Device for overturning, feeding and discharging square battery cells

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of battery cell transfer devices, in particular to a device for overturning, feeding and discharging square battery cells, which comprises a rack, a workbench is arranged at the top of the rack, at least one overturning mechanism is arranged on the workbench, each overturning mechanism comprises a base arranged on the workbench, a rotary driving part is arranged on the base, and a rotating shaft is arranged on the rotary driving part. The output end of the rotary driving part is in transmission connection with a horizontally-arranged overturning frame, at least one clamping part is arranged on the overturning frame, each clamping part is provided with two clamping jaws capable of being opened and closed mutually, a clamping gap matched with the outline of a workpiece is formed between the two clamping jaws, and a plurality of abutting limiting structures with different operation directions are arranged on the clamping jaws. And the abutting limiting structure can form a multidirectional limiting structure for the workpiece when the clamping jaw is in a clamping state. The battery cell clamping device is beneficial to solving the problem that some existing battery cell clamping devices are not provided with limiting structures, so that battery cells are easy to misplace before and after being overturned.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of battery cell transfer device, in particular to a device for square battery cell turnover feeding and discharging. BACKGROUND

[0002] The square battery shell is mostly made of aluminum alloy and other materials, and adopts winding or laminated process inside, which is better than soft package battery in protecting battery cell, and the safety of the battery is also greatly improved compared with cylindrical battery.

[0003] In the production process of the battery cell, the battery cell needs to be turned over during feeding and discharging for easy processing. The current battery cell clamping mechanism is used for clamping and transferring the battery cell in the processing of square aluminum shell battery.

[0004] For example, Chinese patent CN219525483U discloses a battery cell clamping mechanism for square aluminum shell battery, which comprises a base and a rotating arm, the base is provided with an L-shaped rotating arm, a sliding groove is formed in the rotating arm, a sliding rod is slidably installed in the sliding groove, and a mounting plate is installed at the bottom end of the sliding rod, a lifting frame is slidably installed at the bottom of the mounting plate, a connecting plate is rotatably installed at the bottom side of the lifting frame, and a double-acting pneumatic cylinder is horizontally installed at the bottom side of the connecting plate; the clamping and fixing of the battery cell are completed by retracting the extension end of the double-acting pneumatic cylinder until the clamping plate contacts the battery cell. When the battery cell is clamped and moved subsequently, the clamping plate and the battery cell are rotated by the fourth motor, the turnover of the battery cell is completed, the connecting plate and the battery cell are rotated by the third motor, the orientation of the battery cell is adjusted, the battery cell is adjusted at multiple angles and in multiple directions, and the subsequent loading, transportation or assembly processing is facilitated.

[0005] In the above technical solution, the clamping structure of the double-acting pneumatic cylinder is relatively simple, and no corresponding limiting member structure is configured. In order to prevent the square battery cell structure from being damaged, the clamping force is limited. Therefore, in actual use, the clamping structure and the square battery cell are prone to relative rotation misalignment before and after turnover, which affects the work of other transfer devices.

[0006] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new battery cell clamping device to solve the above technical problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0007] The utility model provides a device for square battery cell turnover feeding and discharging, which is beneficial to solve the problem that some existing battery cell clamping devices do not configure limiting structure, which leads to misalignment of the battery cell before and after turnover.

[0008] The utility model is implemented as follows:

[0009] A device for square cell overturning feeding and discharging, comprising a rack, a workbench is arranged on the top of the rack, at least one overturning mechanism is arranged on the workbench, the overturning mechanism comprises a base arranged on the workbench, a rotary driving member is arranged on the base, the output end of the rotary driving member is in transmission connection with a horizontally arranged overturning frame, at least one clamping member is arranged on the overturning frame, the rotary driving member can drive the overturning frame and the clamping member to synchronously overturn, the clamping member has two clamping jaws capable of being opened and closed to each other, a clamping gap suitable for the contour of the workpiece is formed between the two clamping jaws, a plurality of abutting limiting structures with different working directions are arranged on the clamping jaws, and the abutting limiting structures can form a multi-directional limiting structure for the workpiece when the clamping jaws are in a clamping state.

[0010] On the basis of the above technical scheme, the base comprises a horizontally arranged bottom plate, the bottom plate is connected and fixed with the workbench of the rack through fasteners, two mutually parallel side plates are vertically arranged at the two ends of the long side of the bottom plate, the two ends of the overturning frame are pivotally connected between the two side plates through bearing members, and the overturning driving member is arranged at the outer side end of one of the side plates, and the output end of the overturning driving member penetrates through the bearing member on the side plate and is in transmission connection with the overturning frame.

[0011] On the basis of the above technical scheme, the overturning driving member is a speed reducer.

[0012] On the basis of the above technical scheme, the rack comprises a framework assembled by a plurality of metal profiles, a horizontal panel is arranged on the top of the framework, the panel forms the workbench, a partition plate is further arranged below the framework, the partition plate forms a multi-layer partition structure in the rack, a hollow slot is arranged on the panel in a longitudinal direction penetrating through the panel to facilitate wiring, and adjustable height supporting legs and side supports are arranged at the bottom of the framework.

[0013] On the basis of the above technical scheme, a rib plate is connected between the two side plates, and the rib plate is in a vertical relationship with the bottom plate and the side plates.

[0014] On the basis of the above technical scheme, the clamping member comprises a clamping cylinder fixedly arranged on the overturning frame, the clamping cylinder is connected with an external air compression device, the clamping cylinder is in transmission connection with the clamping jaw, each clamping jaw is in an "L" type plate structure, a straight edge of the clamping jaw connected with the clamping cylinder is defined as a first plate body, and another straight edge is defined as a second plate body, an abutting block is arranged on the inner side wall of the first plate body, a pad block is arranged on the inner side wall of the second plate body, and limiting plates are vertically arranged on the left and right sides of the pad block, the abutting block serves as an inner limiting structure of the workpiece, and the pad block and the limiting plates serve as a bidirectional side limiting structure of the workpiece when the square cell as the workpiece is clamped by the clamping member.

[0015] On the basis of the above technical scheme, the abutting block, the pad block and the limiting plates are in detachable connection with the clamping jaw.

[0016] On the basis of the above technical solutions, the positioning member is arranged between the turnover frame and the side plate, and is used for detecting the in-position of the turnover angle of the turnover frame during operation.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the utility model at least has the following advantages:

[0018] The utility model discloses a square electric core clamping device, which comprises a frame, a clamping piece and a turnover mechanism, wherein the frame is provided with a side plate, the clamping piece is arranged on the side plate and is used for clamping the square electric core, and the turnover mechanism is arranged on the side plate and is used for clamping the square electric core. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the embodiment of the utility model, the following will be briefly introduced to the drawing needed to be used in the embodiment, and it should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the utility model, and therefore should not be regarded as the limitation to the scope, and for the ordinary skilled person in the art, under the premise of not paying the creative labor, other related drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings.

[0020] Figure 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of the device for square electric core turnover and feeding and discharging in an embodiment;

[0021] Figure 2 It is the plan view of the device for square electric core turnover and feeding and discharging in an embodiment; Figure 1

[0022] It is the structural schematic diagram of the rack in an embodiment; Figure 3 Figure 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of the turnover mechanism in an embodiment;

[0023] Figure 4 It is the structural schematic diagram of the turnover frame in an embodiment;

[0024] Figure 5 Figure 4 It is the structural schematic diagram of the clamping piece in an embodiment;

[0025] Figure 6 It is the structural schematic diagram of the positioning member in an embodiment. Figure 4

[0026] Figure 7 Figure 4

[0027] ​​​​​Legend: 1, rack; 11, skeleton; 12, panel; 13, hollow groove; 14, partition; 15, adjustable foot; 16, side support; 2, base; 21, bottom plate; 22, side plate; 3, turnover driving piece; 4, turnover frame; 41, rib plate; 5, clamping piece; 51, clamping cylinder; 52, clamping jaw; 53, abutting block; 54, pad block; 55, limiting plate; 6, positioning piece; 61, swing rod; 62, sensor; a, workpiece. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed present application, but only to represent selected embodiments of the present application.

[0029] In the description of the present application, the terms "first", "second" are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0030] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as "fixed to" another element, it can be directly on another element or there can be a middle element. When an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to one element or there can be a middle element. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are only for the purpose of illustration, and do not represent the only embodiment.

[0031] The present application will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.

[0032] Referring to Figures 1 to 7 The present embodiment discloses a device for square cell turnover feeding and discharging, mainly aiming at the application of some feeding and discharging mechanisms for square cells in the production and processing process which need to perform turnover operation on square cells. The device specifically comprises a rack 1, a base 2, a turnover frame 4, a clamping piece 5 and a positioning piece 6.

[0033] The rack 1 mainly plays a bearing support role.

[0034] Specifically, in combination with Figure 3 As shown in the figure, the rack 1 includes a frame type skeleton 11 assembled by a plurality of transversely and longitudinally staggered aluminum alloy profiles through bolt connection, the top of the skeleton 11 is provided with a horizontal panel 12 which constitutes a workbench, the skeleton 11 below the panel 12 is further provided with a partition plate 14, the partition plate 14 is used to assemble and arrange the running matching components such as controllers, transformers, air pipe electromagnetic valves and the like, the partition plate 14 makes the inside of the rack 1 form a multi-layer partition structure and can also improve the structural strength of the skeleton 11, the panel 12 is provided with a longitudinally penetrating hollow slot 13 in the panel 12 for convenient wiring, the bottom of the skeleton 11 is provided with adjustable assembly height supporting legs and side supports 16. In specific use, the horizontal of the workbench can be corrected or the overall height can be finely adjusted by means of the adjustable supporting legs 15, and the equipment can also be fixed by means of the side supports 16 and ground locking bolts.

[0035] The workbench is provided with two front and rear spaced distribution turnover mechanisms, each of which includes a base 2 arranged on the workbench, the base 2 is provided with a rotary drive member, the rotary drive member 3 is a reduction motor, and the output end of the rotary drive member is drivingly connected with a horizontally arranged turnover frame 4.

[0036] Among them, the base 2 is the main bearing basis of the turnover mechanism.

[0037] Specifically, in combination with Figure 5 As shown in the figure, the base 2 includes a horizontally arranged bottom plate 21, the bottom plate 21 is connected and fixed with the workbench of the rack 1 through fasteners (bolts), the bottom plates 21 of the two bases 2 are staggered with the hollow slots 13 on the panel 12, that is, the two bottom plates 21 are respectively located on the front and rear sides of the hollow slots 13, so as to facilitate wiring and other operations. The two ends of the long side direction of the bottom plate 21 are vertically provided with two side plates 22 which are parallel to each other in the left and right directions, the side plates 22 are vertically arranged, the two ends of the turnover frame 4 are pivoted between the two side plates 22 through bearing members, and the output end of the rotary drive member 3 is drivingly connected with the turnover frame 4 through the bearing member on the side plate 22. It should be noted that the left and right sides of the turnover frame 4 are connected with shafts and bearings.

[0038] In order to improve the structural strength of the side plates 22, a rib plate 41 is connected between the two side plates 22, and the rib plate 41 is perpendicular to the bottom plate 21 and the side plates 22.

[0039] The clamping member 5 is a clamping device for the square battery cell as the workpiece a.

[0040] Specifically, in combination with Figure 2 ,Figure 4 The turnover frame 4 is provided with two clamping members 5 distributed at left and right, and the rotary driving member can drive the turnover frame 4 to synchronously turn over together with the clamping members 5.

[0041] The clamping member 5 has two clamping jaws 52 capable of opening and closing to each other, and a clamping gap suitable for the profile of the workpiece a is formed between the two clamping jaws 52. The clamping jaws 52 are provided with a plurality of abutting limiting structures with different working directions, and the abutting limiting structures can form a multi-directional limiting structure for the workpiece a when the clamping jaws 52 are in a clamping state.

[0042] Further, as shown in Figure 6 The clamping member 5 includes a clamping cylinder 51 fixed to the turnover frame 4, the clamping cylinder 51 is connected with an external air compression device, and the clamping cylinder 51 is drivingly connected with the clamping jaws 52. Each clamping jaw 52 is an "L"-shaped plate body structure, a straight edge of the clamping jaw 52 connected with the clamping cylinder 51 is defined as a first plate body, and another straight edge is defined as a second plate body. An abutting block 53 is arranged on the inner side wall of the first plate body, and a pad block 54 is arranged on the inner side wall of the second plate body. Limiting plates 55 are vertically arranged on the left and right sides of the pad block 54. When the square battery cell is clamped by the clamping member 5 as the workpiece a, the abutting block 53 serves as an inner limiting structure for the workpiece a, and the pad block 54 and the limiting plates 55 serve as a bidirectional side limiting structure for the workpiece a. As described above, when the clamping member 5 is in a clamping state, only the outer side end is an open free end, which is used for the square battery cell to be exposed to adapt to the operation of the external feeding and discharging mechanism or the operation of other processing mechanisms. The remaining directions are all constrained and limited. Therefore, when the square battery cell as the workpiece a is clamped and turned over, it can efficiently maintain its stable posture and will not be easily dislocated.

[0043] In order to make the device structure more flexible, the abutting block 53, the pad block 54 and the limiting plates 55 are detachably connected with the clamping jaw 52. In this embodiment, bolts are used for assembly and connection, which makes it possible to flexibly replace the limiting structure in advance when working on different specifications of workpieces a.

[0044] In this embodiment, the abutting block 53, the pad block 54 and the limiting plates 55 are made of metal material to abut against the workpiece a in a rigid contact manner. In other embodiments, the abutting block 53, the pad block 54 and the limiting plates 55 can also be made of plastic, silica gel, rubber, sponge and other materials to achieve a certain degree of flexible abutment and reduce the risk of appearance wear of the workpiece a.

[0045] In order to make the precision of the turnover stroke, the turnover frame 4 and the side plate 22 are further provided with a positioning member 6 for detecting the in-place of the turnover angle of the turnover frame 4 during operation. Specifically, in combination with Figure 7As shown, the positioning member 6 comprises a swing lever 61 fixed on one end of the rotating shaft of the turnover frame 4, the swing lever 61 is located at the outer side end of the bearing and is perpendicular to the rotating shaft, and can swing in the radial plane of the rotating shaft when the turnover frame 4 rotates, and the positioning member 6 further comprises a sensor 62 fixed on the outer side wall of the side plate 22, the sensor 62 in the embodiment adopts a U-shaped photoelectric sensor 62, the detection area of which is located on the swing path of the swing lever 61, and the specific assembly position of the sensor 62 is set according to the turnover angle requirement of the workpiece a on the turnover frame 4, in use, the work of the rotating driving member is stopped after detection by electrically connecting the control system, so as to achieve turnover-to-position detection, so that the turnover of the workpiece a has high precision to meet the operation requirement.

[0046] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments can still be modified, or some technical features can be replaced equivalently; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A device for square cell turnover feeding and discharging, characterized in that, The utility model provides a workpiece flipping device, including a frame (1), the frame (1) top is equipped with the workstation, and the workstation is equipped with at least one turnover mechanism, the turnover mechanism includes a pedestal (2) arranged on the workstation, and the pedestal (2) is equipped with rotary drive part, and the output end of rotary drive part is connected with a horizontal turnover frame (4) transmission, and the turnover frame (4) is equipped with at least one clamping piece (5), and rotary drive part can drive turnover frame (4) along with clamping piece (5) synchronous flipping activity, and the clamping piece (5) has two mutually openable clamping jaw (52), and the clamping gap of the contour of the workpiece (a) is formed between two clamping jaw (52), and the clamping jaw (52) is equipped with a plurality of work direction different abutment limiting structure, and the abutment limiting structure can constitute multidirectional limiting structure to the workpiece (a) when the clamping jaw (52) is in the clamping state.

2. The device for square cell overturning feeding and discharging according to claim 1, characterized in that, The pedestal (2) includes a horizontally arranged bottom plate (21), which is connected and fixed with the workstation of the frame (1) by fasteners, and two mutually parallel side plates (22) are vertically arranged at both ends of the long side direction of the bottom plate (21), both ends of the turnover frame (4) are pivoted between the two side plates (22) through bearing members, and the turnover drive part (3) is arranged outside one of the side plates (22), and the output end of the turnover drive part (3) penetrates the bearing member on the side plate (22) and is transmissionally connected with the turnover frame (4).

3. The device for square cell overturning feeding and discharging according to claim 2, characterized in that, The turnover drive part (3) is a speed reducer.

4. The device for square cell overturning feeding and discharging according to claim 1, characterized in that, The frame (1) includes a skeleton (11) assembled by a plurality of metal profiles, a horizontal panel (12) is arranged on the top of the skeleton (11), and the panel (12) constitutes the workstation, a partition plate (14) is further arranged below the panel (12), so that the frame (1) forms a multi-layer partition structure, a hollow groove (13) is arranged on the panel (12) and extends longitudinally through the panel (12) to facilitate wiring, and adjustable height supporting legs and side supports (16) are arranged at the bottom of the skeleton (11).

5. The device for square cell overturning feeding and discharging according to claim 2, characterized in that, Two side plates (22) are connected with a rib plate (41), and the rib plate (41) is perpendicular to the bottom plate (21) and the side plates (22).

6. The device for square cell turnover feeding and discharging according to claim 1, characterized in that, The clamping piece (5) includes a clamping cylinder (51) fixed to the turnover frame (4), the clamping cylinder (51) is connected with an external air compression device, and the clamping cylinder (51) is transmissionally connected with the clamping jaw (52), each clamping jaw (52) is an "L" type plate body structure, a straight edge of the clamping jaw (52) connected with the clamping cylinder (51) is defined as a first plate body, and another straight edge is a second plate body, an abutment block (53) is arranged on the inner side wall of the first plate body, a pad block (54) is arranged on the inner side wall of the second plate body, and limiting plates (55) are vertically arranged on the left and right sides of the pad block (54), when a square cell is clamped as a workpiece (a) by the clamping piece (5), the abutment block (53) serves as an inner limiting structure of the workpiece (a), and the pad block (54) and the limiting plates (55) serve as bidirectional side limiting structures of the workpiece (a).

7. The device for square cell turnover feeding and discharging according to claim 6, characterized in that, The abutting block (53), the cushion block (54) and the limiting plate (55) are detachably connected with the clamping jaw (52).

8. The device for square cell turnover feeding and discharging according to claim 2, characterized in that, The turnover frame (4) and the side plate (22) are further provided with a positioning piece (6), and the positioning piece (6) is used for detecting the in-place of the turnover angle of the turnover frame (4) during operation.

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