Battery module battery connection piece cleaning system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of metal connecting sheet cleaning, in particular to a battery module battery connecting sheet cleaning system.
Background
Along with new energy automobile and unmanned aerial vehicle's rising, 18650 lithium batteries are more and more liked by the consumer, and 18650 lithium batteries customization series connection and parallelly connected formation battery module that can be random, and the battery module establishes ties and connects in parallel through the battery connection piece, and the battery connection piece often adopts the nickel piece as the battery connection piece, but the electrode connection end of nickel piece if there is dirt or oxide, the welding of battery connection piece and lithium cell electrode end can be influenced in the later stage. The existing battery module is large, the battery connecting sheet is flaky and thin, the cleaning process of the connecting sheet is cleaned by liquid chemical, the cost is high, the cleaning is inconvenient, the connecting sheet is thin, and the loss is easy to occur in the cleaning process.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a system for automatically cleaning and assembling the front side and the back side of a battery connecting sheet of a battery module by adopting a plasma cleaning technology.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows:
a battery module battery tab cleaning system, comprising:
the rotary feeding mechanism is used for conveying battery connecting pieces to be cleaned to a system in a rotating mode, the rotary feeding mechanism at least comprises two stations, each station at least comprises two battery connecting piece feeding carriers and is used for loading the battery connecting pieces to be cleaned, the stations are rotationally switched to the material taking positions through a rotary cylinder to wait for material taking, and an inductor is arranged below each feeding carrier and is used for detecting whether the battery connecting pieces exist in the feeding carriers;
the material taking mechanism is used for taking away a plurality of battery connecting sheets on a station at a material taking position, when a sensor below the carrier detects that no battery connecting sheet exists in a material feeding carrier at the station after the battery connecting sheets in the station carrier are taken away, the rotary air cylinder drives the stations to synchronously rotate by a specified angle, the next station provided with the battery connecting sheets is rotationally switched to the material taking position to wait for material taking, and meanwhile, the empty material feeding carrier with the battery connecting sheets taken away is guided to be fed;
the material taking mechanism takes out the plurality of battery connecting sheets in the material loading carrier and carries the battery connecting sheets to the arranging mechanism to align and arrange the plurality of battery connecting sheets;
the plasma cleaning mechanism is used for performing plasma cleaning on the battery connecting sheets, the material taking mechanism absorbs and conveys the plurality of battery connecting sheets which are arranged to a specified position, the plasma cleaning mechanism moves to the lower end of the specified position to perform plasma cleaning on the lower ends of the plurality of battery connecting sheets, the plurality of cleaned battery connecting sheets are continuously conveyed to the overturning and transferring mechanism through the material taking mechanism, the plurality of battery connecting sheets are overturned, and after overturning, the plasma cleaning mechanism waits for moving to the lower end of the overturning and transferring mechanism to perform plasma cleaning on the other surfaces of the plurality of battery connecting sheets;
the overturning and transferring mechanism transfers the battery connecting sheets with both cleaned surfaces to a specified position to wait for taking away and assembling;
the manipulator carrying mechanism is used for taking away the plurality of battery connecting sheets transferred by the overturning transfer mechanism, carrying the battery connecting sheets to a battery module on the module conveying mechanism for assembly, and transmitting the assembled battery module out of the module conveying mechanism for taking away;
the rack electric cabinet, upper surface integration above-mentioned mechanism, the internal integrated electric control system.
Preferably, the rotary feeding mechanism is a double-station horizontally and symmetrically arranged, and the rotary cylinder rotates 180 degrees to switch the station to the material taking position to wait for material taking.
Preferably, the rotary feeding mechanism is four-station and is symmetrically arranged in a cross manner, and the rotary cylinder rotates for 90 degrees to switch stations to the material taking position to wait for material taking.
Preferably, the rotary feeding mechanism is a disc type feeding mechanism, the stations are at least two stations, the stations are arranged in an axisymmetric horizontal manner, and the rotary cylinder sequentially rotates the stations to the material taking positions according to a specified angle to wait for material taking.
Further, the regulating mechanism comprises a regulating base platform, a horizontal regulating cylinder module and a vertical regulating cylinder module, a plurality of aligning carriers are arranged on the regulating base platform, the plurality of battery connecting pieces are conveyed to the aligning carriers by the material taking mechanism, the horizontal regulating cylinder module and the vertical regulating cylinder module simultaneously clamp the plurality of battery connecting pieces in the aligning carriers, and the battery connecting pieces are regulated in alignment.
Furthermore, the overturning and transferring mechanism comprises an overturning module, an overturning jacking cylinder and a transferring module, the taking mechanism conveys a plurality of battery connecting sheets with one cleaned surface into the overturning module for fixing, the overturning jacking cylinder jacks the overturning module to a specified position, and the overturning module overturns the plurality of fixed battery connecting sheets for 180 degrees to wait for the plasma cleaning mechanism to carry out plasma cleaning on the other surfaces of the plurality of battery connecting sheets.
Furthermore, the overturning module comprises an overturning air cylinder, a plurality of overturning carriers, a plurality of first rotary fixing clamps and a plurality of second rotary fixing clamps, wherein the plurality of second rotary fixing clamps are arranged between every two adjacent overturning carriers, the second rotary fixing clamps are double chucks and used for fixing battery connecting sheets in the two adjacent carriers, the plurality of first rotary fixing clamps are arranged on three peripheries of the plurality of overturning carriers, the first rotary fixing clamps are single chucks, and the plurality of first rotary fixing clamps and the plurality of second rotary fixing clamps are driven by the air cylinder to synchronously rotate and lift; when the plurality of battery connecting pieces are loaded into the plurality of overturning carriers, the plurality of first rotary fixing clamps and the plurality of second rotary fixing clamps synchronously rotate to the upside of the overturning carrier, and synchronously press and fix the plurality of battery connecting pieces, the overturning jacking cylinder jacks the whole overturning module to a specified position, the overturning cylinder drives the overturning carrier, the plurality of first rotary fixing clamps and the second rotary fixing clamps to overturn 180 degrees together, the plasma cleaning mechanism moves to the lower part of the overturning module to perform plasma cleaning on the other surface of the battery connecting pieces, and the cleaned battery connecting pieces are overturned and reset through the overturning module and are driven by the overturning jacking cylinder to stably descend and reset.
Furthermore, the manipulator carrying mechanism comprises a manipulator and a second sucker module, the manipulator drives the second sucker module to move, and the battery connecting sheet transferred by the overturning transfer mechanism is sucked away and assembled on the battery module in the module conveying mechanism; the second sucking disc module includes the sucking disc base plate and pushes down fixed cylinder, be provided with a plurality of sucking discs on the sucking disc base plate and be used for adsorbing a plurality of battery connection pieces the position department middle part trompil of sucking disc base plate adsorption battery connection piece, it is provided with the briquetting to push down fixed cylinder lower extreme, it passes to push down fixed cylinder drive briquetting push down trompil on the sucking disc base plate, thereby will a plurality of battery connection pieces of adsorption with the battery module compresses tightly the assembly.
Preferably, the system carries out material loading, material taking, arranging, material taking, cleaning, overturning, cleaning, transferring, carrying and assembling on two battery connecting sheets at a time.
Furthermore, the material taking mechanism, the overturning and transferring mechanism and the module conveying mechanism are provided with buffers for providing a buffering force for the carrying process.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the system adopts a plasma cleaning machine to carry out plasma cleaning on the upper surface and the lower surface of the battery connecting sheet, the cleaning speed is high, the cleaning is cleaner, and the cleaned battery connecting sheet is directly conveyed by a mechanical arm conveying mechanism for assembly;
2. by adopting double stations or multiple stations, each station at least comprises two battery connecting sheets, and the system at least cleans and assembles the two battery connecting sheets at one time, so that the cleaning and assembling efficiency is greatly improved, and the production efficiency is further improved;
3. the whole process is carried automatically, manual operation is replaced, and the consistency and reliability of product quality can be well guaranteed;
4. the operation is simpler, and each mechanism independently works, and later maintenance is more convenient.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the structure of FIG. 1 with parts omitted;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rotary feeder mechanism labeled 1 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the take off mechanism labeled 2 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the organizer of FIG. 1 labeled 3;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the plasma cleaning mechanism labeled 4 in FIG. 1;
fig. 7 is a perspective view of the reverse transfer mechanism shown at 5 in fig. 1;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the robot handling mechanism labeled 6 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the modular conveyor mechanism labeled 7 in FIG. 1;
labeled as:
1. the device comprises a rotary feeding mechanism, 1.1, a rotary cylinder, 1.2, an inductor, 1.3, stations and 1.4, and a feeding carrier;
2. the material taking mechanism comprises a material taking mechanism 2.1, a horizontal servo module 2.2, a vertical servo module 2.3, a first sucking disc module 2.4 and a buffer;
3. the system comprises a regulating mechanism, 3.1 a regulating base station, 3.11 an alignment carrier, 3.2 a horizontal regulating cylinder module and 3.3 a vertical regulating cylinder module;
4. a plasma cleaning mechanism 4.1, a front and a back cleaning servo module 4.2, a left and a right cleaning servo module 4.3 and a plasma cleaning machine;
5. the overturning and transferring mechanism comprises an overturning and transferring mechanism, 5.1, an overturning module, 5.11, an overturning cylinder, 5.12, an overturning carrier, 5.13, a first rotating fixing clamp, 5.14, a second rotating fixing clamp, 5.2, an overturning and jacking cylinder and 5.3, and a transferring module;
6. the manipulator conveying mechanism comprises 6.1 manipulators, 6.2 second sucker modules, 6.21 sucker substrates, 6.22 pressing and fixing cylinders;
7. a module conveying mechanism 7.1, a conveying streamline 7.2 and a module carrier;
8. a rack electric cabinet.
Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
A cleaning system for battery connecting pieces of a battery module comprises a rotary feeding mechanism 1 and a rotary conveying mechanism 2, wherein the rotary feeding mechanism 1 is used for conveying battery connecting pieces to be cleaned to the system in a rotating mode, the rotary feeding mechanism 1 at least comprises two stations 1.3, each station at least comprises two battery connecting piece feeding carriers 1.4 and is used for loading the battery connecting pieces to be cleaned, the stations 1.3 are switched to the material taking positions to wait for material taking through rotation of a rotary cylinder 1.1, and an inductor 1.2 is arranged below each feeding carrier 1.4 and is used for detecting whether the battery connecting pieces exist in the feeding carriers 1.4;
the material taking mechanism 2 is used for taking away a plurality of battery connecting sheets on a station 1.3 at a material taking position, when a sensor 1.2 below the carrier detects that no battery connecting sheet exists in a material feeding carrier 1.4 at the station after the battery connecting sheets in the station carrier are taken away, the rotary cylinder 1.1 drives a plurality of stations 1.3 to synchronously rotate by a specified angle, the next station provided with the battery connecting sheets is rotationally switched to the material taking position to wait for material taking, and meanwhile, the empty material feeding carrier 1.4 with the battery connecting sheets taken away is guided to be fed;
the regulating mechanism 3 is used for taking out and carrying the plurality of battery connecting sheets in the feeding carrier 1.4 to the regulating mechanism 3 by the material taking mechanism 2 to align and regulate the plurality of battery connecting sheets;
the plasma cleaning mechanism 4 is used for performing plasma cleaning on the battery connecting sheets, the material taking mechanism 2 sucks and conveys the plurality of battery connecting sheets which are arranged regularly to a specified position, the plasma cleaning mechanism 4 moves to the lower end of the specified position to perform plasma cleaning on the lower ends of the plurality of battery connecting sheets, the plurality of cleaned battery connecting sheets are continuously conveyed to the overturning and transferring mechanism 5 through the material taking mechanism 2, the plurality of battery connecting sheets are overturned, and after overturning, the plasma cleaning mechanism 4 waits for moving to the lower end of the overturning and transferring mechanism 5 to perform plasma cleaning on the other surfaces of the plurality of battery connecting sheets;
the overturning and transferring mechanism 5 transfers the plurality of battery connecting sheets with both cleaned surfaces to a designated position to wait for taking away and assembling;
the manipulator conveying mechanism 6 is used for taking away the plurality of battery connecting sheets transferred by the overturning transfer mechanism 5, conveying the battery connecting sheets to a battery module on the module conveying mechanism 7 for assembly, and conveying the assembled battery module out and taking away the assembled battery module through the module conveying mechanism 7;
and the upper surface of the rack electric cabinet 8 is integrated with the mechanism, and an electric control system is integrated inside the rack electric cabinet.
As shown in fig. 3, a three-dimensional structure diagram of the rotary feeding mechanism 1 is shown, and battery connecting pieces to be cleaned at system stations are provided, the rotary feeding mechanism 1 in the present embodiment adopts a double-station design, and includes a rotary cylinder 1.1, a sensor 1.2, a plurality of stations 1.3 and a plurality of feeding carriers 1.4, as shown in the figure, the plurality of stations are arranged horizontally and symmetrically, two feeding carriers 1.4 are provided at each station, each feeding carrier 1.4 can be installed on one battery connecting piece, a sensor 1.2 is provided under each feeding carrier 1.4, after the battery connecting piece at the left station 1.3 is taken away by the feeding mechanism 2, when the sensor 1.2 which is sent down detects that there is no battery connecting piece in the feeding carrier 1.4 at this station, the rotary cylinder 1.1 is guided to rotate 180 degrees to switch the right station to the left station for material taking and wait for material taking, and when the sensor 1.2 which is sent down the feeding carrier 1.4 at the right station detects that there is no battery connecting piece in the upper feeding carrier 1.4, and (3) guiding the system or manually loading the battery connecting sheets into the right feeding carrier 1.4, taking away the battery connecting sheets on the left, and continuously rotating the rotary cylinder 1.1 for 180 degrees to switch the station, so that the station is rotated for feeding.
In another embodiment of the above rotary feeding mechanism 1, four stations are adopted, the stations are arranged in a cross-shaped symmetrical manner, and the rotary cylinder 1.1 can be switched to the station with the battery connecting sheet to the material taking position for waiting for material taking only by rotating 90 degrees.
Further, in another embodiment, the rotary feeding mechanism 1 adopts a disc type feeding mechanism, the stations on a disc type rotating disc are at least two stations, the stations are arranged in an axisymmetric horizontal mode, and the rotary cylinder 1.1 rotates the stations to the material taking position in sequence according to a specified angle to wait for taking materials. Such as: in the double-station mode, the rotary cylinder 1.1 rotates for 180 degrees to switch stations; three stations, namely, a rotary cylinder 1.1 rotates 120 degrees to switch stations; and four stations, the rotary cylinder 1.1 rotates for 90 degrees to switch stations, and the like.
As shown in fig. 4, a three-dimensional structure diagram of the material taking mechanism 2 is shown, the battery connecting pieces on the rotary feeding mechanism 1 are transported to the regulating mechanism 3, and the battery connecting pieces include a horizontal servo module 2.1, a vertical servo module 2.2 and a first suction cup module 2.3, the vertical servo module 2.2 drives the first suction cup module 2.3 to move up and down, the horizontal servo module 2.1 drives the vertical servo module 2.2 to move horizontally back and forth, so as to drive the first suction cup module 2.3 to move back and forth, the battery connecting pieces in the feeding carrier 1.4 of the rotary feeding mechanism 1 are sucked out through the first suction cup module 2.3, and then the battery connecting pieces are transported to the aligning carrier 3.11 on the regulating mechanism 3 to be aligned and regulated. Because the battery connection piece is thin partially, for more steady transport battery connection piece, both ends all are provided with buffer 2.4 around horizontal servo module 2.1.
As shown in fig. 5, a three-dimensional structure diagram of the regulating mechanism 3, the battery connection pieces conveyed by the material taking mechanism 2 are aligned and regulated, including a regulating base station 3.1, a horizontal regulating cylinder module 3.2 and a vertical regulating cylinder module 3.3, a plurality of alignment carriers 3.11 are arranged on the regulating base station 3.1, the material taking mechanism 2 conveys a plurality of battery connection pieces to the alignment carriers 3.11, the horizontal regulating cylinder module 3.1 and the vertical regulating cylinder module 3.2 simultaneously clamp the plurality of battery connection pieces in the alignment carriers, and the alignment of the battery connection pieces is regulated. And the plurality of battery connecting sheets after arrangement are continuously sucked and conveyed to a cleaning part at the front end by the material taking mechanism 2, and the lower ends of the battery connecting sheets are waited to be cleaned by the plasma cleaning mechanism 4.
As shown in fig. 6, the three-dimensional structure diagram of the plasma cleaning mechanism 4 is used for performing plasma cleaning on stains on the battery connecting sheets, and comprises a front and rear cleaning servo module 4.1, a left and right cleaning servo module 4.2 and a plasma cleaning machine 4.3, wherein the front and rear cleaning servo module 4.1 drives the left and right cleaning servo module 4.2 to move back and forth, the left and right cleaning servo module 4.2 drives the plasma cleaning machine 4.3 to move left and right, so that the front and rear and left and right movement of the plasma cleaning machine 4.3 is realized, when the material taking mechanism 2 conveys the regulated battery connecting sheets to the cleaning station, the front and rear cleaning servo module 4.1 and the left and right cleaning servo module 4.2 are matched to drive the plasma cleaning machine 4.3 to perform comprehensive plasma cleaning on the lower ends of the regulated battery connecting sheets, the cleaned battery connecting sheets are continuously conveyed to the overturning mechanism 5 by the material taking mechanism 2 to overturn the battery connecting sheets, then, the plasma cleaning machine 4.3 moves to the lower part of the turnover transfer mechanism 5, and plasma cleaning is carried out on the other surfaces of the plurality of battery connecting sheets.
As shown in fig. 7, a three-dimensional structure diagram of the turnover transfer mechanism 5 is shown, a plurality of battery connection sheets are turned over to wait for cleaning of another surface, and the cleaned battery connection sheets are transferred to a manipulator material taking position to wait for material taking and carrying of the manipulator carrying mechanism 6 to be assembled, the turnover transfer mechanism comprises a turnover module 5.1, a turnover jacking cylinder 5.1 and a transfer module 5.3, wherein the material taking mechanism 2 carries the cleaned battery connection sheets to the turnover module 5.1 for fixing, the turnover jacking cylinder 5.1 lifts the turnover module 5.1 to a specified position, and the turnover module 5.1 turns over the fixed battery connection sheets for 180 degrees to wait for the plasma cleaning mechanism 4 to carry out plasma cleaning of the other surfaces of the battery connection sheets.
As shown in fig. 8, the enlarged view of the turnover module 5.1 in the turnover transfer mechanism 5 includes a turnover cylinder 5.11, a plurality of turnover carriers 5.12, a plurality of first rotary fixing clamps 5.13 and a plurality of second rotary fixing clamps 5.14, wherein the plurality of second rotary fixing clamps 5.14 are arranged between two adjacent turnover carriers 5.12, the second rotary fixing clamps are double-chucks and used for fixing the battery connecting piece in two adjacent carriers 5.12, the plurality of first rotary fixing clamps 5.13 are arranged on three peripheries of the plurality of turnover carriers 5.12, the first rotary fixing chucks are single chucks, and the plurality of first rotary fixing clamps 5.13 and the plurality of second rotary fixing clamps 5.14 are driven by the cylinder to synchronously rotate and lift; when a plurality of battery connecting sheets are loaded in the corresponding overturning carriers 5.12, a plurality of first rotating fixing clamps 5.13 and a plurality of second rotating fixing clamps 5.14 synchronously rotate to the upside of the overturning carriers 5.12, then synchronously press and fix the plurality of battery connecting sheets, then after the overturning jacking cylinder 5.2 jacks the overturning module 5.1 for a distance, the overturning cylinder 5.11 drives the overturning carriers and the plurality of rotating fixing clamps to overturn 180 degrees together, the upside of the battery connecting sheets in the overturning carriers 5.12 overturns downwards, then the plasma cleaning machine 4.3 moves to the downside of the overturning module 5.1, the other sides of the battery connecting sheets are comprehensively plasma cleaned, the cleaned battery connecting sheets are overturned and reset by the overturning modules 5.1, and are driven by the transferring module 5.3 to move to the manipulator material taking position to wait for the manipulator carrying mechanism 6 to carry and assemble the cleaned battery connecting sheets. For more stable transport battery connection piece, the upper and lower both ends of upset module 5.1 are provided with the buffer, move and carry both ends around module 5.3 and be provided with the buffer.
As shown in fig. 9, a three-dimensional structure diagram of the manipulator conveying mechanism 6 is shown, the battery connecting sheet conveyed by the overturning and transferring mechanism 5 is conveyed and assembled to the battery module on the module conveying mechanism 7, and includes a manipulator 6.1 and a second sucker module 6.2, the manipulator 6.1 drives the second sucker module 6.2 to move, and the battery connecting sheet conveyed by the overturning and transferring mechanism 5 is sucked and assembled to the battery module in the module conveying mechanism 7.
As shown in fig. 10, it is a three-dimensional enlarged view of the second suction cup module 6.2, which includes a suction cup substrate 6.21 and a pressing fixing cylinder 6.22, wherein the suction cup substrate 6.21 is provided with a plurality of suction cups for absorbing a plurality of battery connection pads, the suction cup substrate 6.21 is provided with a hole at the middle of the position for absorbing the battery connection pads, the lower end of the pressing fixing cylinder 6.22 is provided with a pressing block, the pressing block is driven by the pressing fixing cylinder 6.22 to pass through the hole on the suction cup substrate 6.21, when the manipulator transport mechanism 6 transports the cleaned battery connection pads on the turnover transfer mechanism 5 to the upper side of the module transport mechanism 7, the battery module on the module transport mechanism 7 is aligned, then the manipulator 6.1 drives the second suction cup connection pad module 6.2 to move downward to press the absorbed battery to the upper side of the battery module, the second suction cup connection pad module 6.2 releases the battery suction cups, the pressing block is driven by the pressing fixing cylinder 6.22 to further, thereby compressing and assembling the plurality of battery connecting sheets and the battery module.
As shown in fig. 11, the three-dimensional structure diagram of the module conveying mechanism 7 includes a conveying flow line 7.1 and a module carrier 7.2, the module carrier 7.2 is provided with a plurality of battery module carriers for loading the battery modules to be assembled with the battery connecting pieces, after the plurality of cleaned battery connecting pieces are conveyed and assembled to the plurality of battery modules by the standby manipulator conveying mechanism 6, the conveying flow line 7.1 conveys the battery modules with the assembled battery connecting pieces to a designated position, and waits for another manipulator to convey and take away the assembled battery modules, and at the same time, the conveying flow line 7.1 conveys the new battery modules with the assembled battery connecting pieces to the designated position to be assembled again, and waits for the assembled battery connecting pieces to assemble the battery. For better transport battery module, carry the front and back both ends of streamline 7.1 and all be provided with the buffer.
The system in this embodiment can once carry out material loading, get material, regular, get material, wash, upset, rinse again, move and carry, transport and assembly two battery connection pieces.
The above-mentioned embodiments are intended to illustrate the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention in further detail, and it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.