CN115159011A

CN115159011A - Mixed sorting system and sorting method

Info

Publication number: CN115159011A
Application number: CN202210889877.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈成峰; 宓波; 沈鹭
Original assignee: Zhejiang Galaxis Technology Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Galaxis Technology Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-25
Filing date: 2022-07-25
Publication date: 2022-10-11

Abstract

The application discloses mixed letter sorting system and letter sorting method, mixed letter sorting system includes: the sorting trolley comprises a sorting trolley travelling rail and at least one sorting opening, wherein a first sorting trolley for conveying a first type of material and a second sorting trolley for conveying a second type of material are arranged on the sorting trolley travelling rail; the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley are adjacent to each other in an optional arrangement mode on the sorting trolley travelling track; the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley convey materials to the sorting opening; the hybrid sortation system also includes a first feeding mechanism for supplying a first type of material to the first sort cart and a second feeding mechanism for supplying a second type of material to the second sort cart. Mix letter sorting system can improve the orbital utilization ratio of letter sorting dolly walking to improve the flexibility that the material was carried, realize the compatible mixed letter sorting of whole material and bulk cargo, improve letter sorting efficiency.

Description

Mixed sorting system and sorting method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of warehouse logistics, in particular to a mixed sorting system and a sorting method.

Background

With the development of laser scanning, bar code and computer control technologies, the use of automatic sorting machines in logistics is increasingly common. The articles to be sorted are sent into a sorting system through various modes, such as manual carrying, mechanical carrying, automatic carrying and the like, bar code scanning is carried out by a laser scanner and the like, or the articles are identified through other modes such as an intelligent camera and the like, and sorting information is input into a central processing unit; the central processor compares the obtained article information with the preset information, and sends different sorted articles to a specific sorting road junction to finish the sorting work of the articles.

Most of automatic sorting machines in the prior art are cross belt trolleys, the belt trolleys arranged on conveying tracks of the automatic sorting machines can only sort single articles at each time, and the articles must be regular objects with flat bottoms and cannot sort mixed materials, such as materials comprising whole articles and mixed materials of a plurality of bulk materials (such as small and easily rolling articles like medicine boxes, medicine bottles and the like).

Disclosure of Invention

According to the mixed sorting system and method, the whole materials and bulk materials can be compatibly mixed and sorted, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

The present application first provides a hybrid sorting system, the system comprising:

the sorting trolley comprises a sorting trolley travelling rail, wherein a first sorting trolley and a second sorting trolley are arranged on the sorting trolley travelling rail, the first sorting trolley is used for conveying a first type of material, and the second sorting trolley is used for conveying a second type of material; the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley are adjacent to each other in an arbitrary arrangement mode on the sorting trolley travelling track;

at least one sorting gate to which the first and/or second sorting carts transport material;

a first feeding mechanism for supplying a first type of material to the first sorting cart;

and the second feeding mechanism is used for supplying the second type of materials to the second sorting trolley.

According to the hybrid sorting system of the application, the first sorting trolley is movably connected with the sorting trolley travelling track; and the first sorting trolley is provided with a conveying device, and the conveying direction of the conveying device is intersected with the traveling direction of the first sorting trolley.

According to the mixed letter sorting system of this application, first type material is whole piece material, second type material is the bulk cargo.

According to the hybrid sorting system of the present application, the second sorting cart is configured as a hopper sorting cart comprising a base, a hopper, and a shaft; the base is movably connected to the walking track of the sorting trolley, the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the base, the hopper is connected with the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft can drive the hopper to swing through a power device; the two sides of the hopper are hinged with a first side door and a second side door, a transmission mechanism is rotatably arranged on a side plate of the hopper, and the transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the first side door and the second side door and is used for driving the first side door and/or the second side door to be opened when the hopper swings.

According to the mixed letter sorting system of this application, second type material deposit in the hopper, the swing plane of hopper with the walking direction of second letter sorting dolly is crossing, with second type material in the hopper is put in to appointed letter sorting mouth.

According to the mixed letter sorting system of this application, first feed mechanism with second feed mechanism all is equipped with identification module for material to first sorting dolly and second sorting dolly of material loading is discerned.

According to the application, the mixed sorting system is characterized in that at least one checking module is arranged on the sorting trolley walking track and used for checking the materials conveyed by the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a hybrid sorting method applied to the hybrid sorting system of the present application, the method including:

determining the quantity of the first type of materials and/or the second type of materials according to the order information;

the first type of materials required by the order are fed to the first sorting trolley by the first feeding mechanism, and/or the second type of materials required by the order are fed to the second sorting trolley by the second feeding mechanism;

the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley are/is conveyed to a designated target sorting port through the sorting trolley walking track, and materials required by orders are thrown into the target sorting port by the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley.

The hybrid sorting method according to the present application, the method further comprising: one or more first sorting carts and/or second sorting carts are assigned according to the first type of material and/or the second type of material required for the order task: based on the positions between the idle first sorting trolley/second sorting trolley on the sorting trolley travelling track and the corresponding feeding mechanism, the first sorting trolley/second sorting trolley with the closest distance is searched along the travelling direction of the sorting trolley to be used as the appointed first sorting trolley and/or second sorting trolley.

The hybrid sorting method according to the application, the method further comprising: according to the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley appointed on the sorting trolley walking track, based on the position between the appointed first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley and the idle sorting opening, the sorting opening with the closest distance is searched along the advancing direction of the sorting trolley to serve as a target sorting opening to complete orders.

According to the hybrid sorting system and method of the application, in one embodiment, the sorting trolley traveling track is an annular track. In other embodiments, the shape of the track may be any one of a straight line, a dog-leg, a curved line, a circle, an oval, or a polygon.

According to the mixed sorting system and method, the sorting trolley with the hopper is additionally arranged on the walking track of the sorting trolley, and in one embodiment, the sorting trolley with the hopper is controlled by the servo motor, so that the hopper can be turned over, the side door can be opened, and the sorting of bulk materials is realized.

According to the mixed sorting system, in one implementation mode, a three-section type belt packing machine is adopted for feeding conventional whole materials, and the belt packing machine is distributed on the inner side of a loop line; adopt hold-in range module to track the material loading to the bulk cargo, the overall arrangement can improve the flexibility that the material was carried in the loop outside to improve conveying efficiency.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

according to the mixed sorting system and method, the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley are arranged on the travelling track of the sorting trolley and are abutted in any arrangement mode, the utilization rate of the travelling track of the sorting trolley can be improved, the feeding mechanisms are respectively arranged for the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley, the flexibility of material conveying can be improved, the compatible mixed sorting of whole materials and bulk materials is realized, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the general layout of a hybrid sortation system of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view of a first sorting cart and a second sorting cart on a sorting cart travel track of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a second sorting cart of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the synchronous belt module of the present application;

wherein: 10. a walking track of the sorting trolley; 20. a first sorting cart; 30. a second sorting cart; 40. a sorting port; 50. a first feeding mechanism; 51. a first identification module; 60. a second feeding mechanism; 61. a second identification module; 70. a checking module; 31. a base; 32. a rotating shaft; 33. a hopper; 34. a first side door; 35. a side plate; 36. a second side door; 37. a power plant; 38. a base plate; 39. a wheel frame; 310. a first transmission assembly; 320. and a second transmission assembly.

Detailed Description

In the following, only certain exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art will recognize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of 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 thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "plurality" or "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection: may be mechanically, electrically or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be connected through the use of two elements or the interaction of two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature "on," "above" and "over" the second feature may include the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. The first feature being "under," "beneath," and "under" the second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser level than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the present invention provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or uses of other materials.

The following describes an embodiment of a hybrid sorting system and a sorting method according to the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings of fig. 1-4.

The present application first provides a hybrid sorting system, as shown in fig. 1, the system comprising: the sorting trolley comprises a sorting trolley travelling rail 10, wherein a first sorting trolley 20 and a second sorting trolley 30 are arranged on the sorting trolley travelling rail 10, the first sorting trolley 20 is used for conveying a first type of material, and the second sorting trolley 30 is used for conveying a second type of material; the first sorting trolley 20 and the second sorting trolley 30 are adjacent in an arbitrary arrangement on the sorting trolley travel track 10; at least one sorting opening 40, the first sorting cart 20 and/or the second sorting cart 30 conveying material to the sorting opening 40.

In some embodiments, the sorting cart travel track 10 illustrated in fig. 1 is a circular track, the first sorting carts 20 and the second sorting carts 30 are alternately distributed adjacently on the circular track, and the first sorting carts 20 and the second sorting carts 30 travel on the sorting cart travel track 10 and transport the materials to the designated sorting gates 40.

In other embodiments, the track shape of the sorting cart traveling track 10 may be any one of a linear type, a zigzag type, a curved type, a circular type, an oval type, or a polygonal type.

In some embodiments, the first sorting cart 20 and the second sorting cart 30 can be otherwise randomly arranged adjacent on the sorting cart travel track 10: for example, two or more of the first sorting carts 20 are adjacent and abut the second sorting carts 30, and/or two or more of the second sorting carts 30 are adjacent and arranged adjacent and abut the first sorting carts 20.

It is to be understood that: according to the actual demand of material sorting, the adjustment of the track structure of the sorting trolley traveling track 10 and the number and arrangement of the first sorting trolley 20 and the second sorting trolley 30 is within the protection scope of the hybrid sorting system of the present application.

In some embodiments, there are a plurality of sorting openings 40, the plurality of sorting openings 40 are located on both sides or any one side of the sorting cart traveling rail 10, and the first and

second sorting carts

20 and 30 transport the materials to the same sorting opening 40, or the first and

second sorting carts

20 and 30 transport the materials to different sorting openings 40.

It is to be understood that: according to the actual demand of material sorting, the position and the number of the sorting openings 40 are adjusted corresponding to the track structure of the sorting trolley traveling track 10 and the number and the arrangement mode of the first sorting trolley 20 and the second sorting trolley 30, which are all within the protection range of the hybrid sorting system.

In the embodiment, different feeding mechanisms are adopted to respectively feed the first sorting trolley 20 and the second sorting trolley 30; in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the system comprises: a first feeding mechanism 50 for feeding a first type of material to the first sorting cart 20; a second feeding mechanism 60 for feeding a second type of material to the second sorting cart 30. Specifically, according to the present invention, the first feeding mechanism 50 is provided as at least one and is disposed at any one side of the sorting trolley travel rail 10, and the second feeding mechanism 60 is provided as at least one and is disposed at any one side of the sorting trolley travel rail 10.

According to the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the first feeding mechanism 50 is arranged at the inner side of the main loop, the second feeding mechanism 60 is arranged at the outer side of the main loop, and two feeding mechanisms are arranged at the first feeding mechanism 50 and the second feeding mechanism 60, and each feeding mechanism is provided with a material identification module. It is to be understood that: according to the actual demand of material sorting, the track structure adapted to the traveling track 10 of the sorting trolley and the number of the first sorting trolley 20 and the second sorting trolley 30 are all within the protection range of the hybrid sorting system of the present application for adjusting the arrangement and position of the first feeding mechanism 50 and the second feeding mechanism 60.

According to the hybrid sorting system of the present application, the first sorting cart 20 is movably connected with the sorting cart travel track; the first sorting trolley 20 is provided with a conveying device, and the conveying direction of the conveying device is intersected with the traveling direction of the first sorting trolley 20.

In this embodiment, the conveying device disposed on the first sorting cart 20 is a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt can convey materials to both sides of the traveling track 10 of the sorting cart, the first feeding mechanism 50 supplies the materials to the conveyor belt of the first sorting cart 20, when the first sorting cart 20 travels along the traveling track to the corresponding position of the sorting opening 40, the conveyor belt on the first sorting cart 20 moves in the direction of the sorting opening 40 to convey the materials, and then the materials fall into the corresponding sorting opening 40, thereby completing the sorting of the first type of materials.

According to the mixed letter sorting system of this application, first type material is whole piece material, second type material is the bulk cargo. In one embodiment, the first feeding mechanism 50 feeds the material using a one-piece bale feeder, which is a conventional three-segment conveyor; the second feeding mechanism 60 adopts a bulk material bag feeder, which can select a synchronous belt module to feed bulk materials, and the synchronous belt module adopts a conveying device with a height difference to feed the bulk materials. In other embodiments of the present application, other equivalents or alternatives may also be employed for loading.

As shown in fig. 4, the synchronous belt module in this embodiment includes a first conveying belt 62, a feeding trolley 63 and a frame 64, the first conveying belt 62 is a head section of a bulk material bag feeder, the feeding trolley 63 is disposed on the frame 64, the first conveying belt 62 is disposed at one end of a traveling path of the feeding trolley, a second conveying belt is disposed on the feeding trolley 63, the feeding trolley 62 moves back and forth on a track of the frame 64 along a first direction, the second conveying belt is configured to move on the feeding trolley 63 along a second direction, and the second direction intersects with the first direction, so that the second conveying belt can convey materials to two sides of the track of the frame 64. The second conveying belt is provided with a baffle in the first direction, so that when the feeding trolley 63 moves in the first direction, the materials on the second conveying belt are prevented from falling off the feeding trolley 63.

In one embodiment, the goods conveying direction of the first conveyor belt can be the same as the goods conveying direction of the second conveyor belt, and the second conveyor belt is provided with a baffle at an end remote from the first conveyor belt, so that the material transferred from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt does not fall off the second conveyor belt. In other embodiments, the first conveyor belt is also capable of conveying the material thereon in a third direction onto the second conveyor belt, the third direction being set to a direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, and the second conveyor belt is a skirt baffle conveyor belt. In the synchronous belt module, the material conveying directions of the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt can be adjusted adaptively according to the specific structure of the second feeding mechanism and the arrangement of the walking track of the sorting trolley.

According to the present hybrid sorting system, in particular, the second conveyor belt of the loading trolley 63 is arranged lower than the goods conveying surface of the first conveyor belt 62, and the goods conveying surface of the second conveyor belt of the loading trolley 63 is arranged higher than the second sorting trolley 30. The track extending direction of the rack 64 is the same as the extending direction of the sorting trolley traveling track, that is, the first direction of the feeding trolley 63 traveling is the same as the traveling direction of the second sorting trolley 30 on the sorting trolley traveling track 10.

When the synchronous belt module is used for feeding, the bulk material articles on the first conveying belt 62 fall onto the goods conveying surface of the second conveying belt on the feeding trolley 63 along the conveying direction, the feeding trolley 62 travels on the track of the rack 64 along the first direction, and when the traveling speed of the feeding trolley 62 is synchronous with the speed of the second sorting trolley 30 on the traveling track of the sorting trolley, the bulk material articles on the second conveying belt are conveyed into the hopper 33 of the corresponding second sorting trolley 30 along the second direction by the second conveying belt.

According to the present hybrid sortation system, in one embodiment, the second sort cart 30 is configured as a hopper sort cart, shown in fig. 3, comprising a base 31, a spindle 32, and a hopper 33; the base 31 is movably connected to the sorting trolley traveling track 10, the rotating shaft 32 is rotatably arranged on the base 31, the hopper 33 is connected with the rotating shaft 32, and the rotating shaft 32 can drive the hopper 33 to swing through a power device 37; a first side door 34 and a second side door 36 are hinged to two sides of the hopper 33, and a transmission mechanism is rotatably arranged on a side plate 35 of the hopper 33 and used for driving the first side door 34 and/or the second side door 36 to open when the hopper 33 swings.

As shown in fig. 3, the driving mechanism includes a first driving assembly 310 and a second driving assembly 320, the first driving assembly 310 is drivingly connected to the first side door 34, and the second driving assembly 320 is drivingly connected to the second side door 36. When the hopper 33 swings towards the side of the first side door 34, the first transmission assembly 310 can drive the first side door 34 to open; when the hopper 33 swings towards the side of the second side door 36, the second transmission assembly 320 can drive the second side door 36 to open.

As shown in fig. 3, the second sorting cart 30 further includes a bottom plate 38 and a wheel frame 39, the wheel frame 39 is provided with wheel assemblies, the wheel assemblies include wheels capable of traveling on the sorting cart traveling rail 10, and the bottom plate 38 is capable of extending to below the sorting cart traveling rail 10 and being driven by a linear motor below the rail, so that the second sorting cart 30 travels on the sorting cart traveling rail 10.

Referring to fig. 2, the first sorting cart 20 and the second sorting cart 30 have the same floor and wheel assembly and travel on the sorting cart travel rails 10 using the same driving method.

According to the present application mix letter sorting system, the second type material deposit in the hopper 33, the swing plane of hopper 33 with the walking direction of second letter sorting dolly is crossing, works as the second letter sorting dolly 30 is in when advancing to appointed letter sorting mouth 40 on the letter sorting dolly walking track 10, hopper 33 orientation one side swing of letter sorting mouth 40, hopper 33 is close to first limit door 34 or the second limit door 36 of letter sorting mouth 40 one side and opens, with will second type material in the hopper 33 is thrown to appointed letter sorting mouth 40.

According to the hybrid sorting system of the present application, the first feeding mechanism 50 is provided with a first identification module 51 for identifying the material fed to the first sorting cart 20; the second feeding mechanism 60 is provided with a second identification module 61 for identifying the material fed to the second sorting trolley 30. The first identification module 51 and the second identification module 61 may adopt barcode recognition or smart camera recognition, and in other embodiments, AI machine learning may also be further adopted to perform material recognition.

According to the hybrid sorting system of the present application, at least one checking module 70 is provided on the sorting trolley travel track 10 for checking the material conveyed by the first sorting trolley 20 and/or the second sorting trolley 30. In one embodiment, the verification module 70 may select a gray scale camera.

According to the mixed sorting system, when only whole materials are included in an order task, firstly, a plurality of whole materials of the order are manually sorted into one or a plurality of containers, the whole materials are conveyed to a whole bag supply machine through a conveying line, the whole bag supply machine is manually put on the first section of the whole bag supply machine, after bar codes are read, the upper system distributes the materials to a current order and binds the materials to vacant sorting ports, the serial numbers of the sorting ports are issued to the whole bag supply machine, the whole bag supply machine transmits sorting information to a first sorting trolley on a main loop line in the feeding process, then the first sorting trolley conveys the materials to a designated sorting port, and after the first material in the order task is bound with a certain sorting port, all the whole materials of the order are sorted to the sorting port.

According to the mixed letter sorting system of this application, first letter sorting dolly letter sorting is accomplished the back, carries out the check-up through nearest test module, judges by grey scale appearance camera whether the material on the first letter sorting dolly falls down really, judges promptly whether the material on this letter sorting dolly sorts the completion: if the materials on the sorting trolley are judged to be not sorted, the sorting trolley continues to travel on the travel track until the materials reach the designated sorting opening again to finish sorting; and if the sorting of the materials of the sorting trolley is finished, releasing the sorting trolley to enable the sorting trolley to be used for conveying new materials.

When the order task includes the bulk cargo article, at first in the manual work is selected a container with all bulk cargo articles of this order, in can splitting a plurality of containers if the bulk cargo is more, then carry the bulk cargo container to the bulk cargo worker position of packing by the transfer chain, the manual work is put in all bulk cargo articles in the container to the first section of bulk cargo confession chartered plane to adopt artifical button to trigger the variety and the quantity of discernment camera discernment bulk cargo article. After the identification is completed, the upper system obtains data and issues the sorting opening of the order, and if the order related to the bulk material is not distributed to the sorting opening, the vacant sorting opening is bound.

The upper system issues the bound sorting port to the bulk cargo bag feeder, the bulk cargo bag feeder sends sorting port information to the second sorting trolley in the loading process, and then the second sorting trolley swings and overturns the hopper after reaching the designated sorting port to discharge the bulk cargo to the designated sorting port. After the second sorting trolley finishes sorting, whether the articles actually fall is judged through the nearest gray scale camera, namely whether the sorting of the materials on the second sorting trolley is finished is judged, and the judging process is the same as that of the first sorting trolley.

When an order task comprises a plurality of whole materials and a plurality of bulk materials, the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley which are used for conveying the materials are bound to the same sorting port, after all the whole materials and the bulk materials of an order are sorted, the materials of the sorting port can be packed and delivered, and then the sorting port is in an idle state and can be bound with a new order.

The present application also provides a hybrid sorting method, which can be applied to the hybrid sorting system described in the present application, the method comprising the steps of:

the first type of materials required by the order form are fed to the first sorting trolley by the first feeding mechanism, and/or the second type of materials required by the order form are fed to the second sorting trolley by the second feeding mechanism;

the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley are/is conveyed to the designated target sorting opening through the sorting trolley travelling rail, and materials required by the order are thrown into the target sorting opening by the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley.

The hybrid sorting method according to the present application, the method further comprising: according to the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley appointed on the sorting trolley travelling track, based on the position between the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley appointed and the idle sorting opening, the sorting opening closest to the first sorting trolley is searched along the travelling direction of the sorting trolley to serve as the target sorting opening to complete the order.

According to the mixed sorting method, the closest sorting trolley can be searched on the sorting trolley travelling track according to the distance between the sorting trolley and the feeding mechanism and/or the sorting port for carrying out material transportation, and the material conveying and sorting efficiency is improved; the sorting trolleys respectively move on the sorting trolley walking track, the appointed sorting trolley conveys materials required by order tasks to the appointed sorting port, so that multiple materials in a certain order can be conveyed to the appointed sorting port by different sorting trolleys to complete the order, and the sorting trolleys on the sorting trolley walking track can simultaneously execute multiple order tasks, so that the utilization rate of the sorting trolley walking track is improved, the material conveying efficiency is improved, and the material sorting efficiency is further improved.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements of the technical solutions of the present invention by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope of the present invention without departing from the design spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A hybrid sortation system, comprising:

the sorting trolley comprises a sorting trolley travelling rail, wherein a first sorting trolley and a second sorting trolley are arranged on the sorting trolley travelling rail, the first sorting trolley is used for conveying a first type of material, and the second sorting trolley is used for conveying a second type of material; the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley are adjacent to each other in an optional arrangement mode on the sorting trolley travelling track;

2. A hybrid sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first sorting trolley is movably connected with the sorting trolley travelling track;

the first sorting trolley is provided with a conveying device, and the conveying direction of the conveying device is intersected with the traveling direction of the first sorting trolley.

3. A hybrid sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first material is a whole material, and the second material is a bulk material.

4. A hybrid sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the second sorting cart is configured as a hopper sorting cart comprising a base, a hopper, and a shaft;

the base is movably connected to the walking track of the sorting trolley, the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the base, the hopper is connected with the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft can drive the hopper to swing through a power device;

the two sides of the hopper are hinged with a first side door and a second side door, a transmission mechanism is rotatably arranged on a side plate of the hopper, and the transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the first side door and the second side door and is used for driving the first side door and/or the second side door to be opened when the hopper swings.

5. The hybrid sorting system according to claim 4, wherein:

the second material is stored in the hopper, and the swinging plane of the hopper is intersected with the traveling direction of the second sorting trolley so as to throw the second material in the hopper to a designated sorting opening.

6. A hybrid sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the first feeding mechanism and the second feeding mechanism are respectively provided with an identification module used for identifying materials fed to the first sorting trolley and the second sorting trolley.

7. A hybrid sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the sorting trolley traveling track is provided with at least one checking module for checking the materials conveyed by the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley.

8. A hybrid sorting method applied to the hybrid sorting system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the method comprises:

9. The hybrid sorting method according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

one or more first sorting carts and/or second sorting carts are assigned according to the first type of material and/or the second type of material required for the order task:

based on the positions between the idle first sorting trolley/second sorting trolley on the sorting trolley travelling track and the corresponding feeding mechanism, the first sorting trolley/second sorting trolley with the closest distance is searched along the travelling direction of the sorting trolley to be used as the appointed first sorting trolley and/or second sorting trolley.

10. A hybrid sorting method according to claim 9, characterised in that the method further comprises:

according to the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley appointed on the sorting trolley travelling track, based on the position between the first sorting trolley and/or the second sorting trolley appointed and the idle sorting opening, the sorting opening closest to the first sorting trolley is searched along the travelling direction of the sorting trolley to serve as the appointed target sorting opening to complete the order.