A low cost automated warehouse that enables a plurality of types of stacker cranes to travel and support articles with different weights is provided. The warehouse includes a rack with multiple levels of shelves, a track along the rack at a position higher than the multiple levels of shelves, and a first and second suspension type stacker crane. The first suspension type stacker crane includes a plurality of driving trucks arranged in a traveling direction, a mast extending in the vertical direction, and a first transfer device suspended in a liftable manner. The second suspension type stacker crane includes a plurality of driving trucks whose number is smaller than the number of the driving trucks of the first suspension type stacker crane, arranged in the traveling direction, a mast extending in the vertical direction, and a second transfer device suspended in a liftable manner.
AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE AND SUSPENSION-TYPE STACKER CRANE
2018-10-18
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |
Automated warehouse and suspension-type stacker crane
Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
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