Method and station for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle
AssigneeDematic Corp.
InventorsShin Yamashita, Yuuki Kudo, Adam MacLean
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Abstract
A method for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle at a picking station, in which articles are picked from product load carriers into order load carriers, the order load carriers are conveyed in a first row through the picking station, articles are presented in product load carriers and picking is carried out therefrom. The product load carriers are also conveyed in a second row through the picking station, the second row being arranged at an angle to the first row and picking taking place from a flow of product and order containers which are simultaneously conveyed through the picking station, to achieve a high throughput.
Claims19
A method for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle at a picking station, said method comprising:
- conveying order load carriers in a first row through the picking station;
- conveying product load carriers in a second row through the picking station, wherein the second row is arranged at an angle to the first row;
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- picking from a flow of the product load carriers and the order load carriers which are simultaneously conveyed through the picking station, wherein articles are presented in the product load carriers and picking is carried out therefrom, and wherein the order load carriers and the product load carriers share a common take away after picking.
A picking station for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle comprising:
- a picking station;
- a first linear conveying system, wherein the first linear conveying system is configured to convey articles in product load carriers through the picking station;
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- a second linear conveying system, wherein the second linear conveying system is configured to convey order load carriers through the picking station;
- wherein the first linear conveying system and the second linear conveying system are arranged at an intersecting angle to each other and are controlled by a controller to provide a continuous conveyance flow of the product load carriers and the order load carriers through the picking station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.