Intralogistic conveyor arrangement
AssigneeInterroll Holding AG
InventorChristian Ripperda
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Abstract
Intralogistic conveyor arrangement adapted to convey an object to a selected destination from a plurality of destinations, the conveyor arrangement having a plurality of conveyor zones, wherein at least one of the conveyor zones is a sorting zone with a sorting controller to convey the object selectively from an inlet to a selected outlet; further wherein zone controllers are adapted to receive object data sets via a data connection with a data broker to control operation of the related zone.
Claims14
Intralogistic conveyor arrangement (1), adapted to convey an object (9) from at least one feed in station (F) selectively to a selected destination (D5) from a plurality of destinations (D1-D12),
- the conveyor arrangement (1), comprising,
- a plurality of conveyor zones (2), each conveyor zone (2) is adapted to convey an object (9) from an inlet (I) of said conveyor zone (2) to an outlet (O) of said conveyor zone (2),
- a plurality of zone controller (11), adapted to control the operation of the conveyor zones (2);
- wherein said conveyor zones (2) are arranged in a manner, that said object (9) can be transferred from an outlet (O) of a previous conveyor zone (2) to an inlet (I) of a subsequent conveyor zone (2);
- wherein at least one of said conveyor zones is a sorting zone (2b, 2d) having at least two outlets (O1, O2), wherein a zone controller (11) controlling a sorting zone (2b, 2d) is a sorting controller (11b, 11d, 11e),
- wherein each sorting controller (11b, 11d, 11e) is adapted to control the sorting zones (2b, 2d) in a manner so that said sorting zone (2b, 2d) conveys said object selectively from an inlet to a selected outlet (O1, O2) from said at least two outlets (O1, O2);
- characterized in
- that said Intralogistic conveyor arrangement (1) comprising
- an object data broker (10), connected to each of the zone controller (11) by means of a data connection (13);
- wherein said zone controllers (11) are adapted to receive object data sets (14) via a data connection (13) from said data broker (10),
- wherein said object data sets (14) contain information related to a belonging conveyed object (9), wherein said zone controllers (11) are adapted to control operation, in particular sorting operation, of the related zone based on said object data sets (14) provided by said data broker (10).
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