JPH042884Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to sorting equipment intended to streamline distribution warehouses that require picking and sorting, such as distribution centers.

[Prior Art] Fig. 3 shows an example of conventional sorting equipment in a distribution warehouse, in which a shipping conveyor c is installed at a shipping port b of a building a, and products d are arranged around the shipping conveyor c. It had been. In addition, in the case of this equipment,
Since there is a limit to the space around the shipping conveyor c, products of a small number of types are often placed there, and products of many types are often stored in a separate location.

[Problems that the invention aims to solve] However, in such conventional sorting equipment, after the truck e arrives, the product is searched for and shipped while reading the shipping slip, which causes the following problems. .

() The waiting time for truck e is long.

() Work efficiency is poor because of searching around for product d.

() There are many incorrect shipments.

In view of these circumstances, this invention was designed to save labor in picking and sorting work, reduce waiting time for shipping work (truck loading), prevent erroneous shipments, and easily adapt to existing buildings. This is what I did.

[Means for solving the problem] The present invention has a high-mix, low-volume storage section and a low-mix, high-volume storage section adjacent to each other, and a shipping conveyor is installed between both storage sections, and a low-mix, high-volume storage section. For this purpose, multiple rows of conveyors are installed in parallel to store products by item.
In addition, a truck number indicator light is provided in the high-mix, low-volume storage section, and a picking instruction board is provided in the small-variety, high-volume storage section corresponding to each row of conveyors, and instructions are sent to the picking instruction panel and the truck number indicator light. It has a configuration equipped with a control panel.

[Operation] When a truck arrives, an instruction corresponding to the truck is sent from the control panel to the indicator light and the instruction panel.
According to the instructions, the workers load the products stored in the high-mix, low-volume storage section and the low-mix, high-volume storage section, respectively, onto the shipping conveyor.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a partition wall 2 is provided in a building 1 constituting a distribution warehouse, and a space 3 having the function of a production line or a warehouse is separated by the partition wall 2. A space 4 for arranging sorting equipment is formed.

Further, the space 4 is divided into two parts perpendicularly to the partition wall 2, and the side having the shipping port 5 serves as a high-mix, low-volume storage section 6, and the opposite side forms a low-mix, high-volume storage section 7.

At the end position of the storage section 7 opposite to the storage section 6, there is a passage 9 that communicates with an inlet 8 provided in the partition wall 2.
In addition, in the storage section 7, a plurality of rows of inclined conveyors 11 having a downward slope from the passage 9 side to the storage section 6 side are installed at right angles to the passage 9, and on the inclined conveyor 9 and a tilting conveyor 16 described later. It is configured so that product cases 12 (stored with products) received from the aisle 9 side can be stored in a stacked state in multiple stages via pallets 13. At the bottom of the inclined conveyor 11, an empty pallet delivery conveyor 14 having a slope opposite to that of the inclined conveyor 11 is provided.
A tilting conveyor 16 is provided, which is tilted by the operation of a cylinder 15 with the slope intersection of 1 and 14 as a fulcrum, and is selectively connected to either conveyor 11 or 14. Further, above each tilting conveyor 16, a picking instruction panel 18 is provided which is displayed according to instructions from a control panel 17 provided on the space 3 side.

On the other hand, in the center of the storage section 6, there is a passage 20 that communicates with the receiving port 19 provided in the partition wall 2, and on the opposite side of the storage section 7 across the passage 20, incoming product cases 12 are sorted by type. A stacked shelf 21 for storing the products is installed, and a stacked shelf 22 for organizing and storing the product cases 12 on the stacked shelves 21 by truck is installed at the opposite position. Furthermore, a shipping conveyor 23 is installed at the boundary between the storage sections 6 and 7, with a starting end located near the stacked shelves 22 and a terminal end leading to the shipping port 5. , the above control panel 1
7, a track number indicator light 24 for displaying the track number is installed.

In the figure, 25 indicates a truck stopped at the shipping dock, 26 indicates a worker, and 10 indicates a forklift.

In general, incoming products usually include a small number of products in large quantities and a large number of products in small quantities.
In the present invention, the storage section 7 stores a small number of products in large quantities, and the storage section 6
to store a wide variety of products in small quantities.

That is, in the storage section 7, the product cases 12 stacked in multiple stages on a pallet 13 are transported by a forklift 10 and conveyed to conveyors 11, 16.
One item is stored in the front of each row consisting of . On the other hand, in the storage section 6, the stacked shelves 21
The product cases 12 are stored by type on the stacked shelves 22.
In this case, the product cases 12 on the stacked shelves 21 are organized and stored by truck.

When the truck 25 arrives at the shipping port 5, the information is given to the control panel 17 by some medium. The control panel 17 organizes the truck shipping information given in advance, displays the truck number on the truck number indicator light 24, and displays the product cases 12 to be picked from the opening on each picking instruction panel 18.
The quantity will be displayed. Each worker 26 uses indicator light 2.
4 and the shipping conveyor 2 according to the instructions on the instruction panel 18.
The product case 12 is placed on the truck 25, and the product case 12 is loaded onto the truck 25.
During such shipping work, when the pallets 13 on the tilting conveyor 16 become empty in the storage section 7, the tilting conveyor 16 is tilted downward by the cylinder 15 to be connected to the empty pallet delivery conveyor 14. As a result, the empty pallet 13 is automatically delivered to the passage 9 side.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the stacked shelves 21 and 22 may be omitted and the products may be stored on a flat surface (floor surface), or the entire equipment may be installed in multiple layers. It is optional to do so.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, according to the sorting equipment of the invention: () Since storage formats are divided into two according to product characteristics, storage efficiency can be improved and space can be used effectively.

() By installing a picking instruction panel, it is possible to speed up the picking work and reduce the number of incorrect picking works (improve picking accuracy).

() Labor savings can be achieved by shortening the flow of workers.

() Truck waiting time can be shortened.

It can produce excellent effects such as

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of the sorting equipment of the present invention, Figure 2
The figure is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example. 6 and 7 are storage parts, 11 is an inclined conveyor, 12 is a product case, 17 is a control panel, 18 is a picking instruction panel, 23 is a shipping conveyor, and 24 is a truck number indicator light.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It has a high-mix, low-volume storage section and a low-mix, high-volume storage section adjacent to each other, and a shipping conveyor is installed between both storage sections, and the low-mix, high-volume storage section has multiple rows of conveyors for storing products by item. A truck number indicator light is provided in the high-mix, low-volume storage section, and a picking indicator board is provided in the small-variety, high-volume storage section corresponding to each row of conveyors, and the picking indicator board and truck number indicator light are installed in the high-mix, low-volume storage section. Sorting equipment characterized by being equipped with a control panel that sends instructions to.