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Granted Patent B2
US 10,008,734 · App. 14/791,134 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Fabricating apparatus and method for secondary battery

Inventors: Seunghwan Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Gibong Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Dongwoo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Soonhak Hwang (Yongin-si, KR); Jinuk Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Kyuho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyungtaek Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Sangjin Maeng (Yongin-si, KR); Jungki Min (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
H01M10/0409B65H23/1806B65H2511/112B65H2513/11B65H2515/31B65H2553/212B65H2557/242B65H2801/72H01M2220/30
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Patent No.
US 10,008,734
App. No.
14/791,134
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a fabricating apparatus for a secondary battery, the fabricating apparatus including: a base material supplier configured to supply a base material; a winder configured to wind the base material through a mandrel; and a controller configured to control a base material supply amount of the base material supplier and a mandrel rotation amount of the winder, wherein the controller is further configured to store a profile of the base material supply amount with respect to the mandrel rotation amount, and to synchronously control the base material supply amount and the mandrel rotation amount based on the profile.

Claims (24)

1. A fabricating apparatus for a secondary battery, the fabricating apparatus comprising:

a base material supplier configured to supply a base material;

a winder configured to wind the base material through a mandrel; and

a controller configured to control a base material supply amount of the base material supplier and a mandrel rotation amount of the winder,

wherein the controller is further configured to store a profile of the base material supply amount with respect to the mandrel rotation amount, and to synchronously control the base material supply amount and the mandrel rotation amount based on the profile.

2. The fabricating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the profile comprises the base material supply amount with a circumference variation corresponding to the mandrel rotation amount.

3. The fabricating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a tension measurer configured to measure a tension of the base material between the base material supplier and the winder.

4. The fabricating apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the tension measurer comprises a dancer system, a load cell, or a combination thereof.

5. The fabricating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a base material supply amount measurer configured to measure the base material supply amount between the base material supplier and the winder.

6. The fabricating apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the base material supply amount measurer comprises an encoder.

7. The fabricating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the base material supply amount corresponding to the mandrel rotation amount to control the tension of the base material.

8. The fabricating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the secondary battery comprises a cylindrical battery, the profile comprises a base material unit supply amount that gradually increases per turn of the mandrel.

9. The fabricating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the secondary battery comprises a rectangular battery, the profile comprises a base material unit supply amount appearing as two parabolas per turn of the mandrel.

10. A fabricating method for a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly formed by winding a supplied base material, the method comprising:

acquiring a profile of a base material supply amount of a base material supplier for supplying the base material with respect to a mandrel rotation amount of a winder for winding the base material; and

synchronously driving the mandrel and the base material supplier based on the profile.

11. The fabricating method of claim 10 , wherein the acquiring of the profile comprises measuring the base material supply amount from the base material supplier as the mandrel is rotated.

12. The fabricating method of claim 11 , wherein the acquiring of the profile comprises measuring the base material supply amount utilizing a base material supply amount measurer while continuously rotating the mandrel.

13. The fabricating method of claim 11 , wherein the acquiring of the profile comprises measuring the base material supply amount by multiplying a roller diameter of the base material supplier with a rotation angle while rotating the mandrel.

14. The fabricating method of claim 11 , further comprising:

calculating the base material supply amount with respect to the mandrel rotation amount at a point of time of the profile to control the tension of the base material at the point of time; and

controlling the calculated base material supply amount.

15. The fabricating method of claim 11 , wherein when the secondary battery comprises a cylindrical battery, the profile comprises a base material unit supply amount that gradually increases per turn of the mandrel.

16. The fabricating method of claim 11 , wherein when the secondary battery comprises a rectangular battery, the profile comprises a base material unit supply amount appearing as two parabolas per turn of the mandrel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: LEE, SEUNGHWAN; CHO, GIBONG; KIM, DONGWOO; HWANG, SOONHAK; HONG, JINUK; KIM, KYUHO; CHOI, KYUNGTAEK; MAENG, SANGJIN; MIN, JUNGKI
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036697/0781 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0099795 · Aug 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160036086A1 · Feb 4, 2016
Cited By (1)
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