Top and side sealing ink-jet printer

Abstract

The utility model relates to a top and side sealing ink-jet printer, comprising a transposition device comprising a turntable and a driving mechanism; the clamping jigs are provided with battery cell positioning and containing positions, the multiple clamping jigs are arranged in an annular array mode and form multiple stations, and the first station is a feeding station; the top side sealing device is arranged corresponding to the second station; the testing mechanism is arranged corresponding to the third station and comprises a first lifting mechanism and a probe, and the probe is used for detecting the internal resistance and the side voltage of the battery cell; the jig opening mechanism is arranged corresponding to the fourth station and is used for opening the clamping jig; the battery cell taking-out manipulator is used for taking out the battery cell in the clamping jig corresponding to the fourth station; the code spraying mechanism is used for spraying codes on the battery cells which are tested to be qualified by the testing mechanism; the weighing platform is used for weighing the battery cells subjected to code spraying; the weighing and feeding manipulator is used for moving the battery cell to the weighing platform; and the code scanning gun is used for spraying codes on the qualified battery cells after weighing and binding the weighing data with the battery cell codes through the industrial personal computer.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to battery manufacturing technical field especially relates to a top side seal code spraying machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] Battery needs to pass through many processes in the production and manufacturing process, and the top side seal of the battery is to carry out the top seal and side seal to the battery cell wrapped by the aluminum plastic film. The traditional process adopts independent top sealing machine and side sealing machine, needs manual transfer and feeding and discharging, and the production personnel are many, the manual cost is high, the efficiency is low, and the quality is difficult to control, and the defective product is not discovered in time, leads to low good product rate, and the cost waste is huge. SUMMARY

[0003] In view of the above situation, it is necessary to propose a top side seal code spraying machine that improves work efficiency and quality control.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is: a top side seal code spraying machine, comprising:

[0005] The indexing device comprises a turntable and a driving mechanism.

[0006] The clamping jig has a battery cell positioning and accommodating position, a plurality of clamping jigs are arranged in a ring array with the rotation center of the turntable as the center, and first, second, third and fourth stations are formed, wherein the first station is a feeding station.

[0007] The top side sealing device is arranged corresponding to the second station, and comprises an upper sealing knife, a lower sealing knife and a folding driving mechanism.

[0008] The testing mechanism is arranged corresponding to the third station and comprises a first lifting mechanism and a probe, the lifting mechanism drives the probe to lift, and the probe is used for detecting the internal resistance and edge voltage of the battery cell.

[0009] The open jig mechanism is arranged corresponding to the fourth station and is used for opening the clamping jig.

[0010] The battery cell taking-out manipulator is used for taking out the battery cell in the clamping jig corresponding to the fourth station.

[0011] The code spraying mechanism is used for spraying code on the battery cell tested qualified by the testing mechanism.

[0012] The weighing platform is used for weighing the battery cell after code spraying.

[0013] The weighing feeding manipulator is used for moving the battery cell to the weighing platform.

[0014] The code scanning gun is used for spraying code on the qualified battery cell after weighing, and the weighing data and the battery cell code are bound through the industrial computer.

[0015] Further, the device further comprises a transfer station, a cell taking-out manipulator and a conveying line, the cell taking-out manipulator takes out the cell in the clamping jig corresponding to the fourth station and places the cell in the transfer station, the cell conveying manipulator conveys the cell in the transfer station to the conveying line, and the code spraying mechanism is arranged on the conveying line.

[0016] Further, the transfer station is located at the front end of the conveying line, the cell conveying manipulator comprises a first linear moving mechanism, a fourth lifting mechanism and a first suction head connected in sequence, and the first linear moving mechanism is arranged along the moving direction of the conveying line.

[0017] Further, the cell taking-out manipulator comprises a three-axis moving mechanism, a rotating mechanism and a second suction head, the rotating mechanism is installed on the three-axis moving mechanism, and the second suction head is connected to the rotating mechanism.

[0018] Further, the device further comprises a first defective product box, and the cell taking-out manipulator places the defective product detected by the testing mechanism in the first defective product box.

[0019] Further, the device further comprises a weighing and discharging manipulator, a discharging bin and a second defective product box, the weighing and discharging manipulator places the cell that passes the weighing and scanning in the discharging bin and places the unqualified product in the second defective product box.

[0020] Further, the weighing and discharging manipulator comprises a second linear moving mechanism, a second lifting mechanism and a third suction head connected in sequence, and the second linear moving mechanism is perpendicular to the moving direction of the conveying line.

[0021] Further, the folding driving mechanism comprises a second lifting mechanism and a third lifting mechanism, the second lifting mechanism drives the upper sealing cutter to lift, and the third lifting mechanism drives the lower sealing cutter to lift.

[0022] Further, the code spraying mechanism is provided with a photoelectric sensor.

[0023] Further, the clamping jig comprises a containing seat, a pressing plate and a return elastic mechanism, the jig opening mechanism is a seventh lifting mechanism, the containing seat is provided with a cell containing groove, the return elastic mechanism is obliquely connected to the pressing plate, one end of the pressing plate is hinged to the containing seat, the seventh lifting mechanism pushes the pressing plate to overturn by lifting, so that the oblique angle between the return elastic mechanism and the pressing plate changes and drives the pressing plate to overturn and separate from the cell containing groove.

[0024] The utility model discloses beneficial effect lies in: the setting of index device, make first station corresponding feeding station, second station corresponding top side seal device, third station corresponding test mechanism, fourth station corresponding open fixture mechanism can act simultaneously, greatly improve work efficiency. The transfer of whole process battery does not need manual intervention, and manual only needs to be responsible for feeding, reduces the work hours of transfer and assembly, improves work efficiency, reduces artificial cost. The test mechanism of setting tests the internal resistance and edge voltage of battery, and timely discovers quality problem, and sets up the weighing mechanism and weighs, and filters out qualified product again, and through the scanning code mechanism, the weight data and battery code are bound, can conveniently subsequent processing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a structure schematic diagram of the utility model embodiment one top side seal sprays code machine;

[0026] Figure 2 It is another direction structure schematic diagram of the utility model embodiment one top side seal sprays code machine;

[0027] Figure 3 It is still another direction structure schematic diagram of the utility model embodiment one top side seal sprays code machine.

[0028] Label explanation:

[0029] 100, index device;110, turntable;120, drive mechanism;200, clamping fixture;

[0030] 201, first station;202, second station;203, third station;204, fourth station;

[0031] 210, pressing plate;220, return elastic mechanism;300, top side seal device;310, upper sealing cutter;

[0032] 320, lower sealing cutter;330, second lifting mechanism;340, third lifting mechanism;400, test mechanism;

[0033] 410, first lifting mechanism;420, probe;430, first defective product box;500, open fixture mechanism;

[0034] 600, battery line-throwing manipulator;610, first linear movement mechanism;620, fourth lifting mechanism;

[0035] 630, first adsorption head;640, transfer position;700, transport line;710, code spraying mechanism;

[0036] 800, battery taking-out manipulator;810, three-axis movement mechanism;820, rotating mechanism;

[0037] 830, second suction head; 900, weighing platform; 910, weighing feeding manipulator;

[0038] 911, third linear movement mechanism; 912, sixth lifting mechanism; 913, fourth suction head;

[0039] 920, weighing discharging manipulator; 921, second linear movement mechanism; 922, fifth lifting mechanism;

[0040] 923, third suction head; 930, second defective product box; 940, discharging bin; 950, code scanning gun. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the utility model more clearly, the utility model a top side seal code jetting machine is further described in detail below in combination with the drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific examples described herein are only used to explain the utility model and are not used to limit the utility model.

[0042] Please refer to Figures 1-3 A top side seal code jetting machine, comprising:

[0043] The indexing device 100 comprises a turntable 110 and a driving mechanism 120.

[0044] The clamping jig 200 has a cell positioning and accommodating position, and a plurality of clamping jigs 200 are arranged in a ring array with the rotation center of the turntable 110 as the center and form a first station 201, a second station 202, a third station 203 and a fourth station 204, wherein the first station 201 is a feeding station.

[0045] The top side seal device 300 is arranged corresponding to the second station 202, and the top side seal device 300 comprises an upper seal cutter 310, a lower seal cutter 320 and a folding driving mechanism.

[0046] The testing mechanism 400 is arranged corresponding to the third station 203 and comprises a first lifting mechanism 410 and a probe 420. The lifting mechanism drives the probe 420 to lift, and the probe 420 is used for detecting the internal resistance and edge voltage of the cell.

[0047] The open jig mechanism 500 is arranged corresponding to the fourth station 204 and is used for opening the clamping jig 200.

[0048] The cell taking-out manipulator 800 is used for taking out the cell in the clamping jig 200 corresponding to the fourth station 204.

[0049] The code jetting mechanism 710 is used for jetting code on the cell that passes the test of the testing mechanism 400.

[0050] The weighing platform 900 is used for weighing the cell after code jetting.

[0051] A weighing feeding manipulator 910 is arranged for moving the battery cell to the weighing platform 900.

[0052] A code scanning gun 950 is arranged for spraying code on the qualified battery cell after weighing, and binding the weighing data and the battery cell code through the industrial computer.

[0053] The setting of the indexing device 100 is such that the first station 201 corresponding to the feeding station, the second station 202 corresponding to the top side sealing device 300, the third station 203 corresponding to the testing mechanism 400, and the fourth station 204 corresponding to the opening jig mechanism 500 can simultaneously act, greatly improving the work efficiency. The whole process of transferring the battery cell does not need manual intervention, and the manual work only needs to be responsible for feeding, thereby reducing the working hours of transferring and assembling, improving the work efficiency, and reducing the labor cost. The testing mechanism 400 is arranged to test the internal resistance and edge voltage of the battery cell, so as to timely find the quality problem; and the weighing mechanism is arranged to weigh, further screening out qualified products, and the weight data and the battery cell code are bound through the code scanning mechanism, which can facilitate the subsequent processing.

[0054] Please refer to Figures 1-3 , further comprising a transfer position 640, a battery cell feeding manipulator 600 and a conveying line 700, the battery cell taking-out manipulator 800 takes out the battery cell in the clamping jig 200 corresponding to the fourth station 204 and places it to the transfer position 640, the battery cell feeding manipulator 600 transports the battery cell at the transfer position 640 to the conveying line 700, and the code spraying mechanism 710 is arranged on the conveying line 700. The setting of the conveying line 700 can speed up the code scanning speed of the code spraying mechanism 710, and the setting of the transfer position 640 can facilitate the battery cell feeding manipulator 600 to place the battery cell on the conveying line 700. Generally, the conveying line 700 adopts a belt line.

[0055] Please refer to Figures 1-3 , the transfer position 640 is located at the front end of the conveying line 700, the battery cell feeding manipulator 600 comprises a first linear movement mechanism 610, a fourth lifting mechanism 620 and a first suction head 630 connected in sequence, and the first linear movement mechanism 610 is arranged along the movement direction of the conveying line 700. The transfer position 640 is located on the movement path of the first linear movement mechanism 610, which reduces the movement stroke of the battery cell feeding manipulator 600 and improves the efficiency.

[0056] Please refer to Figures 1-3 , the battery cell taking-out manipulator 800 comprises a three-axis movement mechanism 810, a rotating mechanism 820 and a second suction head 830, the rotating mechanism 820 is installed on the three-axis movement mechanism 810, and the second suction head 830 is connected to the rotating mechanism 820. In particular, when the product is qualified, the rotating mechanism 820 is rotated by 180°, and then the product is placed on the transfer position 640.

[0057] Please refer toFigures 1-3 The first defective product box 430 is also included. The battery cell taking-out robot 800 places the defective product detected by the testing mechanism 400 in the first defective product box 430. When the product is unqualified, the rotating mechanism 820 does not need to rotate, and directly places the battery cell in the first defective product box 430 through the three-axis moving mechanism 810.

[0058] Please refer to Figures 1-3 The weighing and discharging robot 920, the discharging bin 940 and the second defective product box 930 are also included. The weighing and discharging robot 920 places the battery cell that has passed the weighing and scanning in the discharging bin 940 and places the unqualified product in the second defective product box 930. Generally, the discharging bin 940 and the second defective product box 930 are arranged along the moving path of the second linear moving mechanism 921 to avoid mistaken taking. The discharging bin 940 and the second defective product box 930 can be located at different heights.

[0059] Please refer to Figures 1-3 The weighing and discharging robot 920 includes the second linear moving mechanism 921, the fifth lifting mechanism 922 and the third suction head 923 connected in sequence, and the second linear moving mechanism 921 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the transport line 700. That is, the second linear moving mechanism 921 and the transport line 700 form an L-shaped layout. The transport line 700 and the second linear moving mechanism 921 can be located at the periphery of other mechanisms, so that the whole device is more compact and occupies less space.

[0060] Please refer to Figures 1-3 The folding driving mechanism includes the second lifting mechanism 330 and the third lifting mechanism 340. The second lifting mechanism 330 drives the upper sealing knife 310 to lift, and the third lifting mechanism 340 drives the lower sealing knife 320 to lift. That is, the second lifting mechanism 330 and the third lifting mechanism 340 jointly operate to fold the upper and lower sealing knives 320 to perform top sealing and side sealing. In particular, the upper sealing knife 310 and the lower sealing knife 320 are both L-shaped to simultaneously perform top sealing and side sealing.

[0061] Please refer to Figures 1-3 The photoelectric sensor is arranged at the code spraying mechanism 710. When the photoelectric sensor senses the battery cell, the code spraying mechanism 710 is started to spray the code.

[0062] Please refer to Figures 1-3The clamping jig 200 comprises a containing seat, a pressing plate 210 and a reset elastic mechanism 220, the opening jig mechanism 500 is a seventh lifting mechanism, the containing seat has a battery cell containing groove, the reset elastic mechanism 220 is connected to the pressing plate 210 in an inclined manner, one end of the pressing plate 210 is hinged to the containing seat, the seventh lifting mechanism pushes the pressing plate 210 to overturn by rising, the inclined angle between the reset elastic mechanism 220 and the pressing plate 210 is changed and the pressing plate 210 is overturned to be separated from the battery cell containing groove. The rising height of the seventh lifting mechanism can be reduced through the reset elastic mechanism 220. Alternatively, the reset elastic mechanism 220 can be cancelled and the pressing plate 210 is directly overturned through the seventh lifting mechanism, or a separate pressing plate 210 can be adopted and the pressing plate 210 is directly lifted through the seventh lifting mechanism.

[0063] The driving mechanism 120 of the rotating disc 110 is generally a motor, and the motor can rotate a specific angle, such as 90°, each time through a Hall sensor.

[0064] The weighing and feeding mechanical arm 910 generally comprises a third linear movement mechanism 911, a sixth lifting mechanism 912 and a fourth suction head 913 connected in sequence, and preferably, the third linear movement mechanism 911 is arranged in parallel with the second linear movement mechanism 921.

[0065] It can be understood that each linear movement mechanism in the application, such as the three-axis movement mechanism 810, the first linear movement mechanism 610, the second linear movement mechanism 921, the first lifting mechanism 410, the second lifting mechanism 330, the third lifting mechanism 340, the fourth lifting mechanism 620, the fifth lifting mechanism 922, the sixth lifting mechanism 912 and the seventh lifting mechanism, can be realized by a motor lead screw, a belt cooperating with a guide rail sliding block or an air cylinder, and can be assisted by a guide rail sliding block or a slide column bearing for limiting position according to needs.

[0066] It should be noted that if the application embodiments involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement condition and the like between components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture changes, the directional indications also change accordingly.

[0067] In addition, if the application embodiments involve descriptions of "first", "second" and the like, the descriptions of "first", "second" and the like are only for description purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one feature.

[0068] In conclusion, the utility model provides a kind of top side seal sprays code machine, the setting of indexing device, so that the first station corresponding feeding station, second station corresponding top side seal device, third station corresponding test mechanism, fourth station corresponding opening fixture mechanism can act simultaneously, greatly improve work efficiency.The transfer of whole process battery does not need manual intervention, manual only needs to be responsible for feeding, reduces the working hours of transfer and assembly, improves work efficiency, reduces labor cost.Test mechanism is set to test the internal resistance and edge voltage of battery, and quality problems are found in time;And setting weighing mechanism to weigh, further screening qualified products, and the weight data and battery code are bound through the scanning code mechanism, which can facilitate subsequent processing.

[0069] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and does not limit the utility model in any form. Although the utility model has been disclosed as above with the preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the utility model. Any skilled person in the art can make some changes or modifications to the equivalent embodiments within the scope of the technical scheme of the utility model without departing from the utility model. Any simple modification, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the utility model still belong to the scope of the technical scheme of the utility model.

Claims

1. A top-side seal inkjet printer characterized by, include: A rotation device, comprising a rotary table and a drive mechanism; The clamping fixture has a cell positioning and receiving position. A plurality of the clamping fixtures are arranged in a circular array around the rotation center of the turntable, forming a first station, a second station, a third station and a fourth station, wherein the first station is a feeding station. A top-side sealing device is provided corresponding to the second workstation. The top-side sealing device includes an upper sealing knife, a lower sealing knife, and a closing drive mechanism. The testing mechanism, corresponding to the third station, includes a first lifting mechanism and a probe. The lifting mechanism drives the probe to move up and down, and the probe is used to detect the internal resistance and side voltage of the battery cell. An opening fixture mechanism is provided corresponding to the fourth workstation and is used to open the clamping fixture; A battery cell removal robot is used to remove the battery cell from the clamping fixture corresponding to the fourth work station. The inkjet printing mechanism is used to print codes on battery cells that have passed the test by the testing mechanism. The weighing platform is used to weigh the battery cells after inkjet printing. A weighing and feeding robot is used to move the battery cells to the weighing platform; The barcode scanner is used to print codes on qualified battery cells after weighing, and the weighing data is linked to the battery cell code by an industrial control computer.

2. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 1, wherein, It also includes a transfer station, a battery cell casting robot, and a transport line. The battery cell removal robot takes out the battery cell from the clamping fixture corresponding to the fourth station and places it in the transfer station. The battery cell casting robot transports the battery cell from the transfer station to the transport line. The coding mechanism is installed on the transport line.

3. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 2, wherein, The transfer position is located at the front end of the transport line. The battery cell delivery robot includes a first linear moving mechanism, a fourth lifting mechanism, and a first suction head connected in sequence. The first linear moving mechanism is arranged along the moving direction of the transport line.

4. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 1, wherein, The battery cell removal robot includes a three-axis moving mechanism, a rotating mechanism, and a second suction head. The rotating mechanism is mounted on the three-axis moving mechanism, and the second suction head is connected to the rotating mechanism.

5. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 1, wherein, It also includes a first defective product box, in which the battery cell removal robot places the defective products detected by the testing mechanism into the first defective product box.

6. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 2, wherein, It also includes a weighing and unloading robot, a unloading bin, and a second defective product box. The weighing and unloading robot places the qualified and scanned battery cells into the unloading bin and the unqualified products into the second defective product box.

7. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 6, wherein, The weighing and unloading robot includes a second linear moving mechanism, a second lifting mechanism, and a third suction head connected in sequence. The second linear moving mechanism is perpendicular to the moving direction of the transport line.

8. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 1, wherein, The closing drive mechanism includes a second lifting mechanism and a third lifting mechanism. The second lifting mechanism drives the upper sealing knife to rise and fall, and the third lifting mechanism drives the lower sealing knife to rise and fall.

9. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 1, wherein, A photoelectric sensor is installed at the inkjet printing mechanism.

10. A top-side seal jet printer according to claim 1, wherein, The clamping jig comprises a containing seat, a pressing plate and a return elastic mechanism, the clamping jig mechanism is a seventh lifting mechanism, the containing seat is provided with a battery cell containing groove, the return elastic mechanism is obliquely connected with the pressing plate, one end of the pressing plate is hinged with the containing seat, the seventh lifting mechanism pushes the pressing plate to overturn through rising, the oblique angle between the return elastic mechanism and the pressing plate is changed and the pressing plate is driven to overturn and separate from the battery cell containing groove.

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