Electrode stacking apparatus

An electrode stacking apparatus for stacking a sheet-shaped electrode, comprising:

• a planar motor device comprised of a flat plate shaped stator and a plurality of movers able to move on a flat surface of the stator in any direction along the flat surface and able to rotate about a perpendicular axis of the flat surface in a state magnetically floating from the flat surface,
• an electrode conveyor device arranged above the planar motor device and conveying the sheet-shaped electrode along a conveyance path while holding the sheet-shaped electrode, and
• a control device for controlling the planar motor device and the electrode conveyor device, wherein
• a stacked electrode holder for holding stacked sheet-shaped electrodes being attached on each mover of the planar motor device and a successively stacked sheet-shaped electrode being held at a sheet-shaped electrode stacking position on the stacked electrode holder by the stacked electrode holder,
• when stacking a new sheet-shaped electrode held by the electrode conveyor device on the stacked electrode holder of the mover, said control device making the mover move in synchronization with movement of the new sheet-shaped electrode so that the new sheet-shaped electrode continues to face the sheet-shaped electrode stacking position on the stacked electrode holder.