Apparatus and method for the defined intermediate storage and picking of produced articles of the same type but different size
AssigneeGrenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorHans-Peter Hill
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for the defined intermediate storage of produced articles of the same type but different size and for the simultaneous composition of consignments of said articles, having the following features: a) a delivery path (3) for the continuous conveying of the produced products into the region of stacking robots (7), b) a multiplicity of transport vehicles (9) for transporting stacking pallets and order-picking pallets (6), c) a multiplicity of storing positions (10) for stacking pallets, d) one or more stacking robots (5) for filling order-picking pallets (6), e) a plurality of induction lines (8) for power supply and control of the transport vehicles (9).
Claims14
An apparatus for the defined intermediate storage of produced articles of the same type but different size and for the simultaneous composition of consignments of said articles, said apparatus having the following features:
- a) a delivery path (3) for conveying the produced products continuously into the region of stacking robots (7),
- b) a multitude of transport vehicles (18) for transporting stacking pallet trolleys (14),
- c) a multitude of storage locations (10) for stacking pallet trolleys (14),
- d) one or several stacking robots (5) for filling order-picking pallets (6),
- e) a plurality of induction lines (20) for power supply and control of the transport vehicles (18, 9),
- f) transport vehicles (18) which are designed to be able to travel under a stacking pallet trolley (14) and on the upper surface have a coupling (19) by way of which they are fixedly connectable to the trolley (14) by means of a counterpart on said trolley.
A method for the defined intermediate storage of produced articles of the same type but different size and for the simultaneous composition of consignments of said articles, said method having the following features:
- a) the produced articles are supplied by means of a delivery path (3) to a plurality of transfer points which are located in the region of stacking robots (7) for filling stacking pallet trolleys (14),
- b) the stacking robots (7) serve for filling a multitude of stacking pallets (14) which are moved by means of transport vehicles (18) to a multitude of storage locations (10),
- c) energy is supplied to the transport vehicles (18) by means of induction lines (20), wherein at the same time the guiding, positional determining and positioning are also controlled by a data bus system by means of the induction lines, and wherein the power supply is supported by means of a chargeable storage battery, and wherein a change between different line regions is made possible at crossing points (11),
- d) at the same time as approaching the storage locations (10), order-picking pallets (6) are filled for dispatch by means of a plurality of stacking robots (5) from stacking pallets (14) conveyed for this purpose from the intermediate store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.