CN114803263A - Parallel ex-warehouse type automatic warehousing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a parallel ex-warehouse type automatic warehousing system, which comprises: intensive goods shelves subsystem, automatic warehouse entry subsystem and automatic warehouse exit subsystem, intensive goods shelves system includes: the dense goods shelf is divided into a plurality of rows, each row is divided into a plurality of layers, and each layer on each row is a goods grid; the automatic warehousing subsystem comprises: the system comprises an RGV, an RGV lifter and an RGV track, wherein the RGV is connected with the RGV lifter and reaches a layer where a target position is located through the RGV lifter, the RGV track is arranged on one side of a dense goods shelf, the RGV moves on the RGV track, the direction of the RGV track is consistent with that of the dense goods shelf, and one end of the RGV track is connected to the position of the RGV lifter; the automatic warehouse-out subsystem is arranged on one side of the dense goods shelf subsystem, which is far away from the RGV track, the warehouse-in and warehouse-out operation of the invention can be simultaneously and independently operated, and simultaneously, the invention is different from the prior serial warehouse-out mode, and the parallel warehouse-out operation mode can greatly improve the warehouse-out operation efficiency of the system.

Description

A parallel outbound automated storage system

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of storage systems, in particular to a parallel out-warehouse automatic storage system.

Background technique

The automated storage system has the advantages of high space utilization, high degree of automation, high reliability and low error rate. At present, common automated storage systems include two types of automated three-dimensional warehouses and automated trolley storage systems.

The automated three-dimensional warehouse is composed of shelves, lanes, and stackers. The stackers move horizontally and vertically in the lanes to complete the entry and exit operations of the goods. However, there is only one stacker in each lane, and the The in-out and out-warehouse operations are serial operations; the automatic trolley access system is mainly composed of shelves, elevators and RGVs (rail-guided vehicles). The RGVs move on the dense shelves to store and store goods. In-out point, and each storage unit often corresponds to a lift, the essence of the in-out operation is still a serial operation method.

Therefore, the common automated storage systems are essentially serial operation methods, and the operation efficiency depends on the number of stackers or elevators, which affects the efficiency of the system to a certain extent, resulting in the need to continuously increase the number of equipment in the storage system. To achieve the purpose of parallel operation, in order to improve the operation efficiency of the entire system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a parallel out-warehouse automatic storage system to solve the problem that most existing storage systems operate serially, resulting in the need to continuously increase the number of equipment in the storage system to achieve the purpose of parallel and efficient operation.

The technical scheme of the present invention is: a parallel outgoing automatic storage system, comprising: a dense rack subsystem, including: dense racks, the dense racks are divided into multiple columns, each column is divided into multiple layers, and each column on each column is divided into multiple layers. The first floor is a cargo compartment; the automated storage subsystem includes: RGV, RGV lift and RGV track, the RGV is connected to the RGV lift, and the RGV lift reaches the floor where the target position is located, and the RGV track is set at the On one side of the dense rack, the direction of the RGV track is the same as the direction of the dense rack. One end of the RGV track is connected to the position of the RGV lift, which is used to provide a walking path for the transportation of the RGV, so that the RGV can reach the dense rack through commands. At the designated goods compartment in the shelf; the automated warehouse delivery subsystem is arranged on the side of the dense shelf subsystem away from the RGV track.

Further, the automated warehousing subsystem further includes: a cargo cache rack, including a multi-layered inventory board, the cargo cache rack is arranged on one side of the RGV lift; a cargo lift is arranged on one side of the cargo cache rack , the cargo lift lifts the cargo.

Further, the dense racking subsystem also includes a plurality of power conveying mechanisms.

Further, the power conveying mechanism is used to realize the movement of goods in the depth direction of the dense rack, including: a small radius chain conveyor, including: a conveyor belt and a driver, arranged in the rack of the dense rack; a plurality of cargo pallets , arranged on the conveyor belt of the small radius chain conveyor.

Further, at least one of the power conveying mechanisms is arranged in two adjacent cargo compartments on the dense rack.

Further, each of the power transmission mechanisms can move independently, and a plurality of power transmission mechanisms can move simultaneously.

Further, the automated warehouse delivery subsystem includes: a horizontal conveying mechanism, at least one horizontal conveying mechanism is arranged on two adjacent layers of the dense shelves; a vertical screw conveying mechanism is arranged at the outlet of the horizontal conveying mechanism. cargo end.

Further, the automated warehouse-in subsystem and the automated warehouse-out subsystem can work simultaneously and independently.

Further, the method for transporting goods using the parallel outbound automated storage system includes: when the system receives a storage instruction, according to the specific storage location information of the goods, the power conveying mechanism in the dense rack subsystem Move the corresponding goods to the RGV track position of the automated warehousing subsystem, and at the same time, the goods elevator will deliver the goods to the designated shelf layer in the goods cache shelf. At the same time, if the RGV is idle, the RGV elevator will send the RGV to the designated layer. And through the RGV track, the goods on the goods cache shelf are sent to the goods on the dense shelf. If the RGV is busy, the above warehousing operation will be performed when the RGV is idle;

When the system receives the outbound instruction, according to the specific outbound location information of the goods, the power conveying mechanism in the dense rack subsystem moves the goods that need to be outbound to the position of the automated outbound subsystem, and through the automated outbound subsystem Complete the final outbound task.

further,

After the system receives the warehousing instruction, the power conveying mechanism in the corresponding cargo compartment in the dense shelf subsystem is driven, and the small radius chain conveyor is driven to move the designated cargo pallet to the position of the cargo compartment close to the RGV track;

When the system receives the out-of-warehouse instruction, according to the specific out-of-warehouse location information of the goods, the power conveying mechanism in the compartment where the goods to be out-bound in the dense shelf subsystem are moved, and the goods that need to be out-of-warehouse are delivered to the compartment close to the warehouse. The position of the horizontal conveying mechanism is then sent to the horizontal conveying mechanism of the automatic outbound subsystem. The horizontal conveying mechanisms of different layers send the goods to the vertical screw conveying mechanism, and the goods pass through the vertical screw conveying mechanism to complete the final out of the warehouse. Task;

The RGV, the power conveying mechanism, the horizontal conveying mechanism and the vertical screw conveying mechanism can all move independently, and the RGV, the power conveying mechanism, the horizontal conveying mechanism and the vertical screw conveying mechanism can all move simultaneously.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

1. The in-out and out-out operations of the present invention can operate simultaneously and independently, and at the same time, different from the existing serial out-of-warehouse operation mode, the parallel out-of-warehouse operation mode can greatly improve the out-of-warehouse operation efficiency of the system, and the storage system of the present invention can It is used for the storage of e-commerce materials and medical materials, especially for the storage of emergency materials.

2. In the present invention, the goods in different compartments in the same dense shelf can be linked simultaneously without interfering with each other, and there is a power conveying mechanism in each compartment in the dense shelf, which makes it possible for multiple goods to be shipped out at the same time. During operation, the power conveying mechanisms in the corresponding cargo compartments can run simultaneously without interfering with each other, and multiple goods can be sent to the corresponding horizontal conveying mechanisms at the same time; similarly, the horizontal conveying mechanisms on different layers can also operate at the same time without interfering with each other. , which can send multiple goods to the vertical screw conveying mechanism at the same time; and the vertical screw conveying mechanism can also simultaneously collect the goods from different layers and send them to the exit for further sorting operations, which greatly improves the quality of the goods. Warehousing and warehousing efficiency.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the top view structure schematic diagram of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the automatic storage subsystem of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the power transmission mechanism of the present invention.

1. Automated warehousing subsystem, 11, Cargo elevator, 12, Cargo cache shelf, 13, RGV elevator, 14, RGV, 15, RGV track, 2, Intensive shelf subsystem, 21, Intensive shelf, 22, Power conveying mechanism , 221, cargo pallet, 222, small radius chain conveyor, 3, automated warehouse subsystem, 31, horizontal conveying mechanism, 32, vertical screw conveying mechanism, 4, goods.

Detailed ways

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 . In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", The orientation or positional relationship indicated by "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying The device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operate in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.

The terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes, and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" can expressly or implicitly include one or more of the features; in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more.

It should be noted that the circuit connections involved in the present invention all adopt conventional circuit connection methods, and do not involve any innovation.

Example

As shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, a parallel outgoing automated storage system includes: intensive racking subsystem 2, automated warehousing subsystem 1 and automated outgoing sub-system 3, and the intensive racking subsystem 2 includes: intensive racking 21. As shown in Figure 1, Figure 1 is one of the layers of the dense shelves 21. The dense shelves 21 on each layer are divided into multiple columns, each column is divided into multiple layers, and each layer on each column is a cargo compartment; automation The warehousing subsystem 1 includes: RGV14, RGV elevator 13 and RGV track 15. The automated warehousing subsystem 1 works through an external processor to control the RGV14 and the RGV elevator 13. The RGV14 is connected to the RGV elevator 13, and through the RGV The elevator 13 reaches the floor where the target position is located, the RGV track 15 is arranged on the side of the dense rack 21, the RGV 14 moves on the RGV track 15, the direction of the RGV track 15 is consistent with the direction of the dense rack 21, and one end of the RGV track 15 The position connected to the RGV elevator 13 is used to provide a walking path for the transportation work of the RGV 14, so that the RGV can reach the designated cargo space in the dense rack 21 through the command of the processor; The dense racking subsystem 2 is on the side away from the RGV track 14 .

Preferably, in order to improve warehousing efficiency, the automated warehousing subsystem 1 further includes: a cargo buffer rack 12 and a cargo elevator 11 , the cargo buffer rack 12 includes a multi-layer storage board, and the cargo buffer rack 12 is arranged on the RGV One side of the lifter 13; the cargo lifter 11 is arranged on one side of the cargo storage rack 12, the cargo lifter 11 operates with an external power supply, and the cargo lifter 11 lifts the cargo 4 to the designated storage board.

Preferably, in order to facilitate the acceptance of goods into the cargo compartment and the output of the goods in the cargo compartment, it is ensured that when multiple goods need to be out of the warehouse at the same time, the power transmission mechanisms in the corresponding cargo compartments can operate at the same time without interfering with each other. The dense racking subsystem 2 also includes a plurality of power conveying mechanisms 22 .

Preferably, the power conveying mechanism 22 is used to realize the movement of the goods 4 in the depth direction of the dense racks 21, including: a small radius chain conveyor 222 and a plurality of cargo pallets 221, and the small radius chain conveyor 222 includes: a transmission The belt and the driver are arranged in the racks of the dense racks 21; a plurality of cargo pallets 221 are arranged on the conveyor belt of the small radius chain conveyor 222, and by receiving instructions from the processor, the pallets are controlled to the designated The direction moves closer, and then completes the warehousing and outgoing through the automatic warehousing subsystem and the automatic warehousing subsystem.

Specifically, in order to transmit the goods on the compartments of the dense racks 21 according to the instructions of the processor and ensure the integrity of the transmission chain, at least one of the power conveying mechanisms 22 is arranged in two adjacent compartments.

Preferably, in order to improve the operating efficiency of the system, each of the power transmission mechanisms can move independently, and multiple power transmission mechanisms can move simultaneously.

Specifically, the automated warehouse-out subsystem 3 includes: a horizontal conveying mechanism 31 and a vertical screw conveying mechanism 32, at least one horizontal conveying mechanism 31 is provided on two adjacent layers of the dense shelves; a vertical screw conveying mechanism 32 is provided at the delivery end of the horizontal conveying mechanism 31 .

Preferably, in order to ensure that the warehousing and warehousing operations can operate simultaneously and independently, and greatly improve the efficiency of the warehousing operation of the system, the automated warehousing subsystem 1 and the automated warehousing subsystem 3 can work simultaneously and independently.

Specifically, a method for transporting goods using a parallel outbound automated storage system includes:

When the system receives a warehousing instruction, according to the specific warehousing location information of the goods 4, the power conveying mechanism in the dense rack subsystem 2 moves the corresponding goods to the position of the RGV track 15 of the automatic warehousing subsystem 1, and at the same time , the cargo lift 11 will deliver the cargo 4 to the designated shelf level in the cargo buffer shelf 12 , and at the same time, if the RGV 14 is free, the RGV lift 13 will send the RGV 14 to the designated layer and pass the RGV track 15 to the cargo buffer shelf 12 . If the RGV is busy, the above-mentioned warehousing operation will be performed when the RGV is idle;

When the system receives the outbound instruction, according to the specific outbound location information of the goods 4, the power conveying mechanism 22 in the dense racking subsystem 2 moves the goods 4 that need to be outbound to the position of the automated outbound subsystem 3, through the The automated delivery subsystem 3 completes the final delivery task.

Preferably, after the system receives the warehousing instruction, the small-radius chain conveyor 222 in the corresponding cargo compartment in the dense racking subsystem 2 is driven to move the designated cargo pallet 221 to the position of the cargo compartment close to the RGV track 15;

When the system receives the out-of-warehouse instruction, according to the specific out-of-warehouse location information of the goods 4, the small-radius chain conveyor 222 in the cargo compartment where the goods 4 that need to be out-of-warehouse are located in the dense rack subsystem 2 is driven, and the The goods 4 are delivered to the position of the cargo compartment close to the horizontal conveying mechanism 31, and then sent to the horizontal conveying mechanism 31 of the automated warehouse-out subsystem 3. The horizontal conveying mechanisms 31 of different layers deliver the goods 4 to the vertical screw conveying mechanism 32. , the goods 4 complete the final outbound task through the vertical screw conveying mechanism 32;

The RGV 14 , the power conveying mechanism 22 , the horizontal conveying mechanism 31 and the vertical screw conveying mechanism 32 can all move independently and simultaneously.

The above disclosures are only preferred specific embodiments of the present invention, however, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto, and any changes that can be conceived by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A parallel ex-warehouse automated warehousing system, comprising:

dense rack subsystem (2) comprising: the dense goods shelf (21), the dense goods shelf (21) is divided into a plurality of rows, each row is divided into a plurality of layers, and each layer on each row is a goods grid;

automated warehousing subsystem (1) comprising: the RGV (14), the RGV elevator (13) and the RGV track (15), the RGV (14) is connected with the RGV elevator (13), the layer where the target position is located is reached through the RGV elevator (13), the RGV track (15) is arranged on one side of the dense goods shelf (21), the direction of the RGV track (15) is consistent with that of the dense goods shelf (21), one end of the RGV track (15) is connected to the position of the RGV elevator (13) and used for providing a walking path for the transportation work of the RGV (14), so that the RGV can reach the designated goods grid in the dense goods shelf (21) through commands;

and the automatic delivery subsystem (3) is arranged on one side of the dense shelf subsystem (2) far away from the RGV track (14).

2. The parallel ex-warehouse automated warehousing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the automated warehousing subsystem (1) further comprises:

a goods buffer shelf (12) comprising a plurality of layers of storage plates, wherein the goods buffer shelf (12) is arranged on one side of the RGV lifter (13);

the goods lifting machine (11) is arranged on one side of the goods caching shelf (12), and the goods lifting machine (11) lifts the goods (4).

3. The automated warehouse system of claim 2, characterized in that the dense racking subsystem (2) further comprises a plurality of power transmission mechanisms (22).

4. The automated warehouse system of claim 3, wherein at least one power transmission mechanism (22) is disposed in two adjacent compartments on the dense rack (21).

5. The automated warehouse system of claim 3, wherein the power transmission mechanism (22) is used to move the goods (4) in the depth direction of the dense racks (21), and comprises:

a small radius chain conveyor (222), comprising: the conveying belt and the driving machine are arranged in a shelf of the dense shelf (21);

a plurality of cargo pallets (221) disposed on a conveyor belt of the small radius chain conveyor (222).

6. The parallel ex-warehouse automated warehousing system of claim 5, characterized in that each power transmission mechanism (22) is independently movable and a plurality of power transmission mechanisms (22) are simultaneously movable.

7. The parallel ex-warehouse automated warehousing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the automated ex-warehouse subsystem (3) comprises:

a plurality of horizontal conveying mechanisms (31), wherein at least one horizontal conveying mechanism (31) is arranged on two adjacent layers of the dense racks;

and the vertical spiral conveying mechanism (32) is arranged at the delivery end of the horizontal conveying mechanism (31).

8. The parallel ex-warehouse automated warehousing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the automated warehousing subsystem (1) and the automated ex-warehouse subsystem (3) are capable of working simultaneously and independently.

9. The method for transporting goods by the parallel warehouse-out type automatic warehousing system according to claim 3, characterized by comprising:

when the system receives a warehousing instruction, according to specific warehousing position information of goods (4), a power conveying mechanism in the dense goods shelf subsystem (2) moves the corresponding goods to the position of an RGV track (15) of the automatic warehousing subsystem (1), meanwhile, a goods elevator (11) sends the goods (4) to a specified goods shelf layer in a goods cache goods shelf (12), meanwhile, if the RGV (14) is idle, the RGV elevator (13) sends the RGV (14) to the specified layer and sends the goods (4) on the goods cache goods shelf (12) to goods grids on the dense goods shelf (21) through the RGV track (15), and if the RGV is busy, the warehousing operation is carried out when the RGV is idle;

when the system receives a delivery instruction, according to the specific delivery position information of the goods (4), the power conveying mechanism (22) in the dense goods shelf subsystem (2) moves the goods (4) to be delivered to the position of the automatic delivery subsystem (3), and the final delivery task is completed through the automatic delivery subsystem (3).

10. The method for transporting goods by the parallel delivery type automatic warehousing system of claim 9, characterized in that after the warehousing command is received by the system, the designated goods pallet (221) is moved to the position of the cargo grid close to the RGV track (15) by the transmission of the small-radius chain conveyor (222) in the corresponding cargo grid in the dense shelf subsystem (2);

when the system receives a delivery instruction, according to the specific delivery position information of goods (4), a small-radius chain conveyor (222) in a goods grid where the goods (4) needing to be delivered out of the warehouse are located in the dense goods shelf subsystem (2) moves, the goods (4) needing to be delivered out of the warehouse are conveyed to the position, close to a horizontal conveying mechanism (31), of the goods grid, then the goods are conveyed to the horizontal conveying mechanism (31) of the automatic delivery subsystem (3), the horizontal conveying mechanisms (31) on different layers convey the goods (4) to a vertical spiral conveying mechanism (32), and the goods (4) complete the final delivery task through the vertical spiral conveying mechanism (32);

the RGV (14), the power conveying mechanism (22), the horizontal conveying mechanism (31) and the vertical spiral conveying mechanism (32) can move independently, and the RGV (14), the power conveying mechanism (22), the horizontal conveying mechanism (31) and the vertical spiral conveying mechanism (32) can also move simultaneously.

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