PF line warehousing process method based on multi-level system

By adopting the PF line storage process method of multi-level systems in the warehouse management system, the problems of unclear information transmission and difficulty in troubleshooting in the existing technology are solved, and fast and accurate cargo storage operations are achieved, and the efficiency and reliability of warehousing management are improved.

CN120191645APending Publication Date: 2025-06-24HUNAN VALIN XIANGTAN IRON & STEEL CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202510234877.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-28
Publication Date
2025-06-24

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Technical Problem

The existing technology has shortcomings in multi-layer system design and clear hierarchy, which leads to unclear transmission of information and instructions and difficulty in troubleshooting, especially in large warehouse management systems, which are prone to blockage in warehouses.

Method used

The PF line storage process method based on a multi-level system is adopted, and the automatic transportation of electrical equipment is controlled through a multi-level system to realize the unmanned line storage process. The method includes setting the batch storage according to the on-site batch storage, forming basic information of line coils by MES information management system, reporting PF line equipment measurement information and reporting, WMS three-dimensional warehouse storage management system conducts initial judgment on the storage destination, and PF chain control system decides whether to send storage tasks and roll lifting instructions.

Benefits of technology

Through multi-level system communication and optimized control algorithms, faster and more accurate cargo storage operations can be achieved, fault impacts are reduced, and the reliability and efficiency of warehousing management are improved.

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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of warehouse management warehousing, and discloses a PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system, which controls automatic transportation of electrical equipment through the multi-level system and efficiently realizes an unmanned line coil warehousing process. A large-scale warehouse management system is complex in warehousing control component, tight in system coupling, difficult in troubleshooting and easy to block in warehousing, and is provided with a multi-stage system hierarchical design, thereby achieving the purposes of system decoupling, rapid problem positioning and fault influence reduction. Through multi-level system communication, an optimized control algorithm and an advanced sensor technology, faster and more accurate cargo warehousing storage operation can be realized, and meanwhile, the information tracking accuracy is ensured; and through signal feedback mechanisms of the first-stage PF chain control system and the second-stage PF chain control system, it is ensured that the operation of coil packaging and the operation of a coil discharging point are accurate.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of warehouse management for incoming goods, and specifically to a PF line incoming goods process method based on a multi-level system. Background Art

[0002] For manufacturing enterprises, inventory costs account for a relatively large proportion of the total costs of the enterprise. How to effectively control the inventory level and reduce inventory costs is the key for an enterprise to reduce the total costs and increase profits. Therefore, inventory management has become an important task for manufacturing enterprises. As an important part of inventory management, the key for the warehousing center is how to accurately store goods in appropriate positions, timely and accurately obtain the inventory information in the warehousing center, and accurately and quickly select the goods that meet the requirements to meet the shipping needs.

[0003] In the prior art (a Chinese patent with the application number CN115504131A, which discloses "an intelligent handling and incoming goods control method for an automated stereoscopic warehouse"), this incoming goods control method, specifically speaking, the system of this patent mainly includes a three-layer system architecture of a WMS warehouse management system, a WCS equipment scheduling system, and a PLC intelligent equipment controller, and is applicable to the intelligent handling and incoming goods control of an automated stereoscopic warehouse. Although it can realize the automatic storage and retrieval of goods and intelligent handling, it has deficiencies in the design of the multi-layer system and the clarity of the levels, resulting in unclear information instruction transmission and difficult troubleshooting; in view of this, we propose a PF line incoming goods process method based on a multi-level system. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a PF line incoming goods process method based on a multi-level system to solve the problems raised in the above background art.

[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solution: A PF line incoming goods process method based on a multi-level system, including the following steps:

[0006] Step 1, perform incoming goods setting for wire coils on-site batch by batch;

[0007] Step 2, the MES information management system forms the basic information of the wire coils;

[0008] Step 3, the PF line equipment measures information such as length and weight according to the basic information of the wire coils and reports to the MES information management system, and the MES information management system forms the complete wire coil information;

[0009] Step 4, the MES information management system sends the complete wire coil information to the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system for retention at the weighing position;

[0010] Step 5: The WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system at the packaging station makes a preliminary judgment on the storage destination for incoming goods, obtains the preliminary judgment information for incoming goods, and notifies the PF chain control system of the secondary destination information;

[0011] Step 6: When the wire coil reaches the offline point, the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system and the secondary level of the PF chain control system decide based on the wire coil's destination whether to send the incoming goods task to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system and the secondary level of the PF chain control system to send a coil lifting instruction;

[0012] Step 7: The coil lifting trolley lifts according to the coil lifting instruction of the secondary level of the PF chain control system;

[0013] Step 8: After the lifting is completed, the WCS three-dimensional warehouse control system disassembles the tasks into subtasks for each device according to the tasks of the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system and controls the devices to perform the tasks.

[0014] Optionally, the incoming goods setting includes incoming into the three-dimensional warehouse, incoming into the flat warehouse, and waste coils.

[0015] Optionally, Step 5 includes the following steps:

[0016] Step 51: The primary level of the PF chain control system obtains the clamping signal at the wire coil packaging station and feeds it back to the secondary level of the PF chain control system;

[0017] Step 52: The secondary level of the PF chain control system sends the clamping signal at the packaging station to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system;

[0018] Step 53: The WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system verifies whether the wire coil information in the MES information management system has been issued and retained;

[0019] If it has been retained, it makes a judgment on the destination of the incoming goods unloading point according to the incoming goods setting in the MES information management system and the in-place information of the secondary level of the PF chain control system, and feeds it back to the secondary level of the PF chain control system.

[0020] Optionally, Step 6 includes the following steps:

[0021] Step 61: The primary level of the PF chain control system obtains the clamping signal at the wire coil offline point and feeds it back to the secondary level of the PF chain control system;

[0022] Step 62: The secondary level of the PF chain control system sends the clamping signal at the packaging station to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system;

[0023] Step 63: The secondary level of the PF chain control system judges whether to unload the coil according to the destination information returned by the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system at the packaging station;

[0024] Step 64: The WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system judges whether to store the goods according to the destination information at the packaging station;

[0025] Upon warehousing, the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system obtains the congestion situation of each lane from the WCS three-dimensional warehouse control system.

[0026] Optionally, the S63 further includes: the uncoiling instruction is forwarded at the first level by the PF chain control system to the coil lifting trolley equipment.

[0027] Optionally, the lane congestion situation includes: the occupancy signal of the inbound rotary trolley, the lane health condition, and the number of coils in transit.

[0028] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a PF line inbound process method based on a multi-level system, having the following beneficial effects:

[0029] 1. The PF line inbound process method based on the multi-level system controls the electrical equipment for automatic transportation through a multi-level system, efficiently realizing the unmanned coil inbound process. The inbound control of the large warehouse management system is complex in composition and tightly coupled in the system, making it difficult to troubleshoot faults and prone to congestion during inbound. The multi-level system has a hierarchical design to achieve system decoupling, quickly locate problems, and reduce the impact of faults. Through multi-level system communication, optimized control algorithms, and advanced sensor technologies, it is possible to achieve faster and more accurate cargo storage operations while ensuring the accuracy of information tracking.

[0030] 2. The PF line inbound process method based on the multi-level system ensures the accuracy of the coil packaging and the operation at the offline point through the signal feedback mechanism of the first-level PF chain control system and the second-level PF chain control system. The WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system determines whether to warehouse based on various factors (such as lane health condition, number of coils in transit, etc.), avoiding congestion and resource waste, and improving the reliability and efficiency of warehouse management. At the same time, this method centralizes the signal interaction status of each level of the system in the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system and displays it on the on-site display screen, enabling on-site personnel to quickly and accurately locate the cause of the problem. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] Figure 1 is a flow diagram of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0032] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0033] As Figure 1 shown, the present invention provides a technical solution: a PF line inbound process method based on a multi-level system, including the following steps:

[0034] Step 1: Set the inbound of wire coils batch by batch on site, where the inbound setting includes storing in the vertical warehouse, storing in the flat warehouse, and waste coils.

[0035] Step 2: The MES information management system forms the basic information of wire coils.

[0036] Step 3: The PF line equipment measures information such as length and weight according to the basic information of wire coils and reports to the MES information management system, and the MES information management system forms the complete wire coil information.

[0037] Step 4: The MES information management system sends the complete wire coil information to the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system for retention at the weighing position.

[0038] Step 5: The WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system at the packaging station makes a preliminary judgment on the inbound destination, obtains the preliminary inbound judgment information, and notifies the PF chain control system of the secondary destination information.

[0039] Step 51: The PF chain control system level 1 obtains the clamping signal of the wire coil packaging station and feeds it back to the PF chain control system level 2;

[0040] Step 52: The PF chain control system level 2 sends the clamping signal of the packaging station to the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system;

[0041] Step 53: The WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system verifies whether the wire coil information of the MES information management system has been issued and retained;

[0042] If it has been retained, judge the destination of the unloading point according to the inbound setting of the MES information management system and the secondary arrival information of the PF chain control system, and feed it back to the PF chain control system level 2.

[0043] Step 6: When the wire coil reaches the offline point, the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system and the PF chain control system level 2 decide according to the wire coil destination, and decide whether to send the inbound task of the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system and the lifting coil instruction of the PF chain control system level 2; Step 61: The PF chain control system level 1 obtains the clamping signal of the wire coil offline point and feeds it back to the PF chain control system level 2.

[0044] Step 62: The PF chain control system level 2 sends the clamping signal of the packaging station to the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system;

[0045] Step 63: The PF chain control system level 2 judges whether to unload the coil according to the destination information returned by the WMS stereoscopic warehouse management system at the packaging station, and the unloading instruction is forwarded to the lifting coil trolley equipment through the PF chain control system level 1;

[0046] Step 64: The WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system determines whether to store the goods according to the destination information of the packaging station; if it is to be stored, the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system obtains the congestion situation of each roadway from the WCS three-dimensional warehouse control system. The congestion situation of the roadway includes: the occupancy signal of the inbound rotary trolley, the health condition of the roadway, and the number of coils in transit.

[0047] Step 7: The coil lifting trolley lifts according to the secondary coil lifting instruction of the PF chain control system.

[0048] Step 8: After the lifting is completed, the WCS three-dimensional warehouse control system disassembles the tasks of the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system into subtasks of each device and controls the devices to perform the tasks.

[0049] As an application of this embodiment:

[0050] Through the multi-level system control of the electrical equipment for automatic transportation, the unmanned coil inbound process is efficiently realized. The inbound control of the large warehouse management system is complex in composition and tightly coupled in the system, making it difficult to troubleshoot faults and easy to get blocked during inbound. This method has a hierarchical design of the multi-level system to achieve system decoupling, quickly locate problems, and reduce the impact of faults. Through multi-level system communication, optimized control algorithms, and advanced sensor technologies, it is possible to achieve faster and more accurate goods inbound storage operations while ensuring the accuracy of information tracking.

[0051] Through the signal feedback mechanism of the first-level and second-level PF chain control systems, the operations at the coil packaging and offline points are ensured to be accurate and error-free. The WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system determines whether to store the goods based on various factors (such as the health condition of the roadway, the number of coils in transit, etc.) to avoid congestion and resource waste, and improve the reliability and efficiency of warehouse management. At the same time, this method centralizes the signal interaction status of each level of the system in the WMS three-dimensional warehouse management system and displays it on the on-site display screen, enabling on-site personnel to quickly and accurately locate the cause of the problem.

[0052] The above has generally described the present invention in detail, but based on the present invention, some modifications or improvements can be made, which are obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the modifications or improvements made without departing from the spirit of the present invention are within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system, characterized by: The steps include: Step 1: Set the storage of wire coils by batch on site; Step 2: The MES information management system forms basic information of the wire coil; Step 3: The PF line equipment measures the length, weight and other information based on the basic information of the wire coil and reports it to the MES information management system, which then forms complete wire coil information. Step 4: The MES information management system sends the complete wire coil information to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse storage management system for retention at the weighing position; Step 5: The WMS warehouse management system at the packaging station makes a preliminary judgment on the destination of the incoming goods, obtains the preliminary judgment information, and notifies the PF chain control system of the secondary destination information; Step 6: When the wire coil arrives at the offline point, the WMS warehouse management system and the PF chain control system level 2 decide whether to send the WMS warehouse management system warehousing task and the PF chain control system level 2 coil lifting instruction according to the destination of the wire coil; Step 7: The coil lifting trolley is lifted according to the secondary coil lifting instruction of the PF chain control system; Step 8: After the lifting is completed, the WCS three-dimensional warehouse control system breaks down the tasks into subtasks of each device according to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse storage management system tasks, and controls the equipment to perform the tasks.

2. A PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The warehousing settings include warehousing in vertical warehouse, warehousing in flat warehouse and waste rolls.

3. The PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system according to claim 1 is characterized by: The step 5 comprises the following steps: Step 51, the first level of the PF chain control system obtains the clamping signal of the wire coil packaging station and feeds back to the second level of the PF chain control system; Step 52, the second level of the PF chain control system sends the clamping signal of the packaging station to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse storage management system; Step 53, the WMS warehouse management system verifies whether the wire coil information of the MES information management system has been issued and retained; If it has been retained, the destination of the storage and unloading point will be determined based on the storage settings of the MES information management system and the second-level arrival information of the PF chain control system, and feedback will be given to the second-level PF chain control system.

4. The PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system according to claim 1 is characterized by: The step 6 comprises the following steps: Step 61, the first level of the PF chain control system obtains the clamping signal of the wire coil lower line point, and feeds back to the second level of the PF chain control system; Step 62, the second level of the PF chain control system sends the clamping signal of the packaging station to the WMS three-dimensional warehouse storage management system; Step 63, the second level of the PF chain control system determines whether to unload the roll according to the destination information returned by the WMS three-dimensional warehouse storage management system of the packaging station; Step 64, the WMS warehouse management system determines whether to enter the warehouse according to the destination information of the packaging station; When entering the warehouse, the WMS warehouse management system obtains the congestion status of each lane from the WCS warehouse control system.

5. The PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system according to claim 1 is characterized by: The S63 further includes: the coil unloading instruction is forwarded to the coil lifting trolley device via the first level of the PF chain control system.

6. The PF line warehousing process method based on a multi-level system according to claim 4 is characterized by: The aisle congestion situation includes: the occupancy signal of the incoming rotating trolley, the health status of the aisle, and the number of rolls in transit.

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  • Intelligent carrying and warehousing control method for automatic three-dimensional warehouse

    CN115504131A