Comprehensive full-standard cigarette piece unstacking and stacking storehouse

Abstract

The utility model provides a comprehensive full-standard cigarette piece unstacking and stacking storeroom which comprises a plurality of rows of vertical storeroom goods shelves which form a storage area. Stacking conveyors are arranged among the multiple rows of three-dimensional warehouse goods shelves, first tray conveying devices are distributed at the front ends of the three-dimensional warehouse goods shelves, the front ends of the first tray conveying devices directly face a first cache area composed of tray power cache devices distributed in an array mode, and warehouse front stacking disassembling joint manipulators are arranged at the distribution positions of the tray power cache devices. The automatic stacking and unstacking device can effectively break through and improve the original stacking and unstacking mode of full-standard cigarette cartons, comprehensively improve the standard adaptability and efficiency of cigarette carton automatic stacking and unstacking equipment, reduce the task load of semi-automatic stacking and unstacking equipment and manual stacking and unstacking, realize the stacking and unstacking automation of the full-standard cigarette cartons to the greatest extent, reduce manual participation to the greatest extent and improve the production efficiency of the cigarette cartons. The full-specification cigarette online sorting device is simple in structure, convenient to operate, low in labor intensity, short in operation time and capable of achieving full-specification cigarette online sorting, and a certain technical basis is laid for promoting full-specification automatic sorting and distribution of full-specification cigarette pieces.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a comprehensive warehouse for unpacking and palletizing all types of cigarette parts, belonging to the field of logistics and transportation technology. Background Technology

[0002] With the increasing volume of cigarette sales and the growing number of brands, new opportunities and challenges have arisen for the entire cigarette logistics and distribution technology. This necessitates a gradual improvement in the sorting technology of the cigarette logistics and distribution system, demanding higher standards for the compatibility, stability, and efficiency of sorting equipment. The inbound palletizing and outbound unpalletizing processes of cigarettes play a crucial role in the entire cigarette distribution system. Only by successfully completing these initial steps can a solid foundation be laid for subsequent work. However, the increasing volume of cigarette sales and the growing number of brands, especially non-standard cigarette brands, have increased the difficulty and workload of manual palletizing, making it difficult to keep up with the overall system's pace. This places higher demands on the compatibility, automation, and efficiency of the unpalletizing and unpacking equipment. Currently, with the country vigorously promoting automated sorting in cigarette distribution logistics, this fully automated unpalletizing and unpacking model for all cigarette brands has emerged.

[0003] Currently, domestic cigarette logistics sorting and distribution centers employ various methods for coding and depalletizing cigarettes. These include: automatic coding and depalletizing of standard / standard cigarettes / slim / medium cigarettes, semi-automatic coding and depalletizing of non-standard cigarettes; automatic coding and depalletizing of standard / standard cigarettes, semi-automatic coding and depalletizing of slim / medium / non-standard cigarettes; automatic coding and depalletizing of standard / standard cigarettes, manual coding and depalletizing of slim / medium / non-standard cigarettes; and semi-automatic coding and depalletizing of standard / standard cigarettes / slim / medium / non-standard cigarettes. The current cigarette packing and depalletizing methods, including semi-automatic stacking and depalletizing of standard / quasi-standard cigarettes plus manual stacking and depalletizing of slim / medium / irregularly shaped cigarettes, still heavily rely on manual labor or require manual operation of mechanical equipment. Due to the large volume of cigarette packs being stacked and depalletized, the relatively low level of automation leads to high workload and long working hours, with overtime work becoming the norm for inbound and outbound operations. While adding various devices and equipment to semi-automatic stacking and depalletizing equipment to increase compatibility and speed up transmission equipment, it is impossible to significantly improve the efficiency of cigarette pack inbound and outbound operations, thus failing to achieve a qualitative leap. Furthermore, most cigarette logistics sorting and distribution centers are currently small in size, and the continuous growth in business volume, changes in sales structure, and the increasing sales of irregularly shaped cigarettes further exacerbate the problem. Summary of the Invention

[0004] To address the aforementioned technical problems, this utility model provides a comprehensive full-specification cigarette pack unpacking and palletizing warehouse. This warehouse, based on entirely new unpacking and palletizing methods, layout patterns, and related equipment, breaks down and improves upon existing unpacking and palletizing models for all specifications of cigarettes. It comprehensively enhances the adaptability and efficiency of automated unpacking and palletizing equipment, reduces the workload of semi-automatic and manual unpacking and palletizing equipment, maximizes automation of unpacking and palletizing for all specifications of cigarettes, minimizes manual intervention, reduces labor intensity and operating time, and enables online sorting of all specifications of cigarettes.

[0005] This utility model is achieved through the following technical solution.

[0006] This utility model provides a comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse, comprising a storage area composed of multiple rows of vertical storage racks; stacking conveyors are located between the multiple rows of vertical storage racks; a first pallet conveying device is installed at the front end of the vertical storage racks; the front end of the first pallet conveying device faces a first buffer area composed of an array of pallet powered buffer devices; a front-end unpacking and palletizing manipulator is located at the distribution position of the pallet powered buffer devices; at the front end of the first buffer area, a unpacking and palletizing accumulation device, an unpacking and palletizing flipping device, an empty pallet automatic unpacking device, a conveying roller device, and a transfer device constitute an unpacking and palletizing area; in front of the unpacking and palletizing area is a second buffer area composed of an array of pallet powered buffer devices; at the front end of the second buffer area is a transfer area composed of multiple sets of pallet transfer devices, a flipping clamping centering device, and a pallet unpacking device; at the front end of the transfer area is an input area composed of multiple sets of telescopic conveying devices; the first buffer area also contains a pallet non-powered buffer device to cooperate with the front-end unpacking and palletizing manipulator; a first pallet lifting device is also installed at the front end of the first pallet conveying device.

[0007] The first buffer zone and the destacking / palletizing zone are surrounded by a transport zone, which contains an automatic pallet transport device.

[0008] The transport area has three transport lanes between the first buffer zone and the storage area, and between the destacking and palletizing area and the second buffer zone. Three sets of automatic pallet handling devices are placed in one of the transport lanes in a non-overlapping manner.

[0009] In the first and second buffers, the pallet power buffer device is arranged around the front palletizing joint robot of the warehouse.

[0010] The telescopic conveyor consists of four sets, forming four input channels.

[0011] Next to the transport area is a manual transport area, which is equipped with a motorized pallet manual transport device. The motorized pallet manual transport device is connected to a second pallet lifting device and a second pallet conveying device.

[0012] The rear end of the automated warehouse rack is equipped with an in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device. Next to the in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device is a supporting steel structure for the in-warehouse destacking and stacking system. An in-warehouse destacking truss robot and an in-warehouse destacking and flipping transmission device are installed on the supporting steel structure for the in-warehouse destacking and stacking system.

[0013] A belt conveyor and a swing-arm belt conveyor are installed between the end points of the multiple sets of telescopic conveyor devices.

[0014] The beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows: it can effectively break and improve the original coding and depalletizing mode of all types of cigarettes, comprehensively improve the adaptability and efficiency of automatic coding and depalletizing equipment for all types of cigarettes, reduce the workload of semi-automatic coding and depalletizing equipment and manual coding and depalletizing, maximize the automation of coding and depalletizing of all types of cigarettes, minimize manual participation, reduce labor intensity, reduce operation time, realize online sorting of all types of cigarettes, and lay a certain technical foundation for promoting the full realization of automated sorting and distribution of all types of cigarettes. Attached Figure Description

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the layout structure of at least one embodiment of the present utility model;

[0016] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 Enlarged diagram of the neutral warehouse shelving area;

[0017] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 A side view of the stacker conveyor structure;

[0018] Figure 4 yes Figure 1 Enlarged schematic diagram of the destacking and palletizing area;

[0019] Figure 5 yes Figure 1 A partially enlarged schematic diagram of the mid-load transfer region;

[0020] Figure 6 yes Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the working status of the front-end stacking and de-palletizing robotic arm operating the flipping clamping and centering device in the central warehouse.

[0021] Figure 7 yes Figure 5 A schematic diagram showing the working state of the front-end stacking and palletizing manipulator operating the transfer roller device.

[0022] In the diagram: 1-Automatic warehouse rack, 2-Stacking conveyor, 3-First pallet transfer device, 4-First pallet lifting device, 5-Automatic pallet handling device, 6-Powered pallet buffer device, 7-Non-powered pallet buffer device, 8-Depalletizing and stacking manipulator at the warehouse front, 9-Depalletizing and stacking device, 10-Depalletizing and flipping device, 11-Automatic empty pallet unpacking device, 12-Transfer roller device, 13-Transferring device, 14-Pallet transfer device, 15-Flipping clamp centering device, 16-Telescopic conveyor, 17-Belt conveyor, 18-Swing arm belt conveyor, 19-Pallet unpacking device, 20-Second pallet transfer device, 21-Second pallet lifting device, 22-Manual handling device for motorized pallets, 23-In-warehouse depalletizing and empty pallet stacking device, 24-In-warehouse depalletizing and flipping transfer device, 25-In-warehouse depalletizing truss manipulator, 26-Supporting steel structure for the in-warehouse depalletizing and stacking system. Detailed Implementation

[0023] The technical solution of this utility model is further described below, but the scope of protection is not limited to what is described.

[0024] The first embodiment of this utility model relates to a comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse, including a storage area composed of multiple rows of vertical storage racks 1; a stacking conveyor 2 is provided between the multiple rows of vertical storage racks 1, a first pallet conveying device 3 is provided at the front end of the vertical storage racks 1, and the front end of the first pallet conveying device 3 faces a first buffer area composed of an array of pallet power buffer devices 6. The pallet power buffer devices 6 are distributed at the warehouse front unpacking and palletizing joint manipulators 8. At the front end of the first buffer area, there is a unpacking and palletizing accumulation device 9, an unpacking and palletizing flipping device 10, an empty pallet automatic unpacking device 11, a conveying roller device 12, and a transfer device 13 forming an unpacking and palletizing area. In front of the unpacking and palletizing area is a second buffer area composed of an array of pallet power buffer devices 6. At the front end of the second buffer area is a transfer area composed of multiple sets of pallet transfer devices 14, flipping clamping and centering devices 15, and pallet unpacking devices 19. At the front end of the transfer area is an input area composed of multiple sets of telescopic conveying devices 16.

[0025] Therefore, this utility model essentially changes the arrangement of the unpacking and palletizing equipment for all specifications of cigarettes, which is usually located in front of the high-bay warehouse, to a model where the equipment is located both in front of and inside the warehouse, without changing the footprint of the large-scale cigarette logistics sorting and distribution center. The unpacking and palletizing equipment for all specifications of cigarettes is located in front of the warehouse, close to the unloading and storage location, which reduces the transmission distance for palletizing and improves the efficiency of palletizing. Meanwhile, the unpacking equipment for cigarettes of relatively smaller sizes is located inside the warehouse (usually at the end), mainly for unpacking slim cigarettes, medium cigarettes, irregularly shaped cigarettes, and standard / classified cigarettes with smaller sorting volumes. Since the storage area of ​​large-scale cigarette logistics sorting and distribution centers is generally large, this two-end unpacking and outbound model effectively reduces the transmission distance for unpacking and outbound cigarettes, effectively improving the efficiency of unpacking and outbound cigarettes. This layout method of sorting and palletizing cigarettes by the quantity can greatly improve the efficiency of unpacking and palletizing, while also saving the floor space of the equipment. Different devices and equipment are used for unpacking and palletizing cigarettes in front of the warehouse and unpacking inside the warehouse, depending on the space size. While meeting the efficiency of the entire sorting system, it can greatly reduce the floor space of the equipment, save investment costs, and greatly realize the automation of unpacking and palletizing of all types of cigarettes. This lays a solid technical foundation for promoting the full realization of unpacking and palletizing of all types of cigarettes.

[0026] The second embodiment of this utility model is largely the same as the first embodiment, except that a transport area is provided around the first buffer zone and the stacking / unstacking area, and an automatic pallet transport device 5 is provided in the transport area.

[0027] Furthermore, the handling area has three transport lanes between the first buffer zone and the storage area, and between the destacking and palletizing area and the second buffer zone. Three sets of automatic pallet handling devices 5 are placed in one of the transport lanes in a non-overlapping manner.

[0028] Furthermore, in the first and second buffer zones, the pallet power buffer device 6 is arranged around the warehouse front depalletizing joint robot 8.

[0029] Furthermore, the telescopic conveyor 16 consists of four groups, forming four input paths.

[0030] The third embodiment of this utility model is largely the same as the first embodiment, except that a first pallet lifting device 4 is also installed at the front end of the first pallet conveying device 3.

[0031] Furthermore, there is a manual handling area next to the handling area, in which a motorized pallet manual handling device 22 is installed. The motorized pallet manual handling device 22 is connected to a second pallet lifting device 21 and a second pallet transmission device 20.

[0032] Furthermore, an in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device 23 is installed at the rear end of the automated warehouse rack 1. An in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device 23 is installed next to the in-warehouse destacking stacking system support steel structure 26. An in-warehouse destacking truss robot 25 and an in-warehouse destacking flipping and conveying device 24 are installed on the in-warehouse destacking stacking system support steel structure 26.

[0033] Furthermore, the first buffer zone also includes a pallet-free buffer device 7 for use with the palletizing and unloading articulated robot 8.

[0034] Furthermore, a belt conveyor 17 and a swing-arm belt conveyor 18 are installed between the end points of the multiple sets of telescopic conveyor devices 16.

[0035] Therefore, by utilizing the limited space to arrange the unpalletizing and palletizing equipment for cigarette packs, the palletizing and depalletizing equipment for all specifications of cigarette packs is placed at the front of the warehouse, close to the unloading and warehousing position of cigarette packs, which can greatly improve the efficiency of cigarette pack palletizing and warehousing. The depalletizing equipment for all specifications of cigarette packs with relatively small sorting volume is placed inside the warehouse (usually at the end of the warehouse), mainly depalletizing slim cigarettes, medium cigarettes, irregularly shaped cigarettes, and standard cigarettes / classified cigarettes with small sorting volume. This depalletizing equipment is placed on the shelf at the end of the cigarette storage warehouse, and its frame is integrated with the cigarette storage shelf, occupying little space on the cigarette storage shelf and having virtually no impact on the total amount of cigarettes stored in the warehouse area. It does not occupy the installation position of other equipment, and the operating radius required during operation is small. It does not affect the cigarettes stored around the shelf during operation. Furthermore, the investment in the depalletizing equipment inside the warehouse is relatively small compared to the depalletizing and palletizing equipment at the front of the warehouse, and its depalletizing efficiency can meet the sorting requirements of the entire system.

[0036] The fourth embodiment of this utility model is combined with the above embodiments, specifically as follows: Figures 1 to 7 As shown, it operates as follows: one telescopic conveyor 16 can be used for palletizing by a palletizing manipulator 8 with one palletizing port, or it can be used for palletizing by a palletizing manipulator 8 with multiple palletizing ports, or multiple telescopic conveyors 16 can be used for palletizing by a palletizing manipulator 8 with one palletizing port.

[0037] 1) Palletizing and Warehousing ProcessThe automated pallet handling device 5, guided by a scheduling system, transports pallets from the automated warehouse along the shortest and optimal (congestion-avoiding) path planned by the system to the pallet unpacking device 19. The device unpacks the pallets (each stack contains 10 pallets) individually. (After each stack is unpacked, the automated pallet handling device 5 receives instructions to move new pallets to continue unpacking and supplying the full range of cigarette parts.) The pallet is then stacked by the front-of-warehouse pallet stacking robot 8. Through the coordinated operation of the pallet transfer device 14, the first pallet transfer device 3, and the pallet power buffer device 6, empty pallets are transported to the designated stacking position. The front-of-warehouse pallet stacking robot 8 then executes the stacking instructions, and the stacking and stacking accumulation device 9... The palletizing and flipping device 10 and the transplanting device 13 work together to palletize. Fine-label cigarettes / medium-length cigarettes / irregular-shaped cigarettes are palletized through the transfer roller device 12 and the transplanting device 13. The palletizing and flipping joint robot 8 in front of the warehouse determines the type of pallet to be palletized based on the barcode information of each cigarette (the palletizing type of each type of cigarette is pre-entered into the palletizing robot execution system). After the palletizing station is completed, the automatic pallet handling device 5 uses the pallet power buffer device 6 to transport the palletized pallet to the first pallet conveying device 3 and the first pallet lifting device 4 through the shortest and optimal (avoiding congestion) path planned by the scheduling system. After they work together, the stacking conveyor 2 places the palletized pallet in the designated shelf position in the warehouse, and the palletizing and warehousing process is completed. In the figure, the (x) work station is a manual flexible work station. It can be assigned to palletizing or depalletizing according to the actual situation on site. The arrangement of manual flexible depalletizing and palletizing points is mainly to take into account that when there is a fault or maintenance in the (vi), (vii), (viii), and (ix) fully automatic palletizing work stations, the temporary replacement of their work by humans will not affect the palletizing efficiency of the entire system. In addition, the (V) station robot is a fully automatic flexible station that can automatically realize the stacking and unstacking of cigarettes. It mainly considers the relatively small amount of irregular cigarettes to be unstacking in front of the warehouse and can assist the unstacking station (I), (II), (III), (IV) and the stacking station (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX) according to the control system. This flexible design can give full play to the maximum efficiency of the system equipment.

[0038] 2) Outbound unpacking process (before the warehouse)Workstations (1), (2), (3), and (4) are depalletizing workstations in front of the warehouse (these four workstations mainly depalletize standard cigarettes and similar cigarettes). When the system issues an outbound command for a certain type of cigarette, the stacker conveyor 2 removes the cigarette forks from the cigarette storage location and transfers them to the first pallet conveying device 3. The first pallet lifting device 4 works in conjunction with this, and the automatic pallet handling device 5 uses the shortest and optimal (avoiding congestion) path planned by its scheduling system to transport the cigarette stack to the pallet non-powered buffer device 7 at one of the designated workstations (1), (2), (3), and (4). After the front-of-warehouse depalletizing manipulator 8 performs the depalletizing task, it works in conjunction with the depalletizing flipping device 10 and the conveyor... After the roller device 12, transplanting device 13, belt conveyor 17 and other components work together, the unstacked cigarette packs are input into the cigarette pack storage. The empty pallets after unstacking are transported to the empty pallet automatic unstacking and stacking device 11 by the automatic pallet handling device 5 to perform the stacking task. When the number of stacked pallets (10) is reached, the scheduling system issues an instruction, and the automatic pallet handling device 5 automatically transports the stacked pallets to the first pallet transfer device 3 and the first pallet lifting device 4 along the shortest and optimal (avoiding congestion) path planned by the scheduling system. After they work together, the stacking conveyor 2 picks up the stacked pallets and transports them to the designated pallet location in the warehouse. The relevant information and data are automatically transferred.

[0039] 3) Unpacking and outbound process (within the warehouse) Workstations (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV), (XVI), (XVII), and (XVIII) are for unpacking cigarettes in the warehouse (these eight workstations mainly unpack thin cigarettes, medium cigarettes, special-shaped cigarettes, and standard cigarettes / classified cigarettes with small sorting quantities). When the system issues an outbound instruction for a certain type of cigarette, the stacker conveyor 2 removes the stacked cigarette fork from the stacked cigarette storage location and transfers it to the first pallet conveying device 3. Through cooperation with the warehouse unpacking gantry robot 25 (inside the warehouse), the warehouse unpacking empty pallet stacking device 23, the warehouse unpacking flipping conveying device 24 (inside the warehouse), the transfer device 13, the conveying roller device 12, etc., the cigarettes are transferred to the cigarette storage warehouse, and relevant information data is automatically transferred.

[0040] 4) Cross-database process Workstations (5) and (10) can also realize cross-warehouse unstacking function, that is, stacked cigarettes do not need to be put into the vertical warehouse and then unstacking out of the warehouse through scheduling and entering the cigarette storage warehouse. The stacked cigarettes are directly unstacking and entering the cigarette storage at this function station. This cross-warehouse function simplifies the system workflow to a certain extent and improves the system efficiency.

[0041] When industrial pallets of cigarettes are transported or loose cigarettes are assembled into a whole pallet, the pallet can be transported to (v) and (x) by means of a motorized pallet manual handling device 22 (motorized), a second pallet lifting device 21, a pallet transfer device 14, a second pallet transmission device 20, and a pallet power buffer device 6. Then, the pallet automatic handling device 5 will transport the whole pallet of cigarettes to (v) and (x) along the shortest and optimal (avoiding congestion) path planned by the scheduling system. The cross-warehouse unpacking command will be executed and the relevant information data will be automatically transferred.

[0042] 5) Full pallet warehousing process To improve logistics efficiency, some highly automated cigarette factories currently use palletized transport when cigarettes arrive, which greatly improves loading and unloading efficiency. After unloading the palletized cigarettes, the system works in conjunction with a motorized pallet handling device 22 (motorized), a second pallet lifting device 21, a pallet transfer device 14, a second pallet transmission device 20, an automatic pallet handling device 5 (operating along the shortest and optimal path planned by the scheduling system to avoid congestion), and a pallet power buffer device 6. Then, the stacker conveyor 2 picks up the stacked cigarettes and places them in the designated shelf location in the warehouse, and relevant information and data are automatically transferred.

[0043] Therefore, this utility model is mainly applied to cigarette logistics and has the following advantages:

[0044] The cigarette unloading and transfer station adopts a flexible docking palletizing station, that is, one unloading station supplies one palletizing station, or one unloading station supplies multiple palletizing stations, or multiple unloading stations supply one palletizing station. This flexible docking method can make better use of equipment and improve system efficiency. Compared with the previous mode of one unloading station supplying one palletizing station, this avoids the situation where the station cannot work when the telescopic conveyor device 16 or the front-of-warehouse unloading and palletizing joint robot 8 malfunctions, thus affecting the efficiency of the entire system.

[0045] The location of the depalletizing and palletizing equipment is determined based on the sorting volume of various types of cigarettes in the sorting system. The depalletizing equipment for standard cigarettes and similar cigarettes with large sorting volumes is placed in front of the warehouse. The installation space in front of the warehouse is more spacious than inside the warehouse, and the depalletizing and palletizing manipulator 8 in front of the warehouse has high depalletizing efficiency and a large working radius. In this way, a pallet non-powered buffer device 7 can be arranged around it to store pallets of cigarettes waiting to be shipped out, thereby improving the efficiency of cigarette shipment. This achieves the goal of placing the right equipment in the right position to give full play to its advantages. Slim cigarettes, medium cigarettes, irregularly shaped cigarettes, and standard / classified cigarettes with small sorting volumes are placed in the warehouse for depalletizing. This is primarily because the warehouse area of ​​a large cigarette logistics sorting and distribution center is relatively large. This two-end layout of depalletizing equipment effectively reduces the transport distance of the cigarettes out of the warehouse, thus improving the efficiency to some extent. Furthermore, the in-warehouse depalletizing gantry robot 25 directly depalletizes the cigarettes within the warehouse, and then, in conjunction with the in-warehouse depalletizing flipping conveyor 24, transplanting device 13, and conveying roller device 12, transports the cigarettes to the cigarette storage warehouse. The empty pallets after depalletizing are stacked on-site by the in-warehouse depalletizing empty pallet stacking device 23, and then transported by the stacker conveyor 2 to the designated location on the warehouse shelves. Although the in-warehouse depalletizing gantry robot 25 is less efficient than the front-of-warehouse depalletizing joint robot 8, this in-warehouse depalletizing... The distance from the stack of cigarettes to its destacking position is shorter than that at the front of the warehouse, which saves time to a certain extent. In addition, the cigarettes after destacking enter the conveyor roller device 12, belt conveyor 17 and other devices in advance, which increases the buffer capacity of the cigarettes after destacking. This also improves the efficiency of the entire in-warehouse cigarette destacking system. Overall, the efficiency of this in-warehouse destacking system is sufficient to meet the requirements of the entire sorting system. Furthermore, the in-warehouse destacking gantry robot 25, the in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device 23, and the in-warehouse destacking flipping conveyor 24 are very suitable for destacking cigarettes in the warehouse where the space is not large. This frees up some installation and operation space for other systems. Moreover, the investment in a single station of the in-warehouse destacking gantry robot 25 is lower than that of the front-of-warehouse destacking and stacking joint robot 8, which can effectively save capital investment.

[0046] 3) The stacked tobacco and pallet (empty pallet) are handled by the automatic stacked tobacco (pallet) handling device 5, which uses the shortest and optimal (avoiding congestion) path planned by the scheduling system to schedule their work. This avoids manual intervention, reduces workload and errors, and most importantly, its handling efficiency is about 30% higher than that of manually operated handling equipment. In addition, relevant information data is automatically exchanged, which improves the automation level of the system.

[0047] 4) Without affecting the travel route of the automatic pallet handling device 5, multiple fixed pallet (pallet) non-powered buffer devices 7 are arranged around the joint robot 8 for unloading and palletizing of all specifications of cigarettes in front of the warehouse. This can increase the buffer capacity of the unloading pallets, so that when a certain automatic pallet handling device 5 fails, the efficiency of the entire scheduling system will not be affected. Moreover, compared with the usual mode of transporting the automatic pallet handling device 5 together with the pallet non-powered buffer device 7, this fixed pallet non-powered buffer device 7 avoids the automatic pallet handling device 5 being in a state of continuous heavy load, which can extend its service life.

[0048] 5) When industrial pallets of smoke arrive, an automated data handover mode is used for warehousing, which reduces manual intervention, labor intensity, and the probability of errors;

[0049] 6) Arrange cross-warehouse and destacking function workstations. Stacked cigarettes do not need to be put into the vertical warehouse and then dispatched to the cigarette storage warehouse. Instead, the stacked cigarettes are directly destacking and put into the cigarette storage at this function workstation. This cross-warehouse function simplifies the system workflow and improves system efficiency to a certain extent.

[0050] 7) Flexible unpacking and palletizing stations can be set up, which can change the function of a station according to the actual working status of the system, realize the system function supplementation, and improve the unpacking and palletizing efficiency of the system when unpacking or palletizing is concentrated in a certain period of time.

[0051] 8) The palletizing and depalletizing equipment is highly compatible and automated, with depalletizing and palletizing efficiencies exceeding the requirements of the entire sorting system.

Claims

1. A comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and stacking warehouse, comprising a storage area composed of multiple rows of vertical storage racks (1), characterized in that: The multi-row automated storage and retrieval system (AS / RS) racks (1) are connected by stacking conveyors (2). A first pallet conveyor (3) is positioned at the front end of the AS / RS racks (1). The front end of the first pallet conveyor (3) faces a first buffer zone composed of arrayed pallet power buffer devices (6). The pallet power buffer devices (6) are positioned with a front-end depalletizing and stacking manipulator (8). At the front end of the first buffer zone are a depalletizing and stacking device (9), a depalletizing and flipping device (10), an automatic empty pallet depalletizing device (11), a conveying roller device (12), and a transplanting device (13). The first buffer zone consists of a pallet depalletizing area, and in front of the depalletizing area is a second buffer zone consisting of pallet power buffer devices (6) arranged in an array. In front of the second buffer zone is a transfer area consisting of multiple pallet transfer devices (14), flip clamping and centering devices (15), and pallet depalletizing devices (19). In front of the transfer area is an input area consisting of multiple telescopic conveying devices (16). In the first buffer zone, there is also a pallet non-powered buffer device (7) used to cooperate with the pallet depalletizing joint manipulator (8) in front of the warehouse. In front of the first pallet transfer device (3), there is also a first pallet lifting device (4).

2. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The first buffer zone and the destacking and stacking zone are surrounded by a transport zone, which contains an automatic pallet transport device (5).

3. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The transport area has three transport lanes between the first buffer zone and the storage area, and between the destacking and stacking area and the second buffer zone. Three sets of automatic pallet handling devices (5) are placed in one of the transport lanes in a non-overlapping manner.

4. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 1, characterized in that: In the first buffer and the second buffer, the pallet power buffer device (6) is set around the warehouse front unpacking and palletizing joint robot (8).

5. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The telescopic conveyor (16) consists of four sets, forming four input paths.

6. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 2, characterized in that: Next to the transport area is a manual transport area, in which a motorized pallet manual transport device (22) is installed. The motorized pallet manual transport device (22) is connected to a second pallet lifting device (21) and a second pallet transmission device (20).

7. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The warehouse rack (1) is equipped with an in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device (23) at the rear end. An in-warehouse destacking empty pallet stacking device (23) is provided next to the in-warehouse destacking stacking system support steel structure (26). An in-warehouse destacking truss robot (25) and an in-warehouse destacking flipping transmission device (24) are installed on the in-warehouse destacking stacking system support steel structure (26).

8. The comprehensive full-specification cigarette unpacking and palletizing warehouse as described in claim 1, characterized in that: A belt conveyor (17) and a swing arm belt conveyor (18) are installed between the end points of the multiple sets of telescopic conveyor devices (16).

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