WELDING METHOD AND WELDING APPARATUS FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MONITORING METHOD AND MONITORING APPARATUS FOR SECONDARY BATTERY WELDING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20230356327A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18024736

    申请日:2021-09-09

    IPC分类号: B23K26/21 B23K31/12

    CPC分类号: B23K26/21 B23K31/125

    摘要: A welding apparatus is provided for a secondary battery having an electrode assembly with a center hole seated on a lower can. The welding apparatus includes a jig which includes an insertion portion that has a pipe shape and a diameter enabling entry into the center hole of the electrode assembly and a seating portion that has an enlarged diameter of a disk shape on an end of the insertion portion; and a laser irradiation apparatus to emit a laser beam into a hole of the insertion portion. When the electrode assembly is seated on the lower can such that an electrode tab of the electrode assembly is placed within the center hole, the laser irradiation apparatus performs a weld between the inner bottom surface of the lower can and the electrode tab after passing through the hole of the insertion portion of the jig.

    AUTOMATIC ELECTRODE SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SECONDARY BATTERY AND AUTOMATIC ELECTRODE SUPPLY METHOD USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220363505A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17765587

    申请日:2020-10-08

    IPC分类号: B65H21/00 H01M10/04

    摘要: An automatic electrode supply apparatus configured to automatically supply an electrode in various processes for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a first chuck splicing unit including a splicing portion having a traveling electrode located thereon and a second chuck splicing unit including a splicing portion having a standby electrode located thereon, wherein each of the first and second chuck splicing units includes an edge position control (EPC) sensor configured to measure the position of the edge of a corresponding one of the traveling electrode and the standby electrode in order to prevent distortion or fracture defect of the electrode due to positional deviation between the traveling electrode and the standby electrode, and an automatic electrode supply method using the same.