CN213707089U

CN213707089U - Columnar battery processing equipment and material distribution mechanism thereof

Info

Publication number: CN213707089U
Application number: CN202021883140.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖天宝; 苏舟; 施宣权; 高云松; 杨迅; 郭启军; 高云峰
Original assignee: Han s Laser Technology Industry Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Han's Lithium Battery Intelligent Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-02
Filing date: 2020-09-02
Publication date: 2021-07-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-09-02

Abstract

The utility model relates to a column battery processing equipment and feed mechanism thereof, this feed mechanism includes the storage subassembly, hold the material subassembly and push away the material spare, wherein, the storage subassembly has first discharge gate and second discharge gate, hold the material subassembly including holding material spare and driving piece, it has first material holding groove and second material holding groove to hold the material spare, under driving piece's driving about, first material holding groove and second material holding groove are relative with first discharge gate and second discharge gate alternately, and then make the work piece of storage subassembly fall corresponding first material holding groove or second material holding inslot, and, when first material holding groove and second material holding groove one of them work piece of accepting the storage subassembly, it can push away another work piece of accepting from holding the material spare to push away the material spare, thereby divide the work piece that the storage subassembly deposited high-efficiently, the operation efficiency is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

Description

Columnar battery processing equipment and material distribution mechanism thereof

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automated processing, especially, relate to extremely feed mechanism of column battery processing equipment.

Background

In recent years, with the national support of new energy vehicles, the market share of new energy vehicles is further expanded, the demand of new energy power batteries is greatly increased, and cylindrical batteries as new energy power batteries have the characteristics of small volume, high energy density and the like, and occupy an important position in the new energy industry.

In the production process of the cylindrical battery, the cylindrical battery loaded in the hopper needs to be separated, the common material separating mode is manual material separating, the material separating mode is high in dependence on labor force, high in labor cost, easy to fatigue operators due to simple and repeated operation, and low in production efficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, a need exists for a cylindrical battery processing device and a material distribution mechanism thereof, so as to effectively solve the problems of low material distribution efficiency and high cost.

The utility model provides a feed mechanism, include:

the storage assembly is provided with a first discharge hole and a second discharge hole;

the material bearing assembly comprises a material bearing part and a driving part, the material bearing part is provided with a first material bearing groove and a second material bearing groove, the driving part can drive the material bearing part to move to a first position and a second position, when the material bearing part is located at the first position, the first material bearing groove is opposite to the first discharge hole so as to bear a workpiece output by the first discharge hole, and when the material bearing part is located at the second position, the second material bearing groove is opposite to the second discharge hole so as to bear the workpiece output by the second discharge hole;

the material pushing part is positioned on one side of the material bearing assembly, and when the material bearing part is positioned at the first position, the material pushing part is opposite to the second material bearing groove and can push the workpiece of the second material bearing groove away from the material bearing part; when the material bearing part is located at the second position, the material pushing part is opposite to the second material bearing groove and can push the workpiece of the second material bearing groove away from the material bearing part.

In one embodiment, the magazine assembly comprises a first hopper and a second hopper, the first discharge port is located in the first hopper, and the second discharge port is located in the second hopper.

In one embodiment, the first hopper and the second hopper are integrally formed.

In one embodiment, the material loading device comprises a base, wherein the material loading part is arranged on the base in a sliding mode, and the material loading part is driven by the driving part to reciprocate along a first direction.

In one embodiment, the first material receiving groove and the second material receiving groove are both arc-shaped grooves, and the extending direction of the first material receiving groove and the second material receiving groove is approximately perpendicular to the first direction.

In one embodiment, the pushing member includes an air cylinder, the air cylinder is mounted on the base, and an extension direction of an extension rod of the air cylinder is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

In one embodiment, the storage device comprises a supporting seat, wherein the supporting seat is connected with the base and is used for erecting the storage component above the material bearing part.

In one embodiment, the driving part comprises an air cylinder, and an expansion rod of the air cylinder is connected with the material bearing part.

On the other hand, the utility model provides a column battery processing equipment, including foretell feed mechanism.

In one embodiment, the cylindrical battery processing equipment comprises a material conveying mechanism, the material conveying mechanism comprises a synchronous belt and a driving motor, the synchronous belt and the material pushing part are respectively located on two opposite sides of the material bearing part, the material pushing part can push a workpiece to the synchronous belt from the material bearing part, and the driving motor can drive the synchronous belt to move.

In one embodiment, the synchronous belt is provided with a plurality of material loading jigs at intervals, and when one of the first material bearing groove and the second material bearing groove is opposite to the pushing piece and is opposite to one of the plurality of material loading jigs, the pushing piece can push the workpiece from the material bearing piece to the material loading jigs.

The utility model discloses a column battery processing equipment and feed mechanism thereof, this feed mechanism includes storage component, hold material subassembly and ejection of compact spare, wherein, storage component has first discharge gate and second discharge gate, hold material subassembly including holding material spare and driving piece, hold material spare has first material groove and the second of holding and hold the silo, under driving about of driving piece, first material groove and the second of holding holds the silo alternately with first discharge gate and second discharge gate relative, and then make storage component's work piece fall corresponding first material groove or the second of holding in the silo, and, when first material groove and the second of holding one of them work piece of accepting storage component of material groove, the ejection of compact spare can push away from the material piece that holds another work piece of accepting, thereby divide the work piece that storage component deposited high-efficiently, the operation efficiency is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, drawings of other embodiments can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a material distributing mechanism and a conveying mechanism of a cylindrical battery processing apparatus according to an embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a material distribution mechanism of the cylindrical battery processing equipment according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of another perspective of the feed mechanism shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a material receiving member in the material distributing mechanism according to an embodiment;

fig. 5 is a schematic top view of the material distributing mechanism and the conveying mechanism of the cylindrical battery processing apparatus shown in fig. 1;

fig. 6 is a schematic side view of the material distributing mechanism and the conveying mechanism of the cylindrical battery processing equipment shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

The utility model provides a column battery processing equipment for processing cylindric battery, in cylindric battery course of working, the work piece that is used for making the battery is the feed frock of packing into in large batch, in the production process of battery, the work piece that needs to concentrate to deposit divides the material, carries out the streamlined operation to the work piece of separation in order to realize.

For example, as shown in fig. 1, the column-shaped battery processing apparatus includes a material distribution mechanism 10 and a material conveying mechanism 20, wherein the material distribution mechanism 10 is configured to distribute the centrally placed workpieces so that the workpieces are transferred to the material conveying mechanism 20, and then the workpieces are conveyed to subsequent processing stations by the material conveying mechanism 20, thereby implementing streamlined operation and improving the operation efficiency.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the material distributing mechanism 10 includes a material storing component 11, a material receiving component 12, and a material pushing component 13.

The magazine assembly 11 is used for storing workpieces, and the magazine assembly 11 has a first discharge port 11a and a second discharge port 11b, so that the workpieces can be removed from the first discharge port 11a when the first discharge port 11a is not shielded, and correspondingly, the workpieces can be removed from the second discharge port 11b when the second discharge port 11b is not shielded. It should be noted that the work pieces may be removed from the magazine assembly 11 through the first discharge port 11a or the second discharge port 11b by their own weight.

In order to facilitate further understanding of the structure of the material distributing mechanism 10 of the present invention, the material storing structures of the material storing components 11 corresponding to the first discharging hole 11a and the second discharging hole 11b are referred to as "first hopper 111" and "second hopper 112" below. In other words, the magazine assembly 11 includes a first hopper 111 and a second hopper 112, the first discharge port 11a being located in the first hopper 111, and the second discharge port 11b being located in the second hopper 112.

It is understood that the first hopper 111 and the second hopper 112 are integrally formed, or may be separately provided, and are formed as two separate hoppers.

For example, in some embodiments, the storage spaces formed by the first hopper 111 and the second hopper 112 may be integrated, that is, a storage space is formed together, in this case, the first discharge port 11a and the second discharge port 11b are two discharge ports on the same storage space, and the workpieces in the magazine assembly 11 formed by the space shared by the first hopper 111 and the second hopper 112 may be randomly removed from the first discharge port 11a and the second discharge port 11 b.

In other embodiments, the storage spaces formed by the first hopper 111 and the second hopper 112 are independent of each other, that is, the first hopper 111 can only remove the workpieces stored therein from the first discharge port 11a, and the second hopper 112 can only remove the workpieces stored therein from the second discharge port 11 b.

The loading assembly 12 includes a loading member 121 and a driving member 122. The driving member 122 is used for driving the material receiving member 121 to move, so that the material receiving member 121 is located at different positions relative to the magazine assembly 11. Specifically, the driving member 122 can drive the material receiving member 121 to move to the first position and the second position. The driving member 122 may be a cylinder, and an extension rod of the cylinder is connected to the material receiving member 121. In other embodiments, the driving member 122 may also be a driving motor, and the material supporting member 121 is driven to move between the first position and the second position by using a motor-screw structure. The structure of the driving member 122 is not limited herein, as long as the material bearing member 121 can be driven to move between the first position and the second position.

As shown in fig. 4, the material receiving member 121 includes a first material receiving groove 121a and a second material receiving groove 121 b.

When the material receiving member 121 is located at the first position, the first material receiving groove 121a is opposite to the first material outlet 11a to receive the workpiece output by the first material outlet 11 a. When the material receiving member 121 is located at the second position, the second material receiving groove 121b is opposite to the second material outlet 11b to receive the workpiece output by the second material outlet 11 b.

It should be noted that when the material receiving member 121 is not moved to the proper position, since the first material receiving groove 121a is not aligned with the first material outlet 11a, and the second material receiving groove 121b is not aligned with the second material outlet 11b, the workpiece located in the material storage assembly 11 will not be transferred to the material receiving member 121. As the driving member 122 drives the material receiving member 121, the material receiving member 121 moves to a first position or a second position relative to the magazine assembly 11, and since the first material receiving groove 121a or the second material receiving groove 121b has a concave receiving space, the workpiece can fall into the first material receiving groove 121a or the second material receiving groove 121b from the first material outlet 11a or the second material outlet 11b, and move along with the material receiving plate.

In this embodiment, the pushing member 13 is located at one side of the material receiving assembly 12, and when the material receiving member 121 is located at the first position, the pushing member 13 is opposite to the second material receiving slot 121b and can push the workpiece in the second material receiving slot 121b away from the material receiving member 121; when the material receiving member 121 is located at the second position, the pushing member 13 is opposite to the second material receiving groove 121b and can push the workpiece in the second material receiving groove 121b away from the material receiving member 121. Through the structural arrangement, the first material receiving groove 121a and the second material receiving groove 121b alternately receive the workpieces from the material storage assembly 11 and move to the position opposite to the material pushing piece 13, so that the pushing piece can continuously push the workpieces away from the material receiving piece 121, the waiting time of the pushing piece is reduced, and the automatic material distribution efficiency is greatly improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the feeding mechanism 20 includes a timing belt 21 and a driving motor 22. The synchronous belt 21 and the pushing piece 13 are respectively located on two opposite sides of the material bearing piece 121, the pushing piece 13 can push the workpiece to the synchronous belt 21 from the material bearing piece 121, and the separated workpiece is sequentially transferred to the synchronous belt 21, so that the workpiece is transferred to a subsequent station under the transmission of the synchronous belt 21. Specifically, in this embodiment, the driving motor 22 can drive the synchronous belt 21 to move, so that after the workpiece is transferred to the synchronous belt 21, the workpiece is continuously transmitted to a subsequent station by the synchronous belt 21 along with the movement of the synchronous belt 21, and the automation efficiency is greatly improved.

In some embodiments, the timing belt 21 is provided with a plurality of loading jigs 21a at intervals, so that the workpieces are loaded by the loading jigs 21a, and the workpieces are not easy to fall off during the conveying process. In this embodiment, when one of the first material receiving groove 121a and the second material receiving groove 121b is opposite to the pushing member 13 and is opposite to one of the plurality of material loading jigs 21a, the pushing member 13 can push the workpiece from the material receiving member 121 to the material loading jig 21 a.

In the above embodiment, when the first material receiving groove 121a receives the workpiece output from the first material outlet 11a, the pushing member 13 can push the workpiece received by the second material receiving groove 121b to the material carrying jig 21a of the synchronous belt 21, and accordingly, when the second material receiving groove 121b receives the workpiece output from the second material outlet 11b, the pushing member 13 can push the workpiece received by the first material receiving groove 121a to the material carrying jig 21a of the synchronous belt 21, so that the material separating mechanism 10 can continuously transfer the separated workpiece to the material carrying jig 21a of the synchronous belt 21, which has high automation operation efficiency and saves labor cost.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, a correlation sensor 11c may be provided at the first discharge port 11a or the second discharge port 11b to monitor whether the material is short. When the material is short, the correlation inductor 11c feeds back a signal to the control system to alarm or stop the machine. In other embodiments, a sensor may be provided at the first receiving groove 121a or the second receiving groove 121b to indicate that the first hopper 111 corresponding to the first receiving groove 121a is out of stock if no workpiece is transferred to the first receiving groove 121a while the receiving member 121 is moved to the first position. Accordingly, when the work piece 121 is moved to the second position, if no work piece is transferred to the second receiving groove 121b, it indicates that the second hopper 112 corresponding to the second receiving groove 121b is out of stock. The type of sensor used to detect the workpiece is not limited herein, and may be an infrared sensor or a piezoelectric sensor.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the material separating mechanism 10 includes a base 10a, a material supporting member 121 is slidably disposed on the base 10a, and the material supporting member 121 is driven by a driving member 122 to reciprocate along a first direction (refer to an X direction in fig. 2 and 3) so that the first material supporting groove 121a or the second material supporting groove 121b is alternately opposite to the first material outlet 11a or the second material outlet 11 b.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the material receiving member 121 is slidably connected to the base 10a via a linear guide 124. In other embodiments, a sliding groove is formed on the base 10a, and the material receiving member 121 has a protruding portion in sliding fit with the sliding groove, so that the protruding portion and the sliding groove are in sliding fit to realize relative sliding between the material receiving member 121 and the base 10a, and further, the requirement that the material receiving member 121 moves to the first position and the second position is met.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the base 10a is provided with buffers 123 at both ends of the movement direction of the material receiving member 121, for limiting the movement stroke of the material receiving member 121 relative to the base 10 a. When the material bearing part 121 exceeds the moving stroke and collides with the buffer 123, the buffer 123 can relieve the impact force of the material bearing part 121 so as to prevent the material distributing mechanism 10 from being damaged.

In some embodiments, the first receiving groove 121a and the second receiving groove 121b are both arc-shaped grooves to stably receive the workpiece, preventing the workpiece from falling off the receiving member 121 during movement of the receiving member 121. In this embodiment, the first receiving groove 121a and the second receiving groove 121b extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, so that during the movement of the receiving member 121, the workpiece in a column shape can fall into the corresponding first receiving groove 121a or the second receiving groove 121b without the workpiece blocking the movement of the receiving member 121.

In some embodiments, the pushing element 13 includes an air cylinder, the air cylinder is mounted on the base 10a, and an extension direction of a telescopic rod of the air cylinder is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, so that the telescopic rod of the air cylinder pushes the workpiece in substantially the same direction as the extension direction of the first material receiving groove 121a or the second material receiving groove 121b, so that the telescopic rod of the air cylinder pushes the workpiece in the first material receiving groove 121a or the second material receiving groove 121b to the material conveying mechanism 20.

In some embodiments, the material distribution mechanism 10 includes a support base 10b, the support base 10b is connected to the base 10a, and the magazine assembly 11 is mounted above the material receiving member 121, so that the movement of the material receiving member 121 located below is not interfered, and the workpiece of the magazine assembly 11 located above can fall into the corresponding first material receiving groove 121a or second material receiving groove 121b under its own weight.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A feed mechanism, comprising:

2. The feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein the magazine assembly includes a first hopper and a second hopper, the first discharge port being located in the first hopper and the second discharge port being located in the second hopper.

3. The feed mechanism of claim 2, wherein the first hopper and the second hopper are integrally formed.

4. The feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, comprising a base, wherein the material receiving member is slidably disposed on the base, and the material receiving member is driven by the driving member to reciprocate along a first direction.

5. The feed mechanism of claim 4, wherein the first and second feed receiving slots are both arcuate slots, and the first and second feed receiving slots extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

6. The feed mechanism as claimed in claim 5, wherein the pusher comprises a cylinder mounted to the base, and the extension direction of the extension rod of the cylinder is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

7. The feed mechanism of claim 4 including a support base connected to the base and mounting the magazine assembly above the material support.

8. The feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein the drive member includes a cylinder, and a telescoping rod of the cylinder is connected to the receiving member.

9. A cylindrical battery processing apparatus, characterized by comprising the feed mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The apparatus for processing cylindrical battery of claim 9, wherein the apparatus comprises a feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism comprises a synchronous belt and a driving motor, the synchronous belt and the pushing member are respectively located at two opposite sides of the material-holding member, the pushing member can push the workpiece from the material-holding member to the synchronous belt, and the driving motor can drive the synchronous belt to move.

11. The apparatus for processing a cylindrical battery according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of loading jigs are provided at intervals on the timing belt, and when one of the first material receiving groove and the second material receiving groove is opposite to the pushing member and is opposite to one of the plurality of loading jigs, the pushing member can push the workpiece from the material receiving member to the loading jigs.