CN219832761U

CN219832761U - Battery pack disassembling system

Info

Publication number: CN219832761U
Application number: CN202321368509.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李世杰; 段利文; 骆清文
Original assignee: Hunan Honggong Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hunan Honggong Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-05-31
Filing date: 2023-05-31
Publication date: 2023-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 2033-05-31

Abstract

The utility model provides a battery pack disassembling system, which belongs to the technical field of battery recovery, and comprises the following components: the first transfer chain has in proper order along first transfer chain: a feeding station, a discharging station and a module separating station; the second transfer chain has in proper order along first transfer chain: a welding spot milling station, a side plate cutting station and a blanking station; the rotary manipulator is arranged between the module separation station of the first conveying line and the welding spot milling station of the second conveying line and is used for grabbing a battery pack to be disassembled from the module separation station of the first conveying line and placing the battery pack to the welding spot milling station of the second conveying line; according to the utility model, the disassembly stations are arranged at different positions of the production line, so that personnel can disassemble the battery at each station, and the disassembly efficiency is effectively improved.

Description

Battery pack disassembling system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery recovery, in particular to a battery pack disassembling system.

Background

In the automobile battery, the rare metal resource content in the waste power battery is higher, and the raw material cost can be reduced by recycling.

The waste batteries of automobiles are increased, and the recycling of the waste batteries can reduce the pollution to the environment. In the existing whole process for recycling waste batteries, a single worker performs cutting and disassembling operations on the batteries, and materials of the disassembled batteries are recycled.

However, the recycling process is characterized in that a single worker disassembles the battery and recycles the material of the battery pack, the labor intensity of production is high, the efficiency is low, and the recycling process cannot be suitable for recycling of a large amount of waste batteries at present.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the defect of lower disassembly and recovery efficiency of a single worker in the battery recovery production process in the prior art, so as to provide a battery pack disassembly system.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present utility model provides a battery pack disassembling system, comprising: the first transfer chain has in proper order along first transfer chain: a feeding station, a discharging station and a module separating station; the second transfer chain has in proper order along first transfer chain: a welding spot milling station, a side plate cutting station and a blanking station; the rotating manipulator is arranged between the module separating station and the welding spot milling station and is used for grabbing a battery pack to be disassembled from the module separating station and placing the battery pack at the welding spot milling station; the feeding station is provided with a gripper assembly for taking and placing the battery pack to be disassembled; the discharging station is provided with a discharging device for discharging the battery pack to be disassembled; the module separation station is provided with a disassembly device for disassembling the wire harness of the battery pack to be disassembled; the welding spot milling station is provided with a welding spot milling device for cutting welding spots of the battery pack to be disassembled; the side plate cutting station is provided with a side plate cutting device for cutting the side plate of the battery pack to be disassembled; the blanking station is provided with a moving part for recycling the battery pack to be disassembled.

Preferably, the gripper assembly comprises: the driving piece is connected with the fixed rod and used for driving the fixed rod to move, and the clamping block is arranged on the fixed rod in a sliding mode and used for hoisting battery packs to be disassembled in different sizes.

Preferably, the clamping block is provided with a locking element.

Preferably, the fixing rod is provided at both ends with a hand-held portion.

Preferably, the discharging device is arranged between the disassembling device and the handle assembly, and the anode and the cathode of the discharging device are suitable for being connected with the anode and the cathode of the battery pack to be disassembled.

Preferably, the dismantling device comprises: the separating work station frame and the material collecting frame are arranged on the first conveying line, and the material collecting frames are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the separating work station frame.

Preferably, the welding spot milling device includes: the device comprises a first driving module, a first mechanical arm and a milling module, wherein the first driving module is fixed on one side of the second conveying line, and drives the first mechanical arm to move to the position above a welding spot of a battery pack to be disassembled, and drives the milling module to cut the welding spot.

Preferably, the side plate cutting device includes: the welding spot milling device comprises a second driving module, a second mechanical arm and a cutting assembly, wherein the second driving module is arranged on one side of the welding spot milling device, the second driving module drives the second mechanical arm to move, the cutting assembly is connected with the second mechanical arm, the cutting assembly can move along the length direction and the width direction of the to-be-cut assembly, and the cutting assembly is suitable for cutting a side plate of a battery pack to be disassembled.

Preferably, at least two cutting assemblies are arranged on the second mechanical arm.

Preferably, the rotary manipulator includes: the device comprises a support, a third driving module, a third mechanical arm and a clamp assembly, wherein the third driving module is arranged between the first conveying line and the second conveying line, the third driving module is rotationally arranged on the support and connected with the third mechanical arm, and the third driving module is connected with the clamp assembly and used for carrying out displacement in the height direction on the clamp assembly.

The technical scheme of the utility model has the following advantages:

1. the battery pack disassembling system provided by the utility model is characterized in that the first conveying line is sequentially provided with: a feeding station, a discharging station and a module separating station; the second transfer chain has set gradually: a welding spot milling station, a side plate cutting station and a blanking station; through setting up each station, personnel disassemble the operation to the battery on each station, have adjusted effectively and have disassembled efficiency.

2. According to the battery pack disassembling system provided by the utility model, the battery pack to be disassembled of the first conveying line is clamped by the rotating manipulator through the clamp assembly, and then the third driving module can rotate by taking the bracket as the circle center and is grabbed onto the second conveying line, so that the battery pack to be disassembled is more convenient to transport on the two conveying lines, and the efficiency is greatly improved.

3. According to the battery pack disassembling system provided by the utility model, the production line is set to be the first conveying line and the second conveying line, and the first conveying line and the second conveying line are arranged in parallel, so that the whole length of the production line is shortened, and the production space is saved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a top view of a battery pack disassembly system provided in one embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the gripper assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the weld spot milling apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the side panel cutting apparatus of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a top view of the rotary robot of fig. 1.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. a first conveyor line; 2. a feeding station; 3. a discharge station; 4. a module separating station; 5. a second conveyor line; 6. a welding spot milling station; 7. a side plate cutting station; 8. a blanking station; 9. rotating the manipulator; 10. a gripper assembly; 11. a discharge device; 12. a dismantling device; 13. a welding spot milling device; 14. a side plate cutting device; 15. a moving member; 16. a cache table; 17. a driving member; 18. a fixed rod; 19. a clamping block; 20. a locking member; 21. a hand-held portion; 22. separating a work station frame; 23. a material collection rack; 24. a first driving module; 25. a first mechanical arm; 26. a milling module; 27. a second driving module; 28. a second mechanical arm; 29. a cutting assembly; 30. a bracket; 31. a third driving module; 32. a third mechanical arm; 33. a clamp assembly; 34 lower box blanking station.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made apparent and fully in view of the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the utility model are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In addition, the technical features of the different embodiments of the present utility model described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not collide with each other.

The battery pack disassembling system provided by the embodiment is used for recycling materials in the battery by disassembling a guard board, a wire harness and the like of the waste battery.

As shown in fig. 1, in a specific implementation manner of the battery pack disassembly system provided in this embodiment, a battery pack to be disassembled mainly includes: the battery module and lower box, the electric core setting is in the battery module, and lower box is used for strengthening battery module's structural strength, and battery module is equipped with curb plate and end plate and protects the electric core, and battery module is connected with lower box simultaneously. The first conveyor line 1 includes, in order along the first conveyor line 1: a feeding station 2, a discharging station 3 and a module separating station 4; the second conveyor line 5 sequentially includes, along the first conveyor line 1: a welding spot milling station 6, a side plate cutting station 7 and a blanking station 8; the rotary manipulator 9 is arranged between the module separation station 4 of the first conveying line 1 and the welding spot milling station 6 of the second conveying line 5, the rotary manipulator 9 is used for grabbing and placing a battery module of a battery pack to be disassembled from the module separation station 4 of the first conveying line 1 to the welding spot milling station 6 of the second conveying line 5, and meanwhile, the left lower box body continues to move to the lower box body blanking station 34, and the lower box body is grabbed and lifted off the production line by the gripper assembly 10; the feeding station 2 is provided with a gripper assembly 10 for taking and placing the battery pack to be disassembled, and the gripper assembly 10 places the battery pack to be disassembled on the travelling car. Meanwhile, the code scanning is carried out on the battery pack to be disassembled at the feeding station 2, and the specific information of the battery pack is read and used for tracing the battery; a dust remover can be arranged on the feeding station 2, so that dust on the battery pack to be disassembled is cleaned, and the subsequent operation is convenient; the upper cover of the battery is required to be disassembled on the feeding station 2, a busbar of the battery to be disassembled is exposed, and then the disassembled upper cover is taken down by the gripper assembly 10; the discharging station 3 is provided with a discharging device 11 for discharging the battery pack to be disassembled; the module separation station 4 is provided with a disassembly device 12 for disassembling the wire harness of the battery pack to be disassembled; the welding spot milling device 13 for milling the welding spot of the battery pack to be disassembled is arranged on the welding spot milling station 6; the side plate cutting device 14 for cutting the side plate of the battery pack to be disassembled is arranged on the side plate cutting station 7; the blanking station 8 is provided with a moving part 15 for recycling the battery pack to be disassembled, and the moving part 15 is a moving trolley and is used for transferring the disassembled battery pack. Through setting up each station in the production line of flow, personnel disassemble the operation to the battery on each station, have adjusted effectively and have disassembled efficiency.

As shown in fig. 2, for the battery pack disassembling system provided in this embodiment, the gripper assembly 10 includes: the driving piece 17, dead lever 18 and clamp block 19, the driving piece 17 is connected with dead lever 18 and is used for driving dead lever 18 to remove, and clamp block 19 sliding arrangement is used for carrying out the hoist and mount to the battery package that waits to disassemble of equidimension on dead lever 18. In this embodiment, the gripper assembly 10 is disposed on a crane disposed above the feeding station 2 of the first conveyor line 1. The driving member 17 is a motor, the driving member 17 can move on the crane, the driving member 17 is connected with a fixed rod 18, and four clamping blocks 19 are slidably arranged on the fixed rod 18. Each clamping block 19 is provided with a locking piece 20, one side of each clamping block 19 is provided with a threaded hole, and the locking piece 20 is connected with the threaded hole and is abutted to the fixed rod 18; when the clamping block 19 needs to be fixed, the rotary locking piece 20 clamps the abutting joint of the fixed rod 18; when unlocking is required, the locking member 20 is rotated reversely. Meanwhile, in order to facilitate the movement of the gripper assembly 10 by a person, the two ends of the fixing rod 18 are provided with the hand-holding parts 21, and the gripper assembly 10 can be pushed to move after the hand holds the hand-holding parts 21. When the battery pack to be disassembled needs to be grabbed, the battery pack to be disassembled is conveyed to the lower side of the gripper assembly 10, the operator operates the hand portion 21 to move to the position right above the battery pack to be disassembled, the driving piece 17 is started, the fixing rod 18 descends and abuts against the upper surface of the battery pack to be disassembled, the movable clamping blocks 19 abut against the two ends of the battery pack to be disassembled, and the rotary locking piece 20 fixes the movement of the clamping blocks 19. The gripper assembly 10 can grasp the battery pack to be disassembled, and simultaneously grasp the upper cover after the disassembly. In this embodiment, in order to grasp the upper cover more conveniently, a negative pressure device is further provided on the fixing rod 18, the negative pressure device is connected with the clamping block 19, a negative pressure port is provided on one surface of the clamping block 19, and after the clamping block 19 abuts against the upper cover, the negative pressure device is started to generate vacuum to adsorb the upper cover. Additionally, as an alternative embodiment, the gripper assembly 10 may be operated by a robotic arm.

As shown in fig. 1, in the battery pack disassembling system provided in this embodiment, as shown in the drawing, in the battery pack disassembling system provided in this embodiment, a discharging device 11 is disposed between a disassembling device 12 and a gripper assembly 10, and the discharging device 11 includes: the discharging wire harness is connected with the discharger at one end and connected with the anode and the cathode of the battery pack to be disassembled at the other end. In this embodiment, the discharging device 11 may include: a single battery discharging instrument and a power battery discharging instrument. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the discharge device 11 may be arranged before the loading station 2.

As shown in fig. 1, for the battery pack disassembling system provided in this embodiment, the disassembling device 12 includes: the separating work station frame 22 and the material collecting frame 23, the separating work station frame 22 is arranged on the first conveying line 1, and the material collecting frames 23 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the separating work station frame 22. The separating station frame 22 is provided with a plurality of holes for hanging various disassembling tools, for example: screw driver, air screwdriver, etc. Personnel remove bolts of the wire harness and other accessories by utilizing the air batch, and the removed materials are placed on the material collecting frame 23 according to classification. After disassembly, the personnel remove the bolts that fix the battery module. Additionally, as an alternative embodiment, the dismantling device 12 may be provided as a separate station frame 22 only.

As shown in fig. 3, for the battery pack disassembly system provided in this embodiment, the welding spot milling device 13 includes: the first driving module 24, the first mechanical arm 25 and the milling module 26, wherein the first driving module 24 is fixed on one side of the second conveying line 5, the first driving module 24 drives the first mechanical arm 25 to move above welding spots of the battery pack to be disassembled, and the milling module 26 is driven to mill the welding spots. In the battery module, the tabs are connectors between the battery monomers, play a role of connecting the battery monomers, and connect a plurality of battery monomers together to form the battery module, so that welding spots on the tabs are required to be cut to take down the battery monomers and take down the tabs. The weld spot milling module 26 includes a milling motor and a cutting blade. The first driving module 24 is a motor, the first driving module 24 is connected with the first mechanical arm 25, the first mechanical arm is driven to reach the welding points of all the tabs, and the milling motor drives the milling cutter to mill the welding points. During operation, a person positions above the welding spot and locks the X axis and the Y axis, and the welding spot of the bar sheet is automatically fed or manually fed and milled; and placing the milled tabs on a material rack, and cleaning metal scraps by using an air gun or a dust collector. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the welding spot milling device 13 may be provided in two on both sides of the second conveyor line 5 to mill the battery packs to be disassembled at the same time.

As shown in fig. 4, for the battery pack disassembly system provided in this embodiment, the side plate cutting device 14 includes: the second driving module 27, the second mechanical arm 28 and the cutting assembly 29, the second driving module 27 is arranged on one side of the welding spot milling device 13, the second driving module 27 drives the second mechanical arm 28 to move, the second mechanical arm 28 is connected with the cutting assembly 29, the cutting assembly 29 can move along the length and width directions of the assembly 29 to be cut, and the cutting assembly 29 is suitable for cutting the side plates of the battery pack to be disassembled. The second driving module 27 is a servo motor, the second driving module 27 is connected with the second mechanical arm 28, and the cutting assembly 29 can move downwards under the driving of the second driving module 27. The cutting assembly 29 includes: cutting spindles and blades. The cutting assembly 29 cuts the side plates of the battery pack to be disassembled under the action of the second driving module. If the structure of the battery pack to be disassembled is a module with welded side plates, cutting the side plates to separate the side plates from the end plates; if the structure of the battery pack to be disassembled is a module of the steel belt, cutting the steel belt. After cutting, the metal scraps are cleaned by an air gun or a dust collector. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the side plate cutting device may further include a scrap collecting bin provided at both sides of the cutting assembly for collecting scraps generated by cutting.

As shown in fig. 5, for the battery pack disassembling system provided in this embodiment, the rotating manipulator 9 includes: the support 30, the third drive module 31, the third arm 32 and the anchor clamps subassembly 33, the third drive module 31 sets up between first transfer chain 1 and second transfer chain 5, is equipped with the third drive module 31 on the support 30 rotationally, and the third drive module 31 is connected with the third arm 32, and the third drive module 31 is connected with the anchor clamps subassembly 33 and is used for carrying out the displacement of direction of height with anchor clamps subassembly 33. In this embodiment, the third driving module 31 is a motor, and the third driving module 31 is fixedly connected with the third mechanical arm 32. A fixed pulley is disposed at a side of the third mechanical arm near the clamp assembly 33, and the third driving module 31 is connected to the clamp assembly 33 after passing through the fixed pulley by a connecting rope, so that the clamp assembly 33 can move in the height direction. The clamp assembly 33 is identical in structure and function to the gripper assembly 10 and will not be described in detail. The battery pack to be disassembled is rotated onto a moving vehicle on the second conveying line 5 by using the rotating manipulator 9, and is clamped and fixed on the moving vehicle. The transferred lower bin is lifted off the line after reaching the lower bin blanking station 34. A buffer table 16 can be further arranged on one side of the rotating manipulator 9, and when more battery packs to be disassembled cannot be placed on the moving trolley on the second conveying line 5, the rotating manipulator 9 can place the battery packs to be disassembled on the buffer table 16. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the rotating manipulator 9 may further comprise a sensor for positioning the mobile trolley of the second conveyor line, and for automatically placing the battery pack to be disassembled on the mobile trolley.

The working principle of the battery pack disassembling system is as follows: grabbing a battery pack to be disassembled onto a mobile trolley of the first conveying line 1 through a gripper assembly 10, then scanning codes of the battery pack, and reading information of the battery pack; and meanwhile, the dust remover is used for removing dust on the surface of the battery pack to be disassembled. The upper cover bolts of the battery pack to be disassembled are then removed, placed on the operating platform, and then the upper cover is removed by the gripper assembly 10. After traveling along the first conveying line 1 and reaching the discharging station 3, the discharging device 11 is connected with the anode and the cathode of the battery to discharge the battery. Then the harness and other accessories are disassembled by means of the tool, then the materials are placed on the designated material collection frame 23, and then the bolts for fixing the battery module are disassembled. Operating the rotating manipulator 9 to transfer the modules in the battery pack onto the mobile trolley on the second conveying line 5, and clamping and fixing the battery pack modules on the mobile trolley on the second conveying line 5; the reserved lower box body continues to move along the first conveying line 1, and is lifted off by the gripper assembly 10 after reaching the lower box body blanking station 34. And cutting the tab welding spots of the battery pack module at a welding spot milling station 6 of the second conveying line 5. On the curb plate cutting station 7, cut battery module's curb plate for inside monomer electricity core is convenient for disassemble. The second conveyor line 5 then continues to move to the blanking station 8, transferring the individual cells to the moving member 15.

It is apparent that the above examples are given by way of illustration only and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications thereof are contemplated as falling within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A battery pack disassembly system, comprising:

a first conveyor line (1) having, in order along the first conveyor line (1): a feeding station (2), a discharging station (3) and a module separating station (4);

a second conveyor line (5) having, in order along the first conveyor line (1): a welding spot milling station (6), a side plate cutting station (7) and a blanking station (8);

the rotary manipulator (9) is arranged between the module separating station (4) and the welding spot milling station (6), and the rotary manipulator (9) is used for grabbing and placing the battery pack to be disassembled from the module separating station (4) to the welding spot milling station (6);

a gripper assembly (10) for taking and placing the battery pack to be disassembled is arranged on the feeding station (2);

the discharging station (3) is provided with a discharging device (11) for discharging the battery pack to be disassembled;

the module separation station (4) is provided with a disassembly device (12) for disassembling the wire harness of the battery pack to be disassembled;

the welding spot milling device (13) for cutting the welding spot of the battery pack to be disassembled is arranged on the welding spot milling station (6);

the side plate cutting station (7) is provided with a side plate cutting device (14) for cutting the side plate of the battery pack to be disassembled;

and a moving part (15) for recycling the battery pack to be disassembled is arranged on the blanking station (8).

2. The battery pack disassembly system according to claim 1, wherein the gripper assembly (10) comprises: the battery pack disassembly device comprises a driving piece (17), a fixing rod (18) and a clamping block (19), wherein the driving piece (17) is connected with the fixing rod (18) and used for driving the fixing rod (18) to move, and the clamping block (19) is arranged on the fixing rod (18) in a sliding mode and used for hoisting battery packs to be disassembled in different sizes.

3. The battery pack disassembly system according to claim 2, wherein the clamping block (19) is provided with a locking member (20).

4. A battery pack disassembly system according to claim 3, wherein the fixing rod (18) is provided at both ends with a hand (21).

5. The battery pack disassembly system according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the discharge device (11) is arranged between the disassembly device (12) and the gripper assembly (10), and wherein the positive and negative poles of the discharge device (11) are adapted to be connected with the positive and negative poles of the battery pack to be disassembled.

6. The battery pack disassembly system according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the disassembly device (12) comprises: the separating work station frame (22) and the material collecting frame (23), the separating work station frame (22) is arranged on the first conveying line (1), and the material collecting frames (23) are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the separating work station frame (22).

7. The battery pack disassembly system according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the weld milling device (13) comprises: the device comprises a first driving module (24), a first mechanical arm (25) and a milling module (26), wherein the first driving module (24) is fixed on one side of the second conveying line (5), the first driving module (24) drives the first mechanical arm (25) to move to the position above a welding point of a battery pack to be disassembled, and the milling module (26) is driven to cut the welding point.

8. The battery pack disassembly system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the side plate cutting device (14) includes: the welding spot milling device comprises a second driving module (27), a second mechanical arm (28) and a cutting assembly (29), wherein the second driving module (27) is arranged on one side of the welding spot milling device (13), the second driving module (27) drives the second mechanical arm (28) to move, the cutting assembly (29) is connected with the second mechanical arm (28), the cutting assembly (29) can move along the length direction and the width direction of a battery pack to be disassembled, and the cutting assembly (29) is suitable for cutting a side plate of the battery pack to be disassembled.

9. The battery pack disassembly system according to claim 8, wherein at least two of said cutting assemblies (29) are provided on said second robotic arm (28).

10. The battery pack disassembly system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the rotary manipulator (9) comprises: support (30), third drive module (31), third arm (32) and anchor clamps subassembly (33), third drive module (31) set up between first transfer chain (1) and second transfer chain (5), rotationally be equipped with third drive module (31) on support (30), third drive module (31) with third arm (32) are connected, third drive module (31) with anchor clamps subassembly (33) are connected and are used for with anchor clamps subassembly (33) carry out the displacement of direction of height.