CN113697520A - Box type storage system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of tobacco production, in particular to a box type warehousing system and a control method thereof. The box type warehousing system comprises: the box turning system is used for turning the smoke box; the cleaning system is used for cleaning the smoke box; and the box returning mechanism is connected with the box turning system and the cleaning system so as to convey the smoke boxes turned by the box turning system to the cleaning system for cleaning. Based on the method, the storage and transportation process of the tobacco shreds can be effectively shortened, and the storage and transportation efficiency of the tobacco shreds is improved.

Description

Box type storage system and control method thereof

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of tobacco production, in particular to a box type warehousing system and a control method thereof.

Background

In the tobacco production process, cut tobacco is typically loaded into a tobacco box and sent to a wrapping line for the production of a cigarette. In the related technology, the cigarette boxes are stored in a storage rack and are conveyed to a box turning system to turn over, the cut tobaccos in the cigarette boxes are poured to a cigarette packaging production line, the turned cigarette boxes are conveyed to the storage rack again, and when the cigarette boxes are required to be boxed, the cigarette boxes are taken out of a warehouse to be cleaned and then conveyed to a box filling system to be boxed with the cut tobaccos.

In the process, the tobacco boxes after being turned need to be returned to the warehouse firstly and then taken out of the warehouse, and then the tobacco boxes can be cleaned and boxed, so that the whole process is long, and the storage and transportation efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

One technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is: the storage and transportation efficiency of the tobacco shreds is improved.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present disclosure provides a box-type warehousing system, which includes:

the box turning system is used for turning the smoke box;

the cleaning system is used for cleaning the smoke box; and

the box returning mechanism is connected with the box turning system and the cleaning system so as to convey the smoke boxes turned by the box turning system to the cleaning system for cleaning.

In some embodiments, the box returning mechanism is disposed above the box turning system and the cleaning system, the box warehousing system comprises a lift, and the box returning mechanism is connected with the cleaning system through the lift so as to convey the smoke boxes turned by the box turning system to the cleaning system through the lift.

In some embodiments, the box returning mechanism includes a box returning conveying mechanism and a box returning station, the box returning station is disposed at an edge of the box returning conveying mechanism and used for receiving the cigarette boxes turned by the box turning system, and the box returning conveying mechanism is connected with the box returning station and the elevator so as to convey the cigarette boxes on the box returning station to the elevator.

In some embodiments, the carton turnover system comprises a carton turnover manipulator, the carton turnover manipulator grabs the cartons for carton turnover, and the carton turnover manipulator is arranged in a liftable mode so as to convey the cartons after carton turnover to the carton returning mechanism.

In some embodiments, the cleaning system includes an automated cleaning robot that automatically cleans the smoke box and/or a manual cleaning station for enabling manual cleaning of the smoke box.

In some embodiments, the cleaning system includes an automated cleaning robot and a manual cleaning station in physical communication therebetween.

In some embodiments, the bin warehousing system includes a boxing system for loading shredded tobacco into the cartons, the boxing system in logistic communication with the cleaning system for circulating the shredded tobacco cleaned by the cleaning system to the boxing system.

In some embodiments, the bin warehousing system includes a rack for storing the cartons, and the tipping system is disposed on a first side of the rack in a first horizontal direction and in physical communication with the rack.

In some embodiments, the racks are also in physical communication with a bin system of the bin warehousing system.

In some embodiments, the box warehousing system comprises a first stacking system disposed between the box-turning system and the shelf for achieving logistics communication between the box-turning system and the shelf.

In some embodiments, the first palletizing system comprises a first track extending along a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction and at least one palletizer movably arranged on the first track.

In some embodiments, the stacker has two shuttle plates, both of which can independently pick and place the cartons.

In some embodiments, the bin warehousing system includes an spot check system disposed on a second side of the rack in the first horizontal direction for spot checking the bins, the spot check system in logistic communication with the rack.

In some embodiments, the spot check system is also in physical communication with the cleaning system.

In some embodiments, the bin warehousing system includes a wrap exception handling station in physical communication with the tipping system for handling exception cartons occurring at the tipping system.

In some embodiments, the wrap exception handling station is in physical communication with the rollover system via a return mechanism.

In addition, the present disclosure also provides a control method for a box type warehousing system based on various embodiments, which includes:

enabling the box turning system to turn the smoke box;

the tobacco box after being turned over reaches the cleaning system through the box returning mechanism, and the cleaning system cleans the tobacco box.

In some embodiments, the control method comprises:

the tobacco boxes after being turned by the box turning system are prohibited from directly returning to the shelf.

In some embodiments, the control method comprises:

the tobacco boxes cleaned by the cleaning system are transferred to a boxing system, and the tobacco shreds are loaded into the tobacco boxes by the boxing system.

In some embodiments, the control method comprises:

the bin is provided to the bin packing system by the shelf when the cleaning system is unable to provide the bins needed by the bin packing system.

The box returning mechanism is additionally arranged between the box turning system and the cleaning system, so that the turned tobacco boxes can directly reach the cleaning system for cleaning.

Other features of the present disclosure and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a floor plan of a first floor of a bin warehousing system in an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a floor plan of a second floor of the bin warehousing system in an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Description of reference numerals:

10. a box type storage system; 20. a smoke box;

1. a shelf; 11. a cargo space;

2. a box overturning system; 21. a cargo placing platform; 22. a box overturning platform; 23. a box turnover manipulator;

3. cleaning the system; 31. a goods taking platform; 32. an automatic cleaning robot; 33. manually cleaning the platform;

4. a box returning mechanism; 41. a return box conveying mechanism; 42. a box returning platform;

5. an elevator;

6. a first stacking system; 61. a first track; 62. a stacker; 63. a first stacker; 64. a second stacker;

7. a boxing system; 71. a first packing station; 72. a second packing station; 73. a first stacker crane; 74. a second stacker; 75. a first warehousing station; 76. a second warehousing station; 77. a third warehousing station; 78. a boxing exception handling platform;

8. a spot check system; 81. a spot check station; 82. a second stacking system; 83. a second track; 84. a third stacker; 85. a unstacker;

91. a delivery channel; 92. a rolling exception handling station; 93. a transport mechanism;

x, a first horizontal direction; y, the second horizontal direction.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all of the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without any inventive step, are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to define the components, and are used only for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and if not otherwise stated, the terms have no special meaning, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure.

In addition, technical features involved in different embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Fig. 1-2 schematically illustrate the structure of the bin warehousing system 10 of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1-2, in the present disclosure, a bin warehousing system 10 includes a rollover system 2, a cleaning system 3, and a return bin mechanism 4. The tipping system 2 and the cleaning system 3 are used for tipping and cleaning the smoke box 20, respectively. The box returning mechanism 4 is connected with the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 so as to convey the cigarette boxes 20 turned by the box turning system 2 to the cleaning system 3 for cleaning.

In the related art, the box returning mechanism 4 is not arranged between the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, but is respectively in physical distribution communication with the shelves 1 for storing the smoke boxes 20 through the carrying equipment. In this case, when the cigarette production line is in production and it is necessary to supply cut tobacco to the cigarette production line, the handling device takes out the tobacco box 20 containing cut tobacco from the storage rack 1, and is sent to a box turning system 2, the box turning system 2 turns the box 20, the cut tobacco in the box 20 is poured out, the cut tobacco enters a storage bin, and then the cut tobacco is conveyed to downstream cigarette production equipment through a discharging belt, a tobacco feeder and other mechanisms for cigarette production, so as to realize the automatic supply of the cut tobacco required by the cigarette production, the smoke boxes 20 turned over by the box turning system 2 can not directly flow to the cleaning system 3, but can only be sent back to the goods shelf 1 by the carrying equipment again to wait for receiving a delivery instruction, then the tobacco shreds are transported out of the warehouse by the transporting equipment and sent to a boxing system 7, after the tobacco shreds are loaded into the tobacco boxes 20 by the boxing system 7, the cigarette boxes 20 are transported by the transporting equipment and put in storage to wait for being turned by the box turning system 2 next time. Wherein, the physical communication means that the smoke boxes 20 can be circulated among each other, that is, the physical communication means that the smoke boxes 20 can be circulated and communicated. The physical distribution communication between two mechanical devices usually means that various transport devices such as a roller conveyor, an AGV cart or a stacker are arranged between the two mechanical devices. Meanwhile, for convenience of distinction, the cigarette boxes 20 filled with the cut tobacco may be referred to as solid boxes, and the cigarette boxes 20 filled with the cut tobacco poured out may be referred to as empty boxes.

It can be seen that, in the related art, the tobacco box 20 after being turned over must be returned to the warehouse first and then taken out of the warehouse, and then can be cleaned and boxed, the whole process is long, the storage and transportation efficiency of the tobacco shreds is affected, and the efficiency of the whole tobacco production system is low. Meanwhile, the process of entering and leaving the warehouse after box turning is finished by the carrying equipment, so that the problem that the carrying equipment occupies more space is also existed, on one hand, more carrying equipment needs to be equipped, the equipment cost is increased, on the other hand, the storage and transportation efficiency of the cut tobacco is further influenced, and further the production efficiency of the whole tobacco production system is influenced.

In view of the above situation, the structure of the box-type warehousing system 10 is improved, the box returning mechanism 4 is additionally arranged between the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, so that the cigarette boxes 20 after being turned by the box turning system 2 can be directly conveyed to the cleaning system 3 by the box returning mechanism 4 for cleaning.

Meanwhile, based on the box returning mechanism 4, the tobacco leaves can directly reach the cleaning system 3 without returning to the warehouse or leaving the warehouse after the box is turned over, so that the occupation of corresponding warehouse returning and leaving processes on the handling equipment can be saved, the tobacco leaf storage and transportation efficiency and the tobacco production efficiency can be improved, the number of the handling equipment can be reduced, and the cost can be saved.

Moreover, the box returning mechanism 4 directly sends the smoke boxes 20 turned by the box turning system 2 to the cleaning system 3, so that the smoke boxes 20 entering the subsequent flow are all cleaner smoke boxes 20 after being cleaned, and unclean smoke boxes 20 are prevented from being stored or flowing to the boxing system 7, so that the unclean smoke boxes 20 are prevented from influencing normal production.

Therefore, the box returning mechanism 4 is additionally arranged between the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, so that the storage and transportation efficiency of the tobacco shreds is improved, and meanwhile, the influence of unclean tobacco boxes on normal production is prevented.

The relative positional relationship between the box returning mechanism 4 and the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 is not limited. As an example, as shown in fig. 1-2, in some embodiments, the box returning mechanism 4 is disposed above the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, and the box warehousing system 10 includes a lift 5, and the box returning mechanism 4 is connected with the cleaning system 3 through the lift 5 to deliver the smoke boxes 20 turned over by the box overturning system 2 to the cleaning system 3 through the lift 5. At this moment, the box returning mechanism 4, the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 form a double-layer structure, the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 are both located on a lower layer (or called a first layer), the box returning mechanism 4 is located on an upper layer (or called a second layer), and thus compared with the case where the box returning mechanism 4, the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 are located on the same layer, on one hand, mutual interference of different processes is prevented, the circulation smoothness of the smoke boxes 20 among links is improved, the storage and transportation efficiency is improved, on the other hand, the space occupancy rate is improved, occupation of a plane space is reduced, and the corresponding box turning, cleaning and box turning to cleaning smoke boxes functions of the box storage system 10 are achieved in a limited plane space.

In addition, compared with the case where the box returning mechanism 4, the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 are not located above the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, although they are not located on the same layer, when the box returning mechanism 4 is disposed above the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, the upper layer structure is simpler, the weight is lighter, and therefore, it is easier to implement.

As a structural form of the box returning mechanism 4, referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the box returning mechanism 4 includes a box returning conveying mechanism 41 and a box returning station 42, the box returning station 42 is disposed at an edge of the box returning conveying mechanism 41 and is used for receiving the cigarette boxes 20 turned by the box turning system 2, and the box returning conveying mechanism 41 is connected to the box returning station 42 and the elevator 5 to convey the cigarette boxes 20 on the box returning station 42 to the elevator 5. The return conveying mechanism 41 may be a roller conveyor or other conveying mechanism.

In the above arrangement, since the box returning mechanism 4 includes the box returning platform 42, a buffer space can be provided for the smoke box 20, so that the smoke box 20 turned over by the box turning system 2 can firstly stay on the box returning platform 42 and then be conveyed to the elevator 5 by the box returning conveying mechanism 41 when needed, and further reach the cleaning system 3, which is beneficial to flexibly adjusting the flow speed of the smoke box 20 between the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 according to the actual operation conditions of the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, so as to avoid the situation that the smoke box 20 is blocked at any one of the positions. The number of the return-to-tank stations 42 may be one, two or more, and may be specifically set according to actual needs.

In the foregoing embodiments, the circulation of the smoke box 20 from the box-turning system 2 to the box-returning mechanism 4 can be realized by the box-turning system 2. For example, referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the carton turnover system 2 includes a carton turnover manipulator 23, the carton turnover manipulator 23 grips the cartons 20 for turnover, and the carton turnover manipulator 23 is arranged to be lifted and lowered to deliver the turned cartons 20 to the carton return mechanism 4. At this time, compared with the case that a special conveying device is additionally arranged to convey the cigarette box 20 from the lower-layer box turning system 2 to the upper-layer box returning mechanism 4 from bottom to top, the characteristic that the box turning manipulator 23 of the box turning system 2 can lift is directly utilized to convey the cigarette box 20 from the box turning system 2 to the box returning mechanism 4, so that the structure of the box type storage system 10 is simplified, the number of devices in the box type storage system 10 is reduced, and the device cost of the box type storage system 10 is saved.

As an arrangement of the relative positional relationship between the box-turning system 2 and the shelf 1, referring to fig. 1, the box-turning system 2 is provided on a first side of the shelf 1 in the first horizontal direction X. In order for the smoke boxes 20 in the pallet 1 to reach the tipping system 2, to be tipped by the tipping system 2, the tipping system 2 needs to be in logistic communication with the pallet 1. The material flow communication between the box turning system 2 and the goods shelf 1 can be realized by various carrying devices such as an AGV trolley or a stacker.

For example, referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the bin warehousing system 10 includes a first palletizing system 6, the first palletizing system 6 being disposed between the box turnover system 2 and the shelf 1 for enabling a logistics communication between the box turnover system 2 and the shelf 1. Wherein the first palletizing system 6 comprises a first rail 61 and at least one palletizer 62, the first rail 61 extends along a second horizontal direction Y perpendicular to the first horizontal direction X, and the at least one palletizer 62 is movably arranged on the first rail 61.

Based on the above arrangement, the stacker 62 of the first stacking system 6 can carry the cigarette boxes 20 between the shelf 1 and the box-turning system 2, and realize the logistics communication between the box-turning system 2 and the shelf 1. When a certain cigarette box 20 in the shelf 1 needs to be turned over, the stacker 62 of the first stacking system 6 can take the corresponding cigarette box 20 out of the shelf 1, send the cigarette box to the box turning system 2, and turn the cigarette box by the box turning system 2. When production is finished or cards are changed, the stacker 62 of the first stacker system 6 can also return the remaining cigarette cases 20 from the case flipping system 2 to the pallet 1.

It can be seen that the logistics communication between the carton turnover system 2 and the shelf 1 can be conveniently realized based on the first stacking system 6. And, compare with the condition that adopts AGV dolly, when adopting first pile up neatly system 6, occupation space is still less, and the reliability is stronger, and is difficult to jam. Because, under the condition that utilizes the AGV dolly to carry out the smoke box transport, will full play AGV dolly handling efficiency, need have sufficient operating space, otherwise cause AGV dolly blocking phenomenon easily, seriously influence the efficiency of execution of task, and simultaneously, the AGV dolly is higher to stability and reliability requirement, appear unusually more easily, lead to connecing wrong smoke box or putting wrong position, cause the production quality accident, and, realize the same task, the AGV dolly needs a great deal more, and the cost is higher. When the stacker 62 is used for transporting the cigarette boxes 20, the defects of the AGV can be effectively overcome, the occupied space is reduced, the buffer memory is increased, and the cost is saved.

Wherein the number of stackers 62 in the first stacker system 6 may be one, two or more. When the first stacker system 6 includes at least two stackers 62, the stackers 62 can be standby for each other, improving the operational reliability of the first stacker system 6, and the stackers 62 can simultaneously transport cigarette cases 20 to different destinations, improving the transport efficiency.

To improve the carrying efficiency of the stacker 62, in some embodiments, the stacker 62 has two shuttle plates (or shuttle cars, not shown) that can independently pick and place the cartons 20. Based on this, when the cigarette box is taken out of the warehouse, each shuttle plate can independently enter the warehouse area to take the cigarette box 20 of one goods position 11, and after the cigarette boxes 20 of at most two goods positions 11 are taken, the cigarette boxes are conveyed to the target position; when warehousing, each shuttle plate can independently put a unit of cigarette box 20, and after the stacker 62 reaches the row opening, the cigarette boxes 20 on the two shuttle plates are put in the target goods space 11 at most, and warehousing is completed. It can be seen that, by providing two shuttle plates for each stacker 62, the stacker 62 can simultaneously carry the cigarette cases 20 of two goods spaces 11 at each time, and the goods carrying capacity of the stacker 62 can be effectively enhanced, so that the warehousing and ex-warehousing efficiency is effectively improved, and the whole production process is prevented from being influenced by insufficient warehousing and ex-warehousing capacity.

In the foregoing embodiments, the cleaning system 3 may include at least one of the manual cleaning station 33 and the automatic cleaning robot 32. Wherein the manual cleaning station 33 is used for enabling manual cleaning of the smoke box 20. The automated cleaning robot 32 automatically cleans the smoke box 20.

Since the automatic cleaning robot 32 can realize automatic cleaning, compared with a manual cleaning mode based on the manual cleaning station 33, the cleaning efficiency is higher, the cleaning effect is better, and therefore, the empty boxes can be better supplied downstream, the empty boxes are prevented from being insufficiently supplied, cleaner empty boxes can be provided for downstream, and unclean empty boxes can be more reliably prevented from flowing into downstream links such as boxing.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the cleaning system 3 includes both the automated cleaning robot 32 and the manual cleaning station 33, and the automated cleaning robot 32 and the manual cleaning station 33 are in physical communication. Thus, the cleaning system 3 has both the automatic cleaning function and the manual cleaning function, one or two cleaning modes can be selected according to actual conditions, and the automatic cleaning robot 32 and the manual cleaning platform 33 can be used as a backup for each other, so that when one of the cleaning modes is abnormal, the other cleaning mode can be still used, and the working reliability of the cleaning system 3 is improved, for example, when the cleaning system 3 works, the automatic cleaning mode is mainly used, and when the automatic cleaning robot 32 fails, the automatic cleaning robot 32 cannot clean completely, or when an abnormal smoke box (for example, the smoke box 20 to be cleaned is not empty) appears in the cleaning process, the smoke box 20 is sent to the manual cleaning platform 33, and the manual cleaning and other processes are carried out.

Wherein, when arranging the cleaning system 3, the cleaning system 3 and the box-turning system 2 can be arranged on the same side of the shelf 1, so that the smoke boxes 20 are circulated between the cleaning system 3 and the box-turning system 2. For example, referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, when the tip-up system 2 is located on a first side of the shelf 1 in a first horizontal direction X, the cleaning system 3 is also arranged on the first side of the shelf 1 in the first horizontal direction X, and the cleaning system 3 and the tip-up system 2 are arranged side by side in a second horizontal direction Y perpendicular to the first horizontal direction X. In this case, the layout of the cleaning system 3 and the box overturning system 2 is more reasonable, the occupied floor space is smaller, and the full utilization of the limited space is facilitated.

As mentioned previously, the bins 20, cleaned by the cleaning system 3, may be sent to a boxing system 7 for tobacco shred boxing. At this time, referring to fig. 1, a conveying mechanism 93 may be disposed between the boxing system 7 and the cleaning system 3 to realize the logistics communication therebetween, so that the empty boxes cleaned by the cleaning system 3 can be conveniently conveyed to the boxing system 7 for boxing.

Additionally, referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the bin packing system 7 is in physical communication with the rack 1 via a first stacking system 6, the first stacking system 6 effecting transport of the cartons 20 between the rack 1 and the bin packing system 7.

Based on the above-mentioned setting, vanning system 7 and 1 commodity circulation intercommunication of goods shelves, thus, on the one hand, make smoke box 20 (real case) after the vanning of vanning system 7, can get into goods shelves 1 by vanning system 7, realize real case warehouse entry process, on the other hand, still make smoke box 20 in goods shelves 1 also can directly circulate to vanning system 7, thus, conveniently optimize the empty case supply flow of vanning system 7, provide dual guarantee for the empty case supply of vanning link, make because of clean system 3 trouble, or because of the volume package production line does not work, vanning system 2 does not turn over the case and produce reasons such as empty case, and lead to vanning system 7 directly to obtain under the condition of empty case from clean system 3, vanning system 7 can also directly obtain the empty case from goods shelves 1, in order to avoid the condition that the empty case supplies with or not enough or the confession to appear, influence the smooth going on of vanning process.

Moreover, the logistics communication between the boxing system 7 and the goods shelf 1 is realized by utilizing the first stacking system 6 for communicating the goods shelf 1 with the box overturning system 2, and special carrying equipment is not additionally arranged, so that the space occupation is further favorably reduced, the structure is simplified, and the equipment cost is saved. The first stacking system 6 at this moment is not only used for conveying the real boxes between the goods shelf 1 and the box turning system 2, but also used for conveying the empty boxes between the goods shelf 1 and the box loading system 7, has multiple purposes, and is richer in function, and the first stacking system 6 under the condition is particularly suitable for adopting a structure comprising at least two stacking machines 62 so as to meet the cigarette box conveying requirements of different links more flexibly and improve the cigarette box storage and conveying efficiency.

Wherein, as an example, see fig. 1, the first palletizing system 6 and the boxing system 7 are connected by a conveying path 91, and the conveying path 91 is configured to be conveyable bidirectionally, i.e., the conveying path 91 is a bidirectional conveying path. When transfer passage 91 is two-way transfer passage, only need set up a transfer passage 91, can accomplish the two-way transport between first pile system 6 and the vanning system 7, realize the two-way commodity circulation intercommunication between vanning system 7 and the goods shelves 1, make and to satisfy the real case by the demand of transporting of vanning system 7 to goods shelves 1, can also satisfy the demand of transporting of empty case by goods shelves 1 to vanning system 7, the structure is simple compact more, be favorable to further improving space utilization.

In arranging the boxing system 7, referring to fig. 1, the boxing system 7 may be arranged at one side of the shelf 1 in the second horizontal direction Y. At the moment, the boxing system 7 is positioned on one side of the shelf 1 adjacent to the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, so that the layout is more compact and reasonable, the occupation of the plane space is less, and the functions of boxing, box turning, cleaning, warehousing and the like of the box type warehousing system 10 can be integrated in a smaller space. In particular, as shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the boxing system 7 and the cleaning system 3 are located on the same side of the shelf 1 in the second horizontal direction Y, so that the boxing system 7 is closer to the cleaning system 3, the empty boxes cleaned by the cleaning system 3 can be more conveniently transferred to the boxing system 7, and the length of the conveying mechanism 93 connecting the cleaning system 3 and the boxing system 7 can be advantageously shortened, thereby further reducing the occupation of the flat space by the box type warehousing system 10.

Referring to fig. 1, in the foregoing embodiments, the bin warehousing system 10 may further include a spot check system 8 to further enrich the functionality of the bin warehousing system 10. The selective inspection system 8 can be used for performing selective inspection on the smoke boxes 20 and can also be used for manual warehousing and ex-warehousing, so that the selective inspection system 8 can realize multiple operation modes, the working flexibility is enhanced, and the flexibility degree of the box type warehousing system 10 during operation is improved. The spot check system 8 may be in physical communication with the racks 1 and may also be in physical communication with the cleaning system 3.

As one configuration of the spot inspection system 8, referring to fig. 1, the spot inspection system 8 includes a spot inspection station 81 and a second stacking system 82, the spot inspection station 81 being in physical communication with the shelves 1 via the second stacking system 82. Also, referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the sampling system 8 is also in physical communication with the cleaning system 3 via a second stacking system 82, e.g., referring to fig. 1, and in some embodiments, the second stacking system 82 is connected to the sampling station 81 and is in physical communication with the cleaning system 3 via the aforementioned conveyor path 91. The second stacker system 82 includes a second rail 83 and a stacker 62 disposed on the second rail 83.

Since the sampling station 81 is in physical communication with the rack 1 via the second palletizing system 82, the smoke boxes 20 may be circulated between the rack 1 and the sampling station 81 by the second palletizing system 82. For example, when the off-shelf sampling inspection is required, the second stacking system 82 may take out the empty boxes or the empty boxes from the shelf 1, so as to perform the out-warehouse of the empty boxes or the empty boxes, so that the out-warehouse empty boxes or the empty boxes may reach the sampling inspection station 81 for sampling inspection. For another example, when a clean empty box or a clean solid box needs to be manually put on shelf, the empty box or the solid box can be placed on the sampling station 81, and the second stacking system 82 receives goods for warehousing, so as to realize manual warehousing of the cigarette boxes 20.

Since the sampling station 81 is also in physical communication with the cleaning system 3 via the second palletizing system 82, the smoke boxes 20 may also be circulated between the cleaning system 3 and the sampling station 81 by the second palletizing system 82. For example, the uncleaned empty boxes arriving at the spot check station 81 may be diverted to the cleaning system 3 by the second palletizing system 82, and then stored after cleaning, so that all the warehoused smoke boxes 20 are clean.

It can be seen that, based on the cooperation of the second stacking system 82 with the shelf 1 and the cleaning system 3, the sampling system 8 can have multiple operation modes, and a more flexible operation process can be realized.

With additional continued reference to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the spot inspection system 8 includes an unstacker 85, the unstacker 85 being disposed at the spot inspection station 81 for unstacking or palletizing the cartons 20. For example, during shipment, warehousing or cleaning via the spot check station 81, unstacking or palletizing may be performed using the unstacker 85, if desired.

When the sampling inspection system 8 is arranged, referring to fig. 1, the sampling inspection system 8 can be arranged on the second side of the shelf 1 along the first horizontal direction X, at this time, the sampling inspection system 8, the box turning system 2, the cleaning system 3 and the first stacking system 6 are located on two opposite sides of the shelf 1, so that the box-type warehousing system 10 can realize a two-side bidirectional warehousing function, that is, the box-type warehousing system 10 can go out of and put in storage from two sides of the shelf 1 along the first horizontal direction X, and thus, the box-type warehousing system 10 can realize a more flexible operation process under the condition of small floor space.

As a further improvement to the foregoing embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the box warehousing system 10 further includes a rolling exception handling station 92, the rolling exception handling station 92 being in physical communication with the box-turning system 2, for example, the rolling exception handling station 92 being in physical communication with the box-turning system 2 through the box-returning mechanism 4.

Because the cigarette packet exception handling station 92 is in logistic communication with the box turning system 2, the cigarette box circulation between the box turning system 2 and the cigarette packet exception handling station 92 can be performed, so that when an exception cigarette box 20 (for example, an invalid box or a real box with an inconsistent brand) occurs at the box turning system 2, the exception cigarette box 20 can reach the cigarette packet exception handling station 92 to be handled. After being processed by the exception handling station 92, the smoke boxes 20 may be returned to the box flipping system 2 for box flipping or, alternatively, may be returned to the warehouse.

When the abnormal rolling cigarette processing station 92 is in logistic communication with the abnormal rolling cigarette processing station 2 through the box returning mechanism 4, the cigarette boxes 20 circulating between the abnormal rolling cigarette processing station 92 and the abnormal rolling cigarette processing station 2 can be transferred through the box returning mechanism 4, for example, the box turning manipulator 23 of the abnormal rolling cigarette processing station 2 can place the abnormal cigarette boxes 20 on the box returning mechanism 4, and then the abnormal cigarette boxes 20 reach the abnormal rolling cigarette processing station 92 through the box returning mechanism 4. At this moment, the box returning mechanism 4 not only realizes the logistics communication between the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, but also realizes the logistics communication between the box turning system 2 and the rolling bag abnormity processing platform 92, so that the multifunctional rolling bag is multipurpose, the functions are richer, the number of conveying mechanisms is favorably reduced, the results are simplified, and the cost is saved.

When the rolling package abnormality processing platform 92 is disposed, referring to fig. 1, the rolling package abnormality processing platform 92 may be disposed on a side of the shelf 1 adjacent to the box-turning system 2, for example, as can be seen from fig. 1, when the box-turning system 2 is disposed on a first side of the shelf 1 along the first horizontal direction X and the boxing system 7 is disposed on a side of the shelf 1 along the second horizontal direction Y, the rolling package abnormality processing platform 92 may be disposed on the other side of the shelf 1 along the second horizontal direction Y, in which case, the rolling package abnormality processing platform 92 and the boxing system 7 are both disposed on the side of the shelf 1 adjacent to the box-turning system 2, and the rolling package abnormality processing platform 92 and the boxing system 7 are disposed on opposite sides of the shelf 1. At this time, the whole layout is more compact and reasonable, which is beneficial to further reducing the floor area of the box type warehousing system 10.

The bin warehousing system 10 is further described below in conjunction with the embodiment shown in fig. 1-2.

As shown in fig. 1-2, in this embodiment, the box stocker system 10 includes a rack 1, a box turnover system 2, a cleaning system 3, a box returning mechanism 4, an elevator 5, a first stacking system 6, a box loading system 7, a spot inspection system 8, a conveying passage 91, a package abnormality processing station 92, and a conveying mechanism 93.

Wherein the shelf 1 is used for storing smoke boxes 20. A plurality of goods positions 11 are arranged on the goods shelf 1, and each goods position 11 can store a cigarette box 20. Each smoke box 20 is provided with an RFID chip. An RFID chip is typically provided at the bottom of the smoke box 20 as a medium to record the material information of the smoke box 20 and to track and verify the material information of the smoke box 20.

The box turning system 2, the cleaning system 3, the box returning mechanism 4, the lifter 5, the first stacking system 6, the boxing system 7, the sampling inspection system 8, the conveying channel 91 and the rolling abnormal processing platform 92 are arranged around the goods shelf 1 and together with the goods shelf 1, so that multiple functions of warehousing, box turning, cleaning, boxing, sampling inspection, abnormal processing and the like are realized.

The carton overturning system 2, the cleaning system 3, the carton returning mechanism 4, the lifter 5 and the first stacking system 6 are uniformly arranged on the first side of the shelf 1 along the first horizontal direction X, the sampling inspection system 8 is arranged on the second side of the shelf 1 along the first horizontal direction X, the boxing system 7 and the conveying channel 91 are arranged on the first side of the shelf 1 along the second horizontal direction Y, the package rolling abnormity processing platform 92 is arranged on the second side of the shelf 1 along the second horizontal direction Y, namely, the carton overturning system 2, the cleaning system 3, the carton returning mechanism 4, the lifter 5, the first stacking system 6 and the sampling inspection system 8 are arranged on two opposite sides of the shelf 1 along the first horizontal direction X, and the boxing system 7, the conveying channel 91 and the package rolling abnormity processing platform 92 are arranged on two opposite sides of the shelf 1 along the second horizontal direction Y. Further, as shown in fig. 1, in the second horizontal direction Y, the boxing system 7 and the conveying path 91 are located on the side where the cleaning system 3 is located, and the wrapping abnormality processing station 92 is located on the side where the box overturning system 2 is located.

With the above arrangement, the box-type warehousing system 10 occupies a small area, and can realize integration of multiple functions in a limited space.

The box turning system 2 is used for achieving a box turning function, so that cut tobacco in the cigarette boxes 20 can be poured out, cut tobacco is provided for the cigarette production process, and empty boxes are provided for the box packing system 7. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the box-turning system 2 includes a put-off platform 21, a box-turning platform 22, and a box-turning robot 23. The stock placing platform 21 and the box overturning platform 22 are provided in multiple groups (specifically, 9 groups in fig. 1), and each group has one stock placing platform 21 and one box overturning platform 22. The goods placing platform 21 is in logistics communication with the shelf 1 through the first stacking system 6, so that logistics communication between the box overturning system 2 and the shelf 1 is realized, and after the first stacking system 6 takes out the solid boxes from the shelf 1, the solid boxes can be placed on the goods placing platform 21. The turning station 22 is connected to a side of the put station 21 away from the shelf 1 for storing the cartons 20 to be gripped by the turning manipulator 23. The turning system 2 comprises two turning manipulators 23, for example, in fig. 1, the two turning manipulators 23 can work independently and can move along the second horizontal direction Y to grab and turn over the cigarette boxes 20 on different turning platforms 22, so as to turn over the cigarette boxes and provide cut tobacco for the downstream cigarette packaging production line.

The cleaning system 3 is used to perform a cleaning function to clean the smoke box 20. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the cleaning system 3 is arranged on the first floor side by side with the box-turnover system 2 in the second horizontal direction X, and includes a pick-up station 31, an automatic cleaning robot 32, and a manual cleaning station 33. Wherein, get goods platform 31 on the one hand through lift 5 and return the case mechanism 4 with turn over the case system 2 commodity circulation intercommunication for empty case after turning over can arrive getting goods platform 31 via return the case mechanism 4 and lift 5 in proper order, in order to supply self-cleaning robot 32 clean, or supply artifical clean at artifical clean platform 33, on the other hand, get goods platform 31 and still pass through transport mechanism 93, first pile up system 6 and transfer passage 9 and sampling inspection system 8 commodity circulation intercommunication, make the unclean smoke box 20 of sampling inspection system 8 department also can arrive getting goods platform 31 via sampling inspection system 8, transfer passage 9 and first pile up system 6 in proper order, in order to carry out self-cleaning or artifical clean. An automatic cleaning robot 32 is disposed at one side of the pickup station 31 for automatically cleaning the smoke box 20 arriving at the pickup station 31. The manual cleaning station 33 is arranged on the same side of the pick-up station 31 as the automatic cleaning robot 32, and the manual cleaning station 33 is in logistic communication with the pick-up station 31 and the automatic cleaning robot 32 through the transfer mechanism 93, so that the smoke box 20 on the pick-up station 31 or the automatic cleaning robot 32 can reach the manual cleaning station 33 to manually clean the smoke box 20 when necessary. In operation, the cleaning system 3 can mainly use the automatic cleaning of the automatic cleaning robot 32 and assist the manual cleaning of the manual cleaning platform 33, thereby providing a record of the manual cleaning mode and improving the working reliability of the cleaning system 3 while fully playing the efficient and clean characteristics of the automatic cleaning mode.

The box returning mechanism 4 is used for realizing logistics communication between the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 and between the box turning system and the abnormal cigarette box handling platform 92, so that empty boxes after box turning firstly reach the cleaning system 3 and are cleaned by the cleaning system 3, and abnormal cigarette boxes found in the box turning process can reach the abnormal cigarette box handling platform 92 for handling. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the box returning mechanism 4 is provided on a second floor above the first floor, that is, the box returning mechanism 4 is provided on an upper floor of the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3. As can be seen from fig. 2, in this embodiment, the box returning mechanism 4 includes a box returning conveying mechanism 41 and a plurality of (e.g., 4) box returning stations 42. The box returning conveying mechanism 41 is located above the box overturning system 2 and the cleaning system 3, and extends along the second horizontal direction Y, specifically, extends from the box overturning system 2 to the cleaning system 3. The end of the return bin conveyor mechanism 41 adjacent the cleaning system 3 is in physical communication with the cleaning system 3 via the lift 5. All the return-box stations 42 are arranged at intervals along the second horizontal direction Y, and are connected to one side of the return-box conveying mechanism 41 along the first horizontal direction X. Each box returning station 42 can receive the empty boxes turned over by the box turning manipulator 23. The number of return stations 42 may be less than the number of tipping stations 22, since, in general, not all of the cartons 20 of the tipping stations 22 will be tipped over at the same time to the cleaning system 3. After the box-turning robot 23 successfully turns the box, the empty box can be directly placed on the box-returning platform 42 to be horizontally conveyed to the elevator 5 by the box-returning conveying mechanism 41, and then conveyed downwards to the cleaning system 3 by the elevator 5.

The lifter 5 is vertically arranged, is connected with the cleaning system 3 positioned on the lower layer and the box returning mechanism 4 positioned on the upper layer, and realizes the logistics communication between the box returning mechanism 4 and the cleaning system 3 so as to convey the empty boxes conveyed by the box returning mechanism 4 to the cleaning system 3 on the lower layer. As can be seen from fig. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the elevator 5 is disposed on the side of the pick platform 31 of the cleaning system 3 close to the rack 1 and on the side of the first stacking system 6 remote from the rack 1.

The first stacking system 6 is located between the box turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 and the shelf 1, and is used for realizing logistics communication between the box turning system 2 and the shelf 1, and also used for realizing logistics communication between the cleaning system 3 and the sampling inspection system 8 and between the boxing system 7 and the shelf 1. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the first palletizing system 6 comprises a first track 61 and two stackers 62. The first rail 61 is located between the box-turning system 2 and the cleaning system 3 and the shelf 1, extends in the second horizontal direction Y, extends from the box-turning system 2 to the cleaning system 3, and is connected to the box-turning system 2 and the shelf 1 in the first horizontal direction X, and is connected to the conveying passage 91 and the transfer mechanism 93 connecting the pick-up platform 31 and the packing system 7 in the second horizontal direction Y. The two stackers 62 are a first stacker 63 and a second stacker 64, respectively, and the first stacker 63 and the second stacker 64 are both movably disposed on the first rail 61, so that the first stacker 63 and the second stacker 64 can both move in the second horizontal direction X. The first stacker 63 and the second stacker 64 are arranged side by side in sequence in the direction from the turning system 2 to the cleaning system 3 and can perform tasks independently, and in this case, the first stacker 63 is closer to the turning system 2 and the second stacker 64 is closer to the cleaning system 3, and therefore, the first stacker 63 is used more mainly for conveying the cigarette cases 20 between the turning system 2 and the rack 1, and the second stacker 64 is used more mainly for conveying the cigarette cases 20 between the cleaning system 3 and the spot check system 8 and between the packing system 7 and the rack 1. In addition, the first stacker 63 and the second stacker 64 are provided with two shuttle plates, so that each of the first stacker 63 and the second stacker can pick and place the cigarette boxes 20 of two goods spaces 11 at the same time, the warehousing capacity is enhanced, and the cigarette box conveying efficiency is improved.

The boxing system 7 is used for realizing a boxing function, so that the tobacco boxes 20 are filled with tobacco shreds and become solid boxes. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment the boxing system 7 is located at a first side of the rack 1 in the second horizontal direction Y and is in physical communication with the cleaning system 3 via the conveying mechanism 93 and with the rack 1 via the conveying mechanism 93, the conveying channel 91 and the second stacker 64. The boxing system 7 comprises a boxing station, a stacker crane, a warehousing station and a boxing abnormity processing station 78, wherein the boxing station is used for boxing, the stacker crane is used for stacking the packaged tobacco boxes into a stack, the warehousing station is used for storing the stacked tobacco boxes to wait for warehousing, and the boxing abnormity processing station 78 is used for providing a processing platform for the abnormal tobacco boxes found in the boxing process.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the boxing system 7 includes two boxing stations, two palletizers, three warehousing stations, and one boxing exception handling station 78. The two packing stations are a first packing station 71 and a second packing station 72 respectively, the two stackers are a first stacker crane 73 and a second stacker crane 74 respectively, and the three warehousing stations are a first warehousing station 75, a second warehousing station 76 and a third warehousing station 77 respectively.

The first and second packing stations 71, 72 are arranged at intervals along the first horizontal direction X, both being connected to the cleaning system 3 by means of the transport mechanism 93, so that empty boxes cleaned by the cleaning system 3 can reach the first or second packing station 71, 72 via the transport mechanism 93. The first and second boxing stations 71, 72 are both double-ended boxing stations, that is to say both have two boxing stations, which are arranged side by side along the second horizontal direction Y, as shown in fig. 1, for each boxing station, so that each boxing station can pack two cartons 20 simultaneously. Two vanning stations of every vanning station are through transport mechanism 93 commodity circulation intercommunication each other, and all communicate with the hacking machine commodity circulation through transport mechanism 93 for to same vanning station, the cigarette case 20 after two vanning stations adorn can assemble to the hacking machine, by the hacking machine pile up neatly. Meanwhile, each boxing station is in logistics communication with the boxing abnormality processing platform 78 through the conveying mechanism 93, so that the boxed abnormal smoke boxes can be conveyed to the boxing abnormality processing platform 78 through the conveying mechanism 93 to be further processed. The bins processed at the bin anomaly handling station 78 may be reapplied for storage or may be rejected to the spot check station 81 of the spot check system 8.

In order to save the occupation of the planar space, as shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the first boxing station 71 and the second boxing station 72 are partially staggered in the second horizontal direction Y, and specifically, in the second horizontal direction Y, one boxing station of the second boxing station 72 is located between two boxing stations of the first boxing station 71, so that the boxing system 7 occupies less space in the second horizontal direction Y, which is beneficial to further reduce the planar space occupied by the box type warehousing system 10.

A first palletizer 73 and a second palletizer 74 correspond respectively to the first boxing station 71 and to the second boxing station 72, to stack and palletize the boxs respectively loaded by the two boxing stations. As shown in fig. 1, the first palletizer 73 is located on a conveying path between the first packing station 71 and each warehousing station to stack the cigarette boxes 20 packed in the first packing station 71, so that the stacked cigarette boxes 20 can reach the warehousing station; a second palletizer 74 is located on the transfer path between the second packing station 72 and each of the storage stations for palletizing the cigarette boxes 20 packed in the second packing station 72 so that the palletized cigarette boxes 20 can reach the storage stations. As shown in fig. 1, the first stacker crane 73 and the second stacker crane 74 may be arranged in a staggered manner in both the first horizontal direction X and the second horizontal direction Y, which is more favorable for adapting to a limited space and can effectively prevent the two stacker cranes from interfering with each other.

The first, second and third docking stations 75, 76, 77 are all arranged at one end of the boxing system 7, which is far from the cleaning system 3, in the first horizontal direction X, and the three are arranged side by side in the second horizontal direction Y. Meanwhile, the first warehousing station 75, the second warehousing station 76 and the third warehousing station 77 are all in physical communication with two palletizers and two box filling machines, and all three are in physical communication with the conveying channel 91 through the conveying mechanism 93 and are in physical communication with the second stacking system 82 of the sampling inspection system 8. The stacked cartons 20 can be transported to various warehousing stations by the transport mechanism 93 for warehousing. When warehousing, the third stacker 84 of the second stacking system 82 may pick up goods and warehouse in, or the cigarette box 20 may also reach the conveying channel 91 from the warehousing station, reach the second stacker 64 from the conveying channel 91, and pick up goods and warehouse in from the second stacker 64.

The conveying channel 91 is located between the boxing system 7 and the shelf 1 in the second horizontal direction Y, and is connected to the warehousing platform of the boxing system 7 and the first stacking system 6, and is connected to the second stacking system 82 of the sampling inspection system 8, so as to realize logistics communication between the boxing system 7 and the shelf 1 and logistics communication between the sampling inspection system 8 and the cleaning system 3. In this embodiment, the conveying channel 91 is a bidirectional conveying channel, so that the conveying channel 91 can realize bidirectional conveying between the boxing system 7 and the shelf 1, so that, on one hand, the actual boxes boxed by the boxing system 7 can be conveyed to the first stacking system 6 by the conveying channel 91 and conveyed to the warehouse by the second stacker 64, and on the other hand, when the box turning system 2 cannot provide empty boxes for the boxing system 7, the second stacker 64 can also take out the empty boxes from the shelf 1 and convey the empty boxes to the boxing system 7 via the conveying channel 91 for the boxing system 7 to use. In this way, the empty supply of the boxing system 7 can be doubly secured, not only by the overturning system 2, but also by the shelf 1. Wherein, the empty box supply can be mainly provided by the box turnover system 2, and the shelf 1 directly supplies as an assistant, so that the empty box supply process is optimized only when the box turnover system 2 does not work and can not provide the empty box under special conditions.

The sampling inspection system 8 is used for executing tasks such as off-shelf sampling inspection and manual warehousing. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment the spot check system 8 is located on a second side of the shelf 1 in the first horizontal direction X, opposite the rollover system 2 and the cleaning system 3. Also, in this embodiment, the spot inspection system 8 includes a spot inspection station 81, a second stacking system 82, and an unstacker 85. Wherein, the spot check platform 81 is used for providing a platform for spot check of smoke boxes. The second stacking system 82 is arranged between the rack 1 and the sampling station 81 for achieving a logistic communication between the sampling station 81 and the rack 1 and between the sampling station 81 and the conveyor channel 91. The second stacker system 82 includes a second rail 83 and a third stacker 84, the second rail 83 extending along the second horizontal direction Y, and the third stacker 84 is movably disposed on the second rail 83 such that the third stacker 84 can move along the second horizontal direction Y. Meanwhile, the third stacker 84 also has two shuttle plates to simultaneously achieve the picking and placing of the goods in the two goods spaces 11. The unstacker 85 is arranged between the spot check platform 81 and the second stacking system 82 and is in logistics communication with the second stacking system 82 through the transmission mechanism 93, so that after the unstacker 85 unstacks the cigarette boxes 20 on the spot check platform 81, the cigarette boxes 20 can reach the second stacking system 82 and be warehoused or transported to the conveying channel 91 by the third stacker 84 and flow to the cleaning system 3.

The abnormal cigarette packet handling station 92 is disposed on a second side of the shelf 1 in the second horizontal direction Y, opposite to the boxing system 7 and the conveying passage 91, and is in logistic communication with the box overturning system 2 through the box returning mechanism 4 to receive abnormal cigarette boxes found at the box overturning system 2. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the wrap exception handling station 92 extends in the first horizontal direction X and is in physical communication with the return mechanism 4 via the first stacker 63 of the first stacking system 6. When an abnormal cigarette box is found at the box turning system 2, the box turning manipulator 23 of the box turning system 2 can place the abnormal cigarette box on the box returning mechanism 4, take the abnormal cigarette box away by the first stacker 63, and place the abnormal cigarette box on the abnormal cigarette wrapping processing platform 92 for processing. The processed cigarette box 20 may be returned to the pallet 1 by the first stacker 63, or may be returned to the turnover system 2 via the first stacker 63, the box returning mechanism 4, and the turnover robot 23 to be turned over again.

Based on the arrangement, the box type warehousing system 10 of the embodiment has the advantages of compact layout, small occupied area, flexible process flow, capability of integrating a considerable number of business flows in a limited space based on limited mechanical equipment, and investment cost reduction.

For example, the real box supply and the empty box delivery of the box turning system 2 adopt a double-layer design, wherein the lower layer is used for realizing the real box supply from the goods shelf 1 to the box turning system 2, and the upper layer is used for realizing the empty box delivery from the box turning system 2 to the cleaning system 3, and the two processes are not interfered with each other, so that the utilization rate of the air can be effectively improved, and the production efficiency is improved. Wherein, because the empty case that obtains after 2 boxes that turn over of case system turned over directly carries to cleaning system 3 clean, forbids directly returning the storehouse, consequently, the flow is shorter, and can prevent to return the cigarette case in storehouse unclean, influences normal production. Meanwhile, the lower layer can be used for realizing the real box supply from the goods shelf 1 to the box turning system 2, can also be used for realizing the returning of the residual real boxes at the box turning system 2 when the production is finished or the production is finished, and is flexible to use.

For another example, the empty boxes required by the boxing system 7 may originate not only from the cleaning system 3 but also from the racks 1, providing a double safeguard for the supply of empty boxes by the boxing system 7. The boxing system 7 can preferentially and automatically acquire the cleaned empty boxes from the cleaning system 3, and only when the box overturning system 2 is not working and the cleaning system 3 cannot provide the empty boxes cleaned by the cleaned empty boxes, the empty boxes are directly acquired from the shelf 1 by the second stacker 64.

For another example, the spot check system 8 integrates a plurality of operation modes, and can flexibly switch between different operation modes. When the off-shelf sampling inspection is needed, the cigarette boxes 20 are taken out by the third stacker 84, unstacked by the unstacker 85, and sent to the sampling inspection station 81 to wait for sampling inspection. When the clean cigarette boxes 20 need to be manually put on the shelf, the clean cigarette boxes 20 can be placed on the spot check platform 81, stacked by the unstacking and stacking machine 85, and received by the third stacking machine 84 for warehousing. When uncleaned or unclean smoke boxes 20 appear at the spot inspection station 81, the third stacker 84 can send the corresponding smoke boxes 20 to the conveying channel 91 and send the smoke boxes to the cleaning system 3 through the second stacker 64 for cleaning, so that the unclean smoke boxes are prevented from being warehoused, empty warehouses are all clean, the probability of the residual tobacco shreds in the empty warehouses is reduced, and further guarantee is provided for the tobacco shred quality.

For another example, both sides of the shelf 1 can be loaded and unloaded bidirectionally. Here, the warehousing-in and warehousing task may be performed by the first stacking system 6 from a first side of the shelf 1 in the first horizontal direction X, or may be performed by the second stacking system 82 from a second side of the shelf 1 in the first horizontal direction X. In actual operation, the second stacking system 82 may default to perform the tasks of warehousing actual boxes after boxing, and taking-off and manual warehousing based on the sampling inspection station 81, and the first stacking system 6 may default to perform the tasks of warehouse-out actual boxes required for box turning, recycling empty boxes after box turning, replacing cards during production or returning empty boxes left after production, and supplying empty boxes required by the boxing system 7 when the box turning system 2 is not in operation, so that each process is performed in an orderly manner. In addition, when the third stacker 84 fails, a plurality of cigarette boxes 20 may be buffered through the conveying path 91, and after the third stacker 84 recovers to normal, the third stacker may receive goods from the conveying path 91 and put them into storage, or the second stacker 64 may receive goods from the conveying path 91 and put them into storage.

For example, a plurality of exception handling stations such as the manual cleaning station 33, the boxing exception handling station 78 and the rolling exception handling station 92 are provided to facilitate timely handling of the abnormal smoke boxes. Wherein, whether the smoke box is abnormal can be judged based on whether the RFID information is checked or the writing fails.

In summary, the box-type warehousing system 10 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can integrate, based on a relatively simple and compact structure, the automatic warehousing and warehousing of the cut tobacco processing materials (finished cut tobacco, expanded cut tobacco, cut stems and module cut tobacco), the automatic supply of the finished cut tobacco required for rolling, the manual warehousing and ex-warehousing of the expanded cut tobacco, the cut stems and the module cut tobacco, and the matching functions of automatic cleaning and boxing supply for empty boxes, so as to more flexibly meet the processing and production requirements of flexible refinement of rolling and packaging.

Based on the box type warehousing system 10 of the embodiment of the disclosure, the disclosure also provides a control method. Fig. 3 shows exemplary steps of a corresponding control method.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present disclosure, a control method of the bin warehousing system 10 includes:

s100, enabling the box turning system 2 to turn the smoke boxes 20;

and S200, enabling the turned-over smoke box 20 to reach the cleaning system 3 through the box returning mechanism 4, and cleaning the smoke box 20 by the cleaning system 3.

Also, in some embodiments, the control method further comprises:

s300, enabling the smoke boxes 20 cleaned by the cleaning system 3 to flow to a boxing system 7, and loading the tobacco shreds into the smoke boxes 20 by the boxing system 7.

Additionally, in some embodiments, the control method further comprises:

s400, when the cleaning system 3 can not provide the smoke boxes 20 required by the boxing system 7, the goods shelf 1 provides the smoke boxes to the boxing system 7.

The cleaning system 3 cannot provide the smoke boxes 20 required by the boxing system 7, which means that the cleaning system 3 cannot provide the smoke boxes 20 required by the boxing system 7, and includes the situations that the cleaning system 3 does not work and cannot provide the smoke boxes 20, and also includes the situations that the cleaning system 3 works but provides a small number of smoke boxes 20 and cannot meet the requirements of the boxing system 7, and the two situations may be caused by the reasons that the cleaning system 3 fails or the box turning system 2 does not work and the like.

In the foregoing embodiments, the smoke box 20 turned by the box turning system 2 may be prohibited from directly returning to the shelf 1, and the smoke box 20 is controlled to be unclean and not returned to the warehouse.

The modes of the above embodiments can be implemented under the control of a controller.

The above description is only exemplary of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of the present disclosure.

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1. A bin warehousing system (10) characterized by comprising:

the box turning system (2) is used for turning the cigarette boxes (20);

a cleaning system (3) for cleaning the smoke box (20); and

the box returning mechanism (4) is connected with the box turning system (2) and the cleaning system (3) and is used for conveying the smoke boxes (20) turned by the box turning system (2) to the cleaning system (3) for cleaning.

2. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 1, characterized in that the box returning mechanism (4) is disposed above the box overturning system (2) and the cleaning system (3), the box warehousing system (10) comprising a lift (5), the box returning mechanism (4) being connected with the cleaning system (3) through the lift (5) to deliver the boxes (20) turned by the box overturning system (2) to the cleaning system (3) via the lift (5).

3. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 2, characterized in that the box returning mechanism (4) comprises a box returning conveying mechanism (41) and a box returning platform (42), the box returning platform (42) is disposed at an edge of the box returning conveying mechanism (41) and is used for receiving the cigarette boxes (20) turned by the box turning system (2), and the box returning conveying mechanism (41) is connected with the box returning platform (42) and the elevator (5) to convey the cigarette boxes (20) on the box returning platform (42) to the elevator (5).

4. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 2, characterized in that the turning system (2) comprises a turning manipulator (23), the turning manipulator (23) grabs the cigarette box (20) for turning, and the turning manipulator (23) is arranged to be lifted to deliver the turned cigarette box (20) to the box returning mechanism (4).

5. The bin magazine system (10) according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning system (3) comprises an automatic cleaning robot (32) and/or a manual cleaning station (33), the automatic cleaning robot (32) automatically cleaning the smoke bins (20), the manual cleaning station (33) being used for enabling manual cleaning of the smoke bins (20).

6. The bin magazine system (10) according to claim 5, wherein the cleaning system (3) comprises the automated cleaning robot (32) and the manual cleaning station (33), the automated cleaning robot (32) and the manual cleaning station (33) being in physical communication.

7. Bin warehousing system (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that said bin warehousing system (10) comprises a boxing system (7), said boxing system (7) being adapted to load shredded tobacco into smokeboxes (20), said boxing system (7) being in logistic communication with said cleaning system (3) to circulate shredded tobacco cleaned by said cleaning system (3) to said boxing system (7).

8. The bin magazine system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the bin magazine system (10) comprises a rack (1), the rack (1) being adapted for storing smoke bins (20), the box turnover system (2) being arranged on a first side of the rack (1) in a first horizontal direction (X) and being in logistic communication with the rack (1).

9. The bin magazine system (10) according to claim 8, wherein the shelf (1) is further in logistic communication with a bin system (7) of the bin magazine system (10).

10. The bin magazine system (10) according to claim 8, wherein said bin magazine system (10) comprises a first palletization system (6), said first palletization system (6) being arranged between said box turnover system (2) and said shelf (1) for enabling a logistic communication between said box turnover system (2) and said shelf (1).

11. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 10, characterized in that said first palletizing system (6) comprises a first rail (61) and at least one stacker (62), said first rail (61) extending along a second horizontal direction (Y) perpendicular to said first horizontal direction (X), said at least one stacker (62) being movably arranged on said first rail (61).

12. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 11, characterized in that the stacker (62) has two shuttles that can independently pick and place the bins (20).

13. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 8, characterized in that said bin warehousing system (10) comprises a spot check system (8), said spot check system (8) being arranged at a second side of said shelf (1) along said first horizontal direction (X) for spot checking smoke bins (20), said spot check system (8) being in physical communication with said shelf (1).

14. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 13, characterized in that said spot check system (8) is also in logistic communication with said cleaning system (3).

15. The bin warehousing system (10) of any of claims 1-7, characterized in that said bin warehousing system (10) comprises a wrap exception handling station (92), said wrap exception handling station (92) being in physical communication with said box-turning system (2) for handling exception smoke bins (20) present at said box-turning system (2).

16. The bin warehousing system (10) of claim 15, characterized in that said wrap exception handling station (92) is in physical communication with said box turnover system (2) through said box return mechanism (4).

17. A control method based on the bin warehousing system (10) according to any of claims 1-16, comprising:

enabling the box turning system (2) to turn the cigarette boxes (20);

the turned smoke box (20) reaches the cleaning system (3) through the box returning mechanism (4), and the smoke box (20) is cleaned by the cleaning system (3).

18. The control method according to claim 17, characterized by comprising:

the tobacco boxes (20) turned by the box turning system (2) are prohibited from directly returning to the shelf (1).

19. The control method according to claim 17, characterized by comprising:

enabling the smoke boxes (20) cleaned by the cleaning system (3) to flow to a boxing system (7), and loading the tobacco shreds into the smoke boxes (20) by the boxing system (7).

20. The control method according to claim 20, characterized by comprising:

-providing a smoke box (20) to the boxing system (7) by a shelf (1) when the cleaning system (3) is unable to provide the smoke box (20) required by the boxing system (7).

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