Stacking system
AssigneeNagano Automation Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenichi Hirai, Seiji Yamaura
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Abstract
A stacking apparatus includes a first rotating table that is equipped with a plurality of stacking regions and intermittently rotates the plurality of stacking regions respectively to a plurality of work positions, a first turning unit; and a second turning unit. The first turning unit includes a first arm that turns between the first stacking position and a first pickup position where an anode sheet is picked up and a second arm that turns in concert with movement of the first arm between the first stacking position and a second pickup position where a separator is picked up. The second turning unit includes a third arm that picks up a cathode sheet and a fourth arm that turns in concert with movement of the third arm and picks up a separator.
Claims6
A stacking apparatus comprising:
- a first rotating table that is equipped with a plurality of stacking regions and intermittently rotates the plurality of stacking regions respectively to a plurality of work positions;
- a first turning unit that turns so as to overlap a stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached a first stacking position out of the plurality of work positions;
- and
- a second turning unit that turns in parallel with the first turning unit so as to overlap a stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached a second stacking position out of the plurality of work positions,
- wherein the first turning unit includes a first arm that turns between the first stacking position and a first pickup position and a second arm that turns between the first stacking position and a second pickup position in concert with movement of the first arm, and places an anode sheet picked up from the first pickup position and a separator picked up from the second pickup position on a layered stack in the stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached the first stacking position, and
- the second turning unit includes a third arm that turns between the second stacking position and a third pickup position and a fourth arm that turns between the second stacking position and a fourth pickup position in concert with movement of the third arm, and places a cathode sheet picked up from the third pickup position and a separator picked up from the fourth pickup position on a layered stack in the stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached the second stacking position.
A method of manufacturing a stacked electrode comprising stacking a plurality of anode sheets and cathode sheets with separators in between by a stacking apparatus,
- the stacking apparatus including:
- a first rotating table that is equipped with a plurality of stacking regions and intermittently rotates the plurality of stacking regions respectively to a plurality of work positions;
- a first turning unit that turns so as to overlap a stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached a first stacking position out of the plurality of work positions;
- and
- a second turning unit that turns so as to overlap a stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached a second stacking position out of the plurality of work positions,
- wherein the first turning unit includes a first arm that turns between the first stacking position and a first pickup position and a second arm that turns between the first stacking position and a second pickup position in concert with movement of the first arm,
- the second turning unit includes a third arm that turns between the second stacking position and a third pickup position and a fourth arm that turns between the second stacking position and a fourth pickup position in concert with movement of the third arm,
- and the stacking comprises:
- the first turning unit placing, at the first stacking position, an anode sheet picked up from the first pickup position and a separator picked up from the second pickup position on a layered stack in the stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached the first stacking position, and
- the second turning unit placing, at the second stacking position, a cathode sheet picked up from the third pickup position and a separator picked up from the fourth pickup position on a layered stack in the stacking region of the first rotating table that has reached the second stacking position in parallel with the placing at the first stacking position.
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