Automated system and method of storing and picking articles
AssigneeWitron Logistik & Informatik GmbH
InventorWalter Winkler
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Abstract
An automated storage system for storing and picking articles delivered on incoming load carriers such as pallets comprises a device (depalletizer) for separating the article packing units, a tray storage facility (130) for storing the packing units (15) on trays (10), a take-off conveying system (42, 45, 135) for removing and feeding the packing units (15) in sequence for loading onto order load carriers, and a loading station (140) for loading the packing units (15) in a defined loading sequence onto order load carriers (20) for dispatch e.g. by lorry. The invention enables fully mechanized and automated storage and picking of the articles.
Claims24
An automated storage system for storing and picking articles, comprising:
- a device for separating delivered articles into packing units and transferring the latter onto trays, wherein the trays each have openings, through which lifting pins engage in order to lift a packing unit from the tray,
- a tray storage facility for storing the packing units on the trays,
- a retrieval conveying system for removing and feeding the packing units in sequence for loading onto order load carriers, and
- a loading station for loading the packing units in a defined loading sequence onto the order load carriers.
A method of picking and storing articles in a storage facility, the method comprising:
- separating the stored articles into packing units;
- transferring the packing units onto trays;
- storing the packing units situated on the trays in a tray storage facility used as a buffer;
- removing and feeding, using a retrieval conveying station, the packing units in sequence for loading onto order load carriers, wherein the trays each have openings through which lifting pins engage in order to lift a packing unit from the tray;
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- loading the packing units at a loading station in a defined loading sequence onto the order load carriers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.