Automatic battery cell stacking tool

Abstract

An automatic battery cell stacking tool comprises a mounting platform and a plurality of sets of aligning and stacking mechanisms arranged on the mounting platform side by side, each aligning and stacking mechanism comprises a stacking bearing plate, a fixed limiting baffle and a centering, aligning and pushing assembly, and the fixed limiting baffle is fixed to one end of the stacking bearing plate; the centering, aligning and pushing assembly comprises a sliding support, an aligning push plate, a pair of centering push plates and a pair of aligning datum plates, the aligning datum plates are arranged on the two sides of the stacking bearing plate, and an aligning driving air cylinder is arranged below the sliding support; the alignment push plate is arranged on the sliding support, and an alignment driving piece is arranged on the top of the sliding support. The pair of centering push plates are arranged on the two sides of the stacking bearing plate correspondingly and located between the corresponding alignment datum plates and the alignment push plates correspondingly, a centering drive air cylinder is arranged below the sliding support, the sliding support is arranged on the stacking bearing plate in a suspended mode, and a linkage drive assembly is arranged on the mounting platform. According to the utility model, the stacked battery cells can be quickly centered and aligned.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of electric core assembly, and specifically relates to an automatic electric core stacking tool. BACKGROUND

[0002] The production of a battery module is usually composed of multiple electric cores fixed by adhesion, and the assembly process of the existing battery module is roughly as follows: a person places an electric core on an assembly plate as a reference electric core, and then places other electric cores with adhesive on the side as reference according to the reference electric core, until the number of stacked electric cores reaches the requirement of the battery module. However, when the existing person arranges other electric cores in sequence according to the reference electric core, the other electric cores are prone to misalignment with the reference electric core, and need to be re-adjusted and placed for other misaligned electric cores, which is time-consuming and laborious, not only increases the labor intensity of the person, but also affects the production efficiency of the battery module. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at providing an automatic electric core stacking tool, which can quickly center and align the stacked electric cores.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the specific scheme of an automatic electric core stacking tool: including installation platform and multiple sets of adjusting and stacking mechanisms, multiple sets of adjusting and stacking mechanisms are arranged side by side and spaced apart on the installation platform, and any one set of adjusting and stacking mechanism includes a stacking support plate, a fixed limiting baffle and a centering and adjusting push assembly, the fixed limiting baffle is fixed to one end of the stacking support plate, and the centering and adjusting push assembly is slidably arranged on the stacking support plate and arranged opposite to the fixed limiting baffle.

[0005] The centering and adjusting push assembly includes a sliding bracket, one adjusting push plate, a pair of centering push plates and a pair of adjusting reference plates, the pair of adjusting reference plates are arranged below the sliding bracket and are respectively located on both sides of the stacking support plate, an adjusting drive cylinder is arranged below the sliding bracket, the adjusting drive cylinder can drive the two adjusting reference plates to slide along the transverse direction of the stacking support plate, and the two adjusting reference plates form a reference surface for positioning the front side of the electric core on the side opposite to the fixed limiting baffle.

[0006] The adjusting push plate is arranged on the sliding bracket and can cooperate with the two adjusting reference plates to adjust the electric core, and the sliding bracket is provided with an adjusting drive member on the top, the adjusting drive member is used for driving the adjusting push plate to move towards the direction of the fixed limiting baffle and pushing the electric core to move onto the reference surface of the two adjusting reference plates.

[0007] A pair of centering push plates are respectively arranged on both sides of the stacking support plate and are respectively located between the corresponding adjusting reference plate and the adjusting push plate, a centering driving cylinder is arranged below the sliding support, the centering driving cylinder is used for driving the two centering push plates to move synchronously and in the same amplitude, and opposite surfaces of the two centering push plates can center and position the battery cell on the stacking support plate during relative sliding.

[0008] The sliding support is suspended on the stacking support plate, the mounting platform is provided with a linkage driving assembly used for connecting the sliding support and driving the sliding support to move along the stacking support plate, and the sliding centering adjusting push assembly can be aligned with the stacking battery cell in cooperation with the fixed limiting baffle.

[0009] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, the centering adjusting push assembly is four groups, the number of the linkage driving assembly is two, and the two linkage driving assemblies are arranged between the adjacent two groups of centering adjusting push assemblies to drive the adjacent two groups of centering adjusting push assemblies to slide along the stacking support plate.

[0010] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, the linkage driving assembly comprises a lead screw, a nut matched with the lead screw and a driving motor used for driving the lead screw to rotate, the lead screw is rotationally arranged on the mounting platform through a mounting bearing seat and is parallel to the adjacent two sides of the stacking support plate, and the nut is connected with the adjacent two sides of the sliding support.

[0011] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, the nut is fixed with a linkage connecting plate used for connecting the two sides of the sliding support.

[0012] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, the linkage connecting plate is in the shape of a U-shaped, and two ends of the linkage connecting plate are respectively fixed to the bottom of the corresponding side of the sliding support.

[0013] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, a protective shell is arranged on the outer periphery of the linkage driving assembly, and two rollers are arranged in the upper side of the linkage connecting plate and are used for rolling cooperation with the inner side of the protective shell.

[0014] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, the adjusting driving part is an adjusting cylinder, and the adjusting push plate is fixed to the end of the telescopic rod of the adjusting cylinder which is distributed towards the fixed limiting baffle.

[0015] As another optimization scheme of the above-mentioned battery cell automatic stacking tool, the adjusting push plate, the pair of centering push plates and the pair of adjusting reference plates are all in the shape of a rectangle.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the battery cell automatic stacking tool has the following beneficial effects:

[0017] 1. The multiple sets of adjusting and stacking mechanisms are arranged side by side and spaced apart on the mounting platform, the stacking bearing plate in any one set of adjusting and stacking mechanism can place the battery cell, the first battery cell can be tightly attached to the fixed limiting baffle plate fixedly arranged at one end of the stacking bearing plate, the sliding support in the centering and adjusting pushing assembly is suspended on the stacking bearing plate and can move the battery cell towards the fixed limiting baffle plate under the driving of the linkage driving assembly and cooperate with the fixed limiting baffle plate to complete the stacking of the battery cell. The two adjusting reference plates below the sliding support are arranged on the two sides of the stacking bearing plate and can slide along the transverse direction of the stacking bearing plate under the driving of the corresponding adjusting driving cylinder, the two adjusting reference plates form a reference surface capable of positioning the front side of the battery cell opposite to the two side faces of the fixed limiting baffle plate, and the adjusting push plate arranged at the top of the sliding support pushes the battery cell against the reference surface of the two adjusting reference plates under the driving of the corresponding adjusting driving element, so as to adjust the battery cell.

[0018] The two centering push plates are arranged on the two sides of the stacking bearing plate, the opposite faces of the two centering push plates can slide relative to each other under the driving of the centering driving cylinder to clamp the battery cell to center the battery cell on the stacking bearing plate, so as to complete the centering positioning of the battery cell. The tooling can ensure the centering and alignment of the stacked battery cells, quickly complete the stacking of the battery cells, and multiple sets of adjusting and stacking mechanisms can simultaneously perform the stacking work of the battery cells, greatly improving the production efficiency of the battery module.

[0019] 2. One linkage driving assembly is arranged between the two adjacent sets of adjusting and stacking mechanisms, the screw nut in the linkage driving assembly can be connected with the two adjacent sliding supports and can drive the two sliding supports to move synchronously under the rotation of the screw rod, thereby reducing energy consumption and saving space. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 It is a front view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 A structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 3 It is a top view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0023] Mark No. : 1, mounting platform, 2, adjusting and stacking mechanism, 201, fixed limiting baffle, 202, stacking support plate, 203, centering and adjusting push moving assembly, 2031, centering push plate, 2032, adjusting reference plate, 2033, adjusting push plate, 2034, adjusting cylinder, 2035, sliding support, 2036, centering driving cylinder, 2037, adjusting driving cylinder, 3, battery cell, 4, bent wire tube, 401, support plate, 5, linkage driving assembly, 501, linkage connecting plate, 5011, roller, 502, lead screw, 503, driving motor, 504, protective shell. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The technical scheme of the utility model will be further described in detail in combination with specific embodiments. The parts not described in detail in the following embodiments of the utility model, such as the specifications and models of the adjusting cylinder, the centering driving cylinder and the adjusting driving cylinder, are all prior art known or should be known to those skilled in the art.

[0025] A battery cell automatic stacking tool, as shown in the figure, comprises a mounting platform 1 and four groups of adjusting and stacking mechanisms 2. Figures 1-3 The four groups of adjusting and stacking mechanisms 2 are arranged side by side and spaced apart on the mounting platform 1 for centering and stacking battery cells 3. Each group of adjusting and stacking mechanisms 2 comprises a stacking support plate 202, a fixed limiting baffle 201 and a centering and adjusting push moving assembly 203.

[0026] The stacking support plate 202 is used for carrying the battery cells 3, and the two ends of the stacking support plate 202 are fixed to the mounting platform 1 through supports, and there is a gap between the bottom surface of the stacking support plate 202 and the mounting platform 1. The fixed limiting baffle 201 is fixedly arranged along the vertical direction at the left end of the mounting platform 1 through an L-shaped mounting seat, and a fixed triangular inclined plate is installed between the horizontal section and the vertical section of the L-shaped mounting seat.

[0027] The centering and adjusting push moving assembly 203 is slidingly arranged on the stacking support plate 202 and is arranged opposite to the fixed limiting baffle 201, and the centering and adjusting push moving assembly 203 can cooperate with the fixed limiting baffle 201 to complete the alignment and stacking of the battery cells 3. Any one of the centering and adjusting push moving assemblies 203 comprises a sliding support 2035, an adjusting push plate 2033, a pair of centering push plates 2031 and a pair of adjusting reference plates 2032, and the shapes of the adjusting push plate 2033, the centering push plate 2031 and the adjusting reference plate 2032 are all rectangular.

[0028] The sliding support 2035 is suspended on the stacking support plate 202, and the gap between the stacking support plate 202 and the mounting platform 1 below the sliding support 2035, and the top of the sliding support 2035 is above the stacking support plate 202. A pair of adjustment reference plates 2032 are arranged below the sliding support 2035 and on both sides of the stacking support plate 202, and the two adjustment reference plates 2032 are vertically arranged long plates.

[0029] The sliding support 2035 is provided with an adjustment driving cylinder 2037 below for driving the two adjustment reference plates 2032 to slide along the transverse direction of the stacking support plate 202, and the side of the two adjustment reference plates 2032 away from the fixed limiting baffle 201 forms a reference surface for positioning the front side of the battery cell 3, and the side of the two adjustment reference plates 2032 forming the reference surface is fixed with a buffer plate through bolts.

[0030] The adjustment push plate 2033 is arranged on the sliding support 2035, and the top of the sliding support 2035 is provided with an adjustment driving member for driving the adjustment push plate 2033 to move towards the adjustment reference plate 2032, and the adjustment driving member is an adjustment cylinder 2034, the cylinder body of the adjustment cylinder 2034 is fixed on the top of the sliding support 2035, and the telescopic rod of the adjustment cylinder 2034 is arranged towards the direction of the fixed limiting baffle 201, and the adjustment push plate 2033 is fixed on the end of the telescopic rod of the adjustment cylinder 2034. When the two adjustment reference plates 2032 slide close to the stacking support plate 202 under the driving of the adjustment driving cylinder 2037, the adjustment push plate 2033 pushes the battery cell 3 to move against the reference surface of the two adjustment reference plates 2032 to adjust the battery cell 3.

[0031] Further, two push-stable slide columns are slidably arranged in the adjustment cylinder 2034 on both sides of the telescopic rod thereof, the end of the push-stable slide column extending out of the adjustment cylinder 2034 is fixedly connected with the adjustment push plate 2033, and the arrangement of the push-stable slide column can ensure the stable movement of the adjustment push plate 2033 under the pushing of the telescopic rod of the adjustment cylinder 2034, and can stably push the battery cell 3 to move towards the fixed limiting baffle 201.

[0032] The two centering push plates 2031 are arranged below the sliding support 2035, and the two centering push plates 2031 are arranged on both sides of the stacking support plate 202 between the corresponding side adjustment reference plate 2032 and the adjustment push plate 2033, and the centering driving cylinder 2036 for driving the two centering push plates 2031 to slide along the width direction of the stacking support plate 202 is arranged below the adjustment driving cylinder 2037 and between the sliding support 2035, and the two centering push plates 2031 can be synchronously moved close to or away from the stacking support plate 202 under the driving of the centering driving cylinder 2036.

[0033] The opposite faces of the two centering push plates 2031 can center the battery cell 3 on the stacking support plate 202 during the sliding process of the two centering push plates 2031 close to the stacking support plate 202, and when the battery cell 3 is centered, the two centering push plates 2031 slide away from the stacking support plate 202 to release the battery cell 3, so that the adjusting push plate 2033 pushes the centered battery cell 3 towards the fixed limiting baffle 201 to stack the battery cell 3.

[0034] One linkage driving assembly 5 is arranged between adjacent two centering and adjusting push moving assemblies 203, and two linkage driving assemblies 5 are used to drive adjacent two sliding supports 2035 to slide synchronously. Any one linkage driving assembly 5 comprises a lead screw 502 and a driving motor 503 used to drive the lead screw 502 to rotate, the lead screw 502 is rotatably arranged on the mounting platform 1 between adjacent two stacking support plates 202 through a mounting bearing seat and is parallel to the adjacent two stacking support plates 202, and the driving motor 503 is mounted on one end of the lead screw 502 close to the fixed limiting baffle 201.

[0035] A nut is fitted and mounted on the lead screw 502, the nut can move back and forth along the lead screw 502 while the lead screw 502 rotates. The nut is fixed with a linkage connecting plate 501 used to connect the two sliding supports 2035, the linkage connecting plate 501 is in the shape of a “U” character, and the two ends of the linkage connecting plate 501 are fixedly connected with the bottoms of the corresponding sliding supports 2035.

[0036] The linkage driving assembly 5 is provided with a protective shell 504 outside, two rollers 5011 are rotatably arranged on the upper side of the linkage connecting plate 501, and the linkage connecting plate 501 can roll with the inner side of the protective shell 504 through the two rollers 5011 when the nut moves along the lead screw 502. The nut moves while the lead screw 502 rotates and can drive the adjacent two sliding supports 2035 to move along the corresponding stacking support plate 202 synchronously through the linkage connecting plate 501 to cooperate with the fixed limiting baffle 201 to stack the battery cell 3.

[0037] Further, one sliding rail and one bent wire tube 4 are arranged on the mounting platform 1 outside the adjacent two stacking support plates 202, one of the adjacent two sliding supports 2035 is connected with the movable end of the corresponding bent wire tube 4 through a support plate 401, and the other sliding support 2035 is provided with a sliding block for sliding cooperation with the corresponding sliding rail, so that the adjacent two sliding supports 2035 can slide stably.

[0038] The process of adjusting and centering the stacked battery cell is as follows: first, the battery cell 3 is placed on the stacking support plate 202 between the two centering push plates 2031, the adjusting drive cylinder 2037 is started, the two adjusting reference plates 2032 slide towards the stacking support plate 202, then the adjusting cylinder 2034 is started, the adjusting push plate 2033 pushes the battery cell 3 to the front side of the two adjusting reference plates 2032 to adjust the battery cell 3.

[0039] Then, the adjusting drive cylinder 2037 is started, the two adjusting reference plates 2032 slide away from the stacking support plate 202, then the centering drive cylinder 2036 is started, the two centering push plates 2031 slide towards the stacking support plate 202 to center and position the battery cell 3, after the battery cell 3 is centered, the two centering push plates 2031 slide away from the stacking support plate 202 to release the battery cell 3.

[0040] Then, the drive motor 503 is started, the linkage connecting plate 501 drives the adjacent two sliding supports 2035 to move along the stacking support plate 202 towards the fixed limiting baffle 201, then the adjusting push plate 2033 on the moving sliding support 2035 pushes the battery cell 3 to move towards the fixed limiting baffle 201 until the stacking of the battery cell 3 is completed.

Claims

1. An automatic cell stacking tool, characterized by: The installation platform (1) comprises a plurality of sets of adjusting and stacking mechanisms (2) arranged side by side and spaced apart on the installation platform (1), and any one set of adjusting and stacking mechanisms (2) comprises a stacking support plate (202), a fixed limiting baffle (201) fixed to one end of the stacking support plate (202), and a centering and adjusting push assembly (203) slidingly arranged on the stacking support plate (202) and arranged opposite to the fixed limiting baffle (201); The centering and adjusting push assembly (203) comprises a sliding support (2035), one adjusting push plate (2033), a pair of centering push plates (2031), and a pair of adjusting reference plates (2032). The pair of adjusting reference plates (2032) are arranged below the sliding support (2035) and are respectively located on both sides of the stacking support plate (202). An adjusting drive cylinder (2037) is arranged below the sliding support (2035), and the adjusting drive cylinder (2037) can drive the two adjusting reference plates (2032) to slide along the transverse direction of the stacking support plate (202). The sides of the two adjusting reference plates (2032) opposite to the fixed limiting baffle (201) form a reference surface for positioning the front side of the battery cell (3); The adjusting push plate (2033) is arranged on the sliding support (2035) and can cooperate with the two adjusting reference plates (2032) to adjust the battery cell (3). An adjusting drive member is arranged on the top of the sliding support (2035), and the adjusting drive member is used to drive the adjusting push plate (2033) to move towards the fixed limiting baffle (201) and push the battery cell (3) to move and be positioned on the reference surface of the two adjusting reference plates (2032); A pair of centering push plates (2031) are respectively arranged on both sides of the stacking support plate (202) and are respectively located between the corresponding adjusting reference plate (2032) and the adjusting push plate (2033). A centering drive cylinder (2036) is arranged below the sliding support (2035), and the centering drive cylinder (2036) is used to drive the two centering push plates (2031) to move synchronously and in the same amplitude. The opposite surfaces of the two centering push plates (2031) can center and position the battery cell (3) on the stacking support plate (202) during relative sliding; The sliding support (2035) is suspended on the stacking support plate (202), and the installation platform (1) is provided with a linkage drive assembly (5) for connecting the sliding support (2035) and driving it to move along the stacking support plate (202). The centering and adjusting push assembly (203) can cooperate with the fixed limiting baffle (201) to align the stacked battery cell (3).

2. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 1, wherein: The centering and adjusting push assembly (203) is four sets, and the number of the linkage drive assembly (5) is two. The two linkage drive assemblies (5) are respectively arranged between the adjacent two sets of centering and adjusting push assemblies (203) to drive the adjacent two sets of centering and adjusting push assemblies (203) to slide along the stacking support plate (202).

3. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 2, wherein: The linkage driving assembly (5) comprises a screw rod (502), a nut matched and installed on the screw rod (502), and a driving motor (503) for driving the screw rod (502) to rotate, the screw rod (502) is rotatably arranged on the mounting platform (1) through a mounting bearing seat and is parallel to the adjacent two sides of the stacking bearing plate (202), and the nut is connected with the adjacent two sides of the sliding support (2035).

4. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 3, wherein: The nut is fixed with a linkage connecting plate (501) for connecting the two sides of the sliding support (2035).

5. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 4, wherein: The linkage connecting plate (501) is in the shape of a U-shaped character, and the two ends of the linkage connecting plate (501) are respectively fixed to the bottom of the corresponding side of the sliding support (2035).

6. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 5, wherein: The linkage driving assembly (5) is provided with a protective shell (504) on the outer periphery, and two rollers (5011) for rolling cooperation with the inner side of the protective shell (504) are arranged on the upper side of the linkage connecting plate (501).

7. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 1, wherein: The adjusting driving member is an adjusting cylinder (2034), and the adjusting push plate (2033) is fixed to the telescopic rod end of the adjusting cylinder (2034) distributed towards the fixed limiting baffle (201).

8. The automatic cell stacking tool according to claim 1, wherein: The adjusting push plate (2033), the pair of centering push plates (2031), and the pair of adjusting reference plates (2032) are all in the shape of a rectangle.

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