Notching apparatus and method of electrode substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12496741-B2
Application number	US-202218032405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2022
Priority date	Aug 31, 2021
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A notching apparatus and method for an electrode substrate can improve the conventional problem of contamination of an electrode current collector by forming a punching oil supply hole in a punch and applying the punching oil to a wall surface of the punch through the punching oil supply hole, and can also discharge foreign objects generated when punching an electrode through the hole formed in the punch. The notching apparatus for the electrode substrate includes a die member on which the electrode substrate is disposed; and a punch member provided to be spaced above the die member and provided with a punch that moves up and down toward the die member. A wall surface of the punch is provided with one or more punching oil supply holes for applying the punching oil to an outer surface of the punch.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A notching apparatus for an electrode substrate, comprising:
a die member on which the electrode substrate is configured to be disposed; and a punch member spaced apart from the die member along a vertical dimension, the punch member including a punch configured to move along the vertical dimension with respect to the die member, wherein a first wall surface of the punch is provided with a first punching oil supply hole configured to apply a punching oil to a first outer surface of the punch or a first inner surface of the punch, wherein the first wall surface of the punch is further provided with a first air blow and foreign object suction hole, wherein each of the first punching oil supply hole and the first air blow and foreign object suction hole extend from the first inner surface of the punch to the first outer surface of the punch, and wherein the first punching oil supply hole and the first air blow and foreign object suction hole are configured to be disposed opposite to a first inner surface of the die member when the punch is received therein.

2 . The notching apparatus for the electrode substrate according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first punching oil supply hole is connected to a first punching oil supply line, the first punching oil supply line being connected to a punching oil reservoir, wherein the punching oil is configured to move sequentially through the punching oil reservoir, the first punching oil supply line, and the first punching oil supply hole, wherein the first punching oil supply hole is configured to apply the punching oil to the first outer surface of the punch.

3 . The notching apparatus for the electrode substrate according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first air blow and foreign object suction hole is configured to discharge foreign objects, and the first air blow and foreign object suction hole is further configured to form an air layer between the die member and the punch member.

4 . The notching apparatus for the electrode substrate according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first air blow and foreign object suction hole is positioned in the vertical dimension below the first punching oil supply hole, wherein the first air blow and suction hole is positioned closer to the die member than the first punching oil supply hole.

5 . The notching apparatus for the electrode substrate according to claim 1 ,
wherein the notching apparatus is configured to shear the electrode substrate, wherein the electrode substrate includes a holding part and a non-coated part, the holding part being applied with an active material, and the non-coated part lacking the active material, and wherein an end of the non-coated part is configured to be sheared, and an end of the holding part is configured to be sheared.

6 . A notching method for an electrode substrate, comprising:
(a) supplying a punching oil through a first punching oil supply hole provided on a first wall surface of a punch of a punch member, and applying the punching oil to a first outer surface of a punch; and (b) moving the punch member in a vertical dimension towards a die member surface on which the electrode substrate is disposed, and notching the electrode substrate with the punch having the punching oil applied to the first outer surface, wherein at a same time as the notching, the first wall surface of the punch is further provided with a first air blow and foreign object suction hole to blow air, so as to form an air layer between the die member and the punch member.

7 . The notching method for the electrode substrate according to claim 6 ,
wherein the punching oil is applied to the first outer surface of the punch during the notching.

8 . The notching method for the electrode substrate according to claim 6 ,
wherein the punching oil does not contact the electrode substrate before the electrode substrate is notched.

9 . The notching method for the electrode substrate according to claim 6 ,
wherein in the supplying, the punching oil is sequentially conveyed through a punching oil reservoir and a first punching oil supply line, and the punching oil is applied to the first outer surface of the punch through the punching oil supply hole.

10 . The notching method for the electrode substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the first air blow and foreign object suction hole, air is blown at the same time as the notching to discharge foreign objects.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Chang Bum

Classifications

• H01M10/0404

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• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title

• B26F1/14

  Punching tools; Punching dies · CPC title

• H01M50/531

  Electrode connections inside a battery casing · CPC title

• H01M4/04

  Processes of manufacture in general · CPC title