Integrated system for handling of work pieces and materials
AssigneeFastems Oy AB
InventorJuhana Kantola
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Abstract
A storage and retrieval system of pallets for handling of work pieces. Said system is ready-fitted in one or more freight containers. Preferably, it is arranged to be coupled as a part of an automatic manufacturing system. It can comprise a loading station to be conveyed inside the freight container, which is arranged to be connected outside said freight container for reception and delivery of work pieces. The system contains at least a shelving structure arranged inside the freight container and comprising several storage locations, a lift and transfer apparatus and a control system, which is arranged for maintaining and monitoring of material management and production plans, for controlling the transfers and for data transmission between said control system and another manufacturing system.
Claims20
An automatic storage and retrieval system of pallets for handling of work pieces or materials, wherein said system is ready-fitted in two or more freight containers, and wherein the system comprises:
- a shelving structure arranged inside a freight container and containing several storage locations for storing the work pieces arranged on the pallets,
- a lift and transfer apparatus arranged inside said freight container to receive work pieces outside said freight container, to convey the same to a storage location and to deliver the same outside said freight container, and
- at least two freight containers installed successively as extensions for each other, wherein both containers comprise at least said shelving structure and at least one of them comprises said lift and transfer apparatus, which is arranged to move from one freight container to another.
An automatic storage and retrieval system of pallets for handling of work pieces or materials, wherein the system is ready-fitted in one or more freight containers and comprises a loading station to be conveyed inside the freight container, which is arranged to be connected outside said freight container for reception and delivery of work pieces, and wherein the loading station is pivotally connected to the freight container so that it could be pivotably moved into the freight container for transport.
An automatic storage and retrieval system of pallets for handling of work pieces or materials, wherein said system is ready-fitted in one or more freight containers, the system comprising:
- a shelving structure arranged inside a freight container and containing several storage locations for storing the work pieces arranged on the pallets,
- a lift and transfer apparatus arranged inside said freight container to receive work pieces outside said freight container, to convey the same to a storage location and to deliver the same outside said freight container, and
- a control system, which is arranged for maintaining and monitoring of material management and production plans, for controlling of the transfers and for data transmission between said control system and another manufacturing system,
- wherein the freight container comprises at least first coupling means for delivery of current, and at least second coupling means for the data transmission between said control system and the automatic manufacturing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.