Pallet lifting rack and pallet handling system

A pallet handling system, comprising:

• a pallet lifting rack and a housing, the pallet lifting rack includes a pair of lifting devices each having a frame, a movable bracket mounted on the frame and movable in a vertical direction relative to the frame, a support member connected to the movable bracket, and a driving device driving the movable bracket and the support member to move along the vertical direction, the support members of the pair of lifting devices support a bottom surface of a pallet from a pair of sides of the pallet, so that the pallet is supported on the support members and movable to different height positions in the vertical direction by the support members, the housing accommodates the movable bracket, the frame, and the driving device, the support member is arranged outside the housing;
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• an automatic guided vehicle movable into a channel between the pair of lifting devices, the automatic guided vehicle loads the pallet and unloads the pallet onto the support members.

A pallet handling system, comprising:

• a pallet lifting rack and a housing, the pallet lifting rack includes a pair of lifting devices each having a frame, a movable bracket mounted on the frame and movable in a vertical direction relative to the frame, a support member connected to the movable bracket, and a driving device driving the movable bracket and the support member to move along the vertical direction, the support members of the pair of lifting devices support a bottom surface of a pallet from a pair of sides of the pallet, so that the pallet is supported on the support members and movable to different height positions in the vertical direction by the support members, the housing accommodates the movable bracket, the frame, and the driving device, the support member is arranged outside the housing;
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• a sorting system including a roller conveyor that conveys the pallet, the support members are movable to a height position flush with the roller conveyor to transfer the pallet to the support members by the roller conveyor.