CN112974268A - Manual sorting station and sorting method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention belongs to the technical field of logistics, and discloses a manual sorting station and a sorting method, wherein the manual sorting station comprises an input roller line, a first belt line, an output roller line, a second belt line and a sorting auxiliary device, the manual sorting station can be arranged in sorting operation places such as a sorting warehouse and the like, so that a sorting material box carrying materials to be sorted is conveyed to a stationed sorting worker through the input roller line and the first belt line, and an order material box carrying the sorted materials thrown by the sorting worker is output through the output roller line and the second belt line, namely, a 'goods-to-people' sorting mode for performing manual stationing operation at the manual sorting station replaces a 'people-finding goods' sorting mode for manually rolling on a goods shelf to perform sorting and merging operation of bulk materials, the manual walking distance is reduced, and meanwhile, the sorting auxiliary device arranged in the manual sorting station can guide manual operation to complete accurate sorting action, the manual work intensity and the sorting error rate are reduced, and meanwhile, the storage density of a warehouse can be reduced, and the labor is saved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of logistics, in particular to a manual sorting station and a sorting method.
Background
For sorting retail goods orders of daily necessities, food and the like, due to the fact that the basic number of the types of materials to be sorted is large, and the materials of the same type are different in specification, the sorting operation of the orders is greatly uncertain, and large-scale fields and large equipment investment are needed when full-automatic sorting is adopted.
Therefore, at present, the sorting operation of the bulk cargo orders mainly adopts manual sorting, that is, the bulk cargo orders need to be manually sorted among different shelves for placing materials, and finally all the bulk cargos in the orders are combined, so that the labor intensity of manual operation is high, and sorting errors are easy to occur.
Therefore, the above problems need to be solved.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a manual sorting station and a sorting method, which are used for solving the problems of high manual labor intensity and easiness in sorting errors in bulk order sorting operation.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a manual sorting station, comprising:
the sorting device comprises an input roller line, a sorting material box and a first code, wherein the input roller line can convey the sorting material box, the sorting material box is provided with N storage lattices used for loading materials to be sorted, and the sorting material box is also provided with the first code which is bound with the storage lattices and material information of the materials to be sorted in the storage lattices;
the first belt line vertically extends between the rollers of the input roller line, the tail end of the first belt line extends to a human station, the first belt line can lift the bearing surface of the first belt line to be higher than the input roller line so as to receive the sorting material boxes on the input roller line, and the first belt line can also lower the bearing surface of the first belt line to be lower than the input roller line so as to enable the sorting material boxes borne on the first belt line to flow back to the input roller line;
the output roller line is arranged on the lower layer of the input roller line and can convey an order material box used for receiving sorted materials, the order material box is provided with a second code, and order information is bound to the second code;
the second belt line vertically extends between the rollers of the output roller line, the tail end of the second belt line extends to the human station, the second belt line can lift the bearing surface of the second belt line to be higher than the output roller line so as to receive the order material boxes on the output roller line, and the second belt line can also lower the bearing surface of the second belt line to be lower than the output roller line so as to enable the order material boxes borne on the second belt line to flow back to the output roller line; the number of the second belt lines is N, and when N is larger than or equal to 2, the second belt lines are arranged side by side; and
the sorting auxiliary device comprises a recognition part and a guide part; the identification part can identify a first code of a sorting material box positioned at the tail end of the first belt line and a second code of an order material box positioned at the tail end of the second belt line so as to match the material information and the order information to form sorting information, and the guiding part can form a guiding prompt suitable for manual identification based on the sorting information, so that the manual sorting of materials to be sorted in each storage lattice of the sorting material box into the corresponding order material box based on the guiding prompt is facilitated.
Preferably, the guide unit includes:
the guide lamps can form prompt light beams which are independently irradiated on the storage compartments; and
n electronic tags correspond to N order material boxes at the tail end of the second belt line in position respectively, and when the guide lamp irradiates any storage lattice, the electronic tags of the order material boxes of which the positions correspond to order information and which contain materials to be sorted in the storage lattice can form prompt display.
Preferably, the guide unit includes:
the guiding light can form a first prompting light beam which is irradiated on any storage space independently and form a second prompting light beam which is irradiated on any order material box independently.
Preferably, the number of the first belt lines is two or more, and the two or more first belt lines are arranged side by side.
Preferably, the first belt line includes:
the at least two first conveying belts are respectively arranged in the roller gaps of the input roller line and can carry and convey the sorting material box together;
a first lifting mechanism configured to lift the at least two first conveyor belts;
the baffle is obliquely arranged at the downstream of the tail end of the first belt line close to the manual station, and the baffle is inclined towards the manual station from bottom to top; and
the overturning mechanism is arranged below the tail end of the first belt line close to the human station and can push the picking material box at the tail end of the first belt line upwards so that the picking material box is overturned to a side wall to be attached to the baffle.
Preferably, when the picking material box is turned to one side and turned to one side wall close to the baffle, the vertical direction projection of the gravity center of the picking material box is positioned on the top turning mechanism.
Preferably, the at least two first conveyor belts are provided in common on a first frame, and the first lifting mechanism includes:
a first lifting part configured to lift a portion of the first frame near the input roller line so that a portion of the first belt line extending into the input roller line is higher or lower than a bearing surface of the input roller line; and
a second lifting portion configured to lift a portion of the first frame proximate to the human station such that a portion of the first belt line outside of the infeed roller line is above or below a carrying surface of the infeed roller line;
the first lifting unit and the second lifting unit can lift the first frame individually or together.
Preferably, the second belt line includes:
the at least two second conveying belts are respectively arranged in the roller gaps of the output roller line and can be used for carrying and conveying the order magazine together;
a second lifting mechanism configured to lift the at least two second conveyor belts.
Preferably, the at least two second conveyor belts are provided in common on a second frame, and the second lifting mechanism includes:
a third lifting part configured to lift a portion of the second frame near the outfeed roller line so that a portion of the second belt line extending into the outfeed roller line is higher or lower than a bearing surface of the outfeed roller line; and
a fourth lifting portion configured to lift a portion of the second frame proximate to the human station such that a portion of the second belt line outside of the outfeed roller line is above or below a carrying surface of the outfeed roller line;
the third lifting unit and the fourth lifting unit can lift the second frame individually or together.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention also adopts the following technical scheme:
a sorting method based on the manual sorting station comprises the following steps:
lifting a first belt line so that the first belt line receives a sorting material box which is conveyed from an input roller line and is loaded with materials to be sorted, and conveying the sorting material box to the end, close to a human station, of the first belt line;
lifting a second belt line so that the second belt line receives empty order boxes transmitted from the upstream of the output roller line, and conveying the order boxes to the tail end of the second belt line close to the human station;
the identification part of the sorting auxiliary device identifies a first code of a sorting material box positioned at the tail end of the first belt line and a second code of an order material box positioned at the tail end of the second belt line so as to match material information and order information to form sorting information, the guiding part forms a guiding prompt suitable for manual identification based on the sorting information, and materials to be sorted in each storage lattice of the sorting material box are sorted into the corresponding order material box based on the guiding prompt manually.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the manual sorting station provided by the invention can be arranged in sorting operation places such as a sorting warehouse and the like, can receive a sorting material box loaded with materials to be sorted and output an order material box loaded with the sorted materials thrown by sorting workers, namely, a goods-to-person sorting mode for performing manual on-duty operation at the manual sorting station replaces a person goods-finding sorting mode of manually rolling on a goods shelf to perform bulk material sorting and merging operation, so that the manual walking distance is reduced, meanwhile, a sorting auxiliary device arranged in the manual sorting station can guide the manual operation to complete accurate sorting action, the sorting error rate can be reduced while the manual operation intensity is reduced, the storage density of the warehouse can be reduced, and the labor is saved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a manual sorting station according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a manual sorting station with the housing removed according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of an entrance roll line, an exit roll line, a first belt line and a second belt in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a top view of an input roller line and a first belt line in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the first belt line according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a top view of an outfeed roller line and a second belt line in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a second belt line in the embodiment of the present invention.
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1. a housing;
2. inputting a roller line;
3. an output roll line;
4. a first belt line; 41. a first conveyor belt; 42. a first lifting mechanism; 421. a first lifting unit; 422. a second lifting unit; 43. a baffle plate; 44. a jack-turning mechanism; 441. turning over a plate; 442. a first cylinder; 45. a first frame;
5. a second belt line; 51. a second conveyor belt; 52. a second lifting mechanism; 521. a third lifting part; 5211. a roller; 5212. a lifting drive roller; 5213. a cam; 522. a fourth lifting unit; 53. a second frame;
6. selecting a material box; 61. a storage grid;
7. an order box;
81. a guidance light; 82. an electronic tag.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.
In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, removably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are used in an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.
This embodiment provides a manual sorting station, and this manual sorting station sets up in letter sorting workplace such as letter sorting warehouse to the goods that carry out artifical on duty operation through this manual sorting station department replace artifical the rolling to look for the goods in the people of goods shelves to select the mode and carry out selecting and merging the operation of bulk cargo to the people selects the mode, reduce artifical walking distance, reduce artifical operation intensity and select the error rate, can reduce warehouse storage density simultaneously, use manpower sparingly.
The sorting operation place can comprise a material warehouse for storing various materials, a plurality of manual sorting stations, a discharging warehouse, a sorting conveying line connected between the material warehouse and the manual sorting stations, a discharging conveying line connected between the manual sorting stations and the discharging warehouse and the like.
The storage control system (WCS) can divide an order into a plurality of sorting sub-orders formed by sorting tasks based on demand order information, and send the sub-orders to a material warehouse for storing materials contained in the sub-orders to execute sorting operation. The sorting material box can be provided with N storage lattices formed by a physical partition structure, and in the sorting link, the storage control system binds sub-order material information, a first code arranged on the sorting material box and specific storage lattice information of each sub-order material placed in the sorting material box.
Wherein, the Warehouse Control System (WCS) generates the sub-order and can be planned based on the information such as the storage grid number, the accommodation and the like of the sorting material box. The specific storage lattice information of the sub-order materials placed in the sorting material box can be obtained based on preset material placing and arranging rules, namely, when the automatic sorting robot executes a sorting task, the materials can be placed into the storage lattices according to the material placing and arranging rules arranged based on the positions of the storage lattices fixedly formed in each sorting material box. Of course, when there is insufficient material for any one sub-order to occupy all of the pockets of a picking magazine, the picking magazine may simultaneously bind different sub-orders for the same demand order, or may simultaneously bind sub-orders for different demand orders.
After any sub-order is selected or any selecting material box is fully loaded, the selecting material boxes bound to the same demand order are conveyed to the same manual sorting station by the sorting conveying lines, materials in the selecting material boxes are manually sorted into the same order material box, and the order material box is output to the discharging warehouse by the order conveying line for discharging. The order magazine may have a second code disposed thereon, the second code being captured with the manual sorting station and bound with the demand order information.
It will be appreciated that the first code and the second code are secured to the sorting bins in a computer readable form for identification by a code scanning device such as a code scanning gun and for reading the code information by the bin control system. The warehouse control system, the automatic sorting robot, the identification of the first code and the second code, the binding of the first code and the second code, the related circuit structure, the control method, the communication deployment and the like involved in the sorting operation are the prior art, and are not described herein again.
The manual sorting station will be described in detail below.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the manual sorting station includes a housing 1 and a manual work platform (disposed adjacent to the housing 1 and not shown in the drawings) for facilitating manual operation, and the housing 1 is covered with an input roller line 2, an output roller line 3, a first belt line 4 and a second belt line 5. The input roller line 2 is butted with a sorting warehouse to form a loop for circularly conveying the sorting material boxes 6; the output roller line 3 is butted with the discharging warehouse to form a loop for circularly conveying the order material box 7; a first belt line 4 interfaces with the input roller line 2 to deliver order magazines 6 and a second belt line 5 interfaces with the output roller line 3 to deliver order magazines 7.
Wherein, input roller line 2 and output roller line 3 are roller conveying lines. Input roller line 2 sets up in the top of output roller line 3, and first belt line 4 sets up in the top of second belt line 5, and first belt line 4 all extends to people's work platform with second belt line 5 to the workman of selecting who in the manual work platform of guarding in need not to walk to move can select the material of waiting to sort in the magazine 6 of selecting of carrying to the side and select and throw to corresponding order magazine 7 in, reduces intensity of labour.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the first belt line 4 vertically extends between the rollers of the input roller line 2, and is capable of lifting its bearing surface to be higher than the input roller line 2 to receive the picking magazine 6 loaded with the materials to be sorted (i.e. the consolidated sub-order materials to be transferred) on the input roller line 2 above its bearing surface and convey the picking magazine 6 to its end, so that the picking workers can take out the materials to be sorted in the picking magazine 6; the first belt line 4 can also lower the bearing surface to be lower than the input roller line 2, so that the empty sorting material boxes 6 loaded on the first belt line can flow back to the input roller line 2, and other sorting material boxes 6 on the input roller line 2 can be allowed to smoothly pass through and flow to other downstream first belt lines 4 when the sorting material boxes 6 are loaded on the first belt line 4.
As shown in fig. 3 and 6, the second belt line 5 extends vertically into the space between the rollers of the output roller line 3, and is capable of lifting its carrying surface above the output roller line 3 to receive empty order cassettes 7 on the output roller line 3 above its carrying surface and to transport the order cassettes 7 to its end for receiving sub-order materials thrown by the picker. The second belt line 5 can also lower the carrying surface to a position lower than the output roller line 3, so that the order cassettes 7 carried thereon flow back to the output roller line 3, and other order cassettes 7 on the output roller line 3 can be allowed to smoothly pass through and flow to other downstream second belt lines 5 when the order cassettes 7 are carried on the second belt line 5.
When sorting the material in the single magazine 6 of selecting, the quantity of required order magazine 7 is the quantity that should select the demand order that magazine 6 bound along with corresponding promptly, consequently, in this embodiment, the quantity of second belt line 5 is N to can deposit simultaneously and have enough to meet the need the same order magazine 7 of storage lattice 61 quantity in the magazine 6 is selected with single in this manual sorting station, avoid appearing selecting the unable problem that receives of material in the magazine 6. When N is equal to or greater than 2, the second belt lines 5 are arranged side by side, and in this embodiment, N is 4.
In order to enable the picker to accurately transfer the material from the individual pockets 61 of the pick magazine 6 into the specific order magazine 7, the manual sorting station also comprises a sorting aid which comprises an identification part (not shown) and a guide part. The identification part can identify a first code of a sorting material box 6 positioned at the tail end of the first belt line 4 and a second code of an order material box 7 positioned at the tail end of the second belt line 5 so as to match material information and demand order information to form sorting information, wherein the sorting information is matching correlation information between the demand order information bound by the order material box 7 and material information in each storage lattice 61 of one or more sorting material boxes 6. The guiding portion can form a guiding prompt suitable for manual identification based on the picking information, so that the picking worker can sort the materials to be sorted in each storage lattice 61 of the picking box 6 into the corresponding order box 7 based on the guiding prompt.
As shown in fig. 2, the guide may include a guide lamp 81 and N electronic tags 82. Wherein, the guiding lamp 81 can be fixed on the top of the housing 1, which can form a prompting beam individually irradiating each storage compartment 61; the N electronic tags 82 are fixed on the manual operation platform and are generally positioned in front of the operation position of the picker, and the N electronic tags 82 correspond to the N order material boxes 7 at the tail ends of the N second belt lines 5 respectively. When the guiding part obtains the picking information, the guiding lamp 81 projects the light beams to each storage compartment 61 of the picking material box 6 one by one according to the matching related information, and when the guiding lamp 81 irradiates any storage compartment 61, the electronic tag 82 corresponding to the position of the order material box 7 of which the demand order information includes the materials in the storage compartment 61 can form a prompt display, and the prompt display can be the normal light, the twinkling and the display characters of the electronic tag 82. At this moment, the picking worker can quickly and accurately pick the materials in the storage lattices 61 projected by the guide lamps 81 to the corresponding order material boxes 7, and the sorting efficiency and accuracy are ensured. The above-mentioned prompt beam and prompt display are the guide prompt suitable for manual identification formed by the guide part based on the picking information.
In order to facilitate the judgment of whether the materials in each storage cell 61 are taken out manually or not so as to switch the guiding lamp 81 to the projection target, the auxiliary sorting device may further include a first light curtain (not shown in the figure), which is disposed at an opening of the sorting magazine at the end of each first belt line 4, and when the materials are manually moved into the sorting magazine 6 and grabbed in the storage cell 61, the first light curtain intervenes in the sorting magazine 6 and blocks the detection light formed by the light emitting end of the first light curtain, thereby triggering the light receiving end which cannot receive the detection light to form a detection signal, and after the hand is moved out, the blocked detection light is received again by the light receiving end, thereby enabling the guiding part to judge the movement out of the materials in the current storage cell 61, and the guiding lamp 81 can project the light to the next storage cell 61.
Correspondingly, in order to facilitate the judgment of whether the materials are manually placed into the order material box 7 or not so as to enable each electronic tag 82 to be switched and displayed, the sorting auxiliary device may further include a second light curtain (not shown in the figure), the second light curtain is disposed at an opening of the order material box 7 at the end of each second belt line 5, when the materials fall into the order material box 7, the materials will be inserted into the order material box 7 and block the detection light formed by the light emitting end of the second light curtain, so as to trigger the light receiving end which cannot receive the detection light to form a detection signal, the guiding part judges that the sorting of the materials in the current storage compartment 61 is completed, the current electronic tag 82 stops prompting and displays, and the electronic tag 82 corresponding to the material information in the next storage compartment 61 starts prompting and displays.
Alternatively, the guide portion may include only the guide lamp 81, and the guide lamp 81 may be capable of forming a first prompt beam to be irradiated at any one of the pockets 61 alone and a second prompt beam to be irradiated at any one of the order cassettes 7 alone, i.e., the picker may complete the sorting of the materials by recognizing the first prompt beam and the second prompt beam. In other alternative embodiments, the guidance unit may also complete the sorting target and destination guidance through single or composite external prompt information suitable for manual identification, such as voice prompt, sound and light prompt, and the like, which is not limited herein.
Referring to fig. 4, in this embodiment, the number of the first belt lines 4 may be more than two, and the more than two first belt lines 4 are arranged side by side, so that after the picking material boxes 6 on one of the first belt lines 4 are empty, the picking personnel can pick the picking material boxes 6 on the other belt line, and an operation idle period is avoided. Accordingly, the number of the guide lamps 81 may be the same as the number of the first belt lines 4 and correspond one to one.
As shown in fig. 5, the first belt line 4 includes at least two first conveyor belts 41 capable of carrying and conveying the cull box 6 together, and each of the first conveyor belts 41 is disposed in a roller gap of the input roller line 2. The first belt line 4 further includes a first lifting mechanism 42, a stopper 43, and a flip-top mechanism 44, the first lifting mechanism 42 being configured to lift all the first conveyor belts 41 together so that the bearing surfaces of the first conveyor belts 41 are higher or lower than the input roller line 2; the baffle 43 is obliquely arranged at the downstream end of the first belt line 4 close to the human station, and the baffle 43 is obliquely inclined towards the human station from bottom to top; the overturning and jacking mechanism 44 is arranged below the end, close to the human station, of the first belt line 4, and the overturning and jacking mechanism 44 can push the picking material boxes 6 at the end of the first belt line 4 upwards so that the picking material boxes 6 are overturned to a side wall close to the baffle 43, so that the opening of the picking material boxes 6 faces a picking worker, and the picking worker can conveniently pick materials. Preferably, when the picking magazine 6 is turned over to a side wall attached to the baffle 43, the vertical projection of the center of gravity is located on the flip-top mechanism 44, so that when the flip-top mechanism 44 is reset, the empty picking magazine 6 can be automatically returned to be carried on the first belt line 4 under the action of gravity.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the flipping mechanism 44 includes a turning plate 441 and a first cylinder 442, the turning plate 441 is disposed between the gaps of the two first conveying belts 41, one end of the turning plate 441 is hinged to the end of the first belt line 4 so as to be able to turn around the hinge shaft and flip up the picking magazine 6, the cylinder body of the first cylinder 442 is hinged to an external fixed structure (such as the housing 1, the supporting mechanism of the input roller line 2, etc.), and the telescopic shaft end thereof is hinged to the bottom of the turning plate 441, so that the turning plate 441 is restrained to flip up the picking magazine 6 when the telescopic shaft of the cylinder extends out.
In a preferred embodiment, the flap 43 may be vertically connected to the flap 441 such that, when the flap 441 is pivoted about the hinge axis and pushes up on the picking magazine 6, the flap 43 naturally forms an angle of inclination directed towards the manual work, and, when the flap 441 is reset, the flap 43 can in turn bear against the picking magazine 6, so that the picking magazine 6 returns to be pivoted on the first belt line 4.
As described above, the transfer of the picking cassettes 6 by the first belt lines 4 and the input roller line 2 requires the first belt lines 4 to perform the lifting operation at a proper time, and for this reason, in the present embodiment, all the first conveying belts 41 of each first belt line 4 are commonly disposed on the first frame 45, and the first lifting mechanism 42 is configured to lift the first frame 45 so as to lift the first conveying belts 41 along with the lifting operation.
Further, specifically, the first lifting mechanism 42 includes a first lifting part 421 and a second lifting part 422, wherein the first lifting part 421 is configured to lift a portion of the first frame 45 close to the input roller line 2, so that a portion of the first belt line 4 extending into the input roller line 2 is higher or lower than a bearing surface of the input roller line 2; the second lifting section 422 is configured to lift the portion of the first frame 45 near the human station so that the portion of the first belt line 4 outside the entrance roller line 2 is higher or lower than the carrying surface of the entrance roller line 2; the first elevating unit 421 and the second elevating unit 422 can elevate the first frame 45 individually or together.
The first elevating mechanism 42 is specifically configured to elevate both ends of the first belt line 4 together by the first elevating portion 421 and the second elevating portion 422: when the first belt line 4 receives or outputs the picking magazine 6, the first lifting portion 421 and the second lifting portion 422 can be lifted or lowered together to realize butt joint transmission of the first belt line 4 and the input roller line 2, and the first belt line 4 can be kept in a horizontal posture by synchronous lifting of the first lifting portion 421 and the second lifting portion 422, so that in the process of handover between the first belt line 4 and the input roller line 2, two ends of the bottom surface of the picking magazine 6 in the extending direction of the first belt line 4 can be simultaneously contacted with the first belt line 4 or the input roller line 2, and posture deviation caused by one end of the picking magazine 6 contacting the first belt line 4 or the input roller line 2 first is avoided. Meanwhile, the first elevating portion 421 and the second elevating portion 422 can be independently elevated in order to: when all the first belt lines 4 are loaded with the sorting cassettes 6, the first lifting portion 421 can keep lifting the first frame 45 near the input roller line 2, so that the first frame 45 blocks the sorting cassettes 6 to be sorted transmitted from the upstream of the input roller line 2, and when a certain first belt line 4 is unloaded, the first lifting portions 421 of other first belt lines 4 at the upstream can be lowered timely to allow the sorting cassettes 6 to be sorted to flow to the first belt line 4, and the sorting cassettes 6 to be sorted can be received again in batches without waiting for all the first belt lines 4 to be unloaded.
As shown in fig. 5, in this embodiment, the first elevating portion 421 and the second elevating portion 422 can be respectively a second cylinder, the telescopic shafts of the two second cylinders are vertically disposed, and the telescopic shafts of the two second cylinders are respectively disposed at two ends of the first frame 45, so as to elevate two ends of the first frame 45 together or respectively when the two second cylinders extend or retract.
In this embodiment, the second belt line 5 includes at least two second conveying belts 51, all the second conveying belts 51 are respectively disposed in the roller gaps of the output roller line 3, and all the second conveying belts 51 can carry and convey the order magazine 7 together; the second elevating mechanism 52 is configured to elevate at least two second conveyor belts 51.
The second belt line 5 is of substantially the same construction as the first belt line 4, except that the order magazine 7 generally needs to receive sub-order materials from within a plurality of order magazines 6, and therefore the full order magazine 7 weighs more than the full order magazine 6. For this purpose, in the present embodiment, the first belt line 4 includes two first conveyor belts 41, and the second belt line 5 includes four second conveyor belts 51, so that the second belt line 5 has better load-carrying capacity.
Similarly, in the present embodiment, all the second conveying belts 51 of the second belt line 5 are respectively and commonly disposed on the second frame 53, the second lifting mechanism 52 includes a third lifting part 521 and a fourth lifting part 522, and the third lifting part 521 is configured to lift a portion of the second frame 53 close to the carry-out roller line 3, so that the portion of the second belt line 5 extending into the carry-out roller line 3 is higher or lower than the carrying surface of the carry-out roller line 3; the fourth lifting and lowering section 522 is configured to lift the portion of the second frame 53 near the human station so that the portion of the second belt line 5 outside the carry-out roll line 3 is higher or lower than the carrying surface of the carry-out roll line 3; the third elevating portion 521 and the fourth elevating portion 522 can elevate the second frame 53 individually or collectively to achieve substantially the same functions as the first elevating mechanism 42, i.e., elevating the order magazine 7, and blocking and releasing the order magazine 7 on the carry-out roller line 3.
In view of the above purpose of improving the load capacity, in this embodiment, the third lifting unit 521 and the fourth lifting unit 522 may adopt a cam 5213 lifting mechanism with the same structure and larger lifting moment, as shown in fig. 7, both ends of the second frame 53 are rotatably connected with a roller 5211, a lifting driving roller 5212 is disposed below both rollers 5211, a cam 5213 is disposed at a position of the lifting driving roller 5212 corresponding to the roller 5211, and a rim of the cam 5213 contacts with a wheel surface of the roller 5211, so that when the lifting driving roller 5212 rotates, a profile of the cam 5213 formed on the cam 5213 can realize lifting or lowering of the roller 5211, that is, the second belt line 5 can be lifted and lowered. When the third lifting part 521 and the fourth lifting part 522 are required to independently lift the second belt line 5, the two lifting driving rollers 5212 may be driven to rotate, respectively, and when only the third lifting part 521 and the fourth lifting part 522 are required to synchronously lift the second belt line 5, the two lifting driving rollers 5212 may be coupled by a timing pulley mechanism to be synchronously driven by a single driving source.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the two-section type matching structure of the input roller line 2 and the output roller line 3 shown in fig. 2, 3, 4 and 6 is configured to match the orientation arrangement of the external sorting warehouse and the discharging warehouse, that is, when the manual sorting station is located at the same side of the sorting warehouse and the discharging warehouse, the inflow and outflow directions of the sorting magazines 6 on the input roller line 2 are the same, and the inflow and outflow directions of the order magazines 7 on the output roller line 3 are also the same, so that the two-section type mutual-connection return conveying of the input roller line 2 and the output roller line 3 is configured, a lifting bearing mechanism similar to the second belt line 5 may be disposed at the connection position of the two-section input roller line 2, so as to achieve the purpose of transferring the sorting magazines 6 between the two-section input roller line 2, and similarly, the output roller line 3 may also be configured accordingly. When the manual sorting station is positioned between the sorting warehouse and the discharging warehouse, the input roller line 2 and the output roller line 3 do not need to be set into the two-section type turn-back structure, and one-way conveying can be formed through the continuous input roller line 2 and the continuous output roller line 3.
In addition, the embodiment also provides a sorting method based on the manual sorting station, and the sorting method comprises the following steps:
lifting the first belt line 4 so that the first belt line 4 receives the sorting magazine 6 loaded with the materials to be sorted, which is conveyed from the upstream of the input roller line 2, and the first belt line 4 conveys the sorting magazine 6 to the end thereof close to the human station;
lifting the second belt line 5 so that the second belt line 5 receives empty order cassettes 7 conveyed upstream from the output roller line 3, the second belt line 5 conveying the order cassettes 7 to the end thereof close to the human station;
the identification part of the sorting auxiliary device identifies a first code of a sorting material box 6 positioned at the tail end of the first belt line 4 and a second code of an order material box 7 positioned at the tail end of the second belt line 5 so as to match material information and order information to form sorting information, the guiding part forms a guiding prompt suitable for manual identification based on the sorting information, and materials to be sorted in each storage lattice 61 of the sorting material box 6 are sorted into the corresponding order material box 7 manually based on the guiding prompt.
This method has been specifically described in the foregoing description of the structure of the manual sorting station and will not be described in detail. It should be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Numerous obvious variations, adaptations and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.
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1. A manual sorting station, comprising:
the sorting device comprises an input roller line (2) capable of conveying a sorting material box (6), wherein the sorting material box (6) is provided with N storage grids (61) used for containing materials to be sorted, the sorting material box (6) is also provided with a first code, and the first code is bound with the storage grids (61) and material information of the materials to be sorted in the storage grids (61);
the first belt line (4) vertically extends between the rollers of the input roller line (2), the tail end of the first belt line (4) extends to a human station, the first belt line (4) can lift the bearing surface of the first belt line to be higher than the input roller line (2) so as to receive the picking material boxes (6) on the input roller line (2), and the first belt line (4) can also lower the bearing surface of the first belt line to be lower than the input roller line (2) so as to enable the picking material boxes (6) borne on the first belt line to flow back to the input roller line (2);
the output roller line (3) is arranged at the lower layer of the input roller line (2), the output roller line (3) can convey an order box (7) used for receiving the sorted materials, the order box (7) is provided with a second code, and order information is bound to the second code;
the second belt line (5) vertically extends into the space between the rollers of the output roller line (3), the tail end of the second belt line (5) extends to the human station, the second belt line (5) can lift the bearing surface of the second belt line to be higher than the output roller line (3) so as to receive the order material boxes (7) on the output roller line (3), and the second belt line (5) can also lower the bearing surface of the second belt line to be lower than the output roller line (3) so as to enable the order material boxes (7) borne on the second belt line to flow back to the output roller line (3); the number of the second belt lines (5) is N, and when N is larger than or equal to 2, the second belt lines (5) are arranged side by side; and
the sorting auxiliary device comprises a recognition part and a guide part; the identification part can identify a first code of a sorting material box (6) located at the tail end of the first belt line (4) and a second code of an order material box (7) located at the tail end of the second belt line (5) so as to match the material information and the order information to form sorting information, and the guiding part can form a guiding prompt suitable for manual identification based on the sorting information, so that materials to be sorted in each storage lattice (61) of the sorting material box (6) can be conveniently and manually sorted into the corresponding order material box (7) based on the guiding prompt.
2. The manual sorting station of claim 1, wherein the index includes:
a guide lamp (81), the guide lamp (81) being capable of forming a cue light beam that is individually irradiated at each storage compartment (61); and
n electronic tags (82) correspond to the positions of N order material boxes (7) at the tail ends of the N second belt lines (5), and when the guide lamp (81) irradiates any storage cell (61), the electronic tags (82) of the order material boxes (7) with the positions corresponding to the order information containing materials to be sorted in the storage cell (61) can form prompt display.
3. The manual sorting station of claim 1, wherein the index includes:
the indicator light (81) can form a first indicator light beam which is irradiated on any storage cell (61) independently, and form a second indicator light beam which is irradiated on any order box (7) independently.
4. Manual sorting station according to claim 1, characterised in that the number of first belt lines (4) is more than two, the more than two first belt lines (4) being arranged side by side.
5. Manual sorting station according to claim 1, characterized in that the first belt line (4) comprises:
at least two first conveying belts (41) are respectively arranged in the roller gaps of the input roller line (2), and the at least two first conveying belts (41) can jointly carry and convey the sorting material boxes (6);
a first lifting mechanism (42) configured to lift the at least two first conveyor belts (41);
a baffle (43) obliquely arranged at the tail end downstream of the first belt line (4) close to the manual station, wherein the baffle (43) is inclined towards the manual station from bottom to top; and
the overturning and jacking mechanism (44) is arranged below the tail end of the first belt line (4) close to the human station, and the overturning and jacking mechanism (44) can push up the picking material box (6) at the tail end of the first belt line (4) so as to enable the picking material box (6) to overturn to a side wall close to the baffle (43).
6. Manual sorting station according to claim 5, characterised in that the picking magazine (6) is positioned with its vertical projection of its centre of gravity on the flip-top mechanism (44) when turned over with a side wall against the baffle (43).
7. Manual sorting station according to claim 5, wherein the at least two first conveyor belts (41) are commonly arranged on a first frame (45), the first lifting mechanism (42) comprising:
a first lifting section (421) configured to lift a portion of the first frame (45) near the entrance roll line (2) so that a portion of the first belt line (4) protruding into the entrance roll line (2) is higher or lower than a carrying surface of the entrance roll line (2); and
a second lifting section (422) configured to lift a portion of the first frame (45) close to the human station so as to make a portion of the first belt line (4) located outside the infeed roller line (2) higher or lower than a carrying surface of the infeed roller line (2);
the first lifting unit (421) and the second lifting unit (422) can lift the first frame (45) individually or together.
8. Manual sorting station according to claim 1, characterised in that the second belt line (5) comprises:
the at least two second conveying belts (51) are respectively arranged in the roller gaps of the output roller line (3), and the at least two second conveying belts (51) can be used for carrying and conveying the order magazine (7) together;
a second lifting mechanism (52) configured to lift the at least two second conveyor belts (51).
9. The manual sorting station according to claim 8, wherein said at least two second conveyor belts (51) are commonly arranged on a second frame (53), said second lifting mechanism (52) comprising:
a third lifting part (521) configured to lift a portion of the second frame (53) close to the outfeed roller line (3) so that a portion of the second belt line (5) protruding into the outfeed roller line (3) is higher or lower than a bearing surface of the outfeed roller line (3); and
a fourth lifting and lowering section (522) configured to lift and lower a portion of the second frame (53) near the human station so that a portion of the second belt line (5) located outside the outfeed roller line (3) is higher or lower than a carrying surface of the outfeed roller line (3);
the third lifting unit (521) and the fourth lifting unit (522) can lift the second frame (53) individually or together.
10. A sorting method based on a manual sorting station according to any of claims 1-9, characterised in that the sorting method comprises:
lifting a first belt line (4) so that the first belt line (4) receives a sorting magazine (6) loaded with materials to be sorted and conveyed upstream of an input roller line (2), the first belt line (4) conveying the sorting magazine (6) to the end thereof close to a human station;
lifting a second belt line (5) so that the second belt line (5) receives empty order cassettes (7) conveyed upstream from the output roller line (3), the second belt line (5) conveying the order cassettes (7) to the end thereof close to the human station;
the identification part of the sorting auxiliary device identifies a first code of a sorting material box (6) positioned at the tail end of the first belt line (4) and a second code of an order material box (7) positioned at the tail end of the second belt line (5) so as to match material information and order information to form sorting information, the guiding part forms a guiding prompt suitable for manual identification based on the sorting information, and materials to be sorted in each storage lattice (61) of the sorting material box (6) are sorted into the corresponding order material box (7) manually based on the guiding prompt.
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