Method And Station For Picking Articles According To The Goods-To-Man Principle
AssigneeDematic Corp.
InventorHans Christoph Meurer
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for picking items according to the goods-to-man principle a picking station in which items are placed in order load carriers that are conveyed through the picking station in a row, and the put place of the order load carriers in the row changes when a chronologically preceding order load carrier is loaded and conveyed away. This disclosure also relates to a corresponding order picking station.
Claims10
A method for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle at a picking station for loading the articles into order load carriers, comprising:
- conveying the order load carriers in a row through the picking station;
- changing a respective put place of the order load carriers along the row, when an order load carrier chronologically preceding in the row has been loaded and discharged from the picking station;
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- further conveying the order load carriers in a gap-free row through the put places of the picking station so that the order load carriers move up after the preceding order load carrier is discharged in order sufficient to close one or more gaps in the row of order load carriers.
A picking station for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle, comprising:
- a series of order load carriers;
- a first conveying system, wherein the articles are conveyed through the picking station on the first conveying system;
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- a second conveying system, wherein the order load carriers are conveyed through the picking station on the second conveying system, and wherein the order load carriers are conveyed jointly in a gap-free row through the picking station on the second conveying system, and each order load carrier is allocated a changing put place that comprises an individually controllable and operable conveying section of the second conveying system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.