WO2012025093A1 - Procédé de transfert contrôlé d'un colis de détail d'un transporteur d'arrivage de marchandises à un transporteur - Google Patents

Procédé de transfert contrôlé d'un colis de détail d'un transporteur d'arrivage de marchandises à un transporteur Download PDF

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WO2012025093A1
WO2012025093A1 PCT/DE2011/001567 DE2011001567W WO2012025093A1 WO 2012025093 A1 WO2012025093 A1 WO 2012025093A1 DE 2011001567 W DE2011001567 W DE 2011001567W WO 2012025093 A1 WO2012025093 A1 WO 2012025093A1
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Frank Will
Ludger Pölling
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Beumer Gmbh & Co. Kg
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/26—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
    • B65G47/30—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors
    • B65G47/31—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2207/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional details, configuration and additional features of a handling device, e.g. Conveyors
    • B65G2207/18—Crossing conveyors

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  • the invention relates to a method for the controlled transfer of a piece goods from a feed conveyor to a moving at a conveying speed in a conveying direction conveyor, wherein the feed conveyor extends at an acute angle or perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • the invention further relates to a device for the controlled transfer of a piece goods from a feed conveyor to a conveyor moving at a conveying speed, wherein the feed conveyor extends at an acute angle or perpendicular to a conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • Such a method and such a device are known for example from DE 10 2007 049 780 AI.
  • a piece goods from a conveyor to an obliquely or at an acute angle to this arranged further conveyor is often the problem that the cargo is moved uncontrolled or twisted due to the speed and directional differences of the conveyor during the transfer, so that its orientation with respect changed in an uncontrolled and undesirable way in the direction in which it is being promoted.
  • Such a displacement of the piece goods may result in that the piece goods, for example, come to lie obliquely on a support unit of a conveyor (for example tilting shell or transverse belt), which may lead to the geometrical boundary of the support unit being exceeded for larger piece goods.
  • the invention solves this problem in a generic method by the following measures: transferring the piece goods from the feed conveyor in a feed direction to a transfer conveyor having a transfer conveyor surface carrying the article load by moving the feed conveyor and the transfer front face in the feed direction; Transferring the piece goods to the conveyor by moving the transfer front surface and the piece goods located thereon at a transfer speed having a first speed component corresponding to the conveyor speed and a second speed component directed perpendicular to the conveyor direction of the conveyor. It is preferably provided that, when transferring the piece goods from the feed conveyor to the transfer conveyor, the feed conveyor and the transfer conveyor are operated with conveying speeds which correspond in terms of amount and direction.
  • the invention provides that the parcel is transferred without changing the amount or direction of its speed from the feed conveyor to the transfer conveyor, and further that the parcel is transferred without amount and directional change in its speed from the transfer conveyor on the conveyor.
  • its second speed component is only mined on the conveyor.
  • the invention realizes a speed synchronous transfer of the piece goods both in the transfer from the feed conveyor to the transfer conveyor and in the subsequent transfer from the transfer conveyor on the conveyor, so that there is no longer any risk of uncontrolled displacement, displacement or rotation of the piece goods.
  • the piece goods are transferred without changing its orientation from the feed conveyor to the transfer conveyor and / or from the transfer conveyor to the conveyor.
  • the piece goods on the feed conveyor and / or on the transfer conveyor and / or on the conveyor is optically monitored.
  • the invention further provides that the orientation of the piece goods on the transfer conveyor can be changed in response to an optical monitoring.
  • the invention solves the underlying problem in a generic device in that between a discharge end of the supply conveyor Ers and the conveyor a Mattergabefbrderer is arranged, which has a piece goods carrying Jbergabef rder Structure, the execution of a first conveying movement in a feed direction of the feed conveyor and a second conveying movement, the first, pointing in the conveying direction and coinciding with the conveying speed component speed and a second, directed perpendicular to the conveying direction velocity component is formed.
  • the invention preferably provides for the transfer conveyor to have a transfer drive element which can be operated in a predetermined transfer direction, which can be arranged at an angle of 30 ° to 60 ° to the feed direction, which can be moved as a whole parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • the transfer conveyor has a plurality of adjacent, in each case in a predetermined transfer conveyor direction, which may be arranged at an angle of 30 ° to 60 ° to the feed direction operable transfer conveyor elements, the common, individually or in groups operable and as a unit parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor are movable.
  • an optical monitoring device for detecting an orientation of the piece goods relative to its respective direction of movement.
  • a feed drive of the feed conveyor and a transfer drive of the transfer conveyor are expediently assigned a controller which is set up to carry out the method according to the invention.
  • At least one transfer conveyor element is designed as a belt or Rollenforderer.
  • the transfer conveyor may comprise at least one non-movable transfer table, with which the transfer conveyor cooperates and which is provided with a conveying element. There is the possibility that several feed conveyors are arranged to feed the transfer feeder.
  • the transfer conveyor may be configured as a chain of transfer conveyors circulating in a horizontal or vertical plane.
  • the conveyor can be designed as a sorting conveyor with individual support units.
  • At least one support unit may have a controlled drivable transverse conveyor element.
  • the transfer conveyor can be set up to transfer the piece goods to the conveyor without changing the orientation of the piece goods.
  • a feed conveyor clock or acceleration belts can be used, which may each have a separate drive.
  • means for its alignment can be provided, for example inclined roller conveyors or pushers. The alignment can be done so that the cargo passes in non-square shape with the narrow side ahead of the feed conveyor.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the invention with reference to an exemplary arrangement of a transfer conveyor between a feed conveyor and a conveyor, wherein a piece goods is on the feed conveyor,
  • FIG. 2 shows an arrangement according to FIG. 1, the piece goods being transferred to the transfer conveyor
  • FIG. r ig. 3 shows an arrangement according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the piece goods being on the transfer conveyor,
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 shows an arrangement according to FIGS. 1 to 3, wherein the piece goods are transferred to the conveyor
  • Fig. 5 shows an embodiment with a plurality of feed conveyors
  • FIG. 6 shows an embodiment with a plurality of feed conveyors and a vertically revolving transfer conveyor
  • FIG. 7 shows an embodiment with a plurality of feed conveyors and a horizontally circulating transfer conveyor
  • Fig. 9 shows an arrangement according to the prior art
  • Fig. 10 illustrates the problem underlying the invention with reference to the transfer of a piece goods in an arrangement according to Fig. 9.
  • Fig. 9 shows a known arrangement of a conveyor 2, which is designed as a conveyor with a continuous series of support units 4, for example, each have a tiltable tray or in particular a transversely to a conveying direction 6 of the conveyor driven transverse belt as a supporting element.
  • a transfer conveyor 12 is disposed between the feed conveyor 10 and the conveyor 2, which connects to a discharge end 14 of the feed conveyor 10 and in turn has a discharge end 16 which is arranged adjacent to the conveyor 2.
  • the parcel 8 can be slightly shifted in the transfer from the feed conveyor 10 to the Sprintforderer 12 in its orientation, as is explained in Fig. 10.
  • the piece goods 8 on the feed conveyor 10 has a different direction of movement than the conveying direction of the transfer conveyor 12, it comes in particular in elongated cargo that are already in the transfer with a section on the transfer conveyor 12 and a section on the feed conveyor 10, easily seen to a rotation, which can be problematic for the further transport of the piece goods 8.
  • the invention solves this problem by an arrangement as exemplified in Fig. 1 to 4 is explained.
  • Fig. 1 shows in a schematic plan view of a conveyor 2, which is formed as well as in Fig. 9 as a conveyor with a number of successively arranged in an endless row support units 4, wherein each support unit 4 is formed as a support means in this exemplary embodiment by a cross belt conveyor which can be driven in a controlled manner in a desired speed in order to receive or deliver a piece good transversely to the conveying direction 6.
  • a feed conveyor 10 For feeding individual piece goods 8 in a feed direction 18 is a feed conveyor 10, which is designed here as a feed belt.
  • a transfer conveyor 12 is arranged, which has a number of transfer ejonettin 20, wherein the entire transfer conveyor 12 with all transfer conveyor elements 20 as a unit in or against the conveying direction 6 is movable.
  • a movement area 13 of the transfer orderers is indicated by dashed lines.
  • the transfer elements 20 form with their the cargo 8 projecting top a Studentsgabeforder Structure.
  • Each transfer conveyor element 20 operates in a transfer conveyor direction 22, which is arranged in the illustrated exemplary embodiment at 45 ° both to the feed direction 18 and to the conveying direction 6.
  • the transfer conveyor elements may alternatively be arranged at a different angle, for example from 30 ° to 60 °.
  • the transfer conveyor elements 20 are designed as narrow belt conveyors in relation to their length, which cover a region between the discharge end 14 of the supply conveyor 10 and the conveyor 2 as far as possible, wherein intermediate spaces may optionally be closed by covers.
  • the individual transfer conveyor elements 20 can be driven individually, in predeterminable groups or all together with a predeterminable conveying speed in order to take over a piece goods 8 from the supply conveyor 10.
  • a transfer of a piece goods 8 from the supply conveyor 10 to the transfer conveyor 12 takes place in such a way that the supply conveyor 10 is driven at a specific supply speed vz and the article 8 reaches the transfer conveyor 12 at this speed. So that the transfer takes place in synchronism with the speed, at least one transfer conveyor element 20 is simultaneously driven and also the entire transfer conveyor 12 is displaced counter to the conveying direction 2.
  • either the driven transfer conveyor element 20 and the transfer conveyor 12 can be temporarily shut down, for example, to wait for the arrival of a support element of the conveyor which has been previously selected by a higher-level control system, or the transfer is immediately thereafter of the piece goods to the conveyor 2, as explained below.
  • Fig. 3 shows a state in which the piece goods has arrived centrally on the transfer conveyor 12, starting from this state, the transfer conveyor 12 is now moved to transfer the piece goods to the conveyor 2 as a unit in the conveying direction 6.
  • the transfer conveyor surface 12 is moved together with the piece goods 8 thereon at a transfer speed which has a first speed component (v Gx + v T ) matching a conveyor speed vs of the conveyor 2 and a second, perpendicular to the conveying direction 6 directed velocity component v Gy .
  • each support unit 4 is provided with a cross belt conveyor which is driven for receiving a piece goods in the transverse direction with a cross belt speed vc, which corresponds to the aforementioned second speed component v Gy .
  • Due to the arrangement of the transfer conveyor elements 20 at 45 ° to the conveying direction 6 results from the fact that the transfer drive elements 20 must be driven at a transfer feed speed VG, which is the ⁇ times the cross belt speed v c .
  • the transfer conveyor 12 as a whole would not be moved, the parcel would have a speed component vc * in the conveying direction 6 which is equal to the transverse belt speed vc.
  • the transfer conveyor 12 as a whole In order for the first speed component (v Gx + vr to be equal to the conveyor speed vs, the transfer conveyor 12 as a whole must be moved at a speed v T which is equal to the difference between the conveyor speed vs and transverse speed.
  • jurt mich v c (v T v s - v c ). If the conveying speed v s is greater than the transverse belt speed vc, the transfer conveyor 12 must be moved in the conveying direction 6, otherwise in the opposite direction.
  • the transfer folder 12 as a whole need not be moved.
  • the speed of the transfer conveyor surface has the above-mentioned first and second components, the first component being equal to the conveying speed.
  • the transfer conveyor 12, as seen along the conveying direction 6, is designed to be sufficiently long and contains a sufficient number of transfer conveyor elements 20 in order to be able to receive piece goods from a plurality of feed conveyors 10 arranged in parallel.
  • a plurality of piece goods can be taken over by several feed belts 10 onto the transfer conveyor 12, and accordingly a plurality of piece goods can be transferred simultaneously from the transfer conveyor 12 to the conveyor 2.
  • the Mathgabeforderetic form the Kochgabeforder
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show embodiments in which the transfer conveyor 12 is designed to be vertical or horizontal.
  • the arrangement is in each case such that the piece goods 8, unlike the arrangements shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, arrive in a feed direction 18 on the transfer conveyor 12 and counter to the feed direction 18 on the transfer conveyor Conveyors are handed over, which has the advantage that the Mattergabeforderer can be operated continuously, without having to be moved back or stopped.
  • FIG 8 illustrates a further embodiment in which between a parallel to the conveying direction 6 reciprocating transfer conveyor 12 and a conveyor 2 at least a, in the example shown, two immovable transfer tables 36 are arranged, which are in each case provided with a plurality of parallel conveying elements 38 similar to the transfer conveyor elements 20 in order to transport the parcel from the transfer conveyor 12 to the conveyor 2 on.
  • the transfer conveyor can be freed by delivering a piece goods on the transfer table already for receiving a next piece goods, without the piece goods must already be handed over to the conveyor.
  • a control of the transfer conveyor 12 is set up so that individual transfer conveyor elements 20 can be driven at different speeds or in opposite directions to cause a rotation and alignment of a picked piece goods.
  • a targeted or controlled rotation of individual piece goods may also be desired in individual cases to ensure a particular predetermined position of the piece goods on the conveyor 2.
  • a camera system For monitoring the position and orientation of individual piece goods 8 on the conveyor belt 10 and / or on the transfer conveyor 12 and / or on the conveyor 2, a camera system can be installed, which is coupled with a suitable evaluation software to provide appropriate information to the controller and to change the orientation of the position of a piece goods purposefully.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de transfert contrôlé d'un colis (8) de détail d'un transporteur (10) d'arrivage de marchandises à un transporteur (2) qui se déplace à une certaine vitesse (vs) de transport dans une direction (6) de transport, le transporteur (10) d'arrivage de marchandises formant un angle aigu ou un angle droit avec la direction (6) de transport. Le procédé comprend les étapes consistant à : transférer le colis (8) de détail dans une direction (18) d'alimentation du transporteur (10) d'arrivage de marchandises à un convoyeur alimenteur (12) qui présente une surface de transfert portant le colis (8) de détail, le transporteur (10) d'arrivage de marchandises et la surface de transfert étant déplacés dans la direction (18) d'alimentation; à transférer le colis (8) de détail au transporteur (2), la surface de transfert et le colis (8) de détail posé sur ladite surface de transfert étant déplacés à une vitesse de transfert, ladite vitesse de transfert présentant une première composante vitesse (VGx) coïncidant avec la vitesse (vs) du transporteur et une deuxième composante vitesse dirigée perpendiculairement à la direction (6) de transport du transporteur (2).
PCT/DE2011/001567 2010-08-23 2011-08-09 Procédé de transfert contrôlé d'un colis de détail d'un transporteur d'arrivage de marchandises à un transporteur WO2012025093A1 (fr)

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