A drum arranged for reeling and dividing an elongate web of sheet material to produce discrete stacks of web portions is provided. The drum includes a series of faces forming a web-receiving loop that extends around a central axis of the drum, each face of the drum being defined by a respective drum segment that is configured to support a respective stack of web portions of a web reeled onto the web-receiving loop. The drum segments are movable to enable the web-receiving loop to expand to increase tension in a web reeled onto the web-receiving loop to divide the elongate web into discrete stacks.

The present application relates to a roll replacing device and an adhesive tape sticking equipment. The roll replacing roll device replacing includes an unwinding member, a roll replacing member, a cutting member, and an end pressing member, which can realize automatic roll replacing of a work strip and a spare strip and reduce staffing, thereby reducing labor cost.

A system for processing a flowable food mass is disclosed which includes a first cooling belt (11) having a face with a transport direction (T); a second cooling belt (12) having a face with a transport direct (T) adjacent to, and parallel with, the face of the first cooling belt (11), wherein the transport direction (T) of the face of the second cooling belt (11) is the same as the transport direction (T) of the face of the first cooling belt; and a film roller arrangement (15) for disposing a plurality of strip-shaped carrier film webs onto the first cooling belt (11), wherein each strip-shaped carrier film web has a pair of parallel edges and the strip-shaped carrier film webs are disposed adjacent to each other without gaps and partially overlap each other at their respective parallel edges to form a carrier film arrangement and a kit of parts for assembling the system.

A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a first combination step of combining a first electrode with an upper portion of a first separator to form a first combination, and a second combination step of combining the first combination so that a second electrode faces the first electrode with the first separator therebetween after the second electrode is stacked on a second separator, wherein the first combination step comprises a first electrode cutting process of moving the first electrode in an X-axis direction that is a progress direction to cut the first electrode to a predetermined size, a first electrode transfer process of transferring the cut first electrode, a first first-electrode position detection process of measuring a Y-axis position of the first electrode, a first separator meandering correction process of moving the first separator, a first stacking process of stacking the first electrode on the first separator.

A tape attachment apparatus includes a tape supply unit configured to provide a tape to be attached to a tip of an electrode roll, a tape attachment unit configured to attach the tape provided by the tape supply unit to the electrode roll, and a frame configured to allow the tape attachment unit to be mounted to the frame. A tape attachment process to prevent unwinding of the electrode roll is automatically performed.

An automatic electrode supply apparatus configured to automatically supply an electrode in various processes for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a first chuck splicing unit including a splicing portion having a traveling electrode located thereon and a second chuck splicing unit including a splicing portion having a standby electrode located thereon, wherein each of the first and second chuck splicing units includes an edge position control (EPC) sensor configured to measure the position of the edge of a corresponding one of the traveling electrode and the standby electrode in order to prevent distortion or fracture defect of the electrode due to positional deviation between the traveling electrode and the standby electrode, and an automatic electrode supply method using the same.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a non-stop constant-speed efficient winding machine for separator, and relates to the technical field of lithium ion cell manufacturing. The non-stop constant-speed efficient winding machine for separator includes a base plate, an electrode feeding mechanism, a winding mechanism, a separator cutting mechanism, and a separator compounding mechanism. The winding mechanism includes a winding head and three winding needles rotatably provided on the winding head. By additionally providing the separator compounding mechanism between the electrode feeding mechanism and the winding mechanism, thermal compounding of the separator is realized, and through rolling separator cutting of the separator cutting mechanism, the separator cutting is realized. The winding needle located at the winding position can adsorb a separator end after the cutting, and wind the separator end on an outer circumferential surface of the corresponding winding needle.

A log saw for cutting convolutely wound logs of web material is disclosed. The log saw includes a cutting blade operating in a cutting plane, a log saw clamp for the retention of a convolutely wound log of web material such that the convolutely wound log of web material extends in a log advancing path through to the cutting plane, and controls connected to the clamping device.

A system and method for transferring an electrode substrate, including a process of pressing an electrode substrate, supplied from a winding roll, in a direction opposite to a winding direction, by using a bending mitigation roller. According to the present system and method, it is possible to resolve a bending phenomenon of an electrode substrate supplied from a winding roll and significantly reduce product defects while not lowering the process efficiency.

An electrode sheet rewinding apparatus for rewinding an electrode sheet includes a bobbin having a PET film wound therearound, a bobbin holder configured to hold the bobbin, a base plate located under the bobbin holder and configured to support the bobbin holder, a roller type touch roll configured to press an electrode sheet rewound around the bobbin above the bobbin to prevent meandering of the electrode sheet, a vertical plate located at one side of the base plate, the touch roll attached to the vertical plate, and an idle roller unit configured to form a tangential line to the electrode sheet rewound around the bobbin together with the touch roll. The idle roller unit includes an idle roller configured to maintain tension of the electrode sheet and to form a tangential line to the electrode sheet and two driving mechanisms configured to change the position of the idle roller.