Article storage facility and system for the same
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhisa Ito
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Abstract
A storage shelf 4 is provided which has, for example, two rotatable mounts 18, 19. A notch 41 is formed in the mount 18 so that a cassette 34 can be freely transferred between the lower mount 19 and an overhead travelling carriage 8. ID readers 6 are provided on poles 16, 17 of the mounts 18, 19, respectively. Thus, the ID 36 of the cassette is read and memorized in a storage shelf file 13. The IDs of stored articles can be managed, resulting in advanced operations.
Claims7
An article storage facility characterized by comprising a storage shelf comprising a storage position to and from which an overhead travelling carriage running along a running rail can transfer an article directly, an ID reader which reads an ID of an article not stored on the storage shelf yet or an article already stored on the storage shelf, and memorizing means for memorizing the ID of the article read by the ID reader and a position where the article is stored.
An article storage facility system comprising an overhead travelling carriage which runs along a running rail and on which a drivingly raising and lowering section is mounted, the drivingly raising and lowering section raising and lowering a platform which chucks an article, the overhead travelling carriage transferring an article to a load port in a processing device located below the running rail in a vertical direction, a storage shelf placed beside and below the running rail and comprising a storage position to and from which the overhead travelling carriage can transfer an article directly, an ID reader which reads an ID of an article stored on the storage shelf, and memorizing means for memorizing the ID of the article read by the ID reader and a position where the article is stored, the article strorage facility system being characterized in that the overhead travelling carriage comprises a laterally feeding device which laterally feeds the drivingly raising and lowering section to above the storage position, in order to transfer an article to the storage position.
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