![]() Automated storage system for transporting load carriers rotated in the direction of travel
专利摘要:
The invention relates to an automated storage system (1; 17) having at least two shelves (2; 18) with storage spaces for storing article carriers (4), the load carriers (4) being storable in the storage areas in a storage direction (6), and with a rack aisle (7) formed by the two shelves (2, 18), in which a load-receiving means having a transfer means (20) is movable in a direction of travel (9) in order to at least transfer one with the transfer means (20) during a transfer operation Load-carrying means transported load carrier (4) from the load-receiving means to store in the storage space or at least one load carrier (4) from the storage bin on the load receiving means, wherein the load receiving means for transporting at least one charge carrier (4) in the direction of travel (9) is formed and. in that the transfer means (20) comprises twisting means in order to rotate the load carrier (4) in the storage space between the traveling direction (9) on the load receiving means and the bearing direction (6) in the transfer operation. 公开号:AT518878A4 申请号:T50798/2016 申请日:2016-09-09 公开日:2018-02-15 发明作者: 申请人:Knapp Ag; IPC主号:
专利说明:
Automated warehouse system for transporting load carriers rotated in the direction of travel The invention relates to an automated storage system with at least two shelves with storage spaces for storing articles having charge carriers, wherein the charge carriers are storable in a storage direction in the storage bins, and with a formed by the two shelves shelf aisle in which a transfer means having load-receiving means in a Moving direction is movable to store in a transfer process with the transfer at least one transported with the load receiving means from the load receiving means in the storage bin or at least to receive a carrier from the storage bin on the load receiving means. The invention further relates to a method for storing articles having charge carriers in storage bins of two shelves forming a rack aisle, wherein in a transfer process, the carrier transported with a load receiving means in the rack aisle is stored by the load receiving means in a storage direction in one of the storage bins of the shelf or the stored in the storage direction in the storage space load carrier is received on the load-carrying means. The document DE 10 2012 215 364 A1 thus discloses an automated storage system for storing articles, such as shirts, which are hung on hangers, and articles that lie in conveyor pockets. Each of these hanger or conveyor pockets hangs on an adapter which together with the hanger or the conveyor pocket forms a load carrier and which has one or more rollers and an eyelet for suspending the hanger or the conveyor pocket. The adapters roll in a slanted slightly sloped profile driven by gravity, or they are driven by a chain conveyor driven in the tread or hanger technology. The storage system has several shelves with superimposed shelf levels, each one aligned in a storage direction storage bar forms a storage space in the shelves. A number of adapters with articles can be stored on the storage bar. By two shelves arranged in parallel a rack aisle is formed, in which a storage and retrieval unit as load-carrying means in a direction of travel along the rack aisle is movable. The stacker crane has a horizontally arranged aligned in the bearing direction Intermediate storage bar and transfer means to take in a transfer process adapter with articles from the storage bar on the intermediate storage rod. From the prior art but also intermediate bearing rods are known, which are slightly inclined. The adapters with articles received on the intermediate storage rod can then be moved with the load-receiving means in the rack aisle in order to outsource the articles or, in the case of a further transfer operation, to deposit them again from the intermediate storage bar to another storage bar in another storage location. In the operation of the known automatic storage system has proved to be a disadvantage that in a storage space on a storage rod successively storable adapter with articles in their number by the length of the intermediate storage rod of the lifting device and ultimately limited by the width of the rack aisle. Considerations for achieving a greater storage density of articles in this known storage system have shown that the storage depth of the shelves, so the length of the bearing rods, can only be increased if the width of the rack aisle is increased at the same time, which in turn has a detrimental effect on the storage density Has. Increasing the storage depth of the shelves, the width of the rack aisle not, then this has the consequence that only a part of the stored on the bearing rod adapter with articles on the intermediate storage rod fit, which is why the load-carrying device must drive multiple times in the rack aisle to the To transport adapter with articles of a storage space, which is also disadvantageous. The invention has for its object to provide an automatic storage system and a method for storing articles having charge carriers, in which the largest possible storage density is achieved without increasing the number of trips of the load-bearing device in the rack aisle. According to the invention, this task is solved in an automatic storage system in that the load receiving means for transporting at least one charge carrier is formed in the direction of travel and that the transfer means comprises turning means to the charge carrier in the transfer process between the direction of travel on the load handling device and the storage direction in the storage bin twist. According to the invention, this task is solved in a method for storing articles having charge carriers in that the carrier is rotated during the transfer process between the storage direction and the direction of travel along the rack aisle and transported in the direction of travel. This has the advantage that the charge carriers are rotated during the transfer process and then moved to the arranged in the direction of travel intermediate storage rod. Since the intermediate storage bar can be formed substantially longer than the width of the rack aisle in the longitudinal direction of the rack aisle, a substantially larger number of load carriers can be moved simultaneously when traveling with the load-bearing means. As a result, the number of trips with the load-receiving means can be reduced. It is particularly advantageous that the ratio of bearing surface, which is proportional to the length of the bearing rods, to the transfer surface, which is given by the surfaces of the rack aisles, can be significantly improved, and thus a greater storage density can be achieved in the storage system of the invention. These advantages are also achieved in a storage system with boxes, trays, boxes or pallets as load carriers. These and other advantageous embodiments of the automated storage system according to the invention and of the method according to the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the figures. FIG. 1 shows an automated storage system for hanging garments in a side view. Figure 2 shows a part of the storage system according to Figure 1 in a plan view. FIG. 3 shows the part of the storage system according to FIG. 2 in an oblique view. FIG. 4 shows an automatic storage system with a load receiving means with four transfer paths. FIG. 5 shows an automatic storage system for articles stored in boxes as load carriers in a plan view. Figure 1 shows a section of an automated storage system 1 with two shelves 2, each having two levels one above the other. In each shelf 2 storage bins are provided for storing articles. The articles are on the one hand hanging garments, such as shirts or trousers, which are hung on hangers, and on the other hand, any other items that are taken individually or with other items together in carrying pockets. The clothes hangers and the conveyor pockets hang on adapters 3, which are known to the person skilled in the art, for example from DE 10 2012 215 364 A1, and together form load carriers 4 for carrying the articles. Each storage space is formed by a bearing rod 5, which is arranged in a bearing direction 6 and on the or in which the adapter 3 with its two rollers along the bearing rod 5 in the storage direction 6 and in the storage bins in the storage direction 6 are storable. Between each two shelves 2 a rack aisle 7 is formed, in which a formed by a level control device 8 load-receiving means in a direction of travel 9 along the rack aisle 7 on rails 10 is arranged movable. The plane operating device 8 has two opposite transfer rails 11 in order to form a transfer path from the bearing rods 5 of the opposite shelves 2 arranged along the rack aisle 7 to an intermediate storage rod 12. The transfer rails 11 and the intermediate storage rod 12 have a chain conveyor 13 for transporting the adapters 3 and in this case form transfer means 20. In a transfer process, one of the plurality of charge carriers 4 transported with the plane operating device 8 is pushed by the plane operating device 8 onto the storage rod 5 with the transfer means 20 or one or more charge carriers 4 are received by the bearing rod 5 on the intermediate storage rod 12 of the plane operating device 4. The bearing rods 5 are inclined with, for example, 1 to 5 degrees in the direction of the rack aisle 7, so that the carriers 5 on the adapters 3 by gravity driven by the bearing rod 5 in the direction of the plane operating device 8 roll. A locking unit at the end of the bearing rods 5 facing the rack aisle 7 prevents charge carriers 4 from rolling off the bearing rod 5 when the plane operating device 8 is not in the bearing bar 5. By unlocking the locking unit, the transfer path for the transfer process is released. The plane operating device 8 is now designed to transport the charge carriers 4 in the direction of travel 9. In order to make this possible, the plane operating device 8 has torsion means, which are formed by the curved transfer rails 11 according to this first exemplary embodiment of the invention. By the transfer rails 11, the charge carriers 4 are rotated in the transfer process between the direction of travel 9 on the plane operating device 8 and the bearing direction 6 on the bearing rod 5. As a result, the advantage is obtained that the number of transportable with the plane operating device 8 charge carrier 4 is not limited by the width of the rack aisle 7. The intermediate bearing rod 12 can have the same length as the bearing rod 5 in order to be able to load or unload all the charge carriers 4 mounted on a bearing rod 5 with only one travel of the plane operating device. The intermediate storage rod 12 could, however, be designed to be just as long as the support rod 5 in order to be able to transport even more charge carriers 4 per run of the plane control device 4. With only one drive of the plane operating device 4 through the rack aisle 7, therefore, charge carriers 4 can be received by a plurality of bearing rods 5 of this shelf level on the intermediate storage rod 12 or pre-sorted into designated storage locations for later use. The plane operating device 4 further has the transition of the two opposite transfer rails 11 on the intermediate storage rod 12 a switch 14, which switches over from the transfer path between the bearing rods 5 of the opposite storage bins and the intermediate storage rod 12, on a Auslagerungsweg, between the intermediate storage rod 12 and a Auslagerungsstange 15, is formed. Load carrier 4 can be transferred via the transfer path for the time being by a storage rod 5 on the intermediate storage rod 12 and after folding the switch 14 by a control of the intermediate storage rod 12 on the Auslagerungsstange 15. The Auslagerungsstange 15 is inclined starting from the switch 14, for example, 1 to 5 degrees down to let the charge carriers 4 roll with their adapters 3 to the end of the Auslagerungsstange 15. When the plane operating device 8 moves to the end of the rack aisle 7, then the Auslagerungsstange 15 coupled to a not shown in the figures hanging conveyor technology, which is connected in the direction of travel 9 to the rack aisle 7, located on the Auslagerungsstange 15 load carrier 4 from the storage system 1 auszulagem. Such a suspension conveyor technique is known to the person skilled in the art and designed to transport the charge carriers 4 also over inclines of 45 degrees and more up and down to a packing station. The storage system 1 further has an overhead conveyor not shown in the figures, which is connected in the storage direction 6 parallel to the last arranged at the end of the shelf 2 storage rod 5 to the rack aisle 7. At a goods receipt, the articles intended for storage in the storage system 1 are hung on the overhead conveyor with a hanger or a conveyor pocket and transported to the rack aisle 7, from which the load carriers 4 with the level control unit 8 are to be stored in one of the racks 2. The charge carrier 4 to be stored in the respective rack 2 is then transferred via an emplacement path from the overhead conveyor via the transfer rail 11 to the intermediate storage rod 12. It is particularly advantageous that on the Auslagerungsstange 15 located charge carriers 4 can be transferred simultaneously to the overhead conveyor for removal, while other carriers 4 are transferred from the overhead conveyor for storage on the storage path to the intermediate storage rod 12. As a result, the removal and storage process can be accelerated. According to a further exemplary embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 4, four transfer rails 11 are provided on a plane operating device 16 in order to transport charge carriers 4 from adjacent storage spaces of opposite shelves 2 to the intermediate storage rod 12 without moving the plane operating device 16. As a result, the removal and storage process can be further accelerated. It would also be load-carrying means with six or eight transfer rails feasible to load or einzulagem from three or four adjacent storage bins opposite shelves simultaneously without having to move the load handling device. Such an embodiment would be particularly advantageous to realize in the e-commerce area. In the level control devices 8 and 16, the points 14 are coupled to the transfer rails 11 to Selektiermittel. The selection means are formed by an RFID reader which reads out RFID tags in each of the adapters 3. In a database of the warehouse management computer, the serial number of the RFID tags of the adapters 3 are stored together with the article description of the articles in the respective load carrier 4 during storage. This makes it possible that the selection means, controlled by the warehouse management computer, already collect the charge carriers 4 during removal from the storage bins and a customer order associated load carrier 4 already collect in succession on the intermediate storage bar 12 of the operating panel 4 of several storage spaces of the shelf 2. The transferred from the individual levels of the shelf 2 for a customer order in a row on the Auslagerstange 15 to the Hängefordertechnik carrier 4 can then be performed together by the overhead conveyor at the packing station, which is why in the automated storage system 1 according to the invention can be dispensed with conventional picking. The transfer of the charge carriers 4 from the intermediate storage rod 12 to the storage rods 5 can also be controlled selectively by the storage management computer by means of the switch 14 coupled by the selection means, for which reason several different articles can be stored in charge carriers 4 on only one storage rail 5. The storage system 1 therefore does not need to store the articles sorted, which is advantageous because this Storage bins can be used much more efficiently. FIG. 5 shows an automatic storage system 17 for articles stored in boxes as load carriers 4 in a plan view. Shelves 18 are double deep designed to store smaller and larger boxes can. A storage and retrieval unit 19 has twisting means, which rotate boxes during the removal from the shelf 18 from the storage direction 6 by 90 degrees in the transport direction 9. The torsional means could be formed by a turntable or gripping arms. Also according to this embodiment of the invention, the advantage is obtained that the rack aisle can be selected narrower than the shelf depth. It can be mentioned that the transfer means according to the invention can be provided on a plane operating device serving only one shelf level or on a storage and retrieval unit serving several shelf levels. The transfer rails could be formed by comparable technical means. According to a further embodiment of the invention, the bearing direction on a deviating from 90 degrees angle to the direction of travel of the load-receiving means. The bearing rods or storage bins can be arranged, for example, 75 degrees to the direction of travel. According to a further embodiment of the invention, the articles are stored directly on pallets or trays on shelves. Also in this embodiment, the pallet or the tray is rotated during the transfer process. It may be mentioned that adapters can be made with or without rollers. It may also be mentioned that the term "twisting" within the scope of the disclosure of this document is to be equated with the term "orienting". The twisting means or orientation means rotate or orient the charge carrier either in the direction of travel on the load-carrying means or in the storage direction in the storage place. It would therefore be possible during the transfer process, a rotation about several axes of the charge carrier so a reorientation of the charge carrier.
权利要求:
Claims (15) [1] claims 1. Automated storage system (1, 17) with at least two shelves (2, 18) with storage spaces for storing articles having charge carriers (4), wherein the charge carriers (4) in a storage direction (6) are storable in the storage bins, and with a rack aisle (7) formed by the two shelves (2; 18), in which a load-receiving means having a transfer means (20) can be moved in a direction of travel (9) to at least one with the load-receiving means during a transfer operation with the transfer means (20) transported load carriers (4) from the load-receiving means to be stored in the storage space or at least one charge carrier (4) from the storage space on the load receiving means, characterized in that the load-receiving means for transporting at least one charge carrier (4) in the direction of travel (9) is formed and, in that the transfer means (20) has at least one twisting means in order to move the charge carrier (4) in the transfer process between the driving tric (9) on the load handler and the bearing direction (6) in the storage bin. [2] 2. Automated storage system (1; 17) according to claim 1, characterized in that the twisting means are formed in the transfer process for rotating the charge carrier (4) by substantially 90 degrees. [3] An automated storage system (1; 17) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the load carrier (4) is selected from the group consisting of: adapters for holding article-holding hangers, adapters for holding articles-containing bags, crates, trays, Pallet, carton, bag; and / or that the load-handling device is selected from the following group: plane operating device (8), storage and retrieval unit (19). [4] 4. Automated storage system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the charge carrier (4) is formed as an adapter for holding articles containing clothes hangers or for holding articles containing pockets and that the storage bins formed as bearing rods (5) are that during the transfer process together with the transfer means (20) and an intermediate storage rod (12) of the load receiving means form a transfer path to transfer the adapter between the storage bin and the load receiving means. [5] 5. Automated storage system (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the transfer means (20) comprises at least one twisting means forming the curved transfer rail (11) to rotate the adapter from the storage direction (6) in the direction of travel (9). [6] Automated storage system (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the load receiving means comprises two opposite transfer rails (11) for transferring from the storage bars (5) along the rack aisle (7) arranged opposite shelves (2) to the one Intermediate storage rod (12) to form. [7] 7. Automated storage system (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that at the transition from the transfer rail (11) to the intermediate storage rod (12) has a switch (14) is provided for switching from the transfer path between the storage rod (5) and intermediate storage rod (12) is formed on a Auslagerungsweg, between intermediate bearing rod (12) and a Auslagerungsstange (15) of the load-bearing means. [8] 8. Automated storage system (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that at the transition of the two opposite transfer rails (11) on the intermediate storage rod (12) has a switch (14) is provided for switching from the transfer path between the bearing rods (5). the opposite storage bins and the intermediate storage rod (12), on the Auslagerungsweg between intermediate storage rod (12) and Auslagerungsstange (15) is formed. [9] 9. Automated storage system (1) according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that in the transfer rail (11) and the intermediate storage rod (15) a conveyor, in particular chain conveyor (13) is provided for transporting the adapter in the transfer process. [10] 10. Automated storage system (1) according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that a Hängefordertechnik in the storage direction (6) is connected to the rack aisle (7), of the in the shelves (2) to be stored charge carriers (4) via a Einlagungsweg of the overhead conveyor via the transfer rail (11) on the intermediate storage rod (15) are transferable. [11] 11. Automated storage system according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that a vertical conveyor lifter is provided on the rack aisle or in the rack aisle or on the shelf having a lift intermediate storage bar on the load carrier from the Auslagerungsstange and / or via the transfer rail of or are slidable on the intermediate storage rod to transport them to another level of the shelf. [12] 12. Automated storage system (1) according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that a Hängefordertechnik in the direction of travel (9) or via a corner element to the rack aisle (7) is connected to on the Auslagerungsstange (15) located charge carriers (4 ) auszulagern from the storage system (1). [13] 13. Automated storage system (1) according to one of claims 4 to 12, characterized in that four or more transfer rails (11) are provided to transport from adjacent storage spaces of opposite shelves (2) charge carriers (4) on the intermediate storage rod (12) without moving the load handler. [14] 14. Automated storage system (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that with the switch (14) coupled selecting means are provided, which enable a pre-picking of stored in the storage spaces charge carriers (4) on the intermediate storage rod (12) of the lifting device. [15] 15. A method for storing articles having charge carriers (4) in storage bins of two shelves (2; 18) forming a rack aisle (7), wherein in a transfer operation, the load carrier (4) of a load receiving means in the rack aisle (7) the load receiving means in a storage direction (6) in one of the storage spaces of the shelf (2; 18) is stored or in the storage direction (6) stored in the storage space charge carrier (4) is received on the load receiving means, characterized in that the charge carrier ( 4) during the transfer process between the storage direction (6) and a direction of travel (9) along the rack aisle (7) is rotated and transported in the direction of travel (9).
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