JPS60262702A - Delivery system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain counting and delivery of a required number of articles so as as to cope with the tendency of delivery in a variety of sizes in small amounts by providing means for retrieving the stock position of the articles to be delivered and means for counting and delivering the predetermined number of articles from the stock position. CONSTITUTION:A rotary moving frame 1 receives multi-stages of conveying cages 2, each of the stages including a plurality of conveying cages 2 disposed in parallel to one another. The conveying cage 2 is open at its front and upper surfaces and closd at both sides, bottom and rear surfaces. There is provided adjacent to the moving frame 1 a conveying arm 3 for conveying articles into and out of the conveying cages 2 in each stage. The conveying arm 3 has a cylindrical pole 3b supported at the lower end by a base plate 3a and a moving frame 3c mounted to the pole 3b and having a gripper 3d. The moving frame 1 and the conveying arm 3 are relatively controlled by a computer 4. Observing a CRT 6, an operator assures, according to production information from an information input unit 5, the address of the stock position of the articles in the conveying cage 2 and, counting the number, brings in and out the articles by the conveying arm 3.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a warehousing method for carrying out inventory items,
In particular, the present invention relates to an unloading method that allows a necessary number of items to be removed from a stock position.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in manufacturing industries that mainly engage in assembly, the amount of components required for assembly, for example, electronic components, mechanical components, etc., is ordered and procured from other manufacturing industries by the required number and delivery date. A method is adopted in which the parts are stored in a warehouse until assembly work begins.

By the way, in today's high-variety, low-volume production and small-lot production systems, the amount of goods delivered at one time is often much smaller than the amount stored in the packaging at the time of storage.

However, in the conventional warehousing method, the warehousing was carried out with the trays and other warehousing transport units used as packaging, so it was not possible to cope with a reduction in the variety and quantity of the warehousing items, and the warehousing caused problems such as excessive number of the same items and warehousing. was being carried out. As a result, excessive shipment of the same item leads to work stagnation in the production process, which has the disadvantage of causing a rise in production costs.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks, and enables the necessary number of items to be counted and delivered from a group of inventory items stored in transportation units at the time of storage, and the number of items to be delivered is The purpose is to provide a shipping method that can handle a wide variety of products in small quantities.

[Configuration of the Invention] The configuration of the shipping method according to the present invention for achieving the above object of the present invention includes means for searching the inventory position of the shipping item;
and means for carrying out a predetermined number of articles in units of one from the inventory position.

[Explanation of Examples] Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of the delivery method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the transport housing in the first embodiment of the unloading system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cartridge article stored in the transport housing in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a transport case in a second embodiment of the unloading method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the loaded articles stored and suspended in the transport casing in the second embodiment are suspended on an arm.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a transport housing in a third embodiment of the unloading system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the boxed articles stored in the transport case in the third embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a rotary set moving pedestal, and the rotary set moving pedestal 1 accommodates a plurality of transport casings 2 arranged in parallel on the same stage in multiple stages. The transport casing 2 of this rotary complete moving frame 1 is moved in the horizontal direction in response to an external electrical signal. The transport casing 2 has its front and top surfaces open, both side surfaces 2a, bottom surface 2b, and rear surface 2C closed, and accommodates various articles in the state described below.

Each transport housing 2 is given an identifiable address.

In addition, a transport arm 3 is installed at a position where the transport case 2 of the rotary set moving frame 1 can move horizontally without any hindrance and is close to it, allowing articles to be freely carried in and out of the transport case 2 at each stage. ing. The transport arm 3 includes a movable pedestal 3C whose lower end is supported by a substrate 3a and which is attached to a column 3b extending in one direction so as to be able to move up and down and rotate freely, and a movable pedestal 3C which is attached to the movable pedestal 3C so as to be movable forward and backward. It is composed of a grip part 3d. The gripping portion 3d has a function of directly gripping the article inside the transport housing 2. The rotary set moving frame 1 and the transport arm 3 are mutually controlled by a computer 4. CRT
According to the production information input from the information input device 5 while looking at 6, the transport case 2 containing the necessary articles is moved horizontally to the front of the transport arm 3, and the address of the inventory position of the goods in the transport case 2 is moved horizontally to the front of the transport arm 3. The conveyor arm 3 carries in and out the articles while checking and counting the articles at the inventory position.

In the first embodiment (see FIGS. 2 and 3), a plurality of cartridge articles 7 are housed in parallel within the transport casing 2. Inside each cartridge article 7 are rolled up small articles 8 which are successively connected by tape. The gripping portion 3d of the conveying arm 3 winds up the tape connecting the small articles 8 into 51 small articles 8, cuts the tape, and carries out the small articles 8. In addition, when carrying the cartridge article 7, the grip 3d of the conveying arm 3 grasps the knob 9 located on the cartridge article 7 and carries the cartridge article 7 into the conveying case 2.

In the second embodiment (see FIGS. 4 and 5), one end of the transport case 2 is fixed to the rear surface 2C of the transport case 2, and the front end thereof is diagonally downward and the tip thereof is directed upward. A plurality of arms 10 are provided in parallel, each of which is bent in a semi-circular arc toward the other side.
A plurality of hanger-equipped bags 11 containing items 2 are suspended. The bag with hanger 11 whose grip part 3d of the carrying arm 3 is the frontmost part
When the bag 11 with a hanger is taken out, the next bag 11 with a hanger slides down to the front. The transport arm 3 counts the number of bags 11 with hangers and carries out the required number of bags 11 with hangers. In addition, the bag 11 with a hanger is hung on the rear side of the arm 10 when carrying the bag. Second
The embodiment applies when the articles cannot be joined by tape.

In the third embodiment (see FIGS. 6 and 7), the conveyance case 2 has a plurality of rails 13 diagonally diagonal to the front and downwardly inclined, laid at equal intervals on the bottom surface 2b inside the conveyance case 2. A plurality of boxed articles 14 containing articles are placed on this rail I 342. When the gripping portion 3d of the transport arm 3 takes out the boxed article 14 at the forefront, the next boxed article 14 slides down to the front. The transport arm 3 counts the number of boxed articles 14 and carries out the required number of boxed articles 14. Incidentally, when carrying the goods, the boxed articles 14 are placed on the rear side of the rails 13. Third
The embodiment is applied when the article is stored in a box.

[Effects of the invention As explained above, according to the shipping method according to the present invention,
By having a means for searching the inventory position of outgoing goods and a means for counting and carrying out a predetermined number of goods from the inventory position, from the group of inventory goods stored in transport units at the time of warehousing, The required number of articles can be counted and delivered, and it is possible to cope with a reduction in the variety and quantity of goods to be delivered.

Thereby, it is possible to reliably prevent work stagnation in the production process when the variety and quantity of goods to be delivered is reduced, and it is possible to achieve the effect of reducing production costs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of the delivery method according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a transport case in a first embodiment of the unloading method according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cartridge article stored in the transport case in the first embodiment. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a transport casing in a second embodiment of the unloading system according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which an incoming article is suspended on an arm. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a transport case in a third embodiment of the unloading method according to the present invention. FIG. It is a perspective view showing a boxed article stored in a transport case in an example. 1, φ, rotary set moving frame 2...transport case 2a...side surface 2b, fist, bottom surface 2c...rear surface 3...Transporting arm 3a...Substrate 3b11...Cylinder 3c...Moving stand 3d...Gripping part 41/Computer 5@fistφ information input device 6 ・ ・ ・ CRT 7... Cartridge article 8ψ・-Small items 9, 1 knob 10...arm 11, φ, bag with hanger 12 fists, loaded items 13...rail 14...boxed items

Claims (1)

[Claims] A shipping method characterized by comprising means for searching the stock position of goods to be delivered, and means for counting and transporting a predetermined number of goods from the stock position.