CN112133934A - A kind of automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole ear production equipment and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a fully automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole ear production equipment, including an automatic glue sticking device, a detection device and a folding pole ear device, which can effectively prevent the burr at the welding place from piercing the electrolytic paper and prevent the burr tip discharge from penetrating the electrolysis device. It can effectively avoid the problem of short circuit of the battery, and at the same time detect the battery power, improve the quality of the battery, and automatically glue the battery, detect, and fold the pole ears, and improve the production efficiency.

Description

A kind of automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole ear production equipment and method

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic battery production, in particular to a lithium battery production equipment.

Background technique

With the continuous development of society and the continuous progress of science and technology, mechanical automatic production has become a development trend, and gradually replaces traditional manual labor, injecting a new source of power for the sustainable development of enterprises. Therefore, battery production enterprises also need to keep pace with the times, actively promote technological transformation through transformation and upgrading, and vigorously develop mechanical automation production, so as to improve the "intelligent manufacturing" level of enterprises and achieve sustainable development of enterprises.

In the production process of lithium batteries, it is necessary to glue, test, and fold the electrodes of lithium batteries. However, the existing level of automation in the production of lithium batteries is not high. Generally, independent processing equipment is used to carry out processing operations at the corresponding stations, so that the lithium batteries are gradually processed and formed. In this way, there are low production efficiency and low processing accuracy. and higher production costs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the problems in the background technology, the present invention proposes a fully automatic glue testing and folding tab production equipment, which is characterized in that it includes a conveying device for conveying batteries, and is arranged in sequence along the advancing direction of the conveying device A glue sticking device, a defect detection device, and a tab folding device are provided, a feeding manipulator is arranged between the conveying device and the glue sticking device, and a transfer manipulator is arranged between the glue sticking device and the defect detection device, A movable manipulator is arranged between the defective detection device and the tab folding device, and a feeding manipulator is arranged above the tab folding device.

Based on the aforementioned automatic glue detection and folding ear production equipment, further improvements made by the present invention include: the conveying device includes a conveyor belt for conveying batteries, and a limit plate for restricting the position and direction of the batteries on the conveyor belt; The gluing device includes a tape tray and a tensioning mechanism, the gluing part of the gluing device corresponds to the first station; the defective detection device includes a detection terminal, the defective detection device corresponds to the second station, and the tabs are folded The device rotates around the three ends of the station.

Further improvements made by the present invention include: the feeding manipulator, the transfer manipulator, the movable manipulator and the unloading manipulator are evenly installed on the transfer manipulator, the manipulator is installed on the sliding seat through the air cylinder, and the sliding seat is on the first side of the horizontal cylinder. The drive moves in one direction along the guide rail, and at least one limiting mechanism is arranged in the movement direction.

A further improvement made by the present invention is as follows: the movable manipulator can move along the second direction of the guide rail under the driving of the second horizontal cylinder, relative to the transfer robot arm, and the guide rail one direction, the guide rail two direction, the The advancing directions of the conveying devices are parallel to each other.

Further improvements made by the present invention include: the loading manipulator corresponds to the limit plate to limit the position of the battery on the conveyor belt; the transfer manipulator corresponds to the first station; the movable manipulator corresponds to the second station; the unloading manipulator corresponds to the third position. The distance between the manipulators is equal, and is equal to the distance that the sliding seat moves in the direction of the guide rail 1 under the driving of the horizontal cylinder 1.

Further improvements made by the present invention include: the moving direction of the movable manipulator relative to the transfer manipulator can be divided into left or right according to different detection results.

Further improvements made by the present invention include: the feeding manipulator, the transfer manipulator, the movable manipulator and the unloading manipulator are all provided with adsorption air nozzles at their ends.

Further improvements made by the present invention include: the limiting mechanism is an elastic limiting mechanism or a damping limiting mechanism.

In view of the problems in the background technology, the present invention also proposes a fully automatic glue detection and folding pole production method, comprising the following steps:

Step 1. After the battery is transported to a specific position through the conveyor belt and the limit plate, the feeding manipulator is transferred to the station 1 through the vacuum suction nozzle, and the battery terminal is glued with the glue device.

Step 2. The battery that has been glued is transported to the second station by the transfer manipulator, and the bad detection device is used for bad detection, and the bad detection includes one of testing leaks, voltage testing, and glue testing;

Step 3. The battery passes the bad detection. According to the detection result, the movable manipulator moves left, right or remains still along the two directions of the guide rails. When the first problem is detected, the manipulator moves to the left along the two directions of the guide rails, and the battery will fall off. Enter between station 2 and station 3; when the first problem is detected, the manipulator will fall to the right side of station 3 along the direction of guide rail 2 to the right; The badly detected battery is transferred to the third station, and the tabs are folded;

Step 4. After the battery tabs are folded, they are transferred by the blanking manipulator to complete the battery sticker detection and the production of the folding tabs;

Steps 1-4 are all carried out at the same time, the transfer manipulator drives each manipulator at the same time, and during the transfer process, the suction nozzle vacuum adsorbs the battery. During the reset process, the suction nozzle stops the adsorption; the manipulators are transferred after arriving at each station. The robotic arm descends, picking up the battery or lowering the battery.

The present invention also proposes another automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole production method, comprising the following steps:

Step 1. After the battery is transported to a specific position through the conveyor belt and the limit plate, the feeding manipulator is transferred to the station 1 through the vacuum suction nozzle, and the battery terminal is glued with the glue device.

Step 2. The battery that has been glued is transferred to the second station by the transfer manipulator, and the bad glue detection is carried out by the bad detection device;

Step 3. If the battery does not pass the bad glue detection, the battery in each station will be reset to the previous station. If the battery passes the bad glue detection, the battery will be transferred to the third station, and the tabs will be folded;

Step 4. After the battery tabs are folded, they are transferred by the blanking manipulator to complete the battery sticker detection and the production of the folding tabs;

Step 5. The battery has not passed the bad sticking detection. After the battery is reset to the previous station at each station, at least one station, use the sticking device to re-stick the battery terminals. After the sticking is completed, continue with step 2- 4;

Steps 1-4 are all carried out at the same time, the transfer robot arm drives each manipulator at the same time, during the transfer process, the suction nozzle vacuum adsorbs the battery. The arm is lowered and the battery is picked up or lowered. Step 5 During the transfer process and the reset process, the adsorption nozzles vacuum adsorb the battery.

The beneficial technical effects of the present invention are: to provide an automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole ear production equipment and method, which realizes battery sticking, detection and automatic folding of the pole ear, and improves production efficiency and reliability.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings forming a part of the present application are used to provide further understanding of the present invention, and the exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. In the attached image:

Fig. 1, the three-dimensional structure diagram of a kind of automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole ear production equipment described in the embodiment;

Wherein, the above-mentioned drawings include the following reference signs:

01, gluing device; 02, defective detection device; 03, tab folding device; 04, tape tray; 05, tensioning mechanism; 06, limit plate; 07, conveying device; 08, motor; 11, base; 12 , back plate; 20, transfer manipulator; 21, feeding manipulator; 22, transfer manipulator; 23, movable manipulator; 24, unloading manipulator; 30, adsorption air nozzle; 31, cylinder one; 32, cylinder two; 41 , station one; 42, station two; 43, station three; 51, horizontal cylinder one; 52, horizontal cylinder two; 61, guide rail one; 62, guide rail two; 70, slide seat; 71, limit mechanism.

Detailed ways

It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features of the embodiments may be combined with each other in the case of no conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.

It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, all technical and scientific terms used in this application have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the technical field described in this application.

In the present invention, unless otherwise stated, the directional words used such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" are usually for the directions shown in the drawings, or for the components themselves in vertical, In terms of vertical or gravitational direction; similarly, for the convenience of understanding and description, "inner and outer" refers to the inner and outer relative to the contour of each component itself, but the above-mentioned orientation words are not used to limit the present invention.

In order to solve the problems of low production efficiency, low processing precision and high production cost in the prior art, the present invention provides a fully automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole ear production equipment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the solution of the present invention is: a fully automatic glue testing and folding tab production equipment, including a base 11 , a conveying device 07 for conveying batteries, a motor 08 for driving the conveying device 07 , and an edge along the conveying device 07 . Install the glue sticking device 01, the defect detection device 02, and the tab folding device 03 on the back plate 12 in order in the advancing direction of the machine. A transfer robot 22 is arranged between the defective detection device 02 , a movable robot 23 is arranged between the defective detection device 02 and the tab folding device 03 , and a blanking robot 24 is arranged above the tab folding device 03 .

The conveying device 07 includes a conveyor belt for conveying batteries, and a limit plate 06 that restricts the position and direction of the batteries on the conveyor belt; the gluing device 01 includes a tape tray 04 and a tensioning mechanism 05, and the gluing part of the gluing device 01 corresponds to the working position One 41; the defective detection device 02 includes a detection terminal, the defective detection device 02 corresponds to the second station 42, the tab folding device 03 rotates around the end of the third station 43, and the tab folding device 03 can be rotated at least 180°, so that the tab folding device 03 is attached to bit 3 and 43. During the rotation process, the tabs originally protruding from the battery are bent and attached to the adhesive, which is convenient for welding with the electrical equipment in the next step.

The feeding manipulator 21, the transfer manipulator 22, the movable manipulator 23, and the unloading manipulator 24 are evenly installed on the transfer manipulator 20. The manipulator is installed on the sliding seat 70 through two cylinders, which are cylinder one 31 and cylinder two 32, respectively. The two cylinders move up and down synchronously to ensure the stability of the mechanical arm 20. The sliding seat 70 is driven by the horizontal cylinder one 51 to move along the direction of the guide rail one 61, and at least one limit mechanism 71 is set in the direction of movement. The horizontal and vertical cylinders can be The movement of the robotic arm 20 is controlled.

The movable manipulator 23 can move relative to the transfer robot 20 along the direction of the second guide rail 62 under the driving of the second horizontal cylinder 52 , and the direction of the guide rail one 61 , the direction of the guide rail two 62 , and the advancing direction of the conveying device 07 are parallel to each other.

The loading manipulator 21 corresponds to the limit plate 06 to limit the battery position on the conveyor belt; the transfer manipulator 22 corresponds to the first station 41; the movable manipulator 23 corresponds to the second station 42; the unloading manipulator 24 corresponds to the third station 43. The distance is equal, and is equal to the distance that the sliding seat 70 moves along the direction of the guide rail one 61 under the driving of the horizontal cylinder one 51; the center of each station is provided with a groove to match the battery, and the groove is provided with a chamfer to facilitate the positioning of the battery.

The direction in which the movable manipulator 23 can move relative to the transfer manipulator 20 may be leftward or rightward according to different detection results.

The feeding manipulator 21 , the transfer manipulator 22 , the movable manipulator 23 , and the unloading manipulator 24 are all provided with adsorption air nozzles 30 at their ends; the limiting mechanism 71 is an elastic limiting mechanism or a damping limiting mechanism.

Through a fully automatic glue detection and folding pole production equipment as shown in Figure 1, there are the following two production methods:

The first fully automatic glue testing and folding electrode production method includes the following steps:

Step 1. After the battery is transported to a specific position by the conveyor belt and the limit plate 06, the feeding manipulator 21 is transported to the station 1 41 through the vacuum suction nozzle 30, and the glue sticking device 01 is used to stick the battery pole ears.

Step 2. The battery that has been glued is transported to the second station 42 by the transfer manipulator 22, and the defect detection device 02 is used to carry out the defect detection.

Step 3. The battery has passed the fault detection. According to the detection result, the movable manipulator 23 moves to the left, right or remains still along the direction of the second guide rail 62. When the first problem is detected, the manipulator moves to the left along the direction of the guide rail two 62, and the battery It falls between the second position 42 and the third position 43; when the first problem is detected, the manipulator moves to the right of the guide rail two 62, and the battery will fall into the right side of the third position 43; when the test is qualified, the manipulator is opposite to the guide rail two. The 63-square does not shift, and the battery that passes the bad detection is transferred to the third station 43, and the tabs are folded;

Step 4. After the battery tabs are folded, they are transported by the blanking manipulator 34 to complete the battery sticker detection and folding tab production;

Steps 1-4 are carried out at the same time. The transfer robot arm 20 drives each manipulator at the same time. During the transfer process, the adsorption nozzle 30 vacuums adsorbs the battery. During the reset process, the adsorption nozzle 30 stops adsorption; after each manipulator arrives at each station, the transfer machine The arm 20 is lowered, picking up the battery or lowering the battery.

Another fully automatic glue detection and folding electrode production method includes the following steps:

Step 1. After the battery is transported to a specific position by the conveyor belt and the limit plate 06, the feeding manipulator 21 is transported to the station 1 41 through the vacuum suction nozzle 30, and the glue sticking device 01 is used to stick the battery pole ears.

Step 2. The battery that has been glued is transported by the transfer manipulator 22 to the second station 42, and the defective glue detection device 02 is used to detect the poor glue;

Step 3. If the battery fails to pass the bad sticking detection, the battery in each station is reset to the previous station. If the battery passes the bad sticking test, the battery is transferred to the third station 43, and the tabs are folded;

Step 4. After the battery tabs are folded, they are transported by the blanking manipulator 34 to complete the battery sticker detection and folding tab production;

Step 5. The battery has not passed the bad sticking detection. After the battery in each station is reset to the previous station, at least one station 41, use the sticking device 01 to re-stick the battery tabs, and continue the steps after the sticking is completed. 2-4;

Steps 1-4 are carried out at the same time. The transfer robot arm 20 drives each manipulator at the same time. During the transfer process, the suction nozzle 30 vacuums adsorbs the battery. During the reset process, the suction nozzle stops the suction; after each manipulator reaches each station, the robot arm descends , suck up the battery or put down the battery. Step 5 During the transfer process and the reset process, the adsorption air nozzle 30 vacuumizes the adsorption of the battery.

The advantages of the present invention are that the battery sticking, testing and automatic folding of the tabs are realized, and the production efficiency and reliability are improved. After the inspection, the problem is found in time and dealt with accordingly.

From the above description, it can be seen that the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects:

1. Solve the problems of low production efficiency, low machining accuracy and high production cost in the prior art;

2. The structure of the equipment is simple, and the linear assembly line operation is adopted to save the equipment space;

3. The automatic glue detection and folding poles use multiple robots to share a mechanical arm, which saves the drive system;

4. The automatic glue sticking detection and folding pole method can detect a variety of defects at the same time, up to 3 kinds, and can accurately and quickly classify various bad products, and can rework in time for bad glue;

5. Improve product consistency, facilitate subsequent processing, make product performance stable, and improve battery life;

Obviously, the above-described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the exemplary embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, the singular is intended to include the plural as well, furthermore, it is to be understood that when the terms "comprising" and/or "including" are used in this specification, it indicates that There are features, steps, acts, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the description and claims of the present application and the above drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific sequence or sequence. It is to be understood that data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the application described herein can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention may have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a full-automatic rubberizing detects and rolls over utmost point ear production facility, a serial communication port, including the conveyor who is used for carrying the battery, and follow rubberizing device, bad detection device, utmost point ear folding device that conveyor's direction of advance arranged in proper order, conveyor with be provided with material loading manipulator between the rubberizing device, the rubberizing device with be provided with the transportation manipulator between the bad detection device, be provided with movable manipulator between bad detection device and the utmost point ear folding device, utmost point ear folding device top is provided with unloading manipulator.

2. The automatic rubberizing detecting and tab folding production equipment according to claim 1, wherein the conveying device comprises a conveyor belt for conveying the batteries, and a limiting plate for limiting the positions and directions of the batteries on the conveyor belt; the adhesive tape sticking device comprises an adhesive tape disc and a tensioning mechanism, and the adhesive tape sticking part of the adhesive tape sticking device corresponds to the first station; the poor detection device comprises a detection terminal, the poor detection device corresponds to the second station, and the tab folding device rotates around the third tail end of the second station.

3. The automatic rubberizing detects and rolls over utmost point ear production facility of claim 2, characterized in that, material loading manipulator, transportation manipulator, movable manipulator, unloading manipulator are evenly installed on transporting the arm, and the arm is installed on the slide through the cylinder, and the slide moves along a guide rail direction under the drive of horizontal cylinder one, sets up at least one stop gear in the direction of motion.

4. The automatic rubberizing detecting and tab folding production equipment according to claim 3, wherein the movable manipulator can move relative to the transfer mechanical arm along a second direction of a guide rail under the driving of a second horizontal cylinder, and the first direction of the guide rail, the second direction of the guide rail and the advancing direction of the conveying device are parallel to each other.

5. The automatic rubberizing detecting and tab folding production equipment according to claim 4, wherein the feeding manipulator limits the position of the battery on the conveyor belt corresponding to the limiting plate; the transfer manipulator corresponds to a first station; the movable manipulator corresponds to a second station; and the distance between every two manipulators is equal and is equal to the distance of the sliding seat moving along the direction of the guide rail under the driving of the horizontal cylinder I.

6. The automatic rubberizing detecting and tab folding production equipment according to claim 5, wherein the movable manipulator can move in a direction relative to the transfer mechanical arm, and the direction can be divided into left or right according to different detection results.

7. The automatic rubberizing detects and rolls over utmost point ear production facility of claim 6, characterized in that, the material loading manipulator, transport manipulator, movable manipulator, unloading manipulator all install absorption air cock at its terminal.

8. The automatic rubberizing detecting and tab folding production equipment according to claim 7, wherein the limiting mechanism is an elastic limiting mechanism or a damping limiting mechanism.

9. A method for battery rubberizing detection and tab folding production is characterized by comprising the following steps:

step 1, after the battery is conveyed to a specific position through a conveying belt and a limiting plate, a feeding manipulator is transferred to a first station through a vacuum suction nozzle, and a rubberizing device is used for rubberizing the electrode lug end of the battery.

Step 2, transferring the battery after the rubberizing is finished to a second station by a transfer manipulator, and carrying out bad detection by a bad detection device, wherein the bad detection comprises one of detection such as leakage detection, voltage test and rubberizing test;

step 3, when the battery passes the bad detection, according to the detection result, the movable manipulator moves leftwards and rightwards along the second guide rail or keeps still, and the first problem is detected, the manipulator moves leftwards along the second guide rail, and the battery falls between the second station and the third station; when the first problem is detected, the manipulator drops the battery to the right of the station III along the direction of the guide rail II; when the detection is qualified, the manipulator does not displace relative to the second guide rail, and the battery passing the poor detection is transferred to the third station to fold the lug;

step 4, after the battery tab is folded, transferring and discharging the battery tab by a discharging manipulator to finish the battery rubberizing detection and tab folding production;

step 1-4 are all carried out simultaneously, the transfer mechanical arm drives each mechanical arm simultaneously, the adsorption air nozzle vacuum adsorption battery is adsorbed in the transfer process, and the adsorption air nozzle stops adsorbing in the reset process; and after the manipulators reach each station, the transferring mechanical arm descends to suck up the battery or put down the battery.

10. A method for battery rubberizing detection and tab folding production is characterized by comprising the following steps:

step 1, after the battery is conveyed to a specific position through a conveying belt and a limiting plate, a feeding manipulator is transferred to a first station through a vacuum suction nozzle, and a rubberizing device is used for rubberizing the electrode lug end of the battery.

Step 2, transferring the battery after the rubberizing is finished to a second station by a transfer manipulator, and carrying out rubberizing defect detection by a defect detection device;

step 3, if the battery does not pass the poor rubberizing detection, the battery at each station is reset to the previous station, and if the battery passes the poor rubberizing detection, the battery is transferred to the third station to fold the electrode lugs;

step 4, after the battery tab is folded, transferring and discharging the battery tab by a discharging manipulator to finish the battery rubberizing detection and tab folding production;

step 5, when the battery does not pass the poor rubberizing detection, after the battery at each station is reset to the previous station, at least one station I is used for rubberizing the electrode lug end of the battery again by using a rubberizing device, and the step 2-4 is continued after the rubberizing is finished;

step 1-4 are all carried out simultaneously, the transfer mechanical arm drives each mechanical arm simultaneously, the adsorption air nozzle vacuum adsorption battery is adsorbed in the transfer process, and the adsorption air nozzle stops adsorbing in the reset process; and after the mechanical arms reach the stations, the mechanical arms descend to suck up the batteries or put down the batteries. And 5, in the transferring process and the resetting process, the adsorption air nozzles are vacuum adsorption batteries.

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