Adaptive Glue Application for Battery Module Bonding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional glue application apparatuses cannot adjust the amount of glue applied to battery cells based on their actual size, leading to insufficient or excessive glue distribution, which affects the safety and heat dissipation efficiency of battery modules.
Innovation Solution
A glue application apparatus comprising a frame, a module height measuring device, and a glue amount control device that measures height differences between battery cells and adjusts the glue application accordingly, ensuring optimal glue distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a fixed amount of glue is applied to all battery cells, then the glue application process is simple and fast, but insufficient or excessive glue occurs due to dimensional tolerances in cell heights
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary measurement of cell height dimensions before glue application. The height measuring device captures the actual height of each battery cell, and this measurement data is used to pre-calculate the required glue amount for each cell, ensuring precise glue distribution before the actual bonding process begins.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes the glue application parameters based on measured cell height variations. Instead of using a fixed glue amount, the control system adjusts the glue volume for each cell according to its specific height dimension, transforming the glue application from a uniform process to a customized one that accounts for dimensional tolerances.
2Manufacturing precision
If the glue amount is adjusted for each cell based on height measurements, then glue distribution precision is improved, but the production time increases due to measurement and calculation steps
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement, calculation, and glue application processes are performed continuously in an automated sequence without interruption. The height measuring device, control system, and glue application device work in continuous coordination, eliminating idle time between measurement and application, and maintaining continuous productive action throughout the process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual measurement and calculation operations with automated optical/electronic height measurement devices and computer-based control systems. This substitution of mechanical and human operations with automated systems reduces time consumption while maintaining or improving measurement precision.
3Reliability
If height measurement and adaptive glue control are implemented, then bonding quality and heat dissipation efficiency are improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control system serves multiple functions: it receives height measurement data, calculates the required glue amount, controls the glue application device, and ensures bonding quality. This multi-functional integration reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby managing system complexity while achieving reliable bonding quality.
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AI summary
The present application relates to the technical field of glue application and in particular, to an apparatus for producing a battery module. The apparatus comprises a frame, a glue application device, a module height measuring device and a glue amount control device. The glue application device is installed on the frame. The module height measuring device is used for measuring height differences between a plurality of battery cells in the battery module. The glue amount control device is coupled to both the module height measuring device and the glue application device. The glue amount control device is arranged to control the amount of glue applied by the glue application device to the plurality of battery cells according to the height differences determined by the module height measuring device.