An automated storage system with at least two racks with storage places for storing hanging goods, the hanging goods are storable being suspended using storage rails. A rack aisle is formed by the racks, in which a level rack operating device is longitudinal movable. The level rack operating device has a transfer means and a drive unit, firmly connected to the level rack operating device, in order to store at least one hanging item transported by the level rack operating device from the level rack operating device onto the storage rail/place of one of the storage places during a transfer process and/or to retrieve at least one hanging item from the storage rail/place onto the level rack operating device. Each storage place has a guide for the transfer means, at least in sections, the transfer means contacting the guide, at least in sections, during storing and retrieval of hanging goods.

A transfer system includes a carrier and a storage shelf. The carrier transfers an object along a transfer path on or suspended from a ceiling. The storage shelf is disposed along the transfer path and stores the object transferred by the carrier. The storage shelf includes a placement portion having the object placed thereon. The placement portion moves up and down with respect to a transfer position Tat which the object is transferred between the placement portion and the carrier.

A method of transporting a vehicle engine wire harness from a component preparation location to a component pick location is provided. The method includes placing the vehicle engine wire harness on a hook of a component hanger. The component hanger with vehicle engine wire harness is directed along a supply track assembly through a heated enclosure to the component pick location at a vehicle assembly line.

The present invention provides a storage system (1) comprising a storage grid structure (104) and multiple container handling vehicles (200,300), the storage grid structure comprises vertical column profiles (102) defining multiple storage columns (105), in which storage containers (106) can be stored one on top of another in vertical stacks (107), and at least one transfer column (119,120), the column profiles are interconnected at their upper ends by top rails (110,111) forming a horizontal top rail grid (108) upon which the container handling vehicles (200,300) may move in two perpendicular directions, the container handling vehicles are able to retrieve storage containers (106) from, and store storage containers in, the storage columns (105), and transport the storage containers on the storage grid structure, wherein the storage grid structure (104) comprises at least one horizontal transfer section (2); and the storage system comprises multiple container transfer vehicles (6) and transfer rails (110′,111) forming a transfer rail grid (5) upon which the container transfer vehicles (6) may move in at least one horizontal direction, and the transfer section (2) is arranged at a level below the top rail grid (108) and extends from an external side (12) of the storage grid structure (104) to a position below the at least one transfer column (119,120) and comprises at least a section of the transfer rail grid (5) upon which section the container transfer vehicles (6) may pass each other and move in two perpendicular horizontal directions; and each of the container transfer vehicles comprises a container carrier (38) for carrying a storage container (106) and a wheel arrangement (32a,32b) for moving the container transfer vehicle (6) in two perpendicular directions upon the transfer rail grid (5); and wherein the at least one transfer column (119,120) extends from the top rail grid (108) to the transfer section (2), such that a storage container (106) may be transferred between the top rail grid (108) and the container carrier of one of the container transfer vehicles (6).

There is provided a transfer abnormality detection system capable of receiving information from a container transfer device configured to transfer a transfer container and a mounting device configured to load the transfer container that is transferred by the container transfer device, the system including: a determination part configured to: record which container transfer device is transferring the transfer container based on a container identification ID assigned to each transfer container and a transfer device identification ID assigned to each transfer device; and determine an abnormality in either or both of the container transfer device and the transfer container by combining vibration detection information of the container transfer device obtained by a vibration detection part provided in the container transfer device and state detection information of the transfer container obtained by a container state detection part provided in the mounting device.

A control unit that controls a transport apparatus executes selection control to select one accommodation portion as a selected accommodation portion, movement control to control the transport apparatus so as to move a transport support portion to a corresponding position, determination control to determine whether or not a detection target portion is detected by a detecting portion, transfer control to control the transport apparatus so as to transfer an article from the transport support portion to an accommodation support member, and update setting control to set the selected accommodation portion and related accommodation portions as prohibited accommodation portions if it is determined, in the determination control, that the detection target portion is not detected, and after the update setting control, the control unit again executes the selection control to newly select a selected accommodation portion, and executes the movement control so as to move the transport support portion to a corresponding position corresponding to the newly selected accommodation portion.

A first storage section includes a first support portion that supports an article and a movable support portion that movably supports the first support portion in the path width direction. A second storage section includes a second support portion whose position in a path width direction relative to a movement path is fixed, and supports the article. A space occupied by the article in a state of being supported by the second support portion is a target space, a position at which the first support portion overlaps the target space in an up-down view along an up-down direction is an overlapping position, and a position that is adjacent to a first side relative to the overlapping position and at which the first support portion does not overlap the target space in the up-down view is a non-overlapping position.

Provided is a transport vehicle system SYS1 in which: an overhead transport vehicle includes a main body, a holder, a lift driver, and a lateral extender; a port pitch P is less than the overall length VL of the overhead transport vehicle in an extending direction D; and a first portion, which is raised or lowered by the lift driver moved in a lateral direction by a lateral extender, of an overhead transport vehicle stopped at a first position P1 on a first track for transferring an article W to a first transfer location S1 is offset in the extending direction D from a second portion, which is moved in a lateral direction by means of the drive of a lateral extender, of an overhead transport vehicle stopped at a second position P2 on the second track for transferring an article W to a second transfer location S2.

An overhead transport vehicle includes an elevator including a base and a first support supporting the base to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction through a vibration isolator. The vibration isolator includes a first biasing portion in contact with both of the support and the base to urge a first body and the base in a direction away from each other, and a second biasing portion at one of the first body and the base to come into contact with both of the first body and the base and urge the first body and the base in a direction away from each other when a load equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to the first biasing portion.

An overhead type transport apparatus includes: a guide rail that includes a main rail and one or more sub rails crossing the main rail and is fixed to a ceiling side; two or more transport units that travel along the guide rail; a carrier unit that is coupled to the bottom of each transport unit and rotates about a carrier rotating unit, one end being inclined upward or downward with respect to the other end; and a basket unit that is attached to and detached from the bottom of each carrier unit.