Battery Pole Piece Slitting Knife Adjustment for Faster Changeovers

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing slitting devices for battery pole pieces face issues with installation and maintenance, lack of adjustment flexibility, and difficulty in adjusting slitting knives due to fixed upper and lower knife configurations.

Innovation Solution

A slitting device with independently dismountable transmission structures and adjustable knife holders, allowing for multiple degrees of freedom in knife positioning, facilitated by rotatable threaded rods and centrifugal devices for precise slit width adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the transmission structure is designed as a wide integrated unit, then the structural strength is improved, but the ease of installation and maintenance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidease of installation and maintenance
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The transmission structure is divided into multiple independent transmission units that can be separately installed, removed, and maintained. Each transmission unit includes its own transmission roller and supporting components, allowing for modular replacement without dismantling the entire structure, thus improving ease of installation and maintenance while maintaining structural integrity through proper connection design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If the knife holder and slitting knives are fixed in a single position, then the structural simplicity is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidadjustment flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The knife holder is designed with adjustable positioning capabilities, allowing it to move along the transmission direction and be fixed at multiple positions. The slitting knives can be independently adjusted relative to the knife holder, enabling dynamic adaptation to different cutting requirements while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through standardized adjustment mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Device complexity

If the slitting knives are fixed together as a single unit, then the structural simplicity is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidease of adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The slitting knives are designed as independent, separable components that can be individually adjusted and replaced. Each knife can be independently positioned and angled, allowing for precise control of the cutting operation. The knives are mounted on adjustable holders that enable independent adjustment of each knife's position and orientation, improving ease of operation while maintaining reasonable structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Reliability

If the transmission structure is designed as a fixed integrated unit, then the reliability is improved, but the productivity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereliabilityVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The transmission structure is segmented into independent, modular units that can be quickly replaced or adjusted. This modular design maintains reliability through proven individual components while improving productivity by enabling rapid changeover between different transmission configurations, reducing downtime, and allowing for parallel maintenance operations on different units simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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

Facilitates easy installation and maintenance, reduces energy consumption, shortens mold changing time, and improves production efficiency by enabling independent adjustment of slitting knives and reducing structural space.

Implementation Method 1

an adjusting device is disposed at the front end of each of the mounting seats and includes a rotatable second threaded rod; and the second threaded rods, when rotating, can form structures allowing the slitting knives to move left or right

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectScrew mechanism: Screw

Implementation Method 2

the mounting seats are also provided with centrifugal devices cooperating with the vertical plates, respectively; the centrifugal devices are respectively connected to the second threaded rods; and the second threaded rods, when rotating, can form structures enabling the centrifugal devices to work to move the vertical plates and the slitting knives upward

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCentrifugal force: Centrifugal Force

Data Source

PatentUS20260034695A1Slitting device for battery pole pieces, and method therefor
Publication Date: 2026.02.05 DONGGUAN ZHONGNENG PRECISION MACHINERY CO LTD
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AI summary

A slitting device for battery pole pieces is provided, including an operating table; side supporting seats are respectively disposed at two sides of an upper end of a bottom plate, a rotatable transmission roller is provided between inner sides of the two side supporting seats, a liftable cross knife holder is disposed at upper ends of the two side supporting seats and is provided with a plurality of detachable mounting seats, and rotatable slitting knives are disposed at front ends of the mounting seats; an adjusting device is also disposed at the front end of each of the mounting seats and includes a rotatable second threaded rod; and the second threaded rods, when rotating, can form structures allowing the slitting knives to move left or right. Transmission structures can be independently dismounted, facilitating installation and later maintenance. The knife holder and the slitting knives can also be adjusted.