Apparatus and method for singulating porous fuel cell layers...

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H01M 8/00 (2006.01) B65H 3/08 (2006.01)

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CA 2480945

An apparatus and method provide for singulating thin and substantially porous material layers arranged in a stack. A pick head is positioned above the stack of material layers. An adhesive tape is stabilized against the pick head through use of a vacuum between the adhesive tape and the pick head. Contact is effected between the stabilized adhesive tape and the top material layer. The pick head is moved to move the top material layer from the stack to a predetermined location. While at the predetermined location, the adhesive tape is detached from the top material layer. The singulation apparatus and method are particularly well suited for destacking individual porous fluid transport layers (FTLs) from a magazine of FTLs during automated fuel cell assembly.

L'invention concerne un appareil et un procédé d'individualisation de minces couches de matériau sensiblement poreux empilées. Une tête de prélèvement est placée au-dessus de la pile de couches. Un ruban adhésif est stabilisé contre la tête de prélèvement par un vide créé entre le ruban adhésif et la tête de prélèvement. Le contact est effectué entre le ruban adhésif stabilisé et la couche de matériau supérieure. La tête de prélèvement est déplacée pour amener la couche supérieure de matériau de la pile jusqu'à un emplacement prédéterminé. Une fois arrivé à l'emplacement prédéterminé, le ruban adhésif est détaché de la couche supérieure de matériau. L'appareil et le procédé de singularisation sont particulièrement adaptés au désempilage individuel des couches de transport de fluide (FTL) poreuses d'un magazin de couches de transport de fluide pendant l'assemblage automatique de piles à combustible.

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