AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF VIBRATION WELDING EQUIPMENT
    22.
    发明申请
    AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF VIBRATION WELDING EQUIPMENT 有权
    振动焊接设备自动监测

    公开(公告)号:US20140138012A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-22

    申请号:US14065801

    申请日:2013-10-29

    Abstract: A vibration welding system includes vibration welding equipment having a welding horn and anvil, a host device, a check station, and a robot. The robot moves the horn and anvil via an arm to the check station. Sensors, e.g., temperature sensors, are positioned with respect to the welding equipment. Additional sensors are positioned with respect to the check station, including a pressure-sensitive array. The host device, which monitors a condition of the welding equipment, measures signals via the sensors positioned with respect to the welding equipment when the horn is actively forming a weld. The robot moves the horn and anvil to the check station, activates the check station sensors at the check station, and determines a condition of the welding equipment by processing the received signals. Acoustic, force, temperature, displacement, amplitude, and/or attitude/gyroscopic sensors may be used.

    Abstract translation: 振动焊接系统包括具有焊接喇叭和砧座的振动焊接设备,主机设备,检查站和机器人。 机器人通过手臂将喇叭和砧座移动到检查站。 传感器,例如温度传感器,相对于焊接设备定位。 附加传感器相对于检查站定位,包括压敏阵列。 监测焊接设备状况的主机设备,当喇叭主动形成焊缝时,通过相对于焊接设备定位的传感器测量信号。 机器人将喇叭和砧座移动到检查站,激活检查站的检查站传感器,并通过处理接收到的信号来确定焊接设备的状态。 可以使用声学,力,温度,位移,幅度和/或姿态/陀螺仪传感器。

    INTEGRATED TRIMMING AND WELDING OF ELECTRODE FOILS

    公开(公告)号:US20240030564A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17868887

    申请日:2022-07-20

    CPC classification number: H01M50/536 B23K20/10 B23K2101/36

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell having electrode foils protruding from a cell pouch includes positioning the cell pouch in a fixture such that distal end sections of the foils extend outward from the fixture. The method includes clamping the distal end sections in a curvilinear guide clamp to cause the distal end sections to taper into an electrode foil stack, and then translating the clamp a predetermined distance toward the fixture to displace the distal end sections by the predetermined distance. The method also includes trimming the distal end sections using a trim tool, positioning a sonotrode and an anvil adjacent opposite surfaces of the stack, and ultrasonically welding the stack to a conductive lead tab using the sonotrode to thereby form a welded joint within the battery cell. The sonotrode may be multi-sided with different knurl patterns for performing different welding processes.

    AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF THE ALIGNMENT AND WEAR OF VIBRATION WELDING EQUIPMENT
    29.
    发明申请
    AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF THE ALIGNMENT AND WEAR OF VIBRATION WELDING EQUIPMENT 有权
    自动监测振动焊接设备的对准和磨损

    公开(公告)号:US20150168942A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-18

    申请号:US14557923

    申请日:2014-12-02

    Abstract: A vibration welding system includes vibration welding equipment having a welding horn and anvil, a host machine, a check station, and a welding robot. At least one displacement sensor is positioned with respect to one of the welding equipment and the check station. The robot moves the horn and anvil via an arm to the check station, when a threshold condition is met, i.e., a predetermined amount of time has elapsed or a predetermined number of welds have been completed. The robot moves the horn and anvil to the check station, activates the at least one displacement sensor, at the check station, and determines a status condition of the welding equipment by processing the received signals. The status condition may be one of the alignment of the vibration welding equipment and the wear or degradation of the vibration welding equipment.

    Abstract translation: 振动焊接系统包括具有焊接喇叭和砧座的振动焊接设备,主机,检查站和焊接机器人。 至少一个位移传感器相对于焊接设备和检查站之一定位。 当满足阈值条件,即经过预定时间量或预定数量的焊接已经完成时,机器人通过臂将喇叭和砧座移动到检查站。 机器人将喇叭和砧座移动到检查站,在检查站激活至少一个位移传感器,并通过处理接收的信号来确定焊接设备的状态。 状态可以是振动焊接设备的对准和振动焊接设备的磨损或劣化之一。

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