CN220209046U - Shell-entering press-fitting production line - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to a go into shell pressure equipment production line, it includes: a carrier transport mechanism including a carrier transport member that moves cyclically along a predetermined transport path; the carrier is connected to the carrier conveying piece and used for accommodating the top cover and the battery cell, and the carrier flows along with the carrier conveying piece and sequentially passes through the shell entering station, the press mounting station and the pre-welding station; the shell feeding mechanism comprises a pick-up piece, the pick-up piece is switched between a shell taking station and a shell feeding station, and the pick-up piece is suitable for picking up a shell at the shell taking station or sleeving the shell on the battery cell at the shell feeding station; the press-fit mechanism comprises a press-fit piece, and the press-fit piece is suitable for press-fitting the shell at a press-fit station; a pre-weld mechanism comprising a pre-weld adapted to weld the housing and the top cover at a pre-weld station. The utility model provides an utilize carrier conveying mechanism to drive the carrier that carries top cap and electric core to circulate in proper order to a plurality of stations and process, made things convenient for semi-manufactured goods battery's transportation, improved into shell pressure equipment efficiency, and reduced the cost by a wide margin.

Description

Shell-entering press-fitting production line

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of battery processing equipment, in particular to a shell-entering press-fitting production line.

Background

Lithium ion batteries are large-capacity and high-power batteries and are widely applied to digital products and electronic equipment. The lithium ion battery mainly comprises an electric core, a top cover and a shell. When the lithium ion battery is assembled, the battery core is welded and fixed on the top cover, the shell is pressed and assembled to the battery core, and finally the top cover and the shell are welded and fixed.

In the related art, after the battery cell and the top cover are fixed, the shell is required to be sleeved on the battery cell, then the shell is pressed by the pressing equipment, so that the shell is completely sleeved on the top cover, and finally the pressed shell and the top cover are welded and fixed. The shell feeding, press fitting and welding all need corresponding equipment to process, and after each procedure is completed, the semi-finished battery needs to be transferred to the next processing equipment by using a manipulator to process.

However, the shell is more in the shell press-fitting process, if the semi-finished battery is transported by using the manipulator, the manipulator only completes the transportation of the semi-finished battery once in each reciprocating motion, the efficiency is lower, in addition, the manipulator is required to be correspondingly arranged in the corresponding process, the cost of the manipulator is higher, and the processing cost of the shell is higher.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a shell entering press-fitting production line, which aims at solving the technical problems of low shell entering press-fitting efficiency and high cost in the related technology.

A shell-in press-fit production line, comprising:

a carrier transport mechanism including a carrier transport member that moves cyclically along a predetermined transport path;

the carrier is connected to the carrier conveying piece and used for accommodating the top cover and the battery cell, and the carrier sequentially passes through a shell entering station, a press mounting station and a pre-welding station along with the carrier conveying piece;

the shell feeding mechanism comprises a pickup piece, wherein the pickup piece is switched between a shell taking station and a shell feeding station, and is suitable for picking up a shell at the shell taking station or sleeving the shell on an electric core at the shell feeding station;

a press-fit mechanism including a press-fit member adapted to press-fit the housing at the press-fit station;

a pre-weld mechanism comprising a pre-weld adapted to weld the housing and the top cover at the pre-weld station.

In some embodiments, the shell-entering press-fitting production line further comprises a shaping mechanism, wherein the shaping mechanism comprises a shaping piece, the shaping piece is suitable for compressing the shell at a pre-welding station, the press-fitting piece is arranged adjacent to the shaping piece, and the shell is compressed by the shaping piece immediately after being pressed by the press-fitting piece.

In some embodiments, the shell-entering press-fitting production line further comprises a feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding piece, the feeding piece is switched between a material taking station and a feeding station, the feeding station is located on a circulation path of the carrier, the feeding station is located at the upstream of the shell-entering station, and the feeding piece is suitable for picking up the battery cell and the top cover at the material taking station, or the feeding piece is suitable for conveying the battery cell and the top cover to the carrier at the feeding station.

In some embodiments, the shell-entering press-fitting production line further comprises a blanking mechanism, the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking member, the blanking member is switched between a blanking station and a welding station, the blanking station is located on a circulation path of the carrier, the blanking station is located at the downstream of the pre-shell station, and the blanking member is suitable for transferring the pre-welded battery located at the blanking station to the welding station.

In some embodiments, the in-shell mechanism further comprises an in-shell conveying mechanism comprising an in-shell conveying member that circulates along a prescribed conveying path, and the pick-up member is connected with the in-shell conveying member.

In some embodiments, the pick-up comprises:

the pick-up seat is connected with the shell-entering conveying piece;

the pick-up head is arranged on the pick-up seat in a sliding manner and is suitable for picking up the shell;

and the pick-up driving piece drives the pick-up head to move in the vertical direction relative to the pick-up seat.

In some embodiments, the shell-entering conveying mechanism includes a shell-entering conveying loop line, a shell-entering rotor portion is laid on the shell-entering conveying loop line, the shell-entering conveying member includes a shell-entering stator portion, and the shell-entering rotor portion and the shell-entering stator portion cooperate to make the shell-entering conveying member move on the shell-entering conveying loop line in a magnetic driving manner.

In some embodiments, the carrier comprises:

the mounting seat is connected with the carrier conveying piece and is used for bearing the top cover and the battery cell;

and the centering clamping assembly is arranged on the mounting seat and is suitable for clamping the top cover.

In some embodiments, the press-fit mechanism further comprises:

the press fitting piece is movably arranged on the press fitting seat;

the press-fit driving piece drives the press-fit piece to move up and down.

In some embodiments, the carrier transport mechanism includes a carrier transport loop, a carrier mover portion is laid on the carrier transport loop, and the carrier transport member includes a carrier stator portion, where the carrier mover portion and the carrier stator portion cooperate to move the carrier transport member on the carrier transport loop by using a magnetic driving method.

The beneficial effects that technical scheme that this application provided brought include:

the embodiment of the application provides a go into shell pressure equipment production line, owing to carrier conveying mechanism's setting, the carrier that bears top cap and electric core can circulate in proper order to go into shell station, pressure equipment station and prewelding station to establish the shell cover on electric core respectively, press-fit the shell and overlap and locate electric core and top cap and with top cap and shell prewelding. The multiple processes of shell entering press fitting of the shell are sequentially carried out, the semi-finished battery is more convenient to circulate among different stations, the semi-finished battery is convenient to continuously process, the processing efficiency of shell entering press fitting of the shell is improved, and the carrier moves circularly along with the carrier conveying piece, so that after the carrier carries the semi-finished battery to finish one-wheel shell entering press fitting process, the semi-finished battery which finishes shell entering press fitting can be taken down, the top cover and the battery core are replaced on the carrier, and the processing is continued, so that the processing efficiency of shell entering press fitting of the shell is further improved. In addition, a manipulator is not required to be arranged between adjacent stations for transferring the semi-finished battery, so that the cost is greatly reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a shell-in press-fitting production line provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a shell-entering mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a pick provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a press-fitting mechanism and a shaping mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a setting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a pre-welding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a pre-weld assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a housing provided in an embodiment of the present application prior to passing through a housing entry station;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a housing provided in an embodiment of the present application after passing through a housing entry station;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a housing provided in an embodiment of the present application after passing through a press-fitting station.

In the figure: 11. a carrier transport loop; 12. a carrier transport; 2. a carrier; 21. a mounting base; 22. centering the clamping assembly; 221. a clamping head; 222. centering the elastic member; 3. a feeding mechanism; 4. a shell feeding mechanism; 41. a shell feeding conveying mechanism; 411. a shell feeding conveying loop line; 412. a shell feeding conveying member; 42. a pick-up; 421. a pickup base; 422. a pick-up head; 423. picking up the driving piece; 5. a press-fitting mechanism; 51. a press-fitting member; 511. pressing a mounting seat; 512. a belt assembly; 513. pressing the driving piece; 52. pressing and installing a frame; 6. a pre-welding mechanism; 61. a pre-weld assembly; 611. a pre-welding seat; 612. pre-welding a positioning piece; 6121. a positioning seat; 6122. a positioning head; 6123. positioning a driving piece; 613. a pre-weld; 614. a pre-weld driver; 7. a shaping mechanism; 71. a shaping piece; 72. a shaping frame; 8. a blanking mechanism; a. a top cover; b. a battery cell; c. a housing.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present application based on the embodiments herein.

The embodiment of the application provides a go into shell pressure equipment production line, its carrier that utilizes carrier conveying mechanism to drive to bear top cap and electric core flows to a plurality of stations in proper order and processes, has made things convenient for semi-manufactured goods battery's transportation, has improved into shell pressure equipment efficiency, and has reduced the cost by a wide margin. The technical problems of low shell-in-shell press-fitting efficiency and high cost in the related art are solved.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a shell-in press-fitting production line includes a machine (not shown), a carrier conveying mechanism, and a carrier 2. The carrier conveying mechanism is mounted on the machine table, and comprises a carrier conveying loop 11 and a carrier conveying member 12, wherein the carrier conveying member 12 circularly moves on the carrier conveying loop 11 along a specified conveying path. The carrier transporting loop 11 may be annular, square or racetrack, and in this embodiment, the carrier transporting loop 11 is racetrack, so that the carrier transporting member 12 moves on the carrier transporting loop 11 along a racetrack path. The carrier 2 is used for placing the top cover a and the battery cell b, and the carrier 2 is fixed on the carrier conveying member 12 through bolts so as to move circularly along with the carrier conveying member 12. The carrier transporting member 12 has a plate-like structure to facilitate connection of the carriers 2. As the carrier 2 moves on the carrier transport loop 11, the carrier 2 passes through the loading station, the shell loading station, the press-fitting station, the pre-welding station, and the unloading station in sequence.

Referring to fig. 1, a top cover a and a battery cell b are placed on a carrier 2 at a loading station, a shell c is sleeved on the battery cell b at a press-fitting station, the shell c is press-fitted to the battery cell b and the top cover a at the press-fitting station, the shell c and the top cover a are welded and fixed at a pre-welding station, and a semi-finished battery after pre-welding is transferred at a blanking station, so that one-round shell-entering press-fitting processing is completed. Subsequently, the carrier 2 is again transferred to the feeding station, and a second round of shell-entering press-fitting processing is started, so that the carrier is reciprocated. It should be noted that, the semi-finished battery refers to a top cover a and a battery cell b, or a top cover a, a battery cell b and a battery cell c in a state that a housing c is sleeved on the battery cell b, or a top cover a, a battery cell b and a battery cell c in a state that the top cover a and the battery cell c are pre-welded and fixed.

The device is characterized in that the carrier 2 can carry the top cover a and the battery cell b to sequentially transfer to different stations for processing, so that the semi-finished battery can be conveniently transferred between different stations, the semi-finished battery can be continuously processed, and the processing efficiency of the shell c in the shell press fitting is improved. In addition, the carrier 2 is circularly circulated, so that the carrier 2 can carry the semi-finished battery again to continue processing after finishing one round of processing, and the processing efficiency of shell-in press fitting is further improved. In addition, when the semi-finished battery is transferred between different stations, the transfer of a mechanical arm is not needed, so that the cost is greatly reduced.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, further, the carrier transport member 12 includes a plurality of carrier transport members 12 disposed at intervals on the carrier transport endless line 11. Correspondingly, a plurality of carriers 2 are also provided, and a plurality of carriers 2 are respectively fixed on a plurality of carrier conveyers 12. The carriers 2 circulate on the carrier conveying loop 11, and each station continuously processes the semi-finished battery along with the circulation of the carriers 2, so that the processing efficiency is further improved.

Specifically, a carrier mover portion is laid on the carrier transport loop 11, and the carrier mover portion is laid along a racetrack shape. The carrier transport member 12 includes a carrier stator portion, and the carrier mover portion and the carrier stator portion cooperate to magnetically drive the carrier transport member 12 on the carrier transport loop 11. The carrier rotor part and the carrier stator part are two component parts of a linear motor respectively, the carrier rotor part and the carrier stator part are assembled to form the linear motor, and the carrier stator part can be driven to move relative to the carrier rotor part by electrifying the carrier rotor part. The working principle of the carrier rotor part and the carrier stator part after being matched is consistent with that of the linear motor, and redundant description is omitted here.

The carrier rotor part is arranged on the carrier conveying loop 11, and the carrier rotor part is arranged on the carrier conveying member 12, so that the carrier conveying loop 11 is externally connected with a power supply, the carrier conveying member 12 can circulate on the carrier conveying loop 11 without arranging power on the carrier conveying member 12, and the design of a circuit supply circuit of the carrier conveying member 12 is simplified, so that the carrier conveying loop 11 is simpler.

Referring to fig. 2, wherein the carrier 2 comprises a mounting 21 and a centering clamp assembly 22. The mounting base 21 is fixed to the carrier transport 12 by bolts, and the mounting base 21 is used for supporting the top cover a and the battery cell b. The centering clamping assembly 22 is mounted on the mounting base 21 and is used for clamping the top cover a, so that the top cover a and the battery cell b are limited on the mounting base 21, and therefore, the top cover a and the battery cell b are not easy to fall off the carrier 2 when the carrier 2 flows.

Referring to fig. 2, in particular, the centering clamp assembly 22 includes at least two sets, and the two sets of centering clamp assemblies 22 clamp the top cover a in the length direction and the width direction of the top cover a, respectively, to limit the top cover a.

Referring to fig. 2, the centering and clamping assembly 22 includes two clamping heads 221, both clamping heads 221 are slidably disposed on the mounting base 21 along the same direction, and the two clamping heads 221 are slid toward each other to clamp the top cover a. In this embodiment, the two clamping heads 221 are connected through the centering elastic member 222 or the clamping heads 221 are connected with the mounting seat 21 through the centering elastic member 222, and the clamping heads 221 are driven to move close to each other by the elastic force of the centering elastic member 222 to clamp the top cover a.

Referring to fig. 2, the centering elastic members 222 of each centering and clamping assembly 22 may be provided with one, and two ends of one centering elastic member 222 are respectively fixed to the two clamping heads 221, so as to drive the two clamping heads 221 to move toward each other by elastic force. The centering elastic members 222 of each centering and clamping assembly 22 may also be provided in plurality, and the clamping heads 221 are connected with the mounting base 21 through the centering elastic members 222 so as to drive the clamping heads 221 to clamp the top cover a. In this embodiment, the centering spring 222 includes a spring or tension spring.

Further, a plurality of unlocking linear driving pieces are arranged on the machine table, and each unlocking linear driving piece comprises a screw rod mechanism, a linear motor or an air cylinder. Wherein, material loading station, pressure equipment station, unloading station and prewelding station all are equipped with unblock sharp driving piece. The restriction on the top cover a is released by unlocking the linear driving member to push or pull the clamping head 221 to drive the clamping head 221 to move away from the top cover a.

In this way, the power source for driving the two clamping heads 221 of the centering and clamping assembly 22 to move away from each other is arranged on the machine, so that the structure of the carrier 2 is simplified, and the carrier 2 does not need power, so that the problem of laying close to a power supply line is not required.

In some embodiments, the clamping head 221 may be driven to move by a linear module such as an air cylinder, a screw mechanism or a linear motor disposed on the mounting base 21, so as to clamp the top cover a or unlock the limit state of the top cover a.

Referring to fig. 1, alternatively, the shell-entering press-fitting production line includes a feeding mechanism 3, the feeding mechanism 3 is mounted on a machine table, the feeding mechanism 3 includes a feeding frame and a feeding member, the feeding frame is fixed on the machine table, and the feeding member is mounted on the feeding frame. The feeding piece comprises a picking end for picking up the battery cell b and the top cover a, and the feeding piece is switched between a material taking station and a feeding station. And after the battery cell b and the top cover a are welded and fixed, the battery cell b and the top cover a are stored at the material taking station. And the feeding part picks up the battery core b and the top cover a at the material taking station and then transfers the battery core b and the top cover a to the carrier 2 at the material feeding station, so that the material feeding operation is completed. The feeding piece comprises a multi-axis mechanical arm, and the multi-axis mechanical arm can pick up the battery cell b and the top cover a in an adsorption or clamping mode.

By means of the arrangement, the feeding mechanism 3 is utilized, the battery cell b and the top cover a can be automatically placed on the carrier 2 at the feeding station, the shell entering press-fitting operation can be started, the automatic feeding of the battery cell b and the top cover a is realized, and the shell entering press-fitting efficiency of the shell c is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, alternatively, the in-shell press-fitting production line includes an in-shell mechanism 4, and the in-shell mechanism 4 includes a pickup 42, and the pickup 42 is switched between a shell taking station and a shell in station. Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the picking member 42 is adapted to pick up the housing c at the shelling station and to nest the housing c onto the cell b at the shelling station. Wherein the shells c are centrally stored in the shell-taking station for pick-up and transfer by the pick-up 42.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, specifically, the in-shell mechanism 4 further includes an in-shell conveying mechanism 41, the in-shell conveying mechanism 41 is mounted on a machine, the in-shell conveying mechanism 41 includes an in-shell conveying loop 411 and an in-shell conveying member 412, and the in-shell conveying member 412 circularly moves on the in-shell conveying loop 411 along a prescribed conveying path. The in-shell conveying loop 411 may be in a circular ring shape, a square frame shape or a racetrack shape, and in this embodiment, the in-shell conveying loop 411 is in a racetrack shape, so that the in-shell conveying member 412 circularly moves along a racetrack-shaped path on the in-shell conveying loop 411. The pickup member 42 is connected with the in-shell conveying member 412, and the in-shell conveying member 412 has a plate-like structure to facilitate connection with the pickup member 42. The picking member 42 thus circulates on the in-shell transfer loop 411 with the in-shell transfer member 412 such that the picking member 42 passes through the in-shell station and the in-shell station in sequence, and the picking member 42 circulates between the in-shell station and the in-shell station to transfer the shell c of the in-shell station to the in-shell station and to be sleeved onto the cell b.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, further, the in-case conveyor 412 includes a plurality of in-case conveyors 412 spaced apart on the in-case conveyor loop 411. Correspondingly, a plurality of pickup members 42 are provided, and the plurality of pickup members 42 are respectively fixed on the plurality of in-shell conveying members 412. The plurality of pickup pieces 42 are all circulated on the shell feeding conveying loop 411, and can continuously feed the shell c to the shell feeding station, so that the shell c requirement of the shell feeding station is met, and the shell feeding press-fitting processing efficiency is improved.

Specifically, the casing feeding mover portion is laid on the casing feeding loop 411, and the casing feeding mover portion is laid along a racetrack shape. The in-shell conveying member 412 includes an in-shell stator portion, and the in-shell mover portion and the in-shell stator portion cooperate to magnetically drive the in-shell conveying member 412 on the in-shell conveying loop 411. The shell-entering rotor part and the shell-entering stator part are two component parts of the linear motor respectively, the shell-entering rotor part and the shell-entering stator part are assembled to form the linear motor, and the shell-entering stator part can be driven to move relative to the shell-entering rotor part by electrifying the shell-entering rotor part. The working principle of the shell-entering rotor part and the shell-entering stator part after being matched is consistent with that of the linear motor, and redundant description is omitted here.

The arrangement is that the shell entering rotor part is arranged on the shell entering conveying loop line 411, and the shell entering rotor part is arranged on the shell entering conveying piece 412, and the shell entering conveying loop line 411 is externally connected with a power supply because the shell entering rotor part needs the external power supply, so that the shell entering conveying piece 412 can flow on the shell entering conveying loop line 411 without arranging power on the shell entering conveying piece 412, and the design of a circuit supply line of the shell entering conveying piece 412 is simplified, so that the shell entering conveying loop line 411 is more concise.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, specifically, the pickup member 42 includes a pickup base 421, a pickup head 422, and a pickup driving member 423, the pickup base 421 and the in-shell conveying member 412 are fixed by bolts, the pickup head 422 is slidably disposed on the pickup base 421 through a guide rail set, a fixed end of the pickup driving member 423 is fixed with the pickup base 421 by bolts, and a driving end of the pickup driving member 423 is connected with the pickup head 422 to drive the pickup head 422 to move in a vertical direction. The pickup driving piece 423 includes a screw mechanism, a linear motor, or a cylinder, and in this embodiment, the pickup driving piece 423 includes a screw mechanism.

Further, the pick-up head 422 includes a plurality of adsorption ends, and the adsorption ends are communicated with an external negative pressure device, so that the shell c is picked up in an adsorption manner, and is not easy to damage the shell c. Wherein the adsorption end comprises a suction nozzle or a suction cup and the like. In other embodiments, the pick-up head 422 may also be a pneumatic gripper to pick up the housing c in a gripping manner.

After the shell c is picked up by the pick-up member 42, the shell c flows to a shell entering station on the shell entering conveying loop 411, the pick-up member 42 and the shell c are both positioned above the carrier 2 and the battery cell b at the shell entering station, and a shell opening of the shell c is opposite to the battery cell b. Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the pickup member 42 drives the housing c to descend, so that the housing c is sleeved on the battery cell b to complete the housing-in operation.

By means of the arrangement, the shells c are continuously picked up and transferred to the shell feeding station, sufficient supply of the shells c at the shell feeding station is guaranteed, and shell feeding press-fitting efficiency of the shells c is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 and 5, optionally, the in-shell press-fitting production line further includes a press-fitting mechanism 5, the press-fitting mechanism 5 includes a press-fitting member 51, and the press-fitting member 51 is adapted to move up and down at a press-fitting station to press down the housing c, referring to fig. 10 and 11, so that the housing c is press-fitted to be completely sleeved on the battery cell b and the top cover a.

Referring to fig. 1 and 5, specifically, the press-fitting mechanism 5 further includes a press-fitting frame 52, the press-fitting frame 52 is fixed to the machine by bolts, and the press-fitting member 51 is mounted on the press-fitting frame 52. The press-fitting part 51 comprises a press-fitting seat 511, a belt assembly 512 and a press-fitting driving part 513, the press-fitting seat 511 is movably arranged on the press-fitting frame 52, the belt assembly 512 is arranged on the press-fitting seat 511, and the conveying path direction of the belt assembly 512 is consistent with the circulation direction of the carrier 2. The belt of the belt assembly 512 is adapted to contact the top surface of the housing c. The fixed end of the press-fit driving member 513 is fixed to the press-fit frame 52 by bolts, and the driving end of the press-fit driving member 513 is fixed to the press-fit seat 511, so that the press-fit driving member 513 drives the press-fit seat 511 to descend, and the belt assembly 512 is used to press down the housing c. The press-fit driving member 513 includes an electric cylinder, an air cylinder, a linear motor, or a screw mechanism, and in this embodiment, the press-fit driving member 513 includes an electric cylinder.

The carrier 2 carries the semi-finished battery and passes through the lower part of the press fitting piece 51, the press fitting piece 51 descends to press fit the shell c to be completely sleeved on the battery cell b and the top cover a.

In this way, the casing c is press-fitted by the press-fitting member 51, and the semi-finished battery can be circulated along with the carrier 2 during press-fitting, and the semi-finished battery does not need to stay at the press-fitting station during press-fitting. When the semi-finished battery passes under the press-fitting member 51, the press-fitting member 51 descends to press-fit the housing c, and when the housing c is pressed by the belt assembly 512, the belt assembly 512 operates together, and the contact surface between the belt assembly 512 and the housing c does not move relative to the housing c, so that the housing c is not easily worn. In addition, when the shell c is pressed, the carrier 2 does not need to pause circulation, so that the shell pressing efficiency of the shell c is further improved.

Referring to fig. 1, 7 and 8, the in-shell press-fitting line optionally further comprises a pre-welding mechanism 6, the pre-welding mechanism 6 being adapted to weld the shell c and the top cover a at a pre-welding station. After the semi-finished battery is subjected to press fitting processing, the semi-finished battery flows to a pre-welding station along with the jig, and the top cover a and the shell c are welded by a pre-welding mechanism 6.

Referring to fig. 1, 7 and 8, specifically, the pre-welding mechanism 6 includes two sets of pre-welding assemblies 61, the two sets of pre-welding assemblies 61 are disposed at intervals, and the carrier 2 can pass through between the two pre-welding assemblies 61, and the pre-welding assemblies 61 respectively pre-weld two side surfaces of the housing c. The pre-welding assembly 61 includes a pre-welding seat 611, a pre-welding positioning member 612 and a pre-welding member 613, wherein the pre-welding seat 611 is fixed on the machine, and the pre-welding positioning member 612 and the pre-welding member 613 are both mounted on the pre-welding seat 611. In this embodiment, the pre-weldment 613 is a penetration welding head, and the side surfaces of the top cover a and the housing c are welded and fixed by adopting a penetration welding mode.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the pre-welding positioning member 612 includes a positioning seat 6121, a positioning driving member 6123 and a positioning head 6122, the positioning seat 6121 is disposed on the pre-welding seat 611, a fixed end of the positioning driving member 6123 is fixed with the positioning seat 6121 by a bolt, and a driving end of the positioning driving member 6123 is connected with the positioning head 6122 to drive the positioning head 6122 to move perpendicular to the circulation direction of the carrier 2. After the carrier 2 flows between the two pre-welding assemblies 61, the two sets of pre-welding positioning pieces 612 clamp the semi-finished battery, and the pre-welding piece 613 welds the semi-finished battery. The positioning driving member 6123 includes an air cylinder, and in this embodiment, each of the pre-welding assemblies 61 includes a plurality of groups of pre-welding positioning members 612, and the groups of pre-welding positioning members 612 are arranged along the circulation direction of the carrier 2, so as to improve the clamping stability of the semi-finished battery.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in the present embodiment, the pre-welding positioning member 612 is fixed on the pre-welding seat 611, the pre-welding member 613 is slidably disposed on the pre-welding seat 611 along the flow direction of the carrier 2, correspondingly, the pre-welding mechanism 6 further includes a pre-welding driving member 614, the fixed end of the pre-welding driving member 614 is fixed to the pre-welding seat 611 through a bolt, and the driving end of the pre-welding driving member 614 is fixed to the pre-welding member 613 to drive the pre-welding member 613 to move along the conveying direction of the carrier 2. The pre-weld driver 614 includes a screw mechanism, an air cylinder, or a linear motor, and in this embodiment, the pre-weld driver 614 includes a screw mechanism.

So set up, after the semi-manufactured battery pressure equipment flows to the pre-welding station, the semi-manufactured product is placed between two groups of pre-welding components 61, at this time, the carrier 2 stops flowing, the pre-welding positioning pieces 612 of the two groups of pre-welding components 61 clamp and position the semi-manufactured battery, and then the pre-welding driving piece 614 drives the pre-welding piece 613 to move, so that the pre-welding piece 613 performs pre-welding on a plurality of positions of the semi-manufactured battery. Because of the arrangement of the pre-welding positioning members 612, before pre-welding the semi-finished battery, the two groups of pre-welding positioning members 612 respectively push the semi-finished battery, so that the semi-finished battery is positioned in the middle of the two groups of pre-welding assemblies 61, the welding of the two opposite sides of the subsequent semi-finished battery is facilitated, and the welding quality is improved.

In some embodiments, the pre-welding positioning member 612 is slidably disposed on the pre-welding seat 611, and a linear module for driving the pre-welding positioning member 612 to move along the direction of the carrier 2 is correspondingly disposed, and the speed of the pre-welding positioning member 612 moving along the direction of the carrier 2 is consistent with the speed of the carrier 2. Therefore, during pre-welding, after the semi-finished battery is clamped and positioned by the pre-welding positioning piece 612, the semi-finished battery can flow along with the semi-finished battery, so that the carrier 2 does not need to stay at the pre-welding station, and the processing efficiency is improved. Note that, in this embodiment, the pre-welding piece 613 may be fixed on the pre-welding seat 611, or may be slidably disposed on the pre-welding seat 611 along the flow direction of the carrier 2, however, the sliding speed of the pre-welding piece 613 needs to be smaller than the flow speed of the carrier 2.

Referring to fig. 1, 5 and 6, further, the shell-entering press-fitting production line further comprises a shaping mechanism 7, the shaping mechanism 7 comprises a shaping frame 72 and a shaping piece 71, the shaping frame 72 is fixed on a machine table through bolts, the shaping piece 71 is arranged on the shaping frame 72, the carrier 2 flows from the lower side of the shaping piece 71, and the shaping piece 71 is used for pressing the shell c.

Referring to fig. 1, 5 and 6, the shaping member 71 is adapted to compress the housing c at the pre-welding station, and the press-fitting member 51 is disposed adjacent to the shaping member 71, and the housing c is compressed by the shaping member 71 immediately after being press-fitted by the press-fitting member 51, and the height of the shaping member 71 is consistent with the lowest height of the press-fitting member 51. It can be understood that after the housing c is pressed to the lowest height at the press-mounting station from the press-mounting station, the pressed housing c flows to the lower portion of the shaping member 71, and the shaping member 71 limits the housing c to separate from the battery core b and the top cover a, so that the pressed state of the housing c is maintained, and the pre-welding mechanism 6 performs welding fixation on the housing c and the top cover a in the pressed state of the housing c.

The setting is that, because setting mechanism 7 sets up, shell c is through pressure equipment of pressure equipment mechanism 5 back, and in the in-process of the welded part of circulation to prewelding mechanism 6, under the restriction of setting piece 71, shell c is difficult for breaking away from the cover with top cap a establishes the state owing to self elasticity or the shake in the circulation in-process, conveniently maintains shell c's pressure equipment state. In addition, the pre-welding mechanism 6 welds the housing c below the forming member 71 to ensure that the housing c is fixed to the top cover a, thereby improving welding quality.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, specifically, the shaping member 71 includes a plurality of shaping rollers rotatably connected to the shaping frame 72, the lowermost height of the shaping rollers being identical to the lowermost height of the press-fitting member 51 and being juxtaposed with the press-fitting member 51 in the circulation direction of the carrier 2. The plurality of shaping rollers are arranged along the circulation direction of the carrier 2, when the shell c passes through from the lower part of the shaping rollers, the shaping rollers roll on the shell c, and the shell c is not easy to scratch while the press-fit state of the shell c is maintained.

Referring to fig. 1, the shell-entering press-fitting production line comprises a blanking mechanism 8, wherein the blanking mechanism 8 comprises a blanking frame and a blanking piece, the blanking frame is fixed on a machine table, and the blanking piece is installed on the blanking frame. The blanking piece comprises a pickup end for picking up the pre-welded semi-finished battery, and the blanking piece is switched between a blanking station and a welding station. And the semi-finished battery after the pre-welding is finished is further processed at a welding station. And the blanking piece picks up the semi-finished battery at the blanking station and then transfers the semi-finished battery to the welding station, so that the blanking operation is finished. The blanking piece comprises a multi-shaft manipulator, and the multi-shaft manipulator can pick up the battery cell b and the top cover a in an adsorption or clamping mode.

By means of the arrangement, the semi-finished battery subjected to pre-welding can be automatically transferred to the welding station for processing by the aid of the blanking mechanism 8, blanking automation of the semi-finished battery is completed, and processing efficiency is improved.

The embodiment of the application provides a shell entering press-fit production line, because of the setting of carrier conveying mechanism, carrier 2 bearing top cover a and cell b can flow to shell entering station, press-fit station and pre-welding station in proper order to establish shell c cover on cell b respectively, press-fit shell c and cover locate cell b and top cover a and with top cover a and shell c pre-welding. The multiple processes of shell c's income shell pressure equipment go on in proper order, and semi-manufactured goods battery's circulation between different stations is more convenient, and convenient continuous processing semi-manufactured goods battery has improved shell c and has gone into shell pressure equipment's machining efficiency, because carrier 2 carries semi-manufactured goods battery to accomplish one round and go into shell pressure equipment process after, can take off the semi-manufactured goods battery that completes into shell pressure equipment, place top cap a and electric core b on carrier 2 again, and continue processing, further improved shell c and gone into shell pressure equipment's machining efficiency. In addition, a manipulator is not required to be arranged between adjacent stations for transferring the semi-finished battery, so that the cost is greatly reduced.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the azimuth or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", etc. are based on the azimuth or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description of the present application and simplification of the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific azimuth, be configured and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "coupled" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as the case may be.

It should be noted that in this application, relational terms such as "first" and "second" and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the application to enable one skilled in the art to understand or practice the application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (10)

1. Go into shell pressure equipment production line, its characterized in that includes:

a carrier transport mechanism including a carrier transport member that moves cyclically along a predetermined transport path;

the carrier is connected to the carrier conveying piece and used for accommodating the top cover and the battery cell, and the carrier sequentially passes through a shell entering station, a press mounting station and a pre-welding station along with the carrier conveying piece;

the shell feeding mechanism comprises a pickup piece, wherein the pickup piece is switched between a shell taking station and a shell feeding station, and is suitable for picking up a shell at the shell taking station or sleeving the shell on an electric core at the shell feeding station;

a press-fit mechanism including a press-fit member adapted to press-fit the housing at the press-fit station;

a pre-weld mechanism comprising a pre-weld adapted to weld the housing and the top cover at the pre-weld station.

2. The shell-entering press-fitting production line according to claim 1, further comprising a shaping mechanism, wherein the shaping mechanism comprises a shaping member, the shaping member is suitable for pressing the shell at a pre-welding station, the press-fitting member is arranged adjacent to the shaping member, and the shell is pressed by the shaping member immediately after being pressed by the press-fitting member.

3. The shell-entering press-fit production line according to claim 1, further comprising a feeding mechanism comprising a feeding member, the feeding member being switched between a material taking station and a feeding station, the feeding station being on a circulation path of the carrier, and the feeding station being located upstream of the shell-entering station, the feeding member being adapted to pick up the battery cell and the top cover at the material taking station, or the feeding member being adapted to send the battery cell and the top cover to the carrier at the feeding station.

4. The shell-entering press-fit production line according to claim 1, further comprising a blanking mechanism comprising a blanking member, the blanking member being switched between a blanking station and a welding station, the blanking station being on a circulation path of the carrier, and the blanking station being located downstream of the shell-entering station, the blanking member being adapted to transfer a pre-welded completed battery at the blanking station to the welding station.

5. The in-shell press-fit line according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the in-shell mechanism further comprises an in-shell conveying mechanism including an in-shell conveying member that moves cyclically along a prescribed conveying path, the pickup member being connected to the in-shell conveying member.

6. The in-shell press-fitting line according to claim 5, wherein the pick-up member comprises:

the pick-up seat is connected with the shell-entering conveying piece;

the pick-up head is arranged on the pick-up seat in a sliding manner and is suitable for picking up the shell;

and the pick-up driving piece drives the pick-up head to move in the vertical direction relative to the pick-up seat.

7. The in-shell press-fitting production line according to claim 5, wherein the in-shell conveying mechanism comprises an in-shell conveying loop line, an in-shell rotor part is laid on the in-shell conveying loop line, the in-shell conveying member comprises an in-shell stator part, and the in-shell rotor part and the in-shell stator part are matched to enable the in-shell conveying member to move on the in-shell conveying loop line in a magnetic driving mode.

8. The in-shell press-fit line according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the carrier comprises:

the mounting seat is connected with the carrier conveying piece and is used for bearing the top cover and the battery cell;

and the centering clamping assembly is arranged on the mounting seat and is suitable for clamping the top cover.

9. The in-shell press-fit line according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the press-fit mechanism further comprises:

the press fitting piece is movably arranged on the press fitting seat;

the press-fit driving piece drives the press-fit piece to move up and down.

10. The shell-entering press-fit production line according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the carrier conveying mechanism comprises a carrier conveying loop line, a carrier mover part is laid on the carrier conveying loop line, the carrier conveyor comprises a carrier stator part, and the carrier mover part and the carrier stator part are matched to enable the carrier conveyor to move on the carrier conveying loop line in a magnetic driving mode.