JP2006193254A - Conveying equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide conveying equipment capable of continuing conveying work even in the condition wherein one spot among a plurality of conveying spots become impossible to do conveying work. <P>SOLUTION: This conveying equipment is provided with a control means for controlling operation of a conveying means so that a conveyed material is conveyed to the conveying spot corresponding to a conveyance destination on the basis of conveyance destination information, which instructs one conveying spot corresponding to the conveyance destination of each of the conveyed material among the plurality of conveying spots, and so that the conveyed material, of which conveyance destination is the conveying spot impossible to do conveying work, is conveyed to a substitute conveyance destination, to which the conveyed material can be conveyed, on the basis of monitor information of a conveyance trouble monitor means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a conveying means configured to branch and convey a conveyed product supplied from a supply unit to a plurality of conveying locations, and to which of the plurality of conveying locations a conveyance destination of each conveyed item is The present invention relates to a transport facility provided with control means for controlling the operation of the transport means so as to transport a transported object to a transport location corresponding to the transport destination based on transport destination information shown.

Such a transport facility is used, for example, to transport a transported object to a plurality of storage shelves or to transport a transported object from the storage shelves to the outside. In the case of carrying in, the transported material supplied to the supply unit is branched and transported to a transport location corresponding to the storage shelf for storing the transported product, and the transported product taken out from the storage shelf and supplied to the supply unit In the case of unloading to the outside, the conveyed product supplied to the supply unit is used to be branched and conveyed to a conveyance location corresponding to a conveying means for carrying the conveyed product to the outside.
As such a transport facility, an information storage tag for storing transport destination information is provided for each transport object, and reading means for reading the transport destination information stored in the information storage tag in the transport object is used to transfer the transport object in the transport means. Based on the transport destination information read by the reading means, the control means directs the transported object whose transport destination information is read to the transport position corresponding to the transport destination. There are some which are configured to be branched and conveyed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-255716 A

  In the above transport equipment, when a part of the transport route of the transport means stops due to a failure, or when a part of the plurality of transport points is transported, the transported material that has been transported is properly delivered. Due to not being performed, a part of the plurality of transport points may become a transport part that cannot transport the transported object from the supply unit due to a case where the transported object becomes full, etc. In such a case, the transported object supplied to the supply unit should not be transported toward the transport point and stopped at the supply unit, or the transported object may be transported toward the transport point and broken in the transport path. The operation of the transport means is controlled by the control means so as to stop the transport of the transported object, such as stopping at the upper transport side of the spot. However, when the conveyance of the conveyed product is stopped when a part of the plurality of conveyance locations becomes a conveyance location where the conveyed product cannot be conveyed in this way, the conveyance item is repaired from the conveyance means or the conveyance item is removed from the conveyance location. Until the restoration process such as unloading is performed, the conveyance of the conveyed object to the conveyance position where the conveyance is possible is also stopped.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and the purpose thereof is to continue the transport work even if some of the plurality of transport locations are in a state in which they cannot be transported. It is in the point which provides the conveyance equipment which can be done.

In order to achieve this object, the first characteristic configuration of the transport facility according to the present invention includes a transport unit configured to branch and transport a transport object supplied from a supply unit to a plurality of transport points, and each transport object. Control means for controlling the operation of the transport means to transport the transported object to the transport location corresponding to the transport destination based on the transport destination information indicating which of the plurality of transport locations is the transport destination In the transfer facility provided with
A conveyance trouble monitoring unit is provided for monitoring a conveyance state in the conveyance path of the conveyance unit, and managing a conveyance point where the conveyance object from the supply unit cannot be conveyed among a plurality of conveyance points, and the control unit includes: Based on the monitoring information of the transport trouble monitoring means, the transport destination is a transport location that cannot be transported, and is configured to be transported by setting the transportable transport location as an alternative transport destination. is there.

  That is, the conveyance trouble monitoring means monitors the conveyance status in the conveyance path of the conveyance means and manages the conveyance places where the conveyance object from the supply unit cannot be conveyed among the plurality of conveyance places. Based on the monitoring information and the transport destination information, the transport object corresponding to the transport destination is transported to the transport point corresponding to the transport destination, and the transport point corresponding to the transport destination is About the conveyed product which is a conveyance location which cannot be conveyed, it is comprised so that it may convey to the conveyance location which can be conveyed corresponding to an alternative conveyance destination different from the conveyance location corresponding to a conveyance destination. Incidentally, it is needless to say that this alternative transport destination is a transport location where the transported material from the supply unit can be transported.

  Therefore, even when a part of the plurality of conveyance points becomes a conveyance point where the conveyance object from the supply unit cannot be conveyed, the conveyance object whose conveyance destination is the conveyance point where the conveyance is impossible corresponds to the alternative conveyance destination. It is intended to be transported to a transportable transport location and does not stop the transport of the transported object to the transportable transport location, and even if some of the transport locations cannot be transported. It has become possible to provide a transport facility that can continue the transport work.

  A second feature configuration of the transport facility according to the present invention is the first feature configuration, wherein an information storage tag for storing the transport destination information is provided in each transport object, and the transport destination information is stored in the information storage tag. A writing means is provided corresponding to the supply unit, and a reading means for reading the transport destination information stored in the information storage tag in the transported object corresponds to each of the branch points where the transported object in the transport means branches. And the control means sets the transported object whose transport destination information is read as a transport destination based on the transport destination information read by the reading means and the monitoring information of the transport trouble monitoring means. Branched and transported to the corresponding transport location, and for transported items whose transport destination cannot be transported, branch and transport to the transport location corresponding to the alternative transport destination In that it is configured to.

  That is, when the conveyed product is supplied to the supply unit, the writing destination information is stored in the information storage tag provided on the conveyed product by the writing unit, and the conveyed product branches the conveyed product in the conveying unit. When it is transported to the branch location to be transported, the transport destination information stored in the information storage tag of the transported product transported to the branch location is read by the reading means and corresponds to the transport destination indicated by the transport destination information. For a transported object that is a transportable part that can be transported, it is branched and transported toward the transporting part corresponding to the transporting destination, and the transporting part corresponding to the transporting destination indicated by the transporting destination information is a transporting part that cannot be transported. The object is configured to be branched and conveyed toward a conveyance location corresponding to an alternative conveyance destination different from the conveyance location corresponding to the conveyance destination.

  Therefore, an information storage tag in which transport destination information is stored is provided on the transported object, and the transporting means is branched and transported based on the transport destination information at the branching point where the transported object is branched in the transporting means. Even if the transported object is unloaded from the transport means, the transported part can be re-introduced to the upper transport side of the branching point in the transport path to support the transport point corresponding to the transport destination or an alternative transport destination. Can be branched and transported toward the transport location.

  According to a third characteristic configuration of the transport facility according to the present invention, in the second characteristic configuration, the control device receives the transport destination information transmitted from a central controller and the monitoring information transmitted from the transport trouble monitoring means. An overall controller that manages the received transport destination information and the monitoring information; and the transport destination information that is provided in correspondence with the writing means and receives the transport destination information transmitted from the overall controller; The supply unit controller that controls the operation of the writing unit based on the information, and the monitoring information transmitted from the general controller provided corresponding to each of the reading unit and the conveyance transmitted from the reading unit Receiving the destination information, and based on the received monitoring information and the destination information, In that it is constituted by a branch control unit for controlling the operation of the branch conveying section provided at a location.

  That is, the transport destination information and the monitoring information are managed by an overall controller, the operation of the writing means based on the transport destination information is controlled by the supply unit control unit, and the branch transport based on the monitoring information and the transport destination information The control of the transportation equipment is distributed and controlled by the general controller, the supply unit control unit, and the branch control unit so that the operation of the unit is controlled by the branch control unit, so that the burden on the general controller can be reduced. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the transport facility is provided with transport means 1 configured to transport a conveyed product W supplied from a supply unit A to a plurality of transport locations C, and a storage shelf outside the figure. The conveyed product W taken out from the carrier is supplied to the supply unit A, branched and conveyed to the conveyance location C corresponding to the conveyance destination of the conveyed product W by the conveyance conveyor 1, and the conveyed product W conveyed to the conveyance location C is illustrated in FIG. It is comprised so that it may carry out outside with an outside conveyance vehicle.

  The conveyance means 1 includes a main conveyance conveyor 2, two merging conveyance conveyors 3 that merge and convey the conveyance object W supplied to the supply unit A to the main conveyance conveyor 2, and a conveyance object W that is branched and conveyed from the main conveyance conveyor 2. And three branch transfer conveyors 4 for transferring the paper to the transfer point C. That is, the conveying means 1 merges the conveyed product W supplied to the two supply units A located on the upper conveyance side of each of the merging conveying conveyors 3 into the main conveying conveyor 2, and then the three conveying conveyors 4 It is configured to branch and transport to any one, and branch and transport to three transport points C located on the lower transport side of each of the branch transport conveyors 4.

The main conveyor 2 is provided with a merging / conveying unit 2a at a merging point where the conveyed product W from the merging / conveying conveyor 3 is merged. And a switching transport unit 2c is provided at the lower end of the transport, and each of the merging transport unit 2a, the branch transport unit 2b, and the switching transport unit 2c is a transport unit for placing and transporting the transported product W. It is configured in a swivel type that changes the transport direction by swiveling.
And the confluence | merging conveyance part 2a receives the conveyed product W from the confluence | conveyance conveyer 3 in the state which changed the conveyance direction so that the conveyance direction of the confluence | conveyance conveyor 3 may be met, and the conveyance direction follows the conveyance direction of the main conveyance conveyor 2 In the state changed to, the transported object W is transported to the lower transport side.
Further, the branch conveyance unit 2b receives the conveyed product W from the upper conveyance side in a state in which the conveyance direction is changed along the conveyance direction of the main conveyance conveyor 2, and delivers the conveyed product W to the lower conveyance side as it is. Alternatively, the transported object W is delivered to the branch transport conveyor 4 in a state where the transport direction is changed along the transport direction of the branch transport conveyor 4.
Further, the switching transport unit 2c receives the transported object W from the upper transport side in a state where the transport direction is changed to be along the transport direction of the main transport conveyor 2, and the transport direction is along the transport direction of the branch transport conveyor 4 It changes and is comprised so that it may pass to the branch conveyance conveyor 4. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an IC tag 6 serving as an information storage tag for storing the transport destination information is provided on each transport object W. A reader / writer device 7 for writing as a writing means for storing the transport destination information in the IC tag 6 is provided corresponding to the supply unit A, and the IC tag 6 in the transported object W is stored in the IC tag 6. A reader / writer device 8 for reading as reading means for reading the conveyance destination information is provided corresponding to each of the branch points B where the conveyance object W is branched on the conveyance conveyor 1. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the conveyance status in the conveyance path of the conveyance means 1 is monitored, and among the plurality of conveyance locations C, the conveyance location C that cannot convey the conveyed product W from the supply unit A is managed. Conveyance trouble monitoring means 5 is provided.

In other words, the IC tag 6 can write the transport destination information by the non-contact communication by the reader / writer device 7 for writing, and can read the transport destination information by the non-contact communication by the reader / writer device 8 for reading. It is comprised, and is previously provided in the sticking state on the side surface of the conveyed product W.
The reader / writer device 7 for writing is provided in each of the supply units A corresponding to the supply unit A, and stores the transfer destination information in the IC tag 6 of the conveyed product W supplied to the supply unit A. The reader / writer device 8 for reading is provided on the upper transfer side of each of the branch points B corresponding to the branch point B, so that the transport object W to be transported to the branch point B is provided. The conveyance information stored in the IC tag 6 can be read. As shown in FIG. 1, on the lower conveyance side of the writing reader / writer device 7, the supply unit A is provided with a supply load sensor 9 for detecting the conveyed product W supplied to the supply unit A. On the lower transport side of the reader / writer device 8 for reading, a branching stock sensor 10 for detecting the transported object W transported to the branch point B is provided.
In addition, a conveyance load sensor 11 that detects a conveyed product W that has been conveyed to the conveyance location C is provided at the conveyance location C, and the conveyance product W that is conveyed to the conveyance location C is placed on the upper conveyance side of the conveyance location C. A standby stock sensor 12 for detecting is provided, and the standby stock sensor 12 detects the transported object W stopped on the upper transport side of the transport location C when the transported product W is present at the transport location C. It is provided to do.

  The conveyance trouble monitoring means 5 includes detection information of a rotation speed sensor (not shown) for detecting the rotation speeds of a plurality of conveyance motors that drive the conveyance means 1, a supply load sensor 9, a branch load sensor 10, Based on the detection information of the stock sensor 11 and the stock sensor 12 for standby, it is configured to determine a transport location C that cannot be transported. That is, when the rotation speed of the conveyance motor does not increase even though the conveyance motor is in a driving state, the conveyance position C on the lower conveyance side than the position driven by the conveyance motor where the rotation number of the conveyance means 1 does not increase. When the detection state of the supply stock sensor 9, the branch stock sensor 10 and the transport stock sensor 11 continues to be set or more than the set, the transport location on the lower side of the transport from that sensor. C is determined as a conveyance point C that cannot be conveyed, and the branch on the lower conveyance side is branched even after the set time has elapsed since the supply inventory sensor 9 and the branch inventory sensor 10 on the upper conveyance side are not detected. In the case where the in-stock sensor 10 and the in-conveyance sensor 11 are not in the detection state, the transport location C on the lower transport side is determined as the transport location C that cannot be transported by the sensor on the upper transport side. And the conveyance trouble monitoring means 5 is comprised so that the information of the conveyance location C which cannot be conveyed will be transmitted to the control means H as monitoring information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transport facility corresponds to the transport destination based on transport destination information indicating which of the plurality of transport locations C is the transport destination of each transport object W. Control means H for controlling the operation of the transport means 1 is provided so as to transport to the transport location C where the transport destination cannot be transported based on the monitoring information of the transport trouble monitoring means 5. About the conveyed product W which is the conveyance location C, it is comprised so that the conveyance location C which can be conveyed is set as an alternative conveyance destination, and it conveys.
Then, the control unit H carries the conveyance destination information read based on the conveyance destination information read by the reader / writer device 8 for reading and the monitoring information of the conveyance trouble monitoring unit 5. Branching and transporting W toward the transport point C corresponding to the transport destination, and branching and transporting the transported object W, which is the transport point C where the transport destination cannot be transported, toward the transport point C corresponding to the alternative transport destination It is configured as follows.
When the conveyance trouble monitoring means 5 determines that all the conveyance points C among the plurality of conveyance points C are unconveyable conveyance points C, it is determined that all the conveyance points C are unconveyable. The control unit H that has received the monitoring information shown is configured to control the operation of the transport unit 1 so as to stop the transport of the transported object. Since the transport destination information is stored in the IC tag 6 provided on the transport object W, the transport object W is lowered from the transport means 1 in order to stop the operation of the transport means 1 and perform the repair process of the transport means 1. Even in this case, it is possible to branch and transport toward the transport location C corresponding to the transport destination or the transport location C corresponding to the alternative transport destination by re-introducing the branch location B in the transport path to the upper transport side. it can.

  The control unit H receives the transport destination information transmitted from the central controller 14 and the monitoring information transmitted from the transport trouble monitoring unit 5, and manages the received transport destination information and the monitoring information. An overall controller 15 is provided corresponding to the reader / writer device 7 for writing. The transport destination information transmitted from the overall controller 15 is received, and the write destination information is received based on the received transport destination information. From the monitoring information transmitted from the overall controller 15 and the reading means 8 provided corresponding to each of the supply controller 16 for controlling the operation of the reader / writer device 7 and the reader / writer device 8 for reading. The transport destination information transmitted is received and the transport destination information is received based on the received monitoring information and the transport destination information. It is constituted by a branch control unit 17 for controlling the operation of the branch conveying portion 2b provided in the branch point B in section 1.

That is, the central controller 14 takes the conveyed product from the storage shelf and supplies it to the supply unit A, and conveys the conveyed product W transported to the unillustrated stacker crane or the transport location C to one of a number of transport locations. The operation of the transport vehicle is controlled, and the transport destination information corresponding to the transport object W supplied to the supply unit A by the stacker crane is transmitted to the general controller 15. The transport destination information transmitted at 14 is received, and the received transport destination information is transmitted to the supply unit control unit 16 corresponding to the supply unit A to which the transported product W is supplied.
And the supply part control part 16 receives the conveyance destination information transmitted in the integrated controller 15, and, as shown in FIG. , The reader / writer device 7 for writing is operated, and the IC tag 6 provided with the transported object W is provided with transport destination information indicating the transport destination of the transported object W. It is comprised so that the supply control memorize | stored in may be performed.
The general controller 15 stops the operation of the merging / conveying conveyor 3 when the conveyed product W is supplied to the supply unit A, supplies the conveyed product W to the supply unit A, and the writing reader / writer device 7 After the time required for writing the conveyance information to the IC tag 6 elapses, the merging / conveying conveyor 3 is driven to start conveying the conveyed product W. The overall controller 15 is also configured to control the operation of the merging / conveying unit 2a so as to appropriately switch the conveyance direction in accordance with the conveyance of the conveyed product W.

Moreover, the conveyance trouble monitoring means 5 is configured to transmit monitoring information to the general controller 15, and the general controller 15 receives the monitoring information transmitted from the conveyance trouble monitoring means 5, and receives the received monitoring information. Information is transmitted to each of the branch control units 17.
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the branch control unit 17 reads the reader / writer device 8 for reading when the branch load sensor 10 detects that the transported object W has been transported to the front of the branch point B. Is operated, the transport destination information stored in the IC tag 6 provided on the transported object W is read, and the transport location C corresponding to the transport destination indicated by the read transport destination information can be transported. If the transport location C corresponding to the transport destination indicated by the read transport destination information is the transport location C that cannot be transported, the transport destination W is branched and transported toward the transport location C. Is configured to execute branch control for controlling the operation of the branch transport unit 2b so as to branch and transport the transported object W toward the transport point C corresponding to another alternative transport destination.
The overall controller 15 is configured to control the operation of the switching transport unit 2c so as to appropriately switch the transport direction of the switching transport unit 2c according to the transport of the transported object W.

The branch information transmitted from the overall controller 15 is received in advance by each of the branch control units 17, and this branch information is information indicating the branch direction at the branch point B with respect to each of the transport points C. The branch control unit 17 receives the alternative transport destination information appropriately transmitted from the overall controller 15, and the alternative transport destination information indicates which of the plurality of transport locations C the alternative transport destination is. It is information which shows.
That is, when branching and transporting the transported object W toward the transporting point C corresponding to the transporting destination at the branching point B, the straight line transporting to the lower transport side of the main transporting conveyor 2 based on the transporting destination information and the branching information. It is configured to select the transfer transport to be transported or transported to the branch transport conveyor 4 and branch and transport the transported object W toward the transport location C corresponding to the transport destination.
When branching and transporting the transported object W toward the transporting point C corresponding to the alternative transport destination at the branching point B, the transported product W is transported to the lower transport side of the main transport conveyor 2 based on the alternative transport destination information and the branching information. It is configured to select the straight conveyance or the switching conveyance to be conveyed to the branch conveyance conveyor 4 and branch and convey the conveyed product W toward the conveyance location C corresponding to the conveyance destination. In addition, according to changing the conveyance destination of the conveyed product W to an alternative conveyance destination, the conveyance vehicle which carries out this conveyed item W outside is moved not to the conveyance destination of the conveyed product W but to an alternative conveyance destination.

Therefore, when the supply stock sensor 9 detects that the conveyed product W is supplied to the supply unit A, the reader / writer device 7 for writing is written on the IC tag 6 provided on the supplied conveyed product W. The transport destination information indicating the transport destination of the transport object W, that is, the transport destination corresponding to one of the transport locations C is stored.
When it is detected by the branching stock sensor 10 that the transported object W has been transported to the junction transporting conveyor 3 and the main transporting conveyor 2 in sequence and transported to the front of the branching point B, the reader / writer device 8 for reading is read. The transport destination information stored in the IC tag 6 provided on the transported object W is read. And if it judges that the conveyance location C corresponding to a conveyance destination is the conveyance location C which can be conveyed based on this conveyance destination information and monitoring information, toward the conveyance location C corresponding to a conveyance destination in the branch location B Branch and transport. That is, at the branch point B on the upper side of the transfer, if the transfer point C corresponding to the transfer destination is the first transfer point C1, switching transfer is performed, and the transfer point C corresponding to the transfer destination is the second transfer point C2 or the third transfer point C1. If it is the transfer point C3, it is branched and transferred so that it is straightly transferred. In the branch point B on the lower transfer side, if the transfer point C corresponding to the transfer destination is the second transfer point C2, it is switched and transferred to the transfer destination. If the transporting point C to be carried out is the third transporting point C3, it is branched and transported so as to transport straight.
Further, when it is determined that the transport location C corresponding to the transport destination is a transport location C that cannot be transported based on the transport destination information and the monitoring information, the branch location B is different from the transport location C corresponding to the transport destination. Branch and transport toward a transportable transport location C corresponding to the alternative transport destination. That is, at the branch point B on the upper side of the transfer, if the transfer point C corresponding to the alternative transfer destination is the first transfer point C1, switching transfer is performed, and the transfer point C corresponding to the alternative transfer destination is the second transfer point C2 or If it is the third transfer location C3, it is branched and conveyed so that it is conveyed in a straight line. At the branch location B on the lower transfer side, if the transfer location C corresponding to the alternative transfer destination is the second transfer location C2, it is switched and transferred. If the transfer location C corresponding to the transfer destination is the third transfer location C3, the branch transfer is performed so that the straight transfer is performed.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, the writing unit 7 and the reading unit 8 are provided, and the transport destination information is stored in the information storage tag 6. However, the writing unit 7, the reading unit 8, and the information storage tag 6 are not used. In addition, the rotation number of the conveyance motor is detected by the rotation number sensor, and the current position of the conveyed object W is grasped based on the detection information of the rotation number sensor, and the conveyance means 1 is monitored based on the conveyance destination information and the monitoring information. You may comprise so that an action | operation may be controlled.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the writing unit 7 is provided corresponding to the supply unit A. However, before the writing unit 7 is provided and the supply unit A is supplied to the supply unit A, the transport destination information is previously stored in the information storage tag 6. May be written.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the conveyed product W was supplied to the supply part A in the state which provided the tag 6 for information storage, the sticking which sticks the information storage tag 6 to the conveyed product W supplied to the supply part A An apparatus may be provided in the supply unit A, and the information storage tag 6 may be attached to the conveyed product W supplied to the supply unit A.

(3) In the above embodiment, the conveying means 1 is provided with two branch points B. However, the conveying means 1 is provided with only one branch point B, or as shown in FIG. The location B may be provided at 3 or more locations.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the conveyance means 1 was comprised so that a conveyed product may be branched and conveyed in two directions at the branch location B, it is comprised so that a conveyed product may be branched and conveyed in three or more directions at the branch location B May be.
Moreover, although the conveyance means 1 was provided with the supply part A in two places, the conveyance means 1 may be provided with the supply part only in one place, or the supply part A may be provided in three or more places.

(4) In the above embodiment, the control unit H includes the overall controller 15, the supply unit control unit 16, and the branch control unit 17, and the supply unit control unit 16 controls the operation of the writing unit 7, and the branch control unit 17, the operation of the reading unit 8 is controlled. However, the control unit H includes only the overall controller 15, and the overall controller 15 controls the operation of the writing unit 7 and the reading unit 8. It may be configured.

(5) In the said embodiment, although the conveyance means was comprised with the conveyance conveyor, other conveyance means, such as a conveyance trolley, may be sufficient.

Plan view of transport means Control block diagram Supply control flowchart Branch control flowchart The top view of the conveyance means in another embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyance means 2b Branch conveyance part 5 Conveyance trouble monitoring means 6 Information storage tag 7 Writing means 8 Reading means 14 Central controller 15 Central controller 16 Supply part control part 17 Branch control part A Supply part B Branch part C Conveyance part H Control part W Conveyed items

Claims (3)

A conveying means configured to branch and convey the conveyed product supplied from the supply unit to a plurality of conveying locations;
Based on the transport destination information indicating which of the plurality of transport locations is the transport destination of each transport object, the operation of the transport means is controlled so that the transport object is transported to a transport location corresponding to the transport destination. A transport facility provided with a control means for
A conveyance trouble monitoring unit is provided for monitoring a conveyance state in the conveyance path of the conveyance unit, and managing a conveyance point where the conveyance object from the supply unit cannot be conveyed among a plurality of conveyance points,
Based on the monitoring information of the conveyance trouble monitoring unit, the control unit is configured to convey a conveyance object whose conveyance destination is a conveyance point that cannot be conveyed, by setting a conveyance point that can be conveyed as an alternative conveyance destination. Transport equipment. An information storage tag for storing the transport destination information is provided on each transport object,
Writing means for storing the transport destination information in the information storage tag is provided corresponding to the supply unit,
Reading means for reading the transport destination information stored in the information storage tag in the transported object is provided corresponding to each of the branch points that branch the transported object in the transport means,
Based on the transport destination information read by the reading means and the monitoring information of the transport trouble monitoring means, the control means turns the transported object whose transport destination information is read into a transport location corresponding to the transport destination. The transfer equipment according to claim 1, wherein the transfer facility is configured to branch and transfer toward a transfer point corresponding to an alternative transfer destination for a transfer object that is branched and transferred toward the transfer point and whose transfer destination is a transfer point that cannot be transferred. The control device receives the transport destination information transmitted from a central controller and the monitoring information transmitted from the transport trouble monitoring means, and manages the received transport destination information and the monitoring information;
A supply unit controller provided corresponding to the writing means, receiving the transport destination information transmitted from the overall controller, and controlling the operation of the writing means based on the received transport destination information;
Each of the reading means is provided corresponding to each of the monitoring information transmitted from the overall controller and the destination information transmitted from the reading means, and the received monitoring information, the destination information, The transfer equipment according to claim 2, further comprising: a branch control unit that controls the operation of the branch transfer unit provided at the branch point in the transfer unit.

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