Method and system for commissioning articles which are suitable for a central belt and articles which are not suitable for a central belt

A commissioning system for commissioning articles, the system comprising:

• a central belt associated with an article commissioning device discharging station;
• a first shelving unit located on one side of said central belt;
• a second shelving unit located on another side of said central belt at a spaced location from said first shelving unit to define a bay aisle, said first shelving unit being parallel to said second shelving unit, said central belt being located within said bay aisle such that said central belt extends parallel to said first shelving unit and said second shelving unit;
• a plurality of first articles, each first article having a transportation property such that each first article can be transported via said central belt;
• a plurality of second articles located on said first shelving unit and said second shelving unit, each second article having a transportation property such that each second article cannot be transported via said central belt;
• a means for automatically moving said plurality of first articles onto said central belt;
• a first container;
• a second container;
• a first conveying track in the form of a free roller path associated with said first shelving unit, said first container being arranged on said first conveying track, said first container receiving one or more said second articles from said first shelving unit;
• a second conveying track in the form of a free roller path associated with said second shelving unit, said second container being arranged on said second conveying track, said second container receiving one or more said second articles from said second shelving unit;
• a removing track, said containers filled with said second articles being transferred to said discharging station or to said central belt for further filling with said first articles or to said removing track such that said removing track conveys said containers filled with said second articles to the end of the central belt for further filling with said first articles.

A method for commissioning articles, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a driven central belt associated with a central belt commissioning device, said central belt commissioning device including discharge station
• providing central belt articles which are movable along the central belt at a position above the central belt such that said central belt articles are able to fall directly onto the driven central belt;
• providing sensitive articles which are not movable along the central belt in an article shelving system, said shelving system comprising a first shelving unit located on one side of said central belt and a second shelving unit located on another side of said central belt, said first shelving unit and said second shelving unit defining an aisle, said central belt being located in said aisle;
• commissioning central belt articles in the central belt commissioning device from the central belt into a stationary container or into a container arranged at the end of the central belt;
• removing one or more said sensitive articles from at least one said shelving unit and placing one or more said sensitive articles in one or more containers in a commissioning path to the right and left of the central belt of the central belt commissioning device, said commissioning path being defined by a first conveying track associated with said first shelving unit and a second conveying track associated with said second shelving unit, said first conveying track and said second conveying track being located at a spaced location from said central belt, wherein a portion of said first conveying track and a portion of said second conveying track extends parallel to said central belt;
• and
• sending the sensitive articles in the containers directly to the discharging station or to the central belt commissioning device for commissioning with the central belt articles.