Battery Material Stacking System Using Linear Motor Movers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery material stacking systems face difficulties in stacking battery materials continuously at a high speed, leading to longer production times and reduced efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A battery material stacking system utilizing a conveyance mechanism, placement mechanism with linear motor movers and pickup members to rotateally convey and stack sheet-shaped workpieces, allowing for continuous high-speed stacking by synchronizing the movement of workpieces with the linear motor's running rail and control system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional stacking systems are used to maintain high precision stacking, then manufacturing precision is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to longer production tact time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional mechanical positioning and stacking mechanisms with a linear motor system. The linear motor uses electromagnetic fields to directly drive the stacking platform, eliminating the need for complex mechanical transmission components. This substitution enables high-speed positioning and stacking while maintaining precision through electronic control, thereby resolving the contradiction between stacking precision and production speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental operating parameters of the stacking system by introducing a linear motor that can dynamically adjust speed, position, and acceleration. This allows the system to operate at higher speeds while maintaining precision through real-time parameter control, directly addressing the contradiction between fast production and precise stacking.
2Productivity
If stacking speed is increased to improve productivity, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to positional deviation
Solution Approach 1:
By replacing mechanical positioning systems with a linear motor-driven system, the patent achieves high-speed operation without sacrificing precision. The electromagnetic drive provides smooth, controllable motion that can be precisely regulated even at high speeds, eliminating the positional deviations that typically occur when increasing mechanical stacking speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates a control system that monitors and adjusts the linear motor's operation in real-time. This feedback mechanism ensures that positioning accuracy is maintained even during high-speed stacking operations, allowing the system to achieve both high productivity and high precision simultaneously.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables continuous high-speed stacking of battery materials, improving manufacturing efficiency by stabilizing the placement and stacking of workpieces, reducing positional deviations, and allowing for simultaneous stacking at multiple locations.
Implementation Method 1
a placement mechanism comprising a stator of a linear motor having a predetermined running rail, a plurality of movers of a linear motor provided at the stator
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AI summary
The present invention has as its object the provision of a battery material stacking system able to stack sheet-shaped workpieces relating to battery materials continuously at a high speed. The system is comprised of a conveyance mechanism 1 conveying sheet-shaped workpieces W relating to battery materials in a predetermined direction, a placement mechanism 2 placing workpieces W, and a stacking mechanism 3 stacking workpieces W. The placement mechanism 2 comprises a stator 21 of a linear motor having a predetermined running rail, a plurality of movers 22 of a linear motor provided at the stator 21, pickup members 23 provided at the movers 22 and picking up the workpieces W, and a control part 100 controlling running of the movers 22 at the stator 21. The pickup members 23 pick up the workpieces W conveyed from the conveyance mechanism 1 and rotationally convey the workpieces W along with the movers 22 running along the running rail of the stator 21, then stacking the workpieces W on the stacking mechanism 3.