High-bay warehouse with storage-and-retrieval units provided therein for storing and retrieving, or transferring, articles

A high-bay warehouse (1), comprising:

• a plurality of multi-floor storage modules (3), which are arranged in parallel longitudinal rows,
• wherein each multi-floor storage module of the plurality of multi-floor storage modules comprises a plurality of rack bays (4) disposed one above another, and
• wherein the multi-floor storage modules are separated from one another by lanes (2a, 2b) extending parallel to storage and retrieval sides of the rack bays or storage modules (3;
• 4);
• and
• storage and retrieval units (7) for storing and retrieving or repositioning a storage material (5), the storage material being coils of wound strips, at least one of the storage and retrieval units (7) being provided in each of the lanes (2a, 2b) and being movable back and forth,
• wherein the storage and retrieval units (7) have a frame (8) which corresponds at least with a height of the multi-floor storage modules and which has vertical uprights (8a, 8b) that are connected by head and foot beams (9;
• 10),
• wherein the vertical uprights (8a, 8b) guide a lifting bridge (14) which can be moved by a drive,
• wherein the lifting bridge (14) accommodates at least one telescopic holder (13;
• 13a, 13b) movable in and out orthogonally to the respective lane (2a, 2b) for left-hand-side and right-hand-side servicing of rack bays (4) of adjacent multi-floor storage modules (3),
• wherein the at least one telescopic holder (13;
• 13a, 13b) holds a C-shaped carrier (20) with a horizontally extending mandrel (21) that is configured to be moved into a coil eye of the storage material (5),
• wherein the C-shaped carrier (20) is connected to the lifting bridge (14) by a rotary ring (12) to which the at least one telescopic holder (13;
• 13a, 13b) is attached,
• wherein the at least one telescopic holder (13) comprises a left-hand side telescopic holder (13a) and a right-hand side telescopic holder (13b),
• wherein the C-shaped carrier (20) has two angle arms (28a, 28b), one of which extends from each the left-hand side telescopic holder (13a) and the right-hand side telescopic holder (13b) with a kink in direction towards a vertical center axis (27) of the storage and retrieval unit and ends thereat, and
• wherein the mandrel (21) is arranged at an intersection of the two angle arms (28a, 28b).