Battery string turnover equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery string turnover device, which relates to the field of photovoltaic cell preparation, and comprises a first conveying line, a second conveying line, a turnover mechanism and a translation mechanism, the first conveying line is used for conveying a battery string with an upward A surface, the second conveying line is used for conveying a battery string with an upward B surface, and the turnover mechanism is used for conveying a battery string with an upward B surface. The second conveying line and the first conveying line are arranged side by side, the turnover mechanism and the translation mechanism are located above the first conveying line and the second conveying line, the turnover mechanism is used for turning over a battery string with an upward surface, so that the B surface of the battery string is upward, and the translation mechanism is used for translating the battery string with the upward surface. And the translation mechanism is used for placing the battery string overturned by the overturning mechanism on the second conveying line. By arranging the turnover mechanism and the translation mechanism, the turnover of the battery piece is stably completed while the space is saved, and the production benefit of the battery piece is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to photovoltaic cell preparation field especially is involved in a cell string turnover equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the process of battery technology upgrading iteration, the metal electrode of the front and back surfaces gradually becomes thinner and more, in order to reduce the light loss and reduce the silver consumption, the main grid battery technology is to use thinner welding strip to directly replace the main grid and connect the fine grid to collect and export the current, which significantly reduces the metal shielding area of the battery backboard, increases the light receiving area, and further improves the power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic panel.

[0003] The connection between the welding strip and the fine grid is a pad point, in order to further reduce the production cost, many factories cancel or reduce the pad point after upgrading the main gridless technology, on the one hand, the main grid part becomes thinner, on the other hand, due to the cancellation of the pad point, the welding strip will be difficult to firmly fixed on the battery piece, in order to fix the welding strip on the battery piece, the industry usually adopts the way of applying glue on the welded battery string, and the welding strip is adhered to the battery piece by glue, since the double sides of the battery string need to be glued, generally, the battery string is turned over by 180 degrees after the glue is applied on one side (A side), and the glue is applied on the back side (B side).

[0004] In the actual use process, the whole production line usually includes stringing knife, curing lamp box and other equipment, the existing turnover equipment is a straight line formed by the butt joint of the A side conveying line and the B side conveying line, the turnover mechanism is located between the A side conveying line and the B side conveying line, the stringing knife is located before the A side conveying line, and the glue applying equipment and the curing lamp box are located after the B side conveying line, so that the length space occupied by the whole battery string turnover equipment is too long, and it is difficult to maximize the use of production site and space.

[0005] Therefore, the application provides a battery string turnover equipment to solve the technical problems in the prior art. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0006] In order to improve the utilization efficiency of the production site in the process of double-sided battery turnover and gluing, the application provides a battery string turnover equipment.

[0007] The battery string turnover equipment provided by the application adopts the following technical scheme:

[0008] A battery string turnover equipment, comprising a first conveying line, a second conveying line, a turnover mechanism and a translation mechanism,

[0009] The first conveying line is used for conveying the battery string with the A side upward,

[0010] The second conveying line is used for conveying the battery string with the B face upward, and is arranged side by side with the first conveying line,

[0011] The overturning mechanism and the translation mechanism are located above the first conveying line and the second conveying line,

[0012] The overturning mechanism is used for overturning the battery string with the B face upward.

[0013] The translation mechanism is used for placing the battery string overturned by the overturning mechanism on the second conveying line.

[0014] Optionally, the overturning mechanism is located above the first conveying line, and the overturning mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a first mounting plate is slidingly arranged on the mounting frame, the first mounting plate slides up and down along the mounting frame, a first assembly plate is rotatably arranged on the first mounting plate, a plurality of first suction cups are arranged on the first assembly plate, the first suction cups are located on a side of the first assembly plate close to the first conveying line, and suction nozzles of the first suction cups are arranged downward for sucking the battery string.

[0015] Optionally, a plurality of second suction cups are further arranged on the first assembly plate, and the second suction cups are located on a side of the first assembly plate away from the first conveying line.

[0016] Optionally, the first conveying line and the second conveying line are arranged in a staggered manner, an input end of the first conveying line is provided with a string separating knife, and a discharge end of the second conveying line is provided with a B face gluing device.

[0017] Optionally, the overturning mechanism further comprises a first horizontal driving mechanism, the first horizontal driving mechanism is used for driving the first mounting plate to move horizontally, so that the battery string sucked by the overturning mechanism from the first conveying line corresponds to the second conveying line and is located above the second conveying line.

[0018] Optionally, the translation mechanism comprises a second horizontal driving mechanism, a second mounting plate and a second assembly plate, a plurality of third suction cups are arranged on a side of the second assembly plate close to the second conveying line, the second assembly plate is slidingly connected with the second mounting plate, the second assembly plate slides up and down along a vertical direction, and the second horizontal driving mechanism is used for driving the second mounting plate to move horizontally, so as to drive the second assembly plate to move above the first assembly plate.

[0019] Optionally, the B face gluing device is provided with a curing lamp box away from a side of the second conveying line.

[0020] Optionally, a visual camera is arranged between the second conveying line and the B-side sizing device, and the visual camera is used to take pictures of the battery string on the second conveying line before the battery string is conveyed to the B-side sizing device.

[0021] In summary, the present application has at least the following advantages:

[0022] 1. By arranging the first conveying line and the second conveying line in parallel and staggered, and by arranging the overturning mechanism and the translation mechanism, the battery string with the A surface upward is overturned by 180 degrees to become the B surface upward, and then the battery string is placed on the second conveying line. The space left by the staggered arrangement is used to place the string separating knife and the B-side sizing device, which can reasonably utilize the production space and maximize the production efficiency.

[0023] 2. The overturning and conveying of the battery string are completed by the cooperation of the horizontally arranged first assembly plate, the second assembly plate, and the suction cup, which can improve the overturning success rate of the battery string.

[0024] 3. By arranging the first suction cup and the second suction cup symmetrically, the next group of battery strings can be directly sucked after the overturning mechanism completes one overturning, which improves the efficiency of battery overturning. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 is a perspective view of a battery string overturning device provided by the present application;

[0026] Figure 2 is a perspective view of the overturning mechanism and the translation mechanism in the present application;

[0027] Figure 3 is a structural schematic view of the overturning mechanism in the present application;

[0028] Figure 4 is a perspective view of the translation mechanism in the present application;

[0029] Figure 5 is a structural schematic view of the B-side sizing device in the present application.

[0030] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS: 1, first conveying line; 2, second conveying line; 3, mounting frame; 4, first mounting plate; 5, first assembly plate; 6, first suction cup; 7, second suction cup; 8, B-side sizing device; 9, first horizontal driving mechanism; 10, second horizontal driving mechanism; 11, second mounting plate; 12, second assembly plate; 13, third suction cup; 14, curing lamp box; 15, visual camera; 16, glue printing screen plate; 17, support; 18, adjusting mechanism; 19, string separating knife. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In order to make the above objectives, characteristics and advantages of the present application more apparent, more understandable, the present application will be described in detail below with the drawings and specific embodiments. In the following description, a lot of specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. However, the present application can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without departing from the connotation of the present application, therefore the present application is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0032] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0033] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0034] In the present application, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connecting", "fixing" and the like should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or it can be integrated; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise specifically limited. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0035] In the utility model, unless otherwise expressly provided and limited, the first feature is "on" or "under" the second feature, which can be direct contact of the first and second features, or indirect contact of the first and second features through an intermediate medium. Moreover, the first feature "above", "over" and "on" the second feature can be directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or only indicate that the first feature is higher than the second feature in horizontal height. The first feature "below", "under" and "under" the second feature can be directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or only indicate that the first feature is lower than the second feature in horizontal height.

[0036] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as "fixed to" or "provided on" another element, it can be directly on the other 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 the other element or there can be a middle element. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "up", "down", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not the only implementation.

[0037] The battery piece has front and back surfaces, referred to as A surface and B surface, and the application to be protected is a turnover device which can smoothly turn over the battery piece, thereby completing double-sided sizing or double-sided welding of the battery piece.

[0038] The application will be further described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings. Figures 1-5

[0039] Refer to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 ​, the battery string overturning device comprises a first conveying line 1, a second conveying line 2, an overturning mechanism and a translation mechanism, the first conveying line 1 and the second conveying line 2 are parallel to each other, and the first conveying line 1 and the second conveying line 2 are arranged in a staggered manner, the first conveying line 1 is used for conveying battery pieces with A faces upward, and the second conveying line 2 is used for conveying battery pieces with B faces upward, an A face gluing device 8 is arranged at an output end of the second conveying line 2, as an implementable mode, when the A face gluing device 8 adopts a silk screen printing mode for gluing, the A face gluing device 8 is provided with a curing lamp box 14 away from a side of the second conveying line 2. It can be understood that the A face gluing device 8 adopts UV glue, after the A face gluing device 8 finishes gluing, the glue is cured through the curing lamp box 14, and the first conveying line 1 is provided with a string dividing knife 19 at an input end, the string dividing knife 19 is used for dividing battery strings at intervals, so as to break the form that all the batteries are connected together, through the staggered arrangement of the first conveying line 1 and the second conveying line 2, the A face gluing device 8 and the curing lamp box 14 are arranged at the output end of the second conveying line 2, and the string dividing knife 19 is arranged at the input end of the first conveying line 1, so that the space utilization is greatly improved. The overturning mechanism is located above the first conveying line 1 and is used for sucking and overturning the battery pieces on the first conveying line 1 by 180 degrees, so that the originally upward A face is overturned downward, and the originally downward B face is overturned upward, the translation mechanism is located above the second conveying line 2, the translation mechanism is translated from above the first conveying line 1 to above the second conveying line 2, so as to suck the battery pieces after the overturning is completed and place the battery pieces after the overturning is completed on the second conveying line 2.

[0040] Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 3, the turnover mechanism comprises a first horizontal driving mechanism 9 and a mounting frame 3, the first horizontal driving mechanism 9 is used for driving the mounting frame 3 to move horizontally, so as to compensate for a misalignment distance between the first conveying line 1 and the second conveying line 2, and enable the completed second battery piece sucked from the first conveying line 1 and turned over to correspond to the length direction of the second conveying line 2, a first mounting plate 4 is slidably arranged on the mounting frame 3, the first mounting plate 4 slides up and down along the vertical direction of the mounting frame 3, a first assembly plate 5 arranged horizontally is rotatably arranged on the mounting frame 3, the first assembly plate 5 rotates at least 180 degrees around the mounting frame 3 as a rotation center, a plurality of groups of first suction cups 6 and a plurality of groups of second suction cups 7 are arranged on the first assembly plate 5, the first suction cups 6 are located on the side of the first assembly plate 5 close to the first conveying line 1, and the suction nozzles of the first suction cups 6 are arranged downward, the second suction cups 7 are located on the side of the first assembly plate 5 away from the first conveying line 1, and the suction nozzles of the second suction cups 7 are arranged upward, first, the first mounting plate 4 moves downward, the first suction cups 6 suck the battery piece, then the first mounting plate 4 moves upward, the first assembly plate 5 is turned over, so that the battery piece with the original A face upward is turned over to be upward, and the positions of the first suction cups 6 and the second suction cups 7 are interchanged, at this time, the suction nozzles of the second suction cups 7 are downward, and after completing a turning-over action, only the first mounting plate 4 needs to move downward to suck the next group of battery pieces, through the mode that the suction cups are arranged on both sides, the first assembly plate 5 only needs to be turned over once to complete the turning-over action of the next group of battery pieces, and the efficiency of battery piece turning-over is improved. Figure 3 The first horizontal driving mechanism 9 drives the mounting frame 3 to move horizontally through the mode that a motor, a synchronous belt, a sliding block and a sliding rail are arranged on the rack, since the driving mode is a common means in the field, the specific description is not given here, and other modes of driving the mounting frame 3 to move horizontally are also within the protection scope of the present application.

[0041] Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 4 , the translation mechanism comprises a second horizontal driving mechanism 10, a second mounting plate 11 and a second assembly plate 12 arranged horizontally, the second assembly plate 12 is located at the bottom of the second mounting plate 11, a plurality of groups of third suction cups 13 are arranged on the side of the second assembly plate 12 close to the second conveying line 2, the second horizontal driving mechanism 10 is used for driving the second mounting plate 11 to move horizontally, so as to drive the second assembly plate 12 to move towards the first assembly plate 5 or away from the first assembly plate 5, it should be noted that when the second assembly plate 12 is close to the first assembly plate 5, the second assembly plate 12 is located directly above the first assembly plate 5, so that the third suction cups 13 suck the battery string sucked by the first suction cups 6, the second horizontal driving mechanism 10 is further provided with a vertical driving mechanism, so that the second mounting plate 11 moves vertically relative to the second horizontal driving mechanism 10, referring to Figure 4As shown, the second horizontal mechanism adopts the mode of motor and slide rail driving, and the vertical driving assembly can adopt motor screw rod or air cylinder, which will not be described in detail in the present application.

[0042] Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 5 As shown, a visual camera 15 is arranged between the second conveying line 2 and the B-side sizing device 8, and the visual camera 15 is used to take pictures of the battery piece before the battery piece on the second conveying line 2 is conveyed to the B-side sizing device 8. The B-side sizing device 8 comprises a mounting frame (not shown in the figure), a sizing screen plate 16, a support 17 and an adjusting mechanism 18. The sizing screen plate 16 is arranged on the support 17, and the adjusting mechanism 18 is arranged on the mounting frame and connected with the support 17. The adjusting mechanism 18 is used to adjust the position of the sizing screen plate 16, so that the sizing screen plate 16 moves relative to the second conveying line 2. Through the visual camera 15, a processor and a controller, the battery piece is taken pictures, and according to the distance between the battery piece and the standard position, the adjusting mechanism 18 is controlled to work, so that the sizing screen plate 16 moves to the corresponding position of the battery piece. This is the prior art, and the applicant has protected it in other applications, which will not be described in detail in the present application.

[0043] At the beginning, the battery string has undergone A-side sizing and curing. The battery string is cut by the string cutting knife 19, and the A-side is upward and located on the first conveying line 1 and transported forward. Then the turnover mechanism moves downward to suck the battery string on the first conveying line 1. Then the turnover mechanism moves upward and turns over 180 degrees, so that the B-side of the battery string is upward. Then the first horizontal driving mechanism 9 drives the mounting frame 3 to move horizontally, so that the first assembling plate 5 moves to the position parallel to the second assembling plate 12. Then the second horizontal driving mechanism 10 drives the second assembling plate 12 to move to the direction close to the first assembling plate 5. At this time, the second assembling plate 12 is located directly above the first assembling plate 5. The battery string on the first suction plate 6 is taken away by the third suction plate 13. Then the second mounting plate 11 moves downward to place the turned-over battery string on the second conveying line 2. The battery string is moved to the B-side sizing device 8 and the curing lamp box 14 through the conveying of the second conveying line 2, to perform the turnover and sizing process of the battery string. The space utilization of the whole site is improved, and the stability of the battery string turnover is improved, and the turnover efficiency of the battery string is improved.

[0044] The above are the preferred embodiments of the present application, which do not limit the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, any equivalent changes made on the structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A battery string flipping apparatus, characterized by, The first conveying line, the second conveying line, the overturning mechanism and the translation mechanism, The first conveying line is used for conveying the battery string with the A surface upward, The second conveying line is used for conveying the battery string with the B surface upward, and the second conveying line is arranged side by side with the first conveying line, The overturning mechanism and the translation mechanism are located above the first conveying line and the second conveying line, The overturning mechanism is used for overturning the battery string with the upward surface to make the B surface of the battery string upward, The translation mechanism is used for placing the battery string overturned by the overturning mechanism on the second conveying line.

2. A battery string flipper apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The overturning mechanism is located above the first conveying line, and the overturning mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a first mounting plate is slidably arranged on the mounting frame, the first mounting plate slides up and down along the mounting frame, a first assembly plate is rotatably arranged on the first mounting plate, a plurality of first suction cups are arranged on the first assembly plate, the first suction cups are located on the side of the first assembly plate close to the first conveying line, and the suction nozzles of the first suction cups are arranged downward for sucking the battery string.

3. A battery string flipper apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein: A plurality of second suction cups are also arranged on the first assembly plate, and the second suction cups are located on the side of the first assembly plate away from the first conveying line.

4. The battery string flip device of claim 1, wherein: The first conveying line and the second conveying line are arranged in a staggered manner, the input end of the first conveying line is provided with a string separating knife, and the discharge end of the second conveying line is provided with a B surface gluing device.

5. A battery string flipper apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein: The overturning mechanism further comprises a first horizontal driving mechanism, the first horizontal driving mechanism is used for driving the first mounting plate to move horizontally, so that the battery string sucked by the overturning mechanism from the first conveying line corresponds to the second conveying line and is located above the second conveying line.

6. The battery string flip device of claim 1, wherein: The translation mechanism comprises a second horizontal driving mechanism, a second mounting plate and a second assembly plate, a plurality of third suction cups are arranged on the side of the second assembly plate close to the second conveying line, the second assembly plate is slidably connected with the second mounting plate, the second assembly plate slides up and down along the vertical direction, and the second horizontal driving mechanism is used for driving the second mounting plate to move horizontally to drive the second assembly plate to move above the first assembly plate.

7. The battery string flip device of claim 4, wherein: The B surface gluing device is provided with a curing lamp box away from the side of the second conveying line.

8. The battery string flip device of claim 4, wherein: A vision camera is arranged between the second conveying line and the B surface gluing device, the vision camera is used for taking pictures of the battery string on the second conveying line before the battery string is conveyed to the B surface gluing device, the B surface gluing device comprises a glue printing screen plate, a support and an adjusting mechanism, and the adjusting mechanism is used for driving the glue printing screen plate to move relative to the second conveying line.

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