Automatic turntable liquid injection machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic turntable liquid injection machine which comprises a rack and a turntable arranged in the middle of the rack, and four positioning clamps distributed at equal intervals along the circumference are arranged on the turntable; a feeding station, a liquid injection station, a standing station and a packaging station are sequentially arranged on the machine frame in the rotating direction of the rotating disc. The positioning clamps sequentially face the feeding station, the liquid injection station, the standing station and the packaging station. The outer side of the standing station is provided with a tray loading station, the tray loading station comprises a tray loading manipulator and a tray loading conveying belt, the two ends of the tray loading conveying belt are provided with an empty box loading station and a full tray discharging port respectively, and a transition station is further arranged above the tray loading conveying belt; and a discharging transfer manipulator is arranged on the outer side of the packaging station and is used for transferring the battery from the packaging station to the transition station. The utility model provides an automatic turntable liquid injection machine which is high in production efficiency and small in overall size.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to battery processing technical field more particularly to a kind of automatic carousel liquid injection machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] In today's society, with the rapid development of consumer electronics, new energy vehicle technology, the demand for energy storage batteries is also growing. In the production process of energy storage batteries, liquid injection is one of the essential processes. However, although the automatic battery liquid injection machine on the market can automatically inject lithium batteries, it can reduce production costs and improve production efficiency to some extent, but it generally has the problems of single function, large floor area and complex operation. INVENTION CONTENT

[0003] In order to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the utility model provides an automatic carousel liquid injection machine, which has high production efficiency and small overall size.

[0004] The utility model solves the technical problems thereof by adopting the following technical scheme: an automatic carousel liquid injection machine includes a rack and a carousel arranged in the middle of the rack, and four positioning clamps are arranged on the carousel at equal intervals along the circumference.

[0005] An upper material loading station, a liquid injection station, a standing station and a packaging station are sequentially arranged on the rack in the rotation direction of the carousel, and each positioning clamp sequentially faces the upper material loading station, the liquid injection station, the standing station and the packaging station.

[0006] A tray loading station is arranged outside the standing station, and the tray loading station includes a tray loading mechanical arm and a tray loading conveyor belt. Two ends of the tray loading conveyor belt are respectively provided with an empty box station and a full tray discharging port, and a transition station is further arranged above the tray loading conveyor belt.

[0007] A discharging transfer mechanical arm is arranged outside the packaging station, and the discharging transfer mechanical arm is used to transfer the battery from the packaging station to the transition station.

[0008] In a preferred technical scheme, the liquid injection station includes a liquid injection mechanism, a liquid leakage detection mechanism and a liquid injection pump. The liquid injection pump is connected with a liquid storage tank. The liquid injection mechanism is arranged above the carousel and corresponds to the position of the positioning clamp. The liquid leakage detection mechanism is arranged outside the carousel and corresponds to the position of the positioning clamp. The liquid injection pump and the liquid storage tank are both located below the carousel. The liquid injection mechanism includes a plurality of liquid injection heads. The liquid injection pump includes a plurality of pump cores. Each pump core is connected with each liquid injection head, and a plurality of batteries can be simultaneously injected.

[0009] In a preferred technical scheme, the packaging station includes a packaging head and a packaging box connected to the lower end of the packaging head. The packaging box forms a packaging cavity inside.

[0010] In a preferred technical solution, the transition station is provided with a tab shaping mechanism for tab shaping of the battery, which can keep the battery position stable.

[0011] In a preferred technical solution, the machine frame is further provided with a machine cover, and the rotating disc, the feeding station, the liquid injection station, the standing station, the packaging station, the tray loading manipulator, the tray conveying belt and the unloading transfer manipulator are located in the inner cavity of the machine cover; one side of the feeding station is provided with a feeding transition bin, the feeding transition bin comprises a bin body and a feeding conveying belt arranged at the bottom of the bin body, the bin body is in communication with the inner cavity of the machine cover, and the tail end of the feeding conveying belt is located in the inner cavity of the machine cover; and a bin door is further arranged at the inlet of the bin body.

[0012] In a preferred technical solution, the positioning clamp comprises a limiting base and a limiting plate arranged above the limiting base; a plurality of clamping grooves are arranged on the limiting base at equal intervals, the clamping grooves are used for placing and limiting the battery; and a limiting opening corresponding to each clamping groove is arranged on the limiting plate, the limiting opening is used for limiting the air bag of the battery, and the battery is convenient to take and place.

[0013] In a preferred technical solution, a chamfer is arranged in the clamping groove, which can effectively prevent the battery from being scratched.

[0014] In a preferred technical solution, the number of clamping grooves is 5-20, which facilitates simultaneous processing of multiple batteries.

[0015] In a preferred technical solution, a control panel is arranged above the feeding station, which is convenient for manual operation.

[0016] In a preferred technical solution, a communication port and / or a USB interface are arranged on the control panel, which is convenient for connecting a server and / or a mobile U disk.

[0017] According to the above technical solution, compared with the prior art, the automatic rotating disc liquid injection machine has the beneficial effects that: the rotating disc provided with four positioning clamps is used as a transfer structure, so that the processes of feeding, automatic liquid injection, automatic vacuum standing, automatic sealing, automatic unloading transfer and automatic tray loading can be simultaneously performed, thereby automatically completing battery liquid injection processing and improving production efficiency; meanwhile, the feeding station, the liquid injection station, the standing station and the packaging station are sequentially arranged along the rotation direction of the rotating disc, the structure is reasonably matched, the design is compact, the volume of the whole machine is smaller, and the occupied space is smaller.

[0018] In addition, other advantages of the utility model will be given in the following description, some of which will become apparent from the following description or be understood through practice of the utility model. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only constitute the embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained without creative labor on the basis of the provided drawings.

[0020] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of the automatic rotary table liquid injection machine of the present application.

[0021] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic view of the automatic rotary table liquid injection machine of the present application.

[0022] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic view of the automatic rotary table liquid injection machine of the present application.

[0023] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic view of the rotary table of the present application.

[0024] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic view of the positioning clamp of the present application.

[0025] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic view of the liquid injection station of the present application.

[0026] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic view of the standing station of the present application.

[0027] Figure 8 It is a structural schematic view of the packaging station of the present application.

[0028] Figure 9 It is a structural schematic view of the packaging head of the present application.

[0029] Figure 10 It is a structural schematic view of the material unloading transfer mechanical arm of the present application.

[0030] Figure 11 It is a structural schematic view of the tray loading station of the present application.

[0031] Mark 1, rack; 11, feeding station; 12, liquid injection station; 121, liquid injection mechanism; 122, missed injection detection mechanism; 123, liquid injection pump; 13, standing station; 131, standing box; 14, packaging station; 141, packaging head; 142, packaging box; 15, tray loading station; 151, tray loading mechanical arm; 152, tray loading conveying belt; 16, transition station; 17, empty box feeding station; 18, full tray discharging port; 19, material unloading transfer mechanical arm; 2, rotary table; 20, feeding transition bin; 3, positioning clamp; 31, limiting base; 32, limiting plate; 4, machine cover; 5, control panel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be apparently and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0033] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" 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 do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present application. In addition, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more.

[0034] Referring to Figures 1-11 An automatic rotary table liquid injection machine according to an embodiment of the present application is described. The automatic rotary table liquid injection machine can be suitable for small polymer batteries, square soft package batteries, small cylindrical soft package lithium ion batteries and the like, and can realize functions such as manual feeding, automatic liquid injection, automatic vacuum standing, automatic sealing, automatic unloading transfer, automatic tray loading, material box stacking and manual stacking unloading.

[0035] In one embodiment, as Figures 1-11 shown, an automatic rotary table liquid injection machine includes a rack 1 and a rotary table 2 arranged at the middle of the rack 1, and four positioning clamps 3 are arranged on the rotary table 2 at equal intervals along the circumference.

[0036] The rack 1 is sequentially provided with a feeding station 11, a liquid injection station 12, a standing station 13 and a sealing station 14 along the rotation direction of the rotary table 2, and each positioning clamp 3 is sequentially arranged opposite to the feeding station 11, the liquid injection station 12, the standing station 13 and the sealing station 14.

[0037] The outer side of the standing station 13 is provided with a tray loading station 15, and the tray loading station 15 includes a tray loading manipulator 151 and a tray loading conveyor belt 152. The two ends of the tray loading conveyor belt 152 are respectively provided with an empty box station 17 and a full tray unloading port 18, and the upper side of the tray loading conveyor belt 152 is further provided with a transition station 16.

[0038] The outer side of the sealing station 14 is provided with an unloading transfer manipulator 19, and the unloading transfer manipulator 19 is used to transfer the battery from the sealing station 14 to the transition station 16.

[0039] The bottom of the rotating disc 2 is provided with a motor for driving the rotating disc 2 to rotate; each positioning clamp 3 can simultaneously place a plurality of batteries, and the number of batteries that can be placed can be 5-20, and preferably 12 in the embodiment; the feeding station 11 can be a manual feeding station 11; further, the unloading transfer manipulator 19 can be further provided with a weighing device and an NG (Not Good, defective product) sorting device, so that automatic weighing and NG sorting functions can also be realized during automatic unloading transfer.

[0040] In specific implementation, the batteries can sequentially undergo the processes of manual feeding, automatic liquid injection, automatic standing, automatic vacuum sealing, automatic unloading, automatic tray loading, and automatic tray stacking, so as to realize automatic liquid injection processing and tray loading.

[0041] The automatic rotating disc liquid injection machine provided in the above embodiment can simultaneously perform the processes of feeding, automatic liquid injection, automatic vacuum standing, automatic sealing, automatic unloading transfer, and automatic tray loading by setting the rotating disc 2 with four positioning clamps 3 as a transfer structure, so as to automatically complete battery liquid injection processing and improve production efficiency; at the same time, the feeding station 11, the liquid injection station 12, the standing station 13, and the packaging station 14 are sequentially arranged along the rotation direction of the rotating disc 2, the structure is reasonably matched, the design is compact, the volume of the entire machine is smaller, and the occupied space is smaller.

[0042] In the embodiment, the liquid injection station 12 includes a liquid injection mechanism 121, a liquid leakage detection mechanism 122, and a liquid injection pump 123, the liquid injection pump 123 is connected with a liquid storage tank, the liquid injection mechanism 121 is arranged above the rotating disc 2 and corresponds to the position of the positioning clamp 3, the liquid leakage detection mechanism 122 is arranged outside the rotating disc 2 and corresponds to the position of the positioning clamp 3, and the liquid injection pump 123 and the liquid storage tank are both located below the rotating disc 2.

[0043] The liquid injection mechanism 121 includes a plurality of liquid injection heads, and the liquid injection pump 123 includes a plurality of pump cores, each pump core is correspondingly connected with each liquid injection head, and a plurality of batteries can be simultaneously injected with liquid.

[0044] The liquid injection pump 123 can be a one-out-multiple ceramic pump, which includes a plurality of pump cores, one pump core is correspondingly connected with one liquid injection head, the liquid injection amount of each pump core can be individually fine-tuned through the control panel 4, the operation is simple and convenient, and it can be suitable for different models of batteries; the liquid leakage detection mechanism 122 can real-time feedback the liquid injection condition, and prevent the conditions of liquid leakage and less liquid injection.

[0045] Further, each liquid injection head can be provided with a flaring assembly to facilitate immersion of the electrolyte of the battery; the liquid storage tank can include a first liquid storage tank and a second liquid storage tank, the first liquid storage tank being provided with a stirring device, a vacuum valve, a first upper liquid level sensor and a first lower liquid level sensor, and the second liquid storage tank being provided with a second upper liquid level sensor and a second lower liquid level sensor, the stirring device, the vacuum valve and the liquid level sensors being connected to the control panel 4 of the automatic rotary table liquid injection machine, and when the liquid level in any one of the first liquid storage tank and the second liquid storage tank exceeds a preset liquid level range, the control panel 4 generates an alarm signal to stop liquid injection and remind the operator. The liquid injection time and the liquid injection amount can be adjusted on the control panel 4.

[0046] In specific implementation, the inside of the standing box 131 of the standing station 13 constitutes a standing cavity, which can be monitored by a separate vacuum gauge. The operator can set the standing time and standing mode of the battery through the control panel 4 to facilitate adjustment of the standing process.

[0047] In the present embodiment, the packaging station 14 includes a packaging head 141 and a packaging box 142 connected to the lower end of the packaging head 141, and the inside of the packaging box 142 constitutes a packaging cavity.

[0048] In specific implementation, as shown in Figure 9 , the packaging head 141 can be a W-shaped head, which is equivalent to having two sealing edges, and has higher reliability.

[0049] In the present embodiment, the transition station 16 is provided with a tab shaping mechanism for tab shaping of the battery, which can maintain the position stability of the battery.

[0050] In the present embodiment, the rack 1 is further provided with a machine cover 4, and the rotary table 2, the feeding station 11, the liquid injection station 12, the standing station 13, the packaging station 14, the tray loading robot 151, the tray loading conveyor belt 152 and the unloading transfer robot 19 are all located in the inner cavity of the machine cover 4, which ensures that the working environment is clean and tidy, thereby ensuring the quality of battery production; one side of the feeding station 11 is provided with a feeding transition bin 20, which includes a bin body and a feeding conveyor belt arranged at the bottom of the bin body, the bin body is in communication with the inner cavity of the machine cover 4, the tail end of the feeding conveyor belt is located in the inner cavity of the machine cover 4, and a bin door is further arranged at the inlet of the bin body.

[0051] The feeding station 11 includes a workbench located outside the rotary table 2, and the side of the workbench corresponding to the machine cover 4 is transparent and provided with two openings for hand insertion.

[0052] In the embodiment, the positioning clamp 3 comprises a limiting base 31 and a limiting plate 32 arranged above the limiting base 31; the limiting base 31 is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves arranged at equal intervals, the clamping grooves being used for placing and limiting the batteries; the limiting plate 32 is provided with a limiting opening corresponding to each clamping groove, the limiting opening being used for limiting the air bag of the battery.

[0053] In the embodiment, the positioning clamp 3 is used for positioning the bottom edge of the battery by the clamping groove and positioning the air bag of the battery by the limiting opening, so that the battery is convenient to take and place.

[0054] In the embodiment, the height of the positioning clamp 3 is adjustable, and the positioning clamp 3 can be applied to different sizes of batteries.

[0055] In the embodiment, the clamping groove is provided with a chamfer, which can effectively prevent the battery from being scratched.

[0056] In the embodiment, the number of the clamping grooves is 5-20, so that a plurality of batteries can be machined at the same time.

[0057] In the embodiment, the control panel 4 is arranged above the feeding station 11, and the control panel 4 is convenient for manual operation.

[0058] In the embodiment, the control panel 4 can be a panel with a touch screen.

[0059] In the embodiment, the control panel 4 is connected with the feeding conveying belt, the tray loading manipulator 151, the tray loading conveying belt 152, the unloading transfer manipulator 19, the feeding station 11, the liquid injection station 12, the standing station 13, the packaging station 14, and the motor for driving the rotating disc 2 to rotate, and an operator can operate each machining process of the automatic rotating disc liquid injection machine through the control panel 4; meanwhile, the control panel 4 can be used for displaying equipment parameters (liquid injection time, liquid injection amount, standing time, vacuum data, packaging temperature, packaging time, etc.), production parameters, and operation data (fault record, production statistics, etc.).

[0060] In the embodiment, the control panel 4 is provided with a communication port and / or a USB interface.

[0061] The communication port is used for connecting a server, and the production parameters and the operation data can be uploaded to the server at a fixed time; the USB interface is used for connecting a mobile U disk, and the production parameters and the operation data can be collected and saved to the U disk at a fixed time.

[0062] Based on the above-mentioned embodiments, the production workflow of the automatic rotating disc liquid injection machine is as follows:

[0063] The operator places the batteries into the feeding transition bin 20, and the feeding conveying belt automatically conveys the batteries to the workbench beside the inner cavity of the machine cover 4;

[0064] The operator manually places the batteries into the positioning clamps 3 one by one, and each positioning clamp 3 can place a plurality of batteries.

[0065] The rotating disc 2 automatically transports the positioning clamp 3 with the battery to the liquid injection station 12, and the liquid injection station 12 automatically performs normal liquid injection on the battery;

[0066] The rotating disc 2 automatically transports the battery after liquid injection to the standing station 13, and the standing station 13 automatically performs vacuum standing on the battery;

[0067] The rotating disc 2 automatically transports the battery after standing to the packaging station 14, and the packaging station 14 automatically performs vacuum bagging on the battery;

[0068] The blanking transfer manipulator 19 automatically takes out the battery from the packaging station 14 and moves to the transition station 16;

[0069] When the tab shaping mechanism is arranged on the transition station 16, the tab shaping mechanism performs tab shaping on the battery of the transition station 16;

[0070] The empty box loading station 17 is stacked by manual, the empty box is transported to the tray loading station 15 by the automatic tray conveying belt 152, the battery is loaded into the empty box by the automatic tray loading manipulator 151, and the full box is stacked in the full tray unloading port 18, and finally the stacked box is taken out by manual.

[0071] The automatic rotating disc liquid injection machine can adopt the whole stack loading and unloading mode, increase the material collection period length, and is more convenient to use.

[0072] Other configurations and operations of the automatic rotating disc liquid injection machine according to the embodiments of the present application are known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described in detail here.

[0073] In the description of the present application, it should be pointed out that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integrally connected; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intermediate medium, or the communication inside two elements. 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.

[0074] In the description of the present application, the description of the terms "embodiment", "specific embodiment", "example" and the like means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in combination with the embodiment or example are contained in at least one embodiment or example of the present application.

[0075] In this specification, illustrative explanations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Also, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. An automatic rotary dispensing machine, characterized in that: It includes a frame and a turntable located in the middle of the frame, and the turntable is provided with four positioning clamps distributed equidistantly along the circumference; The frame is provided with a loading station, a liquid injection station, a stationing station and a packaging station in sequence along the rotation direction of the turntable, and each positioning fixture is positioned in sequence facing the loading station, the liquid injection station, the stationing station and the packaging station. A tray loading station is provided outside the stationary station. The tray loading station includes a tray loading robot and a tray loading conveyor belt. Empty box loading station and full tray unloading port are respectively provided at both ends of the tray loading conveyor belt. A transition station is also provided above the tray loading conveyor belt. An unloading transfer robot is provided on the outside of the packaging station. The unloading transfer robot is used to transfer the battery from the packaging station to the transition station.

2. The automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The injection station includes an injection mechanism, a leakage detection mechanism, and an injection pump. The injection pump is connected to a storage tank. The injection mechanism is located above the turntable and corresponds to the position of the positioning fixture. The leakage detection mechanism is located outside the turntable and corresponds to the position of the positioning fixture. The injection pump and the storage tank are both located below the turntable. The injection mechanism includes multiple injection heads, and the injection pump includes multiple pump cores, with each pump core corresponding to each injection head.

3. The automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The packaging station includes a packaging head and a packaging box connected to the lower end of the packaging head, and the packaging box forms a packaging cavity inside.

4. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transition station is equipped with an electrode shaping mechanism.

5. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The frame is also equipped with a machine cover, and the turntable, the feeding station, the liquid injection station, the stationary station, the packaging station, the tray loading robot, the tray loading conveyor belt and the unloading transfer robot are all located in the inner cavity of the machine cover; A feeding transition chamber is provided on one side of the feeding station. The feeding transition chamber includes a chamber body and a feeding conveyor belt located at the bottom of the chamber body. The chamber body is connected to the inner cavity of the machine cover. The tail end of the feeding conveyor belt is located in the inner cavity of the machine cover. A chamber door is also provided at the entrance of the chamber body.

6. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The positioning fixture includes a limiting base and a limiting plate disposed above the limiting base; The limiting base is provided with multiple slots evenly distributed, the slots are used to place the battery and limit the battery; the limiting plate is provided with limiting openings corresponding to each slot, the limiting openings are used to limit the air bag of the battery.

7. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The slot has a chamfer.

8. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The number of card slots is 5 to 20.

9. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A control panel is located above the material loading station.

10. An automatic rotary dispensing machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: The control panel is equipped with a communication port and / or a USB interface.

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