JP6638253B2 - Automatic warehouse - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic warehouse, and more particularly to an automatic warehouse having racks and stations on which articles are placed.

  The automatic warehouse includes a rack having a plurality of shelves, a station arranged near the rack, and a stacker crane traveling around the rack. The station is a luggage placement place for transferring luggage to and from a stacker crane. At the time of entry, for example, a forklift carries the load to the station, and then the stacker crane transfers the load to the rack shelf. Also, at the time of unloading, the stacker crane transports the load to the station, and then the forklift unloads the load from the station (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 06-20307

In an automatic warehouse as disclosed in Patent Document 1, the rack extends in one direction in a plan view, and the station is disposed outside the extending direction end of the rack in the extending direction. Further, a safety fence is provided at an end of the passage of the stacker crane in the extending direction, so that an operator cannot enter the passage. With such an arrangement, the station is close to the safety fence. Therefore, the safety fence may become an obstacle when the forklift approaches the station.
Therefore, in order to solve the problem, the automatic warehouse described in Patent Document 1 is provided with a rail for moving the station away from the safety fence. When the forklift transfers the luggage to the station, the worker can use the rail to move the station away from the safety fence. Therefore, when the forklift accesses the station, the safety fence does not interfere with the forklift.
However, the rails for moving the above-mentioned loading / unloading station need to be provided as special equipment, which increases the cost.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent interference between, for example, a forklift accessing a station and surrounding equipment in an automatic warehouse with a simple structure.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of modes will be described as means for solving the problems. These embodiments can be arbitrarily combined as needed.

An automatic warehouse according to an aspect of the present invention includes a rack, a circling track, a station, and a carrier.
The rack has a plurality of shelves on which luggage can be placed.
The orbital tracks are arranged along the periphery of the rack.
The station is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the direction change portion of the orbit, and can load a load. The direction change portion means the whole or a part of the curved portion for changing the direction in the orbit.
The transport vehicle is capable of traveling on an orbital track, and is capable of transporting loads between a plurality of shelves and stations.
In this device, the station is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the direction change portion of the orbit. Thus, the station is located near the orbit, but away from the safety fence, for example. In particular, the stations can be arranged so as not to be parallel, ie at an angle, to the straight orbit of the neighboring orbit. Therefore, the entrance / exit port of the station can be directed to the side away from the orbital track, so that the path of the forklift and the orbital track and / or the safety fence can be separated from each other. As a result, interference between, for example, a forklift accessing the station and the safety fence is prevented. This makes it easier for the forklift to access the station.

The station may have a plurality of luggage placement units arranged in the height direction.
In this automatic warehouse, by using a plurality of luggage placement units of the station for entry and exit, the forklift can continuously execute luggage entry and exit at one station.

Plural sets of racks, orbital tracks, and stations are provided, and the racks may be arranged in parallel.
The automatic warehouse is arranged between a picking area arranged between adjacent racks and a station arranged on the picking area side on the outer peripheral side of the direction change part of the adjacent orbit, and enables access to the picking area. And a passage. The picking area refers to an area where the operator picks up the cargo carried out of the rack of the automatic warehouse.
In this automatic warehouse, stations are arranged so as not to hinder workers from entering and leaving the picking area. Therefore, the picking area can be provided between adjacent racks arranged in parallel, so that the entire automatic warehouse is space-saving.

The station may have a support for supporting the orbit.
In this automatic warehouse, the support of the station supports the orbit. That is, the turning portion of the orbit is supported by the station, thereby improving the strength of the orbit. The orbital track may be a ground rail that is installed on the ground and on which a transport vehicle travels, or may be a ceiling rail that is installed on the ceiling and the transport vehicle is suspended therefrom.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION In the automatic warehouse which concerns on this invention, interference with the surrounding facilities, for example, a forklift which accesses a station is prevented with a simple structure.

The schematic plan view of a picking system. The schematic front view of an automatic warehouse. The schematic plan view of an automatic warehouse. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a first stacker crane. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a driving bogie. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first transfer device. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second transfer device. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a hybrid transfer device. The side view of a station. Partial plan view of an automatic warehouse. The partial perspective view of an automatic warehouse. FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 11. The top view of the picking system of 2nd Embodiment. The top view of a picking area. The top view of the picking system of 3rd Embodiment. The elements on larger scale of FIG.

1. First Embodiment (1) Picking System A picking system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of the picking system.
The picking system 1 is a system capable of picking (loading) in a warehouse. The picking system 1 mainly has an automatic warehouse 3. The picking system 1 is applicable to a parts warehouse of a factory, a general distribution warehouse, and the like. In particular, for example, mail-order sales for general consumers in which the number of orderers and the number and types of products are large. Ideal for warehouses for goods.

(2) Automatic Warehouse The automatic warehouse 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the automatic warehouse. FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of an automatic warehouse.

(2-1) Rack The automatic warehouse 3 has a plurality of racks 5. The racks 5 extend in the X direction, which is one horizontal direction in FIG. 1, and are arranged side by side in the Y direction, which is one horizontal direction (perpendicular to the X direction).
The rack 5 has a plurality of shelves 5a on which luggage can be placed. The shelf 5a has a plurality of stages. The shelf 5a is a large luggage shelf 5A capable of storing the collection shelf member 7 in the first to third stages from the bottom. The collection shelf member 7 is also called a carrier, and can store a plurality of containers 9. Specifically, the collection shelf member 7 is a shelf member having a plurality of stages of support portions. The bottom surface of the collection shelf member 7 has the same structure as the bottom surface of the pallet P. A portion corresponding to 4 to 5 steps from the bottom of the shelf 5a is a small package shelf 5B capable of storing a container 9 containing a product. The container 9 is also called a case or a bucket, and is a member capable of storing a product. The parcel shelf 5B is composed of a plurality of shelves arranged at high density vertically.
In the above embodiment, since the parcel shelf 5B is provided above the rack 5, a dead space between the parcel and the ceiling can be reduced or eliminated. The arrangement of the large luggage shelf 5A and the small luggage shelf 5B is not limited to the above example.
In FIGS. 2 and 3, a product storage box 11 containing a plurality of products mounted on a pallet P is placed on the first stage of the shelf 5a. The product storage box 11 is, for example, a cardboard box containing one dozen products.

(2-2) Ceiling Rail The automatic warehouse 3 has a ceiling rail 13 provided along the rack 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the ceiling rail 13 is provided at a position higher than the rack 5, that is, at a position higher than the plurality of shelves 5a.
The ceiling rail 13 is arranged above the passage 5b between the racks 5, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the ceiling rail 13 has a plurality of orbital tracks 13 a arranged around the rack 5. More specifically, the racks 5 form one set of two adjacent rows, and the orbital tracks 13a are installed every other set.

(2-3) Stacker crane The automatic warehouse 3 has a first stacker crane 21 and a second stacker crane 23 (an example of a transport vehicle). The first stacker crane 21 and the second stacker crane 23 can travel on the orbital track 13a, and can transport a load between the plurality of shelves 5a and a station 67 (described later). FIG. 1 shows a plurality of first stacker cranes 21 and second stacker cranes 23, but the number of each is not particularly limited.
The first stacker crane 21 runs along the ceiling rail 13. The first stacker crane 21 is a suspended stacker crane, and runs while being suspended from the ceiling rail 13. The first stacker crane 21 uses the ceiling rail 13 to drive and branch.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first stacker crane 21 has a plurality of drive carts 31 arranged in the traveling direction (indicated by white arrows). In this embodiment, eight driving carts 31 are provided. In addition, in the first stacker crane 21 of FIG. 1, the number of driving bogies is shown as four for simplification of the drawing. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the first stacker crane.
The drive truck 31 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view of the driving bogie. The drive cart 31 has a linear motor 37 composed of a coil facing a permanent magnet 35 provided on the ceiling side. Specifically, the permanent magnet 35 is fixed to the support member 39 and is fixed to the lower surface of a plate 41 extending in the traveling direction. Further, the drive cart 31 has a power receiving coil 45 at a position provided on the ceiling rail 13 and opposed to the non-contact power supply line 43. Further, the drive cart 31 has running wheels 47. The traveling wheel 47 is placed on the traveling wall 13d of the ceiling rail 13.

The first stacker crane 21 has a first transfer device 33 as shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the first transfer device. The first transfer device 33 is a device for transferring the collection shelf member 7 or the pallet P. In this embodiment, the first transfer device 33 is of a conventional slide fork type, and has a slide fork 33a.
The first stacker crane 21 has an elevating device 51 as shown in FIG. The elevating device 51 is a device for elevating the first transfer device 33 while suspending the first transfer device 33 with respect to the plurality of drive carts 31 so as to be able to elevate. The elevating device 51 has an elevating table 55 supported by a mast 53 and an elevating unit 57 for elevating the elevating table 55. The elevating unit 57 is a known device including a motor, a belt, a guide roller, and the like.

The second stacker crane 23 has basically the same structure as the first stacker crane 21. Four driving carts 31 of the second stacker crane 23 are provided. That is, the number of the driving carts 31 of the second stacker crane 23 is smaller than the number of the driving carts 31 of the first stacker crane 21.
The second stacker crane 23 has a second transfer device 63 as shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the second transfer device. The second transfer device 63 is a device for transferring the container 9. Specifically, the second transfer device 63 can transfer a plurality of containers 9 at the same time, and can transfer the left and right containers. In the embodiment, the transfer structure is provided in the upper and lower three stages, and two containers 9 can be arranged in the traveling direction in each stage. As described above, the second transfer device 63 can mount a total of 12 containers 9.
In the above embodiment, each transfer device is mounted on a different stacker crane, but each transfer device may be mounted on one stacker crane. The transfer device 65 shown in FIG. 8 is a hybrid type that incorporates both the first transfer device 33A and the second transfer device 63A. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hybrid transfer device.

(3) Station The picking system 1 has a station 67. The station 67 is a place where luggage to be stored in the automatic warehouse 3 from the outside is placed. In addition, the station 67 is a place where luggage to be taken out of the automatic warehouse 3 to the outside is placed.
The station 67 is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the direction changing portion 13b of the orbit 13a. The “direction changing portion” means the whole or a part of a curved portion for changing a direction in the orbit 13a. More specifically, the “direction change portion” refers to the entirety of a portion that changes direction in order to move from one straight track (the portion close to the side of the rack 5) of the orbit 13a to the other straight track. Some say. As described above, since the station 67 is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the direction changing portion 13b of the orbital track 13a, the station 67 is located near the orbital track 13a but away from the safety fence 69 (described later), for example. Is done. As a result, interference between, for example, the forklift 61 accessing the station 67 and the safety fence 69 (described later) is prevented. As described above, the forklift 61 can easily access the station 67.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the station 67 has a plurality of luggage placement sections 67a arranged in the height direction. FIG. 9 is a side view of the station. For this reason, by using the plurality of luggage placement sections 67a of the station 67 for entry and exit, the forklift 61 can continuously execute entry and exit of luggage at the station 67. For example, in FIG. 9, the first-stage luggage placing section 67a is dedicated to entry into the warehouse, and the second-stage luggage placing section 67a is dedicated to exiting from the warehouse. Further, in this embodiment, the third or higher luggage placement section 67a is a storage.

The station 67 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a partial plan view of the automatic warehouse. FIG. 11 is a partial perspective view of the automatic warehouse. FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.
The orbit 13a provided around the rack 5 has a direction change portion 13b at an end of the rack 5 in the extension direction (X direction). More specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the direction change portion 13 b has two curved portions 13 c located on the outer peripheral sides of both ends of the rack 5.

The station 67 is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the bending portion 13c (that is, in a state close to the opposite side to the rack 5). Accordingly, the first stacker crane 21 loads the collection shelf 7 and the product storage box 11 mounted on the pallet P from the station 67 to the first transfer device 33 using the first transfer device 33. Can be. Further, the first stacker crane 21 can unload the goods storage box 11 mounted on the collection shelf member 7 and the pallet P from the first transfer device 33 to the station 67. The first transfer device 33 makes the stroke of the slide fork 33a longer when accessing the station 67 than when accessing the normal shelf 5a.
The safety fence 69 is arranged along the direction change part 13b. Specifically, the safety fence 69 has a first fence 69a extending between the pair of stations 67, and a pair of second fences 69b extending from each station 67 in the extension direction (X direction) of the passage 5b. .

The pair of stations 67 are arranged obliquely to the extension direction (X direction) of the passage 5b, and are arranged on the side where the entrances 67b face each other. Thereby, the forklift 61 can access the stations 67 on both sides at a position close to the first fence 69a of the safety fence 69. The inclination angle of the passage 5b of the station 67 with respect to the extension direction (X direction) is preferably in the range of 30 to 50 degrees. In this embodiment, the angle is 45 degrees. Therefore, the entrance / exit 67b can be directed to the side away from the orbital track 13a, so that the path of the forklift 61 and the orbital track 13a and / or the safety fence 69 can be separated from each other. As a result, the distance between the forklift 61 and the safety fence 69 is sufficiently ensured, and the workability is good.
As described above, the station 67 is separated on both sides in the Y direction of the first fence 69a, and a working space for the forklift 61 is secured outside the first fence 69a in the X direction.
The rack-side access port 67c of the station 67 faces the orbit 13a (specifically, the curved portion 13c). Therefore, for example, the first stacker crane 21 can access the station 67 at the bending portion 13c.
As described above, the luggage placement section 67a of the station 67 has the access port 67b accessible from the outside of the automatic warehouse and the rack-side access port 67c accessible from the inside of the automatic warehouse. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the station 67 has a support portion 67d that supports the orbit 13a. The support portion 67d is fixed to a part of the orbital track 13a at the upper part of the station 67, and can support the load from the orbital track 13a in the vertical direction, the lateral direction, and other directions. Specifically, the support 67d is a column and / or a frame on the upper part of the station 67. The support means of the support portion 67d is fixed by welding, bolts, or rivets. Since the support portion 67d supports the orbit 13a in this manner, the direction changing portion 13b of the orbit 13a is supported by the station 67, thereby improving the strength of the orbit 13a.

In the above description, the in-and-out operation to and from the station 67 is performed by the forklift 61, but the in-and-out operation may be performed by an operator. In the station 67, picking can be performed from the collection shelf member 7 in which the containers 9 are stored.
As shown in FIG. 1, the picking system 1 has a picking area 111 near the automatic warehouse 3. A plurality of picking stations 113 are provided in the picking area 111. The picking area 111 is surrounded by a safety fence 115. In the safety fence 115, a plurality of automatic transport vehicles 117 travel to move, for example, the collection shelf member 7. From outside the safety fence 115, the worker S can pick up the luggage.

2. Second Embodiment A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a plan view of the picking system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 14 is a plan view of the picking area.
The picking system 1A has an automatic warehouse 3A, a rack 5, and a ceiling rail 13, and their basic structures are the same as those in the first embodiment.

Hereinafter, the layout of the picking system 1A will be described. In the picking system 1A, a plurality of sets each including the rack 5, the orbit 13a, and the station 67 are provided, and the racks 5 are arranged in parallel.
In this embodiment, two rows of the racks 5 are arranged adjacent to each other, and one orbiting track 13a is arranged around each set.

The picking system 1A has a plurality of picking areas 71. The picking area 71 is arranged between racks surrounded by the orbit 13a. The picking area 71 is an area for an operator to pick up a load carried out of the rack 5 of the automatic warehouse 3.
The automatic warehouse 3 has a plurality of passages 73. The passage 73 is arranged between the stations 67 arranged on the picking area 71 side on the outer peripheral side of the direction changing part 13b of the adjacent orbit 13a. The passage 73 allows a worker to enter and leave the picking area 71.

As is clear from the above, no safety fence is provided between the pair of stations 67 corresponding to the picking area 71 to prohibit the passage of workers. However, a safety fence 69 is provided between a pair of stations 67 corresponding to the two rows of racks 5.
As described above, in the automatic warehouse 3A, the station 67 is arranged so as not to obstruct the worker from entering and leaving the picking area 71. Therefore, the picking area 71 can be provided between the adjacent racks 5 arranged in parallel, so that the entire automatic warehouse 3A can save space. Specifically, it is possible to realize a space-saving system in which the picking operation and the transport by the forklift 61 are compatible in the same space.

Delivery of the luggage to the picking area 71 is performed by, for example, the second stacker crane 23 (see the first embodiment). Therefore, a conventional case conveyor or the like becomes unnecessary. Further, for example, the second stacker crane 23 can access the shelves of all the racks 5 in the automatic warehouse 3, so that any luggage placed on any of the shelves 5 a can be delivered to any of the picking areas 71. The degree of freedom of the leaving operation is improved.
As described above, since the picking work can be performed in the automatic warehouse 3, the handling work of all the luggage can be processed in a predetermined space, and the degree of freedom of the combination of each work is improved. I have.

3. Third Embodiment A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 is a plan view of the picking system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 16 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.
The picking system 1B has an automatic warehouse 3B, a rack 5, and a ceiling rail 13, and their basic structures are the same as in the first embodiment.
Hereinafter, the layout of the picking system 1B will be described. In the picking system 1B, a plurality of sets each including the rack 5, the orbit 13a, and the station 67 are provided, and the racks 5 are arranged in parallel.
In this embodiment, two rows of the racks 5 are arranged adjacent to each other as one set. The ceiling rail 13 has an interbay 13A, which is a central orbit, and intrabays 13B, which are a plurality of orbits extending from both sides to opposite sides. Each of the intrabays 13B is the above-described orbit 13a, and is arranged around each set of the racks 5.
In addition, the intra bay 13B on one side is a storage side, and the intra bay 13B on the other side is a storage side.

The picking system 1A has a plurality of picking areas 71. The picking area 71 is arranged on the back side (the side of the interbay 13A) between the racks 5 surrounded by the orbit 13a. The picking area 71 is an area for the worker to pick up the cargo carried out of the rack 5 of the automatic warehouse 3B.
The automatic warehouse 3 has a plurality of passages 73. The passage 73 is arranged between the stations 67 arranged on the picking area 71 side on the outer peripheral side of the direction changing part 13b of the adjacent orbit 13a. The passage 73 allows a worker to enter and leave the picking area 71.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, a storage area 75 is provided between the picking area 71 and the passage 73 in the intra bay 13B on the storage side. The storage area 75 is, for example, an area for moving a car from a truck and placing a load from the car on a storage station by an operator.
As shown in FIG. 15, a pick-up area 77 is provided between the picking area 71 and the passage 73 in the intra-bay 13B on the pick-up side. The retrieval area 77 is, for example, an area where a worker puts the luggage placed in the retrieval station into a car, and the worker carries the car to a truck.

As is clear from the above, no safety fence is provided between the pair of stations 67 corresponding to the picking area 71 to prohibit the passage of workers. However, a safety fence 69 is provided between a pair of stations 67 corresponding to the two rows of racks 5.
As described above, in the automatic warehouse 3B, the station 67 is arranged so as not to hinder the worker from entering and leaving the picking area 71. Therefore, the picking area 71 can be provided between the adjacent racks 5 arranged in parallel, so that the entire automatic warehouse 3B is space-saving.
Further, since the storage area 75 and the storage area 77 are provided between the racks 5, the storage and storage capacity of the automatic warehouse 3B is improved.

4. Features of this embodiment The automatic warehouse 3 (an example of an automatic warehouse) includes a rack 5 (an example of a rack), an orbital track 13a (an example of an orbital track), a station 67 (an example of a station), and a first stacker crane 21. (An example of a transport vehicle). The rack 5 has a plurality of shelves 5a (an example of shelves) on which luggage can be placed. The orbit 13 a is arranged along the periphery of the rack 5. The station 67 is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the direction change part 13b (an example of a direction change part) of the orbit 13a, and can load a load. The first stacker crane 21 can travel on the orbital track 13a, and can transport a load between the plurality of shelves 5a and the station 67.
The station 67 is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the direction changing portion 13b of the orbit 13a. Therefore, the station 67 is located near the orbit 13a, but away from the safety fence 69, for example. Specifically, the station 67 can be arranged so as not to be parallel to the linear orbit of the neighboring orbit 13a, that is, at an angle. Therefore, the entrance / exit port of the station can be directed to the side away from the orbital track, so that the path of the forklift 61 and the orbital track 13a and / or the safety fence 69 can be separated from each other. As a result, interference between, for example, the forklift 61 accessing the station 67 and the safety fence 69 is prevented. As described above, the forklift 61 can easily access the station 67.

5. Other Embodiments A plurality of embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. In particular, a plurality of embodiments and modifications described in this specification can be arbitrarily combined as needed.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of the stations provided on the outer peripheral side of the curved portion of the direction changing portion of the track is one, but a plurality of stations may be provided on the outer peripheral side of the curved portion.
In the above-described embodiment, the track is a ceiling rail installed on the ceiling and a carrier is suspended therefrom, but may be a ground rail installed on the ground and on which the carrier travels.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be widely applied to an automatic warehouse, particularly an automatic warehouse having racks and stations on which articles are placed.

1: Picking system 1A: Picking system 1B: Picking system 3: Automatic warehouse 3A: Automatic warehouse 3B: Automatic warehouse 5: Rack 5A: Large luggage shelf 5B: Small luggage shelf 5a: Shelf 5b: Passage 7: Collection shelf Member 9: Container 11: Commodity storage box 13: Ceiling rail 13A: Interbay 13B: Intrabay 13a: Orbital track 13b: Direction changing section 13c: Curved section 13d: Running wall 21: First stacker crane 23: Second stacker crane 31: drive carriage 33: first transfer device 33A: first transfer device 33a: slide fork 35: permanent magnet 37: linear motor 39: support member 41: plate 43: non-contact power supply line 45: power receiving coil 47: traveling Wheels 51: Lifting device 53: Mast 55: Lifting table 57: Lifting unit 61: Forklift 63: No. 2 transfer device 63A: second transfer device 65: transfer device 67: station 67a: luggage placement portion 67b: entry / exit port 67c: rack side access port 67d: support portion 69: safety fence 69a: first fence 69b : Second fence 71: Picking area 73: Passage 75: Warehousing area 77: Outgoing area 111: Picking area 113: Picking station 115: Safety fence 117: Automatic carrier P: Pallet S: Worker

Claims (4)

A rack having a plurality of shelves on which luggage can be placed,
A circuit having a plurality of linear tracks arranged along the periphery of the rack and extending in parallel with each other, and a direction changing portion that is a curved portion for changing the direction from one linear track to another linear track and moving. Orbital,
Are arranged obliquely to the extension direction of Oite the linear track on the outer peripheral side of the front Symbol turning portion, the luggage is can be placed, a rack-side access port facing the direction changing portion, the circumferential A station having an access port facing away from the orbit ,
A transport vehicle capable of traveling on the orbital track, and capable of transporting the load between the plurality of shelves and the station;
Automatic warehouse with.   The automatic warehouse according to claim 1, wherein the station has a plurality of luggage placement units arranged in a height direction. A plurality of pairs of the rack, the orbit and the station are provided,
The racks are arranged in parallel,
A picking area located between adjacent racks,
And a passage disposed between stations arranged on the picking area side on an outer peripheral side of the direction changing portion of the adjacent orbital track, and allowing passage into and out of the picking area. Automatic warehouse described. The automatic warehouse according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the station has a support portion that supports the orbit.

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