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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140301810 | WAREHOUSE SYSTEM HAVING SEVERAL AISLES AND AUTOMATED METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME WHILE THE AISLE IS IN A MAINTENANCE MODE - It is disclosed a warehouse system comprising: a control device; a plurality of racks defining a plurality of rack aisles therebetween, wherein each of the rack aisles comprises an access and is secured against unauthorized entry by an operator by means of the access, which is locked and unlocked by means of an access key, wherein a first sensor monitors, whether the access is closed or open, and transmits corresponding status signals to the control device; a plurality of rack serving units, wherein in each of the rack aisles at least respectively one rack serving unit can travel in an automated manner at least along a longitudinal direction of the rack aisle and wherein each of the rack serving units comprises at least one load handling device or shuttle, which can be extracted and retracted on both sides along a transverse direction, for storing and retrieving storage goods in an automatic mode in and from each of the racks in an automated manner, the racks being arranged directly adjacent to the respective load handling device, wherein each of the load handling devices has assigned at least one second sensor which detects whether the load handling device is in a retracted neutral position, currently extracts, or is extracted, and which transmits a corresponding state signal to the control device; and at least one aisle-serving switch device, wherein each of the switch devices communicates with the control device and can be shifted physically by means of an access key between an automatic position and a maintenance position, wherein the access key in the automatic position is physically connected inseparably to the respective switch device and is physically connected in the maintenance position separable from the respective switch device, in order to open one of the accesses which is determined by one of the rack aisles to be maintained; wherein the control device is adapted to: communicate with the rack serving units, each of the switch devices, the first sensors and the second sensors; to operate each of the rack serving units in the automatic mode if the status signal signals that all of the accesses are closed; to instruct each of the load handling devices of one of the rack serving units which is operated in a directly neighbouring rack aisle adjacent to the to-be-maintained rack aisle to which the operator needs to gain admission for the purpose of maintenance, in a maintenance mode to only store and retrieve storage goods in and from such racks which are not arranged directly adjacent to the to-be-maintained rack aisle; and to initiate an emergency switching of the to-be-maintained rack aisle and at least of the directly adjacent rack aisle, if a state signal comes in which indicates that one of the load handling devices of the rack servicing units of the directly adjacent rack aisles is extracted towards one of the racks which is arranged direct adjacent to the to-be-maintained rack aisle. | 10-09-2014 |
20130306434 | TRAY-HANDLING STATION AND METHOD FOR MANUALLY LOADING AND UNLOADING OF TRAYS - A tray-handling station for manually loading or unloading piece goods on or from a tray, comprising a tray-conveyor system including a handling position for buffering at least one tray; a working area including at least partially a packing station, or a piece-good conveyor system; and a sliding-surface unit defining a handling plane together with the to-be-handled tray, the handling plane being arranged adjacent to the tray-conveyor system and the packing station, or the piece-good conveyor system; wherein the working area includes the handling position, at least partially, and is dimensioned such that a person moves, during removal of one of the piece goods from the tray located at the handling position, which serves as removal position, the piece good from the tray to a discharging area, which is located within the working area and which, at least partially, overlaps the packing station, or the piece-good-conveyor system, only by moving his/her upper body without a lift. | 11-21-2013 |
20130253697 | PICK-TO-WINDOW - A work station for manually picking of piece goods, including a window conveyor which includes a plurality of optically distinguishable window locations. Each window location includes a defined region of the conveyor which is suitable for receiving a piece good. The conveyor extends through a picking zone and a provision region where different types of piece goods are provided at access locations. At the provision region the order-picking person can grasp piece goods manually from each of the access locations and put same on the conveyor. An order-picking control controls warehouse management and order processing in order to transmit information concerning one of the access locations and a removal quantity to the order-picking person in accordance with an order line of the picking order. A device is provided for allocating an unoccupied window location to one of the order lines based on selection and entry of the order-picking person. | 09-26-2013 |
20130199133 | PACKING STATION AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LOADING OF PIECE GOODS ON A LOAD CARRIER INCLUDING SUBSEQUENT FOIL WRAPPING - An automated packing station for automated loading of load carriers with piece goods and for automated wrapping a stack with a foil, comprising: a fixedly arranged packing robot; and a rotational-arm winding device arranged adjacent to the packing robot and comprising a frame which is adapted to absorb forces which occur during the wrapping of the stack with the foil, and to forward the forces to an environment of the packing station. | 08-08-2013 |