Apparatus and method for supplying component of fuel cell stack
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSang Hyun CHO, Nam Gu LEE
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Abstract
An apparatus for supplying a component of a fuel cell stack includes a cartridge in which a plurality of components is stacked, a gripper for vacuum-adsorbing an uppermost component among the plurality of components stacked in the cartridge, and a lift generating unit for generating a lift force to lift only the uppermost component among the plurality of components, wherein the lift generating unit includes a plurality of air jet holes disposed symmetrically in a lower portion of the gripper and causes air to be blown toward an upper surface of the uppermost component.
Claims12
An apparatus for supplying a component of a fuel cell stack, the apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge in which a plurality of components is stacked;
- a gripper for vacuum-adsorbing an uppermost component among the plurality of components stacked in the cartridge;
- and
- a lift generating unit for generating a lift force to lift only the uppermost component among the plurality of components,
- wherein the lift generating unit includes a plurality of air jet holes disposed symmetrically in a lower portion of the gripper and causes air to be blown toward an upper surface of the uppermost component.
A method for supplying a component of a fuel cell stack, the method comprising:
- stacking a plurality of components on a support plate of a cartridge in a vertical direction and moving a gripper downwardly to adjust a gap between an uppermost component and the gripper;
- performing an air blow through air jet holes of a lift generating unit while performing vacuum-adsorption by adsorption holes of the gripper;
- and
- stopping the air blow when the uppermost component is adsorbed by the adsorption holes of the gripper after the air blow and the vacuum-adsorption.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.