CN113523631B - Lithium cell rapid tooling welding set - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a quick processing and welding device for a lithium battery, which comprises a bottom plate, wherein the top of the bottom plate is connected with a U-shaped frame in a sliding manner, the left inner wall and the right inner wall of the U-shaped frame are jointly and rotatably connected with a U-shaped bearing plate, the top of the front side of the U-shaped bearing plate is rotatably connected with a shielding plate, and a rotating shaft of the shielding plate is sleeved with a first torsion spring; a linear driving mechanism for driving the U-shaped frame to move is arranged on the left side of the U-shaped frame, a welding mechanism is arranged at the top of the bottom plate, a linkage mechanism is further arranged at the top of the bottom plate, and the linkage mechanism drives the U-shaped bearing plate and the shielding plate to overturn and unload materials under the linkage of the linear driving mechanism; the invention can greatly increase the processing efficiency of the lithium battery.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of lithium battery processing, in particular to a lithium battery rapid processing and welding device.
Background
The lithium battery has the characteristics of high specific energy, low self-discharge rate, good high-low temperature performance, long charge-discharge service life, no memory effect and the like. At present, the method is widely applied to products such as notebook computers, video cameras, digital cameras, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), mobile communication terminal products, electric tools and the like.
The invention discloses a processing device, in particular a quick processing device for lithium batteries, which comprises a frame, a spot welding mechanism, a base and a stepping mechanism, wherein when a battery moves, a welding gun moves upwards, and after the battery stops moving, the welding gun moves downwards to perform spot welding for one time.
The back is accomplished in lithium battery machining to prior art's lithium battery processing device, because the lithium cell is placed inside loading the component, the welding slag that the lithium cell produced in the spot welding process can pile up at the top of lithium cell, and the workman takes out the lithium cell that the welding was accomplished in loading the component when, and the workman can be scalded to the welding slag that generates heat, and follow-up still need clear up the lithium cell top surface, and the processing that can prolong the lithium cell greatly is long, reduces the machining efficiency of lithium cell.
Based on the technical scheme, the invention designs the welding device for the rapid processing of the lithium battery, so as to solve the problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a lithium battery rapid processing and welding device, and the lithium battery rapid processing and welding device is used for solving the problems that after the lithium battery processing of the lithium battery processing device in the prior art is finished, because the lithium battery is placed in a loading component, welding slag generated in the spot welding process of the lithium battery can be accumulated on the top of the lithium battery, when a worker takes out the welded lithium battery from the loading component, the worker can be scalded by the heating welding slag, the top surface of the lithium battery needs to be cleaned subsequently, the processing time of the lithium battery can be greatly prolonged, and the processing efficiency of the lithium battery is reduced.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a welding device for rapid processing of a lithium battery comprises a bottom plate, wherein the top of the bottom plate is connected with a U-shaped frame in a sliding mode, the left inner wall and the right inner wall of the U-shaped frame are jointly and rotatably connected with a U-shaped bearing plate, the top of the front side of the U-shaped bearing plate is rotatably connected with a shielding plate, and a first torsion spring is sleeved on a rotating shaft of the shielding plate; the U-shaped frame is characterized in that a linear driving mechanism for driving the U-shaped frame to move is arranged on the left side of the U-shaped frame, a welding mechanism is arranged at the top of the bottom plate, a linkage mechanism is further arranged at the top of the bottom plate, and the linkage mechanism drives the U-shaped bearing plate and the shielding plate to overturn and unload materials under the linkage of the linear driving mechanism.
As a further scheme of the invention, the linkage mechanism comprises a wedge-shaped block and a pull rod; the wedge-shaped block is connected to the front and back direction of the top surface of the bottom of the U-shaped frame in a sliding mode, the inclined surface of the wedge-shaped block is attached to the side wall of the U-shaped bearing plate, and a first push block fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate is arranged on the side edge of the wedge-shaped block; the pull rod is fixedly connected to the front wall of the shielding plate, and a pull ring is sleeved on the pull rod; an inclined push rod for driving the pull ring to move downwards is arranged on the side edge of the pull ring; the oblique push rod is connected to the front and rear of the top of the bottom plate in a sliding mode, and a first spring used for resetting the oblique push rod is fixedly connected to the side wall of the oblique push rod.
As a further aspect of the present invention, the linear driving mechanism includes a first cylinder; the first air cylinder is fixedly connected to the left side of the top of the bottom plate, and the telescopic end of the first air cylinder is fixedly connected with the side wall of the U-shaped frame.
As a further scheme of the invention, the welding mechanism comprises a welding gun head; the welding gun head is arranged above the U-shaped bearing plate, a telescopic sliding plate is fixedly connected to the top of the welding gun head, an L-shaped supporting column which is vertically arranged and fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate is connected to the rear side wall of the telescopic sliding plate in a sliding mode, a second cylinder is fixedly connected to the top of the telescopic sliding plate, and the top of the second cylinder is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the top of the L-shaped supporting column.
As a further scheme of the invention, the top of the rear side of the U-shaped bearing plate is rotatably connected with a rotating plate, a second torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft of the rotating plate, and a top plate is fixedly connected to the rear side wall of the rotating plate; the bottom of the telescopic sliding plate is fixedly connected with a connecting plate, a plurality of first push rods which are distributed at equal intervals are rotatably connected to the front wall of the connecting plate, third torsion springs are sleeved on rotating shafts of the first push rods, limiting blocks fixedly connected to the front wall of the connecting plate are arranged below the first push rods, and the first push rods are located right above the top plate; the improved rotary brush is characterized in that a rotary groove is formed in the front wall of the rotary plate, a brush plate is connected in the rotary groove in a rotating mode, a plurality of bristles distributed in an array mode are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the brush plate, a first driving mechanism is jointly arranged on the rotary plate and the top plate, and the rotary plate is driven by the overturning driving mechanism to clean the top surface of the lithium battery when the rotary plate is overturned.
As a further aspect of the present invention, the turnover driving mechanism includes a second push rod, the second push rod is slidably connected to the inner side of the top plate, the second push rod penetrates through the front and rear side walls of the rotating plate and is attached to the rear side wall of the brush plate, a first inclined plane located below the first push rod is disposed at the rear end of the second push rod, and a reset mechanism is fixedly connected to the side wall of the second push rod.
As a further aspect of the present invention, the reset mechanism includes a gas spring, and two ends of the gas spring are respectively and fixedly connected to the second push rod and the side wall of the top plate.
As a further scheme of the invention, the top front side of the bottom plate is provided with a collecting box.
As a further scheme of the invention, the top of the front end of the U-shaped bearing plate is fixedly connected with a first arc-shaped shielding plate.
As a further scheme of the invention, arc-shaped sliding grooves are symmetrically formed in the left inner wall and the right inner wall of the U-shaped frame, and the U-shaped bearing plate is connected with the inner walls of the arc-shaped sliding grooves in a sliding mode.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. according to the invention, through the arrangement of the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate, the shielding plate, the linear driving mechanism, the linkage mechanism and the welding mechanism, welding slag generated in the welding process can be shielded by the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate and the shielding plate in the welding process of the lithium battery, so that the welding slag can not splash and scald workers everywhere, the lithium battery is driven by the linear driving mechanism to move leftwards after the welding is finished, when the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate, the shielding plate and the lithium battery after the welding are driven by the linear driving mechanism to move to be in contact with the linkage mechanism, the linkage mechanism can firstly turn the U-shaped bearing plate, the shielding plate and the lithium battery after the welding is finished forwards on the U-shaped frame, after the U-shaped bearing plate and the shielding plate are turned for a certain angle, the U-shaped bearing plate stops rotating, then the shielding plate can continue to turn downwards, and then the welding slag on the surface of the inclined lithium battery can fall to the outer side of the U-shaped bearing plate along the surface and the inclined shielding plate, the surface of the lithium battery has no welding slag when the lithium battery is taken out, so that the safety of workers can be guaranteed, the lithium battery does not need to be cleaned after welding, and the processing efficiency of the lithium battery can be greatly increased.
2. The invention can ensure that a plurality of first push rods drive the rotating plate to turn over after each welding of the welding mechanism by arranging the rotating plate, the top plate, the connecting plate, the first push rods, the limiting blocks, the brush plate and the turning driving mechanism, so that the rotating plate can drive the brush plate to turn over forwards together, the brush plate can always keep a vertical state under the action of self gravity in the forward tilting process of the brush plate, the brush plate can move forwards under the drive of the rotating plate, the welding slag scattered on the rear side of the top surface of the lithium battery can be swept forwards by the brush plate, then the first push rods can be contacted with the first inclined surface after the first push rods move to be contacted with the rear side wall of the top plate, when the first push rods continue to move upwards, the first push rods can enable the second push rods to move forwards in the top plate by extruding the first inclined surface, at the moment, the front ends of the second push rods can drive the brush plate to turn over forwards, so that the brush plate can turn over forwards for a certain distance, make the brush yoke can continue to sweep forward the welding slag of lithium cell top surface, make the brush yoke can clean the top front side of lithium cell with the welding slag that scatters to lithium cell welding point annex, can avoid the welding slag to glue the surface of gluing the lithium cell, can avoid the welding slag to stop in welding spot department simultaneously and influence welding next time, the welding slag is more easy landing when can also making follow-up clearance welding slag, can make better the processing of lithium cell.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a right-side view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the positional relationship and connection relationship between the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate, the wedge and the first pushing block of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped carrier plate and the wedge of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the U-shaped frame and its upper structure of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the U-shaped frame and its upper structure of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the reversed state of the U-shaped carrier plate according to the present invention (the middle state);
fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a state after the shutter is turned upside down (final state) according to the present invention.
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the welding gun comprises a bottom plate 1, a U-shaped frame 2, a U-shaped bearing plate 3, a baffle plate 4, a first torsion spring 5, a wedge-shaped block 6, a first pushing block 7, a pull rod 8, a pull ring 9, an oblique push rod 10, a first spring 11, a first cylinder 12, a welding gun head 13, a telescopic sliding plate 14, an L-shaped supporting column 15, a second cylinder 16, a rotating plate 17, a second torsion spring 18, a top plate 19, a connecting plate 20, a first push rod 21, a third torsion spring 22, a limiting block 23, a rotating groove 24, a brush plate 25, a second push rod 26, a first inclined surface 27, an air spring 28 and a collecting box 29.
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Referring to fig. 1-9, the fast processing and welding device for the lithium battery of the present invention includes a bottom plate 1, wherein a U-shaped frame 2 is slidably connected to the top of the bottom plate 1, a U-shaped loading plate 3 is rotatably connected to the left and right inner walls of the U-shaped frame 2, a shielding plate 4 is rotatably connected to the top of the front side of the U-shaped loading plate 3, and a first torsion spring 5 is sleeved on a rotating shaft of the shielding plate 4; the left side of the U-shaped frame 2 is provided with a linear driving mechanism for driving the U-shaped frame to move, the top of the bottom plate 1 is provided with a welding mechanism, the top of the bottom plate 1 is also provided with a linkage mechanism, and the linkage mechanism drives the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the shielding plate 4 to overturn and unload materials under the linkage of the linear driving mechanism.
When the scheme is put into practical application, the lithium battery is placed on the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the lithium battery is clamped by the front inner wall and the rear inner wall of the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the left side wall and the right side wall of the U-shaped frame 2, the lithium battery is fixed on the inner sides of the U-shaped frame 2 and the U-shaped bearing plate 3, then the linear driving mechanism is started, the linear driving mechanism drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the shielding plate 4 to move rightwards for a short distance, then the linear driving mechanism stops working, the welding mechanism is started again to continue welding the lithium battery, the welding mechanism is reset after one-time welding is finished, the linear driving mechanism drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the shielding plate 4 to move rightwards for a short distance, then the welding mechanism is started to weld, the welding is repeated in sequence until the welding of the lithium battery is finished, and the shielding plate 4 shields welding slag generated in the welding process, so that welding slag can not splash and scald workers, after welding is finished, the linear driving mechanism drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the baffle plate 4 and the welded lithium battery to move rightwards together, when the U-shaped bearing plate 3 moves rightwards to a certain position, the linear driving mechanism drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the baffle plate 4 and the welded lithium battery to trigger the linkage mechanism, the linkage mechanism can firstly turn the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the baffle plate 4 and the welded lithium battery forwards on the U-shaped frame 2, after the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the baffle plate 4 turn over for a certain angle, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 stops rotating, the baffle plate 4 continues to turn downwards, then the welding slag on the surface of the inclined lithium battery falls to the outer side of the U-shaped bearing plate 3 along the surface of the lithium battery and the inclined baffle plate 4, and then a worker can take out the lithium battery and put in the lithium battery to be welded, welding is carried out next time, welding slag can not be generated on the surface of the lithium battery when the lithium battery is taken out, safety of workers can be guaranteed, the lithium battery does not need to be cleaned after welding, and machining efficiency of the lithium battery can be greatly increased.
Referring to fig. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, the linkage mechanism includes a wedge block 6 and a pull rod 8; the wedge-shaped block 6 is connected to the front and back direction of the top surface of the bottom of the U-shaped frame 2 in a sliding mode, the inclined surface of the wedge-shaped block 6 is attached to the side wall of the U-shaped bearing plate 3, and a first push block 7 fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate 1 is arranged on the side edge of the wedge-shaped block 6; the pull rod 8 is fixedly connected to the front wall of the shielding plate 4, and a pull ring 9 is sleeved on the pull rod 8; an inclined push rod 10 for driving the pull ring 9 to move downwards is arranged on the side edge of the pull ring; the inclined push rod 10 is connected to the top of the bottom plate 1 in a sliding mode in the front-rear direction, and a first spring 11 for resetting the inclined push rod 10 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the inclined push rod 10; the linear drive mechanism includes a first cylinder 12; the first cylinder 12 is fixedly connected to the left side of the top of the bottom plate 1, and the telescopic end of the first cylinder 12 is fixedly connected with the side wall of the U-shaped frame 2; the welding mechanism comprises a welding gun head 13; the welding gun head 13 is arranged above the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the top of the welding gun head 13 is fixedly connected with a telescopic sliding plate 14, the rear side wall of the telescopic sliding plate 14 is connected with an L-shaped support column 15 which is vertically arranged and fixedly connected to the top of the base plate 1 in a sliding manner, the top of the telescopic sliding plate 14 is fixedly connected with a second air cylinder 16, and the top end of the second air cylinder 16 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the top of the L-shaped support column 15; when the linear driving mechanism works, the first cylinder 12 extends rightwards, the first cylinder 12 drives the U-shaped frame 2 to move rightwards together, the U-shaped frame 2 drives the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the lithium battery to move rightwards together for a certain distance, then the second cylinder 16 is started, the second cylinder 16 drives the welding gun head 13 to move downwards through the telescopic sliding plate 14, the telescopic sliding plate 14 can adjust the front and rear positions of the welding gun head 13 according to the welding position, and after the welding gun head 13 is contacted with the top surface of the lithium battery, the welding gun head 13 can perform spot welding on the lithium battery; welding slag generated in the spot welding process is shielded at the inner sides by the left and right inner walls of the U-shaped frame 2, the inner wall of the rear side of the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the rear side wall of the shielding plate 4, so that the welding slag can not splash everywhere, a worker can be ensured not to be scalded by the welding slag, after one spot welding is completed, the second air cylinder 16 drives the telescopic sliding plate 14 and the welding gun head 13 to move upwards to the initial position, then the first air cylinder 12 drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the lithium battery to move rightwards for a short distance, then the welding gun head 13 welds the lithium battery, the actions are sequentially repeated until the welding of the lithium battery is completed, then the first air cylinder 12 can be started, the first air cylinder 12 drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the lithium battery after the welding are completed to move leftwards together, when the U-shaped frame 2 drives the wedge block 6 to move leftwards so that the wedge block 6 is contacted with the inclined plane of the first push block 7, the U-shaped frame 2 continuously moves leftwards, so that the inclined plane of the first push block 7 acts on the wedge block 6, the wedge block 6 moves forwards, the wedge block 6 can push the U-shaped bearing plate 3 to rotate forwards on the side wall of the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 can drive the shielding plate 4 and the welded lithium battery to turn forwards together, meanwhile, the shielding plate 4 can drive the pull rod 8 and the pull ring 9 to turn forwards together, after the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the welded lithium battery turn over to a set angle, the pull ring 9 can move to a position in butt joint with the inclined push rod 10, then the first air cylinder 12 continuously drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the welded lithium battery to move leftwards, the inclined push rod 10 acts on the pull ring 9 to move downwards, the pull ring 9 moves downwards to drive the pull rod 8 to move downwards together, and the pull rod 8 can pull the shielding plate 4 to turn downwards, until the baffle plate 4 overturns downwards to a specified angle, the pull rod 8 can drive the inclined push rod 10 to move backwards on the top surface of the bottom plate 1 in the process, the inclined push rod 10 can stretch the first spring 11, the baffle plate 4 can be parallel to the top surface of the lithium battery after being overturned to the specified angle, then welding slag accumulated on the top surface of the lithium battery can slide to the top of the bottom 1 along the top surface of the lithium battery and the top surface of the baffle plate 4, then a worker can take down the lithium battery, then the lithium battery needing to be welded is placed on the U-shaped bearing plate 3, then the first air cylinder 12 can be used for driving the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the baffle plate 4 to return to the vertical position, and then welding is carried out.
Referring to fig. 1-3 and 6, a rotating plate 17 is rotatably connected to the top of the rear side of the U-shaped supporting plate 3, a second torsion spring 18 is sleeved on the rotating shaft of the rotating plate 17, and a top plate 19 is fixedly connected to the rear side wall of the rotating plate 17; the bottom of the telescopic sliding plate 14 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 20, the front wall of the connecting plate 20 is rotatably connected with a plurality of first push rods 21 which are distributed at equal intervals, third torsion springs 22 are sleeved on the rotating shafts of the first push rods 21, limiting blocks 23 fixedly connected to the front wall of the connecting plate 20 are arranged below the first push rods 21, and the first push rods 21 are located right above the top plate 19; a rotating groove 24 is formed in the front wall of the rotating plate 17, a brush plate 25 is rotatably connected in the rotating groove 24, a plurality of bristles distributed in an array form are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the brush plate 25, a first driving mechanism is jointly arranged on the rotating plate 17 and the top plate 19, and the overturning driving mechanism drives the brush plate 25 to clean the top surface of the lithium battery when the rotating plate 17 is overturned; the overturning driving mechanism comprises a second push rod 26, the second push rod 26 is connected to the inner side of the top plate 19 in a sliding manner, the second push rod 26 penetrates through the front and rear side walls of the rotating plate 17 and is attached to the rear side wall of the brush plate 25, a first inclined plane 27 positioned below the first push rod 21 is formed at the rear end of the second push rod 26, and a resetting mechanism is fixedly connected to the side wall of the second push rod 26; the reset mechanism comprises a gas spring 28, and two ends of the gas spring 28 are respectively and fixedly connected to the second push rod 26 and the side wall of the top plate 19;
when the scheme is used, in the process of welding the lithium battery, the telescopic sliding plate 14 can drive the connecting plate 20 and the plurality of first push rods 21 to move downwards together, after the first push rods 21 move downwards to be contacted with the top plate 19, the top plate 19 can generate an upward acting force on the first push rods 21, so that the first push rods 21 are turned upwards to be staggered with the top plate 19, after the first push rods 21 move to the lower part of the top plate 19, the first push rods 21 can return to the horizontal position under the action of the third torsion spring 22, so that the top plate 19 can not obstruct the downward movement of the welding gun head 13, when the telescopic sliding plate 14 drives the connecting plate 20 to move upwards after welding, the connecting plate 20 can drive the plurality of first push rods 21 to move upwards together, and after the top surface of the uppermost first push rod 21 is contacted with the bottom surface of the top plate 19, the limiting block 23 can limit the first push rods 21 to turn downwards, so that the first push rods 21 can drive the top plate 19 to turn upwards, the top plate 19 drives the rotating plate 17 to turn forwards, the rotating plate 17 drives the brush plate 25 to turn forwards together, the brush plate 25 is always kept in a vertical state under the action of self gravity in the process that the brush plate 25 inclines forwards, the brush plate 25 can sweep the welding slag scattered on the rear side of the top surface of the lithium battery forwards, the first push rod 21 continues to move upwards to be in contact with the rear side wall of the top plate 19, then the first push rod 21 contacts with the first inclined surface 27, when the first push rod 21 continues to move upwards, the first push rod 21 can push the first inclined surface 27 to enable the second push rod 26 to move forwards in the top plate 19, at the moment, the front end of the second push rod 26 can drive the brush plate 25 to turn forwards, the brush plate 25 can turn forwards for a certain distance again, the brush plate 25 can continuously sweep the welding slag on the top surface of the lithium battery forwards until the first push rod 21 is staggered with the top plate 19, roof 19 and commentaries on classics board 17 can get back to the initial position under the torsional force effect of second torsional spring 18, then the top surface of next second push rod 21 can contact with roof 19 once more, then second push rod 21 can act on brush board 25 again and overturn forward and clean, make brush board 25 can clean the top front side of lithium cell with the welding slag of scattering to lithium cell welding point annex, can avoid the welding to glue the surface of lithium cell, can avoid the welding slag to stop in welding spot department to influence welding next welding simultaneously, the welding slag is more easy landing when also making follow-up clearance welding slag, can make the better processing of lithium cell.
Referring to fig. 1, a collection box 29 is arranged on the front side of the top of the bottom plate 1; through the setting of collecting box 29, the welding slag that slides down along lithium cell and shielding plate 4 top surface can be collected by collecting box 29, need not clear up bottom plate 1 again, can reduce staff's work load.
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, a first arc-shaped shielding plate 30 is fixedly connected to the top of the front end of the U-shaped supporting plate 3; the first arc-shaped shielding plate 30 can shield the rotating shaft of the shielding plate 4 when the shielding plate 4 is turned over in the working process, so that the welding slag can be prevented from falling between the shielding plate 4 and the U-shaped bearing plate 3 to block the turning of the shielding plate 4.
Referring to fig. 5, the left and right inner walls of the U-shaped frame 2 are symmetrically provided with arc-shaped sliding grooves 31, and the U-shaped bearing plate 3 is slidably connected with the inner walls of the arc-shaped sliding grooves 31; the U-shaped bearing plate 3 can be overturned more smoothly through the arrangement of the arc-shaped sliding grooves 31.
The working principle is as follows: when the device is used, the first air cylinder 12 is driven to extend rightwards, the first air cylinder 12 drives the U-shaped frame 2 to move rightwards together, the U-shaped frame 2 drives the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the lithium battery to move rightwards together for a certain distance, then the second air cylinder 16 is started, the second air cylinder 16 drives the welding gun head 13 to move downwards through the telescopic sliding plate 14, and after the welding gun head 13 is contacted with the top surface of the lithium battery, the welding gun head 13 can perform spot welding on the lithium battery; welding slag generated in the spot welding process is shielded at the inner sides by the left and right inner walls of the U-shaped frame 2, the inner wall of the rear side of the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the rear side wall of the shielding plate 4, so that the welding slag can not splash everywhere, a worker can be ensured not to be scalded by the welding slag, after one spot welding is completed, the second air cylinder 16 drives the telescopic sliding plate 14 and the welding gun head 13 to move upwards to the initial position, then the first air cylinder 12 drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the lithium battery to move rightwards for a short distance, then the welding gun head 13 welds the lithium battery, the actions are sequentially repeated until the welding of the lithium battery is completed, then the first air cylinder 12 can be started, the first air cylinder 12 drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the lithium battery after the welding are completed to move leftwards together, when the U-shaped frame 2 drives the wedge block 6 to move leftwards so that the wedge block 6 is contacted with the inclined plane of the first push block 7, the U-shaped frame 2 continuously moves leftwards, so that the inclined plane of the first push block 7 acts on the wedge block 6, the wedge block 6 moves forwards, the wedge block 6 can push the U-shaped bearing plate 3 to rotate forwards on the side wall of the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 can drive the shielding plate 4 and the welded lithium battery to turn forwards together, meanwhile, the shielding plate 4 can drive the pull rod 8 and the pull ring 9 to turn forwards together, after the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the welded lithium battery turn over to a set angle, the pull ring 9 can move to a position in butt joint with the inclined push rod 10, then the first air cylinder 12 continuously drives the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3, the shielding plate 4 and the welded lithium battery to move leftwards, the inclined push rod 10 acts on the pull ring 9 to move downwards, the pull ring 9 moves downwards to drive the pull rod 8 to move downwards together, and the pull rod 8 can pull the shielding plate 4 to turn downwards, until the baffle plate 4 overturns downwards to a specified angle, the pull rod 8 can drive the inclined push rod 10 to move backwards on the top surface of the bottom plate 1 in the process, the inclined push rod 10 can stretch the first spring 11, the baffle plate 4 can be parallel to the top surface of the lithium battery after being overturned to the specified angle, then welding slag accumulated on the top surface of the lithium battery can slide to the top of the bottom 1 along the top surface of the lithium battery and the top surface of the baffle plate 4, then a worker can take down the lithium battery, then the lithium battery needing to be welded is placed on the U-shaped bearing plate 3, then the first air cylinder 12 can be used for driving the U-shaped frame 2, the U-shaped bearing plate 3 and the baffle plate 4 to return to the vertical position, and then welding is carried out.
According to the invention, through the arrangement of the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate, the shielding plate, the linear driving mechanism, the linkage mechanism and the welding mechanism, welding slag generated in the welding process can be shielded by the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate and the shielding plate in the welding process of the lithium battery, so that the welding slag can not splash and scald workers everywhere, the lithium battery is driven by the linear driving mechanism to move leftwards after the welding is finished, when the U-shaped frame, the U-shaped bearing plate, the shielding plate and the lithium battery after the welding are driven by the linear driving mechanism to move to be in contact with the linkage mechanism, the linkage mechanism can firstly turn the U-shaped bearing plate, the shielding plate and the lithium battery after the welding is finished forwards on the U-shaped frame, after the U-shaped bearing plate and the shielding plate are turned for a certain angle, the U-shaped bearing plate stops rotating, then the shielding plate can continue to turn downwards, and then the welding slag on the surface of the inclined lithium battery can fall to the outer side of the U-shaped bearing plate along the surface and the inclined shielding plate, the surface of the lithium battery has no welding slag when the lithium battery is taken out, so that the safety of workers can be guaranteed, the lithium battery does not need to be cleaned after welding, and the processing efficiency of the lithium battery can be greatly increased.
The invention can ensure that a plurality of first push rods drive the rotating plate to turn over after each welding of the welding mechanism by arranging the rotating plate, the top plate, the connecting plate, the first push rods, the limiting blocks, the brush plate and the turning driving mechanism, so that the rotating plate can drive the brush plate to turn over forwards together, the brush plate can always keep a vertical state under the action of self gravity in the forward tilting process of the brush plate, the brush plate can move forwards under the drive of the rotating plate, the welding slag scattered on the rear side of the top surface of the lithium battery can be swept forwards by the brush plate, then the first push rods can be contacted with the first inclined surface after the first push rods move to be contacted with the rear side wall of the top plate, when the first push rods continue to move upwards, the first push rods can enable the second push rods to move forwards in the top plate by extruding the first inclined surface, at the moment, the front ends of the second push rods can drive the brush plate to turn over forwards, so that the brush plate can turn over forwards for a certain distance, make the brush yoke can continue to sweep forward the welding slag of lithium cell top surface, make the brush yoke can clean the top front side of lithium cell with the welding slag that scatters to lithium cell welding point annex, can avoid the welding slag to glue the surface of gluing the lithium cell, can avoid the welding slag to stop in welding spot department simultaneously and influence welding next time, the welding slag is more easy landing when can also making follow-up clearance welding slag, can make better the processing of lithium cell.
In summary, although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the above-described preferred embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, therefore, the scope of the present invention shall be determined by the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides a lithium cell rapid tooling welding set, includes bottom plate (1), its characterized in that: the top of the bottom plate (1) is connected with a U-shaped frame (2) in a sliding mode, the left inner wall and the right inner wall of the U-shaped frame (2) are jointly and rotatably connected with a U-shaped bearing plate (3), the top of the front side of the U-shaped bearing plate (3) is rotatably connected with a shielding plate (4), and a rotating shaft of the shielding plate (4) is sleeved with a first torsion spring (5); a linear driving mechanism for driving the U-shaped frame (2) to move is arranged on the left side of the U-shaped frame, a welding mechanism is arranged at the top of the bottom plate (1), a linkage mechanism is further arranged at the top of the bottom plate (1), and the linkage mechanism drives the U-shaped bearing plate (3) and the shielding plate (4) to overturn and unload materials under the linkage of the linear driving mechanism;
wherein the linkage mechanism comprises a wedge-shaped block (6) and a pull rod (8); the wedge-shaped block (6) is connected to the front and rear direction of the top surface of the bottom of the U-shaped frame (2) in a sliding mode, the inclined surface of the wedge-shaped block (6) is attached to the side wall of the U-shaped bearing plate (3), and a first push block (7) fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate (1) is arranged on the side edge of the wedge-shaped block (6); the pull rod (8) is fixedly connected to the front wall of the shielding plate (4), and a pull ring (9) is sleeved on the pull rod (8); an oblique push rod (10) for driving the pull ring (9) to move downwards is arranged on the side edge of the pull ring; the inclined push rod (10) is connected to the front portion and the rear portion of the top of the bottom plate (1) in a sliding mode, and a first spring (11) used for resetting the inclined push rod is fixedly connected to the side wall of the inclined push rod (10).
2. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 1, characterized in that: the linear drive mechanism comprises a first cylinder (12); the first air cylinder (12) is fixedly connected to the left side of the top of the bottom plate (1), and the telescopic end of the first air cylinder (12) is fixedly connected with the side wall of the U-shaped frame (2).
3. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 1, characterized in that: the welding mechanism comprises a welding gun head (13); the welding gun head (13) is arranged above the U-shaped bearing plate (3), the top of the welding gun head (13) is fixedly connected with a telescopic sliding plate (14), the rear side wall of the telescopic sliding plate (14) is connected with an L-shaped supporting column (15) which is vertically arranged and fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate (1) in a sliding mode, the top of the telescopic sliding plate (14) is fixedly connected with a second cylinder (16), and the top of the second cylinder (16) is fixedly connected to the bottom face of the top of the L-shaped supporting column (15).
4. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 3, characterized in that: the top of the rear side of the U-shaped bearing plate (3) is rotatably connected with a rotating plate (17), a second torsion spring (18) is sleeved on a rotating shaft of the rotating plate (17), and a top plate (19) is fixedly connected to the rear side wall of the rotating plate (17); the bottom of the telescopic sliding plate (14) is fixedly connected with a connecting plate (20), the front wall of the connecting plate (20) is rotatably connected with a plurality of first push rods (21) which are distributed at equal intervals, third torsion springs (22) are sleeved on rotating shafts of the first push rods (21), limiting blocks (23) fixedly connected to the front wall of the connecting plate (20) are arranged below the first push rods (21), and the first push rods (21) are located right above the top plate (19); the improved toothbrush is characterized in that a rotary groove (24) is formed in the front wall of the rotary plate (17), a brush plate (25) is connected in the rotary groove (24), a plurality of bristles distributed in an array are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the brush plate (25), a first driving mechanism is jointly arranged on the rotary plate (17) and the top plate (19), and the top surface of the lithium battery is driven by the overturning driving mechanism to clean the brush plate (25) when the rotary plate (17) is overturned.
5. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 4, characterized in that: upset actuating mechanism includes second push rod (26), second push rod (26) sliding connection is in the inboard of roof (19), and second push rod (26) run through around commentaries on classics board (17) lateral wall and with the back lateral wall laminating of brush board (25), first inclined plane (27) that are located first push rod (21) below are seted up to the rear end of second push rod (26), just fixedly connected with canceling release mechanical system on the lateral wall of second push rod (26).
6. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 5, characterized in that: the reset mechanism comprises a gas spring (28), and two ends of the gas spring (28) are respectively and fixedly connected to the side walls of the second push rod (26) and the top plate (19).
7. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the front side of the top of the bottom plate (1) is provided with a collecting box (29).
8. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 1, characterized in that: the top of the front end of the U-shaped bearing plate (3) is fixedly connected with a first arc-shaped shielding plate (30).
9. The lithium battery rapid machining welding device of claim 1, characterized in that: arc-shaped sliding grooves (31) are symmetrically formed in the left inner wall and the right inner wall of the U-shaped frame (2), and the U-shaped bearing plate (3) is connected with the inner walls of the arc-shaped sliding grooves (31) in a sliding mode.
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