CN113734674A - Shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device and method, warehousing system and maintenance method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device and method, a warehousing system and a maintenance method, which are used for relieving the problem of low maintenance efficiency of a shuttle vehicle. Wherein, lower device includes on the shuttle: a first track configured to span at least two lanes formed between adjacent two shelving units; the second track is arranged below the first track and is configured to span at least two lanes; the transfer mechanism is arranged between the first rail and the second rail and is configured to horizontally move to any one of the at least two roadways under the guidance of the first rail and the second rail; the transfer mechanism includes a lift car configured to move up and down between the first track and the second track to bring a shuttle car to or from a racking unit. The shuttle car maintenance system can reduce the operation of personnel and has high maintenance efficiency on the shuttle car.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of logistics storage, in particular to a shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device and method, a storage system and a maintenance method.
Background
In order to improve the picking efficiency of goods, the logistics warehouse adopts a shuttle goods-to-person picking technology, namely, in the picking process, people are not moved, and the goods are automatically conveyed to the front of a picker by a shuttle, a lifting machine and a conveying line for the picking of people. When some problems occur in the application process of the shuttle car and the shuttle car needs to be off-shelf for maintenance, the common method comprises the steps of arranging a multilayer maintenance platform, and taking down the shuttle car from a goods shelf track by a maintenance worker on the maintenance platform through operating a lifting car for maintenance; or one elevator is arranged at the end part of each roadway, and the shuttle vehicle is taken down from the goods shelf rail by manually operating the elevator for maintenance. The shuttle car is taken down from the goods shelf rail for maintenance by manually operating the lifting car or the hoister, so that the efficiency is low, and the full-process automation of storage is not facilitated; on the other hand, the cost of arranging the shuttle car hoister on the end part of the multi-layer maintenance platform or each roadway is high, and the engineering quantity is large.
Disclosure of Invention
Some embodiments of the invention provide a shuttle vehicle on-off-rack device, a shuttle vehicle on-rack device, a shuttle vehicle off-rack method, a warehousing system and a maintenance method, which are used for relieving the problem of low maintenance efficiency of the shuttle vehicle.
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a shuttle car undercarriage arrangement, comprising:
a first track configured to span at least two lanes formed between adjacent two shelving units;
the second track is arranged below the first track and is configured to span at least two lanes; and
a transfer mechanism disposed between the first track and the second track, the transfer mechanism configured to move horizontally to any one of the at least two lanes under guidance of the first track and the second track; the transfer mechanism includes a lift car configured to move up and down between the first track and the second track to bring a shuttle car to or from a racking unit.
In some embodiments, the lift car comprises:
a first frame body; and
a second rail movably disposed on the first frame, the second rail configured to extend relative to the first frame in a direction toward the shelving unit to interface with the first rail on the shelving unit that is oriented toward the shuttle, the second rail further configured to retract in a direction away from the shelving unit.
In some embodiments, the lift car further comprises:
the second frame body is movably arranged on the first frame body, the number of the second guide rails is two, and the two second guide rails are respectively and correspondingly arranged on two sides of the second frame body; and
and the first power mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the first frame body and is in driving connection with the second frame body, so that the second frame body drives the two second guide rails to move relative to the first frame body.
In some embodiments, the transfer mechanism comprises:
the first beam is movably arranged on the first track;
the second beam is movably arranged on the second track;
third roof beam and fourth roof beam, the third roof beam with the fourth roof beam sets up at interval, and all connect the first roof beam with the second roof beam, the lift truck is configured to follow the third roof beam and the fourth roof beam is moved up and down.
In some embodiments, the transfer mechanism further comprises a second power mechanism, the second power mechanism comprising:
the second motor is arranged on the second beam and is positioned on one side of the third beam;
the transmission shaft is connected with the second motor and is arranged along the extending direction of the second beam;
the first driving wheel is arranged on the transmission shaft and is positioned on one side of the third beam;
the second driving wheel is arranged on the transmission shaft and is positioned on one side of the fourth beam;
the first driven wheel is arranged on the first beam and is positioned on one side of the third beam;
the first synchronous belt is wound and connected with the first driving wheel and the first driven wheel and connected with a first side of the lifting car;
the second driven wheel is arranged on the first beam and is positioned on one side of the fourth beam; and
and the second synchronous belt is wound and connected with the second driving wheel and the second driven wheel, and the second synchronous belt is connected with the second side of the lift truck.
In some embodiments, the transfer mechanism further comprises a third power mechanism, the third power mechanism comprising:
the third motor is arranged on the second beam and is positioned on one side of the fourth beam; and
and the driving travelling wheel is arranged on the second beam and connected to the third motor.
In some embodiments, the first beam is provided with a first guide wheel cooperating with the first rail and the second beam is provided with a second guide wheel cooperating with the second rail.
In some embodiments, the third beam and the fourth beam are each provided with a third guide rail guiding the up and down movement of the lift car; the lift truck is provided with a third guide wheel matched with the third guide rail.
Some embodiments of the invention provide a storage system comprising:
the shuttle car comprises at least three shelf units, wherein a roadway is formed between every two adjacent shelf units, each shelf unit comprises at least two layers of shelves, and each layer of shelf is provided with a first guide rail for the shuttle car to run;
a shuttle configured to operate on one of the tiers of the rack unit; and
in the above shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device, the first rail of the shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device is arranged at the tops of the at least three shelf units, and the second rail is arranged at the bottoms of the at least three shelf units.
In some embodiments, the system further comprises a sensor, each lane is provided with the sensor, and the sensor is configured to detect whether the transfer mechanism reaches the lane where the transfer mechanism is located.
In some embodiments, the system further comprises a controller, the controller is electrically connected with the sensor, the shuttle car and the transfer mechanism, the controller is configured to control the transfer mechanism to move to the lane where the shuttle car is located after acquiring the position information of the lane corresponding to the shuttle car and the shelf layer of the shelf unit, and control the transfer mechanism to stop moving after receiving the signal sent by the sensor.
In some embodiments, each lane is provided with a shuttle car, a first side of the shuttle car being movably connected with the first rail of the shelving unit located on one side of the lane, and a second side of the shuttle car being movably connected with the first rail of the shelving unit located on the other side of the lane.
In some embodiments, each shelf level of the shelf unit corresponding to each lane is provided with a shuttle car.
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a shuttle vehicle shelving method of the above shuttle vehicle shelving device, including:
acquiring position information of a tunnel corresponding to the shuttle car and a goods shelf layer of a goods shelf unit;
the moving mechanism moves to a tunnel corresponding to the shuttle vehicle;
the lift truck moves to the goods shelf layer of the goods shelf unit corresponding to the shuttle car;
the shuttle car carried on the lift car moves to the shelf unit or the shuttle car in the shelf unit moves to the lift car.
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a maintenance method of the warehousing system, wherein the warehousing system further includes a controller, and the maintenance method includes:
after the shuttle car on one of the shelf layers of the shelf unit corresponding to one of the lanes fails, the shuttle car sends position information to the controller;
the controller controls the moving mechanism to move to a roadway where the failed shuttle car is located;
the controller controls the lift truck to move to the goods shelf layer of the goods shelf unit where the failed shuttle car is located;
the controller controls the shuttle car with the fault to move to the lifting car;
and the controller controls the moving mechanism to carry the failed shuttle to move to a preset maintenance station.
Based on the technical scheme, the invention at least has the following beneficial effects:
in some embodiments, when the shuttle needs to be maintained, the transfer mechanism horizontally moves to the roadway where the shuttle is located along the first rail and the second rail, the lift truck vertically moves to the shelf layer of the shelf unit where the shuttle is located, the shuttle moves to the lift truck, the shuttle is taken out of the shelf unit through the lift truck and is taken off for maintenance, and through the off-shelf mode, personnel operation is reduced, and the maintenance efficiency is high.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a warehousing system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a warehousing system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of a warehousing system according to some embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a shuttle car racking device provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a first schematic view of a transfer mechanism provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a second schematic view of a transfer mechanism provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a first schematic view of a support stand provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a second schematic view of a support stand provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a first schematic view of a lift car provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a second schematic view of a lift car provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention.
The reference numbers in the drawings illustrate the following:
1-a first track;
2-a second track;
3-a transfer mechanism;
31-a lift car; 311-a first frame; 312 — a second guide rail; 313-a second frame; 314-a first power mechanism; 315-third guide wheel;
32-a support frame; 321-a first beam; 322-a second beam; 323-third beam; 324-a fourth beam; 325 — a first guide wheel; 326-a second guide wheel;
33-a second power mechanism; 331-a second motor; 332-a drive shaft; 333-a first capstan; 334-second drive wheel; 335 — a first driven wheel; 336-a first synchronization belt; 337-a second driven wheel; 338-a second synchronous belt;
34-a third power mechanism; 341-a third electric machine; 342-active road wheels; 343-driven travelling wheels;
4-detecting the sheet;
10-a shelf unit; 101-a first guide rail; 20-roadway; 30-a shuttle vehicle; 40-a shuttle vehicle upper and lower frame device; 50-a sensor;
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a few embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1-3, some embodiments provide a storage system that includes at least three shelving units 10 and a shuttle car 30. The lanes 20 are formed between two adjacent shelf units 10, that is, each lane 20 corresponds to two shelf units 10. Each rack unit 10 comprises at least two levels of racks, each level of racks being provided with a first rail 101 for the shuttle 30 to run. The shuttle car 30 is configured to operate on one of the shelves of the shelf unit 10 corresponding to one of the lanes 20.
Wherein the shelf unit 10 comprises one single shelf unit or two side-by-side shelf units. The specifications of the single shelves are generally consistent, and each single shelf comprises a plurality of layers of shelves arranged up and down.
Each layer of shelf of each shelf unit 10 is provided with a shuttle 30 for operation, and each layer of shelf of each corresponding shelf unit 10 is correspondingly provided with a first guide rail 101 for the operation of the shuttle 30.
Based on the fact that manual operation is inefficient when a shuttle 30 in a shelf unit 10 malfunctions and needs to be taken off the shelf from the shelf unit 10, or when a new shuttle 30 or a serviced shuttle 30 needs to be sent to the shelf unit 10, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shuttle on/off-shelf device 40 for improving the efficiency of the shuttle 30 on/off the shelf.
As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments, shuttle car racking device 40 includes a first track 1, a second track 2, and a transfer mechanism 3.
The first track 1 is configured to span at least two lanes 20, the lanes 20 being formed between two adjacent shelving units 10.
The second track 2 is provided below the first track 1 and is configured to span at least two lanes 20.
The transfer mechanism 3 is arranged between the first rail 1 and the second rail 2, and the transfer mechanism 3 is configured to horizontally move to any roadway 20 of the at least two roadways 20 under the guidance of the first rail 1 and the second rail 2; the transfer mechanism 3 includes a lift car 31, and the lift car 31 is configured to move up and down between the first rail 1 and the second rail 2 to send the shuttle car 30 to the corresponding shelf level of the shelf unit 10 or to take the shuttle car 30 out of a certain shelf level of the shelf unit 10.
When the shuttle car 30 needs to be maintained, the transfer mechanism 3 horizontally moves to the roadway 20 where the shuttle car 30 is located along the first rail 1 and the second rail 2, the lift car 31 vertically moves to the shelf layer of the shelf unit 10 where the shuttle car 30 is located, the shuttle car 30 moves to the lift car 31, the shuttle car 30 is taken out of the shelf unit 10 through the lift car 31 to be placed, and the personnel operation is reduced and the maintenance efficiency is high through the placing mode; and a maintenance platform and a shuttle car hoister are not required to be arranged in each roadway, so that the cost is reduced and the project amount is reduced.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the lift car 31 includes a first frame 311 and a second rail 312.
The second guide rail 312 is movably provided to the first frame body 311, the second guide rail 312 is configured to extend in a direction approaching the rack unit 10 with respect to the first frame body 311 to interface with the first guide rail 101 on the rack unit 10 for guiding the shuttle 30, and the second guide rail 312 is further configured to retract in a direction away from the rack unit 10.
In some embodiments, the lift car 31 further includes a second frame 313, the second frame 313 is movably disposed on the first frame 311, the number of the second guide rails 312 is two, and the two second guide rails 312 are respectively disposed on two sides of the second frame 313.
Each lane 20 corresponds to two rack units 10, i.e. a first side of the lane 20 is provided with one rack unit 10 and a second side of the lane 20 is provided with another rack unit 10. Each shelf layer of each shelf unit 10 is provided with a first guide rail 101, a first side of the bottom of the shuttle 30 is arranged on the first guide rail 101 of the shelf unit 10 located on the first side of the roadway 20, and a second side of the bottom of the shuttle 30 is arranged on the first guide rail 101 of the shelf unit 10 located on the second side of the roadway 20, that is, the shuttle 30 is spanned between two shelf units 10. The shuttle 30 moves within the roadway 20 at the level of a certain shelf level.
The two second guide rails 312 are respectively butted against the first guide rails 101 of the rack units 10 on both sides of the lane 20.
Optionally, a sliding block is disposed at the bottom of the second frame body 313, a sliding rail is disposed at the top of the first frame body 311, and the second frame body 313 moves relative to the first frame body 311 through the cooperation of the sliding block and the sliding rail.
As shown in fig. 10, the lift car 31 further includes a first power mechanism 314, wherein the first power mechanism 314 is disposed at the bottom of the first frame 311 and is drivingly connected to the second frame 313, so that the second frame 313 drives the two second guide rails 312 to move relative to the first frame 311.
The first power mechanism 314 drives the second frame body 313 to move in the direction of the rack unit 10 relative to the first frame body 311, so that the second guide rail 312 on the second frame body 313 moves in the direction of the rack unit 10, the second guide rail 312 is abutted against the first guide rail 101 on the rack unit 10, and the shuttle 30 on the rack unit 10 moves to the lift car 31 through the first guide rail 101 and the second guide rail 312.
Optionally, the first power mechanism 314 includes a first motor.
Optionally, the first power mechanism 314 comprises an electric cylinder. The cylinder of electronic jar and first support body 311 fixed connection, the flexible end and the second support body 313 of electronic jar are fixed, drive second support body 313 and remove for first support body 311 when electronic jar is flexible.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5-8, the transfer mechanism 3 includes a support frame 32, the support frame 32 including a first beam 321, a second beam 322, a third beam 323, and a fourth beam 324. The first beam 321, the second beam 322, the third beam 323, and the fourth beam 324 form a square frame shape.
The first beam 321 is movably arranged on the first track 1; the second beam 322 is movably arranged on the second track 2; the third beam 323 and the fourth beam 324 are spaced apart and are connected to the first beam 321 and the second beam 322, and the lift car 31 is configured to move up and down along the third beam 323 and the fourth beam 324.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the transfer mechanism 3 further comprises a second power mechanism 33, and the second power mechanism 33 comprises a second motor 331, a transmission shaft 332, a first driving wheel 333, a second driving wheel 334, a first driven wheel 335, a second driven wheel 337, a first timing belt 336, and a second timing belt 338.
The second motor 331 is disposed on the second beam 322 and is located on a side of the third beam 323 away from the fourth beam 324. The driving shaft 332 is connected to the second motor 331 and is disposed along a length extending direction of the second beam 322. The first driving wheel 333 is disposed on the transmission shaft 332 and located on a side of the third beam 323 away from the fourth beam 324. The second driving wheel 334 is disposed on the transmission shaft 332 and located on a side of the fourth beam 324 away from the third beam 323.
A first driven wheel 335 is provided on the first beam 321 on a side of the third beam 323 remote from the fourth beam 324. The first timing belt 336 is wound around the first driving pulley 333 and the first driven pulley 335, and the first timing belt 336 is connected to a first side of the cage 31.
A second follower 337 is provided on the first beam 321 on a side of the fourth beam 324 remote from the third beam 323. A second timing belt 338 is wound around the second drive pulley 334 and the second driven pulley 337, and the second timing belt 338 is connected to the second side of the lift car 31. The first side and the second side of the lift car 31 are opposite sides.
The second motor 331 provides power to drive the transmission shaft 332 to rotate, the transmission shaft 332 drives the first driving wheel 333 and the second driving wheel 334 to rotate, the first driving wheel 333 and the second driving wheel 334 drive the first driven wheel 335 and the second driven wheel 337 to rotate through the first synchronous belt 336 and the second synchronous belt 338 respectively, the first synchronous belt 336 and the second synchronous belt 338 drive the lift truck 31 to lift in the operation process, and the lift truck 31 can reach different shelf layers of the shelf unit 10.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the transfer mechanism 3 further comprises a third powered mechanism 34, the third powered mechanism 34 comprising a third motor 341 and a ground engaging wheel 342.
The third motor 341 is disposed on the second beam 322 and is located on a side of the fourth beam 324 away from the third beam 323. The driving road wheel 342 is disposed on the second beam 322 and connected to the third motor 341.
Optionally, the transfer mechanism 3 further comprises a driven road wheel 343, and the driven road wheel 343 is disposed on the second beam 322 and is located on a side of the third beam 323 away from the fourth beam 342.
The third motor 341 provides power to drive the driving travelling wheels 342 to rotate so as to drive the whole transfer mechanism 3 to travel along the first track 1 and the second track 2, and the driven travelling wheels 343 rotate, so that the traveling stability of the transfer mechanism 3 is improved.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the first beam 321 is provided with a first guide wheel 325 cooperating with the first rail 1.
In some embodiments, the second beam 322 is provided with a second guide wheel 326 cooperating with the second rail 2.
When the transfer mechanism 3 travels along the first track 1 and the second track 2, the second guide wheel 326 cooperates with the second track 2 to guide the movement of the moving mechanism 3, and the first guide wheel 325 cooperates with the first track 1 to guide the movement of the moving mechanism 3, and prevent the moving mechanism 3 from tipping over when moving.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 9, the third beam 323 and the fourth beam 324 are each provided with a third guide rail for guiding the up and down movement of the lift car 31, and the lift car 31 is provided with a third guide wheel 315 engaged with the third guide rail.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, some embodiments further provide a storage system including at least three rack units 10, a roadway 20 is formed between two adjacent rack units 10, each rack unit 10 includes at least two layers of racks, and each layer of racks is provided with a first guide rail 101 for the shuttle 30 to run.
The warehousing system further includes a shuttle 30, the shuttle 30 being configured to operate on one of the levels of one of the shelf units 10.
The warehousing system further comprises the shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device 10, wherein the first track 1 of the shuttle vehicle loading and unloading device 40 is arranged at the top of the at least three shelf units 10, and the second track 2 is arranged at the bottom of the at least three shelf units 10.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the warehousing system further includes sensors 50, each lane 20 is provided with a respective sensor 50, and the sensors 50 are configured to detect whether the transfer mechanism 3 reaches the lane 20 in which it is located.
Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the sensor 50 includes a proximity switch provided in the roadway 20, the moving mechanism 3 is provided with the detection piece 4, and when the moving mechanism 3 moves laterally, the roadway is positioned by detecting the detection piece 4 through the proximity switch. When the moving mechanism 3 reaches the corresponding tunnel 20, the proximity switch of the tunnel 20 can detect the detection sheet 4 on the moving mechanism 3, the proximity switch sends out a position signal, and the moving mechanism 3 stops moving.
In some embodiments, the warehousing system further comprises a controller electrically connected to the sensor 50, the shuttle car 30 and the transfer mechanism 3, the controller being configured to control the transfer mechanism 3 to move to the lane 20 where the shuttle car 30 is located after acquiring the position information of the lane 20 corresponding to the shuttle car 30 and the shelf layer of the shelf unit 10, and to control the transfer mechanism 3 to stop moving horizontally after receiving the signal sent by the sensor 50.
In some embodiments, each aisle 20 is provided with a shuttle car 30, a first side of the shuttle car 30 being movably connected with the first rail 101 of the shelving unit 10 located on one side of the aisle 20, and a second side of the shuttle car 30 being movably connected with the first rail 101 of the shelving unit 10 located on the other side of the aisle 20.
In some embodiments, each shelf level of the shelf units 10 for each lane 20 is provided with a shuttle car 30. That is, each shelf level in each lane 20 is provided with a shuttle 30, and the shuttle 30 of each shelf level spans between two shelf units 10 and is movably connected with the first guide rail 101 on the two shelf units 10.
Some embodiments also provide a shuttle vehicle shelving method of the shuttle vehicle shelving device, comprising:
acquiring position information of a tunnel 20 corresponding to the shuttle car 30 and a shelf layer of the shelf unit 10;
the moving mechanism 3 moves to the tunnel 20 corresponding to the shuttle car 30;
the lift truck 31 moves to the shelf level of the shelf unit 10 corresponding to the shuttle 30;
the shuttle car 30 carried on the lift car 31 moves to the rack unit 10 or the shuttle car 30 in the rack unit 10 moves to the lift car 31.
Some embodiments further provide a maintenance method of the shuttle car in the warehousing system, wherein the warehousing system further comprises a controller, and the maintenance method comprises:
after the shuttle car 30 on one of the shelf layers of the shelf unit 10 corresponding to one of the lanes 20 has a fault, the shuttle car 30 sends position information to the controller;
the controller controls the moving mechanism 3 to move to the roadway 20 where the failed shuttle car 30 is located;
the controller controls the lift truck 31 to move to the shelf level of the shelf unit 10 where the failed shuttle car 30 is located;
the controller controls the failed shuttle car 30 to move to the lift car 31;
the controller controls the moving mechanism 3 to carry the failed shuttle 30 to a preset maintenance station.
The preset maintenance station may be a lower portion of the moving mechanism 30 corresponding to the tunnel 20 where the shuttle 30 is located, or a position along the length extension direction of the second rail 2.
In some embodiments, the shuttle 30 fails in the shelf unit 10, and if the controller cannot remotely process the goods to be off-shelf, the failed shuttle 30 feeds back to the controller, and the controller automatically reads the position information of the lane 20 where the failed shuttle 30 is located, the shelf layer of the shelf unit 10 where the failed shuttle 30 is located, and the like.
The controller firstly controls the moving mechanism 3 to move to the roadway 20 where the failed shuttle car 30 is located, and then controls the lifting car 31 to move to the shelf layer of the shelf unit 10 where the failed shuttle car 30 is located; the controller controls the second rail 312 on the lift car 31 to extend to interface with the first rail 101 on the shelving unit 10 where the malfunctioning shuttle car 10 is located. The controller controls the failed shuttle car 10 to travel to the second guide rail 312; the controller controls the second rail 312 to retract, and the malfunctioning shuttle car 10 is within the lift car 31. The controller controls the lifting vehicle 31 to descend to a low position or continuously moves to a preset position through controlling the moving mechanism 3, the unloading is completed, and then the failed shuttle vehicle 30 is repaired by maintenance personnel. The lifting car 31 lifts the repaired shuttle car 10 to the shelf layer where the shuttle car is located; the second rail 312 moves out with the shuttle car 10, the second rail 312 interfaces with the first rail 101 of the shelving unit 10; the shuttle 10 after maintenance is driven to the first guide rail 101 of the rack unit 10 to complete the racking.
Based on the embodiments of the invention described above, the technical features of one of the embodiments can be advantageously combined with one or more other embodiments without explicit negatives.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are used to define the components, and are used only for the convenience of distinguishing the 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 invention.
Finally, it should be noted that the above examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that: modifications to the specific embodiments of the invention or equivalent substitutions for parts of the technical features may be made; without departing from the spirit of the present invention, it is intended to cover all aspects of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides a shuttle gets on and off shelf device which characterized in that includes:
a first track (1) configured to span at least two lanes (20), the lanes (20) being formed between two adjacent shelving units (10);
a second track (2) provided below the first track (1) and configured to span at least two lanes (20); and
a transfer mechanism (3) provided between the first track (1) and the second track (2), the transfer mechanism (3) being configured to move horizontally to any one lane (20) of the at least two lanes (20) under guidance of the first track (1) and the second track (2); the transfer mechanism (3) comprises a lift car (31), the lift car (31) being configured to move up and down between the first rail (1) and the second rail (2) to bring a shuttle car (30) to or from a rack unit (10).
2. The shuttle car racking device according to claim 1, wherein said lift car (31) comprises:
a first frame body (311); and
a second rail (312) movably disposed on the first frame body (311), the second rail (312) being configured to extend relative to the first frame body (311) in a direction approaching the shelving unit (10) to interface with the first rail (101) on the shelving unit (10) for guiding the shuttle (30), the second rail (312) being further configured to retract in a direction away from the shelving unit (10).
3. The shuttle car racking device according to claim 2, wherein said lift car (31) further comprises:
the second frame body (313) is movably arranged on the first frame body (311), the number of the second guide rails (312) is two, and the two second guide rails (312) are respectively and correspondingly arranged on two sides of the second frame body (313); and
the first power mechanism (314) is arranged at the bottom of the first frame body (311) and is in driving connection with the second frame body (313), so that the second frame body (313) drives the two second guide rails (312) to move relative to the first frame body (311).
4. The shuttle car racking device according to claim 1, wherein said transfer mechanism (3) comprises:
a first beam (321) movably arranged on the first track (1);
a second beam (322) movably arranged on the second track (2);
a third beam (323) and a fourth beam (324), the third beam (323) and the fourth beam (324) being spaced apart and each connecting the first beam (321) and the second beam (322), the lift car (31) being configured to move up and down along the third beam (323) and the fourth beam (324).
5. The shuttle car undercarriage arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the transfer mechanism (3) further comprises a second power mechanism (33), the second power mechanism (33) comprising:
a second motor (331) provided on the second beam (322) and located on one side of the third beam (323);
a transmission shaft (332) connected to the second motor (331) and disposed along an extending direction of the second beam (322);
the first driving wheel (333) is arranged on the transmission shaft (332) and is positioned on one side of the third beam (323);
the second driving wheel (334) is arranged on the transmission shaft (332) and is positioned on one side of the fourth beam (324);
a first driven wheel (335) provided on the first beam (321) and located on one side of the third beam (323);
a first timing belt (336) wound around and connecting the first driving pulley (333) and the first driven pulley (335), the first timing belt (336) being connected to a first side of the lift car (31);
a second driven wheel (337) disposed on the first beam (321) and located on one side of the fourth beam (324); and
a second timing belt (338) wound around the second drive pulley (334) and the second driven pulley (337), the second timing belt (338) connecting a second side of the lift car (31).
6. The shuttle car undercarriage arrangement according to claim 4 wherein the transfer mechanism (3) further comprises a third power mechanism (34), the third power mechanism (34) comprising:
a third motor (341) disposed on the second beam (322) and located on one side of the fourth beam (324); and
and the driving travelling wheel (342) is arranged on the second beam (322) and is connected with the third motor (341).
7. A shuttle car undercarriage arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the first beam (321) is provided with first guide wheels (325) cooperating with the first rail (1) and the second beam (322) is provided with second guide wheels (326) cooperating with the second rail (2).
8. The shuttle car undercarriage arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the third beam (323) and the fourth beam (324) are each provided with a third guide rail guiding the up and down movement of the lift car (31); the lift truck (31) is provided with a third guide wheel (315) matched with the third guide rail.
9. A warehousing system, comprising:
the shuttle car comprises at least three shelf units (10), wherein a roadway (20) is formed between every two adjacent shelf units (10), each shelf unit (10) comprises at least two layers of shelves, and each layer of shelf is provided with a first guide rail (101) for the shuttle car (30) to run;
a shuttle (30) configured to operate on one of the levels of one of the shelf units (10); and
the shuttle racking device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, said first track (1) of said shuttle racking device (40) being disposed at a top of said at least three rack units (10) and said second track (2) being disposed at a bottom of said at least three rack units (10).
10. The warehousing system according to claim 9, characterized in that it further comprises sensors (50), each of said lanes (20) being provided with a respective one of said sensors (50), said sensors (50) being configured to detect whether said transfer mechanism (3) reaches the lane (20) in which it is located.
11. The warehousing system of claim 10, characterized by further comprising a controller electrically connected to the sensor (50), the shuttle car (30) and the transfer mechanism (3), the controller being configured to control the transfer mechanism (3) to move to the lane (20) where the shuttle car (30) is located after acquiring position information of the lane (20) corresponding to the shuttle car (30) and the shelf layer of the shelf unit (10), and to control the transfer mechanism (3) to stop moving after receiving a signal from the sensor (50).
12. The warehousing system of claim 9, characterized in that each aisle (20) is provided with a shuttle car (30), a first side of the shuttle car (30) being movably connected with the first rail (101) of the rack unit (10) located at one side of the aisle (20), and a second side of the shuttle car (30) being movably connected with the first rail (101) of the rack unit (10) located at the other side of the aisle (20).
13. The warehousing system of claim 12, characterized in that each shelf level of the shelf units (10) corresponding to each lane (20) is provided with a shuttle (30).
14. A shuttle racking method of the shuttle racking device of any of claims 1 to 8, comprising:
acquiring position information of a tunnel (20) and a shelf layer of a shelf unit (10) corresponding to a shuttle vehicle (30);
the moving mechanism (3) moves to a roadway (20) corresponding to the shuttle car (30);
the lift truck (31) moves to the shelf layer of the shelf unit (10) corresponding to the shuttle truck (30);
a shuttle car (30) carried on a lift car (31) moves to a rack unit (10) or a shuttle car (30) in the rack unit (10) moves to a lift car (31).
15. A method of maintaining a warehousing system as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein the warehousing system further includes a controller, the method of maintaining comprising:
after a shuttle (30) on one of the shelf layers of the shelf unit (10) corresponding to one of the lanes (20) fails, the shuttle (30) sends position information to the controller;
the controller controls the moving mechanism (3) to move to the roadway (20) where the failed shuttle car (30) is located;
the controller controls the lifting vehicle (31) to move to the shelf layer of the shelf unit (10) where the failed shuttle vehicle (30) is located;
the controller controls the shuttle car (30) with the fault to move to the lifting car (31);
the controller controls the moving mechanism (3) to carry the failed shuttle car (30) to move to a preset maintenance station.
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