SEMI-AUTOMATIC AND/OR FULLY-AUTOMATIC ORDER-PICKING SYSTEM
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1. An order-picking apparatus comprising:
- a depalletizing station which fully automatically separates goods from an inbound unit into stock-keeping units;
racking with at least one rack and a fully automatic rack vehicle on a first side of the at least one rack, the rack vehicle automatically storing the stock-keeping units in the at least one rack; and
at least one picker vehicle having at least one load carrier for the picked goods, the picker vehicle being arranged on a second side of the at least one rack, the second side being opposite the first side with the rack vehicle.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a semi-automatic and/or fully automatic order-picking system and a corresponding apparatus and a method which facilitates efficient order picking at low technical outlay.
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20 Claims
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1. An order-picking apparatus comprising:
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a depalletizing station which fully automatically separates goods from an inbound unit into stock-keeping units; racking with at least one rack and a fully automatic rack vehicle on a first side of the at least one rack, the rack vehicle automatically storing the stock-keeping units in the at least one rack; and at least one picker vehicle having at least one load carrier for the picked goods, the picker vehicle being arranged on a second side of the at least one rack, the second side being opposite the first side with the rack vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of order-picking comprising:
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a) automatically depalletising goods of an inbound unit into stock-keeping units; b) automatically transporting the stock-keeping units to a rack; c) automatically storing the stock-keeping units in the rack from a first side of the rack; d) at least partially automatically retrieving the stock-keeping units with a picker vehicle from a second side of the rack; and e) stacking the stock-keeping units retrieved by the picker vehicle onto a load carrier arranged on the picker vehicle to form an outbound unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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