JP2010212139A - Lamination jig, lamination device, and method of manufacturing fuel battery cell - Google Patents

Abstract

Cell stacking work can be performed accurately and in a short time, and the production efficiency of a fuel cell stack is improved.
A slide guide 36 extending at least at two locations near the lower end of the cell 10 and at one location near the side end, and arranged at one end of the slide guide 36 in parallel with the cell 10 and opened and closed in a direction parallel to the cell 10. The transport tray 18 including the gate plate 38 is brought into contact with the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 using the conveyors 20A and 20B of the transport means 20. By this loading means 16, the normal direction of the base plate 22 and the cell 10 of the stacking jig 14 is matched, and a plurality of cells 10 are loaded at a time along the guide bar 24 from the open end of the guide bar 24. All the cells 10 loaded in the stacking jig 14 are parallel to the base plate 22 and aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar 24 and are held in a stacked state.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel cell stacking jig, a stacking apparatus, and a manufacturing method.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the fuel cell includes a fuel cell stack 11 in which a plurality of types of cell constituent members are stacked to form a cell (single cell) 10 and a plurality of cells 10 are stacked. By configuring, a necessary voltage is ensured. By the way, the stacking operation of the cells 10 at the time of manufacturing the fuel cell stack 11 has been conventionally performed by repeating a necessary number of cells 10 one by one. The cell stacking operation may be performed by a robot. Conventionally, a jig for accurately aligning a plurality of cells has been used for stacking the cells 10 (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2006-164899 A JP 2004-335146 A

By the way, when manufacturing the fuel cell stack 11, for example, if the time required for the stacking operation per cell is about 10 seconds, in order to obtain the fuel cell stack 11 in which 300 cells 10 are stacked. This requires 10 × 300 = 3000 seconds (50 minutes) for the stacking operation, which is an obstacle to improving the mass productivity of the fuel cell stack 11.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable cell stacking operations to be performed accurately and in a short time, and to increase the production efficiency of the fuel cell stack.

(Aspect of the Invention)
The following aspects of the present invention exemplify the configuration of the present invention, and will be described separately for easy understanding of various configurations of the present invention. Each section does not limit the technical scope of the present invention, and some of the components of each section are replaced, deleted, or further while referring to the best mode for carrying out the invention. Those to which the above components are added can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

(1) A jig for setting a plurality of cells stacked in a normal direction to a pressurizing machine and performing pressurizing and fastening, with the base plate and the base plate leaning vertically or diagonally Sometimes, the base plate includes a guide bar extending in the normal direction of the base plate from at least two locations near the lower end and one location near the side end of the base plate. A fuel cell stacking jig in which a receiving port is configured to receive a cell along the guide bar in a state where the line directions are matched (claim 1).
The fuel cell stacking jig described in this section is loaded into the stacking jig by aligning the normal direction of the base plate and the cell from the open end of the guide bar and receiving the cell along the guide bar. Each of the cells formed is parallel to the base plate, aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar, and held in a stacked state.

(2) The fuel cell stacking jig according to the above (1), and the normal direction of the base plate and the cell coincide with the stacking jig, and the cells are loaded along the guide bar. A fuel cell stacking device comprising: a charging means for the fuel cell (claim 2).
In the fuel cell stacking apparatus described in this section, the loading unit aligns the normal direction of the base plate of the stacking jig and the cell, and loads the cell along the guide bar. All the loaded cells are parallel to the base plate, aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar, and held in a stacked state.

  (3) In the above item (2), the loading means holds a plurality of cells in a stacked state and feeds the transport tray to the stacking jig at a time, and the transport tray receives the stacking jig. Transporting means for transporting to and coming into contact with the bank, and the stacking jig includes a movable plate that moves between the base plate and the open end of the guide bar while maintaining a state parallel to the base plate, and The base plate is leaned in an oblique direction, and the guide bar is set in an inclined state so as to extend obliquely upward from the base plate. A slide guide extending at least at two locations near the lower end of the cell and at one location near the side end, and at one end of the slide guide. A gate plate that is arranged in parallel with the cell and opens and closes in a direction parallel to the cell, and is provided with a conveyor or a transport roller that extends to the receiving port of the stacking jig and transports the transport tray as the transport means. A fuel cell stacking device (claim 3).

The fuel cell stacking device described in this section is a slide extending at least two locations near the lower end of the cell and one location near the side end for sliding the cells held in the stacking state in the normal direction. A transport tray provided with a guide and a gate plate that is arranged in parallel with the cell at one end of the slide guide and opens and closes in a direction parallel to the cell, the base plate is leaned diagonally using a conveyor or a transport roller of the transport means. Then, the guide bar is brought into contact with the receiving port of the stacking jig set in an inclined state so as to extend obliquely upward from the base plate.
On the other hand, the movable plate that moves between the base plate and the open end of the guide bar along the guide bar while maintaining a state parallel to the base plate of the stacking jig is placed on standby at the open end of the guide bar. In this state, by opening the gate plate of the transport tray, the cells held in the stacked state in the transport tray are moved from the transport tray to the stacking jig in the stacked state by its own weight, and are received by the movable plate. Then, by moving the movable plate to the base plate, the plurality of cells are held by the stacking jig while being stacked.

(4) The fuel cell stacking apparatus according to (4), wherein the stacking jig receiving port is provided with a gate plate opening / closing means of the transport tray.
The fuel cell stacking apparatus described in this section is a stacking state in the transport tray by opening the gate plate of the transport tray by opening and closing means of the transport tray gate plate provided at the receiving port of the stacking jig. The cells held in the container are transferred from the transport tray to the stacking jig in the stacked state by their own weight.

(5) In the above item (3) or (4), the transport tray is moved to a predetermined position of the stacking jig receiving port at the receiving port of the stacking jig and the gate plate side end of the transporting tray. A fuel cell stacking device provided with positioning means for bringing a berth into contact with water (claim 5).
The fuel cell stacking apparatus described in this section is transported to a predetermined position of the stacking jig receiving port by positioning means provided at the stacking jig receiving port and the gate plate side end of the transporting tray. It guides the tray and brings it to the exact position.

(6) In the above item (2), the loading means includes a conveyor or a transport roller that does not extend to the receiving port of the stacking jig, and a cell that flows in a flat state on the conveyor or the transport roller in a normal direction thereof. A fuel cell stacking device comprising: an erecting mechanism that erects so as to face the normal direction of the base plate (Claim 6).
The fuel cell stacking apparatus described in this section is configured such that the cells are flowed one by one in a flat state by a loading unit including a conveyor or a transport roller extending to the receiving port of the stacking jig, and the conveyor or the transport roller by the standing mechanism. Each cell is erected one by one so that the normal direction of the cell flowing above faces the normal direction of the base plate, and the cells are loaded along the guide bar. The cells loaded in the stacking jig in this manner are all parallel to the base plate, aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar, and held in the stacked state.

(7) In the above paragraphs (2) to (6), a fuel cell stacking apparatus comprising a pressurizer for setting the cells held in the stacked state by the stacking jig together with the transport jig (claim 7). .
In the fuel cell stacking apparatus described in this section, the cell held in the stacked state by the stacking jig is set together with the transport jig to the pressurizer, and the pressure of the pressurizer is set inside the stacking jig. It is applied in the normal direction of the held cell and is fastened with pressure.

(8) Inside the fuel cell stacking jig described in (1) above, the cells are held in a stacked state, the cells are set together with the stacking jig in a pressurizer, and the pressure of the pressurizer is stacked. A manufacturing method of a fuel cell that is applied in the normal direction of the cell held inside the jig and press-fastened (Claim 8).
The fuel cell manufacturing method described in this section is arranged so that the fuel cell stacking jig described in (1) is parallel to the base plate of the stacking jig and aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar. The held cell is set together with the stacking jig in the pressurizer, and the pressure of the pressurizer is applied in the normal direction of the cell held in the stacking jig and is fastened and fastened.

(9) Using the fuel cell stacking apparatus according to (2) to (6) above, a cell is loaded inside the stacking jig, and the cell is set together with the stacking jig in a pressurizer. A fuel cell manufacturing method for applying pressure by applying pressure of a pressurizer in a normal direction of a cell held inside a stacking jig (Claim 9).
The manufacturing method of the fuel cell described in this section is performed by the fuel cell stacking apparatus described in (2) to (6), aligned in parallel to the base plate of the stacking jig and in the normal direction by the guide bar. The cell held in the state is set together with the stacking jig on the pressurizer, and the pressure of the pressurizer is applied in the normal direction of the cell held inside the stacking jig and fastened with pressure. is there.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the cell stacking operation can be performed accurately and in a short time, and the production efficiency of the fuel cell stack can be increased.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a schematic diagram of the stacking apparatus of the fuel cell concerning the 1st embodiment of the present invention, (a) shows a lamination jig, a conveyance tray, and a conveyance means, (b) It is the elements on larger scale which show the positioning means provided in the receiving port of the lamination jig | tool, and the gate plate side edge part of a conveyance tray. FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating the transport tray illustrated in FIG. 1, in which FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the lamination process using the lamination apparatus of the fuel cell concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention to (a)-(g). The fuel cell lamination | stacking jig | tool of the fuel cell lamination apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. The conveyor or the conveyance roller and the standing mechanism of the stacking apparatus of the fuel cell concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention are shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. It is a schematic diagram which shows the pressurizer of the stacking apparatus of the fuel cell concerning the 1st, 2nd embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a detailed view of the standing mechanism shown in FIG. 5. It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a fuel cell stack.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Detailed description of the same or corresponding parts as those of the prior art will be omitted.
First, a fuel cell stacking jig, a stacking apparatus including the same, and a fuel cell manufacturing method using them will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. To do.
The fuel cell stacking apparatus 12 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a fuel cell stacking jig 14 (hereinafter simply referred to as “stacking jig”), as shown in FIG. And a loading means 16 for loading the plurality of cells 10 into the stacking jig 14. The loading means 16 includes a transport tray 18 and a transport means 20 for the transport tray 18.

  Now, when the stacking jig 14 is placed in a state in which the base plate 22 and the base plate 22 are leaned in an oblique direction as shown in FIG. 1, the base plate 22 starts from at least two places near the lower end and one place near the side end. And 22 guide bars 24 (24A, 24B) extending in the normal direction. The open end of the guide bar 24 configures a receiving port 26 for aligning the normal direction of the base plate 22 and the cell 10 and receiving the plurality of cells 10 along the guide bar 24, as will be described later. Yes. In the illustrated example, two guide bars 24 </ b> A are fixed to a bottom plate 28 that is fixed to the lower end of the base plate 22 and extends in the normal direction of the base plate 22. . On the other hand, the base ends of the two guide bars 24 </ b> B are directly fixed near the side ends of the base plate 22, and the distal ends are fixed to the ribs 30 erected on the bottom plate 28. The surfaces of the guide bars 24 are subjected to appropriate smoothing treatment such as mirror finishing and coating with a low friction material such as fluororesin in order to improve the sliding of the cell 10. The position and number of the guide bars 24 may be any as long as the cells 10 can be stably held.

Moreover, the lamination jig | tool 14 is provided with the movable plate 32 (FIG. 1). The movable plate 32 maintains a state parallel to the base plate 22 and moves between the base plate 22 and the open end (receiving port 26) of the guide bar 24 along the guide bar 24. It is fixed to the rod 34 a of the fixed cylinder 34 and is driven by the cylinder 34.
Then, as shown in the figure, the stacking jig 14 is set on an appropriate mounting table in a state where the base plate 22 leans in an oblique direction and the guide bar 24 is inclined so as to extend obliquely upward from the base plate 22. In the example shown in the figure, the loading jig 14 is held on the above posture by being placed on the inclined table 50a (see FIG. 6) of the transfer device 50 for being transferred to the pressurizer 46 described later. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the transport tray 18 has at least two locations near the lower end of the cell 10 and one location near the side end for sliding the cells 10 held in the stacked state in the normal direction. And a gate plate 38 that is disposed in parallel with the cell at one end of the slide guide 36 and opens and closes in a direction Z (see FIG. 2C) parallel to the cell.

In the example shown in the figure, the transport tray 18 includes a box-like container 40 that is open on the upper side and one end of the slide guide 36, and has two inner trays that are spaced according to the dimensions of the cell 10. The slide guide 36A is fixed. On the other hand, one slide guide 36B is fixed to the inner surface of the container. In addition, like the guide bar 24, the surfaces of the slide guides 36 are subjected to appropriate smoothing processing such as mirror finishing and coating with a low friction material such as fluororesin in order to improve the sliding of the cell 10. . The position and number of the slide guides 36 may be any as long as the cells 10 can be stably held.
The gate plate 38 is slidably fitted on the open end side of the container 40 in a guide groove 40 a formed in a direction orthogonal to the slide guide 36. The gate plate 38 is formed with a notch groove 38a for preventing interference with the slide guide 36A and a notch hole 38b with which an opening / closing means for the gate plate 38 described later is engaged.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the transport unit 20 is a conveyor or a transport roller that extends to the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 and transports the transport tray 18. In the illustrated example, a plurality of conveyors 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B are used, and the front end conveyor 20 </ b> A adjacent to the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 is tilted by the tilt cylinder 40 so that the tilt angle thereof It is possible to match. On the other hand, the other conveyors 20B are generally held horizontally in order to smoothly transport the transport tray 18. In addition, it is good also as replacing with conveyor 20A, 20B as a conveyance means 20, and using a conveyance roller.

In addition, an opening / closing cylinder 42 is provided at the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 as an opening / closing means for the gate plate 38 of the transport tray 18, and the hook 42 b of the cylinder rod 42 a is appropriately attached to the notch hole of the gate plate 38. The gate plate 38 can be opened so as to be pulled out of the transport tray 18 by being hung on 38b.
Further, as shown in a partially enlarged view in FIG. 1 (b), a predetermined position of the receiving port of the stacking jig 14 at the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 and the gate plate side end of the transport tray 18. Positioning means 44 for bringing the transport tray 18 to the shore is provided. In the illustrated example, the positioning means includes a positioning pin 44A provided on the stacking jig 14 side and a positioning hole 44B provided on the transport tray 18 side.

  Furthermore, the fuel cell stacking apparatus 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a pressurizer 46 (see FIG. 6) that sets the cells 10 held in a stacked state by the stacking jig 14 together with the transporting jig 14. I have. Then, the transport jig 14 is transported to the pressurizer 46 by the transport device 50 including the tilting table 50 a, and the transport jig 14 is held by the load receiver 49 and the tilting table 50 a of the transporting device 50. From the receiving port 26, the pressure of the pressure cylinder 48 is directly applied to the 10 held in the transport jig 14 in a stacked state.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained.
First, in the fuel cell stacking jig 14 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the loading unit 16 causes the normal direction of the base plate 22 of the stacking jig 14 and the cell 10 to coincide with each other, thereby guiding the guide bar 24. By loading a plurality of cells 10 along the guide bar 24 from the open end of each, the cells 10 loaded in the stacking jig 14 are all parallel to the base plate 22 and aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar 24. And kept in a laminated state.

  Further, the fuel cell stacking apparatus 12 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has at least 2 in the vicinity of the lower end of the cell 10 for sliding the cell 10 held in the stacked state in the normal direction. A transport tray 18 comprising: a slide guide 36 extending to one location near the location and the side end; and a gate plate 38 disposed parallel to the cell 10 at one end of the slide guide 36 and opened and closed in a direction parallel to the cell 10; Using the conveyors 20A and 20B of the conveying means 20, the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 set in a state where the base plate 22 is leaned in an oblique direction and the guide bar 24 is inclined so as to extend obliquely upward from the base plate 22. Can be berthed to the shore.

The movable plate 32 that moves between the base plate 22 and the open end (the receiving port 26) of the guide bar 24 while maintaining a state parallel to the base plate 22 of the stacking jig 14 is the open end of the guide bar 24. To wait.
In this state, the gate plate 38 of the transport tray 18 is opened by the opening / closing means of the gate plate 38 of the transport tray 18 provided at the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 so that the stacked state is maintained in the transport tray 18. The cell 10 is moved by its own weight from the transport tray 18 to the stacking jig 14 while maintaining the stacked state, and is received by the movable plate 32. Then, by moving the movable plate 32 to the base plate 22, the plurality of cells 10 are held in the stacking jig 14 while being stacked.

Moreover, the conveying tray 18 is guided to a predetermined position of the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 by positioning means 44 provided at the receiving port 26 of the stacking jig 14 and the end of the transporting tray 18 on the gate plate 38 side. However, it is possible to reliably deliver the cell 10 as described above by bringing the berth to an accurate position.
In the first embodiment of the present invention, the operation of loading the plurality of cells 10 into the stacked state on the transport tray 18 is performed in a separate process in advance.

Subsequently, with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, a fuel cell stacking jig, a stacking apparatus including the same, and a fuel cell manufacturing method using the same according to the second embodiment of the present invention explain.
As shown in FIG. 3C, the fuel cell stacking apparatus 112 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is referred to as a fuel cell stacking jig 114 (hereinafter simply referred to as “stacking jig”). ) And loading means 116 for loading the plurality of cells 10 into the stacking jig 114.
Then, when the stacking jig 114 is placed in a state where the base plate 122 and the base plate 122 are leaned in an oblique direction as shown in FIG. 3, the base plate 122 starts from at least two locations near the lower end and one location near the side end. And 122 guide bars 124 (124A, 124B) extending in the normal direction. The open end of the guide bar 124 configures a receiving port 126 for aligning the normal direction of the base plate 122 and the cell 10 and receiving the plurality of cells 10 along the guide bar 124 as described later. Yes. In the example shown in the figure, two guide bars 124A that are fixed to the lower end of the base plate 122 and extend in the normal direction of the base plate 122 are fixed to the two bottom plates 128 that are spaced according to the dimensions of the cell 10. Has been. On the other hand, one guide bar 124B is fixed to a side plate 130 that is fixed to the side end of the base plate 122 and extends in the normal direction of the base plate 122.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the loading means 116 includes a conveyor 120A to a conveying roller 120C extending to the receiving port 126 of the stacking jig 114, and a cell 10 flowing in a flat state on the conveyor 120A to the conveying roller 120C. And an erecting mechanism 132 that erects such that the normal direction thereof faces the normal direction of the base plate 122. In the illustrated example, a conveyance roller 120C is disposed adjacent to the receiving port 126 of the stacking jig 114, and a conveyor 120A is disposed on the upstream side of the conveyance roller 120C.

The standing mechanism 132 may employ any robot arm, dedicated actuator, or the like as long as the cell 10 that flows in a flat state on the conveying roller 120C is raised. In the example shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, posture changing rollers 134 having pleats made of an elastic body such as rubber are arranged so as to surround the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides of the laminating jig 114 (in the example shown, the upper and lower and left and right meters 4), and pressing rollers 136 (136A, 136B) for pressing the side and upper sides of the cells 10 held in the stacked state in the stacking jig 114 against the guide bars 124A, 124B are guides. It arrange | positions so that bar 124A, 124B may be opposed. Moreover, the posture changing roller 134 and the pressing roller 136 are moved from the vicinity of the base plate 122 of the stacking jig 114 to the receiving port 126 according to the progress of stacking of the cells 10 held in the stacking state in the stacking jig 114. And move.
Then, by rotating the posture changing roller 134, the cells 10 flowing in a flat state on the conveyor 120 </ b> A to the conveying roller 120 </ b> C are entangled one by one in the folds of the posture changing roller 134. The normal direction is stacked so as to face the normal direction of the base plate 122, and is aligned in the normal direction by the guide bars 124A and 124B and the pressing rollers 136A and 136B. 5 and 7 is the end plate of the fuel cell stack. 6 and 7 is a tension bar for fixing the stacked cells 10 with the end plates 52 being sandwiched between them.

Here, a method for manufacturing a fuel cell according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, out of all the manufacturing processes, a process in which the characteristic part of the stacking jig 114 and the stacking apparatus 112 including the stacking jig 114 clearly appears is extracted.
First, as shown in FIG. 3A, in a state where the base plate 122 is leaned against the inclined base 50a of the conveying device 50 in an oblique direction and the guide bar 124 is inclined so as to extend obliquely upward from the base plate 122, The stacking jig 114 is set. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3B, the end plate 52 is placed in close contact with the base plate 122. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3C, the loading means 116 loads the plurality of cells 10 one by one into the stacked layer 114 and holds the stacked state.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3D, an end plate 52 is laminated on the other end of the stack. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3E, the transport device 50 is moved to the pressurizer 46, and the cell 10 held in the stacked state by the stacking jig 114 is moved together with the transport jig 114 to the pressurizer 46 ( (See FIG. 6). Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (f), a shim 56 having a necessary thickness is appropriately selected, and the shims 56 are stacked, and as shown in FIG. 49 and the inclined base 50a of the transfer device 50 hold the transfer jig 114, and the pressure of the pressure cylinder 48 is held in the transfer jig 114 in a stacked state from the receiving port 126 of the stacking jig 14. And are fixed by the tension bar 54 (FIG. 5).
Also in the subsequent steps, as shown in FIG. 3G, the transport jig 114 is placed on the transport device 50, and the fuel cell stack 11 (semi-finished product) is placed in the transport jig 114. It can be performed in a held state.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. That is, the cells 10 are flowed one by one in a flat state by the loading means 116 including the conveyor 120A or the conveyance roller 120C extending to the receiving port 126 of the stacking jig 114, and the cell 10 flowing on the conveyance roller 120C by the standing mechanism 132. The plurality of cells 10 are loaded one by one along the guide bar 124 so that the normal direction is directed to the normal direction of the base plate 122. All the cells 10 loaded in the stacking jig 114 in this way are parallel to the base plate 112 and aligned in the normal direction by the guide bar 124 and are held in a stacked state.
In addition, detailed description of the same effects as those of the first embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

  10: cell, 11: fuel cell stack, 12, 112: fuel cell stacking device, 14, 114: stacking jig, 16, 116: loading means, 18: transport tray, 20: transport means, 20A, 20B, 120A: conveyor, 22, 12: base plate, 24, 24A, 24B, 124, 124A, 124B: guide bar, 26, 126: receiving port, 32: movable plate, 36: slide guide, 38: gate plate, 42: opening and closing Cylinder, 42a: cylinder rod, 44: positioning means, 44A: positioning pin, 44B: positioning hole, 46: pressurizing machine, 48: pressurizing cylinder, 49: load receiver, 50: transport device, 120C: transport roller, 132 : Standing mechanism, 134: Posture changing roller, 136: Pushing roller

Claims (9)

It is a jig for setting a pressure machine in a state where a plurality of cells are stacked in the normal direction, and performing pressure fastening,
A base plate and a guide bar extending in the normal direction of the base plate from at least two positions near the lower end and one position near the side end when the base plate is stood vertically or obliquely. Prepared,
A fuel cell characterized in that a receiving port for receiving a cell along the guide bar is configured by the open end of the guide bar in a state in which normal directions of the base plate and the cell coincide with each other. Cell stacking jig. A fuel cell stacking jig according to claim 1, and a loading means for loading the cells along the guide bar by matching the normal direction of the base plate and the cell to the stacking jig. A fuel cell stacking apparatus comprising: The loading means includes a transport tray for holding a plurality of cells in a stacked state and feeding the cells into the stacking jig at a time, and a transporting means for transporting the transport tray to a receiving port of the stacking jig and bringing it into contact with the bank. Prepared,
The stacking jig includes a movable plate that maintains a state parallel to the base plate and moves between the base plate and an open end of the guide bar, and the base plate leans in an oblique direction, and the guide The bar is set in an inclined state so as to extend obliquely upward from the base plate,
The transport tray includes at least two slide guides near the lower end of the cell and one slide near the side end for sliding the cells held in the stacked state in the normal direction, and one end of the slide guide. A gate plate that is arranged in parallel with the cell and opens and closes in a direction parallel to the cell,
3. The fuel cell stacking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a conveyor or a transport roller is provided as the transport means that extends to the receiving port of the stacking jig and transports the transport tray. 4. The fuel cell stacking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the stacking jig receiving port is provided with an opening / closing means for a gate plate of the transport tray. Positioning means for bringing the transport tray to a predetermined position of the stacking jig receiving port is provided at the stacking jig receiving port and the gate tray side end of the transporting tray. The fuel cell stacking apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that: The loading means includes a conveyor or a conveyance roller extending to the receiving port of the stacking jig,
3. A fuel cell according to claim 2, further comprising an erecting mechanism for erecting the cells flowing in a flat state on the conveyor or the conveying roller so that a normal direction thereof is directed to a normal direction of the base plate. Cell stacking device. The fuel cell stacking apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6, further comprising a pressurizer that sets the cells held in a stacked state by the stacking jig together with the transport jig. 2. The fuel cell stacking jig according to claim 1, wherein the cells are held in a stacked state, the cells are set together with the stacking jig in a pressurizer, and the pressure of the pressurizer is held inside the stacking jig. A method for producing a fuel cell, characterized in that it is applied in the normal direction of the formed cell and pressurized and fastened. A fuel cell stacking apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein a cell is loaded into the stacking jig, the cell is set together with the stacking jig in a pressurizing machine, and the pressurizing machine The method of manufacturing a fuel cell according to claim 8, wherein the pressure is applied in the normal direction of the cell held in the stacking jig and pressurized and fastened.

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