The invention discloses a driving device applied to a formation machine. The driving device in the technical scheme comprises a first fixed pulley, a second fixed pulley, a first movable pulley, a second movable pulley, steel wire ropes, reels and a motor; in the technical scheme, the group driving method of utilizing the steel wire ropes, the fixed pulleys and the movable pulleys is the replacement of the lead screw driving method in the prior art, the motor drives the reels to rotate, the reels apply traction forces on the steel wire ropes, the steel wire ropes pull the first movable pulley and the second movable pulley to rotate, so as to enable a push plate to move, then the push plate pushes a hot pressing plate to move, so that a lithium battery can be compressed tightly. According to the driving device applied to the formation machine, the steel wire ropes combined with the movable pulleys and the fixed pulleys are lower in cost when compared with the lead screws, therefore the production cost of lithium batteries is correspondingly reduced, at the same time, the steel wire ropes, the movable pulleys and the fixed pulleys cooperate well with each other, thereby being more suitable for short distance transmission, all that is needed is to ensure the equality of the pulling forces on both sides of the push plate during the transmission process, deformation of the steel wire ropes does not influence the compression quality of the lithium batteries, and the production quality of the lithium batteries is further ensured.