EP4021832A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour transporter et trier des colis - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour transporter et trier des colis

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EP4021832A1
EP4021832A1 EP20764040.0A EP20764040A EP4021832A1 EP 4021832 A1 EP4021832 A1 EP 4021832A1 EP 20764040 A EP20764040 A EP 20764040A EP 4021832 A1 EP4021832 A1 EP 4021832A1
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elements
push
link
along
piece goods
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Peter Enenkel
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Koerber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH
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Siemens AG
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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of a conveyor device for sorting piece goods.
  • the shoe sorter is a well-known sorting system which, thanks to a form fit, enables inhomogeneous goods to be delivered safely to end points.
  • Current shoe sorters have so far been pure linear sorters with a return on the underside and are neither spatial nor curve-compatible. The number of end positions is therefore very limited.
  • a typical shoe sorter comprises a revolving conveyor belt which has segments arranged one behind the other in a main conveying direction.
  • Shoe sorters are linear conveyors.
  • a link-guided push-off element (shoe") is movably attached transversely to the main conveying direction in order to eject goods to the side
  • the push-off elements have pins under the conveying surface, which are threaded into the track guide arrangement in a switch-like manner.
  • the push-off elements are driven by the conveyor belt itself and the length of the mail item determines how many push-off elements are deflected like a switch from the track guide arrangement shoes that are arranged in a single file run diagonally one behind the other in order to eject a product to the side.
  • the aim is to fully automate the process to as many end points as possible (one touch). If you want to avoid a multistage or sequential and thus throughput-reducing sorting process, it must be possible to implement a large number of terminals in a very small space. This is Again, this can only be achieved with systems that allow the end points and the conveyor technology to be arranged over several levels on a small area and are therefore room-accessible.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of providing an improved conveying and sorting device. This object is achieved by a device and a method with the features of the independent claims.
  • the solution according to the invention relates to a device for conveying and sorting piece goods comprising a Glie der makeuper, which has link elements, push-off elements and drive elements, and a control device.
  • the link conveyor is designed to run along a belt movement line and has link elements arranged following one another along the belt movement line and forming a conveying surface for the piece goods.
  • a pushing element can be arranged on one of the link elements above the conveying surface, so that the pushing element never runs together with the link element along the band movement line, and this push-off element can be moved and stopped along a push-off line which is arranged on the link element at an angle, in particular substantially transversely to the band movement line between a first and a second side of the link element .
  • the drive elements are designed to drive one or more push-off elements individually, with at least two push-off elements arranged one after the other along the belt movement line being drivable by different drive elements, so that moving and stopping these push-off elements arranged one after the other are independent of one another.
  • the control device is designed to control the running of the link conveyor and the drive elements.
  • An arrangement of the pushing element above the conveying surface is to be understood as meaning that the part of the pushing element that comes into contact with the piece goods is arranged above the conveying surface, an extension below the conveying surface for guiding, driving and / or fastening the pushing element is of course possible.
  • the link elements each extend over a width of the link conveyor.
  • the belt movement line describes the conveying path of the link conveyor. If the link conveyor is a purely linear conveyor without curves, it is a single transport direction, otherwise several.
  • the sliding element movable along the width of the link conveyor between the first and second sides of the link element can be in a rail-like manner along the push-off line its associated link member be movable.
  • all pushing lines are parallel to one another, with link conveyors writing kurvenbe, typically Abschiebli never and belt movement line are tangential to each other.
  • the link elements run together with their pushing elements and drive elements, whereby a control of a drive element causes the associated pushing element to be activated and so the pushing elements can be moved along their pushing line in addition to their movement along the line of motion of the belt.
  • the individual push-off elements can be stopped at any position along their push-off line on the sectional element in an individually controlled manner. Successive push-off elements can be controlled individually.
  • the drive elements can be controlled with one or more autonomously controllable drives, but typically a drive element only drives one link element.
  • the control device is also designed to control all elements of the device.
  • the push-off elements can be moved independently and selectively and any backdrop can be driven.
  • the push-off elements can be combined or moved individually so that the sequence of movements can be determined in a completely individualized manner.
  • the link conveyor can drive curves in which the piece goods can also be pushed out and is also height-adjustable.
  • the height accessibility enables transport over several levels and thus takes up less space without the need for lifts, escalators or the like.
  • the solution according to the invention can be further improved by various configurations which are advantageous in each case and, unless stated otherwise, can be combined with one another as desired.
  • the link elements can be mounted on a guide rail arranged between their first and second side, preferably essentially in the middle, or laterally on two guide rails arranged along the direction of belt movement.
  • a central or central arrangement runs along the line of movement of the belt.
  • link elements arranged one after the other can be arranged one behind the other and / or slidingly overlapping, in particular scuff-like, and / or interlocking.
  • the conveying surface can be implemented relatively flat and with only very slight interfering contours, even when the link elements overlap, even in curves.
  • adjacent link elements are designed with one another without fixing their contact surface.
  • the push-off elements and the link elements can be designed to engage in one another in the manner of a groove guide and / or a grip guide.
  • a groove guide the link element has a slot along the push-off line for inserting and guiding the push-off element.
  • the push-off element closes its sectional element laterally in whole or in part.
  • the push-off elements can be designed to be lowerable at or below the conveying surface. This can be achieved in a simple manner by rotating the pushing elements on their link elements above and below the conveying surface.
  • the drive elements can be designed as linear drives, preferably comprising a spindle, which is designed to move the pushing element along the sliding line of the sectional element when it is rotated.
  • the push-off element can be designed as a rotor on the linear drive or motor, wherein the linear motor can act as a rail for the push-off element arranged along the push-off line.
  • the type of drive is not limited to a linear drive, many other types of drive are possible, such as screw-driven ball screw drives, roller screw drives with roller return, planetary roller screw drives, trapezoidal screw drives, high-helix screws, hydrostatic screw drives, linear motors, pneumatic cylinders, hydraulic cylinders, rack and pinion drives, crank loops, cam discs, ... .
  • the push-off elements can be designed to be lockable.
  • control device can be designed to control the device, in particular the push-off elements, in response to the position and movement of the link elements, the push-off elements and the piece goods.
  • the push-off elements are moved to push a piece of cargo along the push-off line in order to wait for the push-off elements to be applied to the link conveyor Pre-position piece goods and / or to move one or more sliding elements from towards a piece goods already resting on the conveying surface of the link conveyor.
  • the movement of a push-off element can be stopped along the entire push-off line.
  • the method has, insofar as it can be transferred, the same advantages that are listed with respect to the method presented.
  • the method can also include the following method steps. Detection of the position and / or shape of the piece goods on the conveying surface. Controlling the running of the link conveyor along the belt movement line and / or moving and stopping the push-off elements in response to the detected position and / or shape of the item. In this way, it is possible to react flexibly to the loading of the link conveyor without having to know the exact positioning, dimensions, etc. of the piece goods beforehand, and to react flexibly to unexpected changes in position.
  • the stopping of one or more push-off elements can take place as long as the piece goods are still resting on the sectional element or elements of this or these push-off elements. This allows a piece goods to be framed during transport and / or the prepositioning of piece goods on the conveying surface before they are finally pushed off the link conveyor. In this way, much higher scrap speeds can be achieved with simultaneous credit.
  • movement of the push-off elements in opposite directions can be arranged following one another towards one of these sectional elements overlying piece goods and stopping these pushing elements take place, so that a piece goods is then restricted in its movement by these pushing elements.
  • piece goods In order to position, align trainees and / or eject piece goods on the conveying surface from the link conveyor, piece goods can be moved along the push-off line by one or more push-off elements.
  • the more Abschie belemente are in contact with a piece goods i.e. the smaller the pitch of the link conveyor or the smaller the Abschie belemente and the width of the link elements in relation to the piece goods, the more precisely a piece goods can be aligned, positioned and the more stable it can a piece goods are jammed.
  • locking of a push-off element can take place.
  • the locking takes place after this one push-off element has stopped.
  • a locked push-off element acts as a stopper when piece goods are locked around framing push-off elements, they clamp this piece goods tightly.
  • a push-off element can be lowered to the level or below the conveying surface.
  • a previously clamped piece of cargo by several push-off elements can be pushed off undisturbed on the side on which the push-off element is lowered, even if a push-off element was previously positioned on this same side.
  • a piece of cargo can be framed by several pushing elements, even if all sliding elements were previously arranged on one side when piece goods were already lying on the conveying surface.
  • Figure 1 shows a device with terminals and a link conveyor with a curve
  • FIG. 3 piece goods lying on an link conveyor, each with differently positioned push-off elements
  • FIG. 4 segmented elements configured like stems in cross section.
  • FIG. 1 shows a top view of a device 2 for conveying and sorting piece goods 4 (not shown in FIG. 1).
  • the device 2 comprises a link conveyor 6 with a belt movement line 16 describing a curve as the main transport direction and comprising one after the other along the belt movement line 16
  • Link elements 8 which form a conveying surface 18.
  • the link elements 8 overlap one another so that they can glide over one another in curves. Instead of overlapping one another, the link elements 8 can also engage in one another in some other way.
  • the link conveyor 6 can therefore drive curves, rotations and inclines without creating holes on the conveying surface 18 through which the piece goods 4 or other small parts can fall through or represent the interfering contours.
  • Each link element 8 has a push-off line 20 and its own push-off element 10 arranged on this link element 8.
  • the push-off elements 10 are autonomously controllable drive elements 12 assigned to them driven and individually controlled can be moved, stopped and preferably also locked on the link element 8 between its two sides 22a, 22b along its push-off line 20.
  • Autonomous controllability is to be understood as meaning that all or at least push-off elements 10 arranged following one another along the belt movement line 16 can be moved and stopped independently of one another.
  • each slide element 10 preferably has its own drive element 12.
  • the push-off elements 10 can therefore be moved, stopped and preferably also locked at any position along the push-off line 20 and also completely independently of one another.
  • the possibilities of movement of the push-off elements 10 are not limited to certain points along the band movement line 16. This enables a high degree of flexibility.
  • Several push-off elements 10a can be positioned adapted to the contours of a piece good 4a (FIG. 3), align this piece good 4 and then or at the same time move it along the push-off line 20. Even in curves of the link conveyor 6 piece goods can be shot out and / or manipulated. In contrast to other sorting systems, the distance between successive piece goods 4 is independent of the size of the goods and can be selected individually.
  • the alignment of the sectional elements 8 determines the angle between the push-off line 20 and the belt movement line 16. In FIG. 1, these are arranged essentially transversely to one another, but other angles (which preferably match for all sectional elements 8) are also possible.
  • the device 2 comprises a control device 14 for controlling the link conveyor 6, the pushing elements 10 and their drive elements 12.
  • the device 2 also has locking devices for locking stopped pushing elements 10.
  • the locking devices can be comprised by the drive elements 12 or be designed separately. In the case of a drive element 12 designed as a spindle, locking can be implemented particularly easily.
  • Each push-off element 10 preferably has its own drive element 12. At most, it is still possible for a drive element 12 to actuate several push-off elements 10 located in relative proximity to one another, at least two push-off elements 10 arranged one behind the other along the belt movement line 16 being drivable by different drive elements 12.
  • control device 14 is also designed to record the position and orientation of the piece goods 4 on the device 2 both from a detection device and / or on the basis of calculations with a known starting position and orientation on the device 2 and in response to this to control the device 2.
  • the position of the push-off elements 10 must also be known to the control device 14 (either comprehensible on the basis of calculations and / or detectors) and / or on the basis of feedback.
  • the control device 14 knows selected reference points for determining the drop positions.
  • the link conveyor 6 runs on a guide, which is designed in particular rail-like.
  • the link conveyor 6 is held by a central, centrally arranged guide, essentially along the belt movement line 16.
  • folds and bends of the link conveyor 6, cornering, etc. are particularly easy to implement structurally.
  • other guides for example a rail-like guide on both sides, are also possible.
  • the device 2 is a separating device for separating the piece goods 4 upstream, so that there are not two piece goods 4 on a sectional element 8 at the same time.
  • the dimensioning of the sectional elements 8 and the Abschie belemente 10 in relation to the piece goods 4 determines the possible precision with a positioning of the push-off elements 10 adapted to the contour of the piece goods 4, when positioning before and when shooting. In addition, this dimensioning also determines the minimum distance between successive piece goods 4 and thus the capacity of the device 2.
  • FIG. 2 shows possibilities for guiding the push-off elements 10 according to further embodiments.
  • the link element 8 has a slot along the push-off line 20 for inserting and guiding the push-off element 10 and is guided like a rail.
  • the drive element 12 is designed as a linear motor
  • the slot is filled by a rail and the push-off element 10 is located on the rotor.
  • the push-off element 10 With a wrap-around guide (FIG. 2b), the push-off element 10 encloses its link element at the side.
  • the push-off elements 10 can be shaped and designed completely freely; they are preferably designed in a form-fitting manner with the link elements 8 and / or the piece goods 4 provided for the device 2.
  • FIG. 3 shows piece goods 4a, 4b, 4c lying on a link conveyor, each with differently positioned pushing elements 10 according to further embodiments.
  • the push-off elements 10a are moved towards the irregularly shaped piece goods 4a, so that this can be shot out by all push-off elements 10a. It is also possible to change the orientation beforehand by individually controlling the push-off elements 10a.
  • the piece goods 4b were moved by the push-off elements 10b towards the edge 2b of the link conveyor 6 and aligned along this edge 2b. At a later point in time, the piece will be ejected to the side a good 4b - to a terminal 24 or another conveyor.
  • the piece goods 4c were framed and clamped by the push-off elements 10c, 10c ', so that the position of the piece goods 4c remains stable even when the link conveyor 6 is running quickly and when cornering.
  • the pushing elements 10c, 10c ' these are either positioned on both sides of the first and second sides 22a, 22b of the link conveyor 6 before the piece goods are placed on the conveying surface and then moved towards the piece goods 4c by moving the pushing elements 10c in opposite directions.
  • a submergence of the arranged on the reject side from sliding elements 10c at the level of or below the conveying surface 18 is required. This can be easily achieved in that the sliding elements 10 can rotate around the sectional element 8.
  • the push-off elements 10 can rotate around the sectional element 8 along the push-off line 20, it is also not necessary to pre-position the push-off elements 10 before they are applied to the joint elements 8, but it can still be advantageous (the pre-positioning enables the push-off elements 10 to be positioned more quickly, ).
  • the push-off elements 10 are typically controlled, moved, stopped and / or locked during the Link conveyor 6 runs along belt movement line 16 and the piece goods 4 are thus transported along belt movement line 16.
  • the running speed of the link conveyor 6 can be controlled and changed by the control device 14, up to and including the stopping of the link conveyor 6.
  • FIG. 4 shows segmented elements 8 configured in the manner of scaffolding in cross section.
  • Some sliding elements 10 are arranged in front of, others behind the image area. Due to the shaft-like bevels of the link elements 8, the transitions between the link elements 8 do not form any large interfering contours, even in curves, and the conveying surface 18 remains relatively flat. So that the flexibility of the link conveyor 6 remains possible, the link elements 8 only overlap each other, but without fixed fixation of the contact surfaces of contacting link elements, since these curves and upper and lower strand-like rotation of the link conveyor would be impossible. Other forms of interlocking of successive link elements 8 are also possible. As a result of the overlapping of the link elements 6, no holes are formed on the conveying surface, even in curves.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif (2) et un procédé pour transporter et trier des colis (4a-c). Le dispositif (2) comprend un transporteur à bande articulée (6) comprenant des éléments constitutifs (8), des éléments de poussée (10a-c) et des éléments d'entraînement, ainsi qu'une unité de commande. Le transporteur à bande articulée (6) circule le long d'une ligne de déplacement de bande (16) et comporte, le long de cette ligne de déplacement de bande (16), des éléments constitutifs (8) successifs lesquels forment une surface de transport (18) pour les colis (4a-c). Respectivement un élément de poussée (10a-c) peut être agencé sur un des éléments constitutifs (8) au-dessus de la surface de transport (18), de sorte que l'élément de poussée (10a-c) se déplace le long de la ligne de déplacement de bande (16) conjointement avec l'élément constitutif (8), et cet élément de poussée (10a-c) peut être déplacé et arrêté le long d'une ligne de poussée (20) sensiblement perpendiculaire à la ligne de déplacement de bande (16). Les éléments d'entraînement entraînent individuellement respectivement un ou plusieurs éléments de poussée (10a-c), de sorte que le déplacement et l'arrêt de ces éléments de poussée (10a-c) successifs soient indépendants l'un de l'autre.
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