JPS6155751B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

The present invention relates to a laminating and assembling machine for battery electrode plates and separators, which are the main components of a storage battery. In the laminated combination of battery electrode plates and separators as described above, the number of laminated layers differs depending on the capacity.
When the production quantity is small, it is generally done by hand. In addition, in the case of mass production, the required number of minus plate feeders, separator feeders, and plus plate feeders are installed along the linear conveyance device to supply workpieces to the platens that are sent in sequence. However, such a configuration requires an extremely large installation area. For example, in the case of a combination of 5 negative plates and 4 positive plates, 17 stations are required including separators. In order to improve this point, we installed one each of a negative plate feeder, a separator feeder, and a positive plate feeder along the conveyor, and stacked negative plates, separators, and positive plates. It has been proposed to make the device more compact by repeating it as many times as necessary. However, in this case, if you pile up the required number of negative plates, you will increase one separator and one positive plate, and conversely, if you stack the required number of positive plates, you will decrease one negative plate, so in any case, the work will be done. There is the inconvenience of having to increase or decrease the amount after stacking. The present invention improves the drawbacks of the prior art as described above,
To provide an extremely compact combination machine capable of automatically stacking a required number of electrode plates and separators, and especially capable of easily and easily changing the number of stacked plates. It is something. In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention has the following features:
Around the rotary table, a negative plate feeder, a laminated sheet number checking machine, an ejector, a separator feeder, a positive plate feeder, and a separator feeder are arranged in order at a constant pitch, and the ejector is used to check the number of laminated sheets. It is configured to operate only when the sheet number check machine detects that the set number of sheets has been reached, and while the rotary table is intermittently rotated at the constant pitch, the negative plate feeding machine starts the negative plate feeding machine. The workpieces are sequentially fed from the feeders onto the rotary table and stacked, and when the checker detects that the number of stacked pieces has reached a set value, the discharger is operated to stack the stacked pieces. It is characterized by what was done to eliminate it. Therefore, in the present invention, the minus plate is 3
When there are two plus plates, the desired number of plates can be loaded by starting with the minus plate feeder, rotating the rotary table twice, and finally operating the minus plate supply, check machine, and discharge machine. Also, if there are 4 negative plates and 3 positive plates, rotate the rotary table 3 times, if there are 5 negative plates and 4 positive plates, rotate the rotary table 4 times, and finally, as above. After supplying and checking the negative plates in the same manner, the desired number of plates can be loaded by discharging them by the discharging machine. As described above, a major feature of the present invention is that the number of laminated sheets can be easily and easily changed, but at the same time, since each feeder is only arranged around the rotary table, It has the feature that the device can be made smaller. An example of the implementation of the electrode plate combination machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of the combination machine of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a rotary table, 2 is a minus plate feeder, 3 is a checker for the number of stacked sheets (height), 4 is a discharge machine, 5 is a discharge conveyor, 6 is a separator feeder, and 7 is a plus plate feeder. , 8 indicate separator feeders, which are arranged in order at a constant pitch as shown in the figure. Although not shown, the rotary table 1
Six jigs are assembled on the top, corresponding to each of the above-mentioned feeding machines, check machines, and discharge machines, at the same pitch as the above-mentioned pitches, and each workpiece is sequentially supplied from each of the above-mentioned feeding machines to these jigs. be done. The minus plate feeder is configured as shown in FIG. 2, for example. That is, a magazine 9 filled with minus plates is placed on a rail 10, is engaged with an attachment 12 attached to a check 11, and is conveyed to the take-out portion A position by the drive of the chain 11. A cylinder 19 for pulling up the magazine is disposed directly above the take-out part A, and the pull-out air cylinder 18 is driven to pull out the top minus plates one by one onto the sub-rail 14 using the claws 13. 15 to remove dirt, dust, etc., and is stopped at the end of the sub-rail. At the same time, the magazine 9 is pulled upward by the thickness of one minus plate by the lifting cylinder 19. Then, the manipulator 16, such as a vacuum suction type,
descends and attracts the minus plate, raises it as shown in the figure, transfers it toward the jig on the rotary table, and supplies it onto the rotary table as described above. As described above, the magazines 9 are raised one after another at the ejection part A position, and finally the empty magazine 1
7 is transferred onto a return rail or pedestal 20. The above-mentioned check machine 3 is to check whether the height of the stacked workpieces is correct or not. It detects the set number of workpieces by height, and when this is less than the set number, it does not send a discharge signal to the discharger. The workpieces are passed through, and when the value is correct, a discharge signal is sent to the discharge machine 4, and when the number exceeds the set number, a defect signal is output and the machine is stopped. The discharge machine 4 operates only when a signal indicating the correct number of workpieces is received from the check machine.The height of the jig on the rotary table 1 and the discharge conveyor 5 are aligned, and the discharge plate is operated to discharge the workpieces. It is scraped onto a conveyor 5 and discharged.
The discharge conveyor 5 transports the stacked works to the next process position. The separator feeders 6 and 8 supply corrugated plates that maintain the spacing between the plates onto the plates. It is a device that drops the The plus plate feeder 7 has the same configuration as the minus plate feeder shown in FIG. 2, with the only difference being the workpiece. Next, the order of operation of each part of the electrode plate assembly machine of the present invention and the number of operations are shown in the table below.

[Table] As described above, the present invention provides a negative plate feeder, a laminated sheet number checker, an ejector, a separator feeder, a positive plate feeder, and a separator feeder, each arranged at a fixed pitch around the rotary table. The discharging machine is arranged in sequence, and the discharging machine is configured to operate only when the laminated number checking machine detects that the set number of stacked sheets has been reached, and the rotary table is intermittently rotated at the constant pitch. Starting with the supply of a minus plate from a minus plate feeder, each workpiece is sequentially fed from each of the feeders onto the rotary table and stacked, and the check machine detects when the number of stacked pieces has reached a set value. At that time, the ejector was operated to eject the laminated work, so that an extremely compact electrode assembly machine with a small area required for installing the rotary table and the feeder around it could be made. Moreover, the number of laminated sheets can be changed simply by changing the rotation speed of the rotary table, and the change can be made simply and easily by operating a switch, so there is no need for setup time, and it is compact and can be operated automatically. This has the effect of providing a laminated combination machine for electrode plates of storage batteries, etc., which is possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an example of an embodiment of the electrode plate combination machine of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing an example of the electrode plate feeder. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Rotary table, 2...Minus plate feeder, 3...Stacked sheet number check machine, 4...Discharge machine, 5...Discharge conveyor, 6...Separator feeder, 7...Plus plate feeder.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Around a rotary table, a minus plate feeder, a laminated sheet number checking machine, an ejector, a separator feeder, a positive plate feeder, and a separator feeder are arranged in order at a constant pitch, and the ejector is It is configured to operate only when the laminated number checking machine detects that the set number of sheets is stacked, and while the rotary table is intermittently rotated at the constant pitch, the negative plate feeding machine starts feeding the negative plate. The workpieces are sequentially fed from the feeders onto the rotary table and stacked, and when the checker detects that the number of stacked pieces has reached a set value, the discharger is operated to stack the stacked pieces. A laminated combination machine for storage battery electrode plates, etc., which is characterized by its ability to be discharged.