An article shipment system includes a warehouse that stores a support, an unloading device that unloads an article from the support, and a loading device that loads an article onto the support. In response to a specified number being greater than or equal to a set number and less than a first loading number, the article shipment system unloads a remaining number of articles from a first support with the unloading device while leaving a flat-upper-surface number of articles on the first support, loads, with the loading device, a first remaining loading number of articles among the remaining number of articles onto a shipping support, and ships the first support and the shipping support. The remaining number is obtained by subtracting the flat-upper-surface number from the first loading number.
A transport cart includes a first cart, a second cart arranged in parallel with the first cart, and a frame. The first cart and the second cart are away from each other in a Y-direction. The frame includes a first standing section extending upward from the first cart, a second standing section extending upward from the second cart, a coupler placed above the first cart and the second cart and coupling the first standing section with the second standing section in the Y-direction, and a plurality of supports placed above the first cart and the second cart and configured to support a transport object from below. The plurality of supports is away from each other in at least either an X-direction or the Y-direction.
B62D 65/18 - Transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines
B66F 9/02 - Stationary loaders or unloaders, e.g. for sacks
G05D 1/244 - Arrangements for determining position or orientation using passive navigation aids external to the vehicle, e.g. markers, reflectors or magnetic means
Multiple wheels include at least one drive wheel drivable by a drive source. A body frame includes first and second frames aligned in a front-rear direction. A transport vehicle includes a first connector connecting the first frame to the second frame to allow the frames to swing about a first swing axis extending in a width direction, a second connector connecting the first frame to the support frame to allow the frames to swing about a second swing axis extending in the width direction, and a third connector connecting the second frame to the support frame to allow the frames to swing about a third swing axis extending in the width direction and to slide in the front-rear direction. A power storage unit is supported by the support frame attachably to and detachably from the support frame from a first side in the front-rear direction or in the width direction.
B66F 9/06 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
A transport facility includes a transport vehicle and a section control system. In a case where a following stop point is different from a leading stop point, and a following passage point is different from a leading passage point at the time when the section control system receives a passage permission request on a first passage point or a second passage point from a following transport vehicle to enter a specific section subsequently to a leading transport vehicle entering the specific section first after the section control system gives the leading transport vehicle a passage permission to pass through the first passage point or the second passage point, the section control system gives the following transport vehicle a passage permission to pass through the following passage point.
In this transport vehicle, a plurality of wheels (2) include at least one driven wheel (21) driven by a drive source (D). A vehicle body frame (1) is provided with a first frame part (11) and a second frame part (12) arranged side by side in the front-rear direction (Y), the vehicle body frame (1) being provided with: a first coupling part (5) for coupling together the first frame part (11) and the second frame part (12) so as to be able to swing around a first swing axis (A1) extending along the width direction (X); a second coupling part (6) for coupling together the first frame part (11) and a support frame (3) so as to be able to swing around a second swing axis (A2) extending along the width direction (X); and a third coupling part (7) for coupling together the second frame part (12) and the support frame (3) so as to be able to swing around a third swing axis (A3) extending along the width direction (X) and to be able to slide in the front-rear direction (Y). A control unit is supported by the vehicle body frame (1) via the support frame (3).
This transport vehicle is provided with a vehicle body frame (1) and a plurality of wheels (2) supported by the vehicle body frame (1). The plurality of wheels (2) include at least one driven wheel (21) driven by a drive source (D). The vehicle body frame (1) is provided with a first frame part (11) and a second frame part (12) arranged side by side in the front-rear direction (Y), the vehicle body frame (1) being provided with a coupling part (5) for coupling together the first frame part (11) and the second frame part (12) so as to be able to swing around a swing axis (A1) extending along the width direction (X). The first frame part (11) and the second frame part (12) are each provided with: bottom plate parts (111, 121) having a flat plate shape; and lateral plate parts (112, 122) provided to stand upwards from the outer edges of the bottom plate parts, so as to be formed as a box of which the top face is open.
A transport vehicle (10) comprises a drive motor that drives a drive wheel (12), and a power storage body (16) that stores power to be supplied to the drive motor, a first frame part (21) and a second frame part (22) being connected so as to be able to freely swing around a first swing axis (B1), the drive wheel (12) being supported by the first frame part (21) or the second frame part (22), a pair of first driven wheels (14a) being disposed so as to be separated from each other in the width direction (Y), and the power storage body (16) being disposed between the pair of first driven wheels (14a) in the width direction (Y), at a position overlapping the pair of first driven wheels (14a) in a width direction view along the width direction (Y).
A transport vehicle (10) comprises a frame (20), a first bumper part (51), and a second bumper part (52). The frame (20) comprises a first frame part (21) and a second frame part (22), and a first connection part (41) for swingably connecting the first frame part (21) and the second frame part (22) about a first swing axis (B1) extending along a width direction Y. The first bumper part (51) is supported by the first frame part (21), the second bumper part (52) is supported by the second frame part (22), and gaps (M1, M2) are provided between the first bumper part (51) and the two bumper part (52) in the front-rear direction (X).
An empty container transport system includes a plurality of transport vehicles that travel in a travel area, an empty container supplier that supplies a plurality of empty containers of different types selectively to the respective plurality of transport vehicles, a plurality of work stations, and a controller. The controller generates, based on container request information including at least a type of empty container to be used at each of the plurality of work stations, empty container supply information to supply an empty container to each of the plurality of work stations. Each of the plurality of transport vehicles holds the empty container of the type corresponding to the container request information and transports the empty container to the corresponding work station based on the empty container supply information.
B66F 9/06 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
B31B 50/00 - Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
B65B 43/54 - Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B66F 9/065 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks non-masted
An article transport facility includes a control system that issues a transport command specifying a transport origin and a transport destination of an article to a transport vehicle. The control system is configured to execute predicted transport time derivation processing for deriving a predicted transport time for each of a plurality of candidate paths, and path selection processing for selecting a transport path for the transport vehicle to travel along from among the plurality of candidate paths. The control system preferentially selects a candidate path whose predicted transport time is within a reference range as the transport path in path selection processing regarding the candidate paths with a target transport destination as the transport destination.
B65G 17/12 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
A simulation system includes a display device that displays an image of a virtual space and a controller. The controller includes a space information obtainer, a facility information obtainer, and a display processor. The space information obtainer obtains inner space information representing an inner space of a building. The facility information obtainer obtains facility information representing each of multiple facilities arranged in the inner space. The display processor generates, in the virtual space, based on the inner space information and the facility information, a three-dimensional representation of the inner space of the building in which the multiple facilities are arranged, and causes the display device to display the three-dimensional representation. The display processor performs a plan view display process for causing displaying of a plan view of a target facility represented in two dimensions projected on a projection plane defining a part of the inner space.
A projection system (3) is provided with a projection device (31) that projects information (I) onto or near to a production facility (2) that includes a conveying device (21) for conveying a vehicle body (V), wherein the information (I) includes facility information (IA) relating to the production facility (2).
B23P 21/00 - Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
B62D 65/18 - Transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines
G03B 21/00 - Projectors or projection-type viewersAccessories therefor
An article arrangement determination system includes a determination processor and a modification processor. The determination processor obtains lower-layer arrangement information indicating lower-layer article arrangement that is arrangement of articles included in a lower article layer and upper-layer arrangement information indicating upper-layer article arrangement that is arrangement of articles included in an upper article layer. The determination processor determines, in response to the lower-layer article arrangement having an open area, whether an article included in the upper article layer has a possibility of falling into the open area. The modification processor modifies the upper-layer arrangement information in response to determination that an article has the possibility of falling. The modification processor determines, in response to upper-layer article arrangement indicated by modified arrangement information resulting from modifying the upper-layer article arrangement having no possibility of falling, the modified arrangement information as new upper-layer arrangement information.
B65G 57/04 - Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack from above by suction or magnetic devices
B65G 57/24 - Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical in layers, each of predetermined arrangement the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets
B65G 57/26 - Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical in layers, each of predetermined arrangement the arrangement providing for spaces between the articles
A transport vehicle travels with a support surface positioned at a second height if a straight distance (L) from a travel starting point at which the transport vehicle starts traveling while supporting an article to a directional change position (80) at which the transport vehicle is to perform a turning operation that does not involve a change of the orientation of the article is within a predetermined distance (Ls), and the transport vehicle travels with the support surface positioned at a third height if the straight distance (L) is longer than the predetermined distance (Ls).
B66F 9/06 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
B66F 9/12 - PlatformsForksOther load-supporting or load-gripping members
G05D 1/225 - Remote-control arrangements operated by off-board computers
G05D 1/244 - Arrangements for determining position or orientation using passive navigation aids external to the vehicle, e.g. markers, reflectors or magnetic means
G05D 101/00 - Details of software or hardware architectures used for the control of position
G05D 105/28 - Specific applications of the controlled vehicles for transportation of freight
G05D 107/70 - Industrial sites, e.g. warehouses or factories
A conveyance device includes a traveling vehicle, a mast, a raising and lowering section, and a control section. The traveling vehicle includes a wheel, a motor which drives the wheel, and a slippage detection section which detects slippage at the wheel. In a case where two or more slippage detection sections out of the slippage detection sections detect, at least in a state where the traveling vehicle is accelerated, slippage of not less than a predetermined amount, the control section causes the traveling vehicle to stop.
B65G 43/04 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting detecting slip between driving element and load- carrier, e.g. for interrupting the drive
B65G 35/06 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path
19.
DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND LIFTING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME
A drive transmission device includes a reference shaft positioned on a reference axis, a first target shaft and a second target shaft positioned on a target axis, a first rotator attached to the first target shaft, a second rotator attached to the second target shaft, a first transmission member wound around the first rotator, a second transmission member wound around the second rotator, and a shaft coupling. The first target shaft and the second target shaft are arranged with a gap in the axial direction, and the first rotator and the second rotator are positioned on the target axis to be arranged side by side in the axial direction. The shaft coupling is connected to both the first rotator and the second rotator.
A contactless power feeder including multiple feed lines includes a coupler disposed between a first feed line and a second feed line adjacent to each other and holding a first section and a second section of each of the first feed line and the second feed line facing each other. The first feed line and the second feed line are arranged in the coupler to cause a direction of a current through the first section of the second feed line relative to a direction of a current through the first section of the first feed line to be opposite to a direction of a current through the second section of the second feed line relative to a direction of a current through the second section of the first feed line.
H02J 50/40 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
B60M 7/00 - Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types, e.g. suspension tramway, ropeway, underground railway
B61B 3/02 - Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles with self-propelled vehicles
B61C 13/04 - Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or purposes for elevated railways with rigid rails
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
H02J 50/70 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
This article transport facility comprises: tiered transport devices (4) disposed in a plurality of tiers; a lifting transport device for transporting articles (W) in the vertical direction (Z); and a carry-out device. The lifting transport device is provided with an upper lifting unit (6U) and a lower lifting unit (6L). A control system executes, as a selection process for selecting an article (W) to be received by each of the upper lifting device (6U) and the lower lifting device (6L), a first selection process for causing the lowermost tiered transport device (4) at the lower level (Z1), among the tiered transport devices (4) on which the articles (W) to be received by the upper lifting device (6U) are disposed, to be positioned at the upper level (Z2), i.e., higher than the uppermost tiered transport device (4) at the upper level (Z2), among the tiered transport devices (4) on which the articles (W) to be received by the lower lifting device (6L) are disposed.
Taiwan Daifuku Co., Ltd. (Taiwan, Province of China)
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
Su, Chiaying
Inazumi, Kyota
Abstract
The disclosure discloses an object conveying system which includes an object conveying apparatus and a mounting table. The object conveying apparatus includes a traveling member, the vehicle member, and a transporting member. A rail which extends along a horizontal direction is disposed between the object conveying system and the mounting table. A horizontal moving mechanism of the vehicle member moves back and forth along the rail. The rail includes a first rail and a second rail having different horizontal heights in an up-down direction and extending along the horizontal direction. While the horizontal moving mechanism is moving to the side away from the object conveying apparatus, a first wheel of the horizontal moving mechanism moves along the first rail, and a second wheel of the horizontal moving mechanism moves along the second rail.
B65G 17/00 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
A transport vehicle includes a holding device and a restrictor. The holding device includes a pair of holders and a holder drive. A first holder includes a first extension and a first support. A second holder includes a second extension and a second support. The restrictor includes a first restrictor assembly and a second restrictor assembly. The first restrictor assembly is switchable between a first restrictive position to restrict movement of the first holder and a first unrestrictive position. The second restrictor assembly is switchable between a second restrictive position to restrict movement of the second holder and a second unrestrictive position.
A transport facility includes a mobile body configured to move separately from a transport vehicle, a mobile body control system configured to control the mobile body, and a management terminal for a manager. In a case where an abnormality occurs in the transport vehicle, the mobile body control system performs an abnormality handling process of a state information acquisition device sequentially acquiring state information including a state of the transport vehicle in a state where the mobile body can acquire the state information by means of the state information acquisition device, and sequentially transmitting the acquired state information to the management terminal.
Taiwan Daifuku Co., Ltd. (Taiwan, Province of China)
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
Shen, Chiayang
Lin, Yuching
Lin, Kuanchih
Abstract
The disclosure discloses an object conveying system including an object conveying apparatus and a mounting table. The object conveying apparatus includes a traveling member, the vehicle member, and a transporting member. A rail which extends along a horizontal direction is disposed between the object conveying system and the mounting table. A horizontal moving mechanism of the vehicle member moves back and forth along the rail. A horizontal height of a lowest end of an outer peripheral edge of a first wheel on the horizontal moving mechanism is higher than a horizontal height of a lowest end of an outer peripheral edge of a second wheel. While the horizontal moving mechanism is moving to a direction away from the object conveying apparatus, the first wheel and the second wheel move along the rail by contacting in order.
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
B66C 19/00 - Cranes comprising trolleys or crabs running on fixed or movable bridges or gantries
In an article transport facility, a control system determines, in a pathfinding process for setting a first travel path that is a travel path from a specified travel origin to a specified travel destination, whether first estimated power consumption that is estimated power consumption derived using, as a target operation, an operation for moving along a candidate path for the first travel path exceeds a usable power amount, and excludes, from candidates for the first travel path, a path for which the first estimated power consumption is determined to exceed the usable power amount during search for the candidate path to continue to search for the candidate path at least partially different from the excluded path.
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles and a control system. In order to select a target transport vehicle to be caused to perform transport processing from among transport vehicles not holding any article, the control system executes selection processing including calculating an evaluation cost for each of the transport vehicles not holding any article, using a cost whose value is related to a factor affecting the travel time of the corresponding transport vehicle and whose value increases as the travel time is longer, and selecting the transport vehicle having the smallest evaluation cost as the target transport vehicle. In the selection processing executed when a specific holding section is the transport origin, the control system calculates the evaluation cost based on both a receiving cost and a delivery cost.
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
In an article transport facility, the operational states of each of transport vehicles include a first state in which the transport vehicle is traveling to a transport destination being set to receive or transfer articles and a second state in which the transport destination is not set. A transport vehicle, among the transport vehicles, in the second state is a standby vehicle. A control system obtains, in determining a travel destination of the standby vehicle, information indicating a battery level of a power storage included in the standby vehicle. The control system determines the travel destination in a charging area or in a non-charging area in response to the battery level being greater than or equal to a set value and determines the travel destination in the charging area in response to the battery level being less than the set value.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
A transport facility includes a plurality of transporters and a determination system. The determination system includes a vibration detector, a recorder, a determiner, and a controller. The vibration detector detects vibrations from each of the plurality of transporters and obtains vibration data indicating the vibrations. The recorder stores at least reference data for determination of a state of each of the plurality of transporters. The determiner determines a sign of an abnormality in each of the plurality of transporters based on the reference data stored in the recorder and the vibration data obtained by the vibration detector. The controller implements an inspection mode of stopping operations of the plurality of transporters other than a target transporter and obtaining, with the vibration detector, the vibration data of the target transporter in operation.
B65G 43/02 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating
A transport facility includes an information collection device mounted in a transport vehicle, a mobile body that moves separately from the transport vehicle, and a communication system. The information collection device includes an abnormality information acquisition unit that acquires, in response to the occurrence of an abnormality in the transport vehicle, abnormality information including at least one of abnormality content information, pre-abnormality occurrence information, and post-abnormality occurrence information, and a first communication unit that transmits the abnormality information. The mobile body includes a second communication unit that communicates with the first communication unit and receives the abnormality information, not via the first communication system, and a third communication unit that gives an administrator terminal an abnormality occurrence notification, which is a notification of the occurrence of an abnormality.
H01L 21/67 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
33.
Transport Vehicle and Transport Facility Including Transport Vehicle
A holding unit of a transport vehicle is coupled to the travel unit via a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism is configured to be able to transition between a coupled state in which the travel unit and the holding unit are coupled to each other, and a separated state in which the travel unit and the holding unit are separated from each other. The travel unit executes both a coupled traveling mode of traveling while being coupled to the holding unit via the coupling mechanism and a separated traveling mode of traveling alone while being separated from the holding unit.
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
A transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles that transport articles and a control system that controls the transport vehicles. Each transport vehicle includes a transporter. The control system performs, in response to electric power supply to the transport vehicles being interrupted, an interruption information obtaining process of obtaining an operating state information of each transport vehicle as preliminary operating state information. The control system performs, after the electric power supply is restored, a post-restoration information obtaining process of obtaining the operating state information of each transport vehicle as post-restoration operating state information. The control system performs an automatic recovery target determination process of determining whether each transport vehicle is a target of automatic recovery based on a result of comparison between the preliminary operating state information and the post-restoration operating state information.
An article transport facility includes a control system configured to classify inspection results on transport vehicles which inspection results are acquired by an inspection apparatus into a normal level, a transport-performable abnormal level as an abnormal level which does not reach the normal level but in which a corresponding transport vehicle is able to continue transporting an article, and a transport-unperformable abnormal level as an abnormal level in which a corresponding transport vehicle is not able to continue transporting the article, and to perform an exit process on a transport vehicle having an inspection result classified as the transport-unperformable abnormal level, in such a manner as to cause the transport vehicle to exit out of a path via an exit section in the path.
H01L 21/67 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components
H01L 21/677 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for conveying, e.g. between different work stations
Taiwan Daifuku Co., Ltd. (Taiwan, Province of China)
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
Hsieh, Tsungyu
Abstract
The disclosure discloses an object conveying system including an object conveying apparatus and a mounting table. The object conveying apparatus includes a traveling member, the vehicle member, and a transporting member. A rail extending along a horizontal direction is disposed between the object conveying system and the mounting table. A horizontal moving mechanism of the vehicle member moves back and forth along the rail. The rail includes a tilt portion and a horizontal portion. The tilt portion extends obliquely in a direction away from the object conveying apparatus and upward in the up-down direction. While the horizontal moving mechanism is moving away from the object conveying apparatus, a first wheel and a second wheel move along the rail. When the horizontal moving mechanism moves to the mounting table, and a boundary of the tilt portion and the horizontal portion is disposed between the first wheel and the second wheel.
B65G 35/06 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path
B65G 49/06 - Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for fragile or damageable materials or articles for fragile sheets, e.g. glass
In this electromagnetic device, a plurality of coil blocks in which coils equal in number to the number of phases are arranged in order in one direction are arranged in said one direction in a track part. In a moving body, permanent magnets constituting one or multiple electrical angle cycles are arranged in a direction corresponding to said one direction, and the end parts of the permanent magnets in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction of the permanent magnets are positioned opposite the end parts of the coils in a direction intersecting said one direction. As a result, in the electromagnetic device, by setting a d-axis current target value to a positive value when the coils are excited, step-out of the moving body with respect to the track part is suppressed due to attraction forces between the end parts of the coils and the end parts of the permanent magnets.
Realized is a transport system which has high reliability of transport and which is simplified. A transport system (100) includes: a check-in location (3) at which baggage (200) is checked in; a supplying device (1) which supplies, to the check-in location (3), a tray (9) on which the baggage (200) is not placed; a detecting device (33) which detects that the baggage (200) has been placed on the tray (9) at the check-in location (3); and a transporting device (2) which transports the tray (9) from the check-in location (3) toward a transport destination after detection has been made by the detecting device (33).
A transporter transfers a target object to and from a roller conveyor including a plurality of rollers and a support frame. The transporter includes a holder including a support, a restrictor that restricts movement of the target object in a transport direction, and an open-close assembly that opens and closes the restrictor. The open-close assembly includes a movable member and a linkage. The support includes an insert portion placeable, with the holder at a first position, below a transport surface of the roller conveyor through a roller clearance. The movable member is pressed upward by the support to enter a pressed state in response to the holder being lowered from a second position to the first position and is released from pressure from the support frame to enter a released state in response to the holder being raised from the first position to the second position.
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
B65G 47/54 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices between conveyors which cross one another at least one of which is a roller-way
B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
41.
Screw Member Tightening and Loosening Apparatus, and Screw Member Tightening and Loosening Method
A control unit is configured to perform a first control of controlling a movement unit so that a fitted part of a screw member and a fitting part of a rotating body are axially aligned with each other; a second control of controlling the movement unit to press the fitting part against the fitted part; a third control of, while maintaining a state in which the fitting part is pressed against the fitted part, controlling a rotation-driving unit to rotate the rotating body to a first rotation direction side by a first predetermined angle; a fourth control of, while maintaining the state in which the fitting part is pressed against the fitted part, controlling the rotation-driving unit to rotate the rotating body to a second rotation direction side by a second predetermined angle, which is smaller than the first predetermined angle, the fourth control performed after the third control.
A work facility includes a container arrangement section in which a plurality of containers are arrangeable, a work area, and a work assist device to assist the worker in the placement and removal work. The work assist device includes a display device that the worker is capable of wearing in front of the eyes of the worker and that is configured to show the worker an augmented reality image, an article information acquisition system to acquire article information that is information regarding the articles contained in the containers disposed in the container arrangement section, and a control system to control the display device. The control system generates a container transmission image that is the augmented reality image making at least one container out of the containers disposed in the container arrangement section appear transparent and showing the worker an appearance of the articles contained in the at least one container.
An article conveyance device includes a travelling section configured to travel along a travelling path, a body section suspended from the travelling section, and a power storage section storing electricity. The body section includes a first structure extending downward from a travelling section side. The first structure accommodates the power storage section and includes an impact absorption member arranged in a forward position on a side farther from a center position of the body section in a front-and-rear direction than the power storage section.
A rail installation state determination system includes a vibration database storing vibration data indicating a relationship between a position, a vibration, and a travel speed of a vehicle traveling along a rail, a preprocessor that performs preprocessing on the vibration data stored in the vibration database, and a determiner that determines the installation state of the rail based on the vibration data on which the preprocessing has been performed. A path includes a straight section and a curved section. The preprocessor performs a curved section exclusion process of excluding pieces of the vibration data obtained in the curved section from the vibration data stored in the vibration database.
An article transport facility includes a plurality of movable bodies each configured to move in a movable area. Each of the movable bodies includes a surrounding detection device; and a surrounding information acquisition section configured to acquire surrounding information based on a detection result from the surrounding detection device. A plurality of movable bodies in a predetermined sharing range performs an information sharing process of sharing respective pieces of surrounding information acquired by the plurality of movable bodies. Each of the movable bodies searches for a routes to its destination based on the pieces of surrounding information shared in the information sharing process.
An automated warehouse includes a storage facility, a first bogie, and a second bogie. The first bogie includes a power storage device, a travel driving device, and a control device configured to control the travel driving device. The control device includes a control unit, a heat generating device configured to generate heat, and a thermally insulated case. The control unit and the heat generating device are stored in the thermally insulated case.
An article transport facility includes a control system. The control system is configured to perform an entry permission issuing process of giving an entry permission to allow a plurality of transport vehicles to enter a junction, based on a cost calculated as a factor influencing a travel time of the transport vehicles in each of two pre-junction sections which cost increases as the travel time is longer, in such a manner as to give the entry permission to more entry-waiting transport vehicles in first a pre-junction section for which the cost is larger out of the two pre-junction sections than in a second pre-junction section for which the cost is smaller out of the two pre-junction sections.
An article transport facility includes a control system. The control system is configured to perform an entry permission issuing process of giving an entry permission to enter a junction to X entry-waiting transport vehicles among entry-waiting transport vehicles in a first pre-junction section, wherein X=N1−N2+M, where X is the number of entry-waiting transport vehicles receiving the entry permission, N1 is a first number indicative of the number of the entry-waiting transport vehicles in the first pre-junction section, N2 is a second number indicative of the number of entry-waiting transport vehicles in a second pre-junction section, and M is an adjustment number as a numeral of 0 or more.
B65G 43/10 - Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination
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In first control, a controller controls the swing angle of a first arm (11) to cause the first arm (11) to come in contact with a conveyed article (2), controls the swing angle of a second arm (21) to cause the second arm (21) to come in contact with the conveyed article (2), controls a first adjuster to apply an acceleration force to the conveyed article (2), and controls a second adjuster to apply a deceleration force to the conveyed article (2). In second control, the controller controls the swing angle of the first arm (11) to cause the first arm (11) to come in contact with the conveyed article (2), controls the swing angle of the second arm (21) to cause the second arm (21) to come in contact with the conveyed article (2), controls the first adjuster to apply a deceleration force to the conveyed article (2), and controls the second adjuster to apply an acceleration force to the conveyed article (2).
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
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To enable an operator to recognize arrival of a sorting target article, even while the operator is away from an operation area. A first control section (12) of a control device (1) determines a sorting destination on the basis of identification information that has been read by a reading device (3), and causes a first wireless communication section (11) to transmit information on reception of an article to a mobile terminal (2) that is associated with the determined sorting destination. A second control section (22) of the mobile terminal (2) causes a notification section (24, 26, 27) to notify an arrival timing at which the article is to arrive at the sorting destination, on the basis of the information on the reception of the article which has been received by a second wireless communication section (21).
A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article along a movement path, a wireless communicator that performs wireless communication with the transport vehicle, and a movable object movable separately from the transport vehicle. The movable object includes an information collector that collects communication state information indicating a state of wireless communication between the transport vehicle and the wireless communicator.
In an article shipping system, a container forming device forms a shipment container that has a size necessary to house articles in a housing sequence determined in housing sequence determination processing, as a target shipment container relating to target order information. A control system controls a conveyance system in a manner such that (i) one or more target conveyance containers in which articles indicated by the target order information are housed arrive at a consolidation work area in a sequence corresponding to the housing sequence determined in the housing sequence determination processing, and (ii) the target shipment container arrives at the consolidation work area before the one or more target conveyance containers arrive.
A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article, a movement path along which the transport vehicle moves, a movable object movable separately from the transport vehicle, and a movable object controller that controls the movable object. The movable object includes an information obtainer that obtains path state information indicating a state of the movement path. The movable object obtains the path state information with the information obtainer while moving along the movement path. The movable object controller performs, based on the path state information obtained by the information obtainer, a map generating process of generating map data of the movement path.
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A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article along a movement path, a movable object including a communication device that performs wireless communication with the transport vehicle being within a communication range and being movable separately from the transport vehicle, and a movable object controller that controls the movable object. The movable object controller causes, in response to determining that the transport vehicle is faulty, the movable object to be within the communication range of the transport vehicle and causes the communication device to transmit, to the transport vehicle, a recovery command for recovery of the transport vehicle.
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Provided is a conveyance system capable of more flexibly setting a conveyance permission condition for permitting a conveyance medium to convey an article than before. A conveyance system (1) comprises a conveyance medium (HB) that conveys an article (GD). The conveyance system (1) has: a first control device (10) that instructs a worker (W) to perform a work corresponding to the article (GD); and a second control device (20) that controls conveyance of the article (GD) by the conveyance medium (HB) in accordance with a command from the first control device (10). The first control device (10) specifies a relevant object number, which is the number of articles (GD) to be delivered to the conveyance medium (HB) by the worker (W). The first control device (10) sets a conveyance permission condition for permitting conveyance of the article (GD) to the conveyance medium (HB) on the basis of the relevant object number.
In a sequencing process, a control device included in an article transport facility determines the order of passage according to waiting time indices that are determined based on waiting times of a plurality of passage target vehicles at a merging area. The waiting time indices are each determined by correcting the waiting time using a correction coefficient determined based on the status of each of the plurality of passage target vehicles.
An article sorting facility includes an auxiliary Y-direction path in at least one of a plurality of Y-direction inter-path areas each between a pair of Y-direction paths adjacent to each other in the X-direction. The auxiliary Y-direction path is a path on which a plurality of transport vehicles travel in the Y-direction. The auxiliary Y-direction path branches from at least one of the pair of Y-direction paths adjacent to each other in the X-direction.
A transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles and a control system. The control system updates, when a target article is transported from a transport source to a transport destination through a relay using two of the plurality of transport vehicles, an arrival prediction time at which the target article arrives at a receiving position in the relay based on a checkpoint pass time at which the target article passes a checkpoint, and deploys a second transport vehicle to be at the receiving position at the updated prediction time.
An article transport vehicle includes a holder that holds an article, a lifter that raises and lowers the holder, and a control device that controls the lifter. The lifter includes a rotator, a wound member windable around and unwindable from the rotator, and a lifter drive motor that rotates the rotator. The control device includes a transmission torque detector that detects transmission torque transmitted from the lifter drive motor to the rotator and a weight estimator that estimates a weight of the article based on the detected transmission torque.
A transport vehicle for transporting an article includes a travel unit configured to travel; a vehicle body including a storage section configured to store the article; and an information communication unit. The vehicle body includes a first wall portion facing the storage section from a first side in a travel direction; and a first bumper section disposed to project toward the first side in the travel direction from the first wall portion. The information communication unit includes a sensor configured to detect motion of the vehicle body; a communications device configured to communicate with at least the travel unit; and a recording device configured to store detection data from the sensor and acquisition data acquired by the communications device.
Each first locking unit of a pair of first locking units (11) is positioned in such a manner that a plurality of first locking portions (14) are respectively locked to side surfaces of a plurality of containers (90) included in a stacked container group arranged in a container group arrangement region (A), in a state where the first locking portions (14) are lined up along an up-down direction (V) and face the container group arrangement region (A). Each second locking unit of a pair of second locking units (21) is positioned in such a manner that a second locking portion (24) is locked to a side surface of the lowest container (90) of the stacked container group arranged in the container group arrangement region (A), in a state where the second locking portion faces the container group arrangement region (A).
To achieve a stacker crane in which a regeneration resistor is disposed in an appropriate position. The stacker crane (1) includes a carrier section (10), masts (20) provided upright on the carrier section, and a carriage (30) capable of being raised and lowered with respect to the masts, the masts each having at least a first portion (21) and a second portion (22) disposed on the first portion, a control machine being fixed to the first portion, a regeneration resistor being fixed to the second portion.
To dispose more delivery conveyance devices around a transfer device. An inter-floor conveyance device includes: a raising and lowering section including a transfer mechanism configured to move in a vertical direction across a plurality of floors while holding a container and configured to transfer the container; and an intermediate conveyor configure to convey the container between the transfer mechanism and each of delivery conveyors configured to deliver the container to and from a ceiling conveyance device configured to convey the container.
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TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING TRANSPORT APPARATUS
A transport apparatus includes a support; an elevating base supported in the support to be movable up and down; a belt stretched from the elevating base; a pulley wrapped with the belt; a shaft fitting into the pulley; a fixing member disposed on each side of the pulley in an axial direction of the shaft; a pair of bearings that rotatably hold the shaft in the fixing member; a cylindrical member fitting around the shaft; and an annular member including a ring opening portion to fit onto and be removed from the shaft. The position of the pulley between the pair of bearings in the axial direction of the shaft is determined by the cylindrical member and the annular member.
A power receiving apparatus receives power from an electric cable through which an AC current flows in a noncontact manner, and supplies the power to a target equipment. The power receiving apparatus includes: a coupler provided in a state where a position thereof relative to the electric cable is fixed. The coupler includes a magnetic core disposed to surround the electric cable, and a coil wound around the magnetic core. The magnetic core includes first and second core portions that are divided from each other by a core division plane. In the second core portion, a facing surface is formed in a flat shape to be disposed along the core division plane while facing the first core portion, and a nonmagnetic body is disposed along the facing surface to cover the facing surface, and sandwiched between the first and second core portions.
In the present invention: X-direction paths, which are paths for a conveyance vehicle (20) traveling along the (X) direction, are set so as to be aligned in a plurality in the Y direction in a connection area (E2); each one of the X-direction paths is associated with one of a plurality of exit parts (19) as an X-direction correspondence path (51); and each X-direction correspondence path (51) is set to be closer to a Y-direction second side (Y2) the closer the corresponding exit part (19) is to either end of the connection area (E2) in the X direction.
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.
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.
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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 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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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).
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
B65G 15/14 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts the load being conveyed between the belts
B65G 15/58 - Belts or like endless load-carriers with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
B65G 35/06 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
