CN212654922U

CN212654922U - Cache sorting system

Info

Publication number: CN212654922U
Application number: CN202021049064.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Jiangsu Huazhang Logistics Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Huazhang Logistics Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-10
Filing date: 2020-06-10
Publication date: 2021-03-05
Anticipated expiration: 2030-06-10

Abstract

The utility model provides a buffer memory letter sorting system, including lifting machine and buffer memory goods shelves system. The buffer storage shelf system comprises a buffer storage conveyor, a shuttle vehicle roadway, a shuttle vehicle and a multi-runner fluent storage shelf. And the lifting machine is used for lifting the containers input from the outside so as to convey the containers to the buffer conveyor. And the buffer conveyor is in butt joint with the hoisting machine and is used for conveying the container to a goods taking point of the shuttle car. The shuttle car conveys the container to the runner inlet of the appointed multi-runner fluent goods shelf. The multi-runner fluent goods shelf is in butt joint with the shuttle vehicle, and the runner inlet of the multi-runner fluent goods shelf is obliquely arranged from high to low to the runner outlet of the shuttle vehicle and is used for conveying the goods box from the designated runner inlet to the runner outlet of the shuttle vehicle in an unpowered way. The utility model provides a buffer memory letter sorting system can realize buffer memory, FIFO, the automatic function of quick letter sorting to sorting operating efficiency and rate of accuracy have been improved.

Description

Cache sorting system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a storage logistics field especially relates to a buffer memory letter sorting system.

Background

In the existing warehousing operation, the ex-warehouse and sorting links are one of the most labor cost and time cost consuming works. In the market, multi-pass vertical warehouse is adopted to combine goods to a human sorting station to complete the operations of warehouse-out, sorting and shipment. The goods-to-person picking station is a work station for realizing the transmission of goods to people and finishing the rapid picking operation manually according to the instruction. At present, goods to people selects the station, generally realizes goods (source case) to people's operation through the conveyer, and operating personnel selects according to the demonstration suggestion information of letter sorting station again, and the goods (target case) rethread conveyer output, artifical pile up neatly, shipment after accomplishing the operation of selecting is efficient lower. Particularly, when the class A goods (class A goods: the goods arranged in the front row in terms of the combination of goods picking frequency and goods picking quantity) with large goods quantity are sorted and picked, if the operation is completed by combining the multi-pass vertical warehouse and goods to a human picking station in the prior art, the pressure of the multi-pass warehouse-out and warehouse-back is greatly increased; further, when a multitask order (a plurality of source boxes) is received or when an order of a client including a plurality of source boxes is received, the sorting operation often involves a large amount of repeated work, a plurality of articles are taken out from different source boxes and sorted to a target box in a short time, then a plurality of people stack and deliver the sorted target box, the labor intensity is high, errors are prone to occurring, and the efficiency is low. The vertical warehouse, the sorting station and the stacking station have large occupied area, low space utilization rate and high initial investment. The increasing cost of space usage makes such automation solutions challenging.

In addition, in the prior art, most sorting stations are conveyed by roller ways to match with the delivery end to realize cache, and the roller way conveying mode has high cost, energy consumption, large occupied space and low efficiency; some goods conveying modes of the fluent goods shelf are adopted in the market, the unpowered conveying function is usually realized, the application is limited, and the application range is narrow.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at solving the above problem, provide a buffer memory letter sorting system, this system adopts multilayer buffer memory goods shelves system, can realize buffer memory, FIFO, the function of automatic quick letter sorting based on the mode that shuttle and multithread way fluent goods shelves combine to sorting operating efficiency and rate of accuracy have been improved. Simultaneously, through the reasonable setting of length of multithread way fluent formula goods shelves and through the reasonable setting of length of buffer memory conveyer, can satisfy the letter sorting needs of multitask order (an order includes a plurality of packing boxes or a customer's order includes a plurality of packing boxes), reduce cost of labor and artifical intensity of labour, the packing box that has sorted is directly placed on tray or transfer apparatus output can (need not the pile up neatly station), the operating efficiency has been improved, make full use of warehouse space, floor area has been saved, the manpower has been reduced, rent cost and initial stage input, it is simplified, perfect the letter sorting, shipment operation flow. In addition, the containers can be cached in a large number through the multi-runner fluent goods shelf with large depth, the high peak and the low valley of sorting are effectively buffered, the sorting can be continuously and massively carried out, and the sorting device is particularly suitable for sorting A-type goods with the goods sorting frequency and the goods sorting quantity.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows:

the utility model provides a buffer memory letter sorting system, it includes the gentle stock shelf system of lifting machine, wherein:

the buffer storage shelf system comprises a buffer storage conveyor, a shuttle vehicle roadway, a shuttle vehicle and a multi-runner fluent storage shelf;

the elevator is used for lifting the containers input from the outside so as to convey the containers to the buffer conveyor;

the buffer conveyor is butted with the hoister and is used for conveying the containers to a goods taking point of the shuttle car;

the shuttle car moves along a shuttle car roadway, can be in butt joint with the buffer conveyor when moving to a goods taking point of the shuttle car, and conveys the goods box to a flow channel inlet of the appointed multi-flow-channel fluent goods shelf;

the multi-runner fluent goods shelf is in butt joint with the shuttle vehicle, and the runner inlet of the multi-runner fluent goods shelf is obliquely arranged from high to low to the runner outlet of the shuttle vehicle and is used for conveying the goods box from the designated runner inlet to the runner outlet of the shuttle vehicle in an unpowered way.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

the cache shelf system is a multilayer cache shelf system;

each layer of cache shelf system is provided with a cache conveyor, a shuttle vehicle roadway, a shuttle vehicle and a multi-runner fluent shelf;

when the shuttle vehicles on each layer move to the goods taking points of the shuttle vehicles, the shuttle vehicles on each layer can be in butt joint with the buffer conveyors on the same layer, and the containers are conveyed to the flow channel inlets of the multi-flow-channel fluent goods shelves on the same layer.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

the runner inlet of the multi-runner fluent goods shelf is also provided with a goods taking platform which is parallel to the ground.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

the inclination angle of the multi-runner fluent goods shelf relative to the horizontal plane is 1.5-2.5 degrees.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

the buffer conveyor may allow at least 7 containers to be placed at the same time.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

each runner of the multi-runner fluent shelf may allow at least 7 containers to be placed simultaneously.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

the shuttle car is provided with a container storing and taking mechanism which is a roller conveying and storing device.

In a further embodiment of the method of the present invention,

the buffer memory conveyor is a roller conveyor.

Compared with the prior art, the cache sorting system has the obvious beneficial effects that,

1) the system adopts a multilayer buffer storage shelf system to replace the operation mode of combining goods to a person picking station by combining a plurality of through vertical warehouses in the prior art, and can realize the functions of buffer storage, first-in first-out and automatic quick sorting based on the mode of combining the elevator, the shuttle and the multi-runner fluent shelf, and improve the sorting operation efficiency and accuracy.

2) Reasonable length through multithread way fluent formula goods shelves sets up and reasonable length through the buffer memory conveyer sets up, can satisfy the letter sorting needs of multitask order (an order includes that a plurality of packing boxes or a customer's order include a plurality of packing boxes), reduce cost of labor and artifical intensity of labour, the packing box that has sorted is directly placed on tray or transfer equipment output can (need not the pile up neatly station), the operating efficiency is improved, make full use of warehouse space, floor area is saved, the manpower is reduced, rent cost and initial stage input, simplify, perfect the letter sorting, shipment operation flow.

3) The multi-runner fluent goods shelf with large depth can buffer the containers in a large amount, effectively buffer the high peaks and the low valleys of sorting, enable the sorting to be carried out continuously in a large amount, and is particularly suitable for sorting the A-type goods with high sorting frequency and high sorting quantity.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are not intended to be drawn to scale. In the drawings, each identical or nearly identical component that is illustrated in various figures may be represented by a like numeral. For purposes of clarity, not every component may be labeled in every drawing. Embodiments of the various aspects of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a top layout of a cache sorting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic side view of the cache sorting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the elevator and the buffer conveyor of the buffer sorting system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to better understand the technical content of the present invention, specific embodiments are described below with reference to the attached drawings.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment provides a buffer memory letter sorting system, and this system is suitable for the letter sorting operation in storage commodity circulation field, has replaced wearing more among the prior art to stand storehouse and combine goods to the operation mode that the people selected the station.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the buffer sorting system includes a hoist 1 and a buffer stocker system 2.

The cache shelf system 2 is a multi-layer cache shelf system.

Each layer of cache shelf system 2 is provided with a cache conveyor 2-1, a shuttle roadway 2-2, a shuttle 2-3 and a multi-runner fluent shelf 2-4. As shown in FIG. 1, the multiple runners of the multiple runner fluent shelf 2-4 are arranged in parallel.

In some preferred embodiments, the multiple sets of the multiple-runner fluent shelf 2-4 are arranged in parallel in a modularized manner, and each set of the fluent shelf is provided with multiple runners which can be expanded and extended according to actual sorting requirements.

As shown in fig. 3, the elevator 1 is used to lift a container 7 (tote or carton) input from the outside to convey the container 7 (tote or carton) to the buffer conveyor 2-1 of a specified floor. The containers 7 are all provided with unique codes, in the embodiment, a turnover box or a carton box (hereinafter referred to as a container 7) to be delivered enters the elevator 1 through the highest-layer input line body 5, before entering the elevator 1, the containers are scanned by the code scanning device 6, and the code scanning result is fed back to the order processing system of the upper computer. The order processing system sends an instruction to the elevator 1 and the buffer storage rack system 2 according to the order information and the code scanning result, and the elevator 1 and the buffer storage rack system 2 execute subsequent sorting operation according to the instruction.

The buffer conveyor 2-1 is provided with a first end 2-11 and a second end 2-12, the first end 2-11 is in butt joint with the elevator 1, and the second end 2-12 is in butt joint with the shuttle car 2-3 located at the goods taking point of the shuttle car. The buffer conveyor 2-1 is used for conveying the containers 7 conveyed by the elevator 1 to a shuttle pick-up point. In the embodiment, the buffer conveyor 2-1 is a roller conveyor, but those skilled in the art may select any other type or any configuration of conveyor according to actual requirements.

The shuttle lane 2-2 has a first end 2-21, the first end 2-21 being a shuttle pick-up point.

As shown in fig. 1 in conjunction with fig. 2, along its shuttle lanes 2-2. When the shuttle car 2-3 moves to a shuttle car pick-up point (a first end 2-21 of a shuttle car tunnel 2-2), the shuttle car 2-3 can be butted with a buffer conveyor 2-1 at the same layer, and a container 7 is conveyed to a runner inlet 2-41 of a specified multi-runner fluent goods shelf 2-4 according to an instruction issued by an order processing system, and a container 7 of an order or a container 7 of a customer is normally distributed to a runner; i.e. the shuttle cars 2-3 dispense the containers 7 of the same order or the containers 7 of the same customer on command to one flow path. In this embodiment, the shuttle 2-3 has a container access mechanism that is a roller conveyor access device that interfaces with the buffer conveyor 2-1 and the multi-lane fluent shelf 2-4.

The multi-runner fluent goods shelf 2-4 on each layer is butted with the shuttle vehicles 2-3 on the same layer. Each runner of the multi-runner flow-through pallet 2-4 has a runner inlet 2-41 and a runner outlet 2-42, and the runner inlet 2-41 is inclined from high to low toward the runner outlet 2-42 thereof for unpowered conveying the container 7 from the designated runner inlet 2-41 to the runner outlet 2-42 thereof. In order to facilitate the operator 8 to perform the subsequent operation, the runner entrance 2-41 of the multi-runner fluent shelf 2-4 is further provided with a goods taking platform 2-43, the goods taking platform 2-43 is parallel to the ground, the container 7 is directly moved from the runner of the inclined plane to the goods taking platform 2-43, and the order or the order of the customer is sorted. The operator 8 then takes the container 7 from the pick platform 2-43 and places it directly on a pallet or transfer device without the need for a palletizer to palletize, either directly for shipment or for storage.

Preferably, to ensure that the container 7 can move from the gate 2-41 to the gate 2-42 by its own weight without collision between the container 7 and the container 7, the inclination angle of the gates of the multi-gate fluent goods shelves 2-4 is 1.5 to 2.5 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane, as shown in fig. 2.

In certain preferred embodiments, the buffer conveyor 2-1 may allow at least 7 containers to be placed simultaneously; each runner of the multi-runner fluent shelf 2-4 may allow at least 7 containers (deep) to be placed simultaneously. Thus, the sorting requirements of multi-task orders (one order comprises a plurality of containers 7 or orders of one customer comprise a plurality of containers 7) can be met through reasonable length setting of the multi-channel fluent goods shelf 2-4 and reasonable length setting of the buffer conveyor 2-1; furthermore, the high peaks and the low valleys of the sorting can be effectively buffered by the large number of buffer containers 7, so that the sorting can be continuously carried out in a large number, and the sorting device is particularly suitable for sorting the A-type goods with the goods picking frequency and the goods picking quantity (the A-type goods: the products arranged in the front row in terms of the goods picking frequency and the goods picking quantity combined).

In addition, by reasonably setting the runner inclination angle of the multi-runner fluent goods shelf 2-4 and the length (depth) of the multi-runner fluent goods shelf 2-4, not only can a large number of containers 7 be cached on the runner, but also the moving speed of the containers 7 can be effectively controlled, so that an operator 8 can perform the operation of taking out the containers in the multiple runners by one person, and the labor cost and the labor intensity are reduced.

The utility model discloses buffer memory letter sorting system that preferred embodiment provided, its theory of operation is:

the elevator 1 receives a container 7 inputted from the outside, and lifts the container 7 to convey the container 7 to the buffer conveyor 2-1 of the designated floor. In the embodiment, before the container 7 input from the outside enters the elevator 1, the container 7 is scanned by the code scanning device 6 and the code scanning result is fed back to the order processing system of the upper computer. The order processing system sends an instruction to the elevator 1 and the buffer storage rack system 2 according to the order information and the code scanning result, and the elevator 1 and the buffer storage rack system 2 execute subsequent work according to the instruction.

The buffer conveyor 2-1 conveys the container 7 to the shuttle pick-up point 2-21 on the same floor.

The shuttle car 2-3 moves along the shuttle lane 2-2 to its shuttle pick-up point 2-21 and delivers the container 7 to the runner entry 2-41 of the same floor, designated multi-runner fluent shelf 2-4.

The multi-runner fluent goods shelf 2-4 conveys the goods box 7 from the designated runner inlet 2-41 to the runner outlet 2-42 without power, and the sorting is completed. The operator 8 then takes the containers 7 from the gate 2-41 and places them directly on pallets or transfer equipment without the need for a palletizer to palletize, directly off the stack or over the warehouse.

Combine before, the utility model provides a buffer memory letter sorting system has following advantage:

2) Reasonable length through multithread way fluent formula goods shelves sets up and reasonable length through the buffer memory conveyer sets up, can satisfy the letter sorting needs of multitask order (an order includes that a plurality of packing boxes or a customer's order include a plurality of packing boxes), reduce cost of labor and artifical intensity of labour, the packing box that has sorted is directly placed on tray or transfer equipment output can (need not the pile up neatly station), the operating efficiency is improved, make full use of warehouse space, floor area is saved, the manpower is reduced, rent cost and initial stage input, perfect the letter sorting, shipment operation flow.

3) The multi-runner fluent goods shelf with large depth (reasonable length) can buffer the goods boxes in a large amount, effectively buffer the high peak and the low valley of sorting, so that the sorting can be carried out continuously in a large amount, and the sorting device is particularly suitable for sorting A-type goods with high sorting frequency and high sorting quantity.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention is intended to cover by those skilled in the art various modifications and adaptations of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is subject to the claims.

Claims

1. Buffer memory letter sorting system, its characterized in that, it includes hoist and buffer storage shelf system, wherein:

2. The cache sorting system of claim 1,

the cache shelf system is a multilayer cache shelf system;

3. The buffer sorting system of claim 1, wherein the runner entrance of the multi-runner fluent shelf is further provided with a pick-up platform, and the pick-up platform is parallel to the ground.

4. The cache sorting system of claim 1, wherein the multi-runner fluent shelf is inclined at an angle of 1.5 to 2.5 degrees from horizontal.

5. The cache sorting system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

6. The cache sorting system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

7. The buffer sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shuttle car has a container access mechanism, the container access mechanism being a roller conveyor access device.

8. The cache sorting system of claim 1, wherein the cache conveyor is a roller conveyor.