Battery Module Stacking Platform for Precise Cell Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current battery module stacking processes rely on manual methods, leading to low efficiency, high labor costs, and difficulties in ensuring accurate positioning of battery cells, particularly when incorporating heat dissipation members, which complicates heat dissipation and fast charging requirements.
Innovation Solution
A battery module stacking device featuring a holder with a movably arranged stacking platform and clamping device that automates the stacking process, ensuring precise placement and alignment of battery cell modules with integrated heat dissipation members, improving efficiency and reducing labor intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual stacking is used for battery modules, then labor flexibility is maintained, but stacking efficiency is low and positioning accuracy is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The stacking device is divided into independent functional modules: a clamping device for gripping battery cell modules, a stacking platform for receiving and positioning modules, and a control system. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system manageability and automation capability.
2Productivity
If automated stacking is implemented, then stacking efficiency improves, but positioning accuracy between adjacent battery cell modules deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The stacking platform serves as an intermediary component between the clamping device and the final stacked structure. It provides a stable receiving surface with positioning features that ensure accurate placement of battery cell modules. The platform mediates the transfer process, maintaining positioning accuracy while enabling automated high-speed stacking operations.
3Productivity
If battery cell modules are placed from above the stacking platform, then stacking speed increases, but damage risk to battery cell modules increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stacking platform is designed with cushioning features and controlled descent mechanisms that prepare for and mitigate impact forces before the battery cell modules actually contact the platform. This beforehand cushioning allows modules to be placed from above at high speed while preventing damage during the placement process.
4Manufacturing precision
If the stacking platform is fixed in position, then device simplicity is maintained, but positioning accuracy and alignment of adjacent battery cell modules deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The stacking platform transitions from a static fixed position to a dynamic movable position, capable of moving in the first direction (stacking direction) and second direction (perpendicular to stacking direction). This dynamic capability enables precise alignment and positioning of battery cell modules during automated stacking, improving manufacturing precision while the control system manages the added complexity.
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AI summary
A battery module stacking device, in which a battery module including a plurality of battery cell modules arranged side by side in a first direction, includes: a holder, a stacking platform movably arranged at the holder in the first direction; and a clamping device arranged at the holder and configured to clamp the battery cell modules to be stacked and to place the battery cell modules on the stacking platform from above the stacking platform.