Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
  • B65G1/02—Storage devices
  • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical

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• the invention relates to the field of intralogistics and relates to a storage system which can find applications in any system comprising a flow of reception, storage and shipment of products, such as a warehouse, factory or center. of distribution.
• the objective of the present invention is to provide a storage system which makes it possible to remedy the shortcomings of the existing storage systems described above.
• the invention provides an object storage facility, comprising a plurality of adjacent storage assemblies, in which each storage assembly comprises:
• each storage level comprising four storage units arranged around a central recess and respectively defining four storage directions with respect to the central recess, each storage unit comprising two aligned storage cells according to the respective storage direction,
• an elevation device such as an elevator, arranged in the central recess to circulate between a lowest storage level and a highest storage level, said elevation device:
• a transfer means configured to transfer by translation an object, when the lifting device is positioned at a storage level, to one of the two cells storage aligned in or from each storage direction to the lifting device.
• the installation according to the invention makes it possible to have a high storage density thanks to the particular arrangement of the storage cells.
• a transfer means can load and unload objects to two successive cells in the same direction makes it possible to limit the number of transfer means and the number of lifting devices. As a result, the number of storage cells is increased.
• the installation may include secondary transfer means that can access two successive cells in each direction, each of said cells also being accessible by another transfer means. This therefore increases the speed with which an object is transferred to and from a cell, since any available transfer medium can handle this task quickly. As a result, the transfer rate is increased.
• the secondary transfer medium can serve as a backup medium transfer.
• the structure of the installation is, moreover, simple because it does not require managing AGVs circulating on the roof with the safety issues that this can cause.
• the transfer means is a gripper which can be separated from the lifting device and can be transported by the transport means.
• a gripper can be integral with a means of transport, for example an AGV, when it is transported horizontally from one point of the installation to another. It can also be integral with the lifting device in order to be transported vertically, for example between the lowest storage level and the highest storage bivouac.
• the lifting device may for example comprise one or more cables which form an elevator with the gripper when the latter is secured to the cable (s).
• the transfer means comprises a means of rotation and / or a means of translation with respect to the lifting device.
• Such a transfer means allows easy storage in the four storage directions.
• the storage cells are of cubic or cuboid shape.
• a cubic cell allows rotations of the gripper.
• the cuboid cell is suitable for a larger number of packages, especially those whose width is different from their length.
• other forms of cells are possible.
• the storage installation further comprises a conveying level comprising at least part of the means of transport.
• the conveying level may be the lowest level of the installation.
• a means of transporting objects can be an automatically guided vehicle (AGV).
• An AGV has the advantage of allowing flexibility and reduces the footprint of the installation by eliminating conveyors.
• the automatically guided vehicle can be configured to cooperate directly with at least one transfer means of an elevating device to allow transfer of objects from one to another.
• an elevating device for example, the elevator can go down to the level of the AGV and conversely the AGV can have a telescopic platform.
• the automatically guided vehicle can be configured to cooperate with a conveyor to allow a transfer of objects from one to another, and in which the conveyor is arranged to allow a transfer of objects to. a lifting device or from it.
• the installation is controlled by a computer control system.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a set of storage according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an arrangement of storage assemblies according to the invention.
• FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a vertical section of a storage facility according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 is a schematic view of another storage facility according to the invention
• FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the installation of Figure 5 in which the gripper is in a different position
• FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an AGV carrying a gripper according to the invention. Detailed description of the invention
• FIG. 1 is schematically shown a storage assembly 10 which comprises: a plurality of superimposed storage levels E1, E2, E3, E4, each storage level comprising four storage units 2 arranged around a central recess 3.
• the storage units 2 respectively define four storage directions relative to the central recess 3, each storage unit 2 comprising two storage cells 21, 22 aligned along one of the four storage directions.
• a lifting device (not shown in FIG. 1) arranged in the central recess 3 to circulate between the lowest storage level E1 and the highest storage level E4.
• the lifting device is, for example, an elevator.
• FIG. 2 partially shows, in top view, a storage installation 1 according to an exemplary arrangement of storage assemblies 10 conforming to the storage assembly of FIG. 1.
• the storage assemblies 10 are adjacent to each other.
• Each assembly comprises an elevation device and a means for transferring packages which are mobile in its central recess 3.
• an elevating device provided with its transfer means and circulating in the recess 3 makes it possible to transfer objects in (and from) each of the storage cells 21, 22 arranged around the recess 3 in four directions.
• a lifting device provided with its transfer means and circulating in one of the neighboring recesses 3 'or 3 ", makes it possible to transfer objects into (and from) each of the storage cells 21', 22 'or 21 “, 22" arranged around the recess 3 'or 3 "in four directions.
• the recesses 31, 31 ', 31 may comprise additional elevation devices each provided with a load transfer means which may be identical to those described above. Said elevation devices and their transfer means may provide a transfer of objects to and from two successive cells already accessible by other means for transferring the neighboring recesses 3 and 3 '.
• the means for transferring the recess 31 "makes it possible to reach the cells 22', 21 in a first direction and the cells 22, 21 "in a second direction.
• FIG. 3 is a partial view of an automated storage installation according to the invention in a vertical section at the level of a central recess 3.
• the installation comprises storage levels E1 to E11 and may also include levels of lower storage E-1, E-2 (eg buried).
• the objects 4 to be stored are transported to the storage installation 1 by a first conveyor 5 and from the installation by a second conveyor 6.
• a gripper. 7 which can be part of an elevator or which can cooperate with an elevator (not shown in FIG. 3) so as to move the object 4 to one of the storage levels, then to the storage cell 21, 22 .
• the object 4 is moved towards the gripper 7 then the gripper is moved from the storage level to the level of the second conveyor (exit conveyor) 6 and the transfer to the latter which will then transport it outside the installation.
• Figure 4 shows variants of the installation 1 of Figure 3 where only the first storage levels are shown.
• the storage facility is similar to that of Figure 3, but differs in the means used for the entry and exit of objects 4 to be stored.
• an AGV 8 comprising a telescopic plate 81 moves the objects 4 to and from the gripper 7.
• the tray may also include a transport belt or motorized rollers for transferring the objects 4 from or to the tray 81.
• an AGV 8 comprising a telescopic plate 81 moves the objects 4 to an input conveyor 50, which then moves them to a gripper 7. At the output, the gripper 7 transfers the objects 4 to a conveyor. exit 60, then conveyor 60 transfers them to an AGV 8.
• an AGV 8 moves the objects 4 to an input conveyor 51 comprising an inclined part to receive the objects.
• the conveyor 51 then moves the objects 4 to a gripper 7.
• the gripper 7 transfers the objects 4 to an output conveyor 61 which also comprises an inclined part for transferring the objects 4 to an AGV 8 '.
• Figures 5 and 6 illustrate another embodiment of an installation 10 according to the invention.
• the installation 10 comprises in particular a recess 3 in which is arranged a lifting device comprising lifting cables 91 and a base 90 intended to cooperate with a gripper 70 carried by an AGV 80 and carrying an object 4 to be stored, as shown in Figure 5.
• the base 90 of the lifting device cooperates with the gripper 70 so that when the base 90 rises, it drives with it the gripper 70 and the object 4 to be stored at a storage level (determined by a computer control system (FIG. 6).
• the gripper moves the object 4 into the chosen cell.
• the gripper retrieves the object, then the lifting device lowers the gripper and places it on an AGV 80, the base and the gripper separate. The AGV then moves the object out of storage facility 10.
• Figure 7 illustrates an example of an AGV 80 carrying a gripper 70 which conforms to the AGV 80 assembly and gripper 70 described above.
• the gripper 70 may for example include transfer means 71 for moving objects 4 from and / or to the gripper 70.

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