Electrode plate drying device and coating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12379158-B2
Application number	US-202318342753-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2023
Priority date	Oct 29, 2021
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

Provided are an electrode plate drying device and a coating device, and relates to the technical field of batteries. The electrode plate drying device includes an oven, a first deflector roll, and a second deflector roll. The oven is configured to dry an electrode plate. The first deflector roll and the second deflector roll are disposed in the oven. The electrode plate winds around the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll. Positions of the first deflector roll and/or the second deflector roll in the oven are tunable so as to adjust a movement distance of the electrode plate in the oven.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode plate drying device, comprising:
an oven, configured to dry an electrode plate moving through the oven along a moving path from an inlet to an outlet of the oven;
a first deflector roll and a second deflector roll, disposed in the oven along the moving path between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the electrode plate is in contact with the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll and is controlled to move in a direction from the first deflector roll to the second deflector roll;
a driver connected to at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll through a connector, the driver configured to drive the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move in the oven to a new position different from a current position; and
a controller configured to:
receive real-time dryness data indicating a weight loss rate of the electrode plate according to a formula: weight loss rate=(W1−W2)/W1, wherein
W1 indicates a weight per unit area of a specimen taken off from the electrode plate after the electrode plate is immediately removed from the oven; and
W2 indicates a weight per unit area of the specimen after the specimen is dried or heated for a period of time outside of the oven;

compare the real-time dryness data with a predetermined reference range to determine a drying state of the electrode plate, wherein the reference range includes an upper limit and a lower limit, the drying state is an overdry state if the weight loss rate is less than the lower limit, the drying state of the electrode plate is an underdry state if the weight loss rate is more than the upper limit;
cause the driver to drive the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move in the oven to a new position; and
adjust a total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate in the oven, based on the drying state of the electrode plate.

2. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode plate drying device further comprises a guide rail, and the driver is configured to cause the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move on the guide rail.

3. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 2 , wherein the connector is movably connected to the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll through a roll shaft, and the driver is configured to drive, through the roll shaft, the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move on the guide rail.

4. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 3 , wherein a bearing is disposed on and connected to the roll shaft, and the connector is connected to the bearing, and the driver is configured to drive, through the bearing, the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move on the guide rail.

5. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode plate drying device further comprises: an idler roll, the idler roll is disposed in the oven along the moving path and is configured to support the electrode plate moving in the oven.

6. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 5 , wherein a diameter of the idler roll is less than diameters of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll.

7. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode plate drying device comprises a heating device configured to heat at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll.

8. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll is a hollow roll, and heat conduction oil or hot air is provided in the hollow roll to heat the hollow roll.

9. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , further comprising a drying source disposed between the second deflector roll and the outlet of the oven along the moving path, and the drying source is configured to dry the electrode plate.

10. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver is connected to the second deflector roll and configured to drive the second deflector roll to:
move toward the first deflector roll to decrease the total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate in the oven; and
move away from the first deflector roll to increase the total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate in the oven.

11. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver is connected to both the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll and configured to drive both the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to:
move toward each other to decrease the total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate in the oven; and
move away from each other to increase the total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate in the oven.

12. The electrode plate drying device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
in response to a determination that the drying state of the electrode plate is an overdry state, increase the total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate; and
in response to a determination that the drying state of the electrode plate is an underdry state, decrease the total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate.

13. A coating device, configured to coat a substrate with a slurry to form an electrode plate, comprises an electrode plate drying device, wherein the electrode plate drying device is configured to dry the coated electrode plate, and the electrode plate drying device comprises:
an oven, configured to dry an electrode plate moving through the oven along a moving path from an inlet to an outlet of the oven;
a first deflector roll and a second deflector roll, disposed in the oven along the moving path between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the electrode plate is in contact with the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll and is controlled to move in a direction from the first deflector roll to the second deflector roll;
a driver connected to at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll through a connector, the driver configured to drive the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move in the oven to a new position different from a current position; and
a controller configured to:
receive real-time dryness data indicating a weight loss rate of the electrode plate according to a formula: weight loss rate=(W1−W2)/W1, wherein
W1 indicates a weight per unit area of a specimen taken off from the electrode plate after the electrode plate is immediately removed from the oven; and
W2 indicates a weight per unit area of the specimen after the specimen is dried or heated for a period of time outside of the oven;

compare the real-time dryness data with a predetermined reference range to determine a drying state of the electrode plate, wherein the reference range includes an upper limit and a lower limit, the drying state is an overdry state if the weight loss rate is less than the lower limit, the drying state of the electrode plate is an underdry state if the weight loss rate is more than the upper limit;
cause the driver to drive the at least one of the first deflector roll and the second deflector roll to move in the oven to a new position; and
adjust a total drying distance of the moving path of the electrode plate in the oven, based on the drying state of the electrode plate.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Wei
• Che Huan
• Li Shisong

Classifications

• F26B25/225

  by repeated or continuous weighing of the material or a sample thereof · CPC title

• F26B25/22

  Controlling the drying process in dependence on liquid content of solid materials or objects · CPC title

• F26B13/18

  heated {or} cooled, {e.g. from inside, the material being dried on the outside surface by conduction} · CPC title

• F26B13/12

  Controlling movement, tension or position of material · CPC title

• F26B13/002 Primary

  Drying coated, e.g. enamelled, varnished, wires · CPC title