Automatic loading device for imbricated photovoltaic modules

An automated feeding device combining a six-degree-of-freedom robotic arm and a blower has solved the problem of dust adsorption on the surface of shingled photovoltaic modules, achieving efficient and safe feeding and transfer, and improving production efficiency.

CN223751906UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-02SHANDONG XINTAILAI OPTOELECTRONICS CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520105851.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-16
Publication Date
2026-01-02
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-16

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Technical Problem

During the production process of shingled photovoltaic modules, surface dust and impurities affect the adsorption effect, leading to safety hazards such as module detachment and falling, and resulting in low production efficiency.

Method used

A six-degree-of-freedom robotic arm, along with a vacuum pump, suction box, and suction cup, combined with a blower and laser thickness sensor, is used to efficiently blow and adsorb onto the surface of shingled photovoltaic modules. The thickness of the modules is detected by the laser thickness sensor to ensure stability and safety.

Benefits of technology

It effectively removes dust and impurities from the surface of components, improves the stability and safety of material transfer, reduces the risk of components falling, and increases production efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model provides an automatic loading device for an imbricated photovoltaic module, which relates to the technical field of processing and loading of the imbricated photovoltaic module and comprises a six-degree-of-freedom loading mechanical arm, a mounting rod, a connecting rod, a suction box, a vacuum pump, a suction cup, an air pump, an air injection pipe, an air blowing pipe and a U-shaped pipe, according to the device, the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm is matched with a vacuum pump, a suction box and a suction cup to automatically adsorb, feed and transfer the imbricated photovoltaic module, and then efficiently purge the surface of the imbricated photovoltaic module, so that dust and other impurities attached to the surface of the imbricated photovoltaic module can be effectively blown away to realize cleaning, and the firm adsorption effect of the suction cup is ensured; and therefore, the potential safety hazard of falling of the imbricated photovoltaic module in the subsequent feeding and transferring process is greatly reduced, and the feeding adsorption stability is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a shingle photovoltaic module processing feeding technology field, specifically, relate to a kind of automatic feeding device of shingle photovoltaic module. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the rapid development of solar photovoltaic module technology, shingle module gradually becomes one of the main applications of photovoltaic module distribution due to excellent appearance and high output power, the biggest difference between shingle module and traditional module is the interconnection technology of battery, traditional module adopts all solder strip conductive interconnection, not only easy to occur false welding phenomenon, production efficiency is low, and soldering tin alloy stress at welding position is big, so it is easy to cause battery piece hidden crack;And shingle module realizes no battery piece spacing by overlapping battery small piece, thereby greatly improving packaging efficiency.

[0003] At present, shingle photovoltaic module needs to use feeding robot to carry out directional adsorption transfer in production and processing process with suction cup, but if shingle photovoltaic module surface is attached with more dust and other impurities in this process, it will affect adsorption effect, and then easily lead to shingle photovoltaic module separation in adsorption transfer process, there is the safety hazard of falling, and feeding transfer effect of shingle photovoltaic module in production and processing process needs to be further improved. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at solving the problem in the above background art, and further proposes an automatic feeding device for shingle photovoltaic module.

[0005] The technical scheme adopted by the utility model to solve its technical problems is:

[0006] An automatic feeding device for shingle photovoltaic module, comprising a six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm, further comprising a mounting rod, a connecting rod, a suction box, a vacuum pump, a suction cup, an air pump, a gas injection pipe, a blowing pipe and a U-shaped pipe,

[0007] The mounting rod is connected with the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm.

[0008] The suction box is connected with the mounting rod by two connecting rods, and the suction box is provided with a vacuum pump and a plurality of suction cups.

[0009] The air pump, the gas injection pipe and the plurality of blowing pipes are arranged on the suction box, the air pump communicates with the gas injection pipe, the blowing pipes are staggered distributed with the suction cups, and a plurality of air holes are formed in the blowing pipes, and the blowing pipes are higher than the suction cups.

[0010] The U-shaped pipe corresponds to the blowing pipe one by one, one end of the U-shaped pipe communicates with the gas injection pipe, and the other end of the U-shaped pipe communicates with the blowing pipe.

[0011] Further, two symmetrical electric push rods are arranged on the connecting rods outside the suction box, the electric push rods are connected with servo motors, the servo motors are connected with the supporting plate, and a laser thickness sensor is arranged on one of the blow pipes and electrically connected with the electric push rod.

[0012] Further, a rubber pad is arranged on the supporting plate.

[0013] The above scheme can control the laser thickness sensor to work to detect the thickness of the shingle photovoltaic module in six degrees of freedom when the shingle photovoltaic module is lifted and separated from the placement surface by the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm. The bottom of the supporting plate is level with the bottom of the suction cup in the initial state. When the thickness of the shingle photovoltaic module is detected, the laser thickness sensor feeds back data to the controller. Then, when the shingle photovoltaic module is lifted and separated from the placement surface, the controller controls the two electric push rods to move synchronously, thereby driving the supporting plate to move to the position below the shingle photovoltaic module. After the movement is completed, the controller controls the two servo motors to work synchronously, thereby driving the supporting plate to deflect. Then, the upper surface of the supporting plate is in contact with the bottom surface of the shingle photovoltaic module, thereby further improving the safety and stability of the shingle photovoltaic module during the feeding and transferring process. The rubber pad can avoid abrasion caused by the contact between the supporting plate and the bottom surface of the shingle photovoltaic module.

[0014] Further, a plurality of nozzles corresponding to the air holes are arranged on the blow pipe and communicate with the air holes.

[0015] Further, a laser thickness sensor is arranged on each blow pipe.

[0016] Further, a buzzer electrically connected with the laser thickness sensor is further included.

[0017] The above scheme can detect the thickness of different regions of the shingle photovoltaic module through a plurality of laser thickness sensors. If the detection results are basically consistent, it means that the shingle photovoltaic module is qualified. If there is a significant error in the detection results, the laser thickness sensor will feed back a signal to the controller. Then, the controller controls the buzzer to produce a sound, which means that the shingle photovoltaic module is unqualified and needs to be reworked and cannot be fed to the next region for processing.

[0018] Further, the length of the blow pipe is consistent with the length of the suction box.

[0019] The above scheme can effectively expand the purging area.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the device can effectively blow away the dust and other impurities attached to the surface of the overlapped photovoltaic component through the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm cooperating with the vacuum pump, the suction box and the suction cup to automatically adsorb and feed the overlapped photovoltaic component, so that the adsorption effect of the suction cup is firm, and the safety hidden danger of the overlapped photovoltaic component falling in the subsequent feeding and transferring process is greatly reduced, and the feeding adsorption stability is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 It is a partial enlarged view of reference sign A;

[0024] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the electric push rod installation;

[0025] Reference signs:

[0026] 1, six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm; 2, mounting rod; 21, suction box; 22, vacuum pump; 23, suction cup; 31, air pump; 32, gas injection pipe; 33, blowing pipe; 34, spray head; 35, U-shaped pipe; 41, electric push rod; 42, servo motor; 43, supporting plate; 44, laser thickness measuring sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the utility model. The utility model will be further described in combination with the drawings and embodiments:

[0028] As Figure 1 and Figure 2 shown, an overlapped photovoltaic component automatic feeding device, comprising a six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm 1 (belonging to prior art without improvement), further comprising a mounting rod 2, a connecting rod (not shown in the figure), a suction box 21, a vacuum pump 22, a suction cup 23, an air pump 31, a gas injection pipe 32, a blowing pipe 33 and a U-shaped pipe 35,

[0029] The mounting rod 2 is connected with the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm 1;

[0030] The suction box 21 is connected with the mounting rod 2 through two connecting rods, and the suction box 21 is provided with the vacuum pump 22 and a plurality of suction cups 23, and the suction cup 23 and the vacuum pump 22 are both connected with the inside of the suction box 21.

[0031] The air pump 31, the air injection pipe 32 and the several air blowing pipes 33 are arranged on the suction box 21, the air pump 31 is communicated with the air injection pipe 32 with both ends blocked, the air blowing pipes 33 are staggered distributed with the suction plate 23, the air blowing pipes 33 are provided with several air holes and the both ends of the air blowing pipes 33 are blocked (the length of the air blowing pipes 33 is consistent with the length of the suction box 21 and the height of the air blowing pipes 33 is higher than the height of the suction plate 23) ;

[0032] The U-shaped pipes 35 are one-to-one corresponding with the air blowing pipes 33, one end of the U-shaped pipes 35 is communicated with the air injection pipe 32 and the other end of the U-shaped pipes 35 is communicated with the air blowing pipes 33.

[0033] Further optimization of the embodiment scheme of the utility model, the air blowing pipe 33 is provided with several spray heads 34 corresponding with the air holes and communicated, and the spray heads 34 are higher than the height of the suction plate 23.

[0034] It should be noted that the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm 1, the vacuum pump 22 and the air pump 31 are electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is not shown in the figure.

[0035] The working process of the utility model:

[0036] Firstly, the suction plate 23 is driven by the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm 1 to move above the shingled photovoltaic module which needs to be fed and transferred, and then the controller controls the air pump 31 to work and air is injected into the air injection pipe 32, and then the gas is injected into the several air blowing pipes 33 through the U-shaped pipes 35, and finally the gas is sprayed out from the several spray heads 34, so that the surface of the shingled photovoltaic module can be efficiently blown and the dust and other impurities attached to the surface of the shingled photovoltaic module can be effectively blown away, and after the air blowing and cleaning are completed, the controller controls the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm 1 to drive the suction plate 23 to contact the surface of the shingled photovoltaic module, and then the controller controls the vacuum pump 22 to work, so that the suction plate 23 can adsorb the shingled photovoltaic module from multiple positions;

[0037] After the adsorption of the shingled photovoltaic module is completed, it can be fed and transferred to the next process for further production and processing, so that the risk of the shingled photovoltaic module being separated due to dust or other impurities on the adsorption surface during the feeding and transferring process can be greatly reduced, and the feeding and adsorption stability is improved.

[0038] In some embodiments, as shown in Figure 3 two electric push rods 41 are symmetrically arranged on the two connecting rods outside the suction box 21, the electric push rods 41 are connected with a servo motor 42, the servo motor 42 is connected with a supporting plate 43, and a laser thickness measuring sensor 44 electrically connected with the electric push rod 41 is arranged on one of the air blowing pipes 33;

[0039] Further optimization of the above embodiment, the support plate 43 is provided with rubber pad, the rubber pad is not shown in the figure; the embodiment in the six degrees of freedom on the material mechanical arm drives the shingle photovoltaic module to rise and separate from the placement surface first control laser thickness sensor work to the thickness of the shingle photovoltaic module is detected, the initial state is that the bottom of the support plate is flat with the bottom of the suction cup, when the thickness of the shingle photovoltaic module is detected, the laser thickness sensor feedback data to the controller, then when the shingle photovoltaic module rises and separates from the placement surface, the controller controls the synchronous movement of the two electric push rods to drive the support plate to move to the position below the shingle photovoltaic module (i.e. the upper surface of the support plate 43 is flat with the bottom surface of the shingle photovoltaic module), after the movement is completed, the controller controls the synchronous work of the two servo motors to drive the deflection of the support plate, then the upper surface of the support plate will be in contact with the bottom surface of the shingle photovoltaic module, thereby further improving the safety and stability of the shingle photovoltaic module during the feeding and transferring process, and further reducing the risk of falling, the rubber pad can avoid the wear caused by the contact between the surface of the support plate and the bottom surface of the shingle photovoltaic module, and when reaching the feeding area, the servo motor 42 drives the support plate 43 to first move away from the shingle photovoltaic module, and then move back to the initial position to start the subsequent unloading process of the shingle photovoltaic module.

[0040] In other embodiments, a laser thickness sensor 44 is provided on each blowing pipe 33, and the device further comprises a buzzer electrically connected to the laser thickness sensor 44, which is not shown in the figure; the embodiment can detect the thickness of different regions of the shingle photovoltaic module through multiple laser thickness sensors 44, if the detection results are basically consistent, it means that the shingle photovoltaic module is qualified, if there is a significant error in the detection results, the laser thickness sensor 44 will feedback the signal to the controller, and then the controller controls the buzzer to make a sound, which means that the shingle photovoltaic module is unqualified, and needs to be reworked and cannot be fed to the next area for processing.

[0041] The basic principles, main features and advantages of the present application are shown and described above. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only to illustrate the principles of the present application, and various changes and improvements can be made to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. These changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the present application. The scope of protection of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules, comprising a six-degree-of-freedom loading robot (1), characterized in that, It also includes mounting rod (2), connecting rod, suction box (21), vacuum pump (22), suction cup (23), air pump (31), air injection pipe (32), blowing pipe (33) and U-shaped tube (35), The mounting rod (2) is connected with the six-degree-of-freedom feeding mechanical arm (1); The suction box (21) is connected with the mounting rod (2) through two connecting rods, and the suction box (21) is provided with a vacuum pump (22) and a plurality of suction cups (23), the suction cups (23) and the vacuum pump (22) are connected with the inside of the suction box (21); The air pump (31), the air injection pipe (32) and the blowing pipe (33) are arranged on the suction box (21), the air pump (31) is communicated with the air injection pipe (32), the blowing pipe (33) is staggered distributed with the suction cup (23), and a plurality of air holes are formed in the blowing pipe (33), and the blowing pipe (33) is higher than the suction cup (23). The U-shaped tube (35) corresponds to the blowing pipe (33) one by one, one end of the U-shaped tube (35) is communicated with the air injection pipe (32), and the other end of the U-shaped tube (35) is communicated with the blowing pipe (33).

2. The automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules according to claim 1, characterized in that, Two connecting rods are symmetrically provided with electric push rods (41) outside the suction box (21), the electric push rods (41) are connected with servo motors (42), the servo motors (42) are connected with supporting plates (43), and one of the blowing pipes (33) is provided with a laser thickness measuring sensor (44) electrically connected with the electric push rod (41).

3. The automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules according to claim 2, characterized in that, The supporting plate (43) is provided with a rubber pad.

4. The automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules according to claim 1, characterized in that, The blowing pipe (33) is provided with a plurality of spray heads (34) corresponding to the air holes and communicated with the air holes, and the spray heads (34) are higher than the suction cup (23).

5. The automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules according to claim 1, characterized in that, Each blowing pipe (33) is provided with a laser thickness measuring sensor (44).

6. The automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules according to claim 5, characterized in that, It also includes a buzzer electrically connected with the laser thickness measuring sensor (44).

7. The automatic loading device for shingled photovoltaic modules according to claim 1, characterized in that, The length of the blowing pipe (33) is consistent with the length of the suction box (21).