JPH05238511A - Product storing system using rotary tray device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the efficiency promotion of sorting and forwarding by shorting the work traffic line for workers as far as possible. CONSTITUTION:Two rotary tray devices 1A and 1B, wherein a plurality of tracks 15 for tray are coupled and are driven on specified tracks sorting workers put products in the trays 13 on the trucks 15 for each tray, are arranged with the sorting workers between. A computer 3 performs the allotment of tracks to each rotary tray device 1A and 1B, based on a product manufacture plan and a forwarding plan.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[Object of the Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product sorting system using a rotary tray device capable of efficiently sorting products according to a manufacturing plan and a shipping plan.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional example in which a wide variety of products are sorted by shipment, there is known a so-called seed sowing method in which an operator manually puts products into a tray for each shipment placed at a fixed place. Has been.

In this seeding method, as shown in FIG. 8, a sorting operator 101 takes out two or three desired products from a product shelf 103 and puts them on a trolley 105, and a fixed shelf 107 classified according to a shipping destination. The product is put in the tray 109 in a seed-like manner. That is, all the products are shipped to the shipping destination tray 109.

[0005]

However, according to the above-described conventional seeding method, the flow line of the worker 101 is long,
Work efficiency is poor. In addition, when many kinds of products are required for one tray 109, it is necessary to repeat the work several times to put all the products in the tray 109, the work time becomes long, and the shipping time increases. There was a problem that the work could not be done at once and was inefficient.

On the other hand, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 9, a sorting work using a rotary tray device 111 is also known. In this conventional example, one rotary tray device 111 is provided, and the product is transferred to the tray 109 by using the automatic transfer device 113. However, since the handling is performed in tray units, the sorting work of the tray 109 is performed. If the number of products is small, the filling rate of the tray 109 becomes low.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object thereof is to make it possible to shorten the work flow line of an operator as much as possible, and to make the sorting work and the shipping work efficient. Another object of the present invention is to provide a sorting system using a rotating tray device.

[Structure of Invention]

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a plurality of tray carriages and drives them to rotate on a predetermined track, and at the same time, a sorting operator mounts on each tray carriage. In the rotary tray device for putting products into the trays, two rotary tray devices are arranged with a sorting operator in between, and the carts are allocated to the rotary tray devices based on the product manufacturing plan and the shipping plan. It is characterized in that it is carried out alternately in shipping units.

Further, it is characterized in that trays are stacked on each of the tray carts via a shipping cart.

[0011]

According to the present invention, two carousel tray devices are assigned to the alternate devices in the loading order of the products based on the product plan and the shipping plan, and while the products are loaded into one device, the other device is Then, the tray cart for carrying in the product is rotated and moved to the place of the sorting operator. As a result, the waiting time of the worker can be shortened as much as possible, and continuous sorting work can be performed.

Further, when the product is filled in the tray and shipped, the shipping dolly is detached from the tray dolly and the product is delivered to the outside of the rotary tray device, so that the shipping work can be carried out very easily. ..

[0013]

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this embodiment comprises two rotary tray devices 1A and 1B, a computer 3 and a work instruction device 5, and an operator 7 takes out a product 11 from a product supply line 9. Tray of rotary carousel device 1A or 1B
Put the product in 3.

The rotary tray devices 1A and 1B have the same structure with the operator 7 interposed therebetween, and a tray carriage 15 is rotatably arranged in an elliptical frame. A plurality of tray trolleys 11 are connected like a train, and each tray trolley 15 is equipped with a shipping trolley 17 on which the stacked trays 13 are mounted, as shown in FIG. It rotates and moves in synchronization with the carriage 15.
A shipping port 19 is provided on the side of the rotary tray devices 1A and 1B facing the product loading position of the worker 7, and the shipping cart 17 after the sorting work is separated from the tray cart 15. It is designed to be dispensed outside the carousel tray device.

At the feet of the worker 7, the end of work is calculated by the computer 3.
Foot switches 21A and 21B for notifying the user are arranged, and 21A is the first rotary tray device 1A.
, 21B is for the second rotary tray device 1B.

The computer 3 controls the entire system as a whole, and controls the rotary tray devices 1A and 1B based on the input product manufacturing plan and shipping plan and sorts the workers through the work instruction device 5. Instructions and shipping management of the carriage 17 are performed. As a function therefor, as shown in FIG. 3, the manufacturing planning / shipping planning processing unit 3A
And a sorting work instruction unit 3B and a rotary tray device control unit 3C. Manufacturing Planning / Shipping Planning Processing Department 3A
Generates work instruction data, rotary tray device control data, shipping cart control data, and the like based on manufacturing plan data and shipping plan data input from the outside.

The sorting work instructing section 3B supplies the work instruction data calculated by the manufacturing planning / shipping planning processing section 3A to the work instructing device 5 to execute a work instruction to the sorting operator. The carousel tray device control unit 3C controls the carousel tray devices 1A and 1B based on a product manufacturing plan and a shipping plan, and detection signals from a foot switch and various sensors described later, and a shipping cart required for the work. Shipment management from the rotary tray devices 1A and 1B is performed.

The work instructing device 5 gives an instruction for sorting work to the worker 7 based on the data from the computer 3. For work instructions, the product supply line 1
From the products of several varieties supplied from No. 1, which varieties are sorted into which tray of which device is displayed on the display.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, a product manufacturing plan and a shipping plan are input to the computer 3 in advance.

FIG. 4 shows a concrete example of the product manufacturing plan. In the illustrated example, the product J on the line 4 by 9 o'clock
Only the product is manufactured, and by 10 o'clock, the product A of the line 1, the product C of the line 2, and the products F and G of the line 3 are completed, but the product K of the line 4 is being manufactured.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the shipping plan specifies the product type and the quantity, and the products are shipped in units of a certain number. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, 5 products A, 10 products B, 3 products K, ... 60 products L are shipped to the α store, and product E is shipped to the β store. Shipped 4 pieces, 19 pieces of product F,
There are 27 products B, 7 products G and 4 products K at the γ store.
It is assumed that 0 pieces and 80 pieces of product L are shipped.

The computer 3 creates sorting work instruction data and assigns trucks based on the above-mentioned product manufacturing plan and shipping plan. A specific example of the sorting work instruction data is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, five A products are manufactured and all the products are delivered to the α store, and 14 E products are manufactured and ten are delivered to the α store and four are delivered to the β store. Also, the dolly allocation is
As shown in FIG. 7, a predetermined number of trays 13 are stacked on one shipping cart 17 and the shipping is performed in shipping units.

The product shipping data thus created is supplied from the sorting work instructing section 3B to the work instructing device 5 and displayed on the display.

The worker takes out the instructed quantity of products 11 from the instructed product supply line 7 and puts them in the designated tray 13 of the first rotary tray apparatus 1A according to the instruction content of the work instruction apparatus 5. To go. That is, the worker 7
According to the instruction content displayed on the work instruction device 5,
The sorting work is performed as follows.

First, in the operation of the first rotary tray device 1A, when there is no tray 13 on the shipping cart 17, an empty tray is placed on the shipping cart 17. When there is a tray 13 on the cart 17 for shipping, if the tray 13 has an empty space, products are sequentially loaded. At this time, if the work instruction content requires product division in tray units, another empty tray is added and the product is put in this.

When the work is completed and a work end instruction is displayed on the work instruction device 5, the worker 7 operates the foot switch 21A.
After stepping on, the computer 3 is notified of the completion of the work, and then the work for the second rotary tray device 1B is started. The work of the second carousel tray device 1B is similar to the work of the first carousel tray device 1A.

On the other hand, in the computer 3, while the worker is working on the first rotary tray device 1A, the second rotary tray device 1B is operated.
Perform work preparation for.

In this way, when the sorting work in shipping units is completed, at that time, the shipping cart 1 on which the tray is placed is placed.
7 is separated from the tray carrier 13 and the shipping port 19
It is taken out of the device from A and 19B. At this time, the shipping carts 17 are in the shipping order, and can be shipped on a truck or the like as they are.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since two rotary tray devices can be provided and products can be alternately placed, the sorting operator does not have to move around to put the products in the tray. Without waiting and waiting
It enables efficient sorting work.

Further, a shipping cart 17 in which trays are stacked.
Can be shipped immediately after the end of the sorting work by removing the trays from the shipping port to the outside of the rotary tray device, and a transfer device such as a forklift for loading trays, which has been conventionally required, can be eliminated.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the work flow line of the worker can be shortened as much as possible, and the sorting work and the shipping work can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view showing a relationship between a tray cart and a shipping cart.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a product manufacturing plan.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a shipping plan.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of sorting work instruction data.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of trolley allocation.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A 1st rotary tray device 1B 2nd rotary tray device 3 Calculator 3A Manufacturing planning / shipping plan processing part 3B Sorting work instruction part 3C Rotary tray device control part 5 Work instruction device 7 Worker 9 Product supply line 11 Products 13 Tray 15 Trolley trolley 17 Shipping trolley 19A, 19B Shipping port 21A, 21B Foot switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rotary tray device in which a plurality of tray carts are connected to each other and are driven to rotate on a predetermined track, and a sorting operator puts products into the trays on each tray cart, Two rotary tray devices are arranged with a sorting operator in between, and the carts of the rotary tray devices are alternately assigned for each shipping unit based on a product manufacturing plan and a shipping plan. Product sorting system using a tray device. 2. The product sorting system using a rotary tray device according to claim 1, wherein trays are stacked on each of the tray carts via a shipping cart.