Abrégé

A palletisation method, wherein: articles (i) are transported towards a loading point, the articles (i) are loaded by a loading device onto a container arranged in the loading station, the loading device being controlled by a computer control device, the method further including generating a stable arrangement of the articles (i) on the container upstream of their loading, the stable arrangement includes placing articles having substantially similar heights to form layers, wherein a partial layer having a first height occupies part of the container and at least one complementary partial layer having a second height occupies a second unoccupied part such that the entire surface area of the container is occupied.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 61/00 - Utilisation d'appareils de prise ou de transfert, ou de manipulateurs, pour empiler ou désempiler des objets, non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

12345123451234555) corresponding to the order having the fewest different products; and - when the priority order is complete, it is discharged to a delivery zone (Z3).

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/087 - Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks, p. ex. exécution des commandes, approvisionnement ou régularisation par rapport aux commandes
• B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés

Abrégé

The invention relates to a system (1) for the storage of articles (3) comprising: - a plurality of article storage levels (N1, N2), each level comprising an intermediate base (6, 6') oriented in a first direction, a storage shelf (2) and a shuttle (4) arranged to move articles from the intermediate base (6, 6') to the storage shelf (2), - an elevator (51), - an input conveyor (7) arranged to move articles (3) to be stored to the elevator (51) in a second direction, - wherein the elevator (51) comprises a rotary base (53) capable of being oriented in the second direction, in order to transfer an article (3) from the input conveyor (7) to the rotary base (53), and of being oriented in the first direction, in order to transfer an article (3) between the rotary base (53) and the intermediate base (6, 6') of a storage level (N1, N2).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 1/06 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des moyens pour que les objets se présentent à l'enlèvement dans des positions ou à des niveaux prédéterminés
• B65G 1/04 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques
• B66F 9/07 - Dispositifs pour stocker du plancher jusqu'au toit, p. ex. "pont stockeur", "transtockeur"

Abrégé

The invention relates to a gripper (300) intended to be mounted on a robot (200) of a loading/unloading system in order to grip, when it is actuated, a package (400) to be moved from or to a container, the gripper (300) comprising a frame (310) carrying a plurality of gripping devices (301) each having a first end attached to the frame (310) and a second end carrying a suction cup (303), the suction cup being connected to a vacuum device (305). According to the invention: - each suction cup (303) can be actuated individually to grip the package (400) by suction; and - a gripping device (301) comprises a linear shaft (302) that is movable with respect to the frame and can move the suction cup (303) of the device (301) between a retracted position and an advanced position. The invention also relates to a parcel loading/unloading system using this gripper, as well as to a method using this system.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25J 9/12 - Manipulateurs à commande programmée caractérisés par des moyens pour régler la position des éléments manipulateurs électriques
• B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher
• B25J 15/00 - Têtes de préhension
• B25J 15/06 - Têtes de préhension avec moyens de retenue magnétiques ou fonctionnant par succion
• B25J 19/00 - Accessoires adaptés aux manipulateurs, p. ex. pour contrôler, pour observerDispositifs de sécurité combinés avec les manipulateurs ou spécialement conçus pour être utilisés en association avec ces manipulateurs
• B25J 19/02 - Dispositifs sensibles

Produits et services

Software; downloadable computer software applications; recorded software platforms; software for use in the fields of logistics and transport; software for use in warehouse management, operation and management of systems for supply, reception, unloading, handling, inventorying, inventory management, traceability and warehousing of merchandise and materials, order preparation, management, tracking, monitoring and sending, and quality control; software intended to be used as an application programming interface (API). Design, development and installation of software; design, development, installation of computer platforms; Software as a Service [SaaS]; computer platforms as services [PaaS]; consulting services in the field of industrial process engineering; development, design, updating and maintenance of logistics software; drafting, design, updating and maintenance of software for use in warehouse management, operation and management of systems for supply, reception, unloading, handling, inventorying, inventory management, traceability and warehousing of merchandise and materials, order preparation, management, tracking, monitoring and sending, and quality control; advice and assistance in the field of computer network applications and with respect to software; computer programming; information, advice and assistance services in the field of computer software; maintenance and upgrading of computer software and platforms; computer diagnostic services; software customization services.

Abrégé

The invention relates to a gripping device (1), suitable for grasping a layer of products, comprising: - a horizontal suction plate (3) connected to a pumping device and having vacuum openings (30) and being arranged to come into contact with a layer of products by displacing the gripping device using a robot, and - a flexible lateral skirt (4) forming a band surrounding the suction plate (3), wherein the skirt (4) is configured to move from a rest position in which it is at a distance from the layer of products into a working position in which it is in contact with the layer of products and the suction plate, the latter being capable of moving vertically relative to the skirt (4) to adapt the vacuum volume to the height of the layer of products to be gripped by the gripper.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25J 15/00 - Têtes de préhension
• B25J 15/02 - Têtes de préhension servocommandées
• B25J 15/06 - Têtes de préhension avec moyens de retenue magnétiques ou fonctionnant par succion

Abrégé

The invention relates to a palletisation method, wherein: - articles (i) are transported towards a loading point, - the articles (i) are loaded by a loading device onto a container (5) arranged in the loading station, - the loading device being controlled by a computer control means, the method further comprising a step for generating a stable arrangement of the articles (i) on the container upstream of their loading, - the stable arrangement comprises placing articles having substantially similar heights to form layers, wherein a partial layer (Ci) having a first height occupies part of the container and at least one complementary partial layer (Ci') having a second height occupies a second unoccupied part such that the entire surface area of the container is occupied. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 61/00 - Utilisation d'appareils de prise ou de transfert, ou de manipulateurs, pour empiler ou désempiler des objets, non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

The invention relates to a hauling assembly (11) comprising: - a belt having a flexible body (20) and a plurality of hauling cables (30) embedded in the body (20), - at least one hauling cleat (40) configured to support an attachment device intended to be fixed to the cleat, wherein the cleat (40) has a direct mechanical connection to all or part of the plurality of hauling cables (30).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 1/04 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques
• B65G 15/36 - Courroies ou porte-charges sans fin analogues en caoutchouc ou en matière plastique avec couches de renfort, p. ex. en tissu ces couches incorporant des cordes, des chaînes ou des sections d'acier laminé
• B65G 15/44 - Courroies ou porte-charges sans fin analogues en caoutchouc ou en matière plastique avec nervures, stries ou autres saillies superficielles pour communiquer l'impulsion aux charges

Abrégé

The invention relates to an automated article storage system comprising: • - automatically guided carriages having first hooking means, and • - a rack comprising a plurality of storage levels and a vertically moving column, and said vertically moving column comprising: • - first movable lifting means (31, 32, 33) configured to vertically move a first automatically guided carriage (4A, 4B), and • - second movable lifting means (31, 32, 33), adjacent to the first lifting means (31, 32, 33), configured to vertically move a second automatically guided carriage (4A, 4B), independently of the movement of the first automatically guided carriage (4A, 4B), the first lifting means (31, 32, 33) and/or the second lifting means (31, 32, 33) comprise second hooking means configured to co-operate with the first hooking means such that the hooks are engaged for raising or lowering purposes.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 1/04 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques
• B66B 9/10 - Genres ou types d'ascenseurs installés dans les bâtiments ou édifices ou adjoints à ceux-ci du type "paternoster"

Abrégé

Disclosed is an object transfer device for a conveying installation, the device including a main object conveying path and a plurality of rotary drive elements, the rotary elements being configured to adopt a lowered position in which the element is situated below the main path a raised position in which the element projects above the main path in order to drive an object, the rotary drive element including drive surfaces with external diameters that vary over the length of the element, wherein the drive surfaces of the rotary drive elements have an external diameter that varies according to the angular position of the rotary element along the transfer path. Also disclosed is a conveying installation including such transfer device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 47/54 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter entre transporteurs se croisant l'un au moins étant du type à rouleaux
• B65G 39/04 - Adaptation des rouleaux individuels ou supports à cet effet les rouleaux consistant en un certain nombre d'éléments formant rouleau montés sur un seul axe
• B65G 47/244 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs présentant les objets selon un orientement donné en les faisant tourner autour d'un axe sensiblement perpendiculaire au plan de transport

Produits et services

Machine tools; Handling machines, automatic [manipulators]; Palletisation machines; Packaging machines; Industrial robots; Robotic apparatus for wrapping, packaging and handling; label making machines and Label applicators; Sorting machines for industry; Carton folding machines; Conveyors [machines]; Conveyors, in particular belt conveyors and roller conveyors; Elevators [lifts]; Lifting platforms; moving platforms. Weighing, measuring and proportioning apparatus and instruments; Data processing equipment and computers; Integrated computer software packages for industry; Computer software for optimising stock management; Detectors. Transportation logistics and Logistics relating to the storage of merchandise in particular Preparation of orders of merchandise; Wrapping of goods; Warehousing, intermediate storage and storage of goods; Delivery of goods, distribution (delivery) of goods; Delivery of goods by mail order; Parcel delivery; Transportation logistics.

Abrégé

The invention relates to a facility for storing objects, comprising a plurality of adjacent storage assemblies, each comprising: - a plurality of superimposed storage levels (E1, E2, E3, E4), each comprising four storage units (2) arranged around a central recess (3), each storage unit (2) comprising two storage cells (21, 22) aligned in the respective storage direction, - a lifting device circulating in the central recess (3), the lifting device: - being capable of interacting with a means for transporting objects in order to transfer an object from one to the other, and - comprising a transfer means configured to transfer an object by translational movement, when the lifting device is positioned at a storage level (E1, E2, E3, E4), to one of the two storage cells (21, 22) aligned in each storage direction, or from the latter to the lifting device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 1/04 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques

Abrégé

The invention concerns a system and method for loading and/or unloading packages (31, 32), comprising: - a lift table (11) that can move along a vertical axis (ZZ') and designed to receive a container (2), - a first detection means (13) covering the top packages (31, 32), - a robot (4) provided with a gripper (5), - a computerised control means connected to the first detection means (13) and to the lift table (11), the first detection means (13) being configured to determine the positions of the packages and to transmit them to the control means, the control means being configured to: - calculate a difference (∆1) between the upper end (33) of a determined package (31, 32) and a predetermined vertical reference position (P1), and - to vertically move the lift table (11) by a distance equal to the difference (∆1).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 57/03 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile par au-dessus
• B65G 59/02 - Désempilage par le haut de la pile
• B65G 61/00 - Utilisation d'appareils de prise ou de transfert, ou de manipulateurs, pour empiler ou désempiler des objets, non prévus ailleurs
• B65G 59/04 - Désempilage par le haut de la pile par aspiration ou dispositifs magnétiques
• B65G 57/04 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile par au-dessus par aspiration ou dispositifs magnétiques

Abrégé

The invention relates to an object-transfer device (9) for a conveying installation, said device (9) comprising a main object-conveying path (CP) and a plurality of rotary drive elements (11), said rotary elements (11) being configured to adopt a lowered position in which said element (11) is situated below the main path (CP), a raised position in which said element (11) projects above the main path (CP) in order to drive an object, the rotary drive element (11) comprising drive surfaces with external diameters that vary over the length of the element (11), wherein the drive surfaces of the rotary drive elements (11) have an external diameter that varies according to the angular position (β) of said rotary element (11) along the transfer path (Cτ; Cτ'). The invention also relates to a conveying installation comprising a transfer device according to the invention.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 47/54 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter entre transporteurs se croisant l'un au moins étant du type à rouleaux

Abrégé

Disclosed is a method for presenting in a longitudinal line packages initially arranged in rows i, at a determined isolated-package pace D, using at least a regulating conveyor belt and two line-forming conveyor belts. After separating rows adjacent in the longitudinal direction, rows are sequentially presented onto the regulating conveyor belt, the dimensions of the spaces between end packages of the row and the reference inside and outside dimensions with respect to the regulating conveyor belt and the number of packages on the belt are measured optically, the speed of the line-forming conveyor belts for maintaining the determined pace D is calculated, the paths of the packages are calculated and the moment at which to release the packages of row from the regulating belt onto the line-forming conveyor belts so that the inside package of row i does not meet the outside package of row i−1 is determined.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
• B65G 47/31 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par une série de transporteurs en faisant varier les vitesses relatives des transporteurs en série
• B65G 15/10 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration comprenant plusieurs surfaces sans fin travaillant ensemble et à axes parallèles longitudinaux, ou une multiplicité d'éléments parallèles, p. ex. des cordes formant une surface sans fin
• B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur

Abrégé

The present invention relates to a method for presenting in a longitudinal line packages that were initially arranged in rows i, at a determined isolated-package pace D, using at least three successive conveyor belts, namely a regulating conveyor belt (16) and two line-forming conveyor belts (17, 18). After separating from one another rows that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction, each row i is presented in turn onto the regulating conveyor belt (16), the dimensions of the spaces between the end packages of the row i and the reference inside and outside dimensions with respect to the regulating conveyor belt (16) and the number of packages of row i on the belt are measured optically, the speed of the line-forming conveyor belts (17, 18) for maintaining the determined pace D is calculated, the paths of the packages are calculated and the moment at which to release the packages of row i from the regulating belt (16) onto the line-forming conveyor belts (17, 18) so that the inside package of row i does not catch up with the outside package of row i-1 is determined.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
• B65G 47/31 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par une série de transporteurs en faisant varier les vitesses relatives des transporteurs en série
• B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
• G06T 7/00 - Analyse d'image

Produits et services

Machine tools; packaging and wrapping machines; sorting machines for industry; robots (machines); printing machines; Elevators (lifts). Scientific apparatus and instruments (except for medical use), weighing, measuring, signalling and checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for the supply, distribution, transformation, accumulation, regulation or control of electric current; Data processing equipment and computers; computer software (recorded programs); computer peripheral devices. Installation, maintenance, telephone support and repair of machines. Packaging and storage of goods; Stock storage and management; storage of electronically-stored data or documents; telephone support relating to the aforesaid services. Providing of training. Engineering evaluations, estimates and research in the field of science and technology; design and development of computer hardware and software; research and development of new products (for others); technical project studies; design, installation, maintenance, updating and rental of computer software; Computer programming; consultancy in the field of computers; Telephone support and maintenance of industrial computer hardware.