An intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics

Abstract

The present invention discloses an intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics, which relates to the field of intelligent warehousing and sorting technology, and mainly includes the following steps: according to the classification requirement set of each monomer product, each product on the guide rail is differentiated and stored under the differentiated classification requirement through a plurality of hierarchical classification recognition loops; according to the order timing requirement, the monomer first-category products after the final differentiation and storage are warehoused under the timing arrangement through the timing arrangement loop, and the monomer second-category products are directly warehoused on the second guide rail; according to the matching combination requirement corresponding to the first-category products on the current first guide rail, the monomer second-category products are screened and warehoused under the corresponding arrangement through the matching combination loop on the second guide rail; the first-category products on the first guide rail and the second-category products on the second guide rail are respectively removed from the warehouse one by one. The present invention realizes the automated processing of product pairing and sorting, reduces the labor cost expenditure, and improves the delivery efficiency.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of intelligent warehousing and sorting, and in particular to an intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on aerial logistics. Background Art

[0002] Product pairing and sorting is a critical process in the logistics and warehousing industry, which involves matching specific products with orders and then packing and shipping them. But when relying on manual pairing and sorting, errors can occur due to fatigue, negligence or lack of training. At the same time, manual pairing and sorting can be very time-consuming, especially when handling large quantities of products, which can cause production line bottlenecks and reduce overall production efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the problems in the process of manual pairing and sorting products and reduce human resource consumption, the present invention proposes an intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics. The sorting target is a paired combination product composed of a first category product and a second category product. Specifically, the method includes the following steps:

[0004] S1: Load products through each loading port and obtain the user's product pairing combination requirement set and the corresponding order timing requirement and single product classification requirement set;

[0005] S2: According to the classification requirement set of each single product, each product on the rail is stored in a differentiated manner according to the differentiated requirements of each category through a number of hierarchical classification recognition loops;

[0006] S3: According to the order timing requirements, the first track products of the monomer type 1 products after the final differentiation and storage are put into the warehouse under the timing arrangement through the timing arrangement loop, and the monomer type 2 products are directly put into the second track;

[0007] S4: According to the matching combination demand sorting corresponding to the first category of products on the first track, the second category of products are screened and put into the warehouse according to the corresponding sorting through the matching combination loop on the second track;

[0008] S5: The first category of products on the first rail and the second category of products on the second rail are taken out of the warehouse in pairs.

[0009] Furthermore, the monomer product classification requirements include classification of Category I products and Category II products.

[0010] Furthermore, in the step S2, the classification identification loop reads the classification information on the carrier through the identifier to identify the information of the product mounted on the carrier.

[0011] Furthermore, in the step S2, when any level of classification recognition loop completes the recognition of the target classification information of the current carrier, the product is pushed into the differentiation track corresponding to the classification for storage, and after the product in a differentiation track corresponding to the current loop completes the differentiation / sorting operation of the next loop, the product in the next differentiation track corresponding to the current loop is pushed into the next loop to perform the differentiation / sorting operation.

[0012] Furthermore, the step S5 further includes the following steps:

[0013] S6: By identifying the classification information on the carrier, it is determined whether the paired products are correctly paired. If they are correct, the paired products are transported out. If not, the paired products are transported back to the classification recognition loop for re-differentiation operation.

[0014] Furthermore, in the step S2, after each classification identification loop, in addition to the differentiation track corresponding to each classification, a secondary differentiation track for reclassification flow is also included, which is used to transport the products for re-differentiation operation to the classification identification loop where the classification information pairing error occurs.

[0015] Furthermore, in the step S4, the storage method of the paired combination loop includes secondary short loop storage, single large loop storage and pre-stored storage.

[0016] Furthermore, the secondary short-loop warehouse exit is to perform a warehouse entry operation under two pairing combination sorting confirmations through two short pairing combination loops with a small single product circulation volume, and immediately perform the pairing warehouse exit operation in step S5 after warehouse entry.

[0017] Furthermore, the single large loop warehouse entry is to perform a warehouse entry operation under word pairing combination sorting confirmation through a long pairing combination loop with a large single product circulation volume, and immediately perform the pairing warehouse exit operation in step S5 after warehouse entry.

[0018] Furthermore, the pre-storage warehousing is to perform a warehousing operation under a single pairing combination sorting confirmation through a short pairing combination loop with a small single product circulation volume, and then perform the pairing warehousing operation in step S5 after storing a certain number of Class II products or reaching a preset time point.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0020] (1) The intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics described in the present invention performs dual-path sorting and pairing according to timing requirements and pairing combination requirements after the products are identified by chip information and differentiated by rails, thereby realizing the automated processing of product pairing and sorting and reducing labor cost expenditure;

[0021] (2) Through the dual-track guide, the products with the previous classification information are sorted in time and matched with the corresponding pairing combination needs, which greatly improves the overall delivery efficiency;

[0022] (3) A variety of warehouse entry methods based on matching combination needs meet users' different timeliness and personalized needs;

[0023] (4) Using air logistics to carry out graded differentiation, storage and final matching of products reduces warehouse space occupancy and saves more available space for enterprises;

[0024] (5) The sorting review mechanism can timely screen out products with incorrect matching and carry out targeted reclassification operations on the corresponding incorrect classification attributes, thereby greatly improving the accuracy of matching shipments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a step diagram of an intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics;

[0026] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the track for smart warehousing aerial logistics. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings to further describe the technical solution of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

[0028] The aerial rail logistics system in the warehouse is an advanced material handling solution that uses aerial rails to transport goods and materials, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of warehouse operations. This system is particularly suitable for warehouses or manufacturing environments with a high degree of automation, which can effectively utilize vertical space, reduce ground traffic congestion, and speed up the flow of materials. On this basis, in order to achieve automated sorting and pairing of supporting products, saving the cost of manual sorting, such as Figure 1 As shown, the present invention proposes an intelligent warehousing sorting method based on air logistics, wherein the sorting target is a paired combination product consisting of a first category product and a second category product, and specifically comprises the following steps:

[0029] S1: Load products through each loading port and obtain the user's product pairing combination requirement set and the corresponding order timing requirement and single product classification requirement set;

[0030] S2: According to the classification requirement set of each single product, each product on the rail is stored in a differentiated manner according to the differentiated requirements of each category through a number of hierarchical classification recognition loops;

[0031] S3: According to the order timing requirements, the first track products of the monomer type 1 products after the final differentiation and storage are put into the warehouse under the timing arrangement through the timing arrangement loop, and the monomer type 2 products are directly put into the second track;

[0032] S4: According to the matching combination demand sorting corresponding to the first category of products on the first track, the second category of products are screened and put into the warehouse according to the corresponding sorting through the matching combination loop on the second track;

[0033] S5: Remove the first category of products on the first rail and the second category of products on the second rail one by one;

[0034] S6: By identifying the classification information on the carrier, it is determined whether the paired products are correctly paired. If they are correct, the paired products are transported out. If not, the paired products are transported back to the classification recognition loop for re-differentiation operation.

[0035] In order to better understand the technical content of the present invention, this embodiment is described by combining an actual application scenario. Figure 2 As shown, in an application scenario in which the technical point of the present invention is applied, the aerial rail logistics mainly consists of the first buffer loop Line1, the second classification identification loop Line2, the third buffer loop Line3, the fourth classification identification loop Line4, the fifth buffer loop Line5, the timing arrangement loop Line6, the seventh buffer loop Line7, the eighth quality inspection loop Line8, and the differentiation rails between the two adjacent loops. This application example needs to complete the task requirements of users to sort complete sets of suit products, and a complete set of suit products consists of suits (first category products) and trousers (second category products) of different sizes and colors.

[0036] First, the staff will enter the user's order requirements, the user's product pairing combination requirements, and the corresponding order timing requirements and single product classification requirements into the system at the operation console. Then the staff at the loading end will hang the produced suits / trousers on the hanging hanger (carrier), and enter the product classification information such as product size, color, and product category (suit or trousers) in the chip built into the hanging hanger, and load the materials into the first buffer loop Line1 through the loading ports 11, 12, and 13. In the process of buffering and storing the products through the first buffer loop Line1, the products are loaded into the second classification identification loop Line2 in an orderly manner through the guide rail 14. In the second classification identification loop Line2, the color classification information (such as black, gray, and blue) in the hanging hanger chip (or information recording methods such as barcodes / QR codes) is first identified by the identifier, and the suits / trousers are differentiated and stored in the corresponding differentiation guide rails (including 21, 22, and 23) according to the color classification. Then, when the differentiation rails meet the conditions for exiting the warehouse (any differentiation rail is fully loaded, and the next classification identification loop completes the classification identification task of the previous batch of loaded products), any of the fully loaded differentiation rails will load the suits / clothes mounted on it into the third buffer loop Line3.

[0037] In the process of buffering and storing the products through the third buffer loop Line 3, the products are loaded into the fourth classification identification loop Line 4 in an orderly manner through the guide rail 31. In the fourth classification identification loop Line 4, the size classification information (such as S, M, L) in the hanging hanger chip is first identified by the identifier, and the suits are differentiated and stored in the corresponding differentiation rails (including 41, 42, 43) according to the size classification. Then, after the differentiation rails meet the conditions for leaving the warehouse, any of the fully loaded differentiation rails will load the suits / suits mounted on it into the fifth buffer loop Line 5.

[0038] In the process of buffering and storing the products through the fifth buffer loop Line 5, the products are loaded into the timing arrangement loop Line 6 in an orderly manner through the guide rail 51. In the timing arrangement loop Line 6, the product category information (suit or trousers) in the hanging hanger chip is first identified by the identifier. Among them, the suits are kept in the timing arrangement loop Line 6 and further orderly put into the warehouse on the first guide rail according to the order timing requirements, while the trousers are loaded into the second guide rail. Of course, if there is no timing requirement, how can the suits be put into the first guide rail in sequence according to the order of loading the timing arrangement loop Line 6.

[0039] Correspondingly, in the second track, according to the sorting of suits on the current first track (including track 611 under the secondary short loop entry mode, track 621 under the single large loop entry mode, and track 631 under the pre-storage entry mode), the trousers will be screened under the corresponding matching pairing combination demand information sorting and matching, and the sorted and screened trousers will be sequentially entered into the second track. Furthermore, in order to meet the different timeliness or personalized needs of users, the entry mode of the paired combination loop includes secondary short loop entry, single large loop entry, and pre-storage entry, where:

[0040] The secondary short loop outbound warehouse is to perform two pairing combination sorting confirmations through two short pairing combination loops with a small single product circulation volume (two short pairing combination loops on the 612 rails) to enter the warehouse twice, and immediately perform the pairing outbound operation in step S5 after entering the warehouse. This warehouse entry method is suitable for users with a small order volume. It can ensure the accuracy of pairing to the greatest extent while ensuring the efficiency of sorting and pairing, and reduce the occurrence of secondary re-sorting.

[0041] The single large loop warehouse entry is to perform the warehouse entry operation under the word pairing combination sorting confirmation through a long pairing combination loop (a long pairing combination loop on the 622 rail) with a large single product circulation volume, and immediately perform the pairing warehouse exit operation in step S5 after entering the warehouse. This warehouse entry method is more suitable for users such as e-commerce who place orders immediately and have large orders.

[0042] Pre-storage warehousing is to perform warehousing operation under single pairing combination sorting confirmation through a short pairing combination loop with a small single product circulation volume (a short pairing combination loop on the 632 rail), and then perform the pairing outbound operation in step S5 after storing a certain number of Class II products or reaching a preset time point. This warehousing method is more suitable for the needs of users who have made reservation orders. According to the buyer's reservation order information, multiple pairs of suit products can be paired, sorted and packaged in advance.

[0043] For the products that have been paired and shipped out, the eighth quality inspection loop Line 8 will be used to verify the pairing combination requirement information of the paired products. If the verification is correct, the products will be loaded out through the guide rail 83. If the verification is incorrect, according to the deviation / missing classification information, the products will be quickly transported to the corresponding classification identification loop through the guide rails 81, 24, and 44 for re-differentiation and storage. If the sorting volume is redundant, the classification identification loop can also be returned through the guide rail 81 if conditions permit. For the failure to enter the product classification information in the chip, the product falling in the middle / the carrier is empty, etc., the abnormal carrier can be flowed into the abnormal platform through the guide rail 82 to wait for manual processing.

[0044] It should be noted that since the transmission speed of the track-mounted products and the speed of the identifier to identify and classify the products are fixed, the efficiency of product loading and final matching output can be adjusted to achieve efficiency consistency, thereby avoiding idleness or overload in various links of the sorting process.

[0045] In summary, the intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics described in the present invention performs dual-path sorting and pairing according to the timing requirements and pairing combination requirements after chip information recognition and rail differentiation, thereby realizing the automated processing of product pairing and sorting and reducing labor cost expenditure. At the same time, the dual-path rails perform time sequence sorting and corresponding pairing combination requirements matching for the products with the pre-sequence classification information processed, greatly improving the overall delivery efficiency.

[0046] A variety of warehouse entry methods under matching matching combination requirements meet the different timeliness and personalized needs of users. The use of air logistics for step-by-step differentiation, storage and final matching of products reduces the occupancy of warehouse space and saves more available space for enterprises. The sorting review mechanism timely screens out products with matching errors and performs targeted reclassification operations on the corresponding incorrect classification attributes, thereby greatly improving the accuracy of matching shipments.

[0047] It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement status, etc. between the components under a certain specific posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change accordingly.

[0048] In addition, in the present invention, descriptions such as "first", "second", "one", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0049] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "connection", "fixation", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, "fixation" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0050] In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the fact that ordinary technicians in the field can implement it. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be implemented, it should be deemed that such combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection required by the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics, characterized in that: The sorting target is a paired combination of products consisting of Category 1 products and Category 2 products. The specific steps include: S1: Load products through each loading port, and obtain the user's product pairing combination requirement set and the corresponding order timing requirement and single product classification requirement set; S2: According to the classification requirement set of each single product, each product on the rail is classified and stored under the differentiated requirements through a number of hierarchical classification recognition loops; S3: According to the order timing requirements, the first track products of the monomer type 1 products after the final differentiation and storage are put into the warehouse under the timing arrangement through the timing arrangement loop, and the monomer type 2 products are directly put into the second track; S4: According to the matching combination demand sorting corresponding to the first category of products on the first track, the second category of products are screened and put into the warehouse according to the corresponding sorting through the matching combination loop on the second track; S5: Remove the first category of products on the first rail and the second category of products on the second rail one by one; In the step S4, the paired combination loop entry methods include secondary short loop entry, single large loop entry and pre-stored entry; The secondary short loop warehouse entry is to perform a warehouse entry operation under the confirmation of two paired combination sorting through two short paired combination loops with a small single product circulation volume, and immediately perform the paired warehouse exit operation in step S5 after warehouse entry; The single large loop warehouse entry is to perform a warehouse entry operation under the confirmation of a single pairing combination sorting through a long pairing combination loop with a large single product circulation volume, and immediately perform the pairing warehouse exit operation in step S5 after warehouse entry; The pre-storage warehousing is to perform a warehousing operation under a single pairing combination sorting confirmation through a short pairing combination loop with a small single product circulation volume, and then perform the pairing warehousing operation in step S5 after storing a certain number of Class II products or reaching a preset time point.

2. The intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics according to claim 1, characterized in that: The monomer product classification requirements include the classification of Class I products and Class II products.

3. The intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics according to claim 1, characterized in that: In the step S2, the classification identification loop reads the classification information on the carrier through the identifier to identify the information of the product mounted on the carrier.

4. The intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: In the step S2, when any level of classification recognition loop completes the target classification information recognition of the current carrier, the product is pushed into the differentiation track corresponding to the classification for storage, and after the product in a differentiation track corresponding to the current loop completes the differentiation / sorting operation of the next loop, the product in the next differentiation track corresponding to the current loop is pushed into the next loop to perform the differentiation / sorting operation.

5. The intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The step S5 further includes the following steps: S6: By identifying the classification information on the carrier, it is determined whether the paired products are correctly paired. If they are correct, the paired products are transported out. If not, the paired products are transported back to the classification recognition loop for re-differentiation operation.

6. The intelligent warehousing and sorting method based on air logistics as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: In the step S2, after each classification identification loop, in addition to the differentiation track corresponding to each classification, a secondary differentiation track for reclassification flow is also included, which is used to transport the products that have undergone re-differentiation operations to the classification identification loop where the classification information pairing error occurs.

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