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Definitions

• the invention belongs to the field of storage system management, in particular to an automatic warehouse control system and method.
• the warehouse management method commonly used in the field of warehousing and logistics is to adopt a three-dimensional warehouse, that is, to set up a number of shelves, and to pick up and release goods by hand or by a stacker that shuttles through the roadway.
• This kind of warehouse management method is inefficient and extremely inconvenient to use.
• a mobile rack automatic warehouse system which uses a robot to carry a rack to a fixed working port for cargo loading and unloading, and then is transported back by the robot.
• the shortcoming of this management method is that the hardware requirements are too high, and the robot must be equipped with optical sensors, infrared sensors and other equipment. It can avoid obstacles and find a path to give a specific destination, in order to achieve the shelf and cargo under system control. The purpose of transporting to a designated location. This method is not easy to implement in practice and requires a large amount of hardware acquisition cost.
• the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic warehouse control system which is low in cost and convenient to manage.
• An automatic warehouse control system comprising a cargo transfer module, an information input module, a data storage module, a data retrieval module and a transmission control module, wherein the cargo transfer module is used for moving a bin, and the information input module is used for Entering the information of the goods when the goods are loaded into the bin to form cargo storage data, the data storage module is configured to store the goods storage data, and the data retrieval module is configured to, according to the cargo information that needs to be extracted, Retrieving the cargo warehousing data, and transmitting the retrieval result to the transmission control module, wherein the transmission control module is configured to control the operation of the cargo delivery module according to the retrieval result, and transmit the bin to which the required extracted goods belong To the picking port.
• the cargo transfer module is used for moving a bin
• the information input module is used for Entering the information of the goods when the goods are loaded into the bin to form cargo storage data
• the data storage module is configured to store the goods storage data
• the data retrieval module is configured to, according to the cargo information that needs
• the cargo conveying module comprises a shelf, a plurality of bins supported on the shelf, and a bin driving device, wherein the bin driving device is configured to push the bin on the shelf Loop through.
• the information input module comprises a barcode or an RFID electronic tag scanning device.
• each of the bins has a unique number
• the cargo warehousing data includes a correspondence relationship between the cargo information and the number of the bin.
• the transmission control module includes a switch, and when the switch is opened, the tank driving device operates to push the tank to move.
• the switch is turned on, and after the specific time or a certain number of moving steps, the switch is turned off.
• the automatic warehouse includes a plurality of shelves
• the transmission control module includes a plurality of switches corresponding to the shelves.
• An automatic warehouse control method characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:
• Step a input the information of the goods when the goods are loaded into the bin to form the goods storage data
• Step b storing the goods storage data
• Step c performing a search in the goods storage data according to the information of the goods to be extracted
• Step d Transfer the bin to which the required extracted goods belong to the picking port according to the search result.
• the automatic warehouse includes a shelf, a plurality of bins supported on the shelf, and a bin driving device, and the bin driving device is configured to push the bin to circulate on the shelf mobile.
• the step d further includes:
• the bin drive is turned on, and after the specific time or the specific number of moving steps, the bin driving device is turned off.
• the technical solution of the invention is easy to implement and low in cost, and the warehouse management personnel can manage multiple shelves at the same time, which can greatly reduce the hardware and time cost of the warehouse management.
• the automatic warehouse control system of the present invention mainly comprises a cargo transfer module, an information input module, a data storage module, a data retrieval module and a transmission control module.
• the cargo conveying module is used for moving the bin, which comprises a shelf and a plurality of bins supported on the shelf, wherein the bin is used for storing goods, and can be freely circulated and moved on the shelf.
• the cargo transport module also includes a bin drive.
• the bin drive is a push rod driven by electric or pneumatic cylinders. The drive unit pushes a bin that it contacts to move, and the movement of the bin pushes a bin in front of it to move, thereby causing the bin to circulate as a whole on the shelf.
• the shelf is provided with a fixed picking location on the moving path of the bin, through which the user picks up the cargo.
• the information input module is used to input the information of the goods when the goods are loaded into the bin to form the goods storage data.
• the above cargo information includes the name, model, batch, etc. of the goods.
• the information input module includes a barcode or RFID electronic tag scanning device to facilitate quick access to cargo information when loading the cargo into the bin.
• Each bin on the automatic warehouse has a unique number. After the goods are loaded into the bin and the information is input, the cargo information is associated with the bin number to form the cargo storage data.
• the data storage module is used to store the goods warehousing data in the automatic warehouse.
• the data retrieval module is configured to retrieve the cargo storage data in the data storage module according to the required cargo information, and send the retrieval result to the transmission control module.
• the transmission control module is configured to control the operation of the cargo delivery module according to the retrieval result sent by the data retrieval module, and transmit the bin to which the required extracted cargo belongs to the picking port.
• the transmission control module includes a switch that operates when the switch is opened. Specifically, the transmission control module confirms the bin number of the goods to be picked up according to the search result sent by the data retrieval module, and the distance of the current picking bin from the picking port.
• the speed at which the tank moves is constant, and therefore, the transmission control module can calculate the moving of the to-be-picking bin to the picking according to the distance from the picking bin to the picking port. The required time T of the mouth.
• the movement of the bin is stepwise, and the moving stride of each step is a bin position. Therefore, the distance of the bin to be picked up from the picking port can be the number of bins. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the bin in which the goods to be picked up is moved to the picking port by determining the number of moving steps of the bin.
• the switch of the transmission control module is turned on to control the operation of the tank driving device, and the picking bin starts to move to the picking port. After the time T or the number of moving steps, the switch of the transmission control module is closed, and at this time, the to-be-picking bin moves to the picking port, and the user can pick up the goods.
• the transmission control module includes a plurality of switches corresponding to the shelves to form a switch array.
• the automatic warehouse control system further includes an information feedback module for detecting the working condition of the cargo conveying module, and updating the cargo storage data in the data storage module according to the working condition and the cargo information to be picked.
• the information feedback module includes an infrared sensor. When the cargo delivery module is working normally, the information feedback module deletes the picked goods from the cargo storage data according to the picking condition of the goods.
• the automatic warehouse control method of the present invention mainly includes the following steps:
• Step S201 input information of the goods when the goods are loaded into the bin to form cargo storage data
• the above cargo information includes the name, model, batch, etc. of the goods.
• the cargo information is quickly obtained by a barcode or RFID electronic tag scanning device.
• Each bin on the automatic warehouse has a unique number. After the goods are loaded into the bin and the information is input, the cargo information is associated with the bin number to form the cargo storage data.
• Step S202 storing the above-mentioned cargo storage data
• Step S203 Perform a search in the goods storage data according to the goods information that needs to be extracted;
• Step S204 Transfer the bin to which the goods to be extracted belong to the picking port according to the search result.
• the automatic warehouse of the present invention comprises a shelf, a plurality of bins for storing goods supported on the shelf, and a bin driving device, wherein the bins are freely circulated on the shelf.
• the bin drive is a push rod driven by electric or pneumatic cylinders. The drive unit pushes a bin that it contacts to move, and the movement of the bin pushes a bin in front of it to move, thereby allowing the bin to freely circulate on the shelf.
• the above search result includes the bin number of the goods to be picked, and the distance of the current picking bin from the picking port.
• the speed at which the bin moves is constant, and therefore, according to the distance from the picking bin to the picking port, the required movement of the bin to be moved to the picking port can be calculated.
• Time T In one embodiment, the movement of the bin is stepwise, and the moving stride of each step is a bin position. Therefore, the distance of the bin to be picked up from the picking port can be the number of bins. Therefore, based on the distance, the number of moving steps required to move the picking bin to the picking port can be determined.
• the working time T of the tank driving device or the moving step of the tank is controlled, and the to-be-picking bin is moved to the picking port, so that the user can pick up the goods.
• the technical solution of the invention is easy to implement and low in cost, and the warehouse management personnel can manage multiple shelves at the same time, which can greatly reduce the hardware and time cost of the warehouse management.

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