CN212245216U

CN212245216U - Battery core transfer device and battery core feeding and discharging equipment

Info

Publication number: CN212245216U
Application number: CN202020972624.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 温佛荣; 陈嘉强; 胡成明; 容炳杰
Original assignee: Guangdong Lyric Robot Automation Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Lyric Robot Automation Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-29
Filing date: 2020-05-29
Publication date: 2020-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-29

Abstract

The application provides unloading equipment on electric core transfer device and electric core belongs to electric core production facility technical field. The battery cell transfer device comprises a rack, a jig, a traction mechanism and a transfer mechanism. The tool is provided with a plurality of standing grooves, and the standing groove is used for placing electric core, and the tool is placed in the frame along the direction of front and back is movably. The traction mechanism is connected to the rack and used for driving the jig to move between the execution position and the transfer position. The transfer mechanism is arranged on the production line in a reciprocating manner along the front-back direction, is used for taking down the jig positioned on the rack, and is also used for putting the taken-down jig back to the rack. The battery cell loading and unloading equipment with the structure further comprises a production line, the number of the battery cell transfer devices is two, and the two battery cell transfer devices are respectively arranged at the loading position and the unloading position of the production line. The battery core loading and unloading equipment with the structure realizes automatic transfer of the jig and cache of the battery core, so that the production efficiency of the battery core is improved.

Description

Battery core transfer device and battery core feeding and discharging equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electric core production equipment, in particular to an electric core transfer device and electric core feeding and discharging equipment.

Background

At present, the transportation of the battery cell is usually an important link in the automatic production of the battery cell. In current electric core production line, electric core is generally transferred to the tool in with electric core through the manipulator, then transfer the tool to the assembly line through the manipulator on, and adopt a plurality of tools to circulate and transfer on the assembly line, so as to transfer electric core to machining station, transfer electric core to the unloading position after treating the processing completion again, carry out the unloading through electric core in the manipulator to the tool at last, the equipment that adopts this kind of structure needs the manipulator to transfer the tool, thereby the production procedure of electric core has been increased, and the tool need wait for machining station to wait for the electric core of processing when transferring electric core on the assembly line, thereby the rate of starting of electric core production line has been reduced, and then the production efficiency who leads to electric core is low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a unloading equipment on electric core transfer device and electric core to improve the problem that the electric core production efficiency of current electric core production line is low.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electric core transfer device, which includes a rack, a jig, a traction mechanism, and a transfer mechanism; the jig is provided with a plurality of placing grooves, the placing grooves are used for placing the battery cells, and the jig can be movably placed on the rack along the front-back direction; the traction mechanism is connected with the rack and used for driving the jig to move between an execution position and a transfer position; the transfer mechanism is arranged on the production line in a reciprocating manner along the front-back direction, and is used for taking down the jig positioned on the rack and also used for putting the taken-down jig back to the rack.

In the technical scheme, the jig is movably placed on the rack, the rack can be divided into an execution position and a transfer position, when the jig is located at the execution position, a robot on a production line can load the battery cells into the jig or can unload the battery cells in the jig, then the jig can be driven to move between the execution position and the transfer position through the traction mechanism, then the jig located at the transfer position can be taken down from the rack through the transfer mechanism, the jig is driven to move back and forth on the production line, and finally the jig is placed back to the rack, so that automatic loading and unloading of the battery cells are realized, and automatic transfer of the jig is realized, the automation degree of the battery cell production line is improved, and the production flow of the battery cells is shortened. In addition, be provided with a plurality of standing grooves that are used for placing electric core on the tool, realized the buffer memory of electric core to the rate of starting of electric core production line has been improved, and then improved the production efficiency of electric core.

In addition, the battery cell transfer device provided by the embodiment of the application further has the following additional technical characteristics:

further, the transfer mechanism comprises a base and a lifting assembly; the base is movably arranged on the production line; the lifting assembly comprises a positioning plate and a first driving piece, the positioning plate is connected with the base through the first driving piece, and the first driving piece is used for driving the positioning plate to move in the vertical direction so as to take down the jig located on the rack or place the jig taken down back to the rack.

In above-mentioned technical scheme, transfer mechanism is provided with lifting unit, and lifting unit includes locating plate and first driving piece, moves along upper and lower direction through first driving piece drive locating plate to carry the tool that is located transfer position department away from the frame or put back the frame with the tool that has taken off, realized the tool through this kind of structure from the taking off and putting back of transferring the position, simple structure, low in manufacturing cost.

Further, the rack comprises a rack body, a first bottom plate, a second bottom plate and a second driving piece; the first bottom plate with the second bottom plate all along the movably setting in of left and right sides direction the support body, the second driving piece is used for driving first bottom plate with the second bottom plate is close to each other or is kept away from.

In the technical scheme, the first base plate and the second base plate are driven to move along the left and right directions through the second driving piece relative to the frame body, so that the first base plate and the second base plate are close to or far away from each other, the lifting assembly is guaranteed to be capable of ejecting the jig from the frame and then taking down the jig from the first base plate and the second base plate, the jig which is taken down can also be driven to move upwards along the up and down directions from the space between the first base plate and the second base plate, the jig which is taken down is put back to the frame, and interference caused by the fact that the frame is used for taking down or putting back the jig is avoided.

Furthermore, the jig is also provided with a plurality of limiting assemblies; the limiting assemblies correspond to the placing grooves one to one, each limiting assembly comprises a limiting pin and an elastic piece, the limiting pins are movably connected to the jig, the elastic pieces are arranged between the jig and the limiting pins, and the elastic pieces are used for enabling the limiting pins to tightly abut against the battery cores in the placing grooves.

In the technical scheme, the battery cell in the placing groove is limited and fixed by arranging the limiting component in each placing groove, so that the battery cell is prevented from shaking in the process of moving the jig, and the battery cell is prevented from being damaged. Wherein, spacing subassembly includes spacer pin and elastic component, promotes the spacing electric core of pinning tightly in the standing groove through the elastic component to carry on spacingly and fixed to electric core, this kind of simple structure is convenient for realize.

Further, the battery cell transfer device further comprises a first pin pulling mechanism; the first pin pulling mechanism is connected to the rack and used for pulling the limiting pin when the jig is located at the execution position.

In the above technical scheme, electric core transfer device still is provided with first round pin pulling mechanism, when the tool is located the execution position and carries out material loading or unloading, can extract the spacer pin that sets up on the tool through first round pin pulling mechanism to the robot on the production line is to carrying out the unloading with electric core material loading to the standing groove in or to the electric core of standing groove, has improved electric core transfer device's degree of automation through this kind of structure.

Further, the first pin pulling mechanism comprises a first pin pulling plate and an execution unit; the edge part of the first pin pulling plate is provided with first clamping grooves used for being clamped into the outer sides of the limiting pins, and the first clamping grooves correspond to the limiting pins one to one; the first pin pulling plate is connected with the rack through the execution unit, and the execution unit is used for driving the first pin pulling plate to move along the vertical direction and the horizontal direction relative to the rack.

In the technical scheme, the execution unit drives the first pin pulling plate to move along the vertical direction and the horizontal direction relative to the mechanism so that the first clamping groove in the first pin pulling plate is clamped into the outer side of the limiting pin, then the execution unit drives the first pin pulling plate to move along the horizontal direction so as to pull the limiting pin, and the automatic pin pulling function of the first pin pulling mechanism is realized through the structure.

Further, a second pin pulling mechanism is arranged on the transfer mechanism; the second pin pulling mechanism is used for pulling the limiting pin after the jig positioned on the rack is taken down by the transfer mechanism.

In the technical scheme, after the jig on the frame is taken off by the transfer mechanism, the limiting pin of the jig on the transfer mechanism can be extracted by the second pin pulling mechanism arranged on the transfer mechanism, so that the battery cell in the placing groove is taken off by a processing robot on the production line to be processed or the processed battery cell is put back to the placing groove, the manpower is saved, and the automation rate of the battery cell transfer device is improved.

Further, the battery cell transfer device further comprises a positioning mechanism; the positioning mechanism is connected to the rack and used for positioning the jig located at the execution position and the transfer position.

In the technical scheme, the battery core transfer device is further provided with a positioning mechanism, when the jig moves to the execution position, the positioning mechanism can position the jig to ensure the position precision of the jig, and therefore a robot on a production line can accurately feed or discharge the battery core. When the jig is located at the transfer position, the jig is positioned through the positioning mechanism so as to ensure that the transfer mechanism can smoothly take the jig off the rack, or when the transfer mechanism puts the taken-off jig back to the transfer position, the jig is positioned through the positioning mechanism so as to ensure that the traction mechanism can smoothly traction and drive the jig.

Further, the traction mechanism comprises a traction part and a traction assembly; the jig is provided with a traction hole for inserting the traction part; the traction assembly is used for driving the traction part to move along the up-down direction and the front-back direction relative to the machine frame.

In the technical scheme, the jig is provided with the traction hole for inserting the traction part, the traction part is driven to move along the up-down direction and the front-back direction relative to the rack through the traction assembly so as to drive the jig to move along the front-back direction relative to the rack, and therefore the jig is moved between the transfer position and the execution position.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a battery cell loading and unloading device, including a production line and the battery cell transfer apparatus; the production line is provided with a feeding position and a discharging position; the battery cell transfer device comprises two battery cell transfer devices, and the two battery cell transfer devices are respectively arranged at the feeding position and the discharging position.

In the above technical scheme, the battery cell loading and unloading equipment is provided with a production line, and the battery cell transfer device is arranged at the loading position and the unloading position of the production line. In the actual production process, be provided with the processing position on the production line between material loading position and unloading position, realized the removal of tool between the processing position on material loading position and production line through setting up the electric core transfer device in material loading position department to material loading to the processing position in the time with a plurality of electric cores. The movement of the jig for processing the position jig on the blanking position and the production line is realized through the electric core transfer device arranged at the blanking position, so that a plurality of electric cores of the processing position are simultaneously blanked, the automatic feeding and blanking of the electric core and the cache of the electric core are realized by adopting the electric core feeding and blanking equipment with the structure, the automation degree of the feeding and blanking equipment on the electric core is improved, and the production efficiency of the electric core is further improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery cell loading and unloading device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the cell transfer device shown in fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the gantry shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the jig shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the frame shown in FIG. 3 at A;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of the gantry shown in FIG. 3 at B;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the transfer mechanism shown in fig. 1.

Icon: 100-cell loading and unloading equipment; 10-production line; 11-a loading position; 12-a blanking position; 13-a machining position; 14-production line guide rails; 20-a cell transfer device; 30-a frame; 31-the execution position; 32-a transfer position; 33-a frame body; 34-a first base plate; 341-first guide; 35-a second bottom plate; 351-a second guide rail; 36-a second drive member; 40-a jig; 41-placing grooves; 42-a stop assembly; 421-a limit pin; 43-a first roller; 44-a second roller; 45-a first locating hole; 46-a pull hole; 50-a traction mechanism; 51-a traction portion; 52-a traction assembly; 521-a fifth driving member; 522-a movable seat; 523-drive means; 5231-moving guide rails; 60-a transfer mechanism; 61-a base; 611-a first seat body; 612-a second seat; 613-connecting column; 62-a lifting assembly; 621-positioning plate; 6211-a guide post; 6212-locating pins; 622 — first driver; 6221-a screw rod; 6222-a screw rod sleeve; 63-a sixth driving member; 64-a second pin pulling mechanism; 641-a second pin-pulling plate; 6411-a second card slot; 70-a first pin pulling mechanism; 71-a first pin pulling plate; 711-a first card slot; 72-an execution unit; 721-a third driving member; 722-a movable seat; 723-a fourth drive; 80-a positioning mechanism; 81-a first positioning assembly; 811-positioning block; 82-a second positioning assembly; 83-a third positioning assembly; c-front-back direction; d-left and right direction; e-up and down direction.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that the indication of orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the orientation or positional relationship which is usually placed when the product of the application is used, or the orientation or positional relationship which is usually understood by those skilled in the art, or the orientation or positional relationship which is usually placed when the product of the application is used, and is only for the convenience of describing the application and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Examples

The embodiment of the application provides a unloading equipment 100 on electric core, and it can improve current electric core production line degree of automation low to lead to the lower problem of production efficiency, the following concrete structure that combines the attached drawing to unloading equipment 100 on electric core explains in detail.

As shown in fig. 1, the cell loading and unloading apparatus 100 includes a production line 10 and two cell transfer devices 20. The production line 10 has a loading position 11 and a discharging position 12, and the two cell transfer devices 20 are respectively disposed at the loading position 11 and the discharging position 12.

In the actual production process, a processing position 13 is arranged between the feeding position 11 and the discharging position 12 on the production line 10, and the cell is fed to the processing position 13 through a cell transfer device 20 arranged at the feeding position 11, so that the automatic feeding of the cell is realized. In addition, the battery core transfer device 20 arranged at the blanking position 12 is used for blanking the battery core at the processing position 13 to the blanking position 12, so that the automatic blanking of the battery core is realized, the automation degree of the battery core feeding and blanking equipment 100 is improved, and the production efficiency of the battery core is improved.

Wherein, the production line 10 is provided with a production line guide rail 14, and the loading position 11 and the unloading position 12 are distributed at two ends of the production line guide rail 14 along the front-back direction C.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the battery cell transfer device 20 includes a rack 30, a jig 40, a traction mechanism 50, and a transfer mechanism 60. The jig 40 is provided with a plurality of placing grooves 41 (not shown in the figure), the placing grooves 41 are used for placing the battery cells, and the jig 40 is movably placed on the rack 30 along the front-back direction C. The drawing mechanism 50 is connected to the frame 30, and the drawing mechanism 50 is used for driving the jig 40 to move between the execution position 31 and the transfer position 32. The transfer mechanism 60 is provided on the line guide 14 so as to be movable back and forth in the front-rear direction C, the transfer mechanism 60 is configured to remove the jig 40 located at the transfer position 32 of the rack 30, and the transfer mechanism 60 is further configured to return the removed jig 40 to the transfer position 32 of the rack 30.

The jig 40 is movably placed on the rack 30, the rack 30 can be divided into an execution position 31 and a transfer position 32, when the jig 40 is located at the execution position 31, the robot on the production line 10 can load the battery cell into the jig 40 or can unload the battery cell in the jig 40, and then the traction mechanism 50 can drive the jig 40 to move between the execution position 31 and the transfer position 32. The transfer mechanism 60 of the battery cell transfer device 20 located at the loading position 11 can drive the jig 40 to move between the loading position 11 and the processing position 13, so as to realize battery cell loading to the processing position 13, the transfer mechanism 60 of the battery cell transfer device 20 located at the unloading position 12 can drive the jig 40 to move between the processing position 13 and the unloading position 12, so as to unload the battery cell located at the processing position 13, so that the automatic loading and unloading of the battery cell are realized, and the automation degree of the battery cell loading and unloading equipment 100 is improved. In addition, the jig 40 is provided with a plurality of placing grooves 41 for placing the battery cells, so that the buffer memory of the battery cells is realized, the starting rate of the battery cell loading and unloading device 100 is improved, and the production efficiency of the battery cells is improved.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the frame 30 includes a frame body 33, a first base plate 34, a second base plate 35, and a second driving member 36. The first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 are movably disposed on the frame body 33 along the left-right direction D, and the second driving member 36 is used for driving the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 to approach or move away from each other. The first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 are driven by the second driving element 36 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the frame body 33, so that the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 are close to or far away from each other, thereby ensuring that the transfer mechanism 60 can take down the jig 40 located at the transfer position 32 from between the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 or put back the taken-down jig 40 to the transfer position 32, and further avoiding the interference of the frame 30 on the taking down or putting back of the jig 40.

The first base plate 34 is provided with a first guide 341 for the jig 40 to move in the front-back direction C. The second base plate 35 is provided with a second guide rail 351 for moving the jig 40 in the front-rear direction C.

Alternatively, the second driving member 36 is four cylinders, two cylinders are used for driving the first base plate 34 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the frame body 33, the cylinder body of the cylinder is fixedly connected to the frame body 33, the first base plate 34 is movably disposed on the frame body 33, and the output end of the cylinder is connected to the first base plate 34, so as to drive the first base plate 34 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the frame body 33. The other two cylinders are used for driving the second bottom plate 35 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the frame body 33, the cylinder bodies of the cylinders are fixedly connected to the frame body 33, the second bottom plate 35 is movably arranged on the frame body 33, and the output ends of the cylinders are connected to the second bottom plate 35, so that the second bottom plate 35 is driven to move along the left-right direction D relative to the frame body 33, and the first bottom plate 34 and the second bottom plate 35 are driven to be close to or far away from each other. In other embodiments, the second driving member 36 may also have other structures, for example, the second driving member 36 is a bidirectional cylinder, a cylinder body of the bidirectional cylinder is fixedly connected to the frame body 33, the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 are both movably disposed on the frame body 33, and two output ends of the bidirectional cylinder are respectively connected to the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35, so as to drive the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 to approach or move away from each other.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the jig 40 is further provided with a plurality of limiting assemblies 42. Spacing subassembly 42 and standing groove 41 one-to-one, spacing subassembly 42 includes spacer pin 421 and elastic component, and the movably connection of spacer pin 421 is in tool 40, and the elastic component sets up between tool 40 and spacer pin 421, and the elastic component is used for making spacer pin 421 tightly to the electric core in standing groove 41.

In the production process, the battery cell in each placing groove 41 is limited and fixed by arranging one limiting component 42 in each placing groove 41, so that the battery cell is prevented from shaking in the moving process of the jig 40, and the battery cell is prevented from being damaged. Wherein, spacing subassembly 42 includes spacer pin 421 and elastic component, spacer pin 421 is movably inserted and is located tool 40, tool 40 is last to be seted up and to be supplied spacer pin 421 male pore, the both ends in pore link up the side table wall of tool 40 and the side groove wall of standing groove 41 respectively, the one end protrusion in standing groove 41's side groove wall of spacer pin 421, the other end protrusion in tool 40's side table wall of spacer pin 421, when electric core is located standing groove 41, the elastic component can promote the electric core that spacer pin 421 tightly supported in standing groove 41, in order to carry on spacingly and fixedly to electric core, this kind of simple structure, and the realization of being convenient for.

Wherein, the elastic component is the spring, and the spacer pin 421 is located to the spring housing, and the spacer pin 421 has the end of leaning on of tightly leaning on in the electric core of standing groove 41, and the one end of spring is supported on the side slot wall in standing groove 41, and the other end of spring is supported on leaning on the end in leaning on of spacer pin 421 to make the spacer pin 421 can tightly support in the electric core of standing groove 41.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the jig 40 is further provided with a plurality of first rollers 43 and a plurality of second rollers 44, the first rollers 43 are configured to be rollably placed on the first guide rail 341, and the second rollers 44 are configured to be rollably placed on the second guide rail 351, so that the jig 40 can move between the transfer position 32 and the execution position 31 relative to the frame 30. In other embodiments, the jig 40 may have other structures, for example, the lower surface of the jig 40 is provided with a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove, the first sliding groove is used for being movably disposed on the first guide rail 341, and the second sliding groove is used for being movably disposed on the second guide rail 351, so that the jig 40 can move between the transfer position 32 and the execution position 31 relative to the frame 30.

The first roller 43 and the second roller 44 may be two, three, four, five, six, etc. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4, the first roller 43 and the second roller 44 are four in number.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, the cell transit device 20 further includes a first pin pulling mechanism 70. The first pin pulling mechanism 70 is connected to the frame 30, and the first pin pulling mechanism 70 is used for pulling the limit pin 421 when the jig 40 is located at the actuating position 31.

When the jig 40 is located at the execution position 31 for loading or unloading, the first pin pulling mechanism 70 can pull out the limit pin 421 arranged on the jig 40, so that the robot on the production line 10 can load the battery cells into the placing groove 41 or unload the battery cells in the placing groove 41, and the automation degree of the battery cell transfer device 20 is improved by the structure.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the first pin pulling mechanism 70 includes a first pin pulling plate 71 and an actuator unit 72. The edge of the first pin pulling plate 71 is provided with a first engaging groove 711 for engaging with the outer side of the stopper pin 421, and the first engaging grooves 711 correspond to the stopper pins 421 one by one. The first pin-removing plate 71 is connected to the frame 30 via an actuator 72, and the actuator 72 is used for driving the first pin-removing plate 71 to move in the up-down direction E and the left-right direction D relative to the frame 30. The execution unit 72 drives the first pin pulling plate 71 to move along the up-down direction E and the left-right direction D relative to the mechanism, so that the first clamping groove 711 on the first pin pulling plate 71 is clamped at the outer side of the limit pin 421, and then the execution unit 72 drives the first pin pulling plate 71 to move along the left-right direction D to pull the limit pin 421, so that the automatic pin pulling function of the first pin pulling mechanism 70 is realized through the structure.

The first engaging grooves 711 are plural, so that the first pin pulling plate 71 can be simultaneously engaged with the plural limit pins 421, and the plural limit pins 421 can be simultaneously pulled, thereby improving the pin pulling efficiency.

Illustratively, the first card slot 711 is a U-shaped slot. In other embodiments, the first locking groove 711 may also be a V-shaped groove, a semi-circular groove, or the like.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, the execution unit 72 includes a third driving member 721, a movable seat 722 and a fourth driving member 723. The first pin pulling plate 71 is connected to the movable seat 722 through a third driving member 721, and the third driving member 721 is used for driving the first pin pulling plate 71 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the movable seat 722. The movable seat 722 is connected to the frame 30 through a fourth driving member 723, and the fourth driving member 723 is configured to drive the movable seat 722 to move in the vertical direction E relative to the frame 30. With this simple and easy-to-implement structure, it is achieved that the actuator unit 72 drives the first pin-removing plate 71 to move in the up-down direction E and the left-right direction D with respect to the frame 30.

The third driving element 721 is an air cylinder, a cylinder body of the air cylinder is fixedly connected to the movable seat 722, the first pin pulling plate 71 is movably disposed on the movable seat 722, and an output end of the air cylinder is connected to the first pin pulling plate 71, so as to drive the first pin pulling plate 71 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the movable seat 722. In other embodiments, the third driving member 721 may have other structures, for example, the third driving member 721 includes a motor and a rack, the motor is fixedly connected to the movable seat 722, the rack is connected to the first pin-pulling plate 71, the first pin-pulling plate 71 is movably disposed on the movable seat 722, and a gear on an output shaft of the motor is engaged with the rack to drive the first pin-pulling plate 71 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the movable seat 722.

Illustratively, the fourth driving member 723 is an air cylinder, a cylinder body of the air cylinder is connected to the frame 30, the movable seat 722 is movably disposed on the frame 30, and an output end of the air cylinder is connected to the movable seat 722, so as to drive the movable seat 722 to move in the up-down direction E relative to the frame 30.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 4, two rows of placing grooves 41 are provided in the length direction of the jig 40, each row of placing grooves 41 is provided with a plurality of placing grooves, two sides of the jig 40 in the left-right direction D are provided with a plurality of limiting assemblies 42, and the limiting assemblies 42 correspond to the placing grooves 41 one to one. In other embodiments, the plurality of placing slots 41 may be arranged in a row.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 3, the number of the first pin pulling mechanisms 70 is four, two first pin pulling mechanisms 70 of the four first pin pulling mechanisms 70 are used for pulling the stopper pins 421 of one side of the jig 40 in the left-right direction D when the jig 40 is located at the actuating position 31, and the other two first pin pulling mechanisms 70 of the four first pin pulling mechanisms 70 are used for pulling the stopper pins 421 of the other side of the jig 40 in the left-right direction D when the jig 40 is located at the actuating position 31.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the battery cell transfer device 20 further includes a positioning mechanism 80. The positioning mechanism 80 is connected to the frame 30, and the positioning mechanism 80 is used for positioning the jig 40 located at the execution position 31 and the transfer position 32.

When jig 40 moves to execution position 31, positioning mechanism 80 can position jig 40 to guarantee the position accuracy of jig 40, so that the robot on production line 10 can accurately feed or discharge the battery cell. When the jig 40 is located at the transfer position 32, the jig 40 is positioned by the positioning mechanism 80 to ensure that the transfer mechanism 60 will smoothly take the jig 40 off the rack 30, or when the transfer mechanism 60 puts the taken-off jig 40 back to the transfer position 32, the jig 40 is positioned by the positioning mechanism 80 to ensure that the traction mechanism 50 can smoothly traction and drive the jig 40.

In this embodiment, the positioning mechanism 80 includes a first positioning component 81, a second positioning component 82, and a third positioning component 83. When the jig 40 is located at the execution position 31, the first positioning component 81 and the second positioning component 82 can position the jig 40, so that the jig 40 is located at the execution position 31. When the jig 40 is located at the transfer position 32, the third positioning component 83 can position the jig 40, so that the jig 40 is located at the transfer position 32.

As shown in fig. 4 and 6, the jig 40 has a first positioning hole 45, the first positioning assembly 81 includes a positioning block 811 and an air cylinder, a cylinder body of the air cylinder is fixedly connected to the frame 30, the positioning block 811 is movably disposed on the frame 30 along the up-down direction E relative to the frame 30, and an output end of the air cylinder is connected to the positioning block 811, so that the positioning block 811 is driven to move along the up-down direction E relative to the frame 30, so that the positioning block 811 is inserted into the first positioning hole 45 to position the jig 40. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the structure of the second positioning assembly 82 and the structure of the third positioning assembly 83 are the same as the structure of the first positioning assembly 81, and the connection manner between the second positioning assembly 82 and the rack 30 and the connection manner between the third positioning assembly 83 and the rack 30 are the same as the connection manner between the first positioning assembly 81 and the rack 30. The first positioning assembly 81 is connected to the second base plate 35, and the second positioning assembly 82 and the third positioning assembly 83 are connected to the first base plate 34.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the pulling mechanism 50 includes a pulling portion 51 and a pulling assembly 52. The jig 40 is provided with a drawing hole 46 into which the drawing part 51 is inserted. The drawing part 51 is connected to the frame 30 through a drawing assembly 52, and the drawing assembly 52 is used for driving the drawing part 51 to move in the up-down direction E and the front-back direction C relative to the frame 30.

The jig 40 is provided with a drawing hole 46 for inserting the drawing part 51, and the drawing part 51 is driven by the drawing component 52 to move along the up-down direction E and the front-back direction C relative to the frame 30 so as to drive the jig 40 to move along the front-back direction C relative to the frame 30, thereby realizing the movement of the jig 40 between the transferring position 32 and the executing position 31.

As shown in fig. 2, the drawing assembly 52 includes a fifth driving element 521, a moving seat 522 and a driving device 523, the drawing part 51 is connected to the moving seat 522 through the fifth driving element 521, the fifth driving element 521 is used for driving the drawing part 51 to move in the up-down direction E relative to the moving seat 522, the moving seat 522 is connected to the frame body 33 through the driving device 523, and the driving device 523 is used for driving the moving seat 522 to move in the front-back direction C relative to the frame body 33.

Illustratively, the fifth driving element 521 is an air cylinder, a cylinder body of the air cylinder is connected to the movable base 522, the traction portion 51 is movably disposed on the movable base 522, and an output end of the air cylinder is connected to the traction portion 51, so as to drive the traction portion 51 to move in the up-down direction E relative to the movable base 522.

Illustratively, the traction portion 51 is a cylindrical structure.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the driving means 523 includes a motor, a rack, and a moving rail 5231. The moving rail 5231 is coupled to the frame body 33, the moving base 522 is movably disposed on the frame body 33, the motor is coupled to the moving base 522, and the gear on the output shaft of the motor is engaged with the rack disposed on the moving rail 5231, thereby moving the moving base 522 on the moving rail 5231 in the front-rear direction C.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, the transfer mechanism 60 includes a base 61 and a lifting assembly 62. The base 61 is movably disposed on the line guide 14. The lifting assembly 62 includes a positioning plate 621 and a first driving element 622, the positioning plate 621 is connected to the base 61 through the first driving element 622, and the first driving element 622 is used for driving the positioning plate 621 to move along the up-down direction E, so as to take down the jig 40 located at the transfer position 32 of the rack 30 or to replace the taken-down jig 40 at the transfer position 32 of the rack 30.

The transfer mechanism 60 is provided with a lifting assembly 62, the lifting assembly 62 comprises a positioning plate 621 and a first driving member 622, the positioning plate 621 is driven by the first driving member 622 to move along the up-down direction E, so that the jig 40 located at the transfer position 32 is ejected from the rack 30 or the jig 40 which is taken down is put back to the rack 30, the jig 40 is taken down and put back from the transfer position 32 through the structure, the structure is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low.

The base 61 includes a first base body 611, a second base body 612 and a plurality of connecting posts 613, the first base body 611 is movably disposed on the production line guide rail 14, and the second base body 612 is connected to the first base body 611 through the connecting posts 613.

Illustratively, there are four connection posts 613, one end of each connection post 613 is fixedly connected to the first base 611, and the other end of each connection post 613 is fixedly connected to the second base 612.

In this embodiment, the positioning plate 621 is movably disposed on the second seat 612, and the first driving member 622 is connected to the first seat 611. The positioning plate 621 is further connected to a plurality of guide posts 6211, and the second seat 612 is provided with through holes for the guide posts 6211 to pass through, so that the guide posts 6211 can guide the positioning plate 621 when the positioning plate 621 moves along the up-down direction E relative to the second seat 612. Illustratively, there are four guide posts 6211.

As shown in fig. 7, the first driving member 622 includes a motor, a screw rod 6221 and a screw rod sleeve 6222, the motor is fixedly connected to the first base 611, the screw rod 6221 is rotatably disposed on the first base 611, the screw rod sleeve 6222 is sleeved on the screw rod 6221 and is connected to the positioning plate 621, a gear disposed on the screw rod 6221 is engaged with a gear disposed on an output shaft of the motor, so as to drive the screw rod 6221 to rotate relative to the first base 611, so as to drive the screw rod sleeve to move along the up-down direction E, and further drive the positioning plate 621 to move along the up-down direction E relative to the second base 612. In other embodiments, the first driving element 622 can have other structures, for example, the first driving element 622 is an air cylinder, a cylinder body of the air cylinder is connected to the first seat 611, and an output end of the air cylinder is connected to the positioning plate 621 so as to drive the positioning plate 621 to move in the up-down direction E relative to the second seat 612.

In this embodiment, the positioning plate 621 is further provided with two positioning pins 6212, the lower surface of the jig 40 is provided with two second positioning holes, and each positioning pin 6212 is used to be inserted into one positioning hole, so as to position the jig 40 on the positioning plate 621.

In summary, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 7, when the transferring mechanism 60 needs to remove the jig 40 from the transferring position 32, the positioning plate 621 is driven by the first driving element 622 to move upward in the up-down direction E first, so as to insert the positioning pin 6212 on the positioning plate 621 into the second positioning hole of the jig 40, and then the positioning plate 621 is driven by the first driving element 622 to move upward in the up-down direction E continuously, so as to lift the jig 40 away from the first guide rail 341 and the second guide rail 351, and place the jig 40 on the positioning plate 621. After the jig 40 is pushed away from the first guide rail 341 and the second guide rail 351 by the positioning plate 621, the first bottom plate 34 and the second bottom plate 35 are driven to be away from each other by the second driving element 36, and then the positioning plate 621 is driven to move downwards along the up-down direction E by the first driving element 622, so that the jig 40 is placed on the transfer mechanism 60, and the transfer mechanism 60 is convenient to drive the jig 40 to move on the production line guide rail 14. When the jig 40 is removed from the transfer position 32 by the transfer mechanism 60, the second driving member 36 drives the first base plate 34 and the second base plate 35 to approach each other. On the contrary, when the transferring mechanism 60 needs to put the removed jig 40 back to the transferring position 32, the first driving member 36 drives the first bottom plate 34 and the second bottom plate 35 to move away from each other, and the first driving member 622 drives the positioning plate 621 to move upward along the up-down direction E, so as to drive the jig 40 to move upward along the up-down direction E. When the jig 40 is located at a position higher than the positions of the first and

second bottom plates

34 and 35, the second driving member 36 drives the first and

second bottom plates

34 and 35 to approach each other, and then the positioning plate 621 is driven by the first driving member 622 to move downward in the up-down direction E, so as to put the jig 40 back on the first and

second guide rails

341 and 351.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the transfer mechanism 60 further includes a sixth driving element 63, the sixth driving element 63 is connected to the first seat 611, and the sixth driving element 63 is used for driving the base 61 to move back and forth on the production line guide rail 14 along the front-back direction C. In this embodiment, the sixth driving member 63 is a motor, and a gear at an output end of the motor is engaged with a rack provided on the production line guide rail 14, so as to drive the base 61 to reciprocate on the production line guide rail 14 in the front-rear direction C.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, a second pin pulling mechanism 64 is further disposed on the transfer mechanism 60. The second pin pulling mechanism 64 is used to pull the stopper pin 421 after the transfer mechanism 60 removes the jig 40 located on the frame 30. After the jig 40 on the rack 30 is taken down by the transfer mechanism 60, the second pin pulling mechanism 64 provided on the transfer mechanism 60 can pull out the limit pin 421 of the jig 40 on the transfer mechanism 60, so that the processing robot on the production line 10 takes the battery cell in the placing groove 41 down for processing or puts the processed battery cell back into the placing groove 41, thereby saving manpower and improving the automation rate of the battery cell transfer device 20.

Illustratively, there are four second pin pulling mechanisms 64, and four second pin pulling mechanisms 64 are connected to the second fastening structure 612. Two of the four second pin pulling mechanisms 64 are used for pulling the stopper pin 421 on one side of the jig 40 in the left-right direction D when the jig 40 is located on the transfer mechanism 60, and the other two of the four second pin pulling mechanisms 64 are used for pulling the stopper pin 421 on the other side of the jig 40 in the left-right direction D when the jig 40 is located on the transfer mechanism 60.

The second pin pulling mechanism 64 includes a second pin pulling plate 641 and a seventh driving member, an edge of the second pin pulling plate 641 is provided with a second engaging groove 6411 for engaging with the outer side of the limit pin 421, and the second engaging grooves 6411 correspond to the limit pins 421 one to one. The second pin pulling plate 641 is movably disposed on the second seat 612, and the seventh driving element is used for driving the second pin pulling plate 641 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the second seat 612 so as to pull the limit pin 421 on the fixture 40. The second engaging groove 6411 is plural, so that the second pin pulling plate 641 can be simultaneously engaged with the plural limit pins 421, and the plural limit pins 421 can be simultaneously pulled, thereby improving the pin pulling efficiency.

Illustratively, second slot 6411 is a U-shaped slot. In other embodiments, the second slot 6411 may be a V-shaped slot, a semi-circular slot, or the like.

Optionally, the seventh driving element is an air cylinder, a cylinder body of the air cylinder is fixedly connected to the second seat 612, the second pin pulling plate 641 is movably disposed on the second seat 612, and an output end of the air cylinder is connected to the second pin pulling plate 641, so as to drive the second pin pulling plate 641 to move along the left-right direction D relative to the second seat 612.

In summary, when the jig 40 is removed from the transfer position 32 by the lifting assembly 62, the limit pin 421 disposed on the jig 40 can be engaged in the second engaging groove 6411, and then the base 61 is driven by the sixth driving member 63 to move on the production line guide rail 14, so as to move the jig 40 to the processing position 13. When the jig 40 is located at the processing position 13, the four second pin pulling mechanisms 64 are provided to respectively pull the limiting pins 421 on the two sides of the jig 40 in the left-right direction D, so that the robot located at the processing position 13 transfers the battery cell into the placing groove 41 of the jig 40 or takes down the battery cell located in the placing groove 41.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a battery core transfer device which characterized in that includes:

a frame;

the jig is provided with a plurality of placing grooves for placing the battery cell, and the jig can be movably placed on the rack along the front-back direction;

the traction mechanism is connected to the rack and is used for driving the jig to move between an execution position and a transfer position; and

the jig conveying device comprises a conveying mechanism which is arranged on a production line in a reciprocating manner along the front-back direction, wherein the conveying mechanism is used for taking down the jig positioned on the rack, and the conveying mechanism is also used for putting the taken-down jig back to the rack.

2. The battery cell transfer device of claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism comprises a base and a lifting assembly;

the base is movably arranged on the production line;

the lifting assembly comprises a positioning plate and a first driving piece, the positioning plate is connected with the base through the first driving piece, and the first driving piece is used for driving the positioning plate to move in the vertical direction so as to take down the jig located on the rack or place the jig taken down back to the rack.

3. The cell transit device of claim 1, wherein the rack includes a rack body, a first bottom plate, a second bottom plate, and a second driving member;

the first bottom plate with the second bottom plate all along the movably setting in of left and right sides direction the support body, the second driving piece is used for driving first bottom plate with the second bottom plate is close to each other or is kept away from.

4. The cell core transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the jig is further provided with a plurality of limiting assemblies;

the limiting assemblies correspond to the placing grooves one to one, each limiting assembly comprises a limiting pin and an elastic piece, the limiting pins are movably connected to the jig, the elastic pieces are arranged between the jig and the limiting pins, and the elastic pieces are used for enabling the limiting pins to tightly abut against the battery cores in the placing grooves.

5. The cell transit device of claim 4, further comprising a first pin pulling mechanism;

the first pin pulling mechanism is connected to the rack and used for pulling the limiting pin when the jig is located at the execution position.

6. The cell transit device of claim 5, wherein the first pin pulling mechanism includes a first pin pulling plate and an execution unit;

the edge part of the first pin pulling plate is provided with first clamping grooves used for being clamped into the outer sides of the limiting pins, and the first clamping grooves correspond to the limiting pins one to one;

the first pin pulling plate is connected with the rack through the execution unit, and the execution unit is used for driving the first pin pulling plate to move along the vertical direction and the horizontal direction relative to the rack.

7. The battery cell transfer device according to claim 4, wherein a second pin pulling mechanism is provided on the transfer mechanism;

the second pin pulling mechanism is used for pulling the limiting pin after the jig positioned on the rack is taken down by the transfer mechanism.

8. The cell transit device of claim 1, further comprising a positioning mechanism;

the positioning mechanism is connected to the rack and used for positioning the jig located at the execution position and the transfer position.

9. The cell transit device of claim 1, wherein the traction mechanism includes a traction portion and a traction assembly;

the jig is provided with a traction hole for inserting the traction part;

the traction assembly is used for driving the traction part to move along the up-down direction and the front-back direction relative to the machine frame.

10. A battery cell loading and unloading device, which is characterized by comprising a production line and the battery cell transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 9;

the production line is provided with a feeding position and a discharging position;

the battery cell transfer device comprises two battery cell transfer devices, and the two battery cell transfer devices are respectively arranged at the feeding position and the discharging position.