A method for operating a hanging-bag warehouse system which is intended for storing, picking, sorting and retrieving storage goods (3) and has a multiplicity of rolling adapters (61) and hanging bags (5), which can be hung or are hung on the rolling adapters (61), wherein, for autonomous travel on a network (49), the rolling adapters (61) each have an accompanying longitudinal-dynamics controller with a distance monitor (40), an accompanying transverse-dynamics controller and an accompanying communications device, and wherein in each case at least one of the storage goods (3) can be stored in the hanging bags (5) and retrieved again, the method involving: - autonomous travel of the rolling adapter (61) on the network (49), - activation of a speed of the rolling adapter (61) by way of the distance monitor (40) of the longitudinal-dynamics controller, - autonomous travel of the rolling adapter (61) into the closed path (56) by means of the accompanying longitudinal-dynamics and transverse-dynamics controllers, - transmission of an endless-travel instruction (44) to the rolling adapter (61), the instruction indicating that endless travel should take place on the closed path (56), - autonomous endless travel of the rolling adapter (61) along the closed path (56) by means of the accompanying longitudinal-dynamics and transverse-dynamics controllers in dependence on the endless-travel instruction (44), - scheduling of the endlessly travelling rolling adapter (61) for retrieval by means of a control device (25), - transmission of a retrieval-travel instruction (48), relating to a retrieval destination, to the scheduled rolling adapter (61) for retrieval purposes, - travel of the scheduled rolling adapter (61) out of the closed path (56) and onward travel of the scheduled rolling adapter (61) to the retrieval destination in accordance with the retrieval-travel instruction (48) for retrieval of the rolling adapter (61) by means of the accompanying longitudinal-dynamics and transverse-dynamics controllers.
B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
B65G 17/48 - Controlling attitudes of load-carriers during movement
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
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BEACON-SUPPORTED ORIENTATION DURING TURNING MANOEUVRES IN A HANGING-BAG WAREHOUSE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTONOMOUSLY MOVING HANGING BAGS
In order to safely and easily control driving manoeuvres of a self-driven roller adapter (61) for transporting a hanging bag (5) on a branch (707) of a rail network (49), a driving movement along the rail network (49) is carried out by means of a longitudinal dynamic control of the roller adapter (61), the method according to the invention comprising the steps of: driving into the entrance of the branch; carrying out and/or controlling the driving manoeuvre by means of a transverse dynamic control of the roller adapter (61), wherein the driving manoeuvre comprises a selection from the at least two exits of the branch and an exiting of the roller adapter (61) from the selected exit; detecting a pattern (715) on the rail network (49) by means of a sensor device (701) of the roller adapter (61) during the driving manoeuvre and/or after the driving manoeuvre; using the detected pattern (715) to determine the driving manoeuvre which was carried out; and evaluating, by means of an analysis unit (717), the driving manoeuvre which was carried out.
B61B 3/02 - Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles with self-propelled vehicles
B61B 7/06 - Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks with self-propelled vehicles
B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
B65G 49/08 - Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for fragile or damageable materials or articles for ceramic mouldings
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REMOVAL OF A ROLL ADAPTER FROM A RAIL NETWORK OF A HANGING-BAG WAREHOUSE
In order to enable roll adapters (61) on a suspended conveyor device (10) to be removed easily, the roll adapter (61) to be removed is pivoted about a pivot axis relative to the running track (809) from a usage orientation, in which a vertical axis of the roll adapter (61) encloses an angle of between 60° and 120°, preferably 90°, with the running track (809), to a removal orientation, in which the vertical axis of the roll adapter (61) extends between the running track (809) and the conductor track (807). During the pivoting movement of the roller adapter (61) from the usage orientation into the removal orientation, an electric contact between the current collector unit (610) and the conductor track (807) is interrupted. After the roll adapter (61) to be removed has been pivoted into the removal orientation and after the electric contact has been interrupted, the roll adapter is removed via an access region (805) by way of a sideways movement, transverse to the direction of travel, of the roll adapter (61) to be removed.
B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
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METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SUSPENDED ARTICLE STORE, SUSPENDED ARTICLE STORE, AND ARTICLE CARRIERS FOR A SUSPENDED ARTICLE STORE HAVING ROUTE CLOSURES, COLLISION AVOIDANCE, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND MULTIPLE ADDRESSING
The invention relates to a method for controlling a suspended article store (1) comprising article carriers (5), which each travel autonomously or at least semi-autonomously on a network (49) by means of a longitudinal and transverse dynamics controller which travels therewith, for suspended storage and transport of stored articles (3), comprising: storing the article carriers (5) in a storage region (401) of the suspended article store (1), selecting an addressee (403) from the article carriers (5) located in the storage region (401) in order to move the addressee (403) to retrieve a stored article (3) held in the addressee (403), closing at least one route portion (603, 605, 607) of the network (49), using the at least one route portion (603, 605, 607) to move the addressee (403) for a retrieval process of the stored article (3) held in the addressee (403), and moving the addressee by means of the longitudinal and transverse dynamics controller which travels therewith.
The invention relates to a method for controlling a hanging article store (1) for stored goods (3) to be stored in a hanging fashion, wherein the hanging article store (1) comprises a number of levels (9, 13) in each of which a network (49), in particular a rail network (49), is provided, and comprises multiple self-propelled transport vehicles (61) each having an article carrier (5), fastened or able to be fastened in a hanging fashion thereto, for receiving a stored good (3), said article carriers (5) being movable independently of one another along the network (49), characterised by: providing a stored good (3) to be placed into storage at a transfer point (53) of the hanging article store (1) and providing a transport vehicle (61) having an article carrier (5) at the transfer point (53), loading the article carrier (5) with the stored good (3) at the transfer point (53), generating an article identifier (501) identifying the stored good (3) and/or generating a carrier identifier (503) identifying the article carrier (5) and/or generating a vehicle identifier (502) identifying the transport vehicle (61) and/or generating a length identifier (505) identifying a length (515) of the article carrier (5), wherein, when the article carrier (5) is in a state laden with the stored good (3), the length (515) depends on the stored good (3), placing the stored good (3) into storage in the hanging article store (1) by vertically transporting the transport vehicle (61) including the article carrier (5) laden with the stored good (3) from the transfer point (53) into a level (9, 13) of the hanging article store (1), in which level there is a fixed or fixable storage space (509) for the stored good (3), and horizontally transporting the transport vehicle (61) including the article carrier (5) laden with the stored good (3) in the particular level (9, 13) as far as the fixed or fixable storage space (509), wherein the storage space (509) is or has been fixed depending on the article identifier (501) and/or vehicle identifier (502) and/or carrier identifier (503) and/or length identifier (505).
B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
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STORAGE OF AUTONOMOUSLY MOVING HANGING BAGS IN A HANGING-BAG WAREHOUSE WITH PATHWAYS USED AS HIGH-SPEED ROUTES AND SHUNTING ROUTES
The invention relates to a method for controlling a hanging-bag warehouse (1) which has storage items (3) received in hanging bags (5). Quick delivery along with highest-possible storage densities can be achieved by - the storage items (3) received in hanging bags (5) being stored in a row (60) on a storage route (62) of the hanging-bag warehouse (1), - one of the storage items (3) in the row (60) being identified for delivery, - a delivery path (70) being freed for the identified item among the storage items (3) by - other items among the storage items (3) in the row (60) being shifted into a shunting route (66) and/or a high-speed route (72) of the hanging-bag warehouse (1) by means of the other items among the storage items (3) in the row (60) being spun out or shuttled via the storage route (62) and a further storage route (64), arranged parallel and adjacent to the first-mentioned storage route, in a direction of rotation, and - the identified item among the storage items (3) being delivered along the freed delivery path (70) on both sides of the storage routes (62, 64).
A hanging-bag warehouse (1) with at least partially autonomously or autonomously movable hanging bags (5) includes a grid (49), on which a multiplicity of hanging bags (1) can be moved autonomously or at least partially autonomously. So that, in the case of a hanging-bag warehouse (1) having a large number of autonomously or at least partially autonomously movable hanging bags, it is possible for these hanging bags, in particular up to 1.5 million of them, to be addressed individually, with the smallest possible transmission-power density and the highest possible data rate, in particular so as to coordinate the multiplicity of autonomously movable hanging bags (5) present in the hanging-bag warehouse (1), preferably so as to control flows of goods accommodated in the hanging bags (5) with the lowest possible outlay, the hanging-bag warehouse (1) has a control device (25), by means of which the hanging-bag warehouse (1) can be controlled and/or monitored, also has a first communication arrangement (201), by means of which it is possible to set up a communication pathway A between the control device (25) and an addressee (215), such as any desired individual one of the hanging bags (5), and additionally has a second communication arrangement (203), by means of which it is possible to set up a further communication pathway B between the control device (25) and the addressee (215), the further communication pathway B being independent of the communication pathway A.
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
B61B 3/02 - Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles with self-propelled vehicles
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HANGING-BAG WAREHOUSE SYSTEM FOR STORING, PICKING, SORTING AND RETRIEVING STORAGE GOODS
A hanging-bag warehouse system is used to store, pick, sort and retrieve storage goods (3). In order to improve the retrieval of storage goods in a specified or specifiable order from a hanging-bag storage system, the following is provided: - a control device (25), by means of which the storing, picking and sorting of the storage goods (3) can be controlled and/or an order (15) of the storage goods (3) for the retrieval can be specified, - a plurality of roll adapters (61) and hanging bags (5) which can be hung on said roll adapters, the roll adapters (61) or the hanging bags (5) each having a longitudinal and transverse dynamics controller which travels along and a communication device, and each of the holding bags (5) being able to receive at least one of the storage goods (3), which can be retrieved again from the holding bag in question, - a hanging-bag warehouse (1), which, for the storing, picking and sorting of the storage goods (3), cooperates with the plurality of hanging bags (5). The hanging-bag warehouse comprises: - a first level (9), - a grid (49), on which the hanging bags (5) can be autonomously or at least semiautonomously moved by means of the longitudinal and transverse dynamics controller which travels along, - at least one block (76) in which the hanging bags (5) can be deposited, stored without movement, and fetched again.
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
B65B 13/02 - Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTONOMOUSLY OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUSLY TRANSPORTING AND SORTING PIECE GOODS
The invention relates to a method for transporting and sorting a sorter pocket (11) for transporting piece goods (95), which pocket hangs from a roll adapter (17) rolling along a rail network (15) of a sorting facility (13). To permit improved transportation and sorting, the following steps are carried out: - providing the rail network (15) of the sorting facility (13), - providing the roll adapter (17) of the sorter pocket (11) which roll adapter rolls along the rail network (15) , - providing electric energy (19) to drive the roll adapter (17), and - by means of the roll adapter (17), transforming the electric energy (19) provided into kinetic energy for transporting the sorter pocket (11).
B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
B65G 17/48 - Controlling attitudes of load-carriers during movement
B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
B61B 3/02 - Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles with self-propelled vehicles
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