Patent classifications
B65G2209/10
WAREHOUSING SYSTEM, WAREHOUSING SCHEDULING METHOD AND WORKSTATION
A warehousing system includes a plurality of movable carriers, at least one workstation, at least one automatic transport device and a control device. The control device is configured to: acquire a future order; determine a first hit container and a first hit carrier according to the future order; and determine a first hit container to be placed in a temporary storage section as a temporary storage container, and determine a workstation of the warehouse system to receive the temporary storage container as a temporary storage workstation. The automatic transport device is configured to transport at least one first hit carrier storing the temporary storage container to the temporary storage workstation. The temporary storage workstation includes a container handling device, and the container handling device is at least configured to transfer the temporary storage container on the at least one first hit carrier to the temporary storage section.
Track arrangement, an automated storage and retrieval system and an automated storage and retrieval method
A track arrangement (1) for self-driven carriages (2) in a storage rack arrangement (3) stores and accessed objects (4). A plurality of storage sites (5) are arranged in a rack extending over k storage levels (7). The track arrangement connects each storage level (7) with at least one interaction site (10) for processing stored objects and/or issuing objects to be stored and includes Z track levels, Zk, an entry point (27) on the m.sup.th track level for each interaction site (10), m{1, . . . , Z}, and an exit point (28) on the n.sup.th track level for each interaction site, n{1, . . . , Z}. Each interaction site has: Zm first one-way ramps (14) directed downward towards the entry point, m1 second one-way ramps (16) directed upward towards the entry point, Zn third one-way ramps (20) directed upward away from the exit point, and n1 fourth one-way ramps (22) directed downward away from the exit point.