JP3516198B2 - Loading method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for loading a load on a truck at a truck landing berth.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional load loading method is to place a load picked in a distribution warehouse on a platform of a truck landing berth and load the load onto the truck.

[0003]

However, the prior art has the following problems. When the driver loads the platform onto the truck, the load and the truck are collated with the driver's mere attention, and there is no guarantee that the load will be loaded onto the intended truck.

Since the picked load is loaded directly on the truck, the truck cannot be picked unless the truck is landed on the berth. In this case, the truck must wait at the berth until picking is complete. Trucks can only be delivered once a day, such as delivering in the morning, returning to the distribution warehouse, loading the picked items in the afternoon and delivering in the morning the next day. That is, picking productivity and truck operating efficiency are poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to ensure, in a method of loading a load, that a load is definitely loaded on a planned truck and to improve picking productivity and truck operating efficiency.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a method of loading a load on a truck at a truck landing berth, the packed load is stored in a load storage location. , The bar code of the slip brought by the truck driver is read by the loading management control unit, which instructs the fork worker to the load storage position, and the truck number of the slip brought by the truck driver, Input to the setting board of the berth where the truck landed, the load has a label showing the track number at the stage of packing in advance, based on the track number data input to the setting board, The load corresponding to the truck number is transported from the load storage location to the corresponding berth.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, a guide for picking up a load corresponding to the track number of the slip is displayed on the forklift, and the forklift is displayed at the load storage location according to this display. It is designed to be guided to the load storage position.

The present invention according to claim 3 is the same as the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the track number of the slip is displayed on one of a plurality of track landing berths, and the track is displayed in accordance with this display. It was designed to guide you to the berth.

The present invention according to claim 4 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
Further, in the present invention according to any one of items 1 to 3, the loading device for loading the truck is used, the berth on which the truck has landed is displayed on the loading device, and the loading device is loaded according to the display. It is designed to be guided to the floor berth.

According to the present invention described in claim 1,
Has the effect of. Have the loading management control unit (loading management CPU) read the bar code of the slip brought by the truck driver,
As a result, the fork worker is instructed about the load storage position. Therefore, by having the truck driver read the slip bar code into the loading management CPU of the office or the like, the fork worker on site can immediately take the load from the load storage position, and the driver can When the vehicle is driven to the site (loading station), the load already taken out from the load storage position is already prepared, so the driver can load the load on the truck without waiting.

Further, the truck driver inputs the track number of the voucher into the setting panel of the landing berth of the truck so that the load having the label corresponding to the truck number is landed on the truck. It is supposed to be transported to the berth. Therefore, the load is definitely guided to the truck of the scheduled truck number, and the accurate loading of the truck number unit can be guaranteed.

Since the load is once packed in a pallet (or container) and stored in the load storage place, picking can be performed even when the truck is not landed, and picking productivity can be improved. Then, since the loads picked up in advance in advance are loaded all at once when the trucks land on the floor, the trucks can be loaded without waiting and the truck operating efficiency can be improved. For example, a truck loads an morning load, departs for delivery, finishes delivery by noon, and returns to a distribution warehouse. Then, the picked cargo is loaded in the morning from morning to noon, and delivered in the afternoon. Packages picked in the afternoon from noon to evening will be delivered the next morning. Therefore, the truck can be delivered twice a day.

The present invention according to claim 2 has the following effects. The forklift is guided to the load storage position of the load at the load storage location according to the load removal guide display corresponding to the track number of the slip. Therefore, the driving workability of the forklift can be improved.

The present invention according to claim 3 has the following effects. The truck is guided to the berth according to the display of the track number of the truck displayed on any of the plurality of truck landing berths. Therefore, the driving workability of the truck can be improved.

According to the present invention described in claim 4, the following effects are obtained. The loading device is guided to the berth according to the display of the berth where the truck has landed. Therefore, the driving workability of the loading device can be improved.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a layout of a loading place, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a loading slip, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing loads and loading labels, and FIG. 4 is a loading device. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the on-board control panel of the loading device,
FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a truck landing guide display device, FIG.
Is a schematic diagram showing a truck landing berth input device, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a loading procedure, and FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a loading procedure.

(Loading Place 10) (FIGS. 1 to 3) The loading place 10 is attached to a distribution warehouse as shown in FIG. 1, and includes a mublack 11 (load storage place), a forklift 12, and a load. It has a loading device 14 and a plurality of truck landing berths 15 (15A, 15B). The load 1 picked in the distribution warehouse is stored in one of the load storage positions of the Mublack 11 in a pallet form (pallet 2) as shown in FIG. 3, and then transferred to the loader 14 by the forklift 12. Then, it is loaded from the loading device 14 onto the truck 3 landing on one of the truck landing berths 15 and delivered.

Loading management CPU (loading management control unit) 1
6 is a loading slip 4 brought by the driver of the truck 3.
(FIG. 2) (Bar number, track number bar code, delivery direction name, course name are printed) The bar code is read by the bar code reader 21, and the forklift 12 and the track landing berth 15 are controlled accordingly. Also,
The load 1 is attached to the loading device 14 with a bar code of a loading label 5 (FIG. 3) (printing a truck number, a truck number bar code, a delivery direction name, and a course name) when it is packed in a pallet in advance. It is read by a bar code reader 22 on the side of the conveyor 13, which will be described later, and controls the loading device 14 accordingly. The bar code of the loading slip 4 is the truck landing berth 15 (15A, 15B).
As will be described later, the berth 15 on which the truck 3 has landed is read by the barcode reader 23 of the loading device 14
To display.

Each of the mublack 11, the forklift 12, the loading device 14, and the truck landing berth 15 will be described in detail below.

(Mublack 11) (FIG. 1) As shown in FIG. 1, the Mublack 11 is composed of racks that can move in a plurality of rows and store the load 1 at each of the load storage positions. The loading label 5 is attached to the load 1. Mublack 11 is 1
One parent pallet packing 1A or two child pallet packings (child pallets are half the size of the parent pallet) 1B can be stored in each cargo storage position.

(Forklift 12) (FIG. 1) As shown in FIG. 1, the forklift 12 conveys the load taken out from the muck rack 11 to the carry-in station 13A of the loader 14 which will be described later. When the above-mentioned slip 4 brought by the driver of the truck 3 who has arrived at the loading place 10 is read by the barcode reader 21 of the loading management CPU 16, the load 1 corresponding to the track number of the slip 4 is read.
A guide for taking out (the load 1 to be loaded on the truck 3) is displayed on the forklift 12 near the Mublack 11. According to this, the fork operator takes out the necessary load 1 from the mo-black 11 and conveys the load 1 to the loading station 13A of the loading device 14 described later.

(Loading Device 14) (FIGS. 1, 4, and 5) The loading device 14 is provided with a lateral L-shaped conveyor (loading station) 13 as shown in FIG. 13 is a loading station 13A for loading the load 1 from the Mublack 11 on the upper right convex portion, and a load 1 for the loading device 14 on the central portion.
The unloading station 13B, the pallet unloading station 13C for the empty pallet 2 on the left side, and the unloading station 13D for the wrong load 1 on the right side. The conveyor 13 is equipped with the above-mentioned bar code reader 22 on the side of the transport path from the carry-in station 13A to the carry-out station 13B.

The conveyor 13 moves the load 1 carried from the muck rack 11 to the carry-in station 13A to the carry-out station 13B, and pushes the load 1 from the top of the pallet 2 onto the load loading device 14 by the pusher 31 and transfers it. . The pusher 31 is a push plate 31 that is half the size of the parent pallet.
A and 31A are provided, and each push plate 31A is driven independently. The pusher 31 is capable of pushing out the master load 1A in the parent pallet package by the two push plates 31A and 31A and the slave load 1B in the slave pallet package by one push plate 31A.

As shown in FIG. 4, the loading device 14 is equipped with a traveling body 41 that travels along the loading end of the truck 3 landed on the truck landing berth 15 from the unloading station 13B of the conveyor 13, The body 41 is placed on the rail 42 so that it can run on its own. The loading device 14 is a traveling body 41.
And a loading carriage 43 which can be driven in the longitudinal direction of the luggage carrier of the truck 3. The loading device 14 includes a mast frame 44 that is tiltable on a loading carriage 43,
4 is provided with an elevating frame 45 that can be raised and lowered, and the elevating frame 45 is provided with a pusher device 46 and a loading base 47. The pusher device 46 pushes the load 1 on the loading base 47 toward the loading position of the truck 3. At this time,
The loading base 47 includes a base plate 47A fixed to the elevating frame 45 and a slide plate 47B slidable on the base plate 47A.
When the load 1 is pushed in, the slide plate 47B can be pulled out from the base plate 47A to enter the load position of the truck 3 with the load 1 placed thereon. Further, the loading device 14 has a chain 48 for pulling back the slide plate 47B pulled out from the base plate 47A and a winding device 49 thereof. Thereby, the loading device 14
The pusher 31 receives the load 1 pushed out from the pallet 2 on the unloading station 13B on the slide plate 47B of the loading base 47, and self-propels to the berth 15 where the truck 3 on which the load 1 is to be loaded is landing. . Then, after the loading base 47 is inserted into the loading platform of the truck 3 by the loading carriage 43, the load 1 is pushed out by the pusher device 46, the load 1 is pushed into the loading position of the truck 3 together with the slide plate 47B, and the pusher device 46 is left as it is. In this position, the slide plate 47B is pulled back by the winding device 49, and only the load 1 is unloaded to the loading position of the truck 3. After that, the pusher device 46 is contracted, the loading cart 43 is returned to the original position, and the conveyor 1
Return to the carry-out station 13B of No. 3.

Here, the on-board control panel 50 of the loading device 14
As shown in FIG. 5, the loading scheduled track number display section 5
1, track number mismatch display button 52, child pallet stop alignment button 53, parent pallet pusher selection button 54A, child pallet pusher selection button 54B,
Landing truck number display portions 55A and 55B, truck landing berth display buttons 56A and 56B, and the like are provided.

The loading scheduled track number display portion 51 displays the loading scheduled track number described on the loading label 5 attached to the load 1 read by the barcode reader 22 on the side of the conveyor 13. Since the track number of the truck 3 landing on the berth 15 is transferred to the control panel 50, when the truck number landing on the berth 15 and the displayed track number of the loading scheduled track number display portion 51 are different from each other. Informs the loading operator that the truck number mismatch display button 52 is lit. The load 1 that does not match the scheduled track number is discharged from the load discharging station 13D of the conveyor 13.

The child pallet stop alignment button 53 is
When the load 1 introduced into the carry-out station 13B of the conveyor 13 is a child pallet, the stop position of the child load 1B in the carry-out station 13B is matched with the position of the loading front side of the loading device 14. According to the result of reading the loading label 5 by the barcode reader 22, if the load 1 is the child pallet, the child pallet stop alignment button 53 is lit to notify the loading operator.

A pusher selection button 54A for the parent palette,
The pusher selection button 54B for the child pallet is the conveyor 1
2 push plates 31A, 31 depending on whether the load 1 introduced to the unloading station 13B of 3 is the parent pallet or the child pallet.
It is possible to select whether to operate A or only one push plate 31A. According to the result of reading the loading label 5 by the bar code reader 22, if the load 1 is the parent pallet, the pusher selection button 54A for the parent pallet indicates the load 1
If is the child pallet, the pusher selection button 54B for the child pallet is lit to notify the loading operator.

Track landing berth display buttons 56A, 5
6B displays the berth 15 (15A or 15B) on which the truck 3 on which the load 1 is to be loaded is landing. Truck 3
The track number of the loading slip 4 read by the bar code reader 23 of the berth 15A or 15B on which the floor is landed is displayed on the landing track number display portions 55A and 55B corresponding to the berth 15A or 15B, and the berth 1
The truck landing berth display buttons 56A and 56B corresponding to 5A or 15B are turned on. When the loading operator presses the illuminated truck landing berth display buttons 56A and 56B, the loading device 14 moves to the berth 15A or 15B.

In the control panel 50 of the loading device 14,
Buttons 52, 53, 54A, 54B, 56A to be pressed,
Since 56B is lit, the loading worker can press the button while confirming the safety, and can perform the loading work quickly and surely.

(Track landing bar 15) (FIGS. 1, 6 and 7) The track landing berth 15 has a plurality of berths 15A and 15B as shown in FIG. The truck landing berth 15 includes a truck landing guide display device 61 on each of the berths 15A and 15B (FIG. 6). The loading management CPU 16 that reads the loading slip 4 brought by the driver of the truck 3 with the barcode reader 21 is
Track landing guide display device 6 of either A or 15B
The track number to be loaded is displayed in 1. The driver positions the truck 3 on the berth 15A or 15B by looking at the display of the truck landing guide display device 61.

The truck landing berths 15 are each berth 15.
Track landing berth input device 62 (Fig. 7) on A and 15B
Is equipped with. The driver who is guided by the display of the truck landing guide display device 61 and landed the truck 3 on one of the berths 15A and 15B reads the loading slip 4 by the bar code reader 23 of the truck landing berth input device 62. No, as a result, which truck 3 is which berth 15
The control panel 50 of the loading device 14 determines whether or not the user has landed on A and 15B.
Let us know. The loading device 14 is guided to the corresponding berths 15A and 15B by the lighting display of the above-mentioned truck landing berth display buttons 56A and 56B corresponding to the input of the truck landing berth input device 62. The truck landing berth input device 62 receives the planned truck number from the loading management CPU, and the bar code reader 23
If the reading result of is different from the scheduled track number, it can be displayed.

The loading procedure at the loading site 10 will be described below (FIGS. 8 and 9). In addition, the example of FIG.
When truck 3 can load 1 and a half pallets, that is, parent pallet 1A and child pallet 1B, it is possible to load car A with master A and carrier A and car B with carrier B It is for loading the parent cargo and the B child cargo. At this time, the A sub-load is loaded on the same pallet 2 together with the C sub-load, and the mu-black 11
Since the A sub-load is transferred to the loading device 14 side, the pallet 2 in which the C sub-load remains is once discharged from the unloading station 13D and the load B of the next car B is loaded. It is supposed to be loaded.

(1) When the car A arrives at the loading place 10, the loading slip 4 brought by the driver of the car A is read by the bar code reader 21 of the loading management CPU 16. As a result, the loading management CPU 16 displays the storage position of the load 1 (A parent load, A secondary load) to be loaded on the car A on the forklift 12 near the Mublack 11 in the Mublack 11 as a guide. The fork operator accordingly takes out the load 1 and places it at the carry-in station 13A of the conveyor 13 (FIG. 8A).

(2) The load 1 (A parent load, A subsidiary load) placed on the carry-in station 13A of the conveyor 13 by the forklift 12 is carried to the carry-out station 13B. During this transportation, the barcode reader 22 reads the barcode of the loading label 5 attached to the load 1. The reading result of the barcode reader 22 is transmitted to the control panel 50 of the loading device 14.

(3) On the other hand, the loading management CPU 16 controls either of the berths 15A and 15B of the truck landing berths 15.
The scheduled loading number is displayed on the truck landing guide display device 61 (15A in the example of FIG. 8). Truck 3
The driver of the truck sees the display on the truck landing guide display device 61 and moves the truck 3 to the berth 15 of the display device 61.
It is positioned at A (FIG. 8 (A)). Then, the driver causes the bar code reader 23 of the truck landing berth input device 62 of the berth 15A to read the loading slip 4, and the control panel 50 of the loading device 14 tells which truck 3 which berth 15A, 15B. Notify if you have landed.

(4) The control panel 50 of the loading device 14 is the above
The data of loading label 5 transmitted in (2) and above (3)
The data of the loading slip 4 transmitted in step 1 is collated, and the load 1 (A master load, which arrives at the conveyor (loading station) 13
(A child load) and the truck 3 landed on the truck landing berth 15 match, which berth 15 (15A in the example of FIG. 8) to load and load the load 1 on the loading device 14 Is displayed as a guide by the above-mentioned button display on the control panel 50, and the load 1 is loaded on the truck 3 scheduled to be landed on the berth 15A.

At this time, first, the main cargo A is Mublack 11
From conveyor 13 and loading device 14 to berth 15A
8 (A) and (B) of FIG. 8 and subsequently the sub-load A is loaded from the mu black 11 through the conveyor 13 and the loading device 14 to the truck 3 of the berth 15A (FIG. 8). 8 (C), (D)). In addition, the pallet 2 on which the C sub-load loaded on the same pallet 2 as the A sub-load is
As described above, the cargo is discharged from the cargo discharge station 13D.

The conveyor 13 (loading station)
If the load 1 arriving at 1 and the truck 3 landing on the truck landing berth 15 do not match, the load 1 is delivered from the delivery station 13D. This is also displayed as a button on the control panel 50 of the loading device 14 as described above.

(5) Loading place 1 after car No. A in (1) above
Regarding Car B, which arrived at 0,
The same procedure as in (1) to (4) is performed, and the B parent load is loaded from the Mublack 11 through the conveyor 13 and the loading device 14 to the truck 3 of the berth 15B (FIG. 8A), and B Sub-loads are Mublack 11 to conveyor 13, loading device 14
And is loaded onto the truck 3 of the berth 15B (see FIG. 8).
(F)).

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the bar code of the slip brought by the driver of the truck 3 having the following operation is read by the loading management CPU 16, and the fork operator can read the load storage position. I was told to. Therefore, the truck driver can manage the loading management CPU1 at the office or the like.
By reading the slip bar code on 6, the fork operator on site can immediately take the load 1 from the load storage position of the Mublack 11 and the driver can move the truck 3
When the vehicle 1 is driven to the site (loading station), the load 1 already taken out from the load storage position is already prepared, so the driver can load the load 1 on the truck 3 without waiting.

Further, when the driver of the truck 3 inputs the track number of the slip into the truck landing berth input device 62 of the floor berth 15 of the truck 3, the label 5 corresponding to the truck number is displayed. The loaded load is to be transported to the landing berth 15 of the truck 3. Therefore, the load is definitely guided to the truck 3 having the scheduled truck number, and the accurate loading of the truck number unit can be guaranteed.

Since the load is once packed in a pallet (or container) and stored in the Mublack 11, it can be picked even when the truck 3 is not landed, and picking productivity can be improved. Then, since the loads picked up in advance in advance are loaded all at once when the trucks 3 land, the trucks 3 can be loaded without waiting and the truck operating efficiency can be improved. For example, the truck 3 loads a morning load, departs for delivery, finishes delivery by noon, and returns to the distribution warehouse. Then, the picked cargo is loaded in the morning from morning to noon, and delivered in the afternoon. Packages picked in the afternoon from noon to evening will be delivered the next morning. Therefore, truck 3 can be delivered twice a day.

The forklift 12 is guided to the load storage position of the load of the Mublack 11 according to the load removal guide display corresponding to the truck number of the slip 4. Therefore, the driving workability of the forklift 12 can be improved.

The truck 3 is guided to the berth 15 in accordance with the display of the track number of the truck 3 displayed on the truck landing guide display device 61 in any of the plurality of truck landing berths 15. Therefore, the driving workability of the truck 3 can be improved.

The loading device 14 is guided to the berth 15 according to the display of the berth 15 on which the truck 3 has landed by the truck landing berth display buttons 56A and 56B. Therefore, the driving workability of the loading device can be improved.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the design can be changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. Etc. are included in the present invention.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the method of loading a load, it is possible to ensure that the load is loaded on the planned truck without fail, and the picking productivity and the truck operating efficiency can be improved. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a layout of a loading place.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a loading slip.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a load and a loading label.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a loading device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an on-board control panel of the loading device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a truck landing guide display device.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a truck landing berth input device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a loading procedure.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a loading procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 package 3 tracks 4 loading slips 5 Loading label 10 loading place 11 Mublack (load storage location) 12 forklift 14 Loading device 15 Truck landing berth 16 Loading management CPU 21, 22, 23 Bar code reader 50 control panel 56A, 56B Track landing berth display button 61 Track landing guide display device 62 Track landing berth input device (setting board)

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for loading a load onto a truck at a truck landing berth, wherein the packed load is stored at a load storage location, and the bar code of the slip brought by the truck driver is stored. It is read by the loading management control unit, thereby instructing the fork operator about the load storage position, and the truck number of the slip brought by the truck driver is input to the setting board of the berth on which the truck has landed, A label indicating the truck number is attached to the cargo at the stage of prepacking. Based on the truck number data entered in the setting panel above, the cargo corresponding to the truck number can be handled from the cargo storage location. Loading method, characterized by transporting to a berth. 2. The method for loading a load according to claim 1, wherein a forklift pick-up guide corresponding to the track number of the slip is displayed on the forklift, and the forklift is guided to a load storage position of a load storage location according to the display. 3. The loading method according to claim 1, wherein the track number of the slip is displayed on one of a plurality of truck landing berths, and the truck is guided to the berth according to the display. 4. The loading device for loading a load onto the truck is used, the berth on which the truck has landed is displayed on the loading device, and the loading device is guided to the truck landing berth according to this display. Item 4. The loading method according to any one of Items 1 to 3.