A winding device including: a merging equipment, for merging a passing first diaphragm, a passing cathode pole piece, a passing second diaphragm and a passing anode pole piece to form a combined material strip; a first pole-piece-processing equipment, for cutting off the passing cathode pole piece, separating from each other a first upstream cut-off end and a first downstream cut-off end, and connecting them with a tape; a winding equipment, including a turret and at least two winding needles, the turret driving each of the winding needles to pass by a first station and a second station sequentially; and a guiding roller and a cutting-off equipment.

A battery cell manufacturing method for a battery cell having a battery can accommodating an electrode assembly and an electrolyte therein, the battery can having an opening at a first side is provided. The method includes disposing the battery can within an exhaust chamber, or coupling the exhaust chamber to the opening so as to seal the opening; adjusting the exhaust chamber to an inert atmosphere; performing a pre-charge on the electrode assembly; and discharging exhaust gas generated due to the pre-charge through the exhaust chamber. A battery cell manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a battery cell is also provided. The apparatus includes an exhaust chamber configured to receive the battery can therein or an exhaust chamber configured to be coupled to the opening so as to seal the opening.

At least part of a fabrication process of a secondary battery is automated. A highly reliable secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery is fabricated by placing a first electrode over a first exterior body; placing a separator over the first electrode; placing a second electrode over the separator; dripping an electrolyte on at least one of the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode; placing a resin layer over the first exterior body; impregnating the at least one of the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode with the electrolyte; then placing a second exterior body over the first exterior body to cover the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode; curing at least part of the resin layer by irradiation of the resin layer with ultraviolet light under reduced pressure; and sealing the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode with the first exterior body and the second exterior body under atmospheric pressure after the ultraviolet light irradiation.

A winding method may comprise clamping heads of an anode plate, a cathode plate and a separator between a first half winding needle and a second half winding needle of a winding needle assembly at a winding station; and rotating the winding needle assembly at the winding station to wind the anode plate, the cathode plate and the separator to form an electrode assembly.

The present technology provides a meandering correction device for electrode transfer that improves instability when an electrode is input by using determination edge position sensor (EPS) value data of the electrode hat changes over time when the edge position of the electrode is feedback-controlled by an edge position control (EPC) unit before being wound around a winding core to correct the input inclination of the electrode, and a method of correcting electrode meandering.

An apparatus and method for correcting meandering of an electrode are provided. An edge position of the electrode is feedback-controlled so that a determination edge position sensor (EPS) edge position value matches a determination EPS edge reference value, and each of a line edge position control (EPC) unit and an input clamp unit is feedback-controlled so that a direction in which the electrode is transferred from a line EPC roller is corrected and an input inclination of an input clamp roller is corrected by comparing pieces of data on the determination EPS edge position values when the determination EPS edge position values change over time to converge to the determination EPS edge reference value by the feedback control, and the determination EPS edge reference value.

An apparatus and method for correcting meandering of an electrode are provided. An edge position of the electrode is feedback-controlled so that a determination edge position sensor (EPS) edge position value matches a determination EPS edge reference value, and a line edge position control (EPC) unit is feedback-controlled so that a direction in which the electrode is transferred from a line EPC roller is corrected by comparing pieces of data on the determination EPS edge position values when the determination EPS edge position values change over time to converge to the determination EPS edge reference value by the feedback control, and the determination EPS edge reference value.

An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode includes a plurality of guide rollers configured to transport an electrode plate. The apparatus detects a defect on the electrode plate being transported and cut, upon detecting the defect, the electrode plate at a starting part of the defect on the electrode plate to form a defective electrode plate. The apparatus also includes a first taping part connecting the defective electrode plate to a defective electrode roll. The apparatus cuts the electrode plate at an ending part of the defect on the electrode plate to form a normal electrode plate. The apparatus connects the normal electrode plate separated from the defective electrode plate in the second cutting part with a normal electrode roll. The apparatus winds and transports the normal electrode roll.

An electrode assembly and a processing method and apparatus therefor, a battery cell, a battery, and a power consuming device are provided. The processing method includes: applying an adhesive on a preset part of a surface of a member to be coated, the adhesive forming a barrier layer, and the member to be coated including at least one of a cathode plate, a separator, and an anode plate; and winding the cathode plate, the anode plate, and the separator to form an electrode assembly. The barrier layer is located between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer adjacent to each other after the winding. The barrier layer blocks at least some ions de-intercalated from the cathode active material layer located on one side of the barrier layer from being intercalated into the anode active material layer located on the other side of the barrier layer.

A winding shaft structure includes a winding shaft holder rotatable around an axial direction of the winding shaft structure, a first shaft group connected to one side of the winding shaft holder in the axial direction and configured to rotate together with the winding shaft holder, a second shaft group disposed on a side of the first shaft group in a radial direction of the winding shaft structure, a connecting member connected between the first shaft group and the second shaft group such that the second shaft group is movable with respect to the first shaft group in the radial direction via the connecting member, and a piezoelectric adjustment member disposed between the first shaft group and the second shaft group and deformable in the radial direction to adjust a distance between the first shaft group and the second shaft group.