Cutting device, and manufacturing device for laminated electrode assembly

A cutting device, comprising:

• a drum section that rotates to convey a continuous body of works;
• and
• a cutting section that cuts the continuous body into a plurality of individual works,
• wherein the drum section comprises a drum drive unit, a rotating shaft, a first disk unit, a second disk unit, a plurality of holding heads, and head drive units,
• wherein the head drive units respectively hold and move the plurality of holding heads so that the plurality of holding heads i) hold the continuous body prior to being cut into the plurality of individual works by the cutting section and ii) respectively hold the plurality of individual works obtained by the cutting section cutting the continuous body into the plurality of individual works,
• wherein the plurality of holding heads are arranged in a circumferential direction of the first disk unit of the drum section so that the plurality of holding heads rotates about the rotating shaft in accordance with rotation of the first disk unit,
• wherein each of the plurality of holding heads comprises a holding surface that is positioned at a distance of a first radius from a center of the rotating shaft to face a protruding direction of the first disk unit,
• wherein the holding surface includes an adsorption hole so that the plurality of holding heads, using the adsorption hole, adsorb and hold i) the continuous body prior to being cut into the plurality of individual works by the cutting section and ii) the plurality of individual works obtained by the cutting section cutting the continuous body into the plurality of individual works,
• wherein the cutting section comprises a cutter drive unit and a cutter unit,
• wherein the cutter unit is arranged in a circumferential direction of the second disk unit of the drum section,
• wherein the cutter unit includes a holder, a motor, and a cutting blade,
• wherein the holder of the cutter unit is supported by a corresponding bracket and is arranged to slide in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the drum section,
• wherein the cutter unit moves together with the plurality of the holding heads by means of the rotation of the drum section and that is smaller in number than the holding heads, and a cutter drive unit that moves the cutter unit independently of the plurality of the holding heads,
• wherein the cutter unit moves alongside of the continuous body from a predetermined cutting start position to cut the continuous body,
• wherein the cutter drive unit returns the cutter unit that has cut the continuous body, to the predetermined cutting start position, and
• wherein the cutting device comprises a control device arranged to control the drum drive unit, the head drive units, the cutter drive unit and the cutter unit.