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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G63/00—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations
  • B65G63/002—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations for articles
  • B65G63/004—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations for articles for containers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G13/00—Roller-ways
  • B65G13/11—Roller frames
  • B65G13/12—Roller frames adjustable
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
  • B65G2201/02—Articles
  • B65G2201/0235—Containers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
  • B65G2201/02—Articles
  • B65G2201/0267—Pallets

Definitions

• the invention relates to receiving and transfer devices for containers, so-called STS trailers, as they often work in conjunction with other ZuLitevor- directions of containers to a container warehouse, so-called fast movers, in container terminals such as maritime or inland ports between a Container storage, for example, a container high-bay warehouse, find use.
• the invention further relates to a method for receiving and transferring containers by means of such a receiving and transfer device and a system on at least one unloading crane, at least one receiving and transfer device and at least one feeding device for containers to a container storage.
• a transhipment facility usually has a container store, which is designed, for example, as a high-bay warehouse in which the containers are stored in multiple storage locations. storey shelves are stored.
• the loading, unloading and reloading of the containers in the high-bay warehouse is carried out by stacker cranes, in part or completely automatically, which are designed, for example, as load cranes.
• the containers Before the containers are stored temporarily in the container racking warehouse, they must be removed from the means of transport, for example a ship, by means of an unloading crane and placed on port-side conveyor devices.
• the transport devices By these transport devices, in turn, the transport to the high-bay warehouse, where the unloading crane exclusively for unloading the means of transport and the transport devices can be used exclusively for advancing the container on the port side facilities.
• Container turnover over time is of particular importance, as it can affect the effectiveness and performance of the entire port logistics.
• a particularly high container turnover in which the performance of the individual components of the port unloading and loading system are particularly well matched, is achieved if at least one receptacle exists between the ship unloading crane and the container store - And transfer device, a so-called STS trailer, and at least one separate feeding device for the container for container storage, a so-called fast mover, are provided.
• STS trailer so-called STS trailer
• fast mover at least one separate feeding device for the container for container storage
• the object of the invention is to provide a receiving and transfer device which, in cooperation with its upstream and downstream logistics components, as described above, permits a particularly high container throughput both during loading and unloading of a means of transport such as a container ship.
• the receiving and transfer device serves for receiving containers on pallets and for transferring the container placed on the pallets to a container feeder for container storage, i. in particular for storage, retrieval and repositioning of containers between a port unloading crane and a container storage, for example, a high-bay warehouse, preferably in a transhipment facility of a sea or inland port.
• the receiving and transfer device has superimposed receiving areas both for empty pallets as well as resting on empty pallets container.
• the pallets are mounted on rollers so that a horizontal discharge and entry of both the empty pallets into the lower receiving areas and also the loaded with containers pallets can be made from the upper receiving areas out.
• Empty pallets introduced into the lower receiving areas in advance can then be moved vertically into the upper receiving areas by means of a lifting device provided in or on the receiving and transfer device, wherein provision is made for the upper ones during the lifting movement
• the pallet carrying rollers are again moved into or swiveled into the receiving areas, so that subsequently the pallet carrying rollers are moved in or out of the receiving areas
• Pallet carrying rollers limit the upper receiving areas towards the bottom and provide the empty pallets lifted by the lifting device for receiving containers via the unloading crane.
• the receiving and transfer device permits the continuous provision of empty pallets and the rapid supply of empty pallets into the upper receiving area, preferably immediately after the transfer of the pallets loaded with containers in the upper receiving area.
• the receiving and transfer device is able to form the link between the unloading crane and fixed port logistics within a logistics system for unloading and loading of means of transport, such as container carriers, and cooperating with a container feeder to a container warehouse
• a system is created which allows a particularly high container throughput and limits the operation of the unloading crane to the essential minimum.
• Containers loaded pallets can be transferred horizontally from the receiving and transfer device according to the invention either directly or indirectly, for example, with interposition of a preferably mobile loading wagon, a so-called "fast movers" to the container storage.
• the transfer of empty pallets into the receiving and transfer device, then into the lower receiving areas can take place at the same time, whereby the loading and unloading cycles are kept to a minimum with particularly simple means.
• the receiving and transfer device is preferably used for receiving two standard containers with 45 'length, or for receiving up to four standard containers with 20' length, preferably also for receiving a container with 45 'length and two containers with 20 'length.
• the lifting movement of the empty pallets within the inventive receiving and transfer device can preferably take place from the lower receiving areas into the upper receiving areas and back again in less than 13 seconds, preferably in 11 seconds.
• the lifting device according to the invention preferably has up to four drives, each of which provides an output of more than 35 kW.
• roller table drives are integrated in the upper drive rollers, which provide 30 kW of power per roller table.
• the lower support rollers for the empty pallets in the lower receiving areas are provided with roller table drive, each roller table with an output of preferably twice 4 kW.
• the receiving and transfer device according to the invention is preferably designed such that the transport of empty pallets into the receiving and transfer device and between the lower receiving region and the upper receiving region can be effected independently of the respective status of the laterally adjacent receiving region.
• the receiving and transfer device according to the invention is designed both for pairwise handling of containers and / or pallets as well as for handling individual containers and / or pallets.
• the receiving and transfer device according to the invention is designed to be mobile, very particularly preferably by means of a rail-bound Traversing.
• the receiving and transfer device can be integrated with particularly simple means in the entire warehouse logistics, in particular the use of the unloading crane on the main task, the transfer of the container from the ship to land and back to help the limit.
• the receiving and transfer device is essentially provided for receiving and transferring the containers to the storage logistics Essential components of movement, in particular a rapid and preferably automated onward transport of the container to the container storage, preferably a container high-bay warehouse, on other aggregates, such as a fast mover or provided in the container storage and permanently installed roller tables can be done.
• a rail-mounted receiving and transfer device can be used particularly advantageously if it is movable over a distance of more than 25 m and in this case has a maximum speed of at least 21 m / min in the loaded and at least 30 m / min in the unloaded Condition possesses.
• the receiving and transfer device according to the invention is preferably also equipped with a creep mode for the speed of 10% of the nominal speed, preferably of 4.2 m / min.
• a receiving and transfer device which can be integrated particularly well into the warehouse logistics, in particular the port logistics and particularly flexible approach different kaipositionen a container freighter or port-side unloading crane and as an intermediate link between unloading crane and feeding device for the container storage,
• the so-called fast movers can serve.
• the receiving and transfer device according to the invention is designed such that the receiving areas are rotatable, preferential way by at least 90 °, from a receiving position into a transfer position rotatable, is formed.
• This is done in a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention by means of an integrated into the receiving and transfer device turntable, the device above the chassis of the receiving and Studentsgabevorrich- and below the lower and upper receiving areas.
• the orientation of the containers within the warehouse logistics can be particularly easily adapted to the existing conditions.
• the warehouse logistics are not parallel to the quay wall because of the limited quay length, but are arranged vertically down to the depth.
• Ship containers are in turn usually transported longitudinally on the container freighter to be unloaded and, in this orientation, also removed from the unloading crane and deposited on the receiving and transfer device according to the invention. If, as is often the case, the container bearings are arranged perpendicular to the quay wall, the storage of the containers within the container storage in this longitudinal direction is also recommended, whereby the containers are rotated from the unloading direction into the storage direction by 90 ° got to.
• the port side takes place immediately after removal of the container by the unloading crane on the receiving and transfer device according to the invention, in which case preferably after rotation of the container by means of the receiving and transfer device according to the invention, the container in the desired orientation to the feeding device for containers, in particular The fast mover, via which the transport container then arrives at the container warehouse, can be handed over.
• Such a preferably designed receiving and transfer device reduces the complexity of the storage logistics as a whole, since the containers can be turned into the preferred orientation of the port logistics at the earliest possible time and directly after the unloading of the means of transport, for example the ship. All downstream units, such as the fast movers and the container store itself, can therefore handle containers. have, all of which have the desired orientation. This eliminates the need, if necessary, to provide rotation possibilities at other points in the logistics chain within the port logistics.
• the containers which are once horizontally discharged by the receiving and transfer device according to the invention and are arranged on pallets can, for example, be handled further by the fast mover or the container store without any further delay. As a result, the overall flexibility of the system is increased and their charging cycle is reduced. It also increases the use of a higher number of fast movers per quay section in seaports or inland ports.
• the turntable may be rotated 90 ° in the loaded state in less than 20 seconds, preferably 15 seconds, and in the empty state in less than 15 seconds, preferably 13 seconds.
• the pallet carrying rollers are formed so that they can be moved between a rest position in a supporting position, wherein the rest position is provided laterally offset from the receiving areas.
• the rest position for the carrying rollers of the first receiving area particularly preferably being arranged mirror-offset from the resting position of the carrying rollers for the second receiving area on the receiving and transfer device.
• the pallet idlers are arranged in pairs on a common shaft, which rest in the carrying position in each case on two laterally projecting into the upper receiving areas support plates.
• this ensures a secure arrangement of the carrying rollers in the carrying position, and on the other hand also a spring property by adjusting the strength and the material for the carrying plates.
• it is ensured with particularly simple and easily adjustable means via the selection of the support plate geometry and / or thickness that, when the containers are placed on the pallets resting on the support rollers, any vibrations are essentially caused by the resilient mounting the support rollers were recorded and do not interact in the entire recording and transfer device.
• the container and pallet weights of up to 145 t to be handled by the receiving and transfer device, the individual containers have a maximum weight of 34 t, of particular importance both for the unloading process and the guarantee of a permanently safe operation.
• the receiving and transfer device is designed so that the containers are placed from above on the provided in the upper receiving areas empty pallets, wherein a receptacle of the container from above is always realized in accordance with the invention, when the Ablagebewe- supply has a vertical component, thus, for example, even if the unloading crane for transferring the container to the receiving and transfer device according to the invention follows a movement curve with a horizontal and vertical movement component.
• Essential to the invention is the possibility of receiving the containers from above and transferring them to the container store or intermediate feeding devices, such as the fast movers, in a horizontal manner by unrolling the pallets loaded with containers over the carrying rollers.
• the support rollers are moved from their rest position to the support position via electric motors and / or spindles.
• the transfer takes place from the rest position into the carrying position along guide paths provided for this purpose, permanently installed.
• Deposition guides extending laterally beyond the plane of the pallet carrying rollers are preferably provided laterally on the upper receiving regions, which in a preferred manner have a cross-sectional shape which narrows upwards, for example in the form of triangles. Preference is given to settling guides which are at least more than 50%, preferably at least 75% of the longitudinal extent of the upper receiving areas.
• the settling guides can be embodied in one piece as well as in several parts and essentially serve as guide elements and settling aid when receiving the containers from the unloading crane by means of the receiving and transfer device according to the invention.
• the receiving and transfer device according to the invention and a fast mover with two receiving areas also arranged one above the other for both empty pallets and pallets loaded with containers form a system which facilitates the transport, preferably the rotation and the transport, of the container from the unloading crane to the container store and from the container store to the crane as well as the provision of empty pallets for the receiving and transfer device according to the invention.
• the fast mover preferably has supporting roller sets in its upper and lower receiving areas, the vertical distance of which corresponds to that of the carrying rollers within the receiving and transfer device according to the invention.
• a method for picking up containers from a unloading crane, preferably a harbor-side ship unloading crane, on container pallets and for transferring the palletized containers to a container feeder to a container store, preferably a container high bay warehouse wherein according to the invention a receiving and transfer device is provided the first aspect of the invention is used.
• the inventive method is characterized in that the container or containers via a substantially vertical movement, therefore, a movement with vertical movement component, in the upper receiving areas into it and the transfer of the container placed on the pallets together with the palettes on a feeding device via a horizontal movement takes place.
• the transfer of the containers placed on the pallets takes place at the same time as the reception of empty pallets in the lower receiving areas of the receiving and transfer device according to the invention, preferably by the container feeder, for example the so-called fast movers.
• the unloading and loading cycles are particularly advantageous coordinated with each other and the receiving and transfer device according to the invention as quickly as possible for receiving additional containers from the unloading crane available. It is particularly preferred if a cycle for the provision of empty pallets in the upper receiving area can be carried out in less than 70 seconds, preferably less than 65 seconds.
• the containers can be received in a first position of the receiving and transfer device, and in a second position, the transfer of the containers can take place together with the pallets.
• the first position can be formed both translationally and rotationally, preferably translationally and rotationally, differently from the second position.
• the translatory movement preferably takes place along two rails provided for the inventive receiving and transfer device, which are provided in a particularly preferred manner parallel to two rails provided between the unloading crane and the container store for the feeder, for example a fast mover are.
• the supply of empty pallets takes place from the feeding device into the lower receiving areas of the receiving and transfer device according to the invention, then lifting the empty pallets by means of the Hubvor- direction from the lower receiving areas in the upper receiving areas inside, then the retraction and / or Pivoting the pallet carrying rollers for the upper receiving area from its rest position in its carrying position and the discontinuation of empty pallets on these carrying roles by means of the lifting device.
• the empty pallets once fed into the receiving and transfer device according to the invention, are ready for depositing the containers in the upper receiving areas.
• Cycle times achievable thereby between a first loading of the receiving and transfer device according to the invention and the subsequent loading with a second set of containers, possibly with an interim rotation of the container placed on the pallets and the transfer of the containers from the receptacle according to the invention - And transfer device can be limited to less than 65 seconds, preferably about 60 seconds.
• a system comprising at least one unloading crane, preferably at least one ship unloading crane arranged at the harbor, at least one receiving and transfer device according to the first aspect of the invention, and at least one container feeder to a container storage, preferably one Container high-bay warehouse, provided.
• the technical effects obtainable here correspond to those which have already been presented with reference to the first and second aspects of the invention. Further advantages and features of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments. The features described therein may be implemented alone or in combination with one or more of the features set forth above insofar as the features are not contradictory. The following description of the preferred exemplary embodiments is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
• Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an essential part of a
• Receiving and transfer device for containers in a basic position Receiving and transfer device for containers in a basic position.
• FIG. 2 shows a partial view cut transversely to the longitudinal direction through a container receiving and transfer device according to the invention in a first basic position.
• FIG. 3 shows a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 through the receiving and transfer device according to the invention for containers with raised empty pallets, and
• FIG. 4 shows a sectional view similar to FIGS. 2 and 3 through a container receiving and transfer device according to the invention in a working position with empty pallets placed on rollers.
• FIG. 1 shows a plan view of an essential part of a receiving and transfer device 1 according to the invention for containers (not shown), wherein the receiving and transfer device 1 comprises two upper receiving areas 4a, 5a arranged side by side and lower receiving areas 4b arranged below each other, 5b for empty pallets (not shown).
• the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a are delimited along their longitudinal side by settling guides 11 which provide upwardly inclined guide surface 11a for the introduction of containers (not shown) by means of a unloading crane (not shown) from above into the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a ,
• the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a are bounded at the bottom by pallet carrying rollers 3, which are arranged movable between a rest position shown here and a working position within the receiving and transfer device 1.
• the pallet carrying rollers 3 are arranged in pairs on a shaft 14, which are carried by a respective transfer carriage 13.
• the displacement of the transfer carriages 13 preferably takes place at the same time, for example mechanically coupled via a drive block and a common pinion shaft.
• the empty pallets (not shown) can be lifted by means of the lifting devices 6a, 6b from the lower receiving areas 4b, 5b into the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a, deposited there on the pallet carrying rollers 3, provided they are in their carrying position, and then to Be provided by containers (not shown).
• FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view through the receiving and transfer device 1 according to FIG. 1, shown here in a basic position with empty pallets 2a, 2b lowered into the lower receiving areas 4b, 5b.
• the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a, bounded laterally by the respective settling guides 11, are characterized in that the pallet carrying rollers 3 are arranged laterally outwardly of the receiving and transfer device 1 in their rest position, downwards and freely, so that the Empty pallets 2a, 2b can be conveyed upwards by the respective lifting devices 6a, 6b.
• two rollers 14a, 14b are shown as part of a turntable 12, via which a rotational movement of the entire receiving and transfer device 1 can take place.
• the receiving and transfer device 1 shown can be rotated arbitrarily and with particularly simple means, for example, on a recording position shown here by 90 ° into a transfer position.
• FIG. 3 shows the same receiving and transfer device 1 as in FIG. 2, only distinguished by the empty pallets 2a, 2b being lifted from the lower receiving areas 4b, 5b into the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a by means of the respective lifting device 6a, 6b have been.
• the pallet carrying rollers 3 are further in their rest position laterally offset from the vertical displacement path of the empty pallets 2a, 2b from the lower receiving areas 4b, 5b into the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a.
• FIG. 4 shows, in a same section as FIGS. 2 and 3, the receiving and transfer device 1 with empty pallets 2a, 2b arranged in the upper receiving areas 4a, 5a on the pallet carrying rollers 3.
• the pallet carrying rollers 3 are in this case in their working position, where the transfer carriage 13 and the pallet carrying rollers 3 supporting shaft 14 rest on the receiving areas 4a, 5a since LIST projecting settling guides 11.
• the settling guides 11 are in this case both in their thickness and in their material chosen so that they have a resilient function for the (not shown) container occupied pallets 2a, 2b.
• roller guides 15a, 15b are provided, which is a tilt-free method of pallet idlers 3 from the Allow resting position in the carrying position.
• the movement of the carrying rollers 3 from the rest position into the carrying position is preferably effected electrically, for example by means of spindle drives (not shown).

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