JPS60242122A - Automatic assortment for material stock containers - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the extension of function and the extension of installation of use destination by constituting the captioned apparatus from a plurality of pairs consisting of fundamental function unit consisting of an automatic recognizing apparatus for the recognition indication code on a container, assorting apparatus, loop type transportation apparatus, and a conveyed-container taking- in apparatus. CONSTITUTION:A label having indication bar code is attached onto each tray 2, and the tray 2 is delivered from an automated warehouse 1 according to the instruction of a distribution processing apparatus 3 in a fundamental function unit 9, and allowed to pass through an assorting apparatus 6 for branched brake and a tray-number apparatus 5. The tray-number is recognized by the distribution processing apparatus 3. A station for a specific use destination is determined by the instruction of a host computer 7, and the tray 2 is transported into a fundamental function unit 8 installed extension. Also in the fundamental function unit 8 installed in extension, processing is performed according to the similar procedure to the fundamental function unit 9. With such constitution, designing is facilitated, and the extension of function and the installation in extension are simplified.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field) The present invention relates to a method for automatically sorting material stock containers, and in particular to a method for automatically sorting material stock containers when supplying materials from a material stock yard to a material usage yard in containers such as pallets or trays. Automatic sorting is about methods.

(Prior art) Conventionally, this kind of sorting method has been inversely proportional to the expansion performance and the achieved function1.For example, when trying to improve expansion performance, the supply side has to manually set the usage destination. For sorting, routes must be uniquely categorized, and even when the destination of use is dynamically and automatically determined, extensive investment in remodeling existing equipment is required to expand functionality. In addition, in a system that dynamically and automatically recognizes a large increase in the number of uses and determines where to use it, sorting has the disadvantage that the cost for control is enormous compared to the number of places to use it. .

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention seeks to provide a method for automatic sorting of material stock containers that eliminates various disadvantages of the prior art.

(Structure of the Invention) According to the present invention, a distributed processing device and an automatic recognition display code that recognizes a recognition display code uniquely attached to each material transport container controlled by the distributed processing device and discharged from a material stockyard. A recognition device, a sorting device, a loop mechanism transport device that drives in the same direction, a receiving device, and a transport container retractor installed at the user station that receives the supplied transport container. A material characterized in that a device is a basic functional unit, the basic functional unit is provided as a compound assembly, and a thousand processing device instructs the distributed processing device to supply the material from a stockyard to a usage station. A method is available for automatic sorting of stock containers.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a sorting device adopting the present invention, Fig. 2 is a basic block diagram thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of basic functional units that are the constituent elements in Fig. 1. show.

In this embodiment, the main controller (referred to as μ host computer)
Then, the fully distributed processing equipment receives instructions for dispensing trays from the automated warehouse to the usage station.

This system constitutes a system to which the present invention is applied when performing automatic warehouse control, conveyor conveyance control, and tray number recognition control, and when sorting and discharging trays to predetermined usage stations.

Next, a method for automatically sorting material stock containers according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

First, in Fig. 1, a unique tray number is displayed with a bar code for each material storage tray 2 stored in an automated warehouse 1 that functions as a stockyard, and the tray 2 is labeled and affixed. According to the instruction of the distributed processing device 3 in FIG. 2 corresponding to the basic functional unit shown in the figure, the data is dispensed from the automated warehouse 1, and the same distribution is also controlled by the processing device 3 in the basic functional unit shown in FIG. The predetermined branching control sorting of the upper loop conveyor 4 shown in FIG.
When the tray number is recognized by the distributed processing device 3 by passing through the tray number recognition device 5, the distributed processing device 3 receives the number from the host computer 7 that monitors the entire system as shown in FIG. Based on the instructions, a specific usage station/1, for example usage station 10i, is determined, and as a result, the expansion basic functional unit 8Hetray 2 shown in FIG.
transport.

Next, in the extended basic functional unit 8, as in the case of the basic functional unit 9, the distributed processing device 3a corresponding to the extended basic functional unit 8 performs branching control of the tray 2, sends the tray 2 to the usage station 10i, and sorts it. Once completed, the used tray 2a is transferred to the lower ρ loop conveyor Il.
b, and stored in the automatic warehouse 1 of the basic functional unit or the automatic warehouse 1a of the expanded basic functional unit under the same control as the upper loop conveyor 4a.

In this case, if the same tray is placed at multiple usage stations, usage station 10e and usage station 1
When sorting into 0j, after sorting to the usage station 10e and used there, the lower loop conveyor 11 and the upper and lower receivers are transferred to the upper loop conveyor 4 again by the transfer conveyor 12, and then the upper and lower receivers are transferred to the transfer conveyor. The trays 2d are sorted to the usage station 10j via the upper loop conveyor 4ai of the additional basic functional unit 12 and the additional basic functional unit.

In this way, 1) the design of the automatic warehouse 2 distributed processing devices and control logic, the conveyor sorting device, the sorting logic, the usage station, etc. can be halved in the embodiment.

2) It is easy to expand, and there is almost no reduction in capacity or changes to existing parts.

3) For upper and lower dumping and receiving, construction work at the user station can be divided between each user station using a transfer conveyor and an upper and lower loop conveyor.

4) As the used station Sakuto ages due to division of labor,
It becomes possible to automate the supply of materials to the manufacturing line.

5) The frequency of loading and unloading of automated warehouses can be reduced, improving capacity.

There are many advantages such as

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, an automatic sorting device that is easy to expand and easy to control can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automated warehouse system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a basic block diagram thereof, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of basic functional units that are the constituent elements in FIG. 1. shows. 1... Automated warehouse for basic functional units, 2...
・Material storage tray, 3... Distributed control device for basic functional unit, 4... Upper loop conveyor for basic functional unit, 5... Tray number for basic functional unit Recognition device, 6... Branch control sorting device provided at the branch/merging section, 7... Host combiner, 8
......Additional functional unit, 9...Basic functional unit, 10a to 10p...Used station, 11...Lower loop conveyor of basic functional unit, 12 ...The upper and lower receivers of the basic functional unit are transfer conveyors, and 13...The conveyor transport device is the basic functional unit. −”'4', −””' Agent Patent attorney Hi Uchihara, ・

Claims (1)

[Claims] A distributed processing device, an automatic recognition display code recognition device that recognizes a recognition display code uniquely attached to each material transport container controlled by the distributed processing device and discharged from a material stockyard, and a sorting device, respectively. The basic functional units are a transport device with a loop mechanism that drives in the same direction, a transport device for receiving and passing, and a transport container retracting device installed corresponding to the usage station that receives the supplied transport containers. A method for automatic sorting of material stock containers, comprising a composite set of functional units, and a main processing device instructs the distributed processing device to supply materials from a stockyard to a usage station.