Oven Guide-Rail Conveyor for Electrode Plate Breakage Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the coating process of battery electrode plates, the long ovens used for drying often cause electrode plates to break, and manual handling for connection is inefficient, leading to misalignment and secondary breakage.
Innovation Solution
A conveyor system is designed with a conveying assembly that includes a conveying rod connected to the electrode plate and movable assemblies at both ends, which are inserted into guide rails inside the oven, allowing for automatic and uniform movement of the electrode plate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the oven is made long to ensure drying effect and production efficiency, then the drying effect and productivity are improved, but the probability of electrode plate breakage in the oven increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a movable conveying assembly with movable assemblies that can move along guide rails within the oven. This dynamic structure allows the electrode plate to be automatically conveyed through the long oven, reducing manual intervention and the associated breakage risks while maintaining high productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The conveying assembly acts as an intermediary between the electrode plate and the oven system. It provides a controlled mechanism for moving the electrode plate through the long oven, eliminating direct manual handling that causes misalignment and secondary breakage.
2Ease of operation
If manual pulling out of broken electrode plate is performed from the side door, then the broken plate can be removed for connection, but force application direction deviates from movement direction causing misalignment or secondary breakage
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying assembly serves as an intermediary device that can access the electrode plate from within the oven through guide rails, allowing broken plates to be removed and reconnected without manual intervention from the side door. This maintains proper alignment by keeping the force application direction consistent with the movement direction.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable conveying assembly can dynamically adjust its position and movement to accommodate broken electrode plates, providing a controlled method for removal and reconnection that prevents misalignment and secondary breakage.
3Ease of operation
If manual connection from the side is performed, then broken electrode plates can be connected, but productivity improvement is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying assembly enables the system to service itself by automatically handling broken electrode plates within the oven. The movable assemblies can transport broken plates to connection points without requiring external manual intervention, thereby improving productivity while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic conveying system can adapt its movement to facilitate automatic connection of broken electrode plates, transforming a previously manual process into an automated one that improves productivity without sacrificing operational ease.
4Volume of moving object
If conveying assembly is inserted into guide rails in the first direction, then space utilization rate in height direction is improved, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the first direction (horizontal dimension) for the conveying assembly's movement along guide rails, rather than occupying vertical space. This dimensional change allows the oven to maintain adequate height for electrode plate processing while accommodating the conveying mechanism, effectively improving space utilization without excessive structural complexity.
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 system effectively prevents electrode plate breakage during movement, facilitates automatic handling, and improves space utilization within the oven by reducing height occupancy.
Implementation Method 1
the two movable assemblies are movably disposed in the first guide rail and the second guide rail, respectively
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AI summary
This utility model relates to a threading apparatus (100) for transporting an electrode plate (201), including: an oven; a first guide rail (10) and a second guide rail (20), spaced apart from each other inside the oven in a first direction (a), where a first opening (11) and a second opening (21) are respectively provided on surfaces of the first guide rail (10) and the second guide rail (20) that face each other; and a threading assembly (30), where two ends of the threading assembly (30) in the first direction (a) are movably disposed in the first guide rail (10) and the second guide rail (20) through the first opening (11) and the second opening (21), respectively, and the threading assembly (30) is connected to the electrode plate (201) for transporting the electrode plate (201) inside the oven. In this application, the threading assembly (30) drives the electrode plate (201) to move inside the oven, threading the electrode plate (201), thereby preventing the electrode plate (201) from being broken inside the oven. In addition, the first opening (11) and the second opening (21) are respectively provided on the surfaces of the first guide rail (10) and the second guide rail (20) that face each other, such that the threading assembly (30) can be inserted into the first guide rail (10) and the second guide rail (20) in the first direction (a), thereby reducing the space occupied by the threading apparatus (100) in the oven in a height direction and making the threading of the electrode plate (201) smoother.