CN220350985U - Channel changing device and battery cell conveying line - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery production, and discloses a channel changing device and a battery cell conveying line. The lane changing device comprises a first lane changing guide piece and a first full material buffer storage component; the first channel changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of the first conveying line and is arranged side by side with the second conveying line so as to guide the material cup conveyed on the first conveying line to the second conveying line; the first full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the first channel changing guide piece and comprises a first stop piece and a second stop piece, and the first stop piece and the second stop piece are oppositely arranged along the conveying direction; the first stop piece and the second stop piece can both be used for buffering the material cups with the preset quantity on the first conveying line when being close to the first state of the first conveying line, and the first stop piece and the second stop piece can be switched to the second state far away from the first conveying line. The utility model can buffer a plurality of material cups before channel changing of the material cups, which is beneficial to reducing the load of the battery cell conveying line.

Description

Channel changing device and battery cell conveying line

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery production, in particular to a channel changing device and a battery cell conveying line.

Background

The battery cell is the most important component of the battery, and the battery cell can be assembled to form the battery after the processes of flattening, encapsulation, shell entering, current collecting disc welding and the like are sequentially carried out on the battery cell. In the actual production process, in order to realize the transportation to the electric core, be provided with the material cup that is used for bearing electric core on electric core conveying line, electric core conveying line will be equipped with the material cup of electric core and transport to each battery station, each battery station kneads the flat or current collecting dish welding to electric core respectively.

The current lane change device can guide the material cup on the electric core conveying line to different conveying lines, so that the load of the electric core conveying line can be reduced to a certain extent, but the material cup is difficult to buffer on the electric core conveying line, and the buffered material cups are lane-changed one by one, so that the electric core conveying line cannot timely operate the material cup to the battery station according to the production beat of the battery station, and the production efficiency is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a lane changing device and a battery cell conveying line, which are used for solving the problems that the prior lane changing device is difficult to cache material cups on the conveying line and the cached material cups are subjected to lane changing one by one.

In a first aspect, the present utility model provides a lane changing apparatus, comprising: a first lane-changing guide and a first full-charge buffer assembly;

The first channel changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of the first conveying line so as to guide the material cups conveyed on the first conveying line to the second conveying line, and the second conveying line and the first conveying line are arranged side by side;

the first full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the first lane changing guide piece along the conveying direction of the first conveying line, comprises a first stop piece and a second stop piece, is spaced apart from the first stop piece and is oppositely arranged along the conveying direction; the first stop and the second stop are each switchable between a first state proximate to the first conveyor line and a second state distal to the first conveyor line;

under the condition that the first stop piece and the second stop piece are in the first state, the first stop piece and the second stop piece are used for buffering a preset number of material cups on the first conveying line.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the first full material buffer assembly further comprises a first position sensor and a second position sensor;

the first position sensor is arranged on one side of the first stop piece, is electrically connected with the first stop piece and is used for detecting whether a material cup exists at a position corresponding to the first stop piece on the first conveying line;

The second position sensor is arranged on one side of the second stop piece, the first position sensor and the second position sensor are respectively and electrically connected with the second stop piece, and the second position sensor is used for detecting whether a material cup exists at a position corresponding to the second stop piece on the first conveying line;

the first stop piece and the second stop piece are used for carrying out buffer control on a material cup positioned between the first stop piece and the second stop piece on the first conveying line according to information fed back by the first position sensor and the second position sensor.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the lane changing device further comprises: an early warning component; the early warning component comprises a height limiting piece, a third position sensor and an alarm;

the height limiting piece is arranged at the rear side of the first full material buffer assembly along the conveying direction of the first conveying line, is arranged at the upper side of the first conveying line, and is larger than the height of the material cup and smaller than the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup;

the third position sensor is arranged on one side of the height limiting piece and is electrically connected with the alarm;

the third position sensor is used for feeding back a trigger signal to the alarm when the situation that the battery cell is stopped by the height limiting piece is detected; the alarm is configured to give an alarm indication according to the trigger signal.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the lane changing device further comprises: a second full buffer assembly;

at least part of the second full material buffer assembly is arranged on the upper side of the second conveying line so as to buffer the material cups conveyed on the second conveying line;

the second full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the first channel changing guide piece along the conveying direction of the first conveying line.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the second full material buffer storage component comprises a second telescopic driving piece and a second lane changing guide piece;

the output end of the second telescopic driving piece is connected with the second channel changing guide piece so as to drive the second channel changing guide piece to move between the first position and the second position;

under the condition that the second channel changing guide piece is positioned at the first position, the second channel changing guide piece is positioned on the upper side of the second conveying line, a first reversing channel is formed between the first side edge of the first channel changing guide piece and the first side edge of the second channel changing guide piece, the first reversing channel is used for guiding a material cup on the first conveying line to move to the second conveying line, and the second side edge of the second channel changing guide piece is used for stopping the material cup conveyed on the second conveying line;

in the case of the second lane change guide being in the second position, the second lane change guide is remote from the second conveyor line towards the side facing away from the first conveyor line.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the second telescopic driving piece is further provided with a fourth position sensor and a fifth position sensor;

the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor are spaced and are oppositely arranged along the conveying direction of the second conveying line; the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor are positioned at the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece along the conveying direction of the second conveying line, the fourth position sensor is close to the second telescopic driving piece, and the fifth position sensor is far away from the second telescopic driving piece;

the first full material buffer assembly, the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor are respectively and electrically connected with the second telescopic driving piece; the fourth position sensor is used for detecting whether a material cup exists on the second conveying line at a position close to the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece, and the fifth position sensors are all used for detecting whether a material cup exists on the second conveying line at a position far from the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece;

the second telescopic driving piece is used for controlling the position of the second lane changing guide piece according to the state of the first full material buffer storage component and information fed back by the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the second full material buffer storage component comprises a clamping jaw and a sixth position sensor;

The sixth position sensor is used for judging whether a material cup exists at the front side position of the corresponding clamping jaw on the second conveying line; the first full material buffer assembly and the sixth position sensor are respectively and electrically connected with the clamping jaw;

the clamping jaw is used for carrying out buffer control on the material cup corresponding to the rear side position of the clamping jaw on the second conveying line according to the state information of the first full material buffer assembly and the information fed back by the sixth position sensor.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the lane changing device further comprises: a third lane change guide and a third full buffer assembly;

the third channel changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of the third conveying line, and the third conveying line and the second conveying line are arranged side by side and are positioned on one side of the second conveying line, which is away from the first conveying line; the third full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the third channel changing guide piece along the conveying direction of the third conveying line;

the third channel changing guide piece is used for guiding the material cup conveyed on the third conveying line to be guided to the second conveying line, and the third full material buffering component is used for buffering the material cup positioned on the rear side of the third channel changing guide piece on the third conveying line.

According to the lane changing device provided by the utility model, the lane changing device further comprises: a fourth lane change guide;

The fourth channel changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of the fourth conveying line, and a second reversing channel is formed between the fourth channel changing guide piece and the first channel changing guide piece;

the height of the first channel changing guide piece is larger than the height of the material cup and smaller than the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup; the second reversing channel is used for being matched with the battery cell so as to guide the material cup bearing the battery cell to move from the first conveying line to the fourth conveying line.

In a second aspect, the utility model further provides a battery cell conveying line, which comprises a first conveying line, a second conveying line and the channel changing device;

or the battery cell conveying line comprises a first conveying line, a second conveying line, a third conveying line and the channel changing device;

or, the electric core conveying line comprises a first conveying line, a fourth conveying line and the lane changing device.

According to the lane changing device and the battery cell conveying line, the first lane changing guide piece and the first full material buffer storage assembly are arranged, the first full material buffer storage assembly comprises the first stop piece and the second stop piece, when the first stop piece is in the first state, the first stop piece stops the material cups at the back of the first stop piece, when the material cups at the back of the first stop piece are stacked at the position of the second stop piece, the second stop piece is switched to the first state, the second stop piece stops the material cups at the back of the second stop piece, and at the moment, a plurality of material cups are buffered between the first stop piece and the second stop piece, so that the plurality of material cups are buffered; then, the first stopping piece is switched to a second state, the first stopping piece releases the cached material cups, and the cached material cups move from the first conveying line to the second conveying line through the first channel changing guide piece, so that channel changing of the cached material cups is realized one by one.

According to the utility model, the first channel changing guide piece and the first full material buffer assembly are arranged, the material cups on the first conveying line are stopped based on the first full material buffer assembly, so that the buffer storage of a plurality of material cups on the first conveying line is realized, the load of the battery cell conveying line is reduced, the material cups are guided from the first conveying line to the second conveying line based on the first channel changing guide piece, and the channel changing of the buffered material cups is realized one by one.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the utility model or the technical solutions of the prior art, the following description will briefly explain the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the 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 schematic diagram of a lane changing apparatus according to the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a lane change apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a third schematic diagram of a lane changing apparatus according to the present utility model.

Reference numerals:

10. a material cup; 11. A first lane change guide; 12. A first full buffer assembly;

121. A first stopper; 1211. A first telescopic driving member; 1212. A baffle;

122. a second stopper; 123. A first position sensor; 124. A second position sensor;

15. an early warning component; 151. a height limiting member; 152. a third position sensor; 153. an alarm;

16. a second full buffer assembly; 161. a second telescopic driving member; 162. a second lane change guide; 163. a fourth position sensor; 164. a fifth position sensor;

17. a first conveyor line; 18. a second conveyor line;

211. a clamping jaw; 212. a sixth position sensor;

22. a third lane change guide; 23. a third full buffer assembly; 24. a third conveyor line;

31. a fourth lane change guide; 32. and a fourth conveying line.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present utility model, not all embodiments. 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.

The following describes a lane changing device and a battery cell conveying line provided by the embodiment of the present utility model in detail through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to fig. 1 to 3.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, a lane changing device provided in this embodiment includes: a first lane change guide 11 and a first full buffer assembly 12.

The first lane-changing guide 11 is provided on the upper side of the first conveyor line 17 to guide the cups 10 conveyed on the first conveyor line 17 to the second conveyor line 18, the second conveyor line 18 being arranged side by side with the first conveyor line 17.

The first full charge buffer assembly 12 is disposed at a rear side of the first lane changing guide 11 along a conveying direction of the first conveying line 17, and the first full charge buffer assembly 12 includes a first stopper 121 and a second stopper 122, where the first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 are spaced apart and are disposed opposite to each other along the conveying direction. The first and second stops 121, 122 are each switchable between a first state close to the first conveyor line 17 and a second state distant from the first conveyor line 17.

Wherein, in the case that the first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 are both in the first state, the first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 are used for buffering the preset number of cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17.

It will be appreciated that the first conveyor line 17 and the second conveyor line 18 are configured to move the cup 10 in the same conveying direction, and the first conveyor line 17 and the second conveyor line 18 may be belt conveyor lines or chain slat conveyor lines, which are not specifically limited herein.

The outer wall of the material cup 10 can be cylindrical, and the material cup 10 is provided with a groove, so that the battery cell is conveniently embedded in the material cup.

In order to meet the requirement that the first lane changing guide 11 can guide the material cups 10 of different heights, the first lane changing guide 11 is arranged on the first conveying line 17 in a height-adjustable manner, and the height of the first lane changing guide 11 is lower than that of the material cups 10, the first lane changing guide 11 can be a stop with an inclined plane, and the inclined plane extends from the first conveying line 17 to the second conveying line 18.

When the cup 10 moves to the position of the first lane changing guide 11 along the first conveying line 17, the outer wall of the cup 10 contacts with the inclined plane, and the cup 10 moves along the conveying direction of the first conveying line 17 while gradually moving from the first conveying line 17 to the second conveying line 18 along the inclined plane, so that the cup 10 on the first conveying line 17 is guided to the second conveying line 18.

The first full charge buffer assembly 12 of the present embodiment is used for stopping the charge cup 10 at the rear side of the first lane changing guide 11, thereby reducing the load of the second conveyor line 18.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 include a first telescopic driving piece 1211 and a baffle 1212, and an output end of the first telescopic driving piece 1211 is connected to the baffle 1212, so that the first telescopic driving piece 1211 drives the baffle 1212 to reciprocate, thereby realizing that the first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 approach or separate from the first conveying line 17.

In a state where the output end of the first telescopic driving piece 1211 is in an extended state, the blocking plate 1212 is located at an upper side of the first transfer line 17 to stop the cup 10 transferred on the first transfer line 17.

With the output end of the first telescoping drive 1211 in a retracted state, the baffle 1212 is distal from the first delivery line 17.

In practical applications, by adjusting the distance between the first stop 121 and the second stop 122, the maximum number of the buffering cups 10 can be changed, thereby realizing buffering of a preset number of the plurality of cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17.

According to the lane changing device and the battery cell conveying line, the first lane changing guide piece 11 and the first full material buffer storage assembly 12 are arranged, the first full material buffer storage assembly 12 comprises the first stop piece 121 and the second stop piece 122, when the first stop piece 121 is in a first state, the first stop piece 121 stops the material cups 10 behind the first stop piece 121, when the material cups 10 behind the first stop piece 121 are stacked to the position of the second stop piece 122, the second stop piece 122 is switched to a first state, the second stop piece 122 stops the material cups 10 behind the second stop piece 122, and at the moment, a plurality of material cups 10 are buffered between the first stop piece 121 and the second stop piece 122, so that the plurality of material cups 10 are buffered; then, the first stopper 121 is switched to the second state, the first stopper 121 releases the buffered cups 10, and the buffered cups 10 move from the first conveyor line 17 to the second conveyor line 18 via the first lane change guide, so that lane change of the buffered cups 10 is performed one by one.

As can be seen from the above, according to the present utility model, by providing the first lane changing guide 11 and the first full charge buffer assembly 12, the first full charge buffer assembly 12 stops the cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17, thereby realizing buffer storage of a plurality of cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17, reducing the load of the battery cell conveyor line, and the first lane changing guide 11 guides the cups 10 from the first conveyor line 17 to the second conveyor line 18, thereby realizing lane changing of the buffered cups 10 one by one.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the first charge buffer assembly 12 further includes a first position sensor 123 and a second position sensor 124.

The first position sensor 123 is disposed at one side of the first stop member 121, the first position sensor 123 is electrically connected to the first stop member 121, and the first position sensor 123 is configured to detect whether a cup exists at a position on the first conveying line 17 corresponding to the first stop member 121.

The second position sensor 124 is disposed at one side of the second stop member 122, the first position sensor 123 and the second position sensor 124 are respectively electrically connected with the second stop member 122, and the second position sensor 124 is used for detecting whether a material cup exists at a position corresponding to the second stop member 122 on the first conveying line 17.

The first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 are used for performing buffer control on the material cup located between the first stopper 121 and the second stopper 122 on the first conveying line 17 according to information fed back by the first position sensor 123 and the second position sensor 124.

It is understood that the first position sensor 123 and the second position sensor 124 may be photoelectric switches, which irradiate the surface of the cup 10 by emitting a light beam, and determine whether the cup 10 exists at the corresponding positions of the first position sensor 123 and the second position sensor 124 on the first conveyor line 17 by the intensity of the reflected light beam.

The first stopper 121 and the first position sensor 123 are provided at one side close to the first lane change guide 11, and the second stopper 122 and the second position sensor 124 are provided at the same side far from the first lane change guide 11.

In this embodiment, before the first conveying line 17 and the second conveying line 18 are started, the first stopping element 121 is set to the first state, and the second stopping element 122 is set to the second state, so as to stop the cups 10 behind the first stopping element 121, and as the first conveying line 17 is conveyed, the cups 10 behind the first stopping element 121 are sequentially arranged on the first conveying line 17 in a queue form.

When the material cups 10 arranged in the queue are arranged at the positions of the first conveying line 17 corresponding to the positions of the second stopping members 122, the second position sensor 124 detects that the material cups exist at the positions of the second stopping members 122, the second position sensor 124 sends signals to the second stopping members 122, the second stopping members 122 are switched to the first state to stop the material cups 10 behind the second stopping members 122, and at this time, a preset number of material cups 10 are clamped between the first stopping members 121 and the second stopping members 122, so that the first full material buffering assembly 12 buffers the preset number of material cups 10.

In order to detect whether the cup 10 in front of the first stopper 121 is jammed, the present embodiment may configure a photoelectric switch on the first lane changing guide 11, and the photoelectric switch is electrically connected to the first stopper 121.

When a preset number of cups 10 are buffered between the first stop member 121 and the second stop member 122, and the photoelectric switch detects that the cups 10 are not present at the position where the first lane changing guide member 11 is located, that is, no congestion of the cups 10 occurs in front of the first stop member 121, the photoelectric switch sends a signal to the first stop member 121, and the first stop member 121 is switched to the second state, so that the buffered cups 10 are released.

When the cached cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17 are moved from the first conveyor line 17 to the second conveyor line 18 by the first lane changing guide 11, and when the first position sensor 123 detects that no cups 10 exist at the corresponding positions on the first conveyor line 17, the first position sensor 123 sends a signal to the first stopping element 121, and the first stopping element 121 is switched to the first state, so that the cups 10 behind the first stopping element 121 are stopped, and the first stopping element 121 and the second stopping element 122 are matched with each other, so that the caching and releasing of the preset number of cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17 are realized.

It should be noted here that in practical applications, the number of the plurality of cups 10 buffered between the first and second stoppers 121 and 122 may be changed by adjusting the distance between the first and second position sensors 123 and 124, so as to achieve buffering of a predetermined number of cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the lane changing apparatus further includes: an early warning assembly 15. The warning assembly 15 includes a height limiter 151, a third position sensor 152, and an alarm 153.

The height limiting piece 151 is arranged on the rear side of the first full material buffer assembly 12 along the conveying direction of the first conveying line 17, the height limiting piece 151 is arranged on the upper side of the first conveying line 17, and the height limiting piece 151 is greater than the height of the material cup and less than the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup.

The third position sensor 152 is disposed on one side of the height limiter 151, and the third position sensor 152 is electrically connected to the alarm 153.

The third position sensor 152 is used for feeding back a trigger signal to the alarm 153 when the battery cell is detected to be stopped by the height limiting piece 151. The alarm 153 is configured to give an alarm indication in response to a trigger signal.

It is understood that the material cup 10 is used for supporting the battery cell, the battery cell is embedded in the material cup 10, and the height of the battery cell is larger than that of the material cup 10.

The height limiting member 151 may be a stopper, and the height limiting member 151 is disposed at a preset height position of the upper side of the first conveying line 17. The height of the height limiter 151 is between the height of the cup 10 and the height of the battery cell. Since the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup 10 is greater than the height of the material cup 10, the height limiting member 151 only stops the material cup 10 supporting the battery cell, and the empty material cup can pass through the lower side of the height limiting member 151 under the conveying of the first conveying line 17.

The third position sensor 152 is disposed on one side of the height limiter 151, and in practical application, the mounting position of the third position sensor 152 may be configured according to the type of the battery cell. For example, the height of the third position sensor 152 may be set to be between the height of the cup 10 and the height of the battery cell, so that the third position sensor 152 can detect whether the battery cell exists in the cup 10.

Wherein the third position sensor 152 may be a photoelectric switch or a proximity switch.

Further, the alarm 153 is used for reminding an operator, and the alarm 153 may be a buzzer or an audible and visual alarm.

When the third position sensor 152 detects the battery cell, the third position sensor 152 sends a signal to the alarm 153, and the alarm 153 sends an alarm indication to remind an operator that the material cup 10 bearing the battery cell is in a backflow state to the first conveying line 17, and at the moment, the operator rejects the material cup 10 with the battery cell from the first conveying line 17.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the lane changing apparatus further includes: a second full buffer assembly 16.

At least a portion of the second full charge buffer assembly 16 is disposed above the second conveyor line 18 to buffer the cups 10 conveyed on the second conveyor line 18.

The second full charge buffer assembly 16 is disposed at the rear side of the first lane changing guide 11 along the conveying direction of the first conveying line 17.

It can be appreciated that by providing the second full charge buffer assembly 16 on the rear side of the first lane change guide 11, interference between the cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17 and the cups 10 on the second conveyor line is avoided when the cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17 move to the second conveyor line 18 via the first lane change guide 11.

The second fill buffer assembly 16 may be configured identically to the first fill buffer assembly 12 or may be configured differently from the first fill buffer assembly 12.

In some examples, the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 may include a telescopic driving member and a baffle, where the baffle is disposed on an output end of the telescopic driving member, and when the telescopic driving member drives the baffle to approach the second conveying line 18, the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 stops the material cups 10 on the second conveying line 18, so as to buffer the material cups 10 on the second conveying line 18; when the telescopic driving piece drives the baffle to be far away from the second conveying line 18, the second full material buffer assembly 16 releases the material cup 10 on the second conveying line 18.

Optionally, the second full material buffering component 16 may further include a clamping jaw, where when the clamping jaw can clamp the material cup 10 or the battery cell on the second conveying line 18, the clamping jaw can block the material cup behind the clamped material cup 10, so as to realize buffering of the material cup 10 on the second conveying line 18; when the jaws are in the undamped condition, the jaws release the cup on the second conveyor line 18.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the second charge buffer assembly 16 includes a second telescoping drive 161 and a second lane-change guide 162.

The output end of the second telescopic driving member 161 is connected to the second lane changing guide 162 to drive the second lane changing guide 162 to move between the first position and the second position.

With the second lane-changing guide 162 in the first position, the second lane-changing guide 162 is located on the upper side of the second conveyor line 18, and a first reversing channel is formed between the first side edge of the first lane-changing guide 11 and the first side edge of the second lane-changing guide 162, the first reversing channel being for guiding the cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17 to move to the second conveyor line 18, and the second side edge of the second lane-changing guide 162 being for stopping the cups 10 conveyed on the second conveyor line 18.

With the second lane change guide 162 in the second position, the second lane change guide 162 is distal from the second conveyor line 18 toward the side facing away from the first conveyor line 17.

It is to be understood that the second telescopic driving member 161 may be an air cylinder, and the second lane changing guide member 162 is disposed at a telescopic end of the air cylinder, and the air cylinder is used for driving the second lane changing guide member 162 to perform a linear reciprocating motion, so as to implement the movement of the second lane changing guide member 162 between the first position and the second position.

The second lane-changing guide 162 is disposed on the second conveying line 18, the second lane-changing guide 162 is disposed opposite to the first lane-changing guide 11, and the first lane-changing guide 11 and the second lane-changing guide 162 may be blocks each having an inclined surface, so that the first side of the first lane-changing guide 11 is disposed on the inclined surface thereof, and the first side of the second lane-changing guide 162 is disposed on the inclined surface thereof, thereby forming a first reversing channel between the first side of the first lane-changing guide 11 and the first side of the second lane-changing guide 162, so that the cup 10 may be clamped in the first reversing channel.

In practical application, the first conveying line 17 conveys the cup 10 to one end of the first reversing channel, the cup 10 moves along the extending direction of the first reversing channel while moving along the conveying direction of the first conveying line 17, gradually moves from the first conveying line 17 to the second conveying line 18, and finally moves from the other end of the first reversing channel to the second conveying line 18, so that the cup 10 is guided from the first conveying line 17 to the second conveying line 18.

When the second telescopic driving piece 161 drives the second lane changing guide piece 162 to move to the first position, the second lane changing guide piece 162 stops the material cup 10 on the second conveying line 18, so as to buffer the material cup 10 on the second conveying line 18, and at the same time, the material cup 10 on the first conveying line 17 moves to the second conveying line 18 through the first reversing channel.

When the second full charge buffer assembly 16 buffers the preset number of the cups 10, and the front of the second full charge buffer assembly 16 does not generate congestion of the cups 10, the second telescopic driving member 161 drives the second lane changing guide member 162 to move to the second position, so as to release the cups 10 on the second conveying line 18, and at the same time, the first stop member 121 is switched to the first state, so that the first full charge buffer assembly 12 buffers the cups 10 on the first conveying line 17.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the second telescoping drive 161 is further configured with a fourth position sensor 163 and a fifth position sensor 164.

The fourth position sensor 163 and the fifth position sensor 164 are spaced apart and disposed opposite to each other in the conveying direction of the second conveying line 18. The fourth position sensor 163 and the fifth position sensor 164 are located at the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece 161 in the conveying direction of the second conveying line 18, the fourth position sensor 163 is disposed close to the second telescopic driving piece 161, and the fifth position sensor 164 is disposed away from the second telescopic driving piece 161.

The first full charge buffer assembly 12, the fourth position sensor 163 and the fifth position sensor 164 are electrically connected to the second telescopic driving member 161, respectively. The fourth position sensor 163 is used for detecting whether the cup 10 exists on the second conveying line 18 at a rear position close to the second telescopic driving member 161, and the fifth position sensor 164 is used for detecting whether the cup 10 exists on the second conveying line 18 at a rear position far from the second telescopic driving member 161.

The second telescopic driving piece 161 is used for controlling the position of the second lane changing guide piece 162 according to the state of the first full charge buffer assembly 12 and the information fed back by the fourth position sensor 163 and the fifth position sensor 164.

It is to be understood that the fourth position sensor 163 and the fifth position sensor 164 may be photoelectric switches, and the principle of detecting whether the cup 10 exists at the corresponding position on the second conveying line 18 by the fourth position sensor 163 and the fifth position sensor 164 is the same as that described above, and will not be described in detail herein.

In the case where the first full charge buffer assembly 12 buffers the cups 10 on the first conveyor line 17, the first full charge buffer assembly 12 sends a signal to the second telescopic driving member 161, the second telescopic driving member 161 drives the second lane changing guide 162 to approach the second conveyor line 18, and the second lane changing guide 162 blocks the cups 10 on the second conveyor line 18, so that the cups 10 on the second conveyor line 18 are buffered behind the second lane changing guide 162.

When the first full charge buffer assembly 12 buffers a preset number of the material cups 10, and the front of the first full charge buffer assembly 12 does not generate congestion of the material cups 10, the first full charge buffer assembly 12 releases the material cups 10, and when all the material cups 10 buffered on the first conveying line 17 move to the second conveying line 18 through the guidance of the first reversing channel, the first full charge buffer assembly 12 sends a signal to the second telescopic driving piece 161, and at this time, the second telescopic driving piece 161 can drive the second reversing guide piece 162 to be far away from the second conveying line 18.

Wherein, in the situation that the second telescopic driving member 161 is close to the second conveying line 18, when the fifth position sensor 164 detects that the cups 10 are present at the present position, it indicates that the preset number of cups 10 are cached on the second conveying line 18, at this time, the fifth position sensor 164 sends a signal to the second telescopic driving member 161, and the second telescopic driving member 161 drives the second lane changing guide member 162 away from the second conveying line 18, so that the second lane changing guide member 162 releases the cups 10 cached on the second conveying line 18, until the fourth position sensor 163 detects that the cups 10 are not present at the present position, and the fourth position sensor 163 sends a signal to the second telescopic driving member 161, and the second telescopic driving member 161 drives the second lane changing guide member 162 to approach the second conveying line 18.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, second charge buffer assembly 16 includes a clamping jaw 211 and a sixth position sensor 212.

The sixth position sensor 212 is used to determine whether a cup 10 is present at the front position of the corresponding jaw 211 on the second conveyor line 18. The first filling buffer assembly 12 and the sixth position sensor 212 are electrically connected to the clamping jaw 211 respectively.

The clamping jaw 211 is used for carrying out buffer control on the cup 10 corresponding to the rear side position of the clamping jaw 211 on the second conveying line 18 according to the state information of the first full material buffer assembly 12 and the information fed back by the sixth position sensor 212.

It is understood that the clamping jaw 211 is disposed above the second conveying line 18, and the clamping jaw 211 may be a pneumatic clamping jaw, and the pneumatic clamping jaw may clamp or release the cup 10 on the second conveying line 18, so as to implement buffer control on the cup 10 on the second conveying line 18.

In order to detect whether there is enough space in front of the clamping jaw 211 to accommodate a preset number of the cups 10, the sixth position sensor 212 may be disposed above the second conveying line 18 and located at the front side of the clamping jaw 211 along the conveying direction of the second conveying line 18, and the principle of detecting whether the cups 10 are located at the position of the sixth position sensor 212 by the photoelectric switch is the same as that of detecting whether the cups 10 are located at the position of the sixth position sensor 212, which is not described herein again.

When the first full material buffer assembly 12 buffers a preset number of material cups 10, and when no congestion occurs in the material cups 10 in front of the first full material buffer assembly 12, the first full material buffer assembly 12 releases the material cups 10, and when all the buffered material cups 10 on the first conveying line 17 move to the second conveying line 18 through the first reversing guide, the first full material buffer assembly 12 sends a signal to the clamping jaw 211, and at this time, the clamping jaw 211 can be released to release the material cups on the second conveying line 18.

Wherein, when the sixth position sensor 212 detects that the cup 10 is not present at the front position of the clamping jaw 211 in the state that the clamping jaw 211 is clamping the cup 10, the sixth position sensor 212 sends a signal to the clamping jaw 211, and the clamping jaw 211 is released, so that the cup 10 on the second conveying line 18 is released.

In practical applications, the control module may be configured on the lane changing device according to actual requirements, and the control module is electrically connected with the first full material buffer assembly 12 and the second full material buffer assembly 16 respectively, and may selectively perform clamping or loosening control on the clamping jaw 211 corresponding to the second full material buffer assembly 16 according to the state of the first full material buffer assembly 12, whether the material cup 10 exists in front of the second full material buffer assembly 16, and a preset priority level, so as to perform buffering or releasing on the material cup 10 on the second conveying line 18, where the control module may be a single chip microcomputer, an industrial personal computer, and a programmable logic controller (Programmable Logic Controller, PLC).

In some examples, the preset priority level of the present embodiment may be configured such that the priority level of the first full buffer assembly 12 is higher than the priority level of the second full buffer assembly 16. When the first full-charge buffer assembly 12 and the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 buffer a preset number of the cups 10, the first full-charge buffer assembly 12 and the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 respectively send request signals to the control module, meanwhile, when the sixth position sensor 212 does not detect that the cups 10 exist at the position, that is, the cups 10 in front of the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 are not jammed, the sixth position sensor 212 sends release signals to the control module, at this time, the control module preferentially sends signals to the first full-charge buffer assembly 12 so that the first full-charge buffer assembly 12 releases the cups 10 on the first conveying line 17, the cups 10 buffered on the first conveying line 17 move to the second conveying line 18 through the first lane changing guide 11, and then the control module sends signals to the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 so that the clamping jaws 211 corresponding to the second full-charge buffer assembly 16 are released, and the clamping jaws 211 release the cups 10 on the second conveying line 18.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the lane changing apparatus further includes: a third lane change guide 22 and a third full buffer assembly 23.

The third lane-changing guide 22 is configured to be disposed on an upper side of the third conveying line 24, where the third conveying line 24 is disposed side by side with the second conveying line 18, and is located on a side of the second conveying line 18 facing away from the first conveying line 17. The third full charge buffer assembly 23 is provided at the rear side of the third lane change guide 22 along the conveying direction of the third conveying line 24.

The third lane changing guide 22 is used for guiding the cups 10 conveyed on the third conveying line 24 to the second conveying line 18, and the third full material buffering assembly 23 is used for buffering the cups 10 positioned on the rear side of the third lane changing guide 22 on the third conveying line 24.

It is understood that the third conveying line 24 and the second conveying line 18 are disposed side by side, and the structure of the third conveying line 24 may be the same as that of the first conveying line 17 and the second conveying line 18, and the conveying direction of the third conveying line 24 is the same as that of the second conveying line 18.

The third lane-changing guide 22 may have the same structure as the first lane-changing guide 11, and thus, the third lane-changing guide 22 may be a block having an inclined surface, and when the cup 10 on the third conveyor line 24 moves to the position of the third lane-changing guide 22, the cup 10 moves along the inclined surface from the third conveyor line 24 to the second conveyor line 18, thereby guiding the cup 10 conveyed on the third conveyor line 24 onto the second conveyor line 18.

The structure of the third full-charge buffer assembly 23 may be the same as that of the first full-charge buffer assembly 12 or the second full-charge buffer assembly 16, and thus, the third full-charge buffer assembly 23 includes all the advantages obtained by the above embodiments, which are not described herein in detail.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the lane changing apparatus further includes: fourth lane change guide 31.

The fourth lane change guide 31 is configured to be disposed on an upper side of the fourth conveyor line 32, and a second reversing channel is formed between the fourth lane change guide 31 and the first lane change guide 11.

The height of the first channel changing guide piece 11 is larger than the height of the material cup 10 and smaller than the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup 10. The second diverting channel is intended to cooperate with the cells to guide the movement of the cups 10 bearing the cells from the first conveyor line 17 to the fourth conveyor line 32.

It is understood that the first conveyor line 17 and the fourth conveyor line 32 are arranged side by side, and the structure of the fourth conveyor line 32 may be the same as or different from that of the first conveyor line 17, and the conveying direction of the fourth conveyor line 32 is the same as that of the first conveyor line 17.

The first channel changing guide 11 is arranged at a preset height position on the upper side of the first conveying line 17, and the empty material cup 10 on the first conveying line 17 can directly pass through the lower side of the first channel changing guide 11 based on the fact that the height of the first channel changing guide 11 is between the height of the material cup 10 and the height of the battery cell.

Because the height of the electric core is greater than the height of the first channel changing guide piece 11, the first channel changing guide piece 11 stops the material cup 10 bearing the electric core, and the material cup 10 bearing the electric core is prevented from passing through the lower part of the first channel changing guide piece 11, so that the material cup 10 bearing the electric core can move from the first conveying line 17 to the fourth conveying line 32 under the guidance of the first channel changing guide piece 11.

The fourth lane changing guide 31 is disposed on the fourth conveying line 32, and the fourth lane changing guide 31 is disposed opposite to the first lane changing guide 11, and the structure of the fourth lane changing guide 31 may be the same as that of the first lane changing guide 11, so that the first lane changing guide 11 and the fourth lane changing guide 31 may be blocks with inclined surfaces, so that a second reversing channel is formed between the inclined surfaces of the first lane changing guide 11 and the fourth lane changing guide 31, so that a material cup for supporting a battery cell may be clamped in the second reversing channel, and the material cup 10 for supporting the battery cell is convenient to move from the first conveying line 17 to the fourth conveying line 32.

In practical application, the first conveying line 17 conveys the material cup 10 to one end of the second reversing channel, the material cup 10 moves along the extending direction of the second reversing channel while moving along the conveying direction of the first conveying line 17, gradually moves from the first conveying line 17 to the fourth conveying line 32, and finally moves from the other end of the second reversing channel to the fourth conveying line 32, so that the material cup 10 is guided from the first conveying line 17 to the fourth conveying line 32, and the material cup 10 bearing the electric core is guided from the first conveying line 17 to the fourth conveying line 32.

In a second aspect, the present embodiment further provides a battery cell conveying line, where the battery cell conveying line includes a first conveying line 17, a second conveying line 18, and the lane changing device.

Alternatively, the cell transfer lines include a first transfer line 17, a second transfer line 18, a third transfer line 24, and the lane changing device described above.

Alternatively, the cell transfer lines include the first transfer line 17, the fourth transfer line 32, and the lane changing device described above.

Because the battery cell conveying line comprises the lane changing device, and the specific structure of the lane changing device refers to the above embodiment, the battery cell conveying line of this embodiment comprises all the technical solutions of the above embodiment, so that at least all the beneficial effects obtained by all the technical solutions of the above embodiment are not described in detail herein.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and are not limiting; while the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations may be made in the techniques described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A lane-changing apparatus comprising: a first lane-changing guide and a first full-charge buffer assembly;

the first channel changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of the first conveying line so as to guide the material cups conveyed on the first conveying line to the second conveying line, and the second conveying line and the first conveying line are arranged side by side;

the first full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the first lane changing guide piece along the conveying direction of the first conveying line, and comprises a first stop piece and a second stop piece which are spaced and oppositely arranged along the conveying direction; the first stop and the second stop are each switchable between a first state proximate to the first conveyor line and a second state distal to the first conveyor line;

wherein, under the condition that the first stop piece and the second stop piece are both in the first state, the first stop piece and the second stop piece are used for buffering a preset number of material cups on the first conveying line.

2. The lane-changing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first full buffer assembly further comprises a first position sensor and a second position sensor;

The first position sensor is arranged on one side of the first stop piece, the first position sensor is electrically connected with the first stop piece, and the first position sensor is used for detecting whether the material cup exists at the position, corresponding to the first stop piece, on the first conveying line;

the second position sensor is arranged on one side of the second stop piece, the first position sensor and the second position sensor are respectively and electrically connected with the second stop piece, and the second position sensor is used for detecting whether the material cup exists at the position corresponding to the second stop piece on the first conveying line;

the first stop piece and the second stop piece are used for carrying out buffer control on a material cup positioned between the first stop piece and the second stop piece on the first conveying line according to information fed back by the first position sensor and the second position sensor.

3. The lane-changing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an early warning component; the early warning assembly comprises a height limiting piece, a third position sensor and an alarm;

the height limiting piece is arranged on the rear side of the first full material buffer assembly along the conveying direction of the first conveying line, the height limiting piece is arranged on the upper side of the first conveying line, and the height limiting piece is higher than the height of the material cup and lower than the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup;

The third position sensor is arranged on one side of the height limiting piece and is electrically connected with the alarm;

the third position sensor is used for feeding back a trigger signal to the alarm when detecting that the battery cell is stopped by the height limiting piece; the alarm is configured to give an alarm indication according to the trigger signal.

4. A lane-changing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a second full buffer assembly;

at least part of the second full material buffer assembly is arranged on the upper side of the second conveying line so as to buffer the material cups conveyed on the second conveying line;

and the second full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the first lane changing guide piece along the conveying direction of the first conveying line.

5. The lane-changing apparatus of claim 4 wherein the second full charge buffer assembly comprises a second telescoping drive and a second lane-changing guide;

the output end of the second telescopic driving piece is connected with the second channel changing guide piece so as to drive the second channel changing guide piece to move between a first position and a second position;

In the case that the second lane changing guide is positioned at the first position, the second lane changing guide is positioned at the upper side of the second conveying line, a first reversing channel is formed between the first side edge of the first lane changing guide and the first side edge of the second lane changing guide, the first reversing channel is used for guiding a material cup on the first conveying line to move to the second conveying line, and the second side edge of the second lane changing guide is used for stopping the material cup conveyed on the second conveying line;

the second lane change guide is remote from the second conveyor line toward a side facing away from the first conveyor line with the second lane change guide in a second position.

6. The lane change apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second telescoping drive is further configured with a fourth position sensor and a fifth position sensor;

the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor are spaced and are oppositely arranged along the conveying direction of the second conveying line; the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor are positioned at the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece along the conveying direction of the second conveying line, the fourth position sensor is close to the second telescopic driving piece, and the fifth position sensor is far away from the second telescopic driving piece;

The first full material buffer assembly, the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor are respectively and electrically connected with the second telescopic driving piece; the fourth position sensor is used for detecting whether a material cup exists on the second conveying line at a position close to the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece, and the fifth position sensors are all used for detecting whether a material cup exists on the second conveying line at a position far away from the rear side of the second telescopic driving piece;

the second telescopic driving piece is used for controlling the position of the second lane changing guide piece according to the state of the first full material buffer storage component and information fed back by the fourth position sensor and the fifth position sensor.

7. The lane-changing apparatus of claim 5 wherein the second full charge buffer assembly comprises a jaw and a sixth position sensor;

the sixth position sensor is used for judging whether a material cup exists at the front side position of the second conveying line, which corresponds to the clamping jaw; the first full material buffer assembly and the sixth position sensor are respectively and electrically connected with the clamping jaw;

and the clamping jaw is used for carrying out cache control on the material cup corresponding to the rear side position of the clamping jaw on the second conveying line according to the state information of the first full material cache assembly and the information fed back by the sixth position sensor.

8. The lane-changing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a third lane change guide and a third full buffer assembly;

the third lane changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of a third conveying line, and the third conveying line and the second conveying line are arranged side by side and are positioned on one side, away from the first conveying line, of the second conveying line; the third full material buffer assembly is arranged at the rear side of the third lane changing guide piece along the conveying direction of the third conveying line;

the third channel changing guide piece is used for guiding the material cup conveyed on the third conveying line to be guided to the second conveying line, and the third full material caching component is used for caching the material cup positioned on the rear side of the third channel changing guide piece on the third conveying line.

9. A lane-changing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a fourth lane change guide;

the fourth lane changing guide piece is arranged on the upper side of the fourth conveying line, and a second reversing channel is formed between the fourth lane changing guide piece and the first lane changing guide piece;

the height limit of the first channel changing guide piece is larger than the height of the material cup and smaller than the height of the battery cell supported on the material cup; the second reversing channel is used for being matched with the battery cell so as to guide the material cup bearing the battery cell to move from the first conveying line to the fourth conveying line.

10. A battery cell conveying line, characterized in that the battery cell conveying line comprises a first conveying line, a second conveying line and a channel changing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6;

alternatively, the cell conveying line comprises a first conveying line, a second conveying line, a third conveying line and a lane changing device according to claim 7 or 8;

alternatively, the cell conveyor line comprises a first conveyor line, a fourth conveyor line and the lane changing device according to claim 9.