Battery Conveyor Wheel Control for Fixed Pack Spacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current battery pack dismantling processes are inefficient due to manual handling and lack of suitable devices for sorting battery packs at specified intervals on a conveyor belt, affecting the overall recycling efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A battery conveyor belt with a base, connecting shafts, conveying wheels, and components like stators, rotors, coils, pushers, receivers, and control circuits that automatically sort batteries at specified intervals by accelerating the rotation of the hub when pressure is applied, ensuring a gap between each battery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual handling is used for battery pack loading and dismantling, then operational flexibility is maintained, but work efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt system automatically detects battery packs and adjusts conveying intervals without manual intervention. The control unit receives signals from detection units and autonomously controls the conveying speed of different belt sections to maintain optimal spacing between battery packs throughout the dismantling process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with an automated conveyor belt system that uses detection units, control units, and variable speed conveying sections to automatically manage battery pack transport and spacing, eliminating the need for manual positioning and interval control.
2Ease of operation
If battery packs are conveyed without interval control, then conveying speed can be maintained, but sorting capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt system dynamically adjusts the conveying speed of different sections based on real-time detection of battery pack positions. The control unit varies the speed of individual conveying sections to create and maintain proper intervals between battery packs while keeping the overall system moving efficiently.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements periodic acceleration and deceleration of different conveying sections to establish consistent intervals between battery packs. The control unit coordinates speed variations in different sections to ensure proper spacing is maintained throughout the conveyor belt length.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple battery packs are conveyed closely together, then space utilization is improved, but dismantling operation difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt system preliminarily establishes optimal intervals between battery packs during transport before they reach the dismantling station. This preliminary spacing arrangement ensures that when battery packs arrive at dismantling positions, they are already properly spaced, making dismantling operations easier and more efficient.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The conveyor belt effectively sorts batteries at specified intervals, enhancing the efficiency of the dismantling process by maintaining a consistent distance between batteries, thereby improving the overall recycling process.
Implementation Method 1
the coil is sleeved outside the stator; the rotor is sleeved outside the coil, and there is a gap between the rotor and the coil
Data Source
AI summary
A battery conveyor belt includes a base, a plurality of parallel connecting shafts arranged on the base at intervals, and a plurality of conveying wheels arranged on the connecting shafts and each include a stator sleeved on the connecting shaft and fixed thereto, a rotor, a coil sleeved outside the stator, a pusher, a receiver located on the rotor, a control circuit, and a hub; the rotor is sleeved outside the coil, and there is a gap between the rotor and the coil; the hub is sleeved outside the rotor, and a first bearing is connected between the hub and the rotor; the pusher is connected to the hub and the rotor; the rotor drives the hub to rotate through the pusher; the control circuit is electrically connected to the coil and the receiver; and when a battery is placed on the hub, the pusher is pressed against the receiver.