System and method for handling returned goods in an order-picking system
First Claim
1. In an order-picking system comprisinga container warehouse providing a plurality of storage containers,at least one workstation arranged, in a picking mode, as an order-picking station configured for picking goods from the storage containers into order containers,at least one delivery station having a detecting device, where returned goods are provided and detected,a returned-goods conveyor arranged to convey returned goods from the delivery station to the workstation,a storage-container conveyor arranged to convey the storage containers to the workstation, andan order-container conveyor arranged to convey the order containers to the workstation, wherein the returned-goods conveyor is an additional conveyor, and wherein the workstation comprises a working region, wherein the returned-goods conveyor, the storage-container conveyor and the order-container conveyor for delivering or moving away order containers are lead to the working region;
- a method for storing returned goods of different type of goods in the order-picking system, the method comprising the following steps;
providing at least one returned good of a first type of goods at the delivering station;
detecting each of the returned goods with a detecting device and delivering the returned goods to the returned-goods conveyor conveying the returned goods to the workstation;
identifying the type of goods of each of the detected returned goods with a warehouse-management system;
identifying a storage container with which the respectively identified type of goods is associated with the warehouse-management system;
retrieving the respectively associated storage container from the container warehouse, and conveying the retrieved associated storage container to the workstation by means of the storage-container conveyor; and
delivering the returned goods, at the workstation, to the associated storage container.
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Abstract
A system and method for storing returned goods (56) of different type of goods in an order-picking system (10), wherein the order-picking system (10) comprises a container warehouse (12) for providing a plurality of storage containers (52, 54), and at least one workstation (14) at which the returned goods (56) in the storage containers (52) from the container warehouse (12) are, in a return mode, delivered, the method comprising the following steps: providing (70) at least one returned good (56) of a first type of goods at a delivering station (16), detecting (72) of each of the returned goods (56) and, preferably separately, delivering the returned goods (56) to a returned-goods conveyor (32) conveying the returned goods (56) to the workstation (14), identifying (74) the type of goods of each of the detected returned goods (56), identifying (76) a storage container (52) with which the respectively identified type of goods is associated, retrieving (78) the respectively associated storage container (52) from the container warehouse (12), and conveying this storage container (52) to the workstation (14), and at the workstation (14) delivering (80) the returned goods (56) to the associated storage container (52).
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1. In an order-picking system comprising
a container warehouse providing a plurality of storage containers, at least one workstation arranged, in a picking mode, as an order-picking station configured for picking goods from the storage containers into order containers, at least one delivery station having a detecting device, where returned goods are provided and detected, a returned-goods conveyor arranged to convey returned goods from the delivery station to the workstation, a storage-container conveyor arranged to convey the storage containers to the workstation, and an order-container conveyor arranged to convey the order containers to the workstation, wherein the returned-goods conveyor is an additional conveyor, and wherein the workstation comprises a working region, wherein the returned-goods conveyor, the storage-container conveyor and the order-container conveyor for delivering or moving away order containers are lead to the working region; -
a method for storing returned goods of different type of goods in the order-picking system, the method comprising the following steps; providing at least one returned good of a first type of goods at the delivering station; detecting each of the returned goods with a detecting device and delivering the returned goods to the returned-goods conveyor conveying the returned goods to the workstation; identifying the type of goods of each of the detected returned goods with a warehouse-management system; identifying a storage container with which the respectively identified type of goods is associated with the warehouse-management system; retrieving the respectively associated storage container from the container warehouse, and conveying the retrieved associated storage container to the workstation by means of the storage-container conveyor; and delivering the returned goods, at the workstation, to the associated storage container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An order-picking system for handling returned goods of different types of goods comprising:
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a container warehouse for providing a plurality of storage containers; at least one workstation arranged as an order-picking station in a picking mode; at least one delivery station having a detecting device, where returned goods are provided and detected; a returned-goods conveyor arranged to convey returned goods from the delivery station to the workstation; a storage-container conveyor arranged to convey storage containers to the workstation; an order-container conveyor arranged to convey order containers to the workstation, wherein the returned-goods conveyor is an additional conveyor; and a warehouse-management system being configured, in a return mode, to identify detected returned goods with respect to the type of goods thereof, in order to retrieve storage containers, which are associated with the identified type of goods, from the container warehouse, and convey them to the workstation, where the identified returned goods are delivered to the associated storage containers, and being configured, in the picking mode, to retrieve storage containers from the container warehouse and to convey them to the workstation where goods are picked from the storage containers into order containers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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