JP2005263442A - Automated storage and retrieval warehouse - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated storage and retrieval warehouse capable of increasing the storage space of a load and reducing the construction cost and facility cost by reducing the space for a carry-in/out device of a load in a storage device for storing the load in the automated storage and retrieval warehouse. <P>SOLUTION: The automated storage and retrieval warehouse comprises a storage shelf 13 that is installed in a building having a plurality of floors and stores a load in one floor, the storage device having a carry-in/out device 11 that travels along a storage shelf 13 train and carries in or out the load from a predetermined shelf, and a shipping/delivering device for transferring the load shipped or delivered from a predetermined floor to the storage device. The shipping/delivering device comprises a main conveying device 8 which is disposed on the predetermined floor 1b along the inside of the outermost strut 2a of the warehouse building and conveys the load rectangularly to the travel direction of the carry-in/out device 11, a vertical conveying device 4 which is disposed outside the outermost strut 2a and transfers the load to the storage device, and a delivery device 10b for receiving and delivering the load between the main conveying device 8 and the vertical conveying device 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic warehouse equipped with an automatic transport device for transporting and storing luggage to a storage shelf.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic warehouse equipped with an automatic transfer device for transferring a load to a storage shelf is known. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
The storage facility described in Patent Document 1 has an automatic warehouse on at least one of the plurality of upper and lower floors, and at least one of the remaining floors is an article handling unit. 1st article which consists of an apparatus, the loading / unloading apparatus distributed and arranged up and down, and the loading / unloading means which can deliver articles | goods between a loading / unloading apparatus and a shelf apparatus, and can deliver articles to / from the loading / unloading apparatus There is provided a delivery means, an article receiving device is provided in the handling section, a second article delivery means is provided which can pass through a plurality of floors and deliver an article between the other storage / exit device and the article receiving device. The delivery means is arranged so as to be vertically distributed and can be moved individually.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-252402 (2-3 pages, FIG. 1)

  In the conventional apparatus described above, the automatic warehouse portion is provided with the second article delivery means for delivering the article between the loading / unloading apparatus and the article receiving apparatus, and the first article delivery means for delivering the article between the loading / unloading apparatus. Since the storage device is provided between the first article delivery means and the entry / exit means, the automatic warehouse is used for transporting and delivering these articles outside the shelf apparatus for storing the articles. Therefore, there is a problem that the space for the automatic warehouse is increased in size, and the construction cost and the equipment cost are increased.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an automatic warehouse according to the present invention is installed on a predetermined floor in a building and stores a storage shelf row for storing a load, travels along the storage shelf row, and loads the load in a predetermined storage shelf row. A load storage device having a loading / unloading device for loading / unloading to / from the shelf and an automatic warehouse including a loading / unloading conveyance device for transferring a load to / from the storage device from another floor, wherein the loading / unloading conveyance device is: Provided on the other floor along the inside of the outermost support column of the building, and provided on the outside of the outermost support column, and a main transfer device that transfers the load in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the loading / unloading device. And a vertical transfer device that transfers the load to the storage device, and a transfer device that transfers the load between the main transfer device and the vertical transfer device.

  In addition, the main transfer device is provided on the storage floor surface of the load on which the loading / unloading device and the storage shelf row are installed, and on the intermediate floor surface of the loading / unloading floor surface on which the vertical transfer device of the loading / unloading transfer device is erected. An elevating device for transferring a load from the transfer device on the floor surface to the main transfer device is provided.

  In addition, the up-and-down transfer device is installed in an extension part attached to the outside of the outermost column of the warehouse building.

  According to the automatic warehouse of the present invention, since the load storage device and the loading / unloading conveyance device are provided on separate floors, the space of the loading / unloading device in the warehouse part for storing articles can be greatly reduced compared to the conventional device, Furthermore, the loading / unloading transport device is provided on a different floor from the load storage device along the innermost column of the warehouse building, and transports the load in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the load / unload device. A main conveying device, an upper and lower conveying device provided outside the row of the outermost struts, for transferring the load to the load storage device, and a delivery device for delivering the load between the main conveying device and the upper and lower conveying device. The configuration, that is, the configuration in which the main transfer device and the vertical transfer device are provided inside and outside the outermost support column of the building, and therefore an automatic warehouse that can further reduce the transfer space on the load storage floor of the automatic warehouse can be provided.

  In addition, the main transfer device is provided on the floor floor for storing the load where the loading / unloading device is installed and the intermediate floor surface between the loading / unloading floor surface where the vertical transfer device of the loading / unloading transfer device is erected. By providing a lifting device that transfers the load from the device to the main transfer device, the space of the warehouse part that stores the load can be greatly reduced compared to the conventional device, and the transfer capacity of the loading / unloading transfer device can be increased. In addition, when used as a refrigerated warehouse, an automatic warehouse with high refrigeration efficiency can be provided.

  In addition, the vertical transport device is installed in the expansion section attached to the outside of the outermost column of the warehouse building, and the vertical transport device is laid in the expansion section, reducing the space required for the automatic warehouse and greatly increasing the construction cost. An automatic warehouse that can be reduced can be provided.

  In addition, the main transport device is provided between the storage floor where the loading / unloading device is installed and the floor where the loading / unloading transport device is installed, and the delivery conveyor of the vertical transport device is made using the outermost pillar space of the building. Since the standby space for the load can be secured using the delivery conveyor, the warehouse space can be effectively utilized.

Examples of the present invention will be described below.
(Example 1)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a front view showing an automatic warehouse according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a first floor plan view, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a warehousing line, and FIG. 4 is a second floor plan view.

  In the figure, 1 is a three-dimensional automatic warehouse, 1a is the floor of the first floor, 1b is the floor of the second floor, 1c is the floor of the second floor, 2 is the column of the warehouse, 2a is standing on the outermost side of the building on the upper and lower transfer device side The installed support column 3 is an extension part attached to the outside extending from the outermost support column 2a, 4 is provided outside the outermost support column 2a, and is provided in the extension unit. Vertical conveyors that extend vertically, 5 is a conveyor for loading / unloading provided on the first floor of the warehouse, 5a is a conveyor dedicated to warehousing, 6 is a lifting apparatus dedicated to warehousing that conveys the load transferred from the conveyor dedicated to warehousing to the main conveyor 8 , 7 is provided on the first floor of the warehouse, and a loading / unloading conveyor for transporting the load 15 between the vertical transfer device 4 and the loading / unloading station, 7a is a device for inspecting the loading and unloading of goods, and 8 is the first floor and the second floor of the warehouse. The shelf is provided on the floor surface 1b of the middle second floor in the middle of the floor, along the inside of the outermost support column 2a The main conveyor 9 arranged in a direction crossing the conveyor, the branch conveyor 9 for transferring the load 15 from the main conveyor 8 to the delivery conveyor 10b in the direction perpendicular to the main conveyor 8, and 10a for transferring the load 15 from the lifting elevator 6 to the main conveyor 8 A delivery conveyor 10b is a delivery conveyor that conveys the load 15 from the main conveyor 8 through the branch conveyor 9 to the vertical conveying device 4. The delivery conveyor 10 b is also used as a standby space where the load 15 waits in accordance with the operation timing of the vertical transfer device 4 and the stacker crane 11. 11 is a stacker crane which is provided on the second floor of the warehouse, transfers the load 15 transported to the second floor by the vertical transport device 4 via the transfer conveyor 10c, and transports it to a predetermined shelf 13, 16 is a vertical transport device 4 is a heat insulating automatic door that closes the transfer port from 4 to the storage device installation floor.

  In the present embodiment described above, the main conveyor 8 disposed in the direction crossing the shelf row is placed on the floor surface of the middle second floor along the inner side of the outermost column 2a erected on the outermost side of the warehouse building. A vertical transfer device 4 is provided for each shelf row in the building extension part 3 outside the outermost support column 2a, and loads are waited and delivered between the main conveyor 8 and the vertical transfer device 4. A delivery conveyor 10b is provided along the side surface of the outermost support column 2a. When the load storage device is a refrigerated warehouse, the second-floor floor surface 1c and surrounding wall surfaces are partitioned by a heat insulating material.

  Next, the loading / unloading operation of the load according to the present embodiment will be described.

  At the time of loading of the load, the load 15 is transferred from the dedicated conveyor 5a to the dedicated lifting device 6 and transferred to the second floor by the dedicated lifting device 6, and then the first load 15 is provided on the second floor. The product is transferred from the delivery conveyor 10 a to the main conveyor 8, and is conveyed to the delivery conveyor 10 b in the shelf row in which the load 15 is stored by the main conveyor 8. Although the load 15 is delivered to the vertical conveyance device 4 by the delivery conveyor 10b, it can wait on the delivery conveyor 10b in accordance with the operation timing of the stacker crane 11a and the vertical conveyance device 4. The load 15 is conveyed from the transfer conveyor 10b to the second floor by the vertical transfer device 4, and is transferred from the vertical transfer device 4 to the stacker crane 11a by the transfer conveyor 10c, and is stored in a predetermined shelf 13 by the stacker crane 11a. Is done.

Next, when the cargo is unloaded, the cargo 15 is transferred from the shelf 13 to the stacker crane 11a, transferred from the stacker crane 11a to the delivery conveyor 10c, and attached to the outside of the outermost column 2a of the warehouse 1 from the delivery conveyor 10c. Is transferred to the vertical transfer device 4 provided in the extension unit 3 and transferred to the loading / unloading conveyor 7 provided on the floor 1a of the warehouse by the vertical transfer device 4, and the necessary load is loaded on the loading / unloading conveyor 7. The remaining load 15 is taken out and transported to the shelf 13 by the reverse operation of the unloading operation. Note that the automatic heat insulation door 16 is automatically closed when the load 15 is not delivered to the vertical transfer device, and the airtightness and heat insulation in the storage are maintained.
(Example 2)
5 to 8 show an automatic warehouse according to a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a front view of the automatic warehouse, FIG. 6 is a first floor plan view, FIG. 7 is a plan view of a warehousing conveyance line, and FIG. It is a floor plan.

  In the automatic warehouse shown in the second embodiment, a stacker crane 4a is provided instead of the vertical conveyance device 4 of the automatic warehouse shown in the first embodiment, and a carriage 8a is provided instead of the main conveyor 8. Other configurations in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the stacker crane 4a travels in a direction perpendicular to the delivery conveyors 10b and 10c, and carries the load up and down from the second floor to the second floor and from the second floor to the first floor. This form is inferior in the time for transporting the load 15 compared to the vertical transport device 4 described in the first embodiment, but in an automatic warehouse where the loading / unloading frequency of the load 15 is low, compared to the vertical transport device shown in the first embodiment. This is advantageous in terms of equipment costs.

  In the first and second embodiments, the main conveyor 8 or the carriage 8a has been described as an example provided on the mezzanine floor. However, it is naturally possible to provide the main conveyor 8 or the carriage 8a on the first floor. In this case, the load 15 is used for loading and unloading. It is transferred from the conveyor 5 or the loading / unloading conveyor 7 to the main conveyor 8 or the carriage 8a, transferred from the main conveyor 8 or the carriage 8a to the vertical transfer device 4 or the stacker crane 4a by the transfer conveyor, and transferred to the second floor. . In addition, a combination of the vertical conveyance device 4 and the cart 8a or the stacker crane 4a and the main conveyor 8 can be selected as appropriate.

  As described above, according to the automatic warehouse of the present invention, the storage device and the loading / unloading device are provided on different floors. Therefore, the space of the loading / unloading device in the warehouse portion on the second floor or higher where the load 15 is stored is compared with the conventional device. In addition, the loading / unloading apparatus can move the main conveyor 8 that conveys the load in the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the stacker crane 11 along the inner side of the outermost column 2a of the warehouse building. Or a cart 8a and a vertical transport device 4 or a stacker crane 4a with a traverser that is provided outside the row of the outermost struts 2a and transports the load 15 to a storage device, a main conveyor 8 or a cart 8a and the transport device 4, 4a includes a delivery conveyor 10b for delivering loads between the main conveyor 8 or the carriage 8a and the outermost support inside the outermost support column 2a of the building. 2a vertical conveyor 4 on the outside of or to have a structure in which a stacker crane 4a,, can be further reduced transport space in the housing floor of the luggage of the automatic warehouse.

  The main conveyor 8 is provided on the intermediate floor surface 1b of the load storage floor surface 1c on which the stacker crane 11 is installed and the loading / unloading floor surface 1a on which the loading / unloading conveyance device is installed. By adopting a configuration in which the lifting / lowering device 6 for transferring the load 15 to the carriage 8a is provided, the warehouse portion for storing the load and the space for unloading can be greatly reduced as compared with the conventional device, and the conveyance processing capacity is improved. When used as a refrigerated warehouse, it is possible to provide an automatic warehouse with high refrigeration efficiency.

  Furthermore, by providing the expansion unit 3 outside the outermost support column 2a of the warehouse building and attaching the vertical transfer devices 4 and 4a to the expansion unit 3, the storage device can be insulated in a heat-insulating area, particularly in a refrigerated warehouse. It is easy and the volume can be minimized, and the cost and running cost can be greatly reduced.

  Since the automatic warehouse of the present invention has a structure in which the load storage device and the loading / unloading transport device are provided on different floors, the space of the loading / unloading device in the warehouse part for storing the load can be significantly reduced compared to the conventional device, The loading / unloading transport device is provided on a different floor from the load storage device along the innermost column of the warehouse building, and transports the load in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the load / unload device. A configuration provided with a conveying device, an upper and lower conveying device that is provided outside the row of outermost struts and transfers the load to the load storage device, and a delivery device that delivers the load between the main conveying device and the upper and lower conveying device; In other words, the inside and outside of the outermost column of the building has a main transfer device and a vertical transfer device, so it is possible to provide an automatic warehouse that can further reduce the transfer space on the load storage floor of the automatic warehouse. As a warehouse It is advantageous to.

The front view of the automatic warehouse of Example 1 of this invention. The top view of the 1st floor of the automatic warehouse of this invention. The top view of a warehousing conveyance line. The top view of the 2nd floor. The front view of the automatic warehouse of Example 2 of this invention. The top view of the 1st floor. The top view of a warehousing conveyance line. Second floor plan view.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Three-dimensional automatic warehouse 1a 1st floor floor 1b Middle 2nd floor floor 1c 2nd floor floor 2 Strut 2a Outermost strut 3 Extension part 4 Vertical transfer device 4a Stacker crane 5 Entry / exit conveyor 6 Entry / elevation lifting device 7 Conveyor 7a Packing inspection device 8 Main conveyor 8a Cart 9 Branch conveyor 10a, 10b, 10c Delivery conveyor 11 Stacker crane 12 Traserver 13 Shelf 14 Travel line 15 Load 16 Thermal insulation automatic door

Claims (3)

  A storage shelf device installed on a predetermined floor in a building and storing a load, and a load storage device including a loading / unloading device that travels along the storage shelf row and carries the load in and out of the predetermined shelf of the storage shelf row And an automatic warehouse equipped with a loading / unloading conveyance device for transferring a load to / from the storage device from another floor, wherein the loading / unloading conveyance device is arranged along the inside of the outermost column of the building. A main conveyance device that conveys the load in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the loading / unloading device, and a vertical conveyance device that is provided outside the outermost strut and transfers the load to the storage device, An automatic warehouse comprising a delivery device for delivering a load between a main transportation device and an upper and lower transportation device.   The main transfer device is installed on the floor between the storage floor where the loading / unloading device and the storage shelf are installed and the intermediate floor between the loading / unloading floor where the vertical transfer device of the loading / unloading transfer device is installed. 2. The automatic warehouse according to claim 1, further comprising an elevating device for transferring a load from the transfer device to the main transfer device. The automatic warehouse according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the vertical conveying device is installed in an extension part attached outside the outermost support column of the warehouse building.