JPH06219509A - Bucket automatic warehouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the rapid and smooth treatment for a number of shipping orders consisting of a plurality of items by simultaneously operating a plurality of shipping lines, and providing a plurality of traversers in the shipping lines. CONSTITUTION:A number of layers of shipping home conveyors 3', 3''... whose capacity is several time larger than that of entering home position conveyors 10 are provided, and the respective home position conveyors are connected to a shipping station 31 by a plurality of rows of traversers 4, 4'..., a reservoir 5' and conveyors 7, 7'.... When the shipping order is made, a plurality of stacker cranes 2 are simultaneously operated for each item, the specified buckets 1 are taken out from racks respectively, and collected to the shipping station 13 through the respective conveyors, traversers or the like. The required item in the bucket 1 is transferred to an empty container which is carried to the shipping station 13 through an empty container supplying device 11, empty containers conveyors 12, 12', and the rest of the buckets 1 are stored from the entering conveyor 8 to the original rack.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic bucket warehouse that can be applied to an aircraft parts warehouse at an airport, a shipping center for foodstuffs, sundries, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a plan view of an example of a conventional bucket automatic warehouse. Reference numeral 1 is a bucket stored in multiple layers in a rack, 2 is a stacker crane that travels between racks and takes out a predetermined bucket 1, 21 is a delivery conveyor, 22 is a delivery station, 23 is a delivery conveyor, and 14 is a worker.

In the automatic warehouse, when receiving a delivery order, the stacker crane 2 takes out the bucket 1 containing a predetermined item from the rack and places it on the delivery conveyor 21. The bucket 1 from which the required items have been taken out at the delivery station 22 is moved to the delivery conveyor 23 and returned to the original position in the rack by the stacker crane 2. When there are multiple items in one order, the above work is repeated for each item.

[0004]

In the conventional automated warehouse, when there are many items in one order, it takes a considerable amount of time to arrange all the items in the delivery station. In the case of a warehouse for aircraft equipment at the airport, there may be cases where the departure time cannot be met in time.

The present invention is intended to provide an automatic warehouse capable of arranging all the items for each order in a delivery station in a short time even if there are many items in one order.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in a bucket automatic warehouse requiring processing of a large number of shipping orders consisting of a plurality of items,
A bucket automatic warehouse characterized in that a plurality of output home position conveyors, which are several times the number of input home position conveyors, are installed in multiple layers, and each home position conveyor and the output station are connected by a plurality of rows of traversers, reservoirs, and conveyors. It is about.

[0007]

When a shipping order is issued, a plurality of stacker cranes are simultaneously operated to take out the buckets storing the required items, respectively, and carry them to a predetermined shipping home position conveyor. The bucket on each delivery home position conveyor moves via each traverser, reservoir, and conveyor, and a plurality of items related to one order are collected at a delivery station designated for each order. The bucket having picked up the required parts is stored in the original rack through the storage conveyor. That is, since the goods are collected through a plurality of routes at the same time, a plurality of required items can be arranged in a designated delivery station for each order in a short time.

This automatic warehouse is applied to equipment with a large amount of shipping and receiving, and naturally the number of shipping stations is also large, and since operation is prioritized for shipping, multiple traversers are used for shipping. By arranging them vertically, a buffer function is provided in which a plurality of order items are collected in order at a designated shipping station in order.

[0009]

1 is a plan view of a bucket automatic warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a bucket that is stored in multiple layers in a rack, and 2 is a bucket 1 that is moved between racks.
Stacker crane for unloading and storing, 3,3 '
, 3 '', 3 '''are exit home position conveyors arranged in multiple layers, 4, 4', 4 '', 4 '''are traversers,
5, 5'is a delivery reservoir, 6 is a delivery main conveyor,
7, 7 ', 7''are exit conveyors, 8 is an entrance conveyor, 9
Is a storage main conveyor, and 10 is a storage home position conveyor. Furthermore, 11 is an empty container supply device, 1
2, 12 'are empty container conveyors, 13 is a delivery station, 14 and 14' are workers who collect and store goods, 15 are casters, and 16 is a container ceiling conveyor.

In this automatic warehouse, when a shipping order is issued, a plurality of stacker cranes 2 are simultaneously operated for each item, and predetermined buckets 1 are respectively taken out from the racks and the shipping home position conveyors 3, 3 ', 3 '',
Transported on 3 "'and traverser 4,4', 4",
4 ''', the delivery reservoir 5 or 5', the delivery main conveyor 6, and the delivery conveyors 7, 7 ', 7'', and are collected in the delivery station 13. The required items in the bucket 1 are transferred to the empty container which is transported to the shipping station 13 through the empty container supply device 11, the empty container conveyors 12 and 12 ', and the remaining buckets 1 are the receiving conveyor 8 and the receiving main conveyor 9 , The receiving home position conveyor 10, and the stacker crane 2, and then stored in the original rack.

In the present embodiment, as described above, a plurality of delivery lines are operated simultaneously, so that the delivery work of orders for a plurality of items can be performed in a short time. In addition, by equipping the shipping line with multiple traversers, a buffer function for waiting in order is provided so that multiple items can be shipped together for each order at a specified shipping station. I am trying to do it smoothly. After picking up the parts, the bucket is stored in the original rack while advancing on the one-stage storage conveyor. Furthermore, in this automated warehouse,
The required home space is small because the delivery home position conveyor and traverser are arranged in a vertical multilayer.

[0012]

In the bucket automatic warehouse of the present invention,
Since multiple home exit conveyors, which are several times as many as the incoming home exit conveyors, are installed in multiple layers, and each home exit conveyor and exit station are connected by multiple rows of traversers, reservoirs, and conveyors, it is required in a short time. The plurality of items are aligned and delivered to the designated delivery station for each order, and a large number of delivery orders including the plurality of items can be processed quickly and smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an automated warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an example of a conventional automated warehouse.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Bucket 2 Stacker Crane 3, 3 ', 3'',3''' Outgoing Home Position Conveyor 4, 4 ', 4'',4''' Traverser 5, 5 'Outgoing Reservoir 6 Outgoing Main Conveyor 7, 7' , 7 '' unloading conveyor 8 warehousing conveyor 9 warehousing main conveyor 10 warehousing home position conveyor 11 empty container supply device 12, 12 'empty container conveyor 13 shipping station 14, 14' worker 15 caster 16 container ceiling suspension conveyor 21 shipping conveyor 22 Outgoing station 23 Incoming conveyor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a bucket automatic warehouse, which is required to process a large number of outgoing orders consisting of a plurality of items, a plurality of outgoing home position conveyors, which are several times as many as the incoming home position conveyors, are installed in a multi-layer. A shipping station and a multi-row traverser,
A bucket automatic warehouse characterized by being connected by a reservoir and a conveyor.