Method and dispensing station for distributing goods

专利摘要:
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for distributing goods (2, 2a, 2b), in which an order for the delivery of goods (2, 2a, 2b) is detected by a order management system, the goods to be delivered (2, 2a, 2b) are removed from a warehouse (12) and the goods belonging to an order (2, 2a, 2b) are picked into at least one shelf (6) of a mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m). The mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is then transported to a delivery station (1a..1l), which has a first storage area (A, A1, A2) separated by a first dividing wall (3, 3a, 3b) a customer access area (B, B1, B2), and there brought into a transfer position in which the at least one shelf (6) through a closable opening (4,4a, 4b) in the first partition (3, 3a, 3b) accessible is. If a goods delivery system (5) receives a request to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b) by a person or a machine (38, 44) assigned to the person, then it releases the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b), if an authorization to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b) is present. Alternatively, the goods to be delivered (2, 2a, 2b) can be loaded from a loading robot (42) said machine.
公开号:AT519498A2
申请号:T51172/2016
申请日:2016-12-21
公开日:2018-07-15
发明作者:
申请人:Tgw Logistics Group Gmbh；
IPC主号:

专利说明:

Summary
A method and an arrangement for the distribution of goods (2, 2a, 2b) is specified, in which an order for the delivery of goods (2, 2a, 2b) is recorded by an order management system, the goods (2, 2a, 2b) are removed from a warehouse (12) and the goods (2, 2a, 2b) belonging to an order are picked in at least one shelf compartment (6) of a mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m). The mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is then transported to a delivery station (1a..11), which has a first goods storage area (A, A1, A2) separated by a first partition (3, 3a, 3b) and one Has customer access area (B, B1, B2), and brought there into a transfer position in which the at least one shelf compartment (6) is accessible through a closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) in the first partition (3, 3a, 3b) , If a goods delivery system (5) accepts a request for the goods (2, 2a, 2b) to be taken over by a person or a machine (38, 44) assigned to the person, then it releases the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b), if there is an authorization to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b). Alternatively, the goods to be delivered (2, 2a, 2b) can be loaded by a loading robot (42) said machine.
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The invention relates to a method for the distribution of goods, in which an order for the delivery of goods is recorded by an order management system, the goods to be delivered are removed from a warehouse and the goods belonging to an order are picked in at least one shelf compartment of a mobile shelf. Furthermore, the invention relates to a delivery station for distributing goods, which comprises a first goods storage area, a customer access area and a first partition which separates the first goods storage area and the customer access area from one another and has at least one closable opening. Furthermore, the delivery station comprises a goods delivery system which is designed to receive a request for the goods to be taken over by a person or a machine assigned to the person and
a) to release the lockable opening if the said person or the said machine is authorized to take over the goods, or a) to instruct a loading robot of the delivery station to load the goods to be delivered into the said machine if the said person or the said machine is authorized to take over the goods.
Such a method and such a delivery station are basically known from the prior art. For example, mobile shelves from mail order companies are used to support the picking process. Goods are usually placed on a shelf according to type and not order-related, and the goods belonging to an order are picked from the shelf into a shipping carton.
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An example of a delivery station of the type mentioned above is a parcel station.
In this, goods are securely stored behind closed doors. A goods delivery system accepts a request to take over the goods, for example via a scanner or an input keyboard, and releases the door assigned to the goods if there is authorization to take over the goods.
Also known are delivery stations which are equipped with a storage and retrieval unit (RBG) which removes the requested goods from a fixed shelf and transports them to an output point if there is authorization to take over the goods. Often, such a delivery station then only has one door at the delivery point which is opened for the acceptance of the goods. In principle, however, several storage and retrieval machines and / or output points can also be provided.
The systems known from the prior art have several disadvantages:
- The known procedure is linked to the use of loading aids, in particular to the use of shipping containers, in which the goods belonging to an order are summarized.
- In the known procedure and the known system, the entire order and thus the total weight of the order must be manipulated very often, for example when loading a truck that transports the goods in the shipping carton from the shipping center, when unloading at a local distribution center, when loading a truck who carries out the delivery or when loading a parcel station. This is tiring for the persons who carry out this work and is harmful to health in the long run.
- A delivery station of conventional design has a large number of fixed installations and is usually very angled. The delivery station can therefore not be easily cleaned, which is what happens when storing food and ver3 / 67
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 other goods is disadvantageous. This applies in particular to delivery stations that have a storage and retrieval machine and permanently installed (high) shelves.
- The shape of the delivery station cannot be easily adapted to local conditions. In particular, delivery stations with a storage and retrieval machine inevitably have an elongated rectangular plan because of the (straight) rails on which the storage and retrieval machine travels. Such a delivery station can be difficult to integrate into the environment.
- The performance of a delivery station with a storage and retrieval machine (that is, the goods delivered per unit of time) depends directly on the performance of the storage and retrieval machine. A conventional delivery station often has a single storage and retrieval device and a single goods delivery opening. If several customers come to collect the goods at the same time, long waiting times can result. This known system is also poorly scalable, inflexible and not fail-safe.
An object of the invention is therefore to provide an improved method and an improved delivery station for the distribution of goods. In particular, some or all of the disadvantages mentioned above are to be overcome.
The object of the invention is achieved with a method of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the mobile shelf is transported to a delivery station which has a first goods storage area and a customer access area separated by a first partition and is brought into a transfer position in the first goods storage area the at least one shelf compartment is accessible through a closable opening in the first partition, and a goods delivery system accepts a request for the goods to be taken over by a person or a machine associated with the person and
(a) releases the closable opening if the said person or the said machine is authorized to take over the goods, or
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b) a loading robot the goods to be delivered (from the at least one
Removes the shelf compartment and) loads it into the said machine if the said person or the said machine is authorized to take over the goods.
Furthermore, the object of the invention is achieved with a delivery station of the type mentioned at the outset, which comprises a mobile shelf which is in a transfer position in which at least one shelf compartment of the mobile shelf is accessible through the closable opening in the first partition.
With the proposed procedure or the proposed delivery station, the picked goods remain on the mobile shelf, advantageously from the picking process to the delivery of the goods to the customer.
The machine for taking over goods can in particular be designed as an air drone, and the delivery station can have a landing site for this air drone. In this case, the loading robot is designed to load the flight drone. However, it is also conceivable that the machine is designed to take over goods as an autonomous, mobile vehicle and that the delivery station has a parking space for this vehicle, and in particular an access gate or an access door to this parking space. In this case, the loading robot is designed to load the autonomous vehicle.
It is also conceivable that a machine takes over the goods, but one person is authorized to take over. For example, a person can come to the delivery station together with a machine, for example with an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. It would be conceivable, for example, that the operation of autonomous vehicles - for example due to legal requirements - is prohibited or is only permitted under the condition that they are monitored by one person. In this case, both a person authorized to take over and the receiving machine would be present at the delivery station.
It is generally favorable if the delivery station has at least two elements from the group: lockable opening, loading robot, access gate for an autonomous one
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Vehicle that includes a landing site for an aircraft drone. This makes the delivery station particularly flexible to use.
Multi-axis robots and / or gantry robots with grippers can be considered as loading robots, for example, which remove the goods to be dispensed from the rack compartment and transport them into a loading space of the drone or the autonomous vehicle. It is of course also conceivable that the flight drone or the autonomous vehicle itself has a mechanism for taking over the goods.
In a simple embodiment variant, the loading robot is formed by an ejector, which is set up to move, in particular push, the goods located in a shelf compartment through the closable opening of the partition. To transfer the goods, the autonomous vehicle stops in front of the lockable opening in question, and the goods located and to be returned in the rack compartment are pushed with the help of the ejector through the lockable opening of the partition into a loading space of the autonomous vehicle authorized to take over. The ejector can be designed, for example, as a hydraulic cylinder, pneumatic cylinder or electric spindle motor, and a motor-operated flap can be arranged on the rear wall of the mobile shelf, which normally closes the opening in the rear wall. The flap can also be operated directly by the ejector.
The new system has several advantages over the prior art:
- Basically, no loading aids are required, but the goods can be placed directly on the mobile shelf. The use of a shipping container is also basically not necessary, but the ordered goods can simply be stored in the shelf compartment that is assigned to the order. This means that bulky and large-volume goods can be handled that are too large for (standardized) loading aids. However, the use of a loading aid, in particular a shipping container (e.g. a paper bag, a plastic bag, a shipping box, etc.) is not excluded
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 sen. An empty shipping container, which is assigned to the order, is then advantageously placed in the shelf compartment for the picking process, and the goods belonging to the order are picked into the shipping container.
The proposed procedure also means that the weight of the entire order never has to be manipulated (especially lifted) when picking, but only the weight of the individual goods. The picking process is therefore much more ergonomic and less strenuous for a picking person. The manipulation of filled shipping containers is not fundamentally excluded. Rather, it is also conceivable that the shipping container is filled with the goods belonging to an order and then lifted onto the mobile shelf (in particular in the case of automated / automated picking). The same applies essentially to the manipulation of the order following picking. Again, the weight of the goods in question does not need to be lifted, since they can remain on the mobile shelf.
A delivery station has only a few fixed installations and primarily contains mobile shelves. The delivery station can therefore be easily cleared out for cleaning purposes. This enables high hygiene standards to be achieved, for example when storing food and perishable goods.
The shape of the delivery station can easily be adapted to local conditions and, for example, have an L-shaped floor plan. Dispensing stations with a storage and retrieval machine, on the other hand, are generally tied to a rectangular plan because of the straight rails on which the storage and retrieval machine travels. With the system now proposed, the performance does not depend on the shape of the delivery station, but primarily on the size of the base area.
The performance of the delivery station (i.e. the goods delivered per unit of time) does not depend on the performance of a storage and retrieval machine.
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A conventional delivery station often has a single storage and retrieval device and a single goods delivery opening. The proposed delivery station, on the other hand, can have a plurality of goods delivery openings, as a result of which several customers can be served or processed in parallel.
Further advantageous refinements and developments of the invention result from the subclaims and from the description in conjunction with the figures.
It is advantageous if the loaded, mobile rack is loaded into a truck after the goods have been picked, is transported to the delivery station with the aid of the truck and is unloaded from the truck at the delivery station. Because the truck is loaded directly with the shelves, loading and unloading can be done very quickly. There is no need to manipulate individual shipping containers. The proposed measures also make the work of the person loading and unloading the truck easier, since they do not have to carry the weight of the goods to be delivered. Instead, only the rolling resistance of a shelf needs to be overcome if a shelf with rollers is used. By integrating a truck or by integrating the public road network into the goods distribution flow, a goods distribution system is basically divided into a warehouse and the delivery station.
It is also particularly advantageous if the loaded, mobile shelf is unloaded from the truck at a first loading ramp of the delivery station and another, in particular empty, mobile shelf is loaded into the truck at a second loading ramp of the delivery station. In this way, the workflow in the delivery of filled, mobile shelves to the delivery station or in the removal of empty or essentially empty shelves from the delivery station is improved. In particular, the space at the first loading ramp can be kept free at the delivery station at the planned arrival time of the truck, so that the filled, mobile shelves can be easily unloaded, and / or empty, mobile shelves can already be at the second loading station
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 ramp so that the empty (or return goods) mobile shelves can be easily loaded into the truck.
It is also particularly advantageous if the mobile shelf is temporarily connected to another mobile shelf when loading it into the truck and / or when unloading it from the truck. In this way, several mobile shelves can be loaded from the truck or into the truck in one work step. In particular, the mobile shelf can be equipped with a coupling, by means of which the mobile shelf can be temporarily connected to another mobile shelf. For example, the clutch can be mechanical or operate on the electromagnetic principle. The loading and unloading of a group of coupled mobile shelves can be done manually, for example, or can be done by a motorized (in particular autonomous) industrial truck. It is also possible to use a winch in the pick-up station. The coupled, mobile shelves are pulled out of the truck with the winch. The truck can be loaded in an analogous manner if the truck is also equipped with a cable winch.
It is advantageous if the loaded, mobile rack is transported with the aid of an industrial truck to the transfer position in the first goods storage area or on the partition, in particular with the aid of an autonomous industrial truck. As a result, the delivery station can be operated completely automatically. By using several industrial trucks, the delivery station is also largely failsafe, in contrast to conventional delivery stations with a single storage and retrieval machine. By using any number of industrial trucks, the delivery station is also well scalable and flexibly adaptable to changing needs and requirements. For example, trucks with a hoist (in particular with a lifting fork or a lifting ram) can be considered as industrial trucks, but also vehicles that do not lift the mobile shelves for transport, but merely pull or push them. The industrial truck is particularly self-propelled. The industrial truck can still be rail-bound
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It is also particularly advantageous if the loaded, mobile shelf is transported with the aid of the industrial truck into a second goods storage area, which is located away from the first partition mentioned, and is brought from there to the transfer position if the goods delivery system has a corresponding request to take over the accepts goods on the mobile shelf, in particular if the requesting person or the requesting machine is authorized to take delivery. In this way, mobile shelves that are not currently required for the delivery of goods can be temporarily stored in a second goods storage area. The second warehouse area can be arranged separated from the first warehouse area and the transfer position. However, the second warehouse area can also directly adjoin the first warehouse area and the transfer position.
It is particularly conceivable that space for mobile shelves is provided on both sides of the first goods storage area or the transfer position. In this case, two or more mobile shelves can be moved back and forth simultaneously, especially if they are coupled to one another. For example, one of three mobile shelves can be brought into a transfer position by simply moving the shelf group. Of course, the process also works for a different number of mobile shelves or transfer positions. If, for example, two transfer positions are provided in the area of five mobile shelves arranged one behind the other, two of the five mobile shelves can accordingly be brought into a transfer position simultaneously and so on.
The proposed procedure can also be used analogously if the area occupied by the openings in the partition extends horizontally less far than the shelves of the mobile shelf are wide. For example, only one column of openings arranged vertically one above the other can be provided in the partition, whereas the mobile shelf has several
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Have columns on stacked shelves. By moving the mobile shelf or a shelf group horizontally, one of the columns of shelf compartments arranged one above the other is brought into register with the openings in the partition.
In general, it is favorable if the mobile shelf is equipped with rollers, in particular with driven and / or braked rollers and with and without steerable rollers. In this way, the mobile shelf can be easily moved back and forth. It is nevertheless conceivable that the mobile shelf has conventional shelf stands and has no castors. The mobile shelf then has to be lifted for transport, for example by a hoist of an industrial truck.
It is also particularly advantageous if the mobile shelf has an accumulator, a drive control coupled to the driven rollers, and sensors connected to the drive control for orientation in space, in particular one or more elements from the group: camera, ultrasound sensor, laser scanner, triangulation receiver (GPS, indoor GPS) and / or magnetic field sensor. The driven rollers have, for example, a hub motor which is connected to the drive control. A steering motor is also connected to the drive control. Furthermore, the drive control is connected to the sensors for orientation in the room. With the described system, an autonomous movement of the mobile shelf is possible. The method for controlling autonomous vehicles is generally known and is not described in detail here. In particular, the same or a similar method can be used for the mobile shelf as is known for industrial trucks. Since the mobile shelf can move autonomously in the delivery station, industrial trucks can in principle be omitted. It is also conceivable that these take on special or assistance tasks.
In particular, it can be provided that a self-propelled and a driving motor having a mobile shelf moves with the help of the driving motor into the truck and / or drives out of the truck and / or
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N2016 / 28000-AT-00 moves into the transfer position in the first warehouse area and / or moves into the second warehouse area.
In a further advantageous embodiment variant of the delivery station, it comprises a lifting device for the mobile shelf arranged in the first warehouse area. Accordingly, the mobile shelf is moved vertically into the transfer position by a lifting device arranged in the first goods storage area. This is particularly advantageous if the area occupied by the openings in the partition extends vertically less high than the shelf compartments of the mobile shelf are high. For example, the partition can have only one row (row) of openings, whereas the mobile shelf has two or more storage levels. With the help of the lifting device, any storage level can be moved to the height of the openings in the partition and goods can be transferred. The lifting device can have, for example, a hydraulic cylinder, pneumatic cylinder or electric spindle motor or be formed by this.
It is also advantageous if the delivery station has a sorting robot, which is designed in particular as a rail-bound single-level or multi-level storage and retrieval device and which is designed to remove the goods to be delivered from the at least one shelf compartment of the mobile shelf and into at least one shelf compartment on another shelf. Accordingly, the goods to be delivered are removed by the sorting robot from the at least one shelf compartment of the mobile shelf and placed in at least one shelf compartment of another shelf. Of course, other designs can also be provided as sorting robots, for example a portal robot or a multi-axis robot.
There are several shelves within the scope of the sorting robot. If the sorting robot is designed as a multi-level storage and retrieval machine, the multi-level storage and retrieval machine can be moved along the rail for access to the shelves, or the height of a loading platform along a mast can also be moved. The mode of operation of a multi-level shelf control device is generally known and is therefore not explained in detail
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 tert. It would also be conceivable that instead of a multi-level storage and retrieval machine, several single-level storage and retrieval machines are used in conjunction with a lift or paternoster. Basically, other designs for the sorting robot are also conceivable. For example, this can be designed as a multi-axis robot with gripper or portal robot with gripper. The lift or the paternoster can be provided for the transport of goods, the transport of an empty single-level storage and retrieval machine and / or a loaded single-level storage and retrieval machine.
With the help of the sorting robot, goods to be delivered can now be removed from a shelf of a source shelf and placed in a shelf of a destination shelf. The target shelf can be a fixed shelf or a mobile shelf. It is of course also possible to finish the goods from one shelf compartment of a shelf to another shelf compartment of the same shelf. In this way, the goods can be redistributed so that the mobile shelves are either empty or, if possible, fully loaded. The empty mobile shelves can be placed in groups near a loading ramp so that a subsequent loading process for a truck can be carried out quickly. Of course, the shelves to be loaded in the trucks do not all have to be (completely) empty, but can also contain returned goods, for example.
It is also particularly advantageous if a lower edge of the fixed shelf is higher than an upper edge of the mobile shelf. In this way, the mobile shelves can be positioned under the fixed shelves or pushed under them. It is therefore very easy to bring mobile shelves into the area of the sorting robot as required, for example after unloading from the truck, or if the goods have been partially released from the mobile shelf and the latter is only partially filled.
In the re-sorting presented, it is advantageous if the second, different shelf is designed as a mobile shelf and takes the place of the first mobile shelf with regard to the storage and delivery of the goods to be delivered. If the goods are converted from one mobile shelf into another mobile shelf, the goods do not need to be delivered to the openings beforehand
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The sorting robot can also serve another purpose. In principle, it is conceivable that the goods to be delivered are removed from the at least one shelf compartment of a (mobile) shelf by the sorting robot, which is designed in particular as a rail-bound single-level or multi-level shelf operating device, and handed over directly to a requesting person or machine when the said person or the said machine is authorized to take over the goods. For example, this can be done by moving the goods in question into a special transfer area and opening an access door to this special transfer area. In this case, there is no need to transport the mobile shelf to the transfer position. For example, this alternative procedure can be selected if sensitive and / or bulky goods are to be delivered. The sorting robot then basically also fulfills the function of a delivery robot.
It is also particularly advantageous if the delivery station has a first loading ramp for taking over the loaded mobile shelf from a truck and a second loading ramp for transferring another, in particular empty, mobile shelf into the truck, the two loading ramps in particular in the direction of rails rail-bound storage and retrieval units or in the transport direction of a conveyor for the mobile shelves (roller conveyor, cable winch) opposite sides of the delivery station are arranged. In this variant of the method presented, empty mobile shelves or those containing returned goods are placed on the second loading ramp or by the sorting robot successively by refitting the
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Goods emptied. The first loading ramp, on the other hand, has space for filled mobile shelves. If the truck loaded with filled mobile shelves arrives at the delivery station, the filled mobile shelves are unloaded from the truck in the manner already described above. The truck then drives to the second loading ramp and loads the empty mobile shelves or those containing the returned goods. When using two trucks, the unloading of the first truck and the loading of the second truck can even take place simultaneously. For example, new, filled mobile shelves are conveyed into the delivery station at the first loading ramp, and empty mobile shelves or goods containing returns are conveyed into the second truck in the same step. The mobile shelves from the first truck and the mobile shelves already in the delivery station (in particular in the effective range of a storage and retrieval device) form a queue of mobile shelves that moves out of the first truck and into the second truck. In this way, unloading and loading can be carried out in a particularly efficient manner. In general, not all mobile shelves have to be transported from the (first) truck to the delivery station or all mobile shelves from the delivery station to the (second) truck during this process. Of course, some of the mobile shelves can remain in the truck and / or in the delivery station.
It is also expedient if the mobile shelf has a shelf compartment end wall on a rear side and the at least one shelf compartment is arranged adjacent to the shelf compartment end wall and is only accessible from one side of the mobile shelf. In this way, on the one hand it is prevented that the goods located in the shelf compartment fall out of the rear of the mobile shelf, on the other hand it also prevents a person picking up the goods from not gaining unauthorized access beyond the shelf compartment to the interior of the delivery station.
However, it is also favorable if the mobile shelf has a central shelf compartment partition, and at least one shelf compartment is arranged on each side of the shelf compartment partition, which only extends from one side of the mobile shelf
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 is accessible. In this way, the mobile shelf can be positioned with its front or back towards the closable openings in the partition, depending on the shelf compartment in which the goods to be dispensed are stored. Another advantage is that the capacity is practically doubled compared to a mobile shelf accessible from one side in terms of the number of orders taken.
In this context, it is also advantageous if the delivery station comprises a second partition which separates the first goods storage area and the customer access area from one another and has at least one closable opening, and the mobile shelf is in a transfer position in which a first shelf compartment of the mobile shelf is located is accessible through the closable opening in the first partition and a second shelf compartment of the mobile shelf, which is separated from the first shelf compartment by the central partition, is accessible through the closable opening in the second partition.
In this embodiment variant, there is a first partition with first closable openings on the front of the mobile shelf and a second partition with second closable openings on the back. In principle, the shelves located on both sides of the central shelf partition can therefore be accessed at the same time. This practically doubles the capacity of the delivery station (i.e. the possible transfers of goods per unit of time) compared to a simple partition with closable openings. The proposed construction of the delivery station is particularly suitable for smaller structures. In particular, the outer wall of the delivery station can essentially have a U-shaped floor plan into which a mobile shelf or a plurality of mobile shelves fit, and otherwise essentially only have an access gate and a roof.
Finally, it is also favorable if the first goods storage area and / or the second goods storage area is / are air-conditioned. In this way, the presented delivery station is particularly suitable for the storage of food and perishable goods. Of course, different tempered temperatures can also be used
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Climate zones can be provided, for example, to be able to store different types of food under favorable conditions.
At this point it is also stated that the design variants presented for the delivery station presented and the advantages resulting therefrom also relate to the disclosed method and vice versa.
For a better understanding of the invention, this will be explained in more detail with reference to the following figures. Show it:
Figure 1 shows a first example of a delivery station with a mobile shelf accessible from one side, which is positioned somewhat spaced in front of a partition with closable openings.
FIG. 2 shows the delivery station shown in FIG. 1 with the mobile shelf in the transfer position;
3 shows a schematically illustrated example of a goods distribution system with a delivery station in a top view;
4 shows an example of a delivery station in a top view;
5 shows an example of a delivery station with a sorting robot in a top view;
Fig. 5a is a partial front view of the delivery station shown in Fig. 5;
Fig. 6 shows an example of a bilaterally accessible mobile shelf that in
Transfer position is positioned in front of a partition with closable openings;
7 shows an example of a two-way accessible mobile shelf positioned between two partition walls with closable openings;
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8 shows an example of a delivery station with guide rails for the mobile shelf;
9 shows an example of an industrial truck that positions a mobile shelf in front of a partition with closable openings;
10 shows the shelf from FIG. 9 in the transfer position and with a visible coupling;
11 shows an example of an industrial truck with a lifting fork for lifting the mobile shelf which travels in the transverse direction of the mobile shelf;
12 shows an example of an industrial truck with a lifting fork for lifting the mobile shelf which travels in the longitudinal direction of the mobile shelf;
13 shows an example of a delivery station with a lifting device for the mobile shelf;
14 shows the delivery station from FIG. 13 with the shelf raised;
15 shows an example of a delivery station with an interface for an autonomous vehicle;
16 shows an example of a delivery station with an interface for an autonomous vehicle and an aircraft drone and
17 shows an example of an autonomously moving mobile shelf.
In the introduction, it should be noted that in the differently described embodiments, the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals or the same component names, and the disclosures contained in the entire description can be applied analogously to the same parts with the same reference numerals or the same component names. The location information selected in the description, e.g. top, bottom, side, etc.
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Figures 1 and 2 show a first example of a delivery station 1a for the distribution of goods 2. The delivery station 1a comprises a first goods storage area A, a customer access area B and a first partition 3, which separates the first goods storage area A and the customer access area B from one another and several closable Has openings 4. Furthermore, the delivery station 1a comprises a goods delivery system 5, which is designed to receive a request for the takeover of goods 2 by a person or a machine assigned to the person and to release the closable opening 4 if the said person or the said machine accepts the goods Goods 2 is entitled.
The goods 2 are located in a shelf compartment 6 of a mobile shelf 7, which in the example shown is equipped with rollers 8 and has a shelf compartment end wall 9 on a rear side. The shelf compartment 6 is arranged adjacent to the shelf compartment end wall 9 and is therefore only accessible from one side of the mobile shelf 7. The rollers 8 can be partially or all steerable and / or braked. In addition, it can be provided at all that the mobile shelf 7 can operate autonomously (see FIG. 17).
1 shows the arrangement 1 in a state in which the mobile shelf 7 is parked somewhat apart from the partition 3. 2, on the other hand, the mobile shelf 6 is in a transfer position in which the shelf compartments 6 of the mobile shelf 7 are accessible through the closable openings 4 in the first partition 3. Assuming that there is an authorization to take over the goods 2, the door 10 has been released by the goods delivery system 5 and is shown in the open state in FIG. 2. The goods delivery system 5 can, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a screen
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FIG. 3 shows an example of how the delivery station 1 a can be integrated into a goods distribution system 11 or into a goods distribution flow. 3 shows a schematic top view of the goods distribution system 11, which comprises a high-bay storage area C, a first conveyor area D, a picking area E, a second conveyor area F, as well as the first goods storage area A and the customer access area B.
In the high rack storage area C there are several high racks 12 with rails 13 interposed between them and rack operating devices 14 which can be moved thereon. In the first conveyor area D there is a conveyor track 15 which can be designed, for example, as a roller conveyor. In the picking area E there are several mobile shelves 7a..7c, as well as two workers 16a, 16b and a first industrial truck 17a. Finally, in warehouse area A there is a second industrial truck 17b with a mobile shelf 7d. The customer access area B and the first goods storage area A are in turn separated from one another by a first partition 3, which has a plurality of closable openings 4. The industrial trucks 17a, 17b are self-propelled in this example. The industrial trucks 17a, 17b can continue to be rail-bound, but - as in the present example - are in particular rail-bound.
An exemplary method for distributing goods 2a, 2b now comprises the following steps:
In a first step, an order for the delivery of goods 2a, 2b is recorded by or in an order management system. The order management system, which is part of the delivery station 1 a or is coupled to it (see FIGS. 4 and 5 in this regard), comprises, for example, a superordinate computer. This computer has knowledge of which goods 2a..2b are to be delivered to which customers. This computer can also have information about which goods 2a, 2b are stored in which compartment of the high rack 12. Of course, two separate computers can also be provided for the functions mentioned. Based on the order for
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Delivery of goods 2a, 2b, the storage and retrieval machines 14 are controlled in a manner known per se in order to remove the goods 2a, 2b to be delivered from the warehouse (here formed by the high racks 12). In a next step, the goods 2a, 2b are transported to the picking area D with the aid of the conveyor track 15. This is advantageously sorted according to orders. In a next step, the goods 2a, 2b belonging to an order are placed in a shelf compartment 6 of a mobile shelf 7a, 7b. In the example shown, the worker 16a specifically places the goods 2a on the mobile shelf 7a. With the aid of industrial trucks 17a, 17b, the filled mobile shelves 7a..7d are transported to the delivery station 1a as required. This has the first goods storage area A and customer access area B already described in FIGS. 1 and 2, which are separated from one another by a first partition 3.
The first partition 3 is designed, for example, as in FIGS. 1 and 2 and has a plurality of closable openings 4 and a goods delivery system 5. In FIG. 3, the mobile shelf 7d was brought into a transfer position by the industrial truck 17b in the first goods storage area A. in which the shelves 6 are accessible through the closable openings 4 in the first partition 3. As soon as the goods delivery system 5 receives a request for the takeover of the goods 2a by a person or a machine assigned to the person and the said person or the said machine is authorized to take over the goods 2a, it releases the closable opening 4. The industrial truck 17b can remain in the transfer position during a goods transfer, or it can also drive ahead.
The transport area F can also be designed differently and in particular include the public road network. Basically, the goods distribution system 10 is thereby divided into a warehouse and the delivery station 1a.
FIG. 4 shows an example in which the loaded mobile shelves 7a..7d are loaded into a truck 18 after picking the goods 2a, 2b in a warehouse, are transported to the delivery station 1b with the aid of the truck 18 and at the delivery station 1b can be unloaded again from the truck 18. The warehouse and the delivery station 1b
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The delivery station 1b comprises a building with the (partition) wall 3, which on the one hand already separates the first goods storage areas A1, A2 from the customer access areas B1, B2 in the manner described, and in the present example also a gate 19 on a first loading ramp 20, and has an access door 21. In this example, two groups of closable openings 4a and 4b are also provided, which are arranged on different outer walls 3 of the building. In this example, the goods delivery system 5 is not arranged directly at the closable openings 4a and 4b, but the goods delivery system 5 assigned to the closable openings 4a and 4b is located at a separate location. In addition to the first goods storage areas A1, A2, the delivery station 1b finally comprises a plurality of second goods storage areas G1..G4.
An exemplary process for the distribution of goods 2a, 2b is now as follows:
The filled mobile shelves 7e are unloaded from the truck 18 at the first loading ramp 20. This can be done, for example, shelf by shelf, or several mobile shelves 7e are unloaded together in one step. For this purpose, the mobile shelves 7e can have couplings (see also FIGS. 9 and 10), with the aid of which they can be temporarily connected to one another. As a result, the mobile shelves 7e can be pulled out of the truck 18, for example with an industrial truck 17c, 17d or also with the aid of a cable winch (not shown) arranged opposite the gate 19.
In a further step, the filled mobile shelves 7e are conveyed to the second goods storage areas G1 and G2 and parked there. This is preferably done with the aid of the industrial trucks 17c, 17d, but the step can also be carried out manually.
The second goods storage areas G1 and G2 are not necessarily in the position shown in FIG. 4, but the building can also be in other second goods 22/67
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After the truck 18 has been unloaded, it is loaded with empty mobile shelves 7f..7m or with returned goods. This can be done analogously to the manner already described for the unloading process. This means that the mobile shelves 7f..7m can be loaded individually into the truck 18, or several or all of the mobile shelves 7f..7m can be loaded into the truck 18 in one step. For this, the mobile shelves 7f..7m can be coupled together again. The loading can in turn be carried out manually, with the aid of an industrial truck 17c, 17d or also with a cable winch (not shown) installed in the truck 18. To prepare the loading process, the industrial trucks 17c, 17d can park empty or returnable mobile shelves 7f..7m in a special second storage area G1, G2, in particular in the immediate vicinity of the loading ramp 20, so that loading can take place very quickly. The loaded truck 18 can now make its way back to the warehouse, where the empty or returnable mobile shelves are unloaded from the truck 18 and are available for the next picking process.
If a pickup of goods 2a, 2b is expected in the delivery station 1b, for example because this has been announced for a specific time, the mobile shelf 7f..7m in question is brought into a transfer position into one of the first goods storage areas A1, A2, or it can can also be transported to a second storage area G3, G4. The second storage area G3 is located at 23/67
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If a request to take over a product 2a, 2b is now received at the goods delivery system 5, a check is carried out to determine whether there is an authorization and the mobile shelf 7f..7m in question is already in a transfer position. In the example shown in FIG. 4, this applies to the mobile shelves 7i and 7k. In this case, the opening 4a, 4b assigned to the request can be released directly to enable the goods to be taken over.
If the mobile shelf 7f..7m containing the requested goods 2a, 2b is in a second storage area G1 ..G4, this must first be brought into a transfer position for the delivery of the goods 2a, 2b.
If the mobile shelf 7f..7m containing the requested goods 2a, 2b is located in a second storage area G3, G4 in the immediate vicinity of a transfer position, which is the case for the mobile shelves 7j, 7I and 7m in the example shown, this process can be very great done quickly. For example, if the mobile shelf 7j is to be served at the openings 4a, then only the mobile shelf 7i needs to be moved somewhat away from the transfer position and the mobile shelf 7j is pushed into the transfer position. The process can take place particularly quickly if both industrial trucks 17c, 17d are involved.
It would also be conceivable that there is space for mobile shelves 7f..7m on both sides of the transfer position, as is the case in FIG. 4 for the transfer position at the openings 4b. If this is the case, two or more mobile shelves 7k. 7m can be moved back and forth simultaneously, in particular if they are coupled to one another (see also FIGS. 9 and 10).
4, one of the three mobile shelves 7k., 7m can be brought into a transfer position by simply moving them. Of course, the process also works for a different number of mobile shelves 7k., 7m
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Mobile shelves 7f..7g which are not required or are empty or essentially empty are preferably conveyed to one of the second storage areas G1, G2 and parked there.
FIG. 5 now shows a further example of a delivery station 1c, which is similar to the delivery station 1b shown in FIG. 4. In contrast to this, the building of the delivery station 1 c now has a different floor plan than the building of the delivery station 1 b, and the openings 4 b are also located at a somewhat different location. Another distinctive difference is that the delivery station 1c has a rail-bound multi-level storage and retrieval unit 22 which functions as a sorting robot and can be moved on the rail 23. It would also be conceivable to use one or more single-level storage and retrieval machines, in particular in connection with a lift or paternoster. The lift or the paternoster can be provided for the transport of goods, the transport of an empty single-level storage and retrieval machine and / or a loaded single-level storage and retrieval machine.
Several shelves 24, 7n are located in the area of action of the multi-level shelf operating device 22. To access the shelves, the multi-level shelf control device 22 can be moved along the rail 23 or a loading platform can also be moved along a mast in height. The operation of a multi-level storage and retrieval unit 22 is fundamentally known and is therefore not explained in detail.
From the front view QQ it can be seen that the shelves in the area of action of the multi-level shelf operating device 22 in the specifically illustrated example are formed on the one hand by the fixed shelves 24 and on the other hand by the mobile shelves 7n. As can be seen from the front view QQ, a lower edge of the fixed shelf 24 is higher than an upper edge of the mobile shelves 7n. In this way
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An exemplary sequence for the distribution of goods 2a, 2b by the delivery station 1c is now as follows:
As already described for the delivery station 1b, filled mobile shelves 7e are transported to the truck 18 and unloaded at the first loading ramp 20. The unloading can be done shelf by shelf again, or several mobile shelves 7e can be unloaded in one step. This can in turn be done by coupling together and in particular using an industrial truck 17c, 17d or with a cable winch. Basically, the mobile shelves 7e can be parked in the second goods storage area G1 after unloading, as described for the delivery station 1b. However, it is also particularly advantageous if the mobile shelves 7e are parked after unloading in the second goods storage area G5 and thus in the effective area of the multi-level shelf control device 22.
With the aid of the multi-level shelf operating device 22, the goods to be delivered 2a, 2b can be removed from a shelf 6 of a mobile shelf 7n (source shelf) and placed in a shelf 6 of another shelf. The other shelf (ie the target shelf) can be the fixed shelf 24 or another mobile shelf 7n. It is of course also possible to reclassify the goods 2a, 2b from one shelf compartment 6 of a shelf 7n, 24 to another shelf compartment 6 of the same shelf 7n, 24, and to reclassify one shelf compartment 6 of a fixed shelf 7n into another shelf compartment 6 of this or one other fixed shelves 7n.
In this way, the goods 2a, 2b can be redistributed so that the mobile shelves 7f..7n are either empty or, if possible, fully loaded. In this case, the empty mobile shelves 7f..7n can be placed in groups in the second goods storage area G1 or in the second goods storage area G5, so that the subsequent loading of the truck 18 can take place quickly. Especially
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In this context, it is advantageous if the empty mobile shelves 7n are parked in the second goods storage area G5 near the second gate 25 at the second loading ramp 26.
The first loading ramp 20 for taking over the loaded mobile shelves 7e from the truck 18 and the second loading ramp 26 for transferring empty mobile shelves 7n into the trucks 18 are here arranged on opposite sides of the delivery station 1c, specifically on opposite sides of the rail 23 rail-bound storage and retrieval machine 22. It would also be conceivable that the two loading ramps 20 and 26 are arranged opposite one another in relation to a transport direction of a conveying device for the mobile shelves 7e, for example a cable winch.
In this way, not only the unloading of the truck 18, but also the loading can take place in a particularly efficient manner. For this purpose, the empty mobile shelves 7n are in turn transported individually or in groups in the truck 18, in particular with the aid of an industrial truck 17c, 17d or a cable winch, as has already been described in detail for the delivery station 1b shown in FIG. 4.
When using two trucks 18, the unloading of the first truck 18 and the loading of the second truck (not shown) can even take place simultaneously. For example, new filled mobile shelves 7e are conveyed into the delivery station 1c at the first loading ramp 20 and empty mobile shelves 7n are conveyed into the second truck in the same step. The mobile shelves 7e from the first truck 18 and the mobile shelves 7n already in the delivery station 1c in the effective range of the storage and retrieval unit 22 thereby form, as it were, a queue of mobile shelves 7e, 7n, which extend out of the first truck 18 and into the second truck moved into it. In this way, unloading and loading can be carried out in a particularly efficient manner. In general, not all mobile shelves 7e from the first truck 18 to the delivery station 1c or all mobile shelves 7n from the delivery station 1c need to be transported to the second truck in this process
N2016 / 28000-AT-00. Of course, some of the mobile shelves 7e can also remain in the first truck 18 and / or in the delivery station 1c.
If the goods 2a, 2b are converted from one mobile shelf 7n into another mobile shelf 7n, the goods 2a, 2b do not of course need to be reloaded into the mobile shelf 7n (source shelf) for delivery at the openings 4a, 4b in which the goods 2a, 2b were originally located. Instead, the mobile target shelf 7n can be brought directly into the transfer position at the openings 4a, 4b. The mobile target shelf 7n thus takes the place of the mobile source shelf 7n with regard to the storage and delivery of the goods to be delivered 2a, 2b. This process can be repeated recursively any number of times, so that a mobile target shelf 7n can itself become the mobile source shelf 7n at a later point in time, and so on.
At this point, it is noted that the shelves 7f..7n do not have to be all (completely) empty, but can also contain, for example, returned goods that are transported back to the warehouse by means of the truck 18.
The multi-level storage and retrieval unit 22 can also serve another purpose. Goods 2a, 2b can be served by the multi-level storage and retrieval unit 22 directly at the optional transfer opening 27 if a requesting person or a machine assigned to them is authorized to take over the goods 2a, 2b. If this is the case, the requested goods 2a, 2b are transported to the transfer opening 27 and an access door in the transfer opening 27 is opened. In this case, the mobile shelf 7f..7n does not have to be transported to the transfer position. For example, this alternative procedure can be selected if sensitive and / or bulky goods are to be delivered. The multi-level storage and retrieval unit 22 then not only fulfills the function of a sorting robot, but basically also the function of a delivery robot.
At this point it is noted that the sorting robot 22, which may also function as a delivery robot, need not necessarily be designed as a storage and retrieval unit, but other designs are also conceivable. For example
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A mobile shelf 7 was presented in FIGS. 1 and 2 and used in the application examples presented in FIGS. 3 to 5, which has a shelf compartment end wall 9 on a rear side, as a result of which the shelf compartment 6 is only accessible from one side of the mobile shelf 7 , But this is by no means the only conceivable option.
FIG. 6 shows an example of an alternative mobile shelf 7 which has a central shelf partition 28, at least one shelf 6 being arranged on each side of the shelf partition 28, which is only accessible from one side of the mobile shelf 7. Depending on which of the shelves 6 stores the goods 2 requested, the mobile shelf 7 is brought into the transfer position with the front or the back. Among other things, the shelf compartment partition wall 28 prevents a person from accessing a shelf compartment 6 not assigned to him.
In this example, the delivery station 1d does not include a goods delivery system 5 arranged directly at the openings 4. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, this can be arranged at another location and operatively connected to the doors 10.
FIG. 7 shows a further alternative embodiment variant of a delivery station 1e, which is largely similar to the variant shown in FIG. 6. In contrast to this, however, two partitions 3a, 3b are provided, which separate the first warehouse area A and the customer access areas B1, B2 and each have a plurality of closable openings 4. The doors 10 in the two partitions 3a, 3b are controlled in the manner already described by the goods delivery system 5.
The design of the delivery station 1e is particularly suitable for smaller structures. In particular, the delivery station 1e can essentially have a U-shaped floor plan into which a mobile shelf 7 or more mobile
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Shelves 7 fit, and otherwise have an access gate and a roof. If there are several mobile shelves 7 in the delivery station 1e, they do not need to be moved for the delivery of goods 2, but are only moved when loading and unloading the delivery station 1e. In this case, the openings 4 not only extend over a mobile shelf 7, but over a plurality of mobile shelves 7.
Of course, the design presented for the delivery station 1e is also suitable for mobile shelves 7 that are accessible from one side. The building then only needs to have a normal wall without openings 4 on the rear of the mobile shelf 7 (compare FIGS. 1 and 2).
Fig. 8 shows an embodiment of a delivery station 1f, which has two bottom rails 29, in which the wheels 8 of the mobile shelf 7 are guided, and a guide rail 30 arranged at the top. Both prevent the mobile shelf 7 from being unauthorized or unwanted from the partition 3 can be pushed away. Of course, the delivery station 1f can also have only bottom-side guide rails 29 or only the top-arranged guide rail 30, and the guide rails 29, 30 can also have a different shape. As an alternative to the guide rails 29 and / or the guide rail 30, moving rack holders or rack fixers can be used (see FIG. 15).
FIG. 9 shows an example in which the mobile shelf 7 is pushed or pulled into the transfer position by an industrial truck 31 of a delivery station 1g. For this purpose, the mobile shelf 7 has a coupling 32, which is shown in FIG. 10, in which the mobile shelf 7 is already in the transfer position and the industrial truck 31 has left the first goods storage area A. The industrial truck 31 also has an optional coupling with which the mobile shelf 7 can be temporarily coupled to the industrial truck 31. In the same way, a plurality of mobile shelves 7 can also be coupled to one another, in particular if they have couplings 32 on both sides. In this way, for example, the loading and unloading process of a truck 18 can be accelerated, as is the case in connection with FIGS
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Figures 4 and 5 have already been described above. However, manipulation within the delivery stations 1a..1g can also be simplified.
FIG. 11 shows a further exemplary embodiment in which a different type of industrial truck 33a is used in a delivery station 1h. Specifically, the industrial truck 33a comprises a lifting fork 34, which is part of a lifting mechanism and with which the mobile shelf 7 can be raised for transportation. The lifting mechanism can, for example, also comprise a lifting ram instead of the lifting fork 34 or additionally. The wheels 8 are therefore replaced by shelf stands or shelf feet 35 in this mobile shelf 7. Of course, a mobile shelf 7 with wheels 8 can also be transported by the industrial truck 33a. This does not necessarily have to be raised, but can also be pushed. The industrial truck 33a is of a similar design to that of the industrial trucks 17a..17d which are symbolically represented in FIGS. 3 to 5.
FIG. 12 shows a construction of an industrial truck 33b of a delivery station 1 i, which is very similar to the industrial truck 33b shown in FIG. 11. In contrast to this, however, it travels in the longitudinal direction of the mobile shelf 7. Of course, the industrial trucks 31, 33 a and 33 b shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 can be used in any combination in a delivery station 1 a..1 i.
FIGS. 13 and 14 show an example of a delivery station 1 j, which comprises a lifting device 36 for the mobile shelf 7 arranged in the first goods storage area A. With the aid of the lifting device 36, the mobile shelf 7 can be moved vertically into a transfer position or also in different transfer positions, as shown in FIG. 14.
This is particularly advantageous if the area occupied by the openings 4 in the partition 3 extends vertically less high than the shelf compartments 6 of the mobile shelf 7 are high. In the example shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, for example, the bottom row of openings 4 is opposite
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The proposed procedure can also be applied analogously if the area occupied by the openings 4 in the partition 3 extends horizontally less far than the shelf compartments 6 of the mobile shelf 7 are wide. In this case, however, no separate lifting device 36 is required, but the mobile shelf 7 is shifted horizontally accordingly (see also the openings 4b in FIG. 4).
The lifting device 36 can comprise a lifting platform actuated, for example, by means of a hydraulic cylinder, pneumatic cylinder or electric spindle motor.
FIG. 15 shows a further embodiment variant of a delivery station 1 k, which for example is similar to the delivery station 1 a shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In contrast to this, however, this now has a roller door 37, which or not gives access to the shelf compartment 6 located behind it. In the example shown, an autonomous, mobile vehicle 38, which functions as a machine designed to take over goods, has stopped in front of the roller door 37. This vehicle 38 registers with the goods delivery system 5, preferably wirelessly, and requests the transfer of the goods 2 assigned to the vehicle 38 or its owner. If the authorization to take over the goods 2 is present for the vehicle 38 or for the assigned person, then the roller door 37 is opened.
In the present case, the vehicle 38 has no means of receiving the goods, such as a gripper or the like. To take over the goods, only a loading space is opened, in the example shown using the roller door 39.
For loading the goods 2 into the vehicle 38, the delivery station 1 k comprises an ejector 40 which is designed to move, in particular push, the goods 2 located in the shelf compartment 6 through the closable opening 4 of the partition 3. For this purpose, the ejector 40 is instructed accordingly by the goods delivery system 5 when the vehicle 38 takes over
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The ejector 40 can also be regarded as a simple form of a loading robot for the reasons mentioned above. The ejector 40 can be designed, for example, as a hydraulic cylinder, pneumatic cylinder or electric spindle motor or can include such a one.
In addition, the delivery station 1 k has optional shelf holders 41 with which the mobile shelf 7 can be fixed in position at the transfer position. For example, they engage in recesses in the mobile shelf 7 or simply press it to the floor. The shelf brackets 41 can be provided in particular instead of the rails 29, 30 shown in FIG. 8 and in turn can be designed as hydraulic cylinders, pneumatic cylinders or electric spindle motors. Their use is of course not tied to the presence of a roller door 37 or an ejector 40, but the rack holder 41 can also be used in other designs of a delivery station 1a .. 1j.
FIG. 16 shows an embodiment of a delivery station 11 which is very similar to the delivery station 1 k shown in FIG. 15. In contrast to this, however, a multi-axis robot 42 with gripper is provided as an example of the loading robot. Alternatively, other designs can of course also be used as loading robots, for example portal robots. As already described for FIG. 15, the goods delivery system 5 opens the roller door 37 if the autonomous vehicle 38 or its owner is authorized to take over the goods 2. In this example, however, the autonomous vehicle 38 is not loaded with the aid of an ejector 40, but the autonomous vehicle 38 travels through the now opened opening 4 in the partition 3 into the interior of the delivery station 11 to a parking space provided for this purpose. There the requested
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Goods 2 were removed from the multi-axis robot 42 from the mobile shelf 7 and loaded into the autonomous vehicle 38. The mobile shelf 7 is laterally open, as shown in FIG. 16.
In an analogous manner, it would also fundamentally be conceivable that the autonomous vehicle 38 can drive through the roller door 37 of the delivery station 1k shown in FIG. 15 to a parking space provided for this purpose, if the opening 4 is not blocked by a mobile shelf 7. Accordingly, the loading robot 42 does not have to be close to a transfer position for the openings 4, but can basically be set up anywhere in the delivery station 1k. For the takeover of goods 2, the autonomous vehicle 38 then drives up to a parking space located further inside the delivery station 1 k.
In particular, the loading robot 42 can also be formed by the sorting robot 22 shown in FIG. 5. The sorting robot 22 can, as described in relation to FIG. 5, in principle also assume the function of a delivery robot, which is very similar to the function of a loading robot 42. This means that several of the functions: sorting robot, delivery robot and / or loading robot can be performed by a (single) robot. For example, the above-mentioned parking space for the autonomous vehicle 38 in FIG. 5 can be in the effective range of the storage and retrieval unit 22.
In addition to the components already mentioned, the delivery station 11 also has an optional landing platform 43 for a machine designed as a flight drone 44 for taking over the goods 2. The loading is carried out in the manner already described by the multi-axis robot 42. In particular, it can be provided that the landing platform 43 can be moved vertically and the drone 44 can be moved into the interior of the delivery station 1k in this way. In principle, it would also be conceivable that the flight drone 44 flies to a landing site inside the delivery station 1 k or drives to a parking lot inside the delivery station 1 k (if the flight drone 44 has a landing gear) or is driven. The technical teaching disclosed above in connection with the loading of autonomous vehicle 38 is then to be applied analogously.
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The delivery station 11 shown in FIG. 16 is designed for loading autonomous vehicles 38 and for loading flight drones 44. Of course, the delivery station 11 can also be designed only for loading autonomous vehicles 38 or only for loading flight drones 44, and of course, different loading robots 42 can be used for loading vehicles 38 in terms of their construction than for loading of flight drones 44.
In general, it is advantageous if the delivery station 11 comprises at least two elements from the group: closable opening 4, loading robot 42, access gate 37 for an autonomous vehicle 38, landing site 43 for an aviation drone 44, as is shown in FIG. 16 , The delivery station 11 can then be used particularly flexibly.
17 finally shows a design of an autonomous, mobile shelf 7. This is equipped with driven (and possibly braked) rollers 8a and with steerable rollers 8b. The driven rollers 8a have, for example, a hub motor which is connected to a travel control 45. A steering motor 46 is also connected to the driving control 45. Furthermore, the driving control 45 is connected to sensors for orientation in the room, in the specific case with the ultrasonic sensors 47a and 47b, with a laser scanner 48 and a triangulation receiver 49, which can receive GPS signals and / or indoor GPS signals, for example. The system described is electrically supplied with an accumulator 50. Alternatively or additionally, the mobile shelf 7 could also include a camera and / or a magnetic field sensor.
With the described system, an autonomous movement of the mobile shelf 7 is possible. The method for controlling autonomous vehicles is generally known and is not described in detail here. In particular, the same or a similar method can be used for the mobile shelf 7 as for the industrial trucks 17a..17d, 31, 33a and 33b. Since the mobile shelf 7 shown in FIG. 17 moves autonomously, industrial trucks 17a..17d,
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31, 33a and 33b in the arrangements shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 are omitted, or these can take on special or assistance tasks.
In particular, it can be provided that the autonomous mobile shelf 7 moves into a truck 18 and / or drives out of a truck 18 and / or moves into a transfer position in the first goods storage area A, A2, A2 and / or into a second goods storage area G1 ... G5 moves.
Of course, the mobile shelf 7 can also be designed so that it can act semi-autonomously. For example, it can be provided that the mobile shelf 7 has only driven rollers 8a, but no actively steerable rollers 8b. In this way, a person or an industrial truck 17a..17d,
31, 32, 35 relieved when manipulating the mobile shelf 7 with regard to lower driving forces.
The mobile shelf 7 can also have only actively steerable rollers 8b, but no driven rollers 8a. In this way, the mobile shelf 7 can actively steer in a predetermined direction and thus support the steering of the mobile shelf 7 by a person or an industrial truck 17a, 17d, 31, 33a, 33b. This is particularly advantageous if several mobile shelves 7 are coupled together to form a network, as has already been presented for loading and unloading a truck 18. Of course, the mobile shelves 7 can also be coupled to one another in the event of another manipulation, for example if a plurality of mobile shelves 7 are to be moved into a first warehouse area A, A2, A2 or a second warehouse area G1 ... G5.
Basically, as already mentioned, a delivery station 1 a..11 without industrial vehicles 17a..17d, 31,33a, 33b is conceivable. This then essentially comprises only the partition 3 with the closable openings 4, 4a, 4b. This can be used indoors or outdoors (for example integrated in a klei36 / 67
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For example, a purchase can be ordered via the Internet in a grocery store that is picked by an employee on a mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m (for example, if less is to be done) and is made available in a delivery station 1 a..11, which is also accessible outside of shop opening hours. The order placed by a person, for example online, is recorded as an order in the order management system (computer). The delivery station 1a..11 can be air-conditioned to keep the goods fresh. Orders, such as before noon, can be discounted to encourage customers to place orders early.
For example, a grocer can also fill a snack station at a train station formed by a delivery station 1a..11. The compartments 6 can be assigned permanently, or the customer is assigned a compartment number when the order is created. The doors 10 can be unlocked, for example, via near-field communication (NFC for short) or Bluetooth. One touchscreen per compartment door 10 is also conceivable.
Instead of equipping the mobile shelves 7, 7a..7m with rollers 8, the truck 18 or the floor of the delivery station 1 a..11 can also be equipped with a roller floor. It would also be conceivable for the mobile shelves 7, 7a..7m to be conveyed suspended on a rail system, in particular with a hanging conveyor.
The mobile shelves 7, 7a..7m shown in the figures have several shelf compartments 6 arranged one above the other and next to one another. Specifically, the mentioned shelves 7, 7a..7m each have three times three compartments 6. Of course, other divisions and shapes are also conceivable. For example, shelf compartments 6 arranged only one above the other or only next to one another can be provided. Accordingly, the dividing wall 3, 3, 3b can also have a plurality of closable openings 4, 4a, 4b arranged one above the other and / or next to one another. In particular, the compartments 6 can also be of different sizes. Generally, a shelf 7, 7a..7m can accommodate several orders. A single order can be assigned to each shelf compartment 6 and / or it can
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The mobile shelves 7, 7a..7m can also be freely configurable, i.e. side walls, rear walls or shelves can be removed and added in order to be able to optimally adapt the mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m to the orders at hand. As a result, small goods 2 can be efficiently accommodated in the mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m, and long goods can also be stored as required. A mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m can also be constructed from individual modules.
In addition, the doors 10 on the partitions 3 can partially open together to release multiple shelves 6 or larger shelves 6. For example, several doors 10 with a vertical pivot axis or also a horizontal pivot axis can open together in one order. It is also conceivable in pairs of doors 10 which are hinged on the left and right or above and below and which are opened together if necessary.
It is also conceivable to use at least two (but also more) sliding doors that are moved horizontally and allow access areas of any size at any position. Vertical sliding doors are also possible. It is also possible to combine horizontal and vertical sliding doors one behind the other. Individually activable bars can also be integrated in the sliding door to limit the access area in the other dimension. For example, the bars move vertically when the sliding doors are moved horizontally, and vice versa. Instead of sliding doors, rolling walls / gates can also be provided for the same purpose.
The shape of a mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m (in particular a mobile shelf that is flexibly composed of modules) can be determined optically, for example, by a vertically oriented (optical) line scanner on which the mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m is horizontal is moved past. Of course, the shelf 7, 7a..7m can also be extended vertically on a horizontally in an analogous manner 38/67
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It would also be conceivable that the mobile shelf 7, 7a..7m itself stores information about its shape and communicates it to the goods delivery system 5. It would be conceivable, for example, that switch contacts for removable walls are located on a shelf frame in order to determine where a shelf wall is and where it is not. It would also be conceivable to use microchips that are attached to shelf modules and store information about the shape of the shelf module in question.
Finally, it is noted that the first warehouse areas A, A1, A2 and / or the second warehouse areas G1..G5 can be air-conditioned. This is particularly advantageous if food and / or other perishable goods are stored in the mobile shelves 7, 7a..7m.
The exemplary embodiments show possible design variants of delivery stations 1a..11 according to the invention and mobile shelves 7, 7a..7m, it being noted at this point that the invention is not restricted to the specially illustrated design variants thereof, but also other design variants are possible, the derivation of which lies in the ability of the specialist working in this technical field.
The scope of protection is determined by the claims. However, the description and drawings are to be used to interpret the claims. Individual features or combinations of features from the different exemplary embodiments shown and described can represent independent inventive solutions. The object on which the independent inventive solutions are based can be found in the description.
In particular, it is also stated that the arrangements shown can in reality also comprise more or fewer components than shown and are sometimes shown in a greatly simplified manner in the figures.
For the sake of order, it should finally be pointed out that the devices shown and their components for a better understanding of their structure
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LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS 1a..11 toll stations 2, 2a, 2b Would 3, 3a, 3b partition wall 4, 4a, 4b lockable opening 5, 5a, 5b Goods delivery system 6 shelf 7, 7a..7m mobile shelf 8, 8a, 8b role 9 Shelf end wall 10 door 11 Warenverteilsystem 12 Warehouse (high rack) 13 rail 14 Storage and retrieval unit 15 conveyor track 16a, 16b worker 17a..17d Industrial truck 18 Lorry 19 first goal 20 first loading ramp 21 access door 22 Sorting robot (multi-level storage and retrieval machine) 23 rail 24 fixed shelf 25 second gate
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2627 second loading rampTransfer opening 28 Shelf compartment partition 29 bottom rail 30 guide rail 31 Industrial truck 32 clutch 33a, 33b Industrial truck 34 Hoist / lifting fork 35 Regal stayer / Regalfuß 36 lifting device 37 rolling gate 38 autonomous, mobile vehicle 39 rolling gate 40 ejector 41 shelf bracket 42 Loading robot (multi-axis robot) 43 landing platform 44 drone 45 drive control 46 steering motor 47a, 47b ultrasonic sensor 48 laser scanner 49 Triangulation receiver 50 accumulator Α, A1, A2 first warehouse area B, B1, B2 Customer access area
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D first funding area
E Picking area
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权利要求:
Claims (27)
[1]
claims
1. A method for distributing goods (2, 2a, 2b), comprising the steps:
Capture an order for the delivery of goods (2, 2a, 2b) by a
Order management system,
Outsourcing the goods to be delivered (2, 2a, 2b) from a warehouse (12) and
Picking the goods (2, 2a, 2b) belonging to an order into at least one shelf compartment (6) of a mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m), characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) becomes one Delivery station (1 a..11) is transported, which has a first warehouse area (Α, A1, A2) and a customer access area (B, B1, B2) separated by a first partition (3, 3a, 3b), and in the first warehouse area (A, A1, A2) is brought into a transfer position in which the at least one shelf compartment (6) is accessible through a closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) in the first partition (3, 3a, 3b) and that a goods delivery system (5) accepts a request for the takeover of the goods (2, 2a, 2b) by a person or a machine (38, 44) assigned to the person and
a) releases the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) if the said person or the said machine (38, 44) is authorized to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b) or
b) a loading robot (42) removes the goods (2, 2a, 2b) to be delivered from the at least one shelf compartment (6) and loads them into said machine (38, 44) when said person or machine (38, 44) is entitled to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b).
[2]
2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the loaded mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is loaded after picking the goods into a truck (18), with the help of the truck (18) to Abga44 / 67
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 bestation (1 a..11) is transported and unloaded from the truck (18) at the delivery station (1 a..11).
[3]
3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the loaded mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) on a first loading ramp (20) of the delivery station (1a..11) is unloaded from the truck (18) and another, empty or containing returned goods, mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is loaded into the truck (18) on a second loading ramp (26) of the delivery station (1a..11).
[4]
4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) when loading into the truck (18) and / or when unloading from the truck (18) with the aid of a coupling (32) is connected to another mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m).
[5]
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the loaded mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is transported to the transfer position with the aid of an industrial truck (17a..17d, 31,33a, 33b).
[6]
6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the loaded mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) with the aid of the industrial truck (17a..17d, 31,33a, 33b) transported in a second goods storage area (G1..G5) which is located away from said first partition (3, 3a, 3b) and is brought from there into the transfer position when the goods delivery system (5) has a corresponding request to take over the in the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) received goods (2, 2a, 2b).
[7]
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) has at least one traction motor and is self-propelled and with the help of the traction motor in the truck (18) and / or from the Truck (18) drives and / or
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[8]
8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is moved vertically into the transfer position by a lifting device (36) arranged in the first goods storage area (A, A1, A2).
[9]
9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the goods (2, 2a, 2b) located in a shelf compartment (6) with the help of an ejector (40) through the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) Partition (3, 3a, 3b) can be moved into a loading space of the machine (38, 44) authorized to take over.
[10]
10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the goods to be delivered (2, 2a, 2b) by a sorting robot (22) from the at least one shelf compartment (6) of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m ) and placed in at least one shelf compartment (6) of another shelf (7, 7a..7m, 24).
[11]
11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that the second shelf is designed as a mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) and in view of the storage and delivery of the goods to be delivered (2, 2a, 2b) in place of the first mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) occurs.
[12]
12. Delivery station (1a..11) for the distribution of goods (2, 2a, 2b), comprising a first goods storage area (A, A1, A2), a customer access area (B, B1, B2), a first partition (3, 3a , 3b), which separates the first warehouse area (A, A1, A2) and the customer access area (B, B1, B2)
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N2016 / 28000-AT-00 and at least one closable opening (4, 4a, 4b), and a goods delivery system (5), which is designed to a request to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b) by a person or to receive a machine (38, 44) assigned to the person and
a) release the lockable opening (4, 4a, 4b) if the said person or the said machine (38, 44) is authorized to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b), or
b) to instruct a loading robot (42) of the delivery station (1a..11) to remove the goods (2, 2a, 2b) to be delivered from the at least one shelf compartment (6) and into said machine (38, 44) load if the said person or the said machine (38, 44) is authorized to take over the goods (2, 2a, 2b), characterized by a mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m), which is in a transfer position , in which at least one shelf compartment (6) of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is accessible through the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) in the first partition (3a).
[13]
13. Dispensing station (1a..11) according to claim 12, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) has a shelf compartment end wall (9) on a rear side, and the at least one shelf compartment (6) adjacent to the shelf compartment End wall (9) is arranged and is only accessible from one side of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m).
[14]
14. delivery station (1a..11) according to claim 12, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) has a central shelf partition (28), and on both sides of the shelf partition (28) each have at least one shelf (6) is arranged, which is only accessible from one side of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m).
[15]
15. Dispensing station (1a..11) according to claim 14, characterized by a second partition (3b) with at least one closable opening 47/67
N2016 / 28000-AT-00 (4, 4a, 4b), which separates the first warehouse area (Α, A1, A2) and the customer access area (B, B1, B2) from each other, the mobile shelf (7, 7a. .7m) is in a transfer position in which a first shelf compartment (6) of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is accessible through the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) in the first partition (3a), and one second shelf compartment (6) of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m), which is separated from the first shelf compartment (6) by the central shelf partition wall (28), through the closable opening (4, 4a, 4b) in the second Partition (3b) is accessible.
[16]
16. delivery station (1a..11) according to any one of claims 12 to 15, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is equipped with rollers (8, 8a, 8b), in particular with driven and / or braked rollers (8, 8a, 9b) and with and without steerable rollers (8, 8a, 8b).
[17]
17. Dispensing station (1a..11) according to claim 16, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) has an accumulator (50), a drive control (45) coupled to the driven rollers (8a, 8b). , and sensors connected to the drive control (45) for orientation in the
Room (47a, 47b, 48, 49).
[18]
18. Dispensing station (1a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 17, characterized in that the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) is equipped with a coupling (32), with the aid of which the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) can be temporarily connected to another mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m).
[19]
19. delivery station (1a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 18, characterized in that the machine for the takeover of goods (2, 2a, 2b) is designed as a drone (44) and the delivery station (1a..11 ) has a landing site (43) for this drone (44) and the loading robot (42) in case b) of claim 12 is designed for loading the drone (44) and / or the machine for taking over goods (2, 2a , 2b) as autonomous,
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[20]
20. Dispensing station (1a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 19, characterized in that it has at least two elements from the group: closable opening (4, 4a, 4b), loading robot (42), access gate (37) for one autonomous vehicle (38), landing site (43) for an aircraft drone (44).
[21]
21. Dispensing station (1 a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 20, characterized by a sorting robot (22) which is designed to deliver the goods (2, 2a, 2b) to be delivered from the at least one shelf compartment (6) of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) and place it in at least one shelf compartment (6) of another shelf (7, 7a..7m, 24).
[22]
22. delivery station (1 a..11) according to claim 21, characterized in that the other shelf is designed as a mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) or as a fixed shelf (24).
[23]
23, delivery station (1a..11) according to claim 22, characterized in that a lower edge of the fixed shelf (24) is higher than an upper edge of the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m).
[24]
24. delivery station (1 a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 23, characterized in that the first goods storage area (Α, A1, A2) and / or the second goods storage area (G1..G5) is / are air-conditioned.
[25]
25, delivery station (1 a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 24, characterized by a first loading ramp (20) for taking over the loaded mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m) from a truck (18) and by a second Loading ramp (26) for transferring another, empty or containing returned goods,
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[26]
26. Dispensing station (1 a..11) according to one of claims 12 to 25, characterized by a lifting device (36) arranged in the first goods storage area (A, A1, A2) for the mobile shelf (7, 7a..7m).
[27]
27. Dispensing station (1 a..11) according to any one of claims 12 to 26, characterized by an ejector (40) which is designed to the goods (2, 2a, 2b) located in a shelf compartment (6) through the closable To move the opening (4, 4a, 4b) of the partition (3, 3a, 3b) through.
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