CN114056817A

CN114056817A - Storage and sorting integrated equipment and method

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Publication number: CN114056817A
Application number: CN202010757636.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Jiangsu Huazhang Logistics Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Huazhang Logistics Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-31
Filing date: 2020-07-31
Publication date: 2022-02-18

Abstract

The invention provides a storage and picking integrated device which comprises at least one group of storage units and at least one picking station. The storage unit comprises a multilayer goods shelf, a lifting mechanism and a shuttle vehicle; the lifting mechanism comprises at least one goods lifter, and the goods lifter is provided with a lifting tray; a tunnel is arranged in the multilayer goods shelf, and the shuttle car runs in the tunnel; setting one end of the roadway close to the lifting mechanism as a first end; when the shuttle car moves to the first end of the roadway, the shuttle car can be butted with the lifting tray; and the sorting station is in butt joint with the lifting tray. The method provided by the invention can realize the function of directly conveying the containers from the cargo elevator to the picking station, improves the warehouse-out and warehouse-returning efficiency, simplifies the warehouse-out, sorting and warehouse-returning processes and greatly reduces the investment cost.

Description

Storage and sorting integrated equipment and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of warehouse logistics, in particular to storage and sorting integrated equipment and a storage and sorting integrated method.

Background

Modern industrial production is highly socialized, specialized and centralized, and the materials are required to be received, stored, sorted, delivered and returned to a warehouse in time, quickly and accurately. This has prompted the rapid development of warehouse logistics technology. Along with the high-speed development of the storage industry, the requirements on the storage efficiency, the delivery efficiency, the picking efficiency and the warehouse returning efficiency of containers are higher and higher, more and more industries and enterprises use a vertical warehouse and a goods-to-person picking station, a complex conveying line body is arranged between the vertical warehouse and the goods-to-person picking station, the containers are conveyed to the goods-to-person picking station from the vertical warehouse through the conveying line body, and the containers are conveyed back to the vertical warehouse through the conveying line body after the picking is finished.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems and provides storage and sorting integrated equipment and a storage and sorting integrated method. The storage unit and the picking station are integrally designed, so that the whole device is formed, the investment cost is greatly reduced, and the space use cost occupied by a complex conveying line body in the prior art is also saved. In addition, the storage unit and the picking station are in modular design, can be expanded according to actual requirements, meet diversified requirements and have wide adaptability.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:

the invention provides a storage and sorting integrated device, which comprises at least one group of storage units and at least one sorting station; wherein:

the storage unit comprises a multilayer goods shelf, a lifting mechanism and a shuttle car;

the lifting mechanism comprises at least one goods lifter, and the goods lifter is provided with a lifting tray;

a tunnel is arranged in the multilayer goods shelf, and the shuttle car runs in the tunnel;

setting one end of the roadway close to the lifting mechanism as a first end;

when the shuttle car moves to the first end of the roadway, the shuttle car can be butted with the lifting tray so as to transfer a container between the shuttle car and the lifting tray;

the sorting station is in butt joint with the lifting tray so as to transfer the containers between the lifting tray and the sorting station.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the hoisting mechanism comprises 2 goods hoists, and the 2 goods hoists are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the first end of the roadway.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the lifting mechanism also comprises a layer changing lifting machine,

and the layer changing hoister is butted with the first end of the roadway and is used for changing layers of the shuttle car.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the number of the storage units is multiple groups; the plurality of groups of storage units are arranged in parallel; at least one picking station is correspondingly arranged on one group of storage units.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the sorting stations are multiple in number; a plurality of picking stations are arranged in parallel;

the equipment also comprises a conveying line body;

the conveying line body can communicate a plurality of sorting stations and/or can communicate the lifting tray with the sorting stations.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the conveying line body comprises a plurality of conveying lines, and each conveying line can be communicated with a container to convey the container.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the conveying line body further comprises a transferring and conveying device.

According to the improvement of the invention, the invention also provides a warehousing, storing and picking integrated device, which comprises the warehousing, storing and picking integrated device and a goods receiving station;

the goods receiving station can be butted with a lifting tray of a goods lifter so as to transfer the containers between the goods receiving station and the lifting tray.

According to the improvement of the invention, the invention also provides a storage, picking and packaging integrated device, which comprises the storage, picking and packaging integrated device and a packaging station;

the packing station is in butt joint with the picking station and is used for packing the goods or containers which are sorted.

In a further embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a receiving station; the goods receiving station can be butted with a lifting tray of a goods lifter so as to transfer the containers between the goods receiving station and the lifting tray.

According to an improvement of the present invention, a method is also provided, the method is based on the storage and picking integrated device, and the method comprises:

the shuttle car takes the container out of the multi-layer goods shelf and moves to the first end of the roadway;

transferring the container to a lifting tray of a cargo elevator by the shuttle car;

the lifting tray carries the container thereon to make descending movement, and transfers the container to a sorting station;

and sorting the containers by operators or robots at the sorting station to finish sorting.

In a further embodiment, the method further comprises:

after an operator or a robot sorts the containers at the picking station, the containers are transferred from the picking station to the lifting tray;

the lifting tray drives the container on the lifting tray to move upwards;

the shuttle car moves to the first end of the roadway, removes the containers from the lifting pallets, and deposits the containers into the multi-tiered racking.

the lifting tray drives the containers on the lifting tray to do descending movement, and the containers are transferred to a designated sorting station through a conveying line body;

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention,

the method further comprises the following steps: after the operator or the robot sorts the containers at the picking station, the conveyor body transfers the containers from the picking station to the lifting tray or transfers the containers from the picking station to other picking stations.

Compared with the prior art, the storage and sorting integrated equipment and the method have the obvious beneficial effects that,

1) the equipment adopts the lifting mechanism to directly butt the sorting station, can realize the function of directly conveying the containers from the lifting machine to the sorting station, does not need to transfer and convey the containers by a complex conveying line body in the prior art, and simplifies the processes of receiving, delivering, sorting, returning and packaging; the warehouse-out efficiency and the warehouse-back efficiency are improved; the investment cost is greatly reduced.

2) The storage unit and the picking station are integrally designed, so that the whole device is formed, the investment cost is greatly reduced, and the space use cost occupied by a complex conveying line body in the prior art is also saved.

3) The multi-layer goods shelf, the storage unit and the picking station of the device are in modular design, can be expanded according to actual demands, meet diversified demands and have wide adaptability.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are not intended to be drawn to scale. In the drawings, each identical or nearly identical component that is illustrated in various figures may be represented by a like numeral. For purposes of clarity, not every component may be labeled in every drawing. Embodiments of various aspects of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic top layout view of a storage and picking integrated device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side schematic view of the storage and picking integrated device of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic top layout view of a storage-picking integrated device according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic top layout view of a storage-picking integrated device according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic layout view of a conveyor line body according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to better understand the technical content of the present invention, specific embodiments are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the storage and sorting integrated equipment is provided, the equipment is suitable for storage and sorting operation in the field of warehouse logistics, the operation flow is simplified, the equipment layout is simple, the occupied space is saved, and the cost is greatly reduced.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the storage-picking integrated device includes 1 or more groups of

storage units

2, and 1 or more picking stations 3. The storage unit 2 comprises a multi-level rack 2-2, a lifting mechanism 2-1 and a shuttle 2-3. The lifting mechanism 2-1 comprises at least one goods lifter.

When the storage units 2 are multiple groups and/or the number of the picking stations 3 is multiple, the multiple groups of storage units are arranged in parallel in a modularized mode; the plurality of picking stations are arranged in parallel. A group of said storage units 2 corresponds to at least one of said picking stations 3 and comprises at least one lifting mechanism 2-1. In actual use, the system can be flexibly expanded and extended according to actual storage and picking demands.

Referring to the top layout diagram of fig. 3, taking an apparatus including 2 groups of modular storage units 2 as an example, each group of modular storage units 2 is correspondingly provided with a lifting mechanism 2-1. In order to increase the storage space, two rows of multi-layer shelves 2-2 can be flexibly and symmetrically arranged on each group of modular storage units 2, the two rows of multi-layer shelves 2-2 are parallel to each other and form a roadway 2-21, and the shuttle cars 2-3 run in the roadway 2-21. And setting one end of the roadway 2-21 close to the lifting mechanism 2-1 as a first end 2-21 a. The first end 2-21a of the tunnel extends out of the multi-layer shelf 2-2. Each tier of pallets 2-2 comprises a plurality of cargo spaces. The goods shelf 2-2 comprises upright pieces, container supporting rods, track beams and rear cross beams; the track beam is used for supporting the shuttle car 2-3 to run; the track beam and the rear cross beam are respectively arranged at two ends of the supporting rod of the cargo box; a plurality of container supporting rods are arranged in parallel to form a layer of goods shelf layer together with the track beams and the rear cross beams. Preferably, the multi-layer shelf 2-2 is also in a modular design, and can be flexibly expanded and extended according to the actual storage requirement, for example, the shelf is lengthened along the longitudinal direction of the roadway; it can also be deepened in the depth direction of the shelf, such as a multi-depth shelf. The aforementioned multi-tier rack 2-2 is well known in the art and any suitable structure, now existing or developed in the future, may be used in accordance with the present disclosure and is not limited to the aforementioned rack 2-2 structure and manner. It is noted that the foregoing pallet structure and manner may be adapted for different sized containers 7 (e.g., cartons or totes), or may directly support the goods.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the lifting mechanism 2-1 comprises 2 cargo hoists 2-11, 2-12 and 1 shuttle changing elevator 2-13. 2 goods lifting machines 2-11 and 2-12 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the first end 2-21a of the roadway. In this embodiment, the shuttle car 2-3 has telescopic forks that are bi-directionally telescopic towards the 2 load elevators 2-11, 2-12. Each goods elevator 2-11, 2-12 has a lifting pallet 2-11a, 2-12 a. The lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a may allow for the simultaneous placement of 1 or more goods or containers for buffering purposes. The lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a can carry goods or containers 7 and move up and down with the goods or containers 7 carried thereon. In this embodiment, the lifting trays 2-11a, 2-12a are roller conveyors. When the shuttle car 2-3 moves to the first end 2-21a of the roadway, the shuttle car 2-3 is positioned outside the multi-layer shelf 2-2, and the shuttle car 2-3 can be butted with the lifting trays 2-11a, 2-12a so as to transfer the cargo box between the shuttle car 2-3 and the lifting trays 2-11a, 2-12 a. The sorting station 3 is provided with two conveying inlets 3-1 and 3-2, the two inlets 3-1 and 3-2 are respectively arranged at two sides of the sorting station main body, and the two inlets 3-1 and 3-2 are respectively directly butted with lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a of the two goods elevators so as to transfer the containers between the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a and the sorting station 3. Each goods elevator corresponds to at least one picking station 3. When goods or containers 7 need to be taken out of the warehouse, the shuttle cars 2-3 take the containers 7 out of the multi-layer goods shelves 2-2 and move to the first ends 2-21a of the roadways along the roadways 2-21; the shuttle car 2-3 transfers the goods or the containers 7 to the lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a of the goods elevators 2-11, 2-12; the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a drive the goods or the container 7 to move downwards; goods or containers 7 are transported directly from the lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a to the picking station 3, where an operator or robot finishes picking the goods or containers 7. When goods or containers 7 need to be returned to the warehouse, the goods or containers 7 which are finished to be sorted are directly conveyed to the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a of the goods elevators 2-11 and 2-12 from the sorting station 3; the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a drive the goods or the container 7 to move upwards; the shuttle car 2-3 moves to the first end 2-21a of the roadway along the roadway 2-21 to take the goods or the container 7 out of the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12 a; the shuttle car 2-3 deposits goods or containers 7 onto the multi-level racks 2-2.

In the present embodiment, the number of the shuttle cars 2 to 3 is one or more. The layer changing hoister 2-13 is butted with the first end 2-21a of the roadway and used for changing layers of the shuttle car 2-3. Thus, the storage unit 2 can share one or more shuttle cars 2-3 through the layer changing elevators 2-13; the shuttle 2-3 resources are maximally utilized for access.

In some preferred embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 in combination with fig. 4, the apparatus further comprises a delivery wire body 4. The conveying line body 4 can communicate a plurality of picking stations 3 and/or can communicate the lifting trays 2-11a, 2-12a with the picking stations 3, so that goods or containers 7 among the picking stations 3 and the goods elevators 2-11, 2-12 of the storage units 2 can be conveyed at will. So, when the packing box 7 finishes selecting at the current sorting station 3, can directly shift to other sorting stations 3 and select, return storehouse again after this packing box 7 has finished all the tasks of selecting, greatly reduced packing box warehouse-out, returned storehouse frequency and number of times, improved the whole storage of this equipment and sorted efficiency.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4 in conjunction with fig. 5, the conveyor line body 4 comprises a plurality of conveyor lines, each of which is communicable with another one of the conveyor lines for conveying the containers 7. The conveyor line body 4 further comprises a transfer conveying device 4-1. The transfer conveying device 4-1 is disposed at a position where the goods or the containers need to be turned, and is configured to perform the diversion transfer of the goods or the containers 7 between the lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a and the picking station 3, the diversion transfer of the goods or the containers 7 between the plurality of conveying lines, and the diversion transfer of the goods or the containers 7 between the plurality of conveying lines and the picking station 3, so that the goods or the containers 7 among the plurality of picking stations 3, the plurality of conveying lines, and the plurality of goods elevators of the plurality of sets of storage units 2 can be freely circulated.

Referring to the schematic top layout of fig. 4, taking an apparatus comprising 4 sets of modular storage units 2 as an example, when goods or containers 7 need to be taken out of a warehouse, the shuttle 2-3 takes out the containers 7 from the multi-layer shelf 2-2 and moves to the first end 2-21a of the lane along the lane 2-21; the shuttle car 2-3 transfers the goods or the containers to lifting pallets 2-11a and 2-12a of a goods elevator; the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a drive the goods or the container 7 to move downwards; goods or containers 7 are conveyed from the lifting pallets 2-11a and 2-12a to the picking station 3 through the conveyor body 4, and an operator or a robot finishes picking the goods or containers 7 at the picking station 3; after the picking is completed, the container 7 is transferred from the picking station 3 to another picking station 3 by the conveyor body 4 to be picked until the container 7 completes all picking operations, and then the container 7 is returned to the warehouse. When goods or containers 7 need to be returned to a warehouse, the goods or containers 7 which are sorted are conveyed to lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a of a goods elevator from a sorting station 3 through a conveying line body 4; the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a drive the goods or the container 7 to move upwards; the shuttle car 2-3 moves to the first end 2-21a of the roadway along the roadway 2-21 to take the goods or the container 7 out of the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12 a; the shuttle car 2-3 deposits goods or containers 7 onto the multi-level racks 2-2.

According to the improvement of the invention, a warehousing, storing and picking integrated device is also provided, as shown in fig. 2, the device comprises the warehousing, storing and picking integrated device and a goods receiving station 1. The receiving station 1 can be butted with lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a of a goods lifter to carry out the transfer of the containers between the receiving station 1 and the lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12 a. Therefore, goods or containers 7 are placed on the conveying equipment 6 such as trays and directly put in storage from the goods receiving station 1 without additionally arranging a complex input line body, so that the cost is greatly reduced, the occupied space is saved, and the operation flows of goods receiving, delivery and picking are simplified.

According to the improvement of the invention, a storage-picking-packaging integrated device is also provided, as shown in fig. 4, and comprises the storage-picking integrated device and a packaging station 5. And the packing station 5 is in butt joint with the sorting station 3 and is used for packing the sorted goods. So, goods or packing box 7 are at packing station 5 direct packing delivery, need not to set up complicated input line body delivery in addition, greatly reduced the cost, saved occupation of land space, simplified the operation flow of receiving goods, leaving warehouse, selecting.

In certain preferred embodiments, the storage-picking-packaging-integrated device comprises the aforementioned storage-picking-integrated device, the aforementioned packaging station 5, and the aforementioned receiving station 1. In this way, the goods or containers 7 are directly put in storage from the receiving station 1 and are packed and delivered directly in the packing station 5 after being sorted; the complicated input line body is not needed to be additionally arranged for warehousing and delivery, so that the cost is greatly reduced, the occupied space is saved, and the operation flows of receiving, delivering, selecting and delivering are simplified.

According to an improvement of the present invention, a method is also proposed, as shown in fig. 1, the method being based on the aforementioned storage and picking integrated apparatus, the method including:

the shuttle 2-3 takes the container 7 from the multi-level rack 2-2 and moves along the lane 2-21 to the first end 2-21a of the lane.

The shuttle 2-3 transfers the container 7 to the lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a of the goods lift.

The lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a move down with the containers 7 thereon and transfer the containers 7 to the sorting station 3. It should be noted that the lifting trays can also play a buffering role, that is, the lifting trays 2-11a and 2-12a can wait until the container 7 on the lifting trays is full and then perform descending movement, so that the lifting efficiency of the lifting mechanism is improved.

An operator or robot sorts the containers 7 at the picking station 3 to complete the sorting.

Preferably, the method further comprises:

after the picking station 3 has sorted the containers 7 by an operator or robot, the containers 7 are transferred from the picking station 3 to the lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12 a.

The lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a carry the container 7 thereon in an ascending movement.

The shuttle 2-3 moves to the roadway first end 2-21a, removes the container 7 from the lifting pallet 2-11a, 2-12a, and deposits the container 7 into the multi-level rack 2-2.

The more detailed storage and sorting method and the working principle of the storage and sorting integrated device are not described herein again.

According to an improvement of the present invention, a method is also proposed, which is based on the aforementioned storage and picking integrated apparatus with a conveyor body 4, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, and comprises:

The lifting pallets 2-11a, 2-12a move with the containers 7 thereon in a lowering movement and transfer the containers 7 to the designated picking station 3 by means of the conveyor bodies 4.

Preferably, the method further comprises: after the picking station 3 sorts the containers 7 by an operator or a robot, the conveyor body 4 transfers the containers 7 from the picking station 3 to the lifting trays 2-11a, 2-12a and performs a warehouse return process, or transfers the containers 7 from the picking station 3 to other picking stations 3 and performs a next picking process. So, when the packing box 7 finishes selecting at the current sorting station 3, can directly shift to other sorting stations 3 and select, return storehouse again after this packing box 7 has finished all the tasks of selecting, greatly reduced packing box warehouse-out, returned storehouse frequency and number of times, improved the whole storage of this equipment and sorted efficiency.

In summary, the storage and sorting integrated device and method provided by the invention have the following advantages:

1) this equipment adopts hoist mechanism can directly dock the selection station, can realize carrying the packing box directly to the function of selecting the station from the lifting machine, need not the complicated transfer line body transfer among the prior art, carries the packing box, has improved warehouse-out, has returned storehouse efficiency, has simplified receipts goods, warehouse-out, letter sorting, returns storehouse, packing delivery flow, greatly reduced the input cost.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to be limited thereto. Those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An integrated storage and picking device, characterized in that it comprises at least one group of storage units and at least one picking station; wherein:

setting one end of the roadway close to the lifting mechanism as a first end;

2. The storage-picking integrated apparatus according to claim 1,

3. The storage and picking integrated apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism further comprises a level-changing elevator,

4. The storage-picking integrated apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of the storage units is a plurality of groups; the plurality of groups of storage units are arranged in parallel.

5. The storage and picking integrated device of claim 1 or 4,

the equipment also comprises a conveying line body;

6. The storage and picking integrated apparatus according to claim 5,

7. The storage and picking integrated apparatus according to claim 5,

the conveying line body further comprises a transferring and conveying device.

8. A warehousing, storing, picking and packaging integrated device, which is characterized by comprising the storing and picking integrated device of any one of the preceding claims 1-7 and other devices;

the aforementioned other apparatus comprises at least 1 of a receiving station and a packing station,

the goods receiving station is butted with the lifting tray so as to transfer the containers between the goods receiving station and the lifting tray;

the packing station is in butt joint with the picking station and is used for packing the sorted goods.

9. A method based on the storage and picking integrated device of any one of claims 1-7, the method comprising:

10. A method according to claim 9, further comprising:

the lifting tray drives the container on the lifting tray to move upwards;

11. A method based on the storage and picking integrated device of any one of claims 5 to 7, the method comprising:

12. A method according to claim 11,