WO2009076759A1 - Automated order sequencing method and system - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- the present invention relates to order sequencing methods and systems, and more particularly to an automated case order sequencing method and system.
- the invention relates to an improved system and method for automatically preparing client orders in a distribution facility, where the inputs to the system are complete pallets of cases of individual products and the outputs of the system are client order pallets of mixed products.
- the standard and most common method of preparing orders of products is manual picking of orders by workers, where the source pallets are located in static racking and employees follow a circuit through the racking and individually pick products from the source pallet and transfer them onto a client pallet.
- This basic method There are a number of variations on this basic method.
- the present automated case order sequencing method and system is typically used in a distribution center to prepare a selection of cases/boxes of different products corresponding to customer order.
- Customer orders are usually composed of pallet quantities of a selection of cases.
- the sequences of cases produced according to this invention would be palletized onto pallets, loaded onto delivery trucks, and delivered to a customer.
- the process inputs are pallets of cases as they are received from the manufacturing plant and the process outputs are sequences of cases, corresponding to the requirements of a customer's order.
- the preferred method for automated case sequencing, especially for higher moving products is the case buffering and dispensing method, which generally consists of a number of case guides, replenished typically in layer quantities, and featuring a removal apparatus which is connected to a sequencing conveyor. The actuation of the removal apparatus in a predetermined order releases cases on the sequencing conveyor in the desired sequence to fulfill client orders.
- the buffering and dispensing method has a very high cost per product, but can handle high throughputs, i.e. it is very good at automating high moving products.
- a number of efforts have been made to lower the cost of these technologies and improve their space efficiency while still allowing maintenance access to their many moving parts.
- the goal of the invention is therefore to provide an improved system and method of buffering and dispensing in order to achieve lower cost per product and higher space efficiency, maintaining the high rates expected of this type of technology, and therefore enabling the cost-effective inclusion of slower moving products in the order automation system.
- the present invention addresses the shortcomings of existing order sequencing systems and methods in the following ways.
- the use of a transporting device (from here on in a crane will be used to illustrate) instead of conveyors to move cases between the input to the system and the case guides has the following advantages.
- a crane has small incremental cost per SKU (Stock Keeping Unit), where conveyors have a cost that is proportional to the number of SKUs to be automated
- the invention achieves high space efficiency.
- the short case guides and the absence of fixed replenishment conveyors mean that sufficient maintenance access can be achieved by front or rear access, allowing for tight vertical pitch.
- a further advantage can be realized because it is possible in this embodiment to incline the case guides in order to benefit from the cost, maintenance and noise reductions that gravity powered case guides bring. It is also possible to provide different angles for different case guides because the guides are short and replenished by a crane.
- the guides are inclined by design, which is conducive to being powered by gravity.
- a further advantage of the invention is realized when gravity-powered case guides are used without speed controllers while using inclinations steep enough to ensure reliable product movement.
- This is achieved in the first embodiment by controlling the loading of the crane guides using a mechanism included on the crane attachment to control the descent of the cases in the guides and releasing them in close proximity to the queued cases already in the guide.
- This is achieved in the second embodiment by not only having a tilting feature to the crane attachment but also by using the horizontal and vertical positioning of the crane and knowledge of the case level in the guide in order to load the cases onto the guide in close proximity to the cases already on the guide.
- a further advantage of this invention deals with the process that is required to support a case buffering and dispensing system.
- it is not cost effective to load pallet quantities of cases into case guides.
- it is only cost effective to store a quantity of one to two layers in the case guides and an external system must therefore be provided to handle the remaining partial pallets.
- This external system is part of the overall cost of an automated case order preparation system.
- the function of the partial pallet handling system is to deliver depalletized cases typically in layer quantities. Therefore, in the art, a case buffering and dispensing system is complemented by a separate partial pallet handling system. This combination reduces overall system costs.
- the handling unit size can be more optimized and flexible since the entire pallet quantity is transformed at one time;
- an automated case order preparation system for cases including means for providing the system with at least partial production pallets of cases of products, means for depalletizing cases from said pallets, means for palletizing a stream of sequenced said cases from an output sequencing conveyor to form a client pallet, and computerized means to control the operation of said system, the system comprising: means for forming handling units from depalletized said cases, said handling units comprising at least one linear grouping of said cases of one said products wherein a length of each linear grouping includes between two and a predetermined amount of individual said cases depending on the length and width of each said case of a corresponding said products; - a crane transporting at least one handling unit from a handling-unit forming area to at least one receiving case guide;
- each said removal apparatus connecting to one said case guide being designated to contain said cases of said corresponding said products;
- the sequencing conveyor at least temporarily connecting to a downstream end of each said removal apparatus, wherein an output of said conveyor being the stream of said cases in a predetermined sequence.
- the crane attachment transfers one said handling unit comprised of a plurality of said linear groupings, each said linear grouping being separated from one another by a space sufficient to ensure independent movement of each said linear grouping, from a direction parallel and in line with an upstream end of the case guides, into a plurality of parallel and adjacent said case guides.
- case guides are inclined with said guide downstream end connected to the removal apparatus being lower than said guide upstream end and with an inclination angle allowing said cases located thereon to be transported and accumulated by gravity.
- shelving is provided for temporary storage of at least one said handling unit, said shelving being located on at least one side of an aisle of said crane.
- the crane and the crane attachment transport at least one said handling unit from the handling unit forming area to the shelving, and at least one said handling unit from said shelving to at least one said case guide.
- a plurality of both said case guides and said shelving are distributed along the length of said crane aisle.
- the plurality of case guides is continuously distributed along the length of said case aisle.
- the crane attachment discretely deposits one said handling unit comprised of at least one said linear grouping arranged in a single file, from a direction perpendicular to the length dimension of the case guide and wherein the crane attachment is parallel to the case guide in such a manner that all said cases within said one said handling unit are simultaneously transferred onto the case guide.
- the case guides are inclined with said guide downstream end connected to the removal apparatus being lower than an upstream end of said guide and with an inclination angle allowing said cases located thereon to be transported and accumulated by gravity, the crane attachment tilting to match said inclination angle of the case guides.
- case guides are free of speed controlling devices and wherein the crane, in conjunction with the crane attachment, release the handling unit on one said case guide in contact relationship with the cases already queued thereon.
- an automated case order preparation method for cases including the steps of providing at least partial production pallets of cases of products, depalletizing cases from said pallets, palletizing a stream of sequenced cases from an output sequencing conveyor to form a client pallet and directing the operation with a computerized control system, the method further comprising the following steps of: a) forming handling units from the depalletized cases, said handling units comprising at least one linear grouping of one of said products wherein a length of each said linear grouping includes between two and a predetermined amount of individual said cases depending on the length and width of each said case of said one of said products; b) loading at least one of said handling units onto an attachment mounted on a crane, transporting said at least one handling unit, using said crane, to at least one of a plurality of receiving case guides and unloading said at least one handling unit from said crane-mounted attachment onto at least one of said case guides; c) forming a stream of a predetermined sequence of cases on one
- the crane attachment transfers one said handling unit comprised of a plurality of said linear groupings, each said linear grouping separated from another by space sufficient to ensure, in step b) of the method, independent movement of each said grouping, from a direction parallel and in line with an upstream end of the case guides, into a plurality of parallel and adjacent said case guides.
- the case guides are inclined with a downstream end of the case guide connected to the removal apparatus is lower than an upstream end of the case guide and with an inclination angle allowing said cases located thereon to be transported and accumulated by gravity in step b) of the method.
- shelving is provided for temporary storage of at least one said handling unit one behind another, said shelving being located on at least one side of an aisle of said crane, step b) of the method including loading, transporting, and unloading said handling units, using the crane and the crane attachment, from the handling unit forming area to the shelving, and from the shelving to at least one said case guide.
- the crane attachment is parallel to the case guide in such a manner that step b) of the method includes discretely depositing one said handling unit comprised of at least one said linear grouping arranged in a single file from a direction perpendicular to the length dimension of the case guide and simultaneously transferring all said cases within the handling unit onto the case guide.
- the case guides are inclined with a guide downstream end of said case guide connected to the removal apparatus being lower than an upstream end of said guide and with an inclination angle allowing said cases located thereon to be transported and accumulated by gravity, the crane attachment tilting to match said inclination angle of the case guides, and wherein step b) of the method includes releasing the handling unit on said case guide in contact relationship with the cases already queued thereon using the crane in conjunction with the crane attachment.
- step b) of the method includes releasing the handling unit on said case guide in contact relationship with the cases already queued thereon using the crane in conjunction with the crane attachment.
- Figure 1 is an overall perspective view of an automated case order preparation system for cases in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention from the input of depalletized cases to the output of sequenced cases, showing the formation of a handling unit, the crane being loaded, the array of case guides and removal apparatuses, and the sequencing conveyors;
- Figure 2 is an overall perspective view of the first embodiment of the system showing the input side of the array of case guides;
- Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the crane attachment of the first embodiment of the system, illustrating the formation of linear groupings, how these are combined to form a handling unit and the loading of a handling unit onto the crane attachment;
- Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the crane attachment of the first embodiment of the system loading a handling unit into the case guides, also showing the case removal apparatuses and sequencing conveyor in relation to the case guides;
- Figure 5 is an overall perspective view of an automated case order preparation system for cases in accordance with a second embodiment the present invention from the input of depalletized cases to the output of sequenced cases, showing the formation of a handling unit, the crane being loaded, the array of case guides and removal apparatuses, and the sequencing conveyors;
- Figure 6 is an overall perspective view of the second embodiment of the system showing the input side of the array of case guides, and the handling unit storage shelves;
- Figure 7 is an enlarged perspective view the crane attachment of the second embodiment of the system in the process of loading a handling unit onto a storage shelf
- Figure 8 is a perspective view of the crane attachment of the second embodiment of the system unloading a handling unit from a storage shelf
- Figure 9 is an overall perspective view of an automated case order preparation system for cases in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention from the input of depalletized cases to the output of sequenced cases; showing the formation of a handling unit, the crane being loaded, the array of case guides and removal apparatuses, and the sequencing conveyors and storage shelves;
- Figure 10 is a side view of the third embodiment the system showing the array of case guides and shelves, the removal apparatuses, and the sequencing conveyors;
- Figure 11 is an enlarged sectional perspective view of the crane of the third embodiment of the system loading a handling unit into the case guides.
- the present invention provides a method and a system for automated case order handling that accepts an incoming stream of product cases 1 coming from a conventional product pallet depalletizing system and produces a stream of sequenced product cases 1 which correspond to the requirements of an order comprising cases 1 of different products.
- Figures 1 to 4 describe a first embodiment of the system.
- Figure 1 is an overall perspective view of the first embodiment 100 of the system from the input 60 of depalletized cases 1 to the output 70 of sequenced cases 1. This shows the formation of a handling unit 5, the crane 6 being loaded, the array of case guides 8 and removal apparatuses 9, and the sequencing conveyors 10.
- Cases 1 of one product type are delivered by a conventional warehouse storage, pallet handling, case depalletizing and case conveyor system (not shown) to the input conveyor 60 of the handling unit formation area 25.
- the cases 1 of one product type are then grouped into linear groupings 4 of three cases; four linear groupings 4 of one product type are then assembled into a handling unit 5.
- the handling unit is transferred onto a crane 6 which is equipped with an attachment 7 that can load handling units unto itself.
- the crane 6 then transports the handling unit 5 to a structure containing an array of case guides 8.
- the crane attachment 7 loads the entire handling unit 5 into a group of case guides 8 that needs replenishment.
- case guides 8 there are four case guides 8 corresponding to the four linear groupings 4 of the handling unit 5.
- the crane 6 then returns to pickup a handling unit 5 of the same or a different product, and then transports the handling unit 5 to be loaded into the next group of case guides 8 that need replenishment.
- a computer system (not shown) commands the release of cases 1 of different products from the case guides 8, as required to comprise an order. Downstream of each case guide 8, a case removal apparatus 9 controlled by the computer system selectively transfers the cases 1 from the case guides 8 onto a sequencing conveyor 10.
- sequencing conveyors 10 are selectively merged together as directed by the computer system, to create a sequence of cases of different products comprising an order.
- Techniques for merging of streams of product on conveyors are known in the art and are not a subject of the present invention
- the completed sequence comprising an order is then palletized by a mixed case palletizer (not shown).
- Mixed case palletizing is also known in the art and is not a subject of the present invention.
- Figure 3 illustrates the formation of linear groupings 4 of cases, how they are combined to form a handling unit 5 and the loading of a handling unit 5 onto the crane attachment 7.
- the cases 1 of one product type are grouped into linear groupings 4 of three cases 1 on a conventional accumulating roller conveyor 14, by accumulating the cases 1 against a fixed case stop 15.
- Each linear grouping 4 is transferred onto a wide belt conveyor 16 where spaces between each linear grouping 4 can be controlled.
- Four (4) linear groupings 4 of one product type are then assembled into a handling unit 5.
- the handling unit 5 is transferred onto a roller conveyor 17.
- the crane attachment 7 has a case pusher/puller bar 19, which is connected to two horizontal telescoping actuators 20, which are in turn connected to two vertical telescoping actuators 21.
- the case pusher/puller bar can be raised above the cases 1 of the handling unit 5 resting on the roller conveyor 17, moved horizontally, then brought down behind the cases 1.
- the crane attachment 7 comprises a skate wheel conveyor 22 onto which the handling unit 5 is pulled by the pusher/puller bar.
- Raisable case stops 23 at either end of the skate wheel conveyor can be raised as required to keep the handling unit 5 in position, and are selectively lowered as required to allow the handling unit 5 to transfer on or off the crane attachment 7.
- the crane attachment 7 comprising a skate wheel conveyor 22 is able to tilt to an angle, as shown in Figure 4, so as to match the angle of the case guides 8.
- the case guides are comprised of gravity roller conveyors.
- the downstream raisable case stop 23 (not shown) is lowered, and all of the cases 1 of the handling unit 5 are transferred by gravity into the case guides 8.
- the pusher/ puller bar 19 may be used as a speed controller, providing a controlled release by holding back the cases 1 until they have reached their destination, close to the back of the cases 1 that are previously queued on the case guides. Once the cases have reached their destination the pusher/puller bar 19 is raised above the cases 1 and retracted towards the crane attachment 7.
- the case removal apparatus 9 is comprised of a lowerable case stop 11, and a case transfer mechanism comprised of narrow transfer guides 12 that fit between the rollers 13 of the sequencing conveyor 10. As the case stop 11 at the downstream end of a case guide 8 is lowered, the case removal apparatus transfer guides 12 rise above the rollers 13 of the sequencing conveyor 10 to allow the case 1 to position itself above the sequencing conveyor 10 and then lower to allow the case 1 to deposit and exit on the sequencing conveyor 10.
- Figures 5 to 8 describe a second embodiment of the system.
- FIG. 5 the system embodiment 200 from the input 60 of depalletized cases 1 to the output 70 of sequenced cases 1 is shown with the formation of a handling unit 5, the crane 6 being loaded, the array of case guides 8 and removal apparatuses 9, the array of storage shelves 30 and the sequencing conveyors 10.
- storage shelves 30 are integrated to the system.
- the storage shelves 30 are located in a vertical arrangement above the case guides 8.
- Each storage shelf 30 can accommodate a complete handling unit 5.
- the storage shelves 30 are sufficient in number so that they can accommodate up to two product pallet quantities of storage space for each product type.
- the crane 6 of this system embodiment 200 performs the following cycle of tasks: first it picks up a handling unit 5 at the handling unit formation area 25, transports the handling unit 5 and loads it onto a storage shelf 30. It then goes to another product storage shelf 30 and picks up a handling unit 5, which it transports to a group of case guides 8 in need of replenishment, then returns to the handling unit formation area 25 to begin the cycle anew.
- the case stop 23 of the crane attachment 7 is raised and the pusher/puller bar 19 is positioned behind the cases 1 of the handling unit 5 to be loaded onto the storage shelf 30.
- the case stop 23 of the crane attachment 7 is lowered and then the pusher/puller bar 19 extends, pushing the handling unit 5 onto the storage shelf 30.
- the pusher/ puller bar 19 then retracts horizontally to the crane attachment 7, allowing the crane 6 to move on.
- the crane attachment 7 of the system embodiment 200 unloads a handling unit 5 from a storage shelf 30.
- the pusher/puller bar 19 extends horizontally over the top of the handling unit 5 on the storage shelf 30 and is then lowered behind the handling unit 5. The pusher/puller bar 19 then pulls the handling unit 5 from the storage shelf 30 onto the crane attachment 7.
- Figures 9 to 11 illustrate a third embodiment of the system.
- the third embodiment 300 of the system from the input of depalletized cases 1 to the output of sequenced cases 1 is shown with the formation of a handling unit 45, the crane 6 being loaded, the array of case guides 48 and case removal apparatuses 49, and the sequencing conveyors 10 and storage shelves 50.
- system embodiment 300 is shown with the array of case guides 48 and storage shelves 50, the removal apparatuses 49, and the sequencing conveyors 10.
- the handling unit 45 is configured as a long single file of cases 1.
- the case guides 48 are long, designed to accept two handling units 45 are angled and offset in vertical arrangement above the sequencing conveyors 10 as described in US patent no. 7331440 B2 granted to Lafontaine, and incorporated herein by reference.
- the case removal apparatuses 49 are comprised of lowerable chutes 51 which lower to allow cases 1 to transfer onto the sequencing conveyors 10.
- storage shelves 50 are integrated to the system.
- the storage shelves 50 are located in a vertical arrangement above the case guides 48.
- Each storage shelf 50 can accommodate two complete handling units 45.
- the crane attachment 47 can carry two handling units.
- the storage shelves 50 are sufficient in number so that they can accommodate up to two product pallet quantities of storage space for each product type.
- system described in system embodiment 300 can also be re-configured without handling unit 45 storage shelves 50 wherein the case guides 48 are replenished directly from the handling unit formation area similar to the system embodiment 100.
- the crane attachment 47 includes a plate 56 upon which rests the handling unit 45, is also able to tilt to match the angle of the case guides 48.
- the pusher/puller bars 19 push the handling unit 45 onto the case guide 48.
- an optional extending case stop (not shown) attached to the crane attachment 47 can be extended over the case guide 48 at the downstream end of the handling unit 45 to guide and maintain the handling unit position during the transfer. This optional extending case stop is retracted quickly after the transfer is complete.
- the case guides 8 could be case flow conveyors, or skate wheel conveyors, or powered conveyors
- the case removal apparatuses 9 could be powered
- the case removal apparatuses 9 could be powered and shuttle between the case removal apparatuses 9 as required, thereby servicing several case guides instead of being associated a particular case guide 8.
- the crane attachment 47 illustrated in Figure 11 could comprise a vertically powered horizontal platform upon which a tilting platform is mounted.
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