (6) includes two cylindrical pins (6), and a welding strip opening for guiding and correcting the welding strip is arranged between the two cylindrical pins (6), and the welding strip openings on the plurality of groups of the cylindrical pins (6) form a welding strip track.

7. A photovoltaic module bending device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The buffer assembly (4) comprises a buffer mounting seat (401), and the buffer mounting seat (401) is provided with an oil pressure buffer (402) and a limiting bolt (403).