Article Transport Facility

An article transport facility comprising:

• a plurality of automated storages:
• and
• a transport device configured to transport articles to be loaded into the plurality of automated storages,
• wherein each of the plurality of automated storages includes:
• storage shelves with multiple levels arranged in a vertical direction;
• a plurality of transport carriages configured to travel in a longitudinal direction of the storage shelves, the plurality of transport carriages being installed at the respective multiple levels;
• a plurality of relay portions installed at the respective multiple levels;
• and
• a lift base capable of being lifted and lowered, and is configured to load, at each of the multiple levels, articles from outside the automated storage to the lift base, to transport the articles from the lift base to the relay portions, with the lift base having been raised or lowered to heights corresponding to the relay portions, and to transport the articles from the relay portions to the storage shelves using the transport carriages,
• wherein the transport device includes a plurality of transport conveyors,
• wherein each of the plurality of transport conveyors includes:
• a receiving portion configured to receive articles;
• a plurality of loading portions configured to deliver articles transported by the transport conveyor to the lift bases of the plurality of automated storages, and to load the articles to the automated storages;
• and
• a transport portion configured to transport articles received at the receiving portion to the plurality of loading portions,
• wherein the transport portion included in each of the plurality of transport conveyors is installed such that a movement trajectory of articles transported by the transport portion does not overlap a movement trajectory of articles transported by another transport portion, and
• wherein a plurality of the loading portions that deliver articles to the lift base of each one of the automated storages are installed at different heights.