CN112478341A

CN112478341A - Pipeline system, control method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112478341A
Application number: CN201910862368.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐丹; 黄锋权
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-12
Filing date: 2019-09-12
Publication date: 2021-03-12
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-12
Also published as: CN112478341B

Abstract

The invention discloses a pipeline system, a control method and a control device, electronic equipment and a storage medium. This kind of pipeline system includes: a first conveyor line; a code scanning station; the sorting machine is connected with the first conveying line; a plurality of chutes including a first end disposed beside the sorter and a second end opposite the first end; the second conveying lines are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the second ends, and each second conveying line is arranged below the corresponding second end; and the third conveying line is connected with the tail end of each second conveying line. The production line system is adopted to carry out goods rechecking, so that the rechecking efficiency can be greatly improved, and the manual labor intensity is reduced.

Description

Pipeline system, control method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates generally to logistics technology, and more particularly, to a pipeline system and a control method thereof.

Background

After receiving the order, the warehouse logistics center needs to pack all goods recorded on the order out of the warehouse. In order to increase the picking efficiency, a plurality of orders are combined into an aggregate order, then the goods in the aggregate order are picked from the shelves, and then all the goods in the aggregate order are transported to a packing table for rechecking and packing. The rechecking work mainly classifies the goods of a collection list according to the order to which the goods belong, and the packing work mainly boxes the goods of each order.

However, to improve the efficiency of manual review, each collection sheet cannot be generally oversized. Meanwhile, after the goods are picked, the goods need to be carried for many times until the rechecking work is finished, so that the labor intensity is high, and the rechecking efficiency is low.

The above information disclosed in this background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not constitute prior art that is already known to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

In this summary, concepts in a simplified form are introduced that are further described in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

It is a primary object of the present invention to overcome at least one of the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art by providing a pipelining system comprising: a first conveyor line; a code scanning station; the sorting machine is connected with the first conveying line; a plurality of chutes including a first end disposed beside the sorter and a second end opposite the first end; the second conveying lines are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the second ends, and each second conveying line is arranged below the corresponding second end; the third conveying line is connected with the tail end of each second conveying line;

the sorting machine is used for sorting the goods into a first end of a slideway corresponding to an order to which the goods belong, the second conveying line is used for bearing order boxes and conveying the order boxes filled with the goods of the order to the third conveying line, and the order boxes can bear the goods falling off from a second end corresponding to the order boxes when on the second conveying line.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the sorting machine comprises:

a track; and

the multiple trolleys comprise trolley bodies capable of walking along the track and conveying belts arranged on the tops of the trolley bodies;

wherein, a plurality of slides all set up the orbital next door, the direction of delivery of conveyer belt with the track is perpendicular.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the track comprises two sub-guide rails, and each sub-guide rail comprises a horizontal plate and a vertical plate which is perpendicular to the horizontal plate and connected to the horizontal plate;

the vehicle body comprises a frame, a plurality of bearing wheels arranged on the frame and a plurality of guide wheels arranged on the frame;

the two transverse plates are parallel to each other, the two vertical plates are parallel to each other, the bearing wheels can roll on the upper surfaces of the transverse plates respectively, and the guide wheels can roll on the surfaces of the two vertical plates opposite to each other.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the sorting machine further comprises a guide rail bracket for supporting the track and an electric rail arranged on the guide rail bracket, wherein the electric rail is arranged in parallel with the guide rail;

the trolley also comprises a current collecting device arranged on the trolley body, and the current collecting device is connected with the power rail in a sliding mode to supply power to the trolley.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the ramp comprises a sloping floor, the height of which is greater near the end of the track than far from the end of the track.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the chute further comprises a baffle plate disposed on a side of the inclined bottom plate near a downstream direction of the rail, the baffle plate being perpendicular to the rail.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the plurality of slideways are evenly distributed on two opposite sides of the track, and the plurality of slideways located on the same side are arranged side by side along the track.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the third conveyor line is arranged at the bottom of the sorting machine and parallel to the sorting machine, and the second conveyor line extends from the outside of the sorting machine into the bottom of the sorting machine.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the second conveyor line comprises a horizontal section disposed below the end of the second end and an inclined section extending from the horizontal section to the third conveyor line;

wherein, the height of the horizontal segment is higher than the height of the third conveying line.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the pipeline system further comprises:

and the automatic carton sealing machine is arranged on the third conveying line and is used for sealing the order boxes on the third conveying line.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first conveyor line comprises a stacking section for adjusting the distance between two adjacent goods.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first conveyor line further comprises a plurality of sub-conveyor lines, the upstream ends of which are connected to a plurality of picking stations, respectively, and the downstream ends of which are connected to the stocking section.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the line body width of the accumulation section is larger than or equal to the bus body width of all the sub-transmission lines.

The invention also provides a control method, which is used for controlling the pipeline system and comprises the following steps:

receiving a plurality of orders, and respectively corresponding the orders to different slideways;

receiving goods codes acquired by a scanning station;

inquiring the order to which the goods belong according to the goods code;

according to the order to which the goods belong, inquiring the slideway corresponding to the order;

instructing the sorting machine to put the goods into the corresponding slide ways;

and when the goods corresponding to the order are all put into the slide way, instructing the second conveying line corresponding to the slide way to operate so that the order box on the second conveying line enters a third conveying line.

The present invention also proposes a control device for controlling a pipeline system as described above, comprising:

the order distribution module is used for receiving a plurality of orders and respectively corresponding the orders to different slideways;

the first query module is used for querying the order to which the goods belong according to the goods code;

the second query module is used for querying the slide way corresponding to the order according to the order to which the goods belong;

the sorting machine control module is used for indicating the sorting machine to put the goods into the corresponding slide ways;

and the second conveyor line control module is used for indicating the second conveyor line corresponding to the slide to operate so that the order box on the second conveyor line enters a third conveyor line after the goods corresponding to the order are all put into the slide.

The invention also proposes a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements a control method as described above.

The invention also proposes an electronic device, characterized in that it comprises:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the control method as described above via execution of the executable instructions.

According to the technical scheme, the pipeline system has the advantages and positive effects that:

the sorting machine can put the goods continuously input from the first conveying line into order boxes corresponding to orders of the goods respectively, so that the goods loaded in each order box belong to the same order, and the goods are rechecked. Because the number of the orders which can be processed by one sorting machine at the same time is equal to that of the slideways, and the number of the slideways can be set to be large, the number of the orders which can be processed by the system at the same time can be greatly improved, the total probability of order extraction is increased, and therefore the sorting and rechecking efficiency is improved. Meanwhile, after the picking work of the picking work station is finished, the subsequent work is almost completed through automatic machinery, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved.

Drawings

Various objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The drawings are merely exemplary of the invention and are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings, like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the different views. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a top view of a pipeline system according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a pipeline system shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a sorter shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a control method according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a control device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a program product according to one exemplary embodiment.

Wherein the reference numerals are as follows:

1. a pipeline system; 11. a first conveyor line; 111. a sub-conveyor line; 112. a power and free section; 12. a code scanning station; 13. a sorting machine; 131. a trolley; 1311. a vehicle body; 1312. a conveyor belt; 1313. a guide wheel; 1314. a load-bearing wheel; 1315. a current collecting device; 132. a track; 1321. a sub-rail; 1322. a transverse plate; 1323. a vertical plate; 1324. flanging; 1325. a guard plate; 133. a rail bracket; 1331. a cross beam; 1332. erecting a column; 136. a power rail; 14. a slideway; 143. a first end; 144. a second end; 15. a second conveyor line; 151. a horizontal segment; 152. an inclined section; 16. a third conveyor line; 17. automatic case sealer; 2. a shuttle rack; 3. a picking workstation; 4. charging piles; 5. and (7) cargo.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 1, an automated warehouse of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The automated warehouse includes a plurality of shuttle racks 2, a plurality of transport vehicles (not shown in the figure), a plurality of charging piles 4, a plurality of picking work stations 3, and a pipeline system 1.

A goods storage area is arranged in the warehouse, a plurality of shuttle type goods shelves 2 are intensively arranged in the goods storage area, and a tunnel for the operation of the transport vehicle is formed between the shuttle type goods shelves 2 and the shuttle type goods shelves 2. Pick goods workstation 3 and fill electric pile 4 and all set up outside storing up goods district. The charging post 4 may be provided at a corner of the warehouse. Fill electric pile 4 and be used for charging for the transport vechicle.

The shuttle type goods shelf 2 comprises a goods shelf, a shuttle car and a bin lifting machine. Every goods shelves have from down a plurality of storage layers that stack gradually to supreme, and every storage layer all is provided with along a plurality of storage positions of horizontal linear arrangement, can save a workbin on every storage position. The bins may be boxes with a cuboidal outer contour, each bin being capable of storing one or more goods. The bottom of each storage layer of the goods shelf is provided with a track, and the shuttle car can walk on the track. The top of the shuttle car is provided with a lifting mechanism which can lift and put down the material box. The shuttle car can move the material box in the storage layer away from the storage position and move the material box out of the storage rack, and the shuttle car can also move the material box outside the storage rack to a specific storage position in the storage layer.

One shuttle vehicle can be correspondingly arranged on each cargo storage layer. Or the number of the shuttle cars on the goods shelf is less than the number of the goods storage layers of the goods shelf. When the number of the shuttle cars on the goods shelf is less than the number of the storage layers of the goods shelf, the shuttle goods shelf 2 further comprises a shuttle car elevator. The shuttle car hoister is used for realizing layer changing of the shuttle car. Thus, even if only one shuttle is arranged on each goods shelf, the shuttle can be conveyed to any goods storage layer by the shuttle elevator.

The bin lifting machine is arranged at one end of the goods shelf, and can convey bins from shuttle cars stopped nearby to the transport cars stopped nearby, and also can convey bins from shuttle cars stopped nearby to the shuttle cars stopped nearby.

The transport vehicle may be an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) that identifies itself in the warehouse based on an identifier set on the ground. The transport vehicle transports the bins between the shuttle rack 2 and the picking station 3. The transport vehicle can transport the bins from the shuttle type shelf 2 to the picking work station 3 for goods picking and also transport the bins from the picking work station 3 to the shuttle type shelf 2 for bin storage.

The line system 1 comprises a first conveyor line 11, a sweep station 12, a sorter 13, a plurality of slides 14, a plurality of second conveyor lines 15 and a third conveyor line 16.

The first conveyor line 11 is a conveyor. The conveyor may be a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor, or other form of conveyor. In this embodiment, the conveyor is a roller conveyor, and the roller is used for conveying. A first conveyor line 11 connects the picking station 3 and the sorter 13 for transporting goods from the picking station 3 to the sorter 13.

The code scanning station 12 is used to identify the type of goods before they enter the sorter 13. A sweep station 12 is provided at the downstream end of the first conveyor line 11. The code scanning station 12 includes a support frame and a scanning device. The code scanning device is arranged above the first conveying line 11, and the code scanning device scans codes downwards. The support frame is used for supporting the code scanning device, the support frame can be arched, and the first conveying line 11 penetrates through the arch. When the goods pass through the code scanning station 12, the code scanning station 12 can identify the bar code or the two-dimensional code on the goods, so as to obtain the information of the category of the goods.

Referring to fig. 2, the runway 14 may be a straight runway. The slide 14 includes a first end 143 and a second end 144 opposite the first end 143. The second end 144 has a height that is less than the height of the first end 143. The cargo can slide out of the second end 144 after entering the slide 14 from the first end 143 of the slide 14. The first end 143 of the chute 14 is disposed beside the sorter 13 with the port of the first end 143 facing the sorter 13. Each slide 14 can correspond to an order.

Sorter 13 may be a pusher sorter 13, a cross-belt sorter 13, or other form of sorter 13. The sorter 13 can put the goods delivered by the first delivery line 11 into the first end 143 of the chute 14 corresponding to the order according to the order to which the goods belong.

The height of the second conveyor line 15 is lower than the height of the slide 14. The second conveying lines 15 are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the second ends 144 of the slideways 14. Each second delivery line 15 is located below its corresponding second end 144. The second conveyor line 15 carries an order box which is located below a second end 144 corresponding to the second conveyor line 15 and which receives goods slid from the second end 144. Thus, one order box corresponds to one order. The end of the second feed line 15 is connected to a third feed line 16.

The third transport line 16 may be a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor, or another form of conveyor. After an order box on the second conveyor line 15 is filled with the goods of an order, the second conveyor line 15 transports the order box to the third conveyor line 16. A third transfer line 16 is used to transfer the order box to a preset location. The preset position may be a sorting center.

In this embodiment, the automated warehouse is managed by a warehouse management system. After receiving an order, the warehouse management system issues the order to the picking workstation 3, and allocates a corresponding slide 14 to the order. The order records the type and quantity of goods to be delivered. The warehouse management system also controls the transport vehicle to move to the corresponding shuttle shelf 2 to receive the bin storing the goods to be delivered. After the transport vehicle receives the material box, the material box is transported to the order corresponding picking work station 3. The staff at the picking station 3 picks the goods to be delivered from the bin out of the bin and places the goods on the first conveying line 11 according to the types and the quantity of the goods recorded in the order. When goods to be delivered from the warehouse pass through the code scanning station 12 when being conveyed along the first conveying line 11, the code scanning station 12 scans the codes of the goods and uploads the code information of the goods to the warehouse management system. And the warehouse management system inquires the type information of the goods according to the coding information. After the warehouse management system inquires the type information of the goods, the warehouse management system inquires which order the goods belong to according to the type information of the goods. After the order to which the goods belong is inquired, the slide way 14 corresponding to the order is inquired according to the order. After the warehouse management system inquires the slide 14 corresponding to the order, the sorting machine 13 is controlled to put the goods into the slide 14.

The goods are dropped into the chute 14 and slid along the chute 14 into the order box on the second conveyor line 15. When all the goods in an order have fallen into the order box, the second order box is slid along the second conveyor line 15 onto the third conveyor line 16 and transported out. At the same time, the staff member can place another empty order box on the second conveyor line 15 to load the goods of the next order corresponding to the slide.

In this way, the sorting machine 13 can put the goods continuously input from the first conveying line 11 into the order boxes corresponding to the orders to which the goods belong, so that the goods loaded in each order box belong to the same order, thereby completing the rechecking of the goods. Since the number of orders processed by one sorting machine 13 at the same time is equal to the number of the slide ways 14, and the number of the slide ways 14 can be set to be many, for example, the number of the slide ways 14 is 32 in the embodiment, the number of orders processed by the system at the same time can be greatly increased, thereby improving the efficiency of sorting and reviewing. Meanwhile, after the picking work of the picking work station 3 is finished, the subsequent work is almost completed through automatic machinery, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the sorter 13 is a cross-belt sorter 13. The sorter 13 includes a track 132 and a plurality of trolleys 131. A plurality of dollies 131 are each provided on the rail 132. The carriage 131 includes a vehicle body 1311 and a conveyor belt 1312. The vehicle body 1311 can travel along the rail 132. The conveyor belt 1312 is provided on the vehicle body 1311. The conveyor belt 1312 is a belt conveyor. The conveyor belt is used to carry goods 5. The conveying direction of the conveying belt 1312 is horizontal and perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail 132.

The end of the first conveyor line 11 extends to one side of the rail 132, and the height of the carrying surface of the end of the first conveyor line 11 coincides with the height of the carrying surface of the conveyor belt 1312 of the trolley 131. When the trolley 131 runs near the end of the first conveyor line 11, the first conveyor line 11 can convey the goods 5 onto the trolley 131. The first end 143 of the runway 14 is also disposed on one side of the rail 132 and adjacent to the rail 132. The height of the bottom surface of the first end 143 of the chute 14 is less than or equal to the height of the carrying surface of the conveyor belt. When the trolley 131 that carries the goods 5 reaches the vicinity of the designated chute 14, the transport belt of the trolley 131 delivers the goods 5 carried by it into the chute 14.

Further, the track 132 includes two sub-rails 1321. The two sub-tracks 1321 extend in the same direction. The extending directions of the two sub-rails 1321 are parallel to each other. Each sub-track 1321 includes a cross plate 1322 and a riser 1323. Both the cross plate 1322 and the riser 1323 are elongated plates. The horizontal plate 1322 and the vertical plate 1323 extend in parallel to each other and horizontally. The horizontal plate 1322 is horizontal and the vertical plate 1323 is vertical. The two transverse plates 1322 are at the same height. The two vertical plates 1323 are respectively arranged at one end of the two transverse plates 1322 close to each other. The top ends of the two vertical plates 1323 are respectively connected to one side end of the two transverse plates 1322 close to each other.

The vehicle body 1311 includes a plurality of load bearing wheels 1314, a plurality of guide wheels 1313, and a drive motor. The plurality of load-bearing wheels 1314 are respectively provided on both sides of the vehicle body 1311 to support the vehicle body 1311. The number of load bearing wheels 1314 may be four, with two being provided on opposite sides of the vehicle body 1311. The wheels 1314 on both sides of the vehicle body 1311 roll along the upper surface of the cross plate 1322. The driving motor is used for driving the bearing wheel 1314 to roll. Guide wheels 1313 are provided at the bottom of vehicle body 1311. The guide wheels 1313 may be provided in two. The guide wheels 1313 abut on the facing surfaces of the two risers 1323, respectively, and can roll along the facing surfaces of the two risers 1323, respectively. Guide wheels 1313 cooperate with risers 1323 to guide the direction of travel of trolley 131.

Further, the sub-rail 1321 further includes a flange 1324. The direction of extension of the flap 1324. The flanges 1324 are disposed at the bottom ends of the risers 1323 and are perpendicular to the risers 1323. The beads 1324 can reinforce the structural strength of the sub-rail 1321.

Further, the sub-track 1321 further includes a cover 1325, and the cover 1325 is perpendicular to the cross plate 1322. The bottom ends of the two guard plates 1325 are respectively connected to the ends of the two transverse plates 1322 which are far away from each other. The height of the apron 1325 is preferably greater than the height of the body 1311 of the trolley 131. The shield 1325 can further strengthen the sub-track 1321 while the shield 1325 can prevent the load bearing wheel 1314 from being exposed to the outside and causing a hazard.

Further, the sorter 13 also includes a plurality of rail brackets 133 and power rails 136. A plurality of rail brackets 133 are provided at the bottom of the rail 132 to support the rail 132. The rail bracket 133 includes a cross member 1331 and upright posts 1332 extending upwardly from both ends of the cross member 1331. Two sub-rails 1321 are provided on top of the two upright posts 1332, respectively. The bottom surface of the cross plate 1322 of the sub-rail 1321 abuts on the end surface of the tip end of the upright post 1332. The riser 1323 of the sub-track 1321 abuts an inwardly facing side of the upstanding post 1332. Power rail 136 is disposed on vertical post 1332. Power rail 136 is connected to a power source.

The bogie 131 further includes a current collector 1315 provided on the vehicle body 1311. The current collector 1315 is provided at the bottom of the vehicle body 1311. The current collector 1315 is slidably connected to the power rail 136. Current collector 1315 can draw power from power rail 136. Therefore, the trolley 131 obtains electric power by the current collector 1315.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the sorter 13 further includes a frame 134 disposed at the bottom of the rail bracket 133. The frame 134 is a frame structure, and may be a metal frame. A shock-absorbing pad 135 is disposed between the frame 134 and the rail bracket 133. The damper pad 135 may be provided in plurality. The shock pad 135 may be a rubber pad.

The shock-absorbing pad 135 can reduce the shock of the rail bracket 133 and reduce the noise of the operation of the cart 131, and at the same time, can form insulation between the rail bracket 133 and the frame 134.

Further, the chute 14 includes an inclined bottom plate 141 and a baffle 142. The inclined bottom plate 141 is disposed obliquely. The tilting plate may be mounted on the frame 134, for example, the two ends of the tilting plate are respectively provided with a pillar connected to the frame 134. The height of the end of the inclined base plate 141 close to the rail 132 is greater than the height of the end of the inclined base plate 141 far from the rail 132. A baffle 142 is provided on the side of the sole plate adjacent the downstream direction of the track 132. The baffle 142 is vertically disposed, and the baffle 142 may be perpendicular to the rail 132.

Thus, the inclined bottom plate 141 and the baffle 142 enclose an inclined slide way 14, the baffle 142 can block the goods 5 to prevent the goods 5 from moving to the downstream direction of the rail 132 when the trolley 131 throws the goods 5 into the slide way 14 during traveling, and the inclined bottom plate 141 guides the goods 5 to slide into the order box.

Further, the plurality of slideways 14 are respectively and uniformly arranged on two opposite sides of the rail 132, and the slideways 14 on the same side are arranged side by side along the rail 132.

The conveyors on the trolley 131 can deliver the goods 5 to both sides of the rail 132, and the plurality of slideways 14 are uniformly arranged on both sides of the rail 132 and arranged side by side to make full use of the space, so that the whole assembly line system 1 is more compact.

Further, a third conveyor line 16 is provided at the bottom of the sorter 13 in parallel with the sorter 13. The third conveyor line 16 can pass through the arch of the frame 134 of the sorter 13. The second transport line 15 extends from the outside of the sorting machine 13 to the bottom of the sorting machine 13.

After the arrangement, the third conveying line 16 is arranged at the bottom of the sorting machine 13, so that the vertical space can be fully utilized, the occupation of the ground space is reduced, and the structure of the whole assembly line system 1 is more compact.

Further, a second transfer line 15 is mounted on the introduction table. The second transfer line 15 includes a horizontal section 151 and an inclined section 152. The horizontal section 151 is disposed below the second end 144 of the slide 14, and the inclined section 152 has one end connected to the horizontal section 151 and the other end connected to the third conveyor line 16. The horizontal segment 151 is provided with a plurality of rollers arranged side by side, and the bearing surface formed by the rollers is horizontal. The inclined section 152 is also provided with a plurality of rollers arranged side by side, which form a sloping bearing surface. The level of the horizontal segment 151 is higher than that of the third transfer line 16, and the level of the inclined segment 152 gradually decreases from the horizontal segment 151 to the third transfer line 16.

The order box receives the goods 5 sliding down from the slide way 14 on the horizontal section 151, and the horizontal order box receiving the goods 5 can be more stable due to the horizontal bearing surface of the horizontal section 151. After the order box is filled with an order 5, it can be quickly advanced along the incline section 152 to the third conveyor line 16.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the pipeline system 1 further includes an automatic box sealing machine 17. An automatic box sealer 17 is provided on the third conveying line 16. The automatic packaging machine can seal the order boxes entering the automatic packaging machine. The automatic case sealer 17 may seal the seals of the order cases with adhesive tape. An automatic box sealer 17 may be provided at the downstream end of the third conveyor line 16 and may be capable of sealing all unsealed order boxes conveyed from the second conveyor line 15 to the third conveyor line 16.

The automatic carton sealing machine 17 is adopted for sealing the carton, so that the labor intensity of manual carton sealing can be greatly reduced, and the delivery efficiency of the goods 5 is improved.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the first conveyor line 11 includes a stocking section 112. The accumulation section 112 may be an accumulation conveyor. The accumulating section 112 is used for adjusting the distance between two adjacent cargos 5 so that the distance between two adjacent cargos 5 reaches a preset distance. When the distance between two adjacent cargos 5 on the first conveyor line 11 is greater than the preset distance, the latter cargo 5 is accelerated to make the distance between two adjacent cargos 5 smaller. When the distance between two adjacent cargos 5 on the first conveyor line 11 is smaller than the preset distance, the conveying speed of the next cargo 5 is reduced so that the distance between the two cargos 5 becomes larger.

The stacking section 112 is advantageous for improving the efficiency of the assembly line system 1 when the distance between two adjacent goods 5 is shortened. When the stacking section 112 lengthens the distance between two adjacent goods 5, the scanning station 12 is facilitated to accurately scan each goods 5, and the sorting machine 13 is also facilitated to accurately drop the goods 5 into the corresponding slide way 14.

Further, the first conveying line 11 further includes a plurality of sub-conveying lines 111. The number of the sub-transfer lines 111 may be 2. The upstream ends of the plurality of sub-conveyor lines 111 are connected to the plurality of picking stations 3, respectively. The downstream ends of the plurality of sub-conveyor lines 111 are connected to the accumulating section 112. The workers in the picking stations 3 place the goods 5 at the upstream end of the sub-conveyor line 111, and the goods 5 can be distance-adjusted along the sub-conveyor line 111 to the stocking section 112.

Thus, one pipeline system 1 can receive goods 5 from a plurality of picking workstations 3, so that the goods 5 input into the pipeline system 1 are faster, and the efficiency of the warehouse pipeline is improved.

Further, the line width of the accumulating section 112 is greater than or equal to the total line width of all the sub-conveying lines 111. In this way, the goods 5 on each sub-conveyor line 111 can keep the original formation on the accumulation section 112.

The present embodiment also proposes a control method for controlling the pipeline system 1 described above. The control method comprises the following steps:

step S1: receiving a plurality of orders, and respectively corresponding the orders to different slideways 14;

step S2: receiving the goods code acquired by the scanning station 12;

step S3: inquiring the order to which the goods 5 belong according to the goods code;

step S4: according to the order to which the goods 5 belong, inquiring the slideway 14 corresponding to the order;

step S5: instructing the sorting machine 13 to drop the goods 5 into the corresponding chute 14;

step S6: when the goods 5 corresponding to the order are all put into the slide 14, the second conveyor line 15 corresponding to the slide 14 is instructed to operate so that the order boxes on the second conveyor line 15 enter the third conveyor line 16.

By adopting the method, the goods 5 of a plurality of orders can be respectively loaded into the corresponding order boxes, thereby completing automatic rechecking.

The present embodiment also proposes a control device 6, which control device 6 is used to control the pipeline system 1 described above. The control device 6 includes:

the order distribution module 61 is configured to receive a plurality of orders, and respectively correspond the plurality of orders to different slideways 14;

the first query module 62 is used for querying the order to which the goods belong according to the goods code;

the second query module 63 is configured to query the slide way 14 corresponding to the order according to the order to which the goods belong;

a sorter control module 64 for instructing the sorter 13 to drop the goods into the corresponding chute 14;

and a second conveyor line control module 65, configured to instruct the second conveyor line 15 corresponding to the slide way 14 to operate to enable the order box on the second conveyor line 15 to enter the third conveyor line 16 after the goods corresponding to the order are all put into the slide way 14.

An electronic device 800 according to this embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 6. The electronic device 800 shown in fig. 6 is only an example and should not bring any limitations to the function and scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 6, electronic device 800 is in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 800 may include, but are not limited to: the at least one processing unit 810, the at least one memory unit 820, and a bus 830 that couples the various system components including the memory unit 820 and the processing unit 810.

Wherein the storage unit stores program code that is executable by the processing unit 810 to cause the processing unit 810 to perform steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention as described in the above section "exemplary methods" of the present specification.

The storage unit 820 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory units such as a random access memory unit (RAM)8201 and/or a cache memory unit 8202, and may further include a read only memory unit (ROM) 8203.

The storage unit 820 may also include a program/utility 8204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 8205, such program modules 8205 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.

Bus 830 may be any of several types of bus structures including a memory unit bus or memory unit controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The electronic device 800 may also communicate with one or more external devices 700 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), with one or more devices that enable an insurance customer to interact with the electronic device 800, and/or with any devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enable the electronic device 800 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur via input/output (I/O) interfaces 850. Also, the electronic device 800 may communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network, such as the internet) via the network adapter 860. As shown, the network adapter 860 communicates with the other modules of the electronic device 800 via the bus 830. It should be appreciated that although not shown, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the electronic device 800, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the exemplary embodiments described herein may be implemented by software, or by software in combination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and includes several instructions to make a computing device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a terminal device, or a network device, etc.) execute the control method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program product capable of implementing the above-described control method of the present specification. In some possible embodiments, aspects of the invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code means for causing a terminal device to carry out the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the invention described in the above section "exemplary methods" of the present description, when said program product is run on the terminal device.

Referring to fig. 7, a program product 900 for implementing the above-described control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, which may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program codes, and may be executed on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited in this regard and, in the present document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable signal medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the insurance client computing device, partly on the insurance client device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the insurance client computing device and partly on the remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the insurance client computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several modules or units of the device for action execution are mentioned, such a division is not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functionality of two or more modules or units described above may be embodied in one module or unit, according to embodiments of the present disclosure. Conversely, the features and functions of one module or unit described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of modules or units.

Moreover, although the steps of the methods of the present disclosure are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this does not require or imply that the steps must be performed in this particular order, or that all of the depicted steps must be performed, to achieve desirable results. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps may be omitted, multiple steps combined into one step execution, and/or one step broken down into multiple step executions, etc.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the exemplary embodiments described herein may be implemented by software, or by software in combination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and includes several instructions to enable a computing device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a mobile terminal, or a network device, etc.) to execute the control method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

Although the present invention has been disclosed with reference to certain embodiments, numerous variations and modifications may be made to the described embodiments without departing from the scope and ambit of the present invention. It is to be understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but it is intended to cover modifications within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A pipeline system, comprising:

a first conveyor line (11);

a code scanning station (12) arranged above the first conveyor line (11);

a sorter (13) connected to the first conveyor line (11);

a plurality of chutes (14) comprising a first end (143) disposed beside the sorter (13) and a second end (144) opposite the first end (143);

a plurality of second conveying lines (15), wherein the second conveying lines (15) are arranged corresponding to the second ends (144) one by one, and each second conveying line (15) is arranged below the corresponding second end (144);

a third transport line (16) connecting the ends of the respective second transport lines (15);

wherein a first conveyor line 11 is used for conveying goods to the sorting machine (13); the code scanning station (12) is used for identifying the type of goods entering the sorting machine (13); the sorting machine (13) is used for sorting the goods into a first end (143) of a slide way (14) corresponding to the order to which the goods belong; the second conveyor line (15) is used for carrying order boxes and conveying the order boxes filled with order goods to the third conveyor line (16), wherein the order boxes can receive goods sliding from the second end (144) corresponding to the second conveyor line (15) when on the second conveyor line (15).

2. The line system according to claim 1, characterized in that said sorting machine (13) comprises:

a track (132); and

a plurality of trolleys (131) comprising trolley bodies (1311) capable of traveling along the rails (132) and conveyor belts (1312) arranged on the tops of the trolley bodies (1311);

wherein a plurality of slideways (14) are arranged beside the track (132), and the conveying direction of the conveying belt (1312) is perpendicular to the track (132).

3. The track system of claim 2, wherein the track (132) comprises two sub-rails (1321), the sub-rails (1321) comprising a horizontally disposed cross plate (1322) and a riser (1323) perpendicular to the cross plate (1322) and connected to the cross plate (1322);

the vehicle body (1311) comprises a frame, a plurality of load-bearing wheels (1314) mounted on the frame, and a plurality of guide wheels (1313) mounted on the frame;

the two transverse plates (1322) are parallel to each other, the two vertical plates (1323) are parallel to each other, the plurality of bearing wheels (1314) can roll on the upper surfaces of the two transverse plates (1322) respectively, and the plurality of guide wheels (1313) can roll on the opposite surfaces of the two vertical plates (1323) respectively.

4. The in-line system of claim 2, wherein the sorter (13) further comprises a rail bracket (133) supporting the track (132) and a power rail (136) mounted on the rail bracket (133), the power rail (136) being disposed parallel to the track;

the trolley (131) further comprises a current collecting device (1313) arranged on the trolley body (1311), and the current collecting device (1313) is connected with the power rail (136) in a sliding mode to supply power to the trolley (131).

5. The pipelining system of claim 2, wherein said slide (14) includes a sloped floor (141), said sloped floor (141) having a greater height proximate an end of said track (132) than distal an end of said track (132).

6. The in-line system of claim 5, wherein the slide (14) further comprises a baffle (142) disposed on a side of the sloped floor (141) proximate a downstream direction of the track (132), the baffle (142) being perpendicular to the track (132).

7. The in-line system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of runners (14) are evenly distributed on opposite sides of the track (132), the plurality of runners (14) on the same side being arranged side-by-side along the track (132).

8. The line system according to claim 7, characterized in that said third conveyor line (16) is arranged at the bottom of said sorter (13) and parallel to each other with respect to said sorter (13), said second conveyor line (15) extending from the outside of said sorter (13) to the bottom of said sorter (13).

9. The flow line system according to claim 8, characterized in that said second conveyor line (15) comprises a horizontal section (151) arranged below the end of said second end (144) and an inclined section (152) extending from said horizontal section (151) to said third conveyor line (16);

wherein the height of the horizontal section (151) is higher than the height of the third conveyor line (16).

10. The pipeline system of claim 1, further comprising:

and the automatic box sealing machine (17) is arranged on the third conveying line (16) and is used for sealing the order boxes on the third conveying line (16).

11. The line system according to claim 1, characterized in that said first conveyor line (11) comprises a depositing section (112), said depositing section (112) being adapted to adjust the distance between two adjacent goods.

12. The line system according to claim 11, characterized in that said first conveying line (11) further comprises a plurality of sub-conveying lines (111), the upstream ends of said plurality of sub-conveying lines (111) being connected to a plurality of picking stations (3), respectively, and the downstream ends of said plurality of sub-conveying lines (111) being connected to said accumulating section (112).

13. The flow line system according to claim 12, wherein the line body width of the accumulation section (112) is greater than or equal to the bus body width of all the sub-transmission lines (111).

14. A control method for controlling the pipeline system according to any one of claims 1 to 13, the control method comprising:

receiving a plurality of orders, and respectively corresponding the orders to different slideways (14);

receiving the goods code acquired by the scanning station (12);

inquiring the order to which the goods belong according to the goods code;

according to the order to which the goods belong, inquiring a slideway (14) corresponding to the order;

instructing the sorting machine (13) to drop the goods into the corresponding chute (14);

when the goods corresponding to the order are all put into the slide way (14), the second conveying line (15) corresponding to the slide way (14) is instructed to operate so that the order boxes on the second conveying line (15) enter a third conveying line (16).

15. A control device for controlling the line system according to any one of claims 1 to 13, the control device comprising:

the order distribution module (61) is used for receiving a plurality of orders and respectively corresponding the orders to different slideways (14);

the first query module (62) is used for querying the order to which the goods belong according to the goods code;

the second query module (63) is used for querying the slide way (14) corresponding to the order according to the order to which the goods belong;

a sorter control module (64) for instructing the sorter (13) to drop the goods into the corresponding chute (14);

and the second conveyor line control module (65) is used for indicating the second conveyor line (15) corresponding to the slide way (14) to operate to enable the order boxes on the second conveyor line (15) to enter the third conveyor line (16) after the goods corresponding to the order are all put into the slide way (14).

16. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implementing the control method of claim 14.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the control method of claim 14 via execution of the executable instructions.