Commissioning system
First Claim
1. A commissioning system including:
- stock storage means for storing a plurality of products;
at least one central conveyor for receiving products from said storage means in accordance with commissioning orders, said at least one central conveyor having a delivery end;
a plurality of intermediate storage containers for temporarily receiving products from said storage means, said intermediate storage containers being stationarily mounted along and next to the at least one central conveyor with each intermediate storage container having discharge means for discharging products received therein to the at least one central conveyor;
a conveying device for conveying collecting receptacles to a location adjacent the delivery end of the at least one central conveyor for receiving products discharged from the at least one central conveyor into respective receptacles in accordance with commissioning orders;
said intermediate storage containers being combined to form a plurality of groups located in sequence along said at least one central conveyor, each group together with an adjacent portion of the stock storage means defining a commissioning zone; and
computer means including a plurality of terminals for instructing a plurality of respective commissioning persons to manually transfer, in accordance with a commissioning order, products from the stock storage means to respective intermediate storage containers;
wherein each of said terminals is primarily assigned to a specific primary commissioning zone and secondarily assigned to at least one adjacent commissioning zone for instructing said commissioning person assigned to said terminal with respect to transfer of products from said primary commissioning zone and said at least one secondary commissioning zone; and
wherein said computer means is operatively connected to said discharge means for each of said intermediate storage containers to empty the products belonging to a respective commissioning order onto the at least one central conveyor for transfer to a respective collecting receptacle.
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Abstract
In a commissioning system (1) comprising at least one central belt (3) for receiving products to be taken from a stock (16) by commissioners and to be assembled according to an order, and a conveying installation (8) to move away in collecting containers (9) the products transferred at a transfer site (3a) at the end of the central belt (3), containers (14) are adjacently arranged below the central belt (3) to receive the products, and a pre-determined number of the adjacently arranged containers (14) each define a respective commissioning region (B1, B2, B3, . . . Bn) for a commissioner (A to F), a pre-determined number of product types on stock (16) is associated to each commissioning region (B1, B2, B3, . . . Bn), and at least one of the commissioning regions neighboring a respective commissioning region forms a supplementary commissioning region to that commissioning region. The containers (14) empty their contents onto the central belt (3) under the control of a control computer (29), and for each commissioner (A to F) a terminal (37) is provided for communication with the control computer (29).
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1. A commissioning system including:
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stock storage means for storing a plurality of products; at least one central conveyor for receiving products from said storage means in accordance with commissioning orders, said at least one central conveyor having a delivery end; a plurality of intermediate storage containers for temporarily receiving products from said storage means, said intermediate storage containers being stationarily mounted along and next to the at least one central conveyor with each intermediate storage container having discharge means for discharging products received therein to the at least one central conveyor; a conveying device for conveying collecting receptacles to a location adjacent the delivery end of the at least one central conveyor for receiving products discharged from the at least one central conveyor into respective receptacles in accordance with commissioning orders; said intermediate storage containers being combined to form a plurality of groups located in sequence along said at least one central conveyor, each group together with an adjacent portion of the stock storage means defining a commissioning zone; and computer means including a plurality of terminals for instructing a plurality of respective commissioning persons to manually transfer, in accordance with a commissioning order, products from the stock storage means to respective intermediate storage containers; wherein each of said terminals is primarily assigned to a specific primary commissioning zone and secondarily assigned to at least one adjacent commissioning zone for instructing said commissioning person assigned to said terminal with respect to transfer of products from said primary commissioning zone and said at least one secondary commissioning zone; and wherein said computer means is operatively connected to said discharge means for each of said intermediate storage containers to empty the products belonging to a respective commissioning order onto the at least one central conveyor for transfer to a respective collecting receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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