Automatic epoxy plate feeding device for power battery production

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of power battery production devices, and particularly discloses an automatic epoxy plate feeding device for power battery production, which comprises a base, a tool clamp arranged on one side of the base and used for storing an epoxy plate, a battery cell positioning component arranged on the other side of the base and a battery cell placing table connected to the base in a sliding manner, the battery cell placing table can slide between the tool clamp and the battery cell positioning structure in a reciprocating manner, the epoxy plate transferring assembly is arranged on the base between the tool clamp and the battery cell positioning structure, the screw feeding assembly is arranged on the base between the tool clamp and the battery cell positioning structure, and the screw feeder is arranged on the base; and the battery cell placing table slides below the epoxy plate transferring assembly and the screw feeding assembly, so that the problem that no device can directly complete the automatic epoxy plate mounting process of the battery module in the traditional epoxy plate mounting process of the battery module is solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of power battery production devices, and specifically discloses an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production. Background Art

[0002] With the advancement of the global automotive industry towards electrification and intelligence, new energy vehicles have achieved leapfrog development. The power battery technology is constantly updated and shows new development trends. The power battery has a high degree of automation, so it is necessary to adapt to epoxy boards for various types and different sizes of power batteries.

[0003] In the prior art, for the assembly of power batteries, it involves the step of fixedly installing an epoxy board on a battery module. The epoxy board is positioned by a mechanical gripper or manually, and then correspondingly placed and the screws are tightened. Usually, the placement and positioning of the epoxy board and the insertion and tightening of the screws are carried out on the same production line. Multiple sets of equipment need to be set up in sequence to complete the process of installing the epoxy board on the battery module on the production line in sequence. When a certain process step on the production line fails during operation, the entire production line needs to stop for maintenance. In the prior art, there is no device that can complete the automatic installation process of the epoxy board for the battery module.

[0004] Therefore, in view of this, the inventor provides an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production to solve the above problems. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the present utility model is to solve the problem that in the traditional process of installing an epoxy board on a battery module, there is no device that can directly complete the automatic installation process of the epoxy board for the battery module.

[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the basic scheme of the present utility model provides an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production, including a base, a tooling fixture provided on one side of the base for storing epoxy boards, a cell positioning component provided on the other side of the base, and a cell placement table slidably connected to the base. The cell placement table can reciprocally slide between the tooling fixture and the cell positioning structure.

[0007] It further includes an epoxy board transfer component provided on the base between the tooling fixture and the cell positioning structure, a screw feeding component provided on the base between the tooling fixture and the cell positioning structure, and a screw feeder provided on the base. The cell placement table slides below the epoxy board transfer component and the screw feeding component.

[0008] Further, the cell placement table includes a slide plate slidably connected to the base and fixing blocks fixed around the slide plate and used for fixing the four corners of the cell.

[0009] Further, tooling fixtures are provided on the bases on both sides of the skateboard.

[0010] Further, the epoxy board transfer assembly includes a first horizontal transfer table provided on the base, a first horizontal transfer mechanism slidable on the first horizontal transfer table, a first vertical lifting mechanism driven by the first horizontal transfer mechanism, and a suction cup transfer and picking mechanism driven by the first vertical lifting mechanism.

[0011] Further, the screw feeding assembly includes a second horizontal transfer table provided on the base, a second horizontal transfer mechanism slidable on the second horizontal transfer table, a second vertical lifting mechanism driven by the second horizontal transfer mechanism, and a screw machine locking mechanism driven by the second vertical lifting mechanism.

[0012] Further, the battery cell positioning assembly includes a corner bracket provided on the base, a pneumatic push rod fixedly connected to the corner bracket, and a clamping plate fixedly connected to the output end of the pneumatic push rod.

[0013] Further, a corner extension portion that can press and fit against the top surface of the epoxy board extends inward from the top surface of the clamping plate.

[0014] The principle and effect of this solution are as follows:

[0015] Compared with the prior art, in this utility model, the epoxy board to be placed is loaded by a tooling fixture, the battery cell to be installed with the epoxy board is loaded by a battery cell placement table, the epoxy board is removed from the tooling fixture by the epoxy board transfer assembly and placed on the battery cell, after the battery cell is placed, the battery cell placement table moves and enters the battery cell positioning assembly, and at this time, it moves under the screw feeding assembly. The screw feeding assembly takes out screws from the screw feeder and screws them into the epoxy board installed on the battery cell, completing the automatic installation of the epoxy board of the battery module. After the installation is completed, the battery module is taken out and the next group of battery cells to be installed is placed on the battery cell placement table, solving the problem that in the traditional process of installing the epoxy board of the battery module, there is no device that can directly complete the automatic installation process of the epoxy board for the battery module. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for description in the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. For those skilled in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings.

[0017] Figure 1 Shows a schematic diagram of an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production proposed in an embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 2The figure shows a schematic diagram of an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 3 The figure shows a schematic diagram of a screwdriver locking mechanism of an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 4 The figure shows a schematic diagram of a battery cell positioning component of an automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production according to an embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0021] In order to further elaborate on the technical means and effects adopted by the present utility model to achieve the predetermined utility model purpose, the following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments, details the specific implementation manners, structures, features and their effects of the present utility model as follows.

[0022] The reference numerals in the accompanying drawings of the specification include: base 1, baffle 2, epoxy board 3, first transverse guide rail 4, connecting rod 5, first material taking tray 6, driving motor 7, spring telescopic connecting rod 8, guiding frame 9, second transverse guide rail 10, battery cell 11, screw clamping member 12, clamping plate 13.

[0023] An automatic epoxy board feeding device for power battery production, as shown in the embodiments Figure 1 as follows:

[0024] It includes a base 1, a tooling fixture installed on the base 1, a battery cell 11 positioning component installed on the base 1, a battery cell placement table installed on the base 1 and capable of reciprocatingly sliding between the tooling fixture and the battery cell 11 positioning component, an epoxy board 3 transfer component installed on the base 1 and located between the tooling fixture and the battery cell 11 positioning component, and a screw feeding component. The epoxy board 3 transfer component is installed facing the tooling fixture, the screw feeding component is installed facing the battery cell 11 positioning component, and a screw feeder is also installed on the base 1.

[0025] Specifically, two groups of tooling fixtures are provided on the base 1, and the two groups of tooling fixtures are respectively located on both sides of the slideway of the battery cell placement table. The tooling fixture includes a fixture bottom plate and a plurality of baffles 2 fixed around the fixture bottom plate. A chamber for accommodating the epoxy board 3 is formed by surrounding with the baffles 2, and a side support plate for raising the height of the fixture bottom plate is also fixed on the base 1.

[0026] The battery cell placement table includes a sliding plate installed at the top of the base 1 and fixing blocks fixedly installed around the sliding plate. The fixing blocks are respectively installed corresponding to the four corners of the battery cell 11, and the fixing blocks are all L-shaped plates that can simultaneously wrap the two side walls of the corner of the battery cell 11. A chute for the sliding plate to be inserted is formed on the base 1, and limiting grooves are formed on both side walls of the chute. The sliding plate is installed in the chute, and limiting blocks integrally formed on both sides of the sliding plate are respectively inserted into the limiting grooves. In this embodiment, the sliding plate is controlled by an external hydraulic cylinder and driven by the output end of the hydraulic cylinder to reciprocate in the chute.

[0027] In this embodiment, the tooling fixture is installed at one end of the chute, and the battery cell 11 positioning component is installed at the other end of the chute. The sliding plate reciprocates between the tooling fixture and the battery cell 11 positioning component.

[0028] The epoxy board 3 transfer assembly includes a first horizontal transfer table installed on the base 1, a first horizontal transfer mechanism installed on the first horizontal transfer table and movable along the first horizontal transfer table, a first vertical lifting mechanism carried on the first horizontal transfer mechanism, and a suction cup transfer and picking mechanism carried on the first vertical lifting mechanism.

[0029] Specifically, the first horizontal transfer table includes a first horizontal guide rail 4 and first columns fixed at both ends of the first horizontal guide rail 4. The first horizontal transfer mechanism is a first horizontal slider installed on the first horizontal guide rail 4 and movable. The first vertical lifting mechanism includes a first vertical guide rail fixed on the first horizontal slider and a first vertical slider installed on the first vertical guide rail and movable. A first connecting rod 5 is installed on the first vertical slider, and the suction cup transfer and picking mechanism is installed at the end of the first connecting rod 5. The suction cup transfer and picking structure includes a first picking tray 6 fixed at the end of the first connecting rod 5 and a plurality of pneumatic suction cups fixed on the first picking tray 6. The pneumatic suction cups are connected to an external pipeline, which is used to control the pneumatic suction cups to suck the epoxy board 3 stored in the tooling fixture and place the epoxy board 3 on the battery cell 11 after moving above the battery cell placement table.

[0030] The screw feeding assembly includes a second horizontal guide rail 10 and second vertical columns fixed at both ends of the second horizontal guide rail 10. The second horizontal transfer mechanism includes a second horizontal slider mounted on the second horizontal guide rail 10 and slidable thereon. The second vertical lifting mechanism includes a second vertical guide rail fixed on the second horizontal slider and a second vertical slider mounted on the second vertical guide rail and slidable thereon. A guiding frame 9 is also mounted on the second vertical slider. Meanwhile, the screw machine secondary locking mechanism is directly mounted through the second vertical slider and passes through the guiding frame 9. In this embodiment, the screw machine secondary locking mechanism is a commonly used secondary locking screw structure in the prior art, mainly including a driving motor 7, a spring telescopic connecting rod 8 mounted on the output end of the driving motor 7, and a screw clamping member 12 fixed at the end of the spring telescopic connecting rod 8. The spring telescopic connecting rod 8 is connected to an external pneumatic pipeline, and the expansion and contraction of the spring telescopic connecting rod 8 is controlled by controlling the air flow, and it is driven to rotate by the output shaft of the driving motor 7 to drive the screw clamping member 12 to drive the screw to be screwed in. In this embodiment, a total of four groups of screw machine secondary locking mechanisms are provided corresponding to the four screw holes of the epoxy board 3 respectively.

[0031] The first horizontal guide rail 4, the second horizontal guide rail 10, the first vertical guide rail and the second vertical guide rail are all driven by motors to drive the first horizontal slider, the second horizontal slider, the first vertical slider and the second vertical slider to slide respectively.

[0032] As Figure 4 shown, the battery cell 11 positioning assemblies are respectively mounted on the bases 1 on both sides of the chute. The battery cell 11 positioning assemblies include corner brackets fixed on the bases 1, pneumatic push rods fixed on the inner sides of the tops of the corner brackets, and clamping plates 13 fixed on the output ends of the pneumatic push rods. And a corner extension portion that can press and fit the top surface of the epoxy board 3 extends inward from the top surface of the clamping plate 13.

[0033] When the present utility model is used, the epoxy board 3 to be placed is loaded by a tooling fixture, the battery cell 11 to be installed on the epoxy board 3 is loaded by a battery cell placement table, and screws are stored by a screw feeder;

[0034] The sliding of the first horizontal slider and the first vertical slider drives the suction cup transfer and picking mechanism to move synchronously, and the epoxy board 3 is sucked by the pneumatic suction cup and placed on the battery cell 11. Then, the external driving slide plate slides towards the screw feeding assembly, and the epoxy board 3 is fixed on the battery cell 11 by the clamping plate 13 of the battery cell 11 positioning assembly;

[0035] The screw machine secondary locking mechanism of the screw feeding assembly grabs the screws and aligns them with the screw holes on the epoxy board 3 and the battery cell 11 and then screws them in, thus completing the feeding and assembly of the epoxy board 3 on the battery cell 11. After the installation is completed, the battery module is taken out and the next group of battery cells 11 to be installed are placed on the battery cell placement table.

[0036] As described above, it is only the preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and there is no limitation to the present utility model in any form. Although the present utility model has been disclosed as above with the preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present utility model. Any person skilled in the art can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes within the scope of the technical solution of the present utility model by using the technical content disclosed above. However, as long as it does not depart from the content of the technical solution of the present utility model, any brief modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present utility model still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production, characterized in that: It includes a base, a fixture for storing the epoxy board on one side of the base, a cell positioning assembly on the other side of the base, and a cell placement table slidably connected to the base, and the cell placement table can slide back and forth between the fixture and the cell positioning structure; It also includes an epoxy plate transfer assembly on the base between the tooling fixture and the battery cell positioning structure, a screw feeding assembly on the base between the tooling fixture and the battery cell positioning structure, and a screw feeder on the base. The battery cell placement table slides under the epoxy plate transfer assembly and the screw feeding assembly.

2. The automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production according to claim 1, characterized in that: The battery cell placement platform comprises a slide plate which is slidably connected to the base and fixing blocks which are fixed around the slide plate and are used to fix the four corners of the battery cells.

3. The automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production according to claim 2, characterized in that: The bases on both sides of the slide plate are provided with tooling fixtures.

4. The automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production according to claim 1, characterized in that: The epoxy board transfer assembly includes a first transverse transfer platform arranged on a base, a first transverse transfer mechanism sliding on the first transverse transfer platform, a first vertical lifting mechanism driven by the first transverse transfer mechanism, and a suction cup transfer and material picking mechanism driven by the first vertical lifting mechanism.

5. The automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production according to claim 4, characterized in that: The screw feeding assembly comprises a second lateral transfer platform arranged on a base, a second lateral transfer mechanism sliding on the second lateral transfer platform, a second vertical lifting mechanism driven by the second lateral transfer mechanism and a screw machine locking mechanism driven by the second vertical lifting mechanism.

6. The automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production according to claim 1, characterized in that: The battery core positioning assembly comprises a corner bracket arranged on a base, a pneumatic push rod fixedly connected to the corner bracket, and a clamping plate fixedly connected to an output end of the pneumatic push rod.

7. The automatic feeding device for epoxy plates for power battery production according to claim 6, characterized in that: The top surface of the clamping plate extends inwardly to form a corner extension portion which can be pressed and fitted to the top surface of the epoxy board.

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