3 m straight section
- Dual-speed chain under the pallet fixtures
- Fills the last part of a pitch a 6 m module overshoots
Used where a stop position has to land at a pitch the 6 m modules cannot reach on their own.
BLP-CV · conveying and positioning
Battery Assembly Conveyor System: Stop, Lift, Locate
BLP-CV is the battery assembly conveyor system inside a module or pack line. It carries each module on its own pallet fixture through the seventeen stations of the module segment and into the fifteen of the pack segment, stops the carrier at the station that needs it, lifts the module clear of the chain and sets it on pins before that station begins work. Send the module drawing, its weight and the stations at both ends; the conveying scope comes back within 24 hours.
- Turnkey line part of a whole line
- Single system conveying and positioning alone
- Segment retrofit joined to a line you run
≥200kg
Carrier load rating
Module plus its pallet fixture, roughly twice the 1P13S blueprint module and fixture together.
±0.1mm
Lift-pin location
Where the module sits once it is off the chain and on pins. The figure every station works to.
- 30 mmLift stroke
- 900 ±50 mmHandover height
Where it sits in the line
Battery Assembly Conveyor System Scope, Three Ways Supplied
BatteryLine Pro builds module and pack assembly lines for energy-storage and EV pack plants, and BLP-CV is the conveying and positioning system inside them.
Modules ride on pallet fixtures through the seventeen stations of the module segment and into the fifteen stations of the pack segment, stopped, lifted and pinned at every station that needs the module held still.
Specified by equipment and process engineers
The people who specify it work from a module drawing and a station list. Straight sections come in 3 m and 6 m modules with 90 degree and 180 degree corner units, so the layout is drawn along your bay rather than around a catalogue footprint.
- Part of a turnkey lineDrawn with the station list of the whole line, powered up with it in the pre-assembly bay and accepted as one scope with the stations it feeds.
- A single conveying and positioning systemSections, corners, stop positions, pallet fixtures and enclosure supplied on their own, to a station list and pitch you give us.
- A segment retrofitA section built to sit between machines already installed, matched to their handover height, pitch, pallet form and control protocol.
Send the drawing, the weight, the two end stationsThe reply within 24 hours states what the conveying section carries, where it stops and what it hands over at each end.
If the numbers come first
Six Headline Figures for the Conveying Section
Two ratings, two positioning figures measured at a stop position, two dimensions that decide how the section joins the machines at either end. The twelve-row specification is further down the page.
The load rating already includes the pallet fixture. The two positioning figures describe two different jobs and are quoted separately on purpose.
- ≥200kgCarrier load, module plus fixture
- ±0.1mmLift-pin location
- 30mmLift stroke clear of the chain
- ≤20m/minConveying speed, dual-speed chain
- 900 ±50mmHandover height, adjustable
- 3 / 6mStraight sections, plus 90° and 180° corners
What travels on the chain
Battery Assembly Conveyor System Carrier Load
What travels on BLP-CV is a module sitting in a pallet fixture, and the fixture is the part cut to your module. The standard platform is 1200 by 400 mm; its locating features are made against your module envelope, so the module is held square from the moment it is set down until the last station releases it. The module never rides on the chain itself.
The blueprint module is a 1P13S at 978.4 by 178.9 by 205 mm, up to 100 kg, and the pallet fixture rides with it. A rating of 200 kg or more is roughly twice the pair, and that margin keeps the rating true across the whole module envelope, published per tier on the energy storage pack line page.
BLP-CV carries modules, not finished packsA 1P52S pack reaches 1152 by 810 by 243 mm and up to 400 kg and is handled by the stations inside the pack segment. Where BLP-CV appears against that segment, it is delivering modules into it on their fixtures.
Pallet fixture, plan view1200 × 400 mm platform
- ≤100kg1P13S blueprint module
- + fixtureRides with the module
- ≥200kgRating, about 2× the pair
Standard pieces, your bay
Straight Sections, Corner Units and Drives
A BLP-CV segment is assembled from four standard pieces. Put them along your bay until the station pitch matches your station list, and the layout reads as a parts list with a power figure that adds up from the drives.
6 m straight section
- 0.75 kW drive on each 6 m section
- 380 V, 50 Hz supply
The workhorse of a run. The power draw of a layout is the sum of its drives, known as soon as the layout is drawn.
90 degree corner unit
- Turns a run along the next bay wall
- Carrier keeps its orientation through the turn
Where the line has to follow a column line or clear an aisle, the corner is the piece that does it.
180 degree corner unit
- Turns the segment back on itself
- Two runs share one aisle and one maintenance side
The piece that makes a return loop, so a long station list fits a bay that is shorter than the list.
Four inputs from your bay decide the section and corner list
- Column spacingSections and corners are placed so the line body clears every column foot.
- Aisle widthDecides which side the line body hugs and where the return loop turns.
- Maintenance sideDrives and removable panels go on the side your team works from.
- Where the segment turns backSets where the 180 degree units sit and how long each run can be.
A layout that reads as a parts listSo many 3 m sections, so many 6 m sections, so many corner units, so many stop positions, and a power figure that is the sum of the 0.75 kW drives.
At every station that needs the module held still
Stop, Lift, Locate Sequence at Every Stop Position
Three motions in a fixed order, then the station works, then the sequence runs backwards and the carrier travels on. Two of the motions carry a figure, and they describe two different jobs.
Stop±0.5 mm
The stop blade rises in front of the pallet fixture and arrests it. ±0.5 mm is what a carrier arriving on a chain can be brought to reliably, and it puts the module inside the working area of the station.
Lift30 mm
The lift unit raises the pallet fixture 30 mm clear of the chain. Once the fixture is off the chain, nothing that moves the line is touching the part.
Locate±0.1 mm
Locating pins enter the bushes in the fixture and pull it into position. The module is no longer where the chain stopped it; it is where the pins put it, on a datum that belongs to the fixture.
- ±0.5mmHow repeatably the carrier is arrestedMeasured at the stop blade. Good enough to put the module inside the station's working window, not good enough to work to.
- ±0.1mmHow precisely the module is placedMeasured at the locating pins in the lifted fixture. This is the figure the station works to, and keeping it separate from the first is what makes it meaningful.
- A vision station finds the module inside a narrow windowThe search confirms a position rather than hunting for one.
- A laser welding station works to a seam derived from the fixtureThe seam position comes from the pin datum, not from the part.
- A gluing station lays its path across a plate that is already squareThen the lift lowers, the pins withdraw, the blade drops and the carrier travels on.
The station takes its position from the fixtureBecause the module was located before the station started, no station spends cycle time finding the part again, and the accuracy each one quotes is measured from a datum that is physically there.
Datasheet
Battery Assembly Conveyor System Specification
Twelve rows. Two are ratings and describe the limits of the section, not the point it runs at in service. Two are measured at a stop position, one at the stop blade and one at the pins. The rest are dimensions, drives and the equipment around the line body.
| Item | Figure | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Carrier load | ≥200 kg | Module plus its pallet fixture. A rating, not a service point. |
| Conveying speed | ≤20 m/min | Travel between stations on the dual-speed chain. A rating. |
| Stop repeatability | ±0.5 mm | Where the stop blade arrests the pallet fixture. Measured at the stop position. |
| Lift-pin location | ±0.1 mm | Where the module sits once lifted and pinned. Measured at the locating pins. |
| Lift stroke | 30 mm | Clearance between fixture and chain while a station works. |
| Standard pallet fixture | 1200 × 400 mm | Platform size. Locating features on top are cut to your module and replaced at a format change. |
| Section modules | 3 m and 6 m | Straight sections, with 90 degree and 180 degree corner units. |
| Drive rating | 0.75 kW / 6 m | One drive per 6 m section, 380 V, 50 Hz. |
| Handover height | 900 ±50 mm | Adjustable, set against the machines at each end. |
| Buffering | Per section | Accumulation, settable per section. Buffer positions are drawn with the layout. |
| Identification | RFID on fixture | Carries the module number, matched to the MES record. |
| Enclosure | PC panels | Both sides. Zoned e-stop and safety door interlock. |
Ratings and service pointsCarrier load and conveying speed are limits of the section. In service the section runs at the takt you asked for, below both.
Both positioning figures at a stopRed rows are measured at a stop position: the first at the stop blade, the second at the locating pins in the lifted fixture.
The platform is standard, the top is yours1200 by 400 mm is the platform. The locating features on it are made per module and are the part that changes with the format.
Module number, read at every stopRFID on the pallet fixture
Stacking and pressingposts over PROFINET
pressure curvepost-press lengthMES
Terminal addressingrecords against it
polarityaddress map
Busbar weldingrecords against it
seam recordweld count
Module testingrecords against it
test resultspass / fail
Where it is nowresolved by the line
sectionstop positionbuffer slot
Taken off for reworkgoes back with
record intact
Traceability that never leaves the part
The RFID Tag on Every Pallet Fixture
Every pallet fixture carries an RFID tag, and the tag carries the module number. Readers sit at the stop positions, so when a carrier is stopped and lifted, the station knows which module is in front of it before it starts.
It is the same number the rest of the line records against. The stacking and pressing station posts its pressure curve and post-press length to MES against it over PROFINET; addressing, welding and testing record against it too. Because the number lives on the fixture the module never leaves, record and part stay together across the space between stations, the one part of a line where the part is inside nobody's machine.
The line knows where things are
- A module number resolves to the section and stop position it is sitting at.
- A buffered section can be read out module by module.
- A module taken off for rework goes back with its record intact.
A query, not a walk down the aislePer-module traceability that is continuous rather than station by station: pressing, welding and test records filed under one number.
Travel time next to work time
Speed, Buffering and Takt on the Conveying Section
Conveying speed decides the time a carrier spends travelling between stations. Line takt is set by the slowest station in the segment; the takt figures for each tier are on the capacity planning page. Travel time between stations stays small next to the work time inside them.
Accumulation, settable per section
A buffered section holds carriers ahead of a station and releases them one at a time, so a station that runs long on one module neither starves the station after it nor blocks the one before it. Buffers are physical sections, so they belong in the layout at design stage, placed from your station list and the spread of cycle times across it.
- ≤20m/minTravel between stations
- 2speedsFast between stations, slow into the stop
- ±0.5mmHeld by the slow approach, not traded for travel time
Set to your takt, not to a catalogue maximumA layout with the buffer positions already in it, sized against your station list and the spread of its cycle times.
Dual-speed chain, one station pitchspeed against position
Buffered section ahead of a station
Released one at a time
Specified from both ends
Four Kinds of End Station, Four Stop Configurations
A conveying segment is specified from the stations at either end of it, and on these lines there are four kinds, each with its own stop-position configuration.
Vision stations
Terminal addressing among them. A full stop, lift and pin position in front, so the module arrives inside a narrow window and the search confirms a position rather than hunting for one.
Laser welding stations
Stop, lift and pin, and usually a buffered section ahead: welding is where the module segment concentrates its cycle time, and an idle welder is the most expensive gap in the segment.
Gluing stations
A small rotation at the locating stage becomes a visible displacement by the far end of a glue path. Stop, lift and pin, with the pin datum shared with the station that positions the plate.
Hand stations
Most of the pack segment. A stop and a lift so the operator works on a module that is already located and square, and the carrier releases when the station is clear.
| Stop position gets | Vision | Laser welding | Gluing | Hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop blade±0.5 mm arrest | ||||
| Lift unit30 mm clear of the chain | ||||
| Locating pins±0.1 mm datum | ||||
| Buffered section aheadaccumulation | ||||
| Pin datum sharedwith the plate positioning station |
The stop-position list comes out of your station listWhich stations get a stop only, which get stop and lift, which get a buffered section ahead of them: you get that list station by station, as part of the layout, before anything is built.
fitted as standardwhere the cycle-time spread asks for itnot fitted
Two documents start the layout
A Module Drawing and a Station List Are Enough to Draw the Segment
What comes back within 24 hours is a section and corner list, a stop-position list station by station, and a pallet fixture definition against your module.
Module drawing and weight
Station list with pitch
Handover height at each end
Joining a line you already run
Handover Height and Segment Retrofit
The handover height is the same figure as the in-feed and out-feed height of the stacking and pressing station, so the conveying section and the single machines on these lines meet at one height by design. That adjustment is also what lets a BLP-CV segment join a line you already run, matched to machines that are already installed.
900 ±50mm
Handover height, adjustable. Where the machines at each end are not ours, the scope states which side of each handover we carry and what the neighbouring machine presents at its interface.Five things about the existing line draw a retrofit segment
- Handover height at each endMeasured at the machine, not read off its drawing.
- Station pitchSets the section and corner list along the run.
- Pallet or carrier form the neighbouring machines expectDecides whether the fixture is ours end to end or hands over to yours.
- Control protocol they hand over onThe section talks to both ends on what they already run.
- Column spacing of the bayThe section has to fit between the columns it inherits.
Returned3 items
Section and corner listDrawn between the machines you keep.
Stop-position listWhich end stations get stop, lift, pins or a buffer.
Pallet fixture definitionCut to your module, matched to the pallet form your machines expect.
- 40+segmentsLine segments, turnkey lines and retrofits together
- 12countriesDelivered into, with commissioning on site
Bolts to what you already haveA conveying section at a height and on a protocol you already run, with the scope stating which side of each handover it carries.
Open one zone, keep the rest running
PC Panels, E-Stop Zones and Door Interlocks
The line body runs with PC panels down both sides, and the enclosure is divided into zones. Each zone has its own e-stop, and each guarded door is interlocked to the zone it opens into, so opening a door drops the drive of that zone while the rest of the segment keeps running.
A zone is normally a run of sections around a group of stations, and where the boundaries fall decides how much of the line stops when somebody needs to get inside it. On a pack segment that is mostly hand stations, that is what lets one station be opened without emptying the segment.
Removable section at every drive
Some plants want every 0.75 kW drive reachable from its own panel; the removable sections follow the drive count.
Aisle side clear
Some plants keep the aisle side solid and take slower access from the wall side. Drawn the same way, settled while the section list is still on paper.
Panels come off where your convention puts themBoth conventions are drawn at layout stage; the zone boundaries and the removable panels are on the section list before it is built.
One run, three zones, one door openplan view
When the module changes
Format Change on the Conveying Section
When the module changes, three things on the conveying section change with it and the line body stays as it is, which is why this section is rarely the long pole in a changeover. Whole-line changeover, including the stations at either end and first-article qualification, is on the cell compatibility and changeover page.
Replaced
- The pallet fixture, because its locating features were cut to the previous module envelope.
- Locating pins and blocks at the stop positions, changed to match the new fixture.
- Stop programs, recalled for the new format.
- RFID binding, set so the new fixtures carry the new module numbers.
Stays as it is
- The sections, 3 m and 6 m, and their joints.
- The corner units, 90 and 180 degree.
- The drives, 0.75 kW per 6 m.
- The panels, zones and interlocks.
- The positions of the stops along the line.
A defined list that swaps, a defined list that does notA changeover on this section you can put into a production schedule.
- ≤1hWithin a qualified format rangePallet fixture replacement plus stop program recall, for a module already qualified on the line.
- ≤4hIntroducing a format for the first timeA new pallet fixture, RFID binding and stop program setup, before first-article qualification at the stations.
- Both times are for this section alone; the stations at each end are counted on the changeover page.
- The RFID binding is part of the changeover, so the new module numbers are on the fixtures before the first carrier moves.
Scope, drawings, acceptance
Scope Inputs, Returned Drawings and Acceptance
Six inputs in, seven documents back, and an acceptance signed by both sides before shipment. The full sequence is on the FAT and SAT acceptance page.
To scope it we need
Six inputs
- Module drawing and weight
- Station list with pitch
- Target takt
- The bay it has to fit
- Handover height at each end
- Control protocol at each end
The last two only where the segment meets machines already installed.
What comes back
Seven documents
- Section and corner list
- Stop-position list, station by station
- Pallet fixture definition
- Drive count and power
- Buffer positions
- Zone boundaries for the enclosure
- What changes at a format change
Run with your pallet fixtures and modules before shipment
- 6,000m²Assembly hall
- 3Pre-assembly bays
- 1configBuilt and powered as shipped
- Acceptance criteria written station by station and signed by both sides before shipment.
- The conveying section runs with the pallet fixtures and modules the acceptance uses.
Eight hours of continuous running at the target takt
- 8hContinuous running
- 1taktThe target you asked for
- PPMCounted at the loading point
- Runs after installation, with PPM counted at the loading point of the line.
- Training is given on your line after site acceptance.
Engineering26 engineers
8 field commissioningHow the company is put together is on the about page.
Wear parts within 48 hShipped from stock against the section list.
Remote diagnosticsConnected at commissioning.
Every station listedOn the equipment page.
Signed before shipment, run after installationThe same section list from the first drawing to the last signature.
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Send the module and station list
Battery Assembly Conveyor System Enquiry
Send the module drawing with its weight, the station list with the pitch between stations, and the handover height at each end if the section joins machines you already run. The reply comes within 24 hours with a conveying and positioning scope for that segment. You can also start from the contact page.
- Sections and corners, drawn along your bay
- Stop positions, station by station
- The pallet fixture, cut to your module
- Buffers and enclosure zones, on the layout
- What changes if your module format changes later
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