Abstract: Discussed is a bolting device that effectively protects an internal configuration of a battery pack and increases manufacturing efficiency during a bolting operation. The bolting device for manufacturing a battery pack includes an electric screwdriver provided with a rotation motor; a driver bit connected to the rotation motor to enable a rotation movement and configured to rotate a bolt; a bit guide member provided with a hollow tube such that the driver bit is inserted into an inside of the hollow tube to be movable; and a guide jig provided with a main body configured to be mounted on an upper portion of a pack housing, the main body having a plate shape and having at least one through hole, and a fixing member inserted into the through hole and mounted therein, and having an insertion hole.

Abstract: Discussed is a manufacturing apparatus including a robot arm, which may increase production efficiency and greatly reduce the size of manufacturing equipment. The manufacturing apparatus includes a robot arm to manufacture a battery module that includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells and a module housing having an upper case and a lower case configured to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The robot arm includes a first gripper configured to hold or release the plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a second gripper configured to hold or release the upper case; and a third gripper configured to hold or release the lower case.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack manufacturing apparatus and method, and more particularly, a battery pack manufacturing apparatus allowing automatic production and having a minimized manufacturing defect rate. The battery pack manufacturing apparatus manufactures a battery pack having a pack housing and a battery module, and includes a lifting mechanism having a frame configured to mount the pack housing and a moving unit configured to move the frame so that the battery module is inserted into an inner space of the pack housing; and a module support configured to support the battery module.

Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly line system of a stacked battery module, which includes a first facility line configured to assemble a cell housing and accommodate battery cells in the cell housing; a second facility line configured to assemble an electric connection component and a voltage sensing component; and a third facility line configured to connect the battery cells to each other in series and in parallel and to inspect functional abnormality thereof, wherein the first facility line, the second facility line and the third facility line are arranged to circulate in order based on a predetermined origin, and a first-layer cell module assembly assembled at a first circulation is reversed to change the top and bottom thereof so that a second-layer cell module assembly is assembled on the first-layer cell module assembly at a second circulation.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack assembly system including a battery cell supplier configured to supply a plurality of battery cells in an aligned state, a robot arm configured to move the plurality of battery cells, a plasma treater configured to treat the plurality of battery cells with plasma, and an assembler in which a battery pack case configured to receive the plurality of battery cells therein is disposed, whereby it is possible to obtain an excellent plasma effect for the plurality of battery cells and to easily assemble a battery pack, and a battery pack assembly method using the same.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal on one side of each respective battery cell; a busbar including an electrically conductive material and having a plate shape; and at least two types of connecting members each including an electrically conductive material, and having an elongated body, wherein one end in a direction in which the body extends is joined to the busbar, and the other end is joined to any one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal, the at least two types of connecting members having different joined areas depending on a joined terminal among the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery module assembly apparatus using vision, the battery module assembly apparatus including: a transfer unit configured to move in at least one of forwards, rearwards, leftwards and rightwards when a battery module having a battery cell received therein is seated on the transfer unit; a vision unit configured to check a position of the battery module; and a bonding unit configured to electrically connect an electrode of the battery cell and a busbar to each other.

Abstract: A battery label attachment apparatus for attaching a label to a battery including a label support on which the label is placed, an alignment check part configured to check whether an alignment state of the label is normal or defective, and a label aligning part configured to align the label when the alignment state determined by the alignment check part is defective is provided. A method for attaching a label to a battery is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module that reduces damage of internal components during an assembling process and enhances the manufacturing efficiency. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a horizontal direction and each standing upright in a vertical direction; and a module housing including outer sidewalls configured to form an inner space, a plurality of hollow tubes having inner sidewalls located in the inner space and extending in the vertical direction to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein, and a cavity formed by opening at least a part of vertical central portions of the inner sidewalls of the plurality of hollow tubes to form an empty space therein.

Abstract: Discussed is a manufacturing apparatus including a robot arm, which may increase production efficiency and greatly reduce the size of manufacturing equipment. The manufacturing apparatus includes a robot arm to manufacture a battery module that includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells and a module housing having an upper case and a lower case configured to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The robot arm includes a first gripper configured to hold or release the plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a second gripper configured to hold or release the upper case; and a third gripper configured to hold or release the lower case.

Abstract: A battery pack manufacturing device includes a transferring part for transferring a plurality of unit cells, an adjusting part for adjusting a position of a pack frame in which the unit cells are accommodated, and a vertical pressing part that vertically presses the unit cells accommodated in the pack frame. The transferring part includes a seating part on which the unit cells are seated. The unit cells are vertically dropped and mounted in accommodating parts of the frame when an opening and closing part of each seating part is opened.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack manufacturing apparatus and method, and more particularly, a battery pack manufacturing apparatus allowing automatic production and having a minimized manufacturing defect rate. The battery pack manufacturing apparatus manufactures a battery pack having a pack housing and a battery module, and includes a lifting mechanism having a frame configured to mount the pack housing and a moving unit configured to move the frame so that the battery module is inserted into an inner space of the pack housing; and a module support configured to support the battery module.

Abstract: A battery label attachment apparatus for attaching a label to a battery including a label support on which the label is placed, an alignment check part configured to check whether an alignment state of the label is normal or defective, and a label aligning part configured to align the label when the alignment state determined by the alignment check part is defective is provided. A method for attaching a label to a battery is also provided.

Abstract: Discussed is a bolting device that effectively protects an internal configuration of a battery pack and increases manufacturing efficiency during a bolting operation. The bolting device for manufacturing a battery pack includes an electric screwdriver provided with a rotation motor; a driver bit connected to the rotation motor to enable a rotation movement and configured to rotate a bolt; a bit guide member provided with a hollow tube such that the driver bit is inserted into an inside of the hollow tube to be movable; and a guide jig provided with a main body configured to be mounted on an upper portion of a pack housing, the main body having a plate shape and having at least one through hole, and a fixing member inserted into the through hole and mounted therein, and having an insertion hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module that reduces damage of internal components during an assembling process and enhances the manufacturing efficiency. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a horizontal direction and each standing upright in a vertical direction; and a module housing including outer sidewalls configured to form an inner space, a plurality of hollow tubes having inner sidewalls located in the inner space and extending in the vertical direction to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein, and a cavity formed by opening at least a part of vertical central portions of the inner sidewalls of the plurality of hollow tubes to form an empty space therein.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack function test device including (a) a loading part for lifting a carrier jig on which a battery pack is loaded from a conveyor and transferring the lifted carrier jig to a testing part, (b) the testing part for testing the functions of the battery pack on the carrier jig transferred from the loading part, and (c) an unloading part for transferring the battery pack to the conveyor in the state in which the battery pack is loaded on the carrier jig upon determining that the battery pack is a good product by the testing part and transferring the battery pack to a defective battery pack stacking part in the state in which the battery pack is loaded on the carrier jig upon determining that the battery pack is a defective product by the testing part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet attachment device for battery packs, specifically a sheet attachment device for attaching a label sheet and a sheathing sheet to a battery pack having a plate-shaped battery cell mounted in a pack case. The sheet attachment device includes first and second loaders, first and second jigs, first and second guide frames, a first sheet attachment jig, a rotator, a pressing roller, a conveyor, and a second sheet attachment jig.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet attachment device for battery packs, specifically a sheet attachment device for attaching a label sheet and a sheathing sheet to a battery pack having a plate-shaped battery cell mounted in a pack case. The sheet attachment device includes first and second loaders, first and second jigs, first and second guide frames, a first sheet attachment jig, a rotator, a pressing roller, a conveyor, and a second sheet attachment jig.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack function test device including (a) a loading part for lifting a carrier jig on which a battery pack is loaded from a conveyor and transferring the lifted carrier jig to a testing part, (b) the testing part for testing the functions of the battery pack on the carrier jig transferred from the loading part, and (c) an unloading part for transferring the battery pack to the conveyor in the state in which the battery pack is loaded on the carrier jig upon determining that the battery pack is a good product by the testing part and transferring the battery pack to a defective battery pack stacking part in the state in which the battery pack is loaded on the carrier jig upon determining that the battery pack is a defective product by the testing part.