EP3880589A1 - Linearsortierer mit variabel laufenden quergurt-trägern - Google Patents
Linearsortierer mit variabel laufenden quergurt-trägernInfo
- Publication number
- EP3880589A1 EP3880589A1 EP19801775.8A EP19801775A EP3880589A1 EP 3880589 A1 EP3880589 A1 EP 3880589A1 EP 19801775 A EP19801775 A EP 19801775A EP 3880589 A1 EP3880589 A1 EP 3880589A1
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- Prior art keywords
- cross belt
- cross
- runners
- runner
- linear
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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
- B65G54/00—Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for
- B65G54/02—Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
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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
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
- B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
- B65G47/71—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged or distributed to several distinct separate conveyors or to a broader conveyor lane
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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
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
- B65G47/94—Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures; Throw-off carriages
- B65G47/96—Devices for tilting links or platform
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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
- B65G2203/00—Indexing code relating to control or detection of the articles or the load carriers during conveying
- B65G2203/02—Control or detection
- B65G2203/0266—Control or detection relating to the load carrier(s)
- B65G2203/0291—Speed of the load carrier
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a linear sorter with variable cross-beam carriers according to claim 1.
- Sorting systems identify incoming, heterogeneously shaped and isolated items in a disordered order
- General cargo for example parcels (in parcel sorting centers), luggage (in airport terminals) or consignment goods (in mail order houses), based on predefined differentiation criteria and distribute them to defined destinations.
- sorting systems consist of sorting systems with
- Such a sorter itself consists of a lock, a distribution conveyor and end / destination points for the piece goods to be distributed.
- cross belt conveyors / cross belt sorters or tilt tray sorters.
- tilt tray sorters These can be designed as horizontal circular sorters or as vertical circular sorters (linear sorters, linear sorters).
- Runner length is less than the maximum transportable good length.
- These linear sorters have in common that a plurality of cross belt carriers (English cross beit carriers; in the following, however, always synonymous with cross belt carriers) Designated runner) is located on a closed circuit. If the cross-gur runners are on the upper run, they carry piece goods to be sorted. The cross belts are typically narrower (in the sorter direction) than the piece goods to be sorted. General cargo that is transferred to the sorter is in most cases on more than one cross belt runner.
- cross belts of the relevant cross belt runners are controlled accordingly.
- Several cross belts may have to be actuated synchronously if a larger piece of goods rests on several cross goods runners and thus on several cross belts.
- the cross goods runners run back on the lower run.
- Such a linear sorter is shown in FIG. 1, as shown in document [4].
- This plurality of cross belt runners is driven by a linear motor system.
- the various documents disclosed in documents [1] to [6] have in common that the individual cross belt runners are mechanically coupled to one another. This coupling is also contained in the relevant independent claims in documents [1] to [3].
- a sorting system with cross goods runners coupled in this way has various disadvantages, in particular:
- a replacement of cross belt runners requires the sorting system to be shut down. Due to the mutual coupling of the cross belt runner, the replacement of the cross belt and their drives is practically impossible and this therefore requires the removal of a defective cross belt runner and the installation of an intact cross belt runner. This is associated with considerable effort and with corresponding downtimes.
- cross belt runners must be in stock at the operator of the sorting system. This not only requires storage space, but is also expensive in terms of the costs for having such cross belt runners ready.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object to provide a linear sorter of the type mentioned, without the disadvantages listed above
- the solution according to the invention provides a linear sorter for sorting piece goods comprising:
- Cross belt runners are transported and sorted to appropriate destinations by ejection
- Linear sorters can be reduced.
- the distance between the crossbelt runners on the upper run can be driven by each crossbelt runner
- the necessary number of cross belt runners for the piece goods in question are determined. It is inherent for every sorting system and thus also for linear sorters that the piece goods to be sorted have already been recorded beforehand with regard to the sorting target and dimension by detectors and are stored in a control / regulation or an IT system and accordingly the recorded data can be used for the control the cross runner can be used. It is also inherent for every linear sorter that the position of each cross belt runner on the upper run is always recorded and stored in a control system or in an IT system, since the location of the discharge and thus the actuation of the cross belt is essential for the function of the linear sorter. The aforementioned setting of the distance between the cross belt runners allows the piece goods to be fed to the linear sorter regardless of their dimension. This also includes the special case where a relatively small general cargo
- Sorting system and thus also for linear sorters is that the piece goods to be sorted are related in advance anyway
- Sorting target and dimension were recorded by detectors and are stored in a control system or an IT system and accordingly the recorded data for the
- Control of the cross-goods runner can be used.
- Linear motors can be provided as the drive means of the cross belt runner, so that the permanent magnets are installed in the cross belt runner and the sequence of electromagnets in the two runs and in the turning point that generates an alternating electromagnetic field
- Cross belt runner a separate drive with, for example, a rotary electric motor can be provided.
- the energy transfer from the supporting frame to the cross belt runner can take place either via busbars or contactlessly via induction, one accumulator must be provided for each cross belt runner.
- Friction wheels can be provided on the supporting frame, which act on a contact surface of the cross belt runner.
- the crossbelt runners latch into a form-fitting medium (chain, belt), for example on the straight sections.
- this medium runs in the upper run with v sort and in the lower run with v ret ⁇
- the acceleration in the deflections can be implemented using the above-mentioned techniques.
- the cross belt runners are not to be regarded as firmly coupled, since this coupling is omitted on the deflections.
- Writings [1] to [6] provide a fixed coupling across the entire circulation. [0021] Further advantageous embodiments are specified in the dependent claims.
- FIG. 1 linear sorter with cross belt runners in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a linear sorter 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the cross belt runner 21 runs in orbit with guide rails 30 (not shown in detail in FIG. 2)
- each cross belt runner is individually driven by drive means.
- the drive means can be a classic electric motor.
- linear motor (not shown in FIG. 2) is preferred.
- the individual drive of the cross belt runners naturally presupposes that the individual cross belt runners 21 are not mechanically coupled to one another, that is
- the cross belt runner 21 must do the following with regard to the guidance along the orbit 31:
- the mounting of the cross-belt traveler 21 in the sorting direction sort must be longer than this corresponds to the width b of a cross-belt traveler 21.
- the width of the guide in the rail is slightly less than three times the width b of a cross belt runner 21
- crossbelt runners 21 are NOT coupled but run loosely one after the other, the number of crossbelt runners 21 can be reduced.
- the linear motor per cross belt runner 21 is formed by a permanent magnet which is fixedly arranged in the cross belt runner 21 and by a sequence of electromagnets generating an alternating electromagnetic field. These electromagnets are arranged in succession in the two runs 31 and 32 as well as in the areas mentioned here which connect the two runs 31 and 32.
- a plurality of cross belt runners 21 on the upper run 31 can form one
- Cross belt runner 21 to be set.
- the transfer position is constructive and the transfer time of a piece goods to be sorted to the linear conveyor is determined by the underlying IT system. From this, the crossbelt runners 21 coming from the lower run 32 can be controlled, thanks to the individual controllability, in such a way that the piece goods 10 to be sorted can be placed exactly on the defined number of crossbubble runners 21.
- Cross belts 22 of the relevant cross belt runner 21 are activated in order to discharge the piece goods in one of the discharge directions 11, 11 '.
- the group formation is purely virtual for one certain general cargo is provided. After the piece goods have been discharged, the cross-pieces that have become free no longer belong to a group.
- the individual controllability of the cross-goods runner 21 also allows a large number of configurations on the upper run 31 in order to optimally feed the piece goods 1 to be sorted to the target locations. It is also conceivable, for example, to have a variably adjustable speed V sor t / this speed V SO rt depending on the type, the mass and the dimension of the piece goods 1 to be sorted.
- the invention allows a plurality of cross belt runners 21 to circulate freely
- cross belt runner cross belt carrier, runner, carrier
- Vsort Speed of the cross belt runner in the sorting direction Vret Speed of the cross belt runner during the return
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EP18206077.2A EP3653548A1 (de) | 2018-11-13 | 2018-11-13 | Linearsortierer mit variabel laufenden quergurt-trägern |
PCT/EP2019/079959 WO2020099149A1 (de) | 2018-11-13 | 2019-11-01 | Linearsortierer mit variabel laufenden quergurt-trägern |
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