In an article transport facility, a control system includes a first stop mode and a second stop mode each being a stop mode in which a plurality of transport vehicles do not transport articles. The first stop mode is a mode in which the plurality of transport vehicles are arranged in a plurality of lines, at least one aisle on which the plurality of transport vehicles are travelable is defined between adjacent lines of the plurality of lines of the plurality of transport vehicles, and all transport vehicles of the plurality of transport vehicles in each of the plurality of lines are adjacent to the at least one aisle. The second stop mode is a mode in which the plurality of transport vehicles are proximate to each other without the at least one aisle.
In an article sorting facility, a plurality of transport vehicles travel on a floor and transport articles to sort the articles. The floor includes an aisle area extending in a direction along the floor, a supply area including supply units, and a connection area connecting the aisle area to the supply area. A plurality of receivers are arranged along the aisle area. The floor includes, in an area other than the aisle area, a standby area for the plurality of transport vehicles to wait before entering the aisle area.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
A positional relationship detection system includes a measurement unit that measures a positional relationship, a recording unit that records measurement data obtained by the measurement unit in a time series, and a computation unit. The computation unit acquires target time-series data, which is the time-series data of specific detection target amounts indicating the positional relationship, on the basis of the measurement data recorded by the recording unit. The computation unit identifies a first peak and a second peak that are two of a plurality of peaks of a target oscillation that is the oscillation of the detection target amounts appearing in the target time-series data. The computation unit calculates an average value of detection target amounts included in the target time-series data between the first peak and the second peak as a static detection target amount that is a detection target amount after the target oscillation has ceased.
H01L 21/67 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants
B66C 13/46 - Indicateurs de position pour charges suspendues ou pour éléments de grues
B66C 13/48 - Commande automatique de l'entraînement des grues pour produire un cycle de travail unique ou répétéCommande par programmation
B66C 19/00 - Ponts roulants ou portiques fixes ou mobiles, portant un chariot ou un treuil mobile
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
A transport apparatus for transporting a container having an opening includes: a holding device configured to hold a container; and a restricting device configured to restrict a target object from exiting the container through the opening while the container is held by the holding device. The restricting device includes at least one closing member configured to move to a closed position in which the closing member overlaps the opening and an open position in which the closing member does not overlap the opening. The closing member is configured to move in conjunction with a movement of the holding members included in the holding device.
B65G 47/22 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs
B65G 35/06 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un porte-charges se déplaçant le long d'un circuit, p. ex. d'un circuit fermé, et adapté pour venir en prise avec l'un quelconque des éléments de traction espacés le long du circuit
A transport facility includes a travel rail along a travel path, a transport vehicle, and a guide rail disposed along the travel path separately from the travel rail to guide the transport vehicle. The transport vehicle includes a vehicle body, a guided portion guidable by the guide rail, at least one travel wheel supported on the vehicle body to roll on an upper surface of the travel rail, and at least one rise restrictor supported on the vehicle body. The guide rail is disposed in at least one of an intersecting section or a curved section of the travel path without being disposed in a straight section of the travel path. The rise restrictor faces, from below, a guide rail lower surface of the guide rail in a section in which the guide rail is disposed and contacts the lower surface in response to a rise of the vehicle body.
B65G 17/00 - Transporteurs comportant un élément de traction sans fin, p. ex. une chaîne transmettant le mouvement à une surface porteuse de charges continue ou sensiblement continue, ou à une série de porte-charges individuelsTransporteurs à chaîne sans fin dans lesquels des chaînes constituent la surface portant la charge
A travel restrictor restricts travel of a transport vehicle in a transport facility. The transport facility includes a travel rail and the transport vehicle including a wheel to roll on a travel surface of the travel rail, a drive for the wheel, and a bumper. The travel restrictor includes a body, an engagement member, and a connector. The body has a facing surface disposed to face the bumper with the body placed on the travel surface, and a supportable portion being a portion supportable by the travel surface when the facing surface is pressed by the bumper. The engagement member is in contact with a lower rail surface at a position farther on an approaching side in a travel direction than the facing surface and the supportable portion when the facing surface is pressed by the bumper.
An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined so as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate to transport articles. The combined transport vehicle group enters a connected state in which articles are deliverable to and from a connection target location, due to at least one transport vehicle of the combined transport vehicle group being disposed at an adjacent position adjacent to the connection target location. A control system is configured to move the combined transport vehicle group between an adjacent position adjacent to a first connection target location and an adjacent position adjacent to a second connection target location while maintaining the plurality of transport vehicles in the combined state.
G05D 1/695 - Commande coordonnée de la position ou du cap de plusieurs véhicules pour maintenir la position des véhicules les uns par rapport aux autres, p. ex. pour les voyages en convoi ou les vols en formation
An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined in such a manner as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate to transport articles. While the transport vehicle performs a combining operation with a combination target vehicle that is another transport vehicle that is a combination target, the control unit at least partially disables a surrounding area sensor so as not to detect the combination target vehicle.
G05D 1/695 - Commande coordonnée de la position ou du cap de plusieurs véhicules pour maintenir la position des véhicules les uns par rapport aux autres, p. ex. pour les voyages en convoi ou les vols en formation
G05D 105/28 - Applications spécifiques des véhicules commandés pour le transport de marchandises
A transportation facility includes a rail extending through an opening, a door to open and close the opening, and a restrictor. The rail includes a movable rail, a first fixed rail, and a second fixed rail. The movable rail is shiftable between a connected orientation in which the movable rail is disposed in the overlapping area to connect the first fixed rail to the second fixed rail, and a retracted orientation in which the movable rail is disposed outside of the overlapping area to disconnect the first fixed rail from the second fixed rail. The restrictor is in a normal orientation with the movable rail in the connected orientation where the restrictor does not restrict travel of a transport vehicle, and shifts to a protruding orientation in response to the movable rail being shifted from the connected orientation to the retracted orientation where the restrictor restricts travel of the transport vehicle.
E01B 11/42 - Joints pour rails semi-mobiles, p. ex. rails sur plaques tournantes, transbordeurs ou ponts tournants
B61B 3/02 - Systèmes ferroviaires surélevés avec véhicules suspendus avec véhicules automoteurs
B61L 23/04 - Dispositifs de commande, d'avertissement ou autres dispositifs de sécurité le long de la voie ou entre les véhicules ou les trains pour contrôler l'état mécanique de la voie
E01B 25/22 - Voies pour chemins de fer dont les véhicules sont suspendus à des rails porteurs rigides
A holding device (100) for holding a conveyance vehicle comprises a plurality of holding units (1). Each of the holding units (1) is provided with: a placement table (12) whereon a plurality of conveyance vehicles (8) are placed side by side; and N support columns (11) attached to the placement table (12) so as to protrude at least toward a lower side relative to the placement table (12). The support columns (11) of one holding unit (1) are respectively configured to be attachable to/detachable from, in an up-down direction, the support columns (11) of another holding unit (1). The plurality of holding units (1) are stacked by connecting each of the support columns (11) of the one holding unit (1) to corresponding support columns (11) of the other holding unit (1). The plurality of stacked holding units (1) are disassembled by separating each of the support columns (11) of the one holding unit (1) from the corresponding support columns (11) of the other holding unit (1).
A transport vehicle according to the present invention includes a vehicle-side control unit (14) that controls operation of each unit of the transport vehicle, and a detection unit that detects an object to be detected. The transport vehicle is configured to move along a movement path while sequentially detecting a plurality of the objects to be detected by the detection unit. A management device (Ct) is configured to cause the vehicle-side control unit (14) to selectively execute a normal mode and an inspection mode. In the inspection mode, each time the detection unit detects the object to be detected, the vehicle-side control unit (14) transmits, to the management device (Ct), identification information (I4) of the object to be detected that has been detected by the detection unit, and detection level information (IL) indicating a detection level of the object to be detected by the detection unit.
In this picking system, a control system executes batch generation processing that aggregates a set number of pieces of order information and sets picking tasks corresponding to the aggregated order information to be one batch task. In the batch generation processing, if it is possible to set a number of batch tasks with a risk of overlap (Nc) to be less than or equal to a total retrievable number (Nb) that is the total number of target mounting bodies retrievable from an automated warehouse, the control system aggregates the order information so as to set the number of batch tasks with a risk of overlap (Nc) to be less than or equal to the total retrievable number (Nb), and if it is not possible to set the number of batch tasks with a risk of overlap (Nc) to be less than or equal to the total retrievable number (Nb), the control system aggregates the order information so as to minimize the number of batch tasks with a risk of overlap (Nc).
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
B65G 1/00 - Emmagasinage d'objets, individuellement ou avec une certaine ordonnance, dans des entrepôts ou des magasins
B65G 1/10 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec supports relativement mobiles pour faciliter l'insertion ou l'enlèvement des objets
A floor F1 of an article sorting facility 100 includes a transfer area 1 where transfer work is performed to transfer articles G to transport vehicles V. The transfer area 1 includes a transfer passage R1 extending in a Y direction; and a first transfer section 11 and a second transfer section 12 where transfer work for transfer to the transport vehicles V on the transfer passage R1 is performed. The transfer passage R1 includes a first stop position for the transport vehicles V to be supplied with the articles G by the transfer work in the first transfer section 11 to stop; and a second stop position for the transport vehicles V to be supplied with the articles G by the transfer work in the second transfer section 12 to stop, the first stop position and the second stop position set at different positions on the transfer passage R1.
In this picking system, in exponential calculation processing, the control system ranks kinds by adding a kind value (Va) to a kind of object to be handled, sets a kind value (Va) of each kind of object to be handled such that the kind value (Va) of each kind becomes larger than the total of the kind value (Va) of all other kinds with a lower rank than the kind, and calculates the total value of the kind values (Va) for all kinds included in each piece of order information (In) as a similarity index (Ex) of each piece of the order information (In). In batch generation processing, the control system aggregates a plurality of pieces of order information (In) to be processed within a unit period in the order of proximity of the similarity index (Ex).
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
In a picking system, a control system performs a batch generation process of collecting a predetermined number of pieces of the order information and setting picking operations corresponding to the collected pieces of the order information as a single batch operation. In the batch generation process, if the control system is able to set a target batch operation number to less than or equal to a deliverable total number, the control system collects the predetermined number of pieces of order information such that the target batch operation number is less than or equal to the deliverable total number, and if the control system is unable to set the target batch operation number to less than or equal to the deliverable total number, the control system performs a deliverable total number increase process of increasing the deliverable total number.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
G06Q 10/087 - Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks, p. ex. exécution des commandes, approvisionnement ou régularisation par rapport aux commandes
A transport vehicle transports an article. The transport vehicle includes a traveler including a traveler driver, a controller that controls the traveler, and a power supply unit that receives power from an external source and supplies the power at least to the traveler and the controller. The controller monitors a target voltage applied by the power supply unit to the traveler. The controller performs, during travel of the transport vehicle, a deceleration and stop process of decreasing a travel speed of the transport vehicle to stop the travel of the transport vehicle in response to the target voltage being lower than or equal to a determination threshold. The determination threshold is lower than a voltage of the power supply unit in normal operation and higher than a lower limit voltage. The lower limit voltage is a minimum voltage to cause the traveler to operate.
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
B66C 13/22 - Systèmes ou dispositifs de commande pour entraînement électrique
B66C 19/00 - Ponts roulants ou portiques fixes ou mobiles, portant un chariot ou un treuil mobile
H02P 23/14 - Estimation ou adaptation des paramètres des moteurs, p. ex. constante de temps du rotor, flux, vitesse, courant ou tension
In order to improve suction properties over articles, a suction pad (1) comprises: a vacuum part (2) including one end (2a) to be connected to a pad attachment (102); a suction part (3) comprising a first suction part (3a), which is connected to the other end (2b) of the vacuum part (2) and increases in diameter outward from the vacuum part (2), and a second suction part (3b), which is folded back from the first suction part (3a) toward the pad attachment (102) side and increases in diameter outward from the first suction part (3a); and a shape maintenance part (4) for maintaining the shape of the second suction part (3b) when an article is not suction-held.
This article sorting facility includes a conveyance system and a control system. When the control system causes the conveyance system to execute a batch carry-in process in which storage containers (1) necessary for a sorting operation included in each of a plurality of batches are carried into a work area (A) in the processing order of the plurality of batches, the control system causes the conveyance system to execute a second carry-in process between a first carry-in process and a third carry-in process. In the first carry-in process, a stacked container group (11), some or all of which are storage containers (1) belonging to a first batch, is carried into the work area (A). In the second carry-in process, a stacked container group (12), some of which are storage containers (1) belonging to the first batch and the remainder of which are storage containers (1) belonging to a second batch, is carried into the work area (A). In the third carry-in process, a stacked container group (13), some or all of which are storage containers (1) belonging to the second batch, is carried into the work area (A).
B65G 1/00 - Emmagasinage d'objets, individuellement ou avec une certaine ordonnance, dans des entrepôts ou des magasins
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
This work support system gives an instruction to a worker to assist the worker in stacking work for stacking a plurality of articles on a support body capable of supporting the articles. The work support system comprises a projection device and a control device that controls the projection device. The control device controls the projection device such that a position indication image (A) indicating the stacking position of a target article is projected onto a projection object which is a support body (2) and/or an article (W) already stacked on the support body (2).
This article processing system comprises: a plurality of rows of storage units that store articles; a first conveyor provided for each storage unit, the first conveyors transporting articles delivered from the storage units; a transport unit that transports the articles stored in a given storage unit to the first conveyor corresponding to the storage unit; a second conveyor provided on the side of the first conveyors that is located downstream in the transport direction, the second conveyor merging and transporting the articles transported by the first conveyors; a transfer device that loads articles within a prescribed range on the second conveyor onto a load-receiving unit; a calculation unit that calculates the order in which the plurality of articles are to be loaded on the load-receiving unit and, on the basis of the result of the calculation, groups the articles loaded on the load-receiving unit in a loading order according to the number of articles that fit into the prescribed range; and a control unit that, on the basis of the calculated loading order for the groups, controls the transport unit so that, for each group, the articles belonging to the group are transported from the storage unit to the second conveyor.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
B65G 57/03 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile par au-dessus
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ARTICLE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ARTICLE PROCESSING METHOD
An article processing system according to the present invention comprises: a conveyer that conveys an article; a reading unit that reads, from a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, a code which is for identifying the article and which is printed on the article being conveyed by the conveyer; a label attachment unit that is provided on the downstream side of the reading unit in the conveyance direction and that, when the code is read from the first direction by the reading unit but the code cannot be read from the second direction, attaches, on a surface of the article which faces in the second direction, a label on which the code having been read by the reading unit is printed; a measurement unit that is provided on the downstream side of the label attachment unit in the conveyance direction and that measures the dimension of the article; and a storage unit that associates the code and the dimension measured by the measurement unit.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
B65G 57/03 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile par au-dessus
An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle, a first level rail, a second level rail, and an inter-level transport apparatus. The inter-level transport apparatus includes a first elevation rail, a second elevation rail, and an elevation mechanism. The first level rail includes a first rail portion connected to the first elevation rail present at a first stop position, and a second rail portion connected to the second elevation rail present at the first stop position. The second level rail includes a third rail portion connected to the first elevation rail present at a second stop position, and a fourth rail portion connected to the second elevation rail present at the second stop position.
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
A transport vehicle includes a holder that holds an article, a lifter that lifts and lowers the holder, a control device, and a power supply unit that receives power from an external source and supplies the power at least to the lifter. The lifter includes a lift drive and a restrictor. The lift drive drives the holder to be lifted and lowered. The restrictor mechanically restricts a lifting and lowering operation of the holder performed by the lift drive. The control device includes a voltage monitor that monitors a target voltage being a voltage applied from the power supply unit to the lift drive. The control device performs a preliminary restriction operation to activate the restrictor in response to the target voltage being lower than or equal to a determination threshold.
B65G 17/20 - Transporteurs comportant un élément de traction sans fin, p. ex. une chaîne transmettant le mouvement à une surface porteuse de charges continue ou sensiblement continue, ou à une série de porte-charges individuelsTransporteurs à chaîne sans fin dans lesquels des chaînes constituent la surface portant la charge comprenant des porte-charges suspendus à des chaînes de traction aériennes
This article transport facility is provided with a management device. A processing unit with which the management device is provided is configured to perform a reception process, a confirmation process, and an update process. In the reception process, when one of a plurality of objects to be detected is replaced, input of positional information of the replacement object to be detected that has replaced the replaced object to be detected is received. In the confirmation process, a command to a vehicle-side control unit causes a transport vehicle to travel to the replacement object to be detected, and causes a detection unit to detect the replacement object to be detected and to transmit identification information of the replacement object to be detected obtained as the detection result to the management device. In the update process, map data is updated on the basis of the identification information of the replacement object to be detected, which is detected in the confirmation process.
A container processing facility (100) includes: a loading section (2) that receives a stacked container group (9) from a transport vehicle (60); an unloading section (3) that transfers a stacked container group (9) to the transport vehicle (60); a work station (80); an unstacking device (1A) that performs unstacking processing; a stacking device (1B) that performs stacking processing; a first conveyor device (41) that conveys the stacked container group (9) received from the transport vehicle (60) at the loading section (2) to the unstacking device (1A) and convey containers (90) sequentially separated from the stacked container group (9) by the unstacking device (1A) to the work station (80); and a second conveyor device (42) that conveys the containers (90) from the work station (80) to the stacking device (1B) and convey the stacked container group (9) generated by sequentially stacking the plurality of containers (90) at the stacking device (1B) to the unloading section (3).
Provided is an article conveyance device that makes it possible to reduce production of particles.
Provided is an article conveyance device that makes it possible to reduce production of particles.
The article conveyance device includes: an ascending and descending stage movable along a support pillar; a toothed belt stretched from the ascending and descending stage along the support pillar; a first pulley provided on one side with respect to the ascending and descending stage in an up-and-down direction; a second pulley provided on the other side; and a drive device that drives the first pulley to rotate, the second pulley being a flat pulley.
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 15/14 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration comprenant plusieurs surfaces sans fin travaillant ensemble et à axes parallèles longitudinaux, ou une multiplicité d'éléments parallèles, p. ex. des cordes formant une surface sans fin avec plusieurs courroies sans fin la charge étant transportée entre les courroies
B65G 15/58 - Courroies ou porte-charges sans fin analogues avec moyens pour tenir ou retenir les charges dans la position fixée, p. ex. magnétiques
An article storage facility includes a first storeroom and a second storeroom with a lower degree of automation than the first storeroom. The number of first housing sections in the first storeroom is greater than or equal to a total number of target types, which are types of articles to be stored in the first storeroom, out of the articles of all types to be specified by order information. The number of second housing sections in the second storeroom is greater than the number of first housing sections. A control system executes an unloading process to cause the transport apparatus to unload an article holder holding articles of the ordered type from either the first storeroom or the second storeroom to a retrieval work section such that the first storeroom is given priority over the second storeroom.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
An article storage facility includes a first storeroom and a second storeroom with a lower degree of automation than the first storeroom. Article holders are stored in the first and second storerooms. Each article holder holds a single type of article. A control system executes a first unloading process of unloading a target holder, which is an article holder holding articles of an ordered type, from the first storeroom to a retrieval work section; a second unloading process of unloading the target holder from the second storeroom to the retrieval work section if the number of articles held by the target holder unloaded in the first unloading process is smaller than an ordered number, or if the target holder is not present in the first storeroom; and a post-work loading process of transporting the target holder to the first storeroom if any article remains in the target holder after retrieval work.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
A container transport facility F includes a transport vehicle 100 configured to transport a container that is configured to be step-stacked in an up-down direction; a storage shelf 8 configured to store the container; and a work area 9A in which target work is performed. A holding area 7A is provided at a location different from the work area 9A and the storage shelf 8. The holding area 7A includes a holding portion 70 that holds the step-stacking container group 6G. The holding portion 70 is configured to transfer the step-stacking container group 6G between the holding portion 70 and the support portion by a second transfer device of the transport vehicle 100.
B65G 1/06 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des moyens pour que les objets se présentent à l'enlèvement dans des positions ou à des niveaux prédéterminés
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
A container transport facility includes a transport vehicle configured to transport a container that is configured to be step-stacked in an up-down direction; a storage shelf configured to store the container; and a work area in which target work is performed. A step-stacking storage area s provided at a location different from the work area and the storage shelf. The step-stacking storage area includes a disposition region in which a plurality of step-stacking container groups is able to be disposed, a second delivery portion in which the step-stacking container group is delivered between the second delivery portion and the support portion, and a container group transport device configured to perform a taking-out operation of moving the step-stacking container group from the disposition region to the second delivery portion and a taking-in operation of moving the step-stacking container group from the second delivery portion to the disposition region.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
B65G 60/00 - Empilage et désempilage simultanés ou alternatifs d'objets
An article transport facility includes an article transport vehicle and a control system that controls the article transport vehicle. The article transport facility includes a plurality of receiving conveyors each to be a destination of an article. The plurality of receiving conveyors can hold less than or equal to a maximum holdable-article number of articles. The control system calculates, for each of the plurality of receiving conveyors, a receivable-article number by subtracting a held-article number and a reserved-article number from the maximum holdable-article number, and selects a receiving conveyor to be the destination of the article based on the receivable-article number of each of the plurality of receiving conveyors.
An article transferrer includes a holder that holds an article, an advancement-retraction driver that advances and retracts the holder, and a controller that controls the advancement-retraction driver. The controller controls the advancement-retraction driver based on an output command value in an advancement and retraction operation of advancing or retracting the holder by the advancement-retraction driver. The output command value is determined based on a reference command pattern being a time-varying pattern of command values indicating positions, speed, or acceleration which time-varying pattern involves a stepwise acceleration change over time. The output command value is a moving average, within a predetermined period, of the command values indicated by the reference command pattern.
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
B65G 35/06 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un porte-charges se déplaçant le long d'un circuit, p. ex. d'un circuit fermé, et adapté pour venir en prise avec l'un quelconque des éléments de traction espacés le long du circuit
B65G 47/90 - Dispositifs pour saisir et déposer les articles ou les matériaux
A conveyor controlling apparatus for controlling a conveyor in accordance with environment parameters with respect to the conveyor includes: a capturing device for capturing an environmental image related to the conveyor; an image-analysing module for determining, based on the environmental image captured by the capturing device, whether an operational condition of the conveyor is satisfied; and a conveyor-controlling module for controlling the conveyor based on a result of the determination carried out by the image-analysing module, wherein if the image-analysing module determines that the operational condition is not satisfied, then the conveyor-controlling module stops the conveyor.
B65G 43/02 - Dispositifs de commande, p. ex. de sécurité, d'alarme ou de correction des erreurs détectant une condition physique dangereuse des porte-charges, p. ex. pour stopper l'entraînement en cas d'échauffement
Provided is a manipulator in which reaction force caused in accordance with use of a tool part hardly reaches a force sensor. A manipulator includes: an arm (4); a force sensor (28) that is provided to the arm; a gripping part (34) that is provided to the arm via the force sensor and grips a workpiece; and a tool part (36) that is provided to the arm via a member different from the force sensor and carries out processing with respect to the workpiece which is gripped by the gripping part.
B23P 19/04 - Machines effectuant simplement l'assemblage ou la séparation de pièces ou d'objets métalliques entre eux ou des pièces métalliques avec des pièces non métalliques, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformationOutils ou dispositifs à cet effet dans la mesure où ils ne sont pas prévus dans d'autres classes pour assembler ou séparer des pièces
B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher
B25J 19/00 - Accessoires adaptés aux manipulateurs, p. ex. pour contrôler, pour observerDispositifs de sécurité combinés avec les manipulateurs ou spécialement conçus pour être utilisés en association avec ces manipulateurs
B62D 65/02 - Assemblage de sous-ensembles ou de composants avec la caisse ou entre eux, ou positionnement de sous-ensembles ou de composants par rapport à la caisse ou à d'autres sous-ensembles ou d'autres composants
B62D 65/06 - Assemblage de sous-ensembles ou de composants avec la caisse ou entre eux, ou positionnement de sous-ensembles ou de composants par rapport à la caisse ou à d'autres sous-ensembles ou d'autres composants les sous-ensembles ou composants étant des portes, des fenêtres, des toits ouvrants, des couvercles, des capots ou leurs garnitures ou leurs bandes d'étanchéité
A transport facility includes a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a travel data obtainer, a connection data obtainer, a display, and a controller. The travel data obtainer obtains travel data including position information and time information in a manner associated with each other. The position information indicates a position of a transport vehicle. The connection data obtainer obtains connection data including connection destination information and the time information in a manner associated with each other. The connection destination information indicates a relationship between a vehicle communicator and a destination wireless transmitter-receiver to which the vehicle communicator is connected. The controller performs a display process of causing the display to display connection information based on the travel data and the connection data. The connection information indicates a relationship between the position of the transport vehicle and the destination wireless transmitter-receiver to which the transport vehicle is connected at the position.
G08G 1/13 - Systèmes de commande du trafic pour véhicules routiers indiquant la position de véhicules, p. ex. de véhicules à horaire déterminé à une station centrale l'indicateur étant sous la forme d'une carte
An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles and a control system that controls the transport vehicles. The control system performs, in response to an abnormality in any of the plurality of transport vehicles, an abnormality process of setting a subarea likely to contain an abnormal transport vehicle having the abnormality as an entry prohibited area prohibiting entry of other normal transport vehicles.
B65G 1/06 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des moyens pour que les objets se présentent à l'enlèvement dans des positions ou à des niveaux prédéterminés
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
A heat detection device includes a short-circuit position detector that detects a short-circuited site at which a first conductive wire and a second conductive wire are short-circuited. The short-circuit position detector includes a switch including at least one make-break contact. The switch switches connection of first branches having a first resistance, second branches having a second resistance, and a third branch having a third resistance to cause the first branches, the second branches, and the third branch to be included in at least one two-terminal circuit and to form at least three two-terminal circuits.
G01K 11/06 - Mesure de la température basée sur les variations physiques ou chimiques, n'entrant pas dans les groupes , , ou utilisant la fusion, la congélation ou le ramollissement
G01R 27/02 - Mesure de résistances, de réactances, d'impédances réelles ou complexes, ou autres caractéristiques bipolaires qui en dérivent, p. ex. constante de temps
G01R 31/52 - Test pour déceler la présence de courts-circuits, de fuites de courant ou de défauts à la terre
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
An article transport facility includes a control system that controls a plurality of transport vehicles. The control system performs subsequent-vehicle prioritization if a subsequent transport vehicle is proceeding to a second post-branching section different from a first post-branching section. The subsequent-vehicle prioritization is a process of causing a target transport vehicle proceeding to the first post-branching section to change a course and proceed to a post-branching section different from the first post-branching section to allow the subsequent transport vehicle to proceed to the second post-branching section.
B65G 17/12 - Transporteurs comportant un élément de traction sans fin, p. ex. une chaîne transmettant le mouvement à une surface porteuse de charges continue ou sensiblement continue, ou à une série de porte-charges individuelsTransporteurs à chaîne sans fin dans lesquels des chaînes constituent la surface portant la charge comprenant une série de porte-charges individuels fixés ou normalement fixés à l'élément de traction
B65G 43/00 - Dispositifs de commande, p. ex. de sécurité, d'alarme ou de correction des erreurs
A transport device transports a plurality of trays of different types on which articles can be placed. The transport device includes a tray identification sensor that identifies the types of trays, and protrusion detection sensors that detect articles that are placed protruding from the trays. The tray identification sensor identifies the types of trays by detecting the characteristics of the trays. The protrusion detection sensors detect the articles according to the types of the trays identified by the tray identification sensor.
A reduction in size is achieved of a conveyance device having the following three mechanisms: a traveling mechanism, a raising and lowering mechanism, and a turning mechanism. The conveyance device includes: a carriage on which a raising and lowering turning table is mounted; a traveling motor for causing the carriage to travel; a raising and lowering motor for raising and lowering the raising and lowering turning table; and a turning motor for turning the raising and lowering turning table, the traveling motor and the raising and lowering motor being provided such that respective rotation axes of the traveling motor and the raising and lowering motor extend horizontally and in the same direction, and the respective rotation axes are arranged in a row in an axis direction, the turning motor being provided such that a rotation axis of the turning motor is located in a position different from a position of a turning axis of the raising and lowering turning table, and the turning motor overlaps with neither the traveling motor nor the raising and lowering motor.
B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
B66F 9/065 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement se déplaçant, avec leurs charges, sur des roues ou sur un dispositif analogue, p. ex. chariots élévateurs à fourche sans mâts
A transport facility includes a container mount that supports a container, and a transport vehicle that transports the container. The transport vehicle includes a holder that holds and releases the container, and a lifter that lifts and lowers the holder. The holder includes a first support and a second support that are pair of supports, a holder driver that causes the pair of supports to change a posture between a holding posture for holding the container and a releasing posture for releasing the container, a first engagement portion fixed to the first support, and a second engagement portion fixed to the second support. The container mount includes a container positioner that positions the container, a first engagement receiver, and a second engagement receiver. At least one of the holder or the container mount includes a first guide portion, and a second guide portion.
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
B66C 1/30 - Organes jumelés, p. ex. pivotants, s'engageant sous la charge de deux côtés à la fois et également disposés pour saisir les côtés de la charge
B66C 19/00 - Ponts roulants ou portiques fixes ou mobiles, portant un chariot ou un treuil mobile
This transport system comprises a first carriage, a second carriage, a remote controller, and a control device, the first carriage being capable of transporting the second carriage and an article along a first transport path, wherein the first carriage includes a signal transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a control signal of a second operation unit inputted from the remote controller to the second carriage corresponding to the first carriage when the remote controller and the first carriage are electrically connected via a cable, and the second control unit controls the second operation unit according to the control signal when the second carriage receives the control signal from the signal transmission unit.
A supply area (E1) in which a supply unit (15) is provided, a passage area (E3) which extends along a Y direction, and a connection area (E2) which connects the supply area (E1) and the passage area (E3) are set on a floor (E) on which a plurality of transport vehicles (20) travel. A plurality of receiving units (30) are disposed along the passage area (E3). An outward passage along which the transport vehicles (20) travel from a first end part (51) to a reference turning position (53) and a return passage along which the transport vehicles (20) travel from the reference turning position (53) to the first end part (51) are set next to each other in an X direction in the passage area (E3). A shortcut turning position (52) at which the transport vehicles (20) can make a U-turn is set, in the passage area (E3), between the first end part (51) and the reference turning position (53) in the Y direction.
Provided is a transfer device for correcting a posture of a transfer target. A transfer device (3) includes: a platform (68) on which a transfer target is to be placed; belts (74) of right and left belt conveyors (7) for sandwiching the transfer target (200); a control section which controls operations of the belts (74) to transfer, while sandwiching, the transfer target (200) from a transfer origin to the platform (68); and a sensing section which senses a posture of the transfer target during the control by the control section. If the posture of the transfer target sensed by the sensing section is tilted with respect to a prescribed posture, the control section controls the pair of belts (74) to transfer the transfer target in different operations so as to correct the posture of the transfer target.
B65G 15/14 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration comprenant plusieurs surfaces sans fin travaillant ensemble et à axes parallèles longitudinaux, ou une multiplicité d'éléments parallèles, p. ex. des cordes formant une surface sans fin avec plusieurs courroies sans fin la charge étant transportée entre les courroies
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
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TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING TRANSPORT SYSTEM
It is possible to easily carry out construction of an upper rail. A transport system is configured to include: a lower rail that allows a transport device to travel thereon; an upper rail that guides the transport device; a beam part that is spanned between a pair of storage shelves installed on corresponding opposite sides of the lower rail; and an attachment part, the beam part having a groove portion that allows a fastening member to be engaged therewith and that extends in a longitudinal direction, the upper rail being supported by the beam part when the attachment part is fastened and secured to the beam part with the fastening member.
An automated warehouse includes a storage shelf, a stacker crane, and a maintenance facility. The maintenance facility includes a plurality of work stages arranged in the up-down direction. The plurality of work stages includes a first level stage and an upper level stage each including a mast penetration portion and a stage scaffold. The maintenance facility includes a first level ladder disposed outwardly from the first level stage as viewed vertically, and an upper level ladder disposed at a position overlapping with the first level stage as viewed vertically. The upper level stage includes a passage penetration portion passing through the upper level stage in the up-down direction such that an operator can pass through the passage penetration portion in the up-down direction by use of the upper level ladder. The passage penetration portion is disposed at a position overlapping with the stage scaffold of the first level stage.
An abnormality locating system includes a display device, a controller, and a storage storing map data of a power feeder. The controller includes a distance information obtainer that obtains distance information indicating a distance from a power supply to a location of the abnormality, and an abnormality site display processor. The abnormality site display processor performs an abnormality site estimation process of estimating a location of an abnormality site based on the distance information, the abnormality site is a site of the abnormality of the thermal line, and a display process of causing the display device to display a map indicating a position of the thermal line based on the map data and to display, on the map, an estimated position of the abnormality site estimated through the abnormality site estimation process.
An automated warehouse includes a storage shelf, a stacker crane, and a maintenance facility. The maintenance facility includes a work stage. The work stage includes a mast penetration portion, a stage scaffold, and a support frame configured to support the stage scaffold. The stage scaffold includes a fixed scaffold fixed to the support frame, and a movable scaffold. The movable scaffold is changeable between a first retracting posture in which the movable scaffold does not come into contact with the path of the mast and which does not allow the movable scaffold to function as a scaffold for the operator and a first deployment posture in which the movable scaffold comes into contact with the path of the mast but does not come into contact with the mast of the stacker crane at a maintenance position and which allows the movable scaffold to function as the scaffold for the operator.
A risk of a deterioration in detection performance of an identifier is reduced. An article transport facility includes: a first rail; a second rail; and a first traveling vehicle that has a first wheel which rolls on an upper surface of the first rail, a first roller which rolls on a side surface of the first rail, and a second roller which rolls on an upper surface of the second rail, an identifier being provided on a side surface of the second rail, the identifier including position information that is information pertaining to a position in a longitudinal direction of the second rail, and the first traveling vehicle further having a first reader which reads the position information from the identifier.
A vibration measurement device is mountable on a transport vehicle. The device includes a vibration measurer that measures vibration, a position information obtainer that obtains position information indicating a position of the transport vehicle, a state information obtainer that obtains vehicle state information indicating a state of the transport vehicle, a recorder that records a measurement result from the vibration measurer, the vehicle state information, and the position information in an associated manner, and an output unit that outputs information recorded in the recorder.
G01H 17/00 - Mesure des vibrations mécaniques ou des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
B61K 9/00 - Gabarits de profils des véhicules ferroviairesDétection ou indication de l'échauffement excessif des organesDispositifs sur les locomotives ou les wagons indiquant les sections défectueuses de la voieCaractéristiques générales des véhicules d'auscultation de la voie
An information display device includes a recording device that records transport vehicle travel data including position information about a transport vehicle and vibration information about the transport vehicle in an associated manner and path map data of a map of a travel path of the transport vehicle. The information display device includes a control device that displays the path map data on a first display area, displays a transport vehicle mark indicating a position of the transport vehicle at a target display time point on the map displayed on the first display area, displays a vibration result graph showing the vibration information at and around the target display time point on a second display area, and displays a position mark indicating a position on the vibration result graph corresponding to the target display time point on the second display area.
It is sensed that a first guide roller of a first guide roller pair has been worn and/or that a second guide roller of a second guide roller pair has been worn. In an article transport device, a first sensor and a second sensor are attached to a frame, a distance between the first sensor and a first guide roller pair is shorter than a distance between the first sensor and a first wheel, and a distance between the second sensor and a second guide roller pair is shorter than a distance between the second sensor and a second wheel.
The present invention relates to a control apparatus and a control method for conveyance systems. The conveyance-system control apparatus comprises a candidate finder (8), a cost estimator (9), a route decider (14), and a conveyor controller (5). The cost estimator (9) includes a static-cost calculator (10), a status-cost calculator (11), a dynamic-cost calculator (12), and a total-cost estimator (13).
B65G 47/26 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet
B65G 47/32 - Utilisation de dispositifs de transfert
B65G 47/51 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs avec distribution, p. ex. automatique, aux points voulus selon des signaux non programmés, p. ex. répondant à la situation de l'approvisionnement au point de destination
G06Q 10/047 - Optimisation des itinéraires ou des chemins, p. ex. problème du voyageur de commerce
G06Q 10/0835 - Relations entre l’expéditeur ou le fournisseur et les transporteurs
G06Q 50/28 - Logistique, p.ex. stockage, chargement, distribution ou expédition
Achieved is a conveyance device that enables grease to be easily injected into a linear guide block. A conveyance device includes: a support pillar; and an elevator section which is able to be loaded with a conveyance target and which is configured to be raised and lowered along the support pillar, the support pillar being provided with a linear guide rail, the elevator section being provided with: a linear guide block which engages with the linear guide rail such that the linear guide block is linearly movable; and an injection section that enables grease which is to be supplied to the linear guide block to be injected from a position spaced from the linear guide block.
A conveyance apparatus (carriage main part) includes a link mechanism that advances and retreats a holding unit horizontally with respect to a link mechanism support unit, and includes a pair of multi-joint arms that connects the link mechanism support unit and the holding unit. The cable is fixed to the link mechanism support unit by extending from a portion thereof fixed to the holding unit in a retreating direction of an advancing and retreating direction, and then, being bent back in an advancing direction, and as the holding unit advances, the bent-back position F of the cable also advances.
An object is to keep cleanliness in a storage facility even in a case where clean air is unevenly fed to the storage facility from above the storage facility. A storage facility (1) that is to be provided in a clean room (CR) into which clean air is fed from a fan filter unit (FFU) provided to a ceiling (100) so that cleanliness in the clean room is kept, the storage facility (1) including: a storage shelf (2) in which a container (50) is to be placed; and a plurality of holes (4) provided at least in a position (P) where a ceiling of the storage shelf (2) is constituted, the plurality of holes (4) allowing the clean air fed from the fan filter unit (FFU) into the clean room (CR) to pass therethrough so that the clean air flows in the storage facility (1).
This invention provides a transfer system capable of efficiently transferring, by use of a bidirectional conveyor, a transfer target between different points. The transfer system include a control device that: executes, in an alternate manner, a first mode in which a transfer target on a conveyor mechanism of a bidirectional conveyor device is transferred in a first direction and a second mode in which a transfer target is transferred in a second direction reverse to the first direction; and continues the first mode according to a predetermined first period defining a duration of the first mode.
An article transport facility includes transport vehicles, a travel route which the travel vehicles travel, and a region control device. The travel route includes branching and merging region that includes a branching point and a merging point. If a transport vehicle is scheduled to pass through a branching point and then pass through a merging point while passing through a branching and merging region, a region control device gives the transport vehicle occupation permission for a first target point on a scheduled travel route and occupation permission for a second target point on a non-scheduled travel route, the first target point and the second target point being whichever one of an occupation target point and a secondary occupation target point is closest to the branching point.
An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to switch an access point of a connection destination while moving along a path to maintain a communicable state with a control device. In a case in which a communication intensity of radio waves between the transport vehicle and the access point is lower than a predetermined switching threshold value, the transport vehicle performs switching processing of switching the connection destination to another access point having a stronger communication intensity. The switching threshold value is set to different values in accordance with a movement condition of the transport vehicle.
B65G 17/12 - Transporteurs comportant un élément de traction sans fin, p. ex. une chaîne transmettant le mouvement à une surface porteuse de charges continue ou sensiblement continue, ou à une série de porte-charges individuelsTransporteurs à chaîne sans fin dans lesquels des chaînes constituent la surface portant la charge comprenant une série de porte-charges individuels fixés ou normalement fixés à l'élément de traction
B65G 43/00 - Dispositifs de commande, p. ex. de sécurité, d'alarme ou de correction des erreurs
A transport facility includes at least one transport vehicle, a guide rail, and a control system, and the at least one transport vehicle includes a guide section that is guided by the guide rail. The control system, when controlling the at least one transport vehicle traveling on the first branch route to perform return travel for entering the second branch route after reversing, executes branch return control for (i) controlling the guide drive section to move the guide section located at a first position to a second position side while the at least one transport vehicle is reversing on the first branch route, and (ii) controlling at least one transport vehicle to move forward on condition that the guide section has moved to the second position.
B61B 13/12 - Systèmes avec dispositifs de propulsion entre les rails ou le long de ceux-ci, p. ex. systèmes pneumatiques
B65G 35/06 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un porte-charges se déplaçant le long d'un circuit, p. ex. d'un circuit fermé, et adapté pour venir en prise avec l'un quelconque des éléments de traction espacés le long du circuit
In order to prevent an article from oscillating or inclining, a ceiling carrier includes: an elevator member including a body part, a gripping part that grips an article P, elastic parts that elastically support the gripping part, and a locking mechanism that creates a lock state which prevents the elastic parts from operating; and a switching part that switches between the lock state and an unlock state of the locking mechanism, the switching part being configured to switch the locking mechanism from the lock state to the unlock state after the article P has been sandwiched between oscillation prevention parts.
An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to switch an access point of a connection destination while moving along a path and communicate with a control device. The control device transmits movement path information indicating a movement path along which the transport vehicle moves, and switching position information indicating switching positions at which the transport vehicle moving along the movement path performs switching of the access point, to the transport vehicle.
An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle and a control device. The control device and the transport vehicle are configured to be communicable with each other in both directions via any of a plurality of access points. The control device transmits a command for communication recovery to the transport vehicle, as communication from the control device to the transport vehicle is valid, when communication from the transport vehicle to the control device is interrupted.
A control system controls a transport device (5) so as to preferentially store a high frequency article (WH) at a first storage position (P1) and preferentially store a normal article (WN) at a normal storage position (PN). The high frequency article (WH) is an article of an article type for which the retrieval frequency is a predetermined high frequency threshold value or more, and the normal article (WN) which is an article of an article type for which the retrieval frequency is less than the high frequency threshold value. Each storage section has a plurality of storage positions at which articles can be stored, including at least one first storage position (P1), which is a storage position closest to a rack front surface side (Y1), and at least one normal storage position (PN), which is a storage position on a rack back surface side (Y2) of the first storage position (P1).
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
This transport system comprises, for example: a first passage group composed of a plurality of linear passages of a plurality of trucks, the passages extending in a first direction; a second passage group composed of a plurality of linear passages of the plurality of trucks, the passages extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction; a plurality of transfer units that stop the trucks for at least one of loading and unloading; and a control unit that controls the movement of the plurality of trucks in the first passage group and the second passage group. At least one passage of the first passage group and at least one passage of the second passage group intersect. The control unit controls the movement of the plurality of trucks so that the number of trucks moving in the first direction at a prescribed time is greater than the number of trucks moving in the direction opposite the first direction at the prescribed time in the first passage included in the first passage group.
A controller in a vehicle control system includes a communication state determiner that determines a communication state between a facility communicator and a vehicle communicator in each vehicle, and a recorder. When the communication state determiner determines that the communication state between the facility communicator and the vehicle communicator in any vehicle has a communication failure, the controller obtains vehicle state information indicating a state of a target vehicle being the vehicle having the communication failure at at least one data obtaining point in a target period including at least one of a failure-occurrence point or a failure-recovery point of the communication failure, and records the vehicle state information in the recorder.
H04W 4/44 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p. ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication entre véhicules et infrastructures, p. ex. véhicule à nuage ou véhicule à domicile
Achieved is a ceiling storage rack that can accommodate a plurality of objects. A ceiling storage rack that stores an object and is suspended from a ceiling includes a plurality of shelves that are able to be raised and lowered and a raising and lowering section that raises and lowers the plurality of shelves, vertically adjacent ones of the plurality of shelves being able to come closer to each other so that a distance therebetween is smaller than a height of the object.
In order to easily install a platform, a raising and lowering device includes: a frame; a raising and lowering rail that a conveyance carriage is able to enter; a raising and lowering member configured to be raised and lowered integrally with the raising and lowering rail and to be, when located at a lowering stoppage position, supported by a support part provided to the frame; and a platform configured to be detachably placed on the raising and lowering member, the platform being configured to be placed on the raising and lowering member in a state in which a part of the platform is engaged with a part of the raising and lowering member in a manner so as to restrain the platform from moving in a horizontal direction.
Achieved is a placement base that can suppress generation of particles during positioning even if a load of a storage container is increased. The placement base includes positioning pins protruding upward from a top surface of the placement base on which top surface a storage container is to be placed; and buffer bodies, each positioning pin being provided on the top surface of the placement base, to be engaged with each positioning grooves, each buffer body being provided for each positioning pins, the buffer bodies having upper ends that are able to be pressed downward and are configured to be biased upward when the upper ends are pressed down, the buffer bodies being, while the upper ends are not being pressed down, located at a height at which the buffer bodies come contact with, before the positioning pins, with the bottom surface of the storage container to be placed.
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
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Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers
A robotic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product, such as boxes or cases, from trailers and containers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, a conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a pivoting front conveyor, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor as well as the activation of the drive subassembly based upon a perception-based robotic manipulation system. The robotic truck unloader executes pick-and-scoop operations utilizing the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor. Automated error handling is also provided.
A robotic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product, such as boxes or cases, from trailers and containers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, a conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a pivoting front conveyor, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor as well as the activation of the drive subassembly based upon a perception-based robotic manipulation system. The robotic truck unloader executes pick-and-scoop operations utilizing the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor. Automated error handling is also provided.
A robotic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product, such as boxes or cases, from trailers and containers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, a conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a pivoting front conveyor, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor as well as the activation of the drive subassembly based upon a perception-based robotic manipulation system. The robotic truck unloader executes pick-and-scoop operations utilizing the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor. Automated error handling is also provided.
A travel restricting device is for restricting the traveling of a transport vehicle along a travel rail in a transport facility. The transport vehicle includes a wheel that rolls on a travel surface of the travel rail, a drive device that drives the wheel, and a bumper that causes the drive device to undergo an emergency stop. The travel restricting device includes a mounting section mountable on the travel surface, and a standing section that can be disposed extending upward beyond the travel surface. The standing section includes a facing section arranged at a position facing the bumper from a distancing side in the travel direction while the mounting section is mounted on the travel surface. The mounting section includes an underlay section positioned relative to the facing section so as to be pressed under the wheel while the bumper is in contact with the facing section.
A robotic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product, such as boxes or cases, from trailers and containers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, a conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a pivoting front conveyor, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor as well as the activation of the drive subassembly based upon a perception-based robotic manipulation system. The robotic truck unloader executes pick-and-scoop operations utilizing the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor. Automated error handling is also provided.
A travel path includes a primary path and a bypass path including at least fewer stations or fewer path intersecting portions than the primary path per unit distance. A control device selects, using a path cost including a distance cost being higher for a greater distance by which article transport vehicles move and a structure cost being higher for a slower speed at which the article transport vehicles move based on a structure of the travel path, a route having the lowest path cost from multiple candidate routes along which a target vehicle is movable from a departure point to a destination point. The control device adjusts, when a predetermined determination condition is satisfied in selecting the route, the path cost of a candidate route following the bypass path to be lower than a path cost used when the predetermined determination condition is unsatisfied.
B61L 27/16 - Optimisation côté voie du fonctionnement d'un véhicule ou d'un train
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
A transport vehicle includes a holder and a lifter. The lifter includes an elongated member and a lifting unit. The holder includes a support, at least one first holder member, at least one second holder member, and a holder drive. The first holder member and the second holder member are located below the support. The holder drive is located in a space in a vertical direction below the support. The space includes the first holder member and the second holder member. The elongated member fastener fastening an elongated member to the support is located on the support. The elongated member fastener protrudes downward from the support.
H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
B66C 19/00 - Ponts roulants ou portiques fixes ou mobiles, portant un chariot ou un treuil mobile
A transport vehicle includes a vehicle body, a drive unit, and a coupling device coupling the vehicle body with the drive unit. The drive unit includes a wheel, a travel drive source configured to drive the wheel in such a manner as to rotate the wheel, and a steering device configured to turn the wheel around a steering axis along an up-down direction. The coupling device includes an attachment section attached to the vehicle body, and an adjustment mechanism allowing a reference direction to be changed around the steering axis relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body by changing an attachment orientation of the attachment section relative to the vehicle body.
B62D 65/02 - Assemblage de sous-ensembles ou de composants avec la caisse ou entre eux, ou positionnement de sous-ensembles ou de composants par rapport à la caisse ou à d'autres sous-ensembles ou d'autres composants
B60K 17/34 - Agencement ou montage des transmissions sur les véhicules pour entraînement simultané des roues avant et arrière, p. ex. véhicules à quatre roues motrices
B60R 16/027 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour la transmission de signaux entre des parties ou des sous-systèmes du véhicule entre des parties du véhicule mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre, p. ex. entre le volant et la colonne de direction
B62D 7/04 - Timonerie de directionFusées ou leur montage pour bogies à pivot comportant plus d'une roue
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Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers
A robotic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product, such as boxes or cases, from trailers and containers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, a conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a pivoting front conveyor, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor as well as the activation of the drive subassembly based upon a perception-based robotic manipulation system. The robotic truck unloader executes pick-and-scoop operations utilizing the industrial robot and the pivoting front conveyor. Automated error handling is also provided.
An article transport facility comprises a work area in which transfer work of transferring an article (G) supplied from an article supply unit to a transport vehicle (1) is performed, and a management device (5) that manages the transfer work. A stop position (P) of the transport vehicle (1) for receiving the article (G) by the transfer work is set at a position adjacent to the work area on a travel path (R). The management device (5) causes the conveyance vehicle (1) to start from the stop position (P) conditionally upon on the satisfaction of a read condition that identification information of an article C to be transported has been read by a reading unit (51), and an in-stock condition that it has been determined on the basis of a recognition result by a recognition unit (52) that the article (G) to be transported is held on the transport vehicle (1).
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G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
Weight reduction of a carriage of a stacker crane is achieved. A stacker crane includes: a mast; a carriage provided so as to be capable of being raised and lowered with respect to the mast; a movable section mounted to the carriage and configured to be movable with respect to the carriage; and a movement control instrument configured to control motive power supplied to the movable section, the movement control instrument being disposed outside the carriage.
In the case where a transport vehicle has received both a first passage permission and a second passage permission and is to pass through a second passing point, when the travel distance of the transport vehicle from a first stopping point reaches a first set distance, the transport vehicle issues, to a zone control device, a first occupation revocation request for revoking permission to occupy a first passing point, and when the travel distance of the transport vehicle from the first stopping point reaches a second set distance, the transport vehicle issues, to the zone control device, a second occupation revocation request for revoking permission to occupy the second passing point.
B65G 43/10 - Commande en série des transporteurs fonctionnant en combinaison
B65G 17/00 - Transporteurs comportant un élément de traction sans fin, p. ex. une chaîne transmettant le mouvement à une surface porteuse de charges continue ou sensiblement continue, ou à une série de porte-charges individuelsTransporteurs à chaîne sans fin dans lesquels des chaînes constituent la surface portant la charge
A control device holds floor map information regarding a plurality of floors and connection relationship information indicating a connection relationship between different floors connected by a connection route, and controls a transport vehicle on floor routes and the connection route based on the floor map information and the connection relationship information. A management device holds the floor map information regarding the floors in such a manner that a piece of the floor map information can be distinguished for each of the floors, holds the connection relationship information in such a manner that the connection relationship information can be distinguished from the pieces of floor map information corresponding to the floors, and performs update processing for updating the floor map information and the connection relationship information in the control device.
B65G 49/05 - Systèmes transporteurs caractérisés par leur utilisation à des fins particulières, non prévus ailleurs pour des matériaux ou objets fragiles ou dommageables
B65G 43/00 - Dispositifs de commande, p. ex. de sécurité, d'alarme ou de correction des erreurs
An article transport vehicle includes a body, a travel drive section held by a central portion of the body in the front-back direction, a control device supported by a portion of the body which portion is on a first side of the travel drive section in the front-back direction, a power supply device supported by a portion of the body which portion is on a second side of the travel drive section in the front-back direction, and a cable disposed in a wiring space extending across the travel drive section in the front-back direction and electrically connecting the control device and the power supply device.
B60P 1/04 - Véhicules destinés principalement au transport des charges et modifiés pour faciliter le chargement, la fixation de la charge ou son déchargement avec un mouvement de basculement de l'élément supportant ou contenant la charge
B60R 16/03 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique
H02G 3/04 - Tubes ou conduits de protection, p. ex. échelles à câbles ou goulottes de câblage
An automated warehouse includes: a storage shelf; a mobile body including a base; a first arm supported by the base; a second arm supported by the base; and a movable portion capable of causing an article to move between the mobile body and a first transport mechanism and between the mobile body and a second transport mechanism. In a state where the mobile body is located at a first transfer position, the support position of the second arm is fixed and the support position of the first arm is changed depending on a length of the article in a first direction. Alternatively, in a state where the mobile body is located at a second transfer position, the support position of the first arm is fixed and the support position of the second arm is changed depending on the length of the article in the first direction.
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A transport facility includes a guide rail which is disposed along a travel path extending in a travel direction through an opening of a wall and which is configured to guide traveling of a transport vehicle, and a fire door configured to open and close the opening. The fire door is configured to, in closing the opening, move toward a first side in an arrangement direction from an open position to a closed position. The fire door includes a notch penetrating the fire door in the travel direction and open on the first side to prevent the fire door from coming into contact with the first rail body and the second rail body while the fire door is moving from the open position to the closed position.
Technical Problem To easily make a space in a place in which a chute is disposed. Solution to Problem A retractable sliding chute includes (1): a plurality of chutes (2,3) which have respective inclined surfaces (21a,31a) that cause an article received from above to slide down; and a moving part (34) which causes at least one of the plurality of chutes (2,3) to be moved so that the retractable sliding chute (1) is brought into a retraction state from a use state, the retraction state being a state in which at least a portion of at least one of the inclined surfaces (21a,31a) overlaps another of the inclined surfaces in a vertical direction, the use state being a state in which the inclined surfaces (21a,31a) are continuously arranged so that the article slides down on all of the inclined surfaces (21a,31a).
An article transport facility for transporting an article includes a first lifting and lowering transport device including a first transfer device, and a second lifting and lowering transport device including a second transfer device. The first transfer device lifts and lowers on a first path, the second transfer device lifts and lowers on a second path, and the first path and the second path are disposed not to overlap with each other as viewed vertically. The first path has a first target area including a lower end portion thereof, the second path has a second target area including an upper end portion thereof, and the first target area and the second target area are disposed in the same vertical range. The first transfer device and the second transfer device are both able to transfer the article to a shared storing section in which the article is storable.
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Achieved is a conveyance device including a mechanism which reduces a gap to be generated between each of carriages coupled to each other and a path along which the carriages pass. A conveyance device (1) to be conveyed along a conveyance path (6) includes: a plurality of main carriages (2); and a plurality of sub-carriages (3) that are located between the main carriages and that are connected so as to be movable with respect to the main carriages. The main carriages and the sub-carriages are alternately provided. The sub-carriages each include a step (7) configured to be drawn therefrom in a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of a conveyance path and in an area in which the conveyance path bends.
B65G 35/08 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un train de porte-charges non reliés, p. ex. des sections de courroie, déplaçables sur un circuit, p. ex. un circuit fermé, adaptés pour venir au contact les uns des autres et être mus par des dispositifs venant successivement en prise avec chaque porte-charges
When a second area is set to a travel prohibition area, a control device prohibits a transport vehicle from traveling in the second area but allows the transport vehicle to travel in a first area and a third area. While travel in the second area is prohibited, the transport vehicle moves between the first area and the third area via a second connection route on a second travel floor.
B65G 1/06 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des moyens pour que les objets se présentent à l'enlèvement dans des positions ou à des niveaux prédéterminés
The present invention enables an operator to recognize the arrival of a sorting target article even when the operator is away from an operation area. A first control unit (12) of a control device (1) determines a sorting destination on the basis of identification information read by a reader (3), and causes a first radio communication unit (11) to transmit information related to the reception of an article to a portable terminal (2) associated with the determined sorting destination. A second control unit (22) of the portable terminal (2) causes an annunciation unit (24, 26, 27) to announce an arrival time at which the article is to arrive at the sorting destination, on the basis of the information that has been received by a second radio communication unit (21) and that is related to the reception of the article.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
An article transport facility (100) comprises a work area which is disposed adjacent to a first side (Y1) in a path width direction with respect to a conveyance path (Fr) and adjacent to a first side (X1) in a path direction with respect to an article supply unit (Pg), and in which work is carried out to transfer, to a conveyance vehicle (V), an article (G) supplied from the article supply unit (Pg). A temporary placement stand (1) for temporarily placing the article (G) supplied from the article supply unit (Pg) is provided in a region which is on a second side (X2) in the path direction with respect to the work area (WA) and which is sandwiched between the conveyance path (Fr) and the article supply unit (Pg) in the path width direction (Y).
B65G 1/00 - Emmagasinage d'objets, individuellement ou avec une certaine ordonnance, dans des entrepôts ou des magasins
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
B65G 47/52 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter
A travel route of a transport facility includes a guide zone in which a guide rail is disposed and a non-guide zone in which the guide rail is not disposed. A control system causes a guide drive section to execute a confirmation operation to drive a first guided section in a width direction Y in response to occurrence of a specific event in which a transport vehicle loses information on a travel position thereof, determines that the transport vehicle is in the non-guide zone in response to the first guided section moving from a first position to a second position or from the second position to the first position, and determines that the transport vehicle is in the guide zone in response to the first guided section being prevented from moving from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position.
B65G 35/06 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un porte-charges se déplaçant le long d'un circuit, p. ex. d'un circuit fermé, et adapté pour venir en prise avec l'un quelconque des éléments de traction espacés le long du circuit
B65G 43/02 - Dispositifs de commande, p. ex. de sécurité, d'alarme ou de correction des erreurs détectant une condition physique dangereuse des porte-charges, p. ex. pour stopper l'entraînement en cas d'échauffement
An article transport vehicle includes a body, a wheel held by the body, a motor that drives the wheel, and a driver unit that controls the motor. The driver unit is disposed to extend in a front-back direction of the body in an upright posture. The body is provided, in a bottom section thereof, with an air guide path configured to guide travel-generated wind to a cooling surface.
A control includes a control device configured to execute a plurality of types of processing including assignment processing of assigning one or more movement tasks for transporting the article, to one of the plurality of transport vehicles. In response to a processing load on the control device exceeding a predetermined reference load, the control system reduces the processing load on the control device by enabling a restriction mode in which the control device is restricted from executing target processing including one or more of the types of processing executed by the control device other than the assignment processing.
A power supply facility includes a feeder cable disposed along a moving path of a movable body and configured to contactlessly supply electric power to the movable body, and a heat sensitive unit disposed along the moving path together with the feeder cable. The feeder cable includes a conductor bundle bundling up a plurality of conductor lines through which an alternating-current flows, and an insulating coating covering the conductor bundle. The heat sensitive unit includes a first heat sensitive wire contained inside the insulating coating of the feeder cable and extending along an extending direction of the feeder cable together with the conductor bundle; and a second heat sensitive wire disposed at a position next to the feeder cable and extending along the extending direction of the feeder cable together with the feeder cable.
Provided is a plant cultivation method suitable for growing plants in a plant factory and also enabling the acquisition of fruits with good quality. The plant cultivation method includes: growing the plants from seeds by hydroponics from germination to before fruit formation, i.e., until a predetermined medium switching time; and, when the medium switching time comes, moving the plants to a medium where a foamed brick stone is used as a planting material and continuing growing the plants by hydroponics.
A power feeder includes a feed line along a movement path for a movable body to supply power contactlessly to the movable body, and a thermosensitive line along the movement path together with the feed line. The feed line includes a first line, a second line, and a connector connecting the first line and the second line to each other. The connector includes a conductive connection pair electrically connecting the first line and the second line to each other, and an insulating cover covering the conductive connection pair. The insulating cover is formed from an insulating material. The insulating cover has a groove extending in an extension direction of the feed line. The thermosensitive line is disposed in the groove.
An automated warehouse includes a storage rack, at least one loading section where loading processing of loading a loading target article is performable, a transport apparatus, and a control unit. Each article includes a wireless tag in which identification information unique the article is recorded. The loading section includes a wireless tag reader configured to read the wireless tag. In the loading processing, the control unit reads, with the wireless tag reader, the wireless tag of the loading target article, and in response to the read identification information not matching any identification information of other articles already recorded in a recording unit, the control unit records the read identification information as the identification information of the loading target article in the recording unit.
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