Shared Resting Line Layout for Battery Module Pressurization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing power battery production lines require significant space due to separate resting lines for each pressurization station, leading to underutilization and increased assembly costs.
Innovation Solution
A module pressurization and resting line system utilizing transfer turntables to sequentially transfer battery modules from multiple pressurization lines to a single resting line, optimizing the utilization of resting lines and reducing space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If separate resting lines are provided for each pressurization station, then each pressurization line can independently process battery modules, but the overall space occupation and assembly costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate resting lines into a single shared resting line that serves multiple pressurization stations. The resting line is positioned to receive battery modules from different pressurization lines through a common transfer area, allowing one resting line to handle modules from multiple pressurization stations sequentially, thereby reducing total space occupation while maintaining processing capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The resting line is designed with universal functionality to serve multiple pressurization stations. It can accept battery modules from any of the pressurization lines through a shared transfer mechanism, making the resting line a multi-functional component that replaces what would otherwise require multiple dedicated resting lines, thus reducing overall system space requirements.
2Reliability
If separate resting lines are provided for each pressurization station, then processing independence is maintained, but assembly costs and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple resting line functions into a single integrated resting line system. This resting line is equipped with transfer interfaces that can connect to multiple pressurization lines, allowing the system to maintain processing independence through configurable transfer paths while reducing the number of separate resting line assemblies required, thereby lowering assembly costs and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a transfer turntable or transfer mechanism as an intermediary between the pressurization lines and the shared resting line. This intermediary component enables flexible routing of battery modules from different pressurization stations to the resting line while maintaining processing independence, and it consolidates the transfer functionality that would otherwise require separate integrated systems for each pressurization-station-resting line combination.
3Productivity
If multiple pressurization lines are added to boost production capacity, then power battery output increases, but plant floor space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the merging principle by consolidating the resting line resources into a shared infrastructure that serves multiple pressurization lines. This allows the facility to operate multiple pressurization lines in parallel to boost production capacity while using a single resting line instead of multiple separate ones, thereby increasing productivity without proportionally increasing the plant floor space required for resting operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes spatial arrangement in another dimension by positioning the shared resting line in a central or accessible location that can receive modules from multiple pressurization lines through a common transfer area. This spatial configuration allows multiple pressurization lines to be arranged in a compact footprint while still providing adequate access to the resting line, effectively reducing the overall plant floor space requirement.
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AI summary
A module pressurization and resting line includes a plurality of pressurization lines, a resting line, and a resting transfer device, and each pressurization line is provided with a pressurization output end; the resting line is provided with a resting input end; the resting transfer device includes a first transfer turntable and a second transfer turntable, where the first transfer turntable is disposed between one of the pressurization output ends and the resting input end, and the first transfer turntable, along its rotational circumferential direction, is capable of being in transfer communication with the resting input end; the second transfer turntable is disposed between the other pressurization output ends and the first transfer turntable, and the first transfer turntable and the second transfer turntable, along their respective rotational circumferential directions, are each provided with a first position and a second position.