Automatic feeding equipment for battery cell partition plate

Abstract

The utility model discloses automatic feeding equipment for battery cell partition plates, which relates to the technical field of feeding equipment and comprises a box body and a mechanical arm positioned on one side of the box body, a plurality of clamping jaw cylinders for clamping products are arranged on the mechanical arm, and a plurality of stock bin mechanisms for placing materials are arranged at the top of the box body. A material receiving mechanism is arranged between the stock bin mechanism and the mechanical arm and comprises a material receiving bin movably connected between the stock bin mechanism and the mechanical arm, a plurality of containing grooves used for containing products are distributed in the material receiving bin in an array mode, and the adjacent containing grooves are spaced and correspond to the clamping jaw air cylinders in a one-to-one mode. The stock bin mechanism comprises a product stock bin used for containing products and a pushing structure used for pushing the products to the receiving bin. The multiple containing grooves are distributed in the material receiving bin in an array mode, the distance exists between every two adjacent containing grooves, so that the adjacent products cannot be tightly attached together, the clamping jaw air cylinder is used for grabbing the products, and grabbing is more stable.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to a feeding device, and more specifically, to an automatic feeding device for a battery core partition. Background Art

[0002] At present, most of the equipment for feeding this type of battery cell separators uses vacuum suction cups to suck the separators or relies on manual feeding. When using vacuum tube suction cups to suck the separators, the suction cups often suck up multiple separators at a time, resulting in excess separators left after the separators are attached to the battery cells, which will be detected as NG products at the subsequent visual inspection station; because the original equipment uses four sets of vacuum suction cups to suck up four separators at the same time, when a suction cup fails to suck up a separator, it is necessary to first drop the remaining separators and then suck up the separator again, wasting a lot of time. Based on the above problems, the design of this automatic separator feeding equipment can not only ensure the reliability and stability of separator feeding, but also reduce costs and increase efficiency.

[0003] Therefore, a new solution needs to be proposed to solve this problem. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides an automatic feeding device for battery cell separators.

[0005] The technical solution of the utility model is:

[0006] A battery cell separator automatic feeding device comprises a box body and a robotic arm located on one side of the box body, characterized in that: the robotic arm is provided with a plurality of gripping cylinders for clamping products, the top of the box body is provided with a plurality of silo mechanisms for placing materials, a material receiving mechanism is provided between the silo mechanism and the robotic arm, the material receiving mechanism comprises a material receiving silo movably connected between the silo mechanism and the robotic arm, a plurality of accommodating grooves for accommodating products are arranged in an array on the material receiving silo, there are spacings between adjacent accommodating grooves and one-to-one correspondence with the gripping cylinders, the silo mechanism comprises a product silo for placing products and a pushing structure arranged on the top of the product silo for pushing products to the material receiving silo.

[0007] The utility model is further configured as follows: the product silo includes a silo bottom plate slidably connected to the top of the box body and two fixed surrounding rods and two sliding surrounding rods vertically arranged at the four corners of the top of the silo bottom plate, the two fixed surrounding rods and the two sliding surrounding rods are arranged to form a discharge cavity, and the top of the silo bottom plate is fixedly connected with a support frame symmetrically arranged with each other, the side of the support frame close to the mechanical arm is fixedly connected to the fixed surrounding rod, and the sliding surrounding rod is slidably connected to the side of the support frame away from the mechanical arm.

[0008] The present utility model is further configured such that a first rodless cylinder is fixedly connected to the top of the box body, the output end of the first rodless cylinder is fixedly connected to the support frame, and symmetrically arranged first linear guide rails are fixedly connected to the top of the box body. The length direction of the linear slide rail is parallel to the width direction of the box body, and symmetrically arranged first moving blocks slidably connected to the first linear guide rails are provided at the bottom of the bin bottom plate.

[0009] The present utility model is further configured such that support blocks are fixedly connected to the sides of the two sliding enclosing rods close to each other, a plug pin is slidably connected to the support blocks, and a concave hole for the plug pin to insert into is provided on one side of the bin bottom plate.

[0010] The present utility model is further configured such that the bin mechanism further includes a lifting structure for driving the materials in the product bin to lift. The lifting structure includes a lifting linear motor and a lifting plate fixedly connected to the output end of the lifting linear motor. The lifting linear motor is vertically arranged on the box body, a through hole for the lifting linear motor to penetrate is provided on the box body, and the lifting plate extends towards the discharging cavity and extends into the discharging cavity.

[0011] The present utility model is further configured such that a support platform is fixedly connected to the top of the support frame. The pushing structure includes a first linear motor, a slide table cylinder, and a pushing plate fixedly connected to the support platform. One side of the slide table cylinder is fixedly connected to the output end of the first linear motor, and the output end of the slide table cylinder extends vertically downward and is fixedly connected to the top of the pushing plate.

[0012] The present utility model is further configured such that the receiving mechanism further includes a second rodless cylinder and a second linear motor. The second linear motor is arranged on the top of the box body, the output end of the second linear motor is fixedly connected to a first moving platform, the second rodless cylinder is fixedly connected to the top of the first moving platform, the output end of the second rodless cylinder is fixedly connected to a first moving plate, a screw type electric cylinder arranged vertically is fixedly connected to the first moving plate, the output end of the screw type electric cylinder is fixedly connected to a driving plate, and the receiving bin is rotatably connected to one side of the driving plate.

[0013] The present utility model is further configured such that a swing cylinder is fixedly connected to one side of the driving plate, and the output end of the swing cylinder is fixedly connected to the receiving bin.

[0014] The beneficial technical effects of the present utility model are:

[0015] There are several receiving slots for accommodating products distributed in an array in the receiving bin, and there is a spacing between adjacent receiving slots. Setting a spacing between adjacent receiving slots can prevent adjacent products from being in close contact. The gripper cylinder is used to grab the products, making the grasping more stable. Moreover, one gripper cylinder corresponds to one product, avoiding the products being in close contact. Multiple products are grabbed by the gripper to prevent the products from falling off during transportation and being damaged, thus ensuring the working efficiency. Brief Description of the Drawings

[0016] Figure 1 is a schematic structural view of the present utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 is a schematic structural view of the receiving mechanism of the present utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 is a schematic structural view of the bin mechanism of the present utility model Figure 1 ;

[0019] Figure 4 is a schematic structural view of the bin mechanism of the present utility model Figure 2 .

[0020] In the figure, 1. box body; 11. first linear guide rail; 12. first rodless cylinder; 2. robotic arm; 21. gripper cylinder; 3. bin mechanism; 311. bin bottom plate; 3111. first moving block; 3112. connecting frame; 3113. second linear guide rail; 312. fixed fence; 313. sliding fence; 3131. second moving block; 3132. third moving block; 3133. support block; 3134. pin; 4. support frame; 41. extension part; 411. third linear guide rail; 42. support table; 421. first linear motor; 422. slide cylinder; 423. pushing plate; 5. receiving mechanism; 51. receiving bin; 511. receiving slot; 52. slewing cylinder; 53. second rodless cylinder; 531. first moving plate; 5311. screw-type electric cylinder; 5312. driving plate; 5313. first slider; 5314. second slider; 54. second linear motor; 541. first moving table; 542. first linear slide rail; 543. second linear slide rail; 6. lifting structure; 61. lifting linear motor; 62. lifting plate. Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment

[0021] In order to clearly understand the technical means of the present utility model and implement it according to the content of the specification, the following further describes the specific implementation manners of the present utility model in detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the present utility model but not to limit the scope of the present utility model.

[0022] An automatic feeding device for battery cell separators, as Figures 1 - 4As shown in the figure, it includes a box body 1 for placing a control system and a robotic arm 2 located on one side of the box body 1. The robotic arm 2 is a four-axis robotic arm 2, and several clamping jaw cylinders 21 for clamping materials are provided on the four-axis robotic arm 2. Several bin mechanisms 3 for placing materials are provided on the top of the box body 1, and a material receiving mechanism 5 is provided between the bin mechanism 3 and the robotic arm 2.

[0023] The bin mechanism 3 includes a product bin slidably connected to the top of the box body 1 for placing materials and a lifting structure 6 for driving the materials in the product bin to lift. Two symmetrically arranged first linear guide rails 11 are fixedly connected to the top of the box body 1. The length direction of the first linear guide rails 11 is parallel to the width direction of the box body 1. The four-axis robotic arm 2 is arranged on one side in the width direction of the box body 1. The product bin includes a bin bottom plate 311, and two fixed enclosing rods 312 and two sliding enclosing rods 313 vertically arranged at the four corners of the top of the bin bottom plate 311. The two fixed enclosing rods 312 and the two sliding enclosing rods 313 enclose a material discharging cavity. Two first moving blocks 3111 slidably connected to the first linear guide rails 11 are symmetrically arranged at the bottom of the bin bottom plate 311. The arrangement of the first linear guide rails 11 and the first moving blocks 3111 restricts the movement track of the bin bottom plate 311, thereby making the movement of the overall product bin more stable.

[0024] Two symmetrically arranged support frames 4 are fixedly connected to the top of the bin bottom plate 311. One side of the support frame 4 close to the robotic arm 2 is fixedly connected to the fixed enclosing rod 312. The sliding enclosing rod 313 is slidably connected to the side of the support frame 4 away from the robotic arm 2. A horizontally arranged first rodless cylinder 12 is also fixedly connected to the top of the box body 1. The output end of the first rodless cylinder 12 is fixedly connected to the support frame 4. A connecting frame 3112 is fixedly connected to the side of the bin bottom plate 311 away from the robotic arm 2. A second linear guide rail 3113 is fixedly connected to the top of the connecting frame 3112. A second moving block 3131 slidably engaged with the second linear guide rail 3113 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the sliding enclosing rod 313. Extension parts 41 are fixedly connected to the sides of the two support frames 4 away from each other. Third linear guide rails 411 are fixedly connected to the sides of the extension parts 41 away from the robotic arm 2. Third moving blocks 3132 slidably engaged with the third linear guide rails 411 are fixedly connected to the sliding enclosing rod 313. Support blocks 3133 are fixedly connected to the sides of the two sliding enclosing rods 313 close to each other. A bolt 3134 is slidably connected to the support block 3133. A concave hole for the bolt 3134 to insert is formed on one side of the bin bottom plate 311. Moving the two sliding enclosing rods 313 away from each other makes one side of the material discharging cavity completely open. At this time, the product can be easily placed into the material discharging cavity. After placing, moving the two sliding enclosing rods 313 close to each other and making the positions of the bolt 3134 and the concave hole correspond, inserting the bolt 3134 into the concave hole restricts the movement of the sliding enclosing rod 313, making the sliding enclosing rod 313 fixed at the corresponding position, thereby blocking the material discharging cavity and restricting the product in the material discharging cavity from falling off.

[0025] The lifting structure 6 includes a lifting linear motor 61 and a lifting plate 62 fixedly connected to the output end of the lifting linear motor 61. The lifting linear motor 61 is vertically arranged on the box body 1. A through hole for the lifting linear motor 61 to penetrate is formed on the box body 1. The lifting plate 62 extends towards the feeding cavity and extends into the feeding cavity. A support platform 42 is fixedly connected to the tops of the two support frames 4. A diffuse reflection sensor is also fixedly connected to the lifting plate 62 for detecting whether there is a product in the feeding cavity. A pushing structure for pushing the product towards the receiving mechanism 5 is arranged on the support platform 42. The pushing structure includes a first linear motor 421, a slide table cylinder 422 and a pushing plate 423 fixedly connected to the support platform 42. One side of the slide table cylinder 422 is fixedly connected to the output end of the first linear motor 421. The output end of the slide table cylinder 422 extends vertically downward and is fixedly connected to the top of the pushing plate 423. When the receiving mechanism 5 is located on one side of the lifting structure 6, the lifting linear motor 61 is used to drive the lifting plate 62 to rise, driving the product in the feeding cavity to move upward until the topmost product moves to the pushing position of the pushing plate 423. The first linear motor 421 is used to drive the pushing plate 423 to move, thereby pushing the product to the receiving mechanism 5;

[0026] The receiving mechanism 5 includes a receiving bin 51, a rotary cylinder 52, a second rodless cylinder 53 and a second linear motor 54. The second linear motor 54 is arranged on the top of the box body 1. The output end of the second linear motor 54 is fixedly connected with a first moving platform 541. The cross section of the first moving platform 541 is L-shaped. The second rodless cylinder 53 is fixedly connected to the top of the first moving platform 541, and its length direction is parallel to the width direction of the box body 1. The output end of the second rodless cylinder 53 is fixedly connected with a first moving plate 531. A vertically arranged screw type electric cylinder 5311 is fixedly connected to the first moving plate 531. The output end of the screw type electric cylinder 5311 is fixedly connected with a driving plate 5312. The rotary cylinder 52 is fixedly connected to one side of the driving plate 5312. The output end of the rotary cylinder 52 is fixedly connected with the receiving bin 51; A plurality of receiving grooves 511 for accommodating products are arranged in the receiving bin 51 in an array. There is a spacing between adjacent receiving grooves 511. Setting a spacing between adjacent receiving grooves 511 can prevent adjacent products from sticking together, ensuring the stability of the clamping of the product by the clamping cylinder 21 on the four-axis robot arm 2.

[0027] Located at the top of the box body 1, a first linear slide rail 542 is fixedly connected to one side of the second linear motor 54. A first slider 5313 that mates with the first linear slide rail 542 is provided at the bottom of the first moving platform 541. Through the cooperation of the first linear slide rail 542 and the first slider 5313, the stability of the first moving platform 541 is ensured. A second linear slide rail 543 is fixedly connected to one side of the first moving platform 541. A second slider 5314 that mates with the second linear slide rail 543 is fixedly connected to one side of the first moving plate 531. Through the cooperation of the second linear slide rail 543 and the second slider 5314, the stability of the first moving plate 531 is ensured;

[0028] Working principle: When there is no product in the feeding cavity, the first rodless cylinder 12 is used to push the entire bin mechanism 3 away from the lifting structure 6 to the manual loading position. The bolt 3134 is pulled out so that the bolt 3134 disengages from the concave hole of the bin bottom plate 311, so that the two sliding enclosing rods 313 can move away from each other, making one side of the feeding cavity completely open. At this time, the product can be easily placed into the feeding cavity. After the placement is completed, the two sliding enclosing rods 313 are moved closer to each other and the position of the bolt 3134 is made to correspond to the concave hole. The bolt 3134 is inserted into the concave hole to limit the movement of the sliding enclosing rod 313, so that the sliding enclosing rod 313 is fixed in the corresponding position, thereby sealing the feeding cavity, restricting the product in the feeding cavity from escaping, and using the first rodless cylinder 12 again to drive the entire bin mechanism 3 close to the lifting structure 6, and making the lifting plate 62 of the lifting structure 6 extend into the feeding cavity;

[0029] The lifting linear motor 61 is used to drive the lifting plate 62 to rise, driving the products in the feeding chamber to move upward until the topmost product moves to the pushing position of the pushing plate 423; the second linear motor 54 is driven to horizontally move the receiving bin 51 to a corresponding position on one side of the bin mechanism 3, the second rodless cylinder 53 is driven to move the receiving bin 51 close to the bin mechanism 3, the screw-type electric cylinder 5311 is driven to lift the receiving bin 51 to the top of the bin mechanism 3, and the rotary cylinder 52 is driven to rotate the receiving bin 51 by 90°, so that the open part of the receiving groove 511 faces the product and the topmost receiving groove 511 of the receiving bin 51 is aligned with the product. The first linear motor 421 is used to drive the pushing plate 423 to move, thereby pushing the product into the receiving groove 511; the lifting linear motor 61 is used to continue driving the next product to move to the pushing position, and the screw-type electric cylinder 5311 is used to raise the position of one receiving groove 511. The pushing plate 423 is repeatedly used to push the product into the receiving bin 51 until the receiving bin 51 is full of products. Then, the rotary cylinder 52 rotates 90° to return to the original state. At this time, the clamping cylinder 21 on the robotic arm 2 is used to clamp the product in the receiving bin 51. Since there is a spacing between adjacent receiving grooves 511, there is a spacing between adjacent products, so that adjacent products do not stick together, ensuring that it is more convenient for the clamping cylinder 21 on the robotic arm 2 to clamp the product. The robotic arm 2 is used to move to the next working station to complete the automatic feeding of the product, ensuring the working efficiency.

[0030] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art of this technology, without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, several improvements and modifications can still be made, and these improvements and modifications should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding device for battery cell separators, comprising a box (1) and a mechanical arm (2) located on one side of the box (1), characterized in that: The mechanical arm (2) is provided with a plurality of gripper cylinders (21) for gripping products, the top of the box body (1) is provided with a plurality of silo mechanisms (3) for placing materials, a material receiving mechanism (5) is provided between the silo mechanism (3) and the mechanical arm (2), the material receiving mechanism (5) comprises a material receiving silo (51) movably connected between the silo mechanism (3) and the mechanical arm (2), a plurality of receiving grooves (511) for accommodating products are arranged in an array on the material receiving silo (51), there is a spacing between adjacent accommodating grooves (511) and they correspond one to one with the gripper cylinders (21), the silo mechanism (3) comprises a product silo for placing products and a pushing structure arranged on the top of the product silo for pushing products to the material receiving silo (51).

2. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The product silo comprises a silo bottom plate (311) slidably connected to the top of the box body (1), and two fixed surrounding rods (312) and two sliding surrounding rods (313) vertically arranged at the four corners of the top of the silo bottom plate (311), the two fixed surrounding rods (312) and the two sliding surrounding rods (313) are arranged to form a material discharge cavity, and the top of the silo bottom plate (311) is fixedly connected to a support frame (4) symmetrically arranged with each other, the side of the support frame (4) close to the mechanical arm (2) is fixedly connected to the fixed surrounding rod (312), and the sliding surrounding rod (313) is slidably connected to the side of the support frame (4) away from the mechanical arm (2).

3. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The top of the box body (1) is fixedly connected to a first rodless cylinder (12), the output end of the first rodless cylinder (12) is fixedly connected to a support frame (4), the top of the box body (1) is fixedly connected to first linear guide rails (11) that are symmetrically arranged, the length direction of the first linear guide rails (11) is arranged parallel to the width direction of the box body (1), and the bottom of the silo bottom plate (311) is symmetrically arranged with a first moving block (3111) that is slidably connected to the first linear guide rails (11).

4. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 3 is characterized in that: A support block (3133) is fixedly connected to one side of the two sliding enclosure rods (313) close to each other, a latch (3134) is slidably connected to the support block (3133), and a concave hole for the latch (3134) to be inserted into is provided on one side of the silo bottom plate (311).

5. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The silo mechanism (3) also includes a lifting structure (6) for driving the lifting of materials in the product silo, the lifting structure (6) including a lifting linear motor (61) and a lifting plate (62) fixedly connected to the output end of the lifting linear motor (61), the lifting linear motor (61) being vertically arranged on the box body (1), the box body (1) being provided with a through opening for the lifting linear motor (61) to pass through, and the lifting plate (62) extending toward the discharge cavity and extending into the discharge cavity.

6. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 5 is characterized in that: The top of the support frame (4) is fixedly connected to a support platform (42), and the pusher structure comprises a first linear motor (421) fixedly connected to the support platform (42), a slide cylinder (422) and a pusher plate (423), one side of the slide cylinder (422) is fixedly connected to the output end of the first linear motor (421), and the output end of the slide cylinder (422) extends downward in a vertical direction and is fixedly connected to the top of the pusher plate (423).

7. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The material receiving mechanism (5) further comprises a second rodless cylinder (53) and a second linear motor (54), wherein the second linear motor (54) is arranged on the top of the box body (1), the output end of the second linear motor (54) is fixedly connected to the first moving platform (541), the second rodless cylinder (53) is fixedly connected to the top of the first moving platform (541), the output end of the second rodless cylinder (53) is fixedly connected to the first moving plate (531), the first moving plate (531) is fixedly connected to a vertically arranged screw-type electric cylinder (5311), the output end of the screw-type electric cylinder (5311) is fixedly connected to a driving plate (5312), and the material receiving bin (51) is rotatably connected to one side of the driving plate (5312).

8. The automatic feeding equipment for battery cell separators according to claim 7 is characterized in that: The material receiving mechanism (5) further comprises a rotary cylinder (52) fixedly connected to one side of the driving plate (5312), and an output end of the rotary cylinder (52) is fixedly connected to the material receiving bin (51).

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