Load-carrier loading apparatus
AssigneeLogistik + Informatik GmbH
InventorWalter Winkler
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Abstract
A machine for loading a load carrier (20) such as a pallet with packing units (cardboard boxes, collis etc.), which form a load stack (21) on the load carrier, comprises handling and support means (52-57), by means of which a packing unit (15) to be loaded is supported from below throughout the operation of loading from a feed device (51) onto the load stack. By virtue of the handling and support means the packing unit may be deposited at any selectable spatial position on the load stack. According to the invention it is therefore possible to form an optimized load stack on the load carrier, wherein the packing units are always supported from below, with the result that the loading is not dependent upon the material quality of the packaging of the packing unit.
Claims34
Apparatus for loading a load carrier with packing units forming a load stack, comprising:
- handling and support means, by means of which a packing unit to be loaded is supported from below throughout the operation of loading by a feed device onto the load stack and which handling and support means are designed to deposit the packing unit at any selectable spatial position on the load stack.
Method of automatically loading a load carrier with packing units forming a load stack, comprising the steps:
- logging of a pick order, which comprises a plurality of packing units,
- determination of a three-dimensional loading configuration of the packing units in the load stack,
- determination of a loading sequence (loading order) enabling said loading configuration, and
- successive, automated conveying of the packing units onto the load carrier in a loading order stipulated by the determined loading sequence into the position in the load stack determined by the loading configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.