Device for supplementing electrode plate with lithium and method for supplementing electrode plate with lithium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12381199-B2
Application number	US-202117523463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2021
Priority date	Nov 21, 2019
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

A device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium and a method for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium includes a first lithium strip unwinding mechanism, an electrode plate unwinding mechanism, a roller pressing mechanism, a first traction mechanism, an electrode plate winding mechanism, and a first coating mechanism. The first lithium strip unwinding mechanism is configured to dispose a lithium strip, and the electrode plate unwinding mechanism is configured to dispose an electrode plate. The roller pressing mechanism includes a first calendering roller, a first laminating roller, and a second laminating roller. In a traveling direction of the lithium strip, the first coating mechanism precedes the roller pressing mechanism, and the first coating mechanism is configured to apply a coating layer on a surface of the lithium strip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium, comprising a first lithium strip unwinding mechanism, an electrode plate unwinding mechanism, a roller pressing mechanism, a first traction mechanism, an electrode plate winding mechanism, at least one first coating mechanism, a lubricating mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism, wherein
the first lithium strip unwinding mechanism is configured to dispose a lithium strip, and the electrode plate unwinding mechanism is configured to dispose an electrode plate;
the roller pressing mechanism comprises a first calendering roller, a first laminating roller, and a second laminating roller;
the first traction mechanism is configured to draw the lithium strip into between the first calendering roller and the first laminating roller, and the electrode plate winding mechanism is configured to wind up the electrode plate and draw the electrode plate to pass through between the first laminating roller and the second laminating roller;
in a traveling direction of the lithium strip, the at least one first coating mechanism precedes the roller pressing mechanism and is configured to apply a coating layer on a surface of the lithium strip;
the first traction mechanism comprises a traction roller and a traction belt, one end of the traction belt is connected to the traction roller, and the other end of the traction belt is connected to the lithium strip;
in the traveling direction of the lithium strip, the traction roller is preceded by the first calendering roller; and
the lubricating mechanism is configured to apply a lubricating agent on a roller surface of the first laminating roller,
the cleaning mechanism is configured to clean the roller surface of the first laminating roller and comprises a scraper and a dust suction member, the scraper is in contact with the roller surface of the first laminating roller and configured to scrape off residue lithium scraps and release agent from the roller surface of the first laminating roller, the dust suction member is located on a side of the scraper and configured to suck and remove the scraped lithium scraps and release agent through negative pressure,
wherein the lubricating mechanism comprises a guide member and two coating heads, the two coating heads are spaced apart in an axial direction of the first laminating roller, and the two coating heads are slidably disposed on the guide member in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the first laminating roller.

2. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 1 , wherein
the lubricating mechanism and the cleaning mechanism are arranged on an outer peripheral side of the first laminating roller, and the lubricating mechanism and the cleaning mechanism are arranged in a rotation direction of the first laminating roller.

3. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning mechanism further comprises a cleaning member, in a rotation direction of the first laminating roller, the cleaning member is preceded by the scraper, the cleaning member is in contact with the roller surface of the first laminating roller to further clean the roller surface of the first laminating roller.

4. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 1 , wherein a roller diameter of the first calendering roller is less than a roller diameter of the first laminating roller.

5. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 4 , wherein a ratio of the roller diameter of the first calendering roller to the roller diameter of the first laminating roller is 0.5 to 0.99.

6. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 1 , wherein
the roller pressing mechanism further comprises a first backup roller, wherein the first backup roller is disposed opposite the first calendering roller and located at a side of the first calendering roller farther away from the first laminating roller; and
a roller diameter of the first backup roller is greater than the roller diameter of the first calendering roller.

7. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one first coating mechanism comprises two first coating mechanisms, and each apply a coating layer on one of two surfaces of the lithium strip; and
the two first coating mechanisms each accommodate a release agent, and surfaces of the release agents in the two first coating mechanisms have different roughness.

8. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 1 , wherein
the device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium further comprises a second lithium strip unwinding mechanism, a second traction mechanism, and a second coating mechanism, wherein
the second lithium strip unwinding mechanism is configured to dispose a lithium strip;
the roller pressing mechanism further comprises a second calendering roller, wherein the second calendering roller is disposed opposite the second laminating roller;
the second traction mechanism is configured to draw the lithium strip provided by the second lithium strip unwinding mechanism into between the second calendering roller and the second laminating roller; and
in a traveling direction of the lithium strip provided by the second lithium strip unwinding mechanism, the second coating mechanism precedes the roller pressing mechanism, and the second coating mechanism is configured to apply a coating layer on a surface of the lithium strip provided by the second lithium strip unwinding mechanism.

9. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 8 , wherein a roller diameter of the second calendering roller is less than a roller diameter of the second laminating roller.

10. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 8 , wherein
the device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium further comprises at least one group of pre-pressing rollers, wherein each group of pre-pressing rollers comprises two pre-pressing rollers; and
in the traveling direction of the lithium strip, the two pre-pressing rollers in the at least one group of pre-pressing rollers are located outside two surfaces of the lithium strip, and the two pre-pressing rollers in the at least one group of pre-pressing rollers precede the first coating mechanism.

11. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium according to claim 10 , wherein
the device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium comprises two groups of pre-pressing rollers; and
in the traveling direction of the lithium strip, two pre-pressing rollers in each group of pre-pressing rollers are located outside two surfaces of the corresponding lithium strip, and two pre-pressing rollers in one group of pre-pressing rollers precede the first coating mechanism, and two pre-pressing rollers in the other group of pre-pressing rollers precede the second coating mechanism.

12. A method for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium, comprising
disposing a lithium strip to a first lithium strip unwinding mechanism, and disposing an electrode plate to an electrode plate unwinding mechanism;
connecting an end of the lithium strip to a first traction mechanism, wherein the first traction mechanism draws the lithium strip to travel and pass through a first coating mechanism, and the first coating mechanism applies a coating layer on a surface of the lithium strip;
drawing the lithium strip coated with the coating layer into between a first calendering r

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Shitong
• Xie Bin
• Fei Xinlu
• Xu Yongqiang
• Zhang Yuzhe
• Ma Lin

Classifications

• H01M4/1395

  of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title