Energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment
By designing a battery cell loading and sorting equipment, and adopting an automated testing system and intelligent barcode scanner, the problems of low efficiency and poor accuracy of existing equipment have been solved. This has enabled efficient automated testing of battery cells and screening of various types of cells, optimized the human-machine working environment, and improved production efficiency and equipment stability.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421729296.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-07-19
AI Technical Summary
Existing lithium battery cell sorting equipment suffers from low efficiency, poor accuracy, and difficulty in achieving automated testing and data reading, resulting in low production efficiency and a poor working environment for both humans and machines.
A battery cell loading and sorting device for energy storage was designed. It adopts an automated battery testing system and an intelligent barcode scanner, combined with a servo module, sorting channels and multiple light source modes to realize automated testing and data reading of the cells. It is equipped with a non-powered roller and a blocking cylinder to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of cell sorting.
It improves the accuracy of automated testing and data reading in battery cell production, optimizes the human-machine working environment, reduces battery cell impact damage, enables efficient screening and buffering of various battery cells, and improves production efficiency and equipment operation stability.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to energy storage battery technical field especially a kind of energy storage battery cell feeding sorting equipment. BACKGROUND
[0002] Electrochemical energy storage device is one of important carriers of green and clean energy, and is widely used in the storage, conversion and use of green and clean energy under the background of carbon emission reduction. Its importance is increasingly prominent, and it has a huge potential market.
[0003] Lithium battery technology is currently booming in China, and its production process and technology are also changing with each passing day. As the first detection process of lithium battery module production, the quality of cell sorting capability directly determines the quality of finished product Pack. Therefore, developing a suitable cell sorting equipment not only can significantly improve the stability of energy storage system, bring friendly user experience, but also can improve the production efficiency of factory and reduce unnecessary production loss. SUMMARY
[0004] This section aims to outline some aspects of the embodiments of the utility model and briefly introduce some preferred embodiments. Some simplifications or omissions may be made in this section and the abstract of the specification and the utility model name to avoid obscuring the purpose of this section, the abstract of the specification and the utility model name. Such simplifications or omissions cannot be used to limit the scope of the utility model.
[0005] In view of the problems of the above-mentioned device in use, the utility model is proposed.
[0006] Therefore, the purpose of the utility model is to provide a kind of energy storage battery cell feeding sorting equipment.
[0007] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a kind of energy storage battery cell feeding sorting equipment, including, structural component, including structural component, test piece being arranged at the one side of structural component and identification piece being arranged at the one side of structural component
[0008] Sorting component includes belt piece being arranged at the one side of structural component, servo module mounting piece being arranged on the upper side of structural component, probe piece being arranged at the one side of identification piece and sorting piece being arranged at the one side of structural component.
[0009] The sorting piece includes sorting channel being arranged on the upper side of structural component and multiple sorting racks, and sorting channel is formed between each sorting rack.
[0010] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding sorting equipment of the utility model, wherein: the structural component includes sorting equipment cabinet and observation window being arranged on the upper side of sorting equipment cabinet.
[0011] The test piece includes a voltage internal resistance tester arranged on the upper side of the sorting equipment cabinet and a battery test equipment arranged on one side of the observation window.
[0012] The identification piece includes a smart code scanning gun arranged on the upper side of the sorting equipment cabinet, and the smart code scanning gun is used for identifying the battery bar code.
[0013] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the belt piece includes a V-shaped belt line arranged on one side of the sorting equipment cabinet, and the servo module mounting piece includes a mounting bracket arranged on the upper side of the sorting equipment cabinet, and the mounting bracket is used for mounting a sorting gripper which moves between grabbing and placing.
[0014] The probe piece includes a test probe arranged on one side of the smart code scanning gun, and the probe is connected with the voltage internal resistance tester through a wire.
[0015] The sorting piece includes four sorting channels arranged on the upper side of the sorting equipment cabinet, and the sorting channels are used for buffering corresponding battery cells.
[0016] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the belt piece further includes a battery side pushing air cylinder arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line and a magneto-inductive sensor arranged on one side of the battery side pushing air cylinder.
[0017] The belt piece further includes a battery positioning air cylinder arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line and a channel width adjusting rod arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line.
[0018] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the belt piece further includes a battery buffering belt arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line and a feeding belt arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line, and the flowing directions of the battery buffering belt and the feeding belt are distributed at right angles.
[0019] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the smart code scanning gun has multiple light source modes, and the light source mode and brightness are automatically adjusted according to the position of the battery bar code and the roughness of the code.
[0020] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the voltage internal resistance tester adopts a four-wire method to test the voltage internal resistance.
[0021] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the surface of the test probe is gold-plated to reduce errors caused by the internal resistance of the probe itself, and the probe and the base are connected as a spring floating mechanism.
[0022] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the sorting member further comprises a blocking cylinder arranged on one side of the sorting channel, a rubber-coated roller arranged on one side of the blocking cylinder, and a non-powered roller arranged on one side of the sorting channel.
[0023] As a preferred scheme of the energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, the sorting channel adopts a non-powered roller mode, the roller is arranged obliquely, and the cell slides to the end of the sorting channel through its own gravity.
[0024] The sorting channel and the output end of the cylinder constitute a buffer position for blocking the cell.
[0025] The cell feeding method has the advantages that the automatic battery testing system and the intelligent code scanning gun are used to realize automatic testing and data reading of the cell, improve production efficiency and accuracy, and greatly optimize the man-machine operation environment, so that the intensity of continuous operation of personnel is relieved as much as possible under the premise of ensuring efficient operation of the equipment. In addition, the feeding channel adopts a screw rod to adjust the size, and can adapt to different sizes of cells; the screening standards of the various discharge channels are independently adjustable, and the screening of multiple cells can be realized at one time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0026] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed in the embodiment description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor. Among them:
[0027] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the whole utility model.
[0028] Figure 2 It is a structure schematic diagram of the sorting assembly in the utility model.
[0029] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 It is a structure enlarged view of A in the utility model.
[0030] Figure 4 It is a structure schematic diagram of the belt member in the utility model.
[0031] Figure 5 It is a structure schematic diagram of the sorting channel of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0032] In order to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings of the specification.
[0033] In the following description, a lot of specific details are set forth in order to facilitate a thorough understanding of the present application, but the present application can be practiced in other ways not described herein, and it is understood that the present application is not limited to the specific embodiments described herein, and it can be extended to other similar embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present application.
[0034] Secondly, the "one embodiment" or "embodiment" referred to herein means that the specific features, structures or characteristics can be included in at least one implementation of the present application. In different places in this specification, "in one embodiment" does not mean the same embodiment, nor is it an independent or alternative embodiment.
[0035] Embodiment 1
[0036] Referring to Figures 1-2 For the first embodiment of the present application, the embodiment provides a kind of energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting equipment, comprising, structural assembly 100, including structural member 101, test member 102 being arranged at the side of structural member 101 and identification member 103 being arranged at the side of structural member 101
[0037] Sorting assembly 200, including belt member 201 being arranged at the side of structural member 101, servo module mounting member 202 being arranged on the upper side of structural member 101, probe member 203 being arranged at the side of identification member 103 and sorting member 204 being arranged at the side of structural member 101.
[0038] Specifically, structural member 101 includes sorting equipment cabinet 101a and observation window 101b being arranged on the upper side of sorting equipment cabinet 101a;
[0039] Test member 102 includes voltage internal resistance tester 102a being arranged on the upper side of sorting equipment cabinet 101a and battery test equipment 102b being arranged at the side of observation window 101b;
[0040] Identification member 103 includes intelligent code scanning gun 103a being arranged on the upper side of sorting equipment cabinet 101a, and intelligent code scanning gun 103a is used to identify cell bar code.
[0041] Preferably, the belt member 201 comprises a V-shaped belt line 201a arranged on one side of the sorting device cabinet 101a, the servo module mounting member 202 comprises a mounting bracket 202a arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet 101a, the mounting bracket 202a is used to mount the sorting gripper, and the probe member 203 comprises a test probe 203a arranged on one side of the intelligent code scanning gun 103a, the probe is connected with the voltage resistance tester 102a through a wire, and the sorting member 204 comprises a sorting channel 204a arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet 101a, and four sorting channels 204a are arranged for buffering corresponding battery cells
[0042] Further, the battery test device 102b analyzes the voltage resistance data obtained by testing, can judge the battery cell factory time according to the battery cell bar code, and can judge whether the performance of the battery cell in different time periods meets the requirements according to the battery cell factory days; in addition, the brand, factory date, gear and other information of the battery cell can be compared with the order data to avoid the problems of wrong use and mixed materials; at the same time, the screening result is uploaded to the factory server in the form of TCP / IP.
[0043] Further, the voltage resistance tester 102a adopts four-wire method to test the voltage resistance, and the test wire harness is grounded to avoid the error caused by external electric field to the measurement result.
[0044] The following table is the qualified voltage range of different production time periods
[0045]
[0046]
[0047] Operation process: when in use, the battery test device 102b analyzes the voltage resistance data obtained by testing, can judge the battery cell factory time according to the battery cell bar code, and can judge whether the performance of the battery cell in different time periods meets the requirements according to the battery cell factory days; in addition, the brand, factory date, gear and other information of the battery cell can be compared with the order data to avoid the problems of wrong use and mixed materials; at the same time, the screening result is uploaded to the factory server in the form of TCP / IP.
[0048] Embodiment 2
[0049] Reference Figures 3-5The second embodiment of the utility model differs from the previous embodiment in that the belt member 201 further comprises a cell side pushing air cylinder 201b arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line 201a and a magneto-inductive sensor 201c arranged on one side of the cell side pushing air cylinder 201b, and the belt member 201 further comprises a cell positioning air cylinder 201d arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line 201a and a channel width adjusting rod 201e arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line 201a.
[0050] Specifically, the position state of the cell is confirmed by the magneto-inductive sensor 201c, and after the cell is in place, the cell is delivered to the cell positioning air cylinder 201d by the side pushing air cylinder, the cell positioning air cylinder 201d adopts an air cylinder as a driving force, the blocking air cylinder is extended before the cell is in place, and the side pressing air cylinder is extended after the cell is in place, so that the cell is further precisely positioned.
[0051] Preferably, the channel width adjusting mechanism is adjusted in a manual screw rod mode, and is compatible with cells of various sizes; the flow directions of the cell buffer belt 201f and the feeding belt 201g are at right angles, the buffer belt is designed as a half-open type, manual feeding space is obviously superior to that of a traditional linear arrangement, raw material loss risk caused by cell bumping due to manual operation is significantly reduced, the manual feeding buffer space is provided, the man-machine interaction process is greatly optimized, and the cell side pushing mechanism cooperates with the buffer belt line to ensure that the equipment is always in the highest speed running state, and production capacity loss caused by untimely manual feeding is avoided.
[0052] Further, the intelligent code scanning gun 103a has multiple light source modes, the light source mode and brightness are automatically adjusted according to the position of the cell barcode and the roughness of the code, the barcode reading qualified rate is ensured, the voltage and resistance tester 102a adopts a four-wire method to test the voltage and resistance, and the test wire harness is grounded to avoid errors caused by external electric fields on the measurement results.
[0053] Preferably, the surface of the test probe 203a is gold-plated to reduce errors caused by the internal resistance of the probe itself; the probe and the base are connected as a spring floating mechanism to ensure the contact reliability of the cell pole and the probe, the test probe 203a is used to contact the positive and negative poles of the cell, is composed of two parts, the surface of the probe is gold-plated to reduce errors caused by the internal resistance of the probe itself, the probe and the base are connected as a spring floating mechanism to ensure the contact reliability of the cell pole and the probe, and the probe and the voltage and resistance tester 102a are connected through a wire.
[0054] Specifically, the sorting member 204 further comprises a blocking cylinder 204b arranged on one side of the sorting channel 204a, a rubber-coated roller 204c arranged on one side of the blocking cylinder 204b, and a non-powered roller 204d arranged on one side of the sorting channel 204a. The sorting channel 204a adopts the non-powered roller 204d mode, the roller is arranged obliquely, the battery cell slides to the end of the sorting channel 204a by its own gravity, and the output end of the sorting channel 204a and the cylinder constitute a buffer position 204f for blocking the battery cell, thereby avoiding the difficulty of manually taking the battery cell due to the accumulation of the battery cell.
[0055] Further, the blocking mechanism is driven by a cylinder, the action end of the cylinder is the rubber-coated roller 204c, and when the sensor in each partition detects a battery cell, the blocking cylinder retracts, thereby effectively avoiding the difficulty of taking the material due to the accumulation of the battery cell.
[0056] The non-powered roller 204d is arranged obliquely in the channel, the battery cell slides to the end of the channel by its own gravity, the impact force is smaller compared to the traditional motor drive, the structure is simple, and the maintenance is more convenient; meanwhile, the roller support adopts a waist hole design, the slope can be adjusted according to the actual situation, the battery cell sorting channel 204a is provided with four channels, the properties of each channel can be arbitrarily configured according to different sorting requirements, and the corresponding battery cell is buffered.
[0057] Preferably, the loading area of the device adopts a semi-development type, and the operation space of personnel is large. After the battery cell is sent to the test area, the front side and the left side are provided with positioning cylinders, which effectively avoid the test problems caused by the inaccurate position of the battery cell. Meanwhile, when the traditional battery cell is loaded, the spacing between the buffered battery cells is too small, which can easily cause the continuous feeding phenomenon when the battery cell is released, thereby causing the battery cell to be directly released without being tested, and causing the problem that the data cannot be traced in the rear-end production. When the battery cell is loaded in the device, a side-pushing cylinder is used, the position of each battery cell is detected by means of a sensor, so as to automatically adjust the spacing between the battery cells, thereby fundamentally eliminating the problem of continuous feeding of the battery cell. The sorting channel 204a of the battery cell is provided with a blocking mechanism, each battery cell is separated by means of an inductor and a cylinder, thereby avoiding the difficulty of manually taking the material due to the accumulation and extrusion of the battery cell.
[0058] The remaining structures are the same as those in Embodiment 1.
[0059] Operation process: when in use, the buffer belt adopts a half-open design, and the manual loading space has obvious advantages compared to the traditional linear arrangement, significantly reducing the risk of raw material loss caused by the collision of the battery cells due to manual operation, while having a loading buffer space, greatly optimizing the human-machine interaction process, the cell side pushing mechanism cooperates with the buffer belt line to ensure that the equipment is always running at the highest speed, avoiding the loss of production capacity caused by the delay of manual loading, and the servo module installation part 202 is the installation hardware of the air cylinder clamping jaw, used to install the sorting clamping jaw, the module is driven by a servo motor, and the positions of the plurality of sorting channels 204a can be accurately positioned according to the determination result of the battery test system.
[0060] Embodiment 3
[0061] With reference to Figures 1-5 , the third embodiment of the utility model, different from the previous embodiment, further comprises
[0062] S1: the battery cell is carried to the buffer belt line, and the buffer belt can accumulate 4-5 battery cells at a time;
[0063] S2: the buffer belt feeds to the side pushing mechanism, and the side pushing mechanism cylinder acts to send the battery cell to the test conveying line;
[0064] S3: the battery cell testing mechanism detects that the battery cell is in place, the side clamping cylinder extends to position, and the intelligent code scanning gun 103a scans the battery cell barcode;
[0065] S4: the upper pressing cylinder drives the probe to contact the battery cell pole, and the voltage and resistance test is carried out, and the test result is obtained;
[0066] S5: according to the test result, whether the voltage value and the resistance value meet the standard range value of the corresponding time period is judged, and the specific range refers to the table data in embodiment 1, whether the gear and the group information of the battery cell are the same as the software setting is confirmed;
[0067] S6: according to the judgment result, the servo module mechanism places the battery cell to the qualified channel or the defective product channel;
[0068] S7: after repeating S1-S6 steps, the battery cell loading and sorting equipment completes the screening of the raw materials.
[0069] The remaining structures are the same as those in embodiment 2.
[0070] Operation process: the battery cell is carried to the buffer belt line, the buffer belt can accumulate 4-5 battery cells at a time, the buffer belt is fed to the side pushing mechanism, the cylinder of the side pushing mechanism acts to send the battery cell to the test conveying line, the battery cell test mechanism detects that the battery cell is in place, the side clamping cylinder extends to position, the intelligent code scanning gun 103a scans the battery cell bar code, the upper pressing cylinder drives the probe to contact the battery cell pole, voltage and resistance tests are carried out, test results are obtained, according to the test results, whether the voltage value and the resistance value conform to the standard range value of the corresponding time period is judged, whether the gear position and the group information of the battery cell are the same as the software setting is confirmed, according to the judgment result, the servo module mechanism places the battery cell to the qualified channel or the defective product channel, after repeating steps S1-S6, the battery cell feeding and sorting equipment completes the screening of the raw materials.
[0071] It should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application and are not limited. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions of the present application can be modified or replaced equivalently without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present application, which should be covered in the scope of the claims of the present application.
Claims
1. An energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting device, characterized in that: The application relates to a battery cell sorting device, which comprises a structure assembly (100), a test component (102) arranged on one side of the structure component (101), and an identification component (103) arranged on one side of the structure component (101) The sorting assembly (200) comprises a belt component (201) arranged on one side of the structure component (101), a servo module mounting component (202) arranged on the upper side of the structure component (101), a probe component (203) arranged on one side of the identification component (103), and a sorting component (204) arranged on one side of the structure component (101). The sorting component (204) comprises a sorting channel (204a) arranged on the upper side of the structure component (101) and a plurality of sorting racks (204e), and the sorting channel (204a) is formed between each sorting rack (204e).
2. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The structure component (101) comprises a sorting device cabinet (101a) and an observation window (101b) arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet (101a). The test component (102) comprises a voltage resistance tester (102a) arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet (101a) and a battery test device (102b) arranged on one side of the observation window (101b). The identification component (103) comprises an intelligent code scanning gun (103a) arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet (101a), and the intelligent code scanning gun (103a) is used for identifying the bar code of the battery cell.
3. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 2, wherein: The belt component (201) comprises a V-shaped belt line (201a) arranged on one side of the sorting device cabinet (101a), and the servo module mounting component (202) comprises a mounting rack (202a) arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet (101a), which is used for mounting a sorting gripper and moving between a grabbing position and a placing position. The probe component (203) comprises a test probe (203a) arranged on one side of the intelligent code scanning gun (103a), and the test probe is connected with the voltage resistance tester (102a) through a wire. The sorting component (204) comprises a sorting channel (204a) arranged on the upper side of the sorting device cabinet (101a), and four sorting channels (204a) are arranged for buffering corresponding battery cells.
4. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 2 or 3, wherein: The belt component (201) further comprises a battery cell side pushing air cylinder (201b) arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line (201a) and a magneto-inductive sensor (201c) arranged on one side of the battery cell side pushing air cylinder (201b). The belt component (201) further comprises a battery cell positioning air cylinder (201d) arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line (201a) and a channel width adjusting rod (201e) arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line (201a).
5. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 4, wherein: The belt component (201) further comprises a battery cell buffering belt (201f) arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line (201a) and a feeding belt (201g) arranged on one side of the V-shaped belt line (201a), and the flow directions of the battery cell buffering belt (201f) and the feeding belt (201g) are perpendicular to each other.
6. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 5, wherein: The intelligent code scanning gun (103a) has multiple light source modes, and the light source mode and brightness are automatically adjusted according to the position and roughness of the bar code of the battery cell.
7. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 6, wherein: The voltage internal resistance tester (102a) uses four-wire method to test voltage internal resistance.
8. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 3, wherein: The surface of the test probe (203a) is gold-plated to reduce errors caused by the internal resistance of the test probe (203a) itself, and the test probe (203a) is connected with the base as a spring floating mechanism (203b).
9. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 3, wherein: The sorting member (204) further comprises a blocking air cylinder (204b) arranged on one side of the sorting channel (204a), a rubber-coated roller (204c) arranged on one side of the blocking air cylinder (204b), and a non-powered roller (204d) arranged on one side of the sorting channel (204a).
10. The energy storage battery cell feeding and sorting apparatus of claim 9, wherein: The sorting channel (204a) adopts a non-powered roller (204d) mode, and the roller is arranged obliquely, so that the battery cell slides to the end of the sorting channel (204a) by its own gravity. The sorting channel (204a) and the output end of the air cylinder constitute a buffer position (204f) for separating battery cells.