Terminal Strip Inspection System and Method

A terminal strip inspection system, comprising:

• a visual inspection module installed at a visual inspection station visually inspecting whether a quality of terminals on a terminal strip conveyed through the visual inspection station are qualified;
• a cutting module installed at a cutting station and located downstream of the visual inspection station;
• a welding module installed at a welding station and downstream of the cutting station;
• and
• a conveying module conveying the terminal strip from back to front through the visual inspection station, the cutting station, and the welding station in sequence, when the terminal strip is loaded into the terminal strip inspection system, a front end area of the terminal strip is located downstream of the visual inspection station and has not undergone visual inspection, after the terminal strip is loaded, the terminal strip inspection system is activated and the cutting module cuts off a front end of the terminal strip forming a front end edge of the terminal strip, the welding module welds the front end edge of the terminal strip and a rear end of an inspected terminal strip together, the conveying module transports the front end area of the terminal strip in reverse to the visual inspection station to visually inspect the front end area of the terminal strip, and the conveying module transports the terminal strip forward, so that the terminal strip that has been transported through the terminal strip inspection system does not have any areas that have not been visually inspected by the terminal strip inspection system.

A terminal strip inspection method, comprising:

• loading a terminal strip into a terminal strip inspection system, a front end area of the terminal strip loaded into the terminal strip inspection system is located downstream of a visual inspection station of the terminal strip inspection system and has not undergone visual inspection;
• cutting a front end off of the terminal strip with a cutting module of the terminal strip inspection system and forming a front end edge of the terminal strip;
• welding the front end edge of the terminal strip and a rear end of an inspected terminal strip together with a welding module of the terminal strip inspection system;
• transporting the front end area of the terminal strip in reverse to the visual inspection station of the terminal strip inspection system by a conveying module of the terminal strip inspection system;
• and
• transporting the terminal strip forward by the conveying module, so that the front end area of the terminal strip passes through the visual inspection station and is visually inspected.