96 results about "Transport facility" patented technology

An article transport facility includes support columns (2) and support beams (5) that are coupled to the support columns (2) and support rails (7). The support beams (5) each include a beam body (50), attachment members (55) for attachment to the support columns (2), and support members (60) that are fixed to the beam body (50) and are for supporting the rails (7). A support beam (5) and a support column (2) are coupled together by locking portions (59) provided on the attachment members (55) being locked to lock receiving portions (21) formed in the support column 2, and by binding with use of first binding members (B1) inserted through first through holes (66) formed in the support members (60).

A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article, a movement path along which the transport vehicle moves, a movable object movable separately from the transport vehicle, and a movable object controller that controls the movable object. The movable object includes an information obtainer that obtains path state information indicating a state of the movement path. The movable object obtains the path state information with the information obtainer while moving along the movement path. The movable object controller performs, based on the path state information obtained by the information obtainer, a map generating process of generating map data of the movement path.

A control device is capable of executing a first abnormality control, a retraction control, and a second abnormality control. The first abnormality control is a control in which a transferable range in which the normal unit is capable of transferring the article to and from the storage section without interfering with the abnormal unit is set to a partial range of the article storage rack, and the normal unit is operated using one or more of the storage sections included in the transferable range as the transfer target location. The second abnormality control is a state in which the abnormal unit is retracted to the retracted position, the transferable range is set to a range wider than the transferable range set in the first abnormality control, and the normal unit is operated using a plurality of the storage sections included in the transferable range as the transfer target location.

A transport facility includes a transport vehicle and a section control system. In a case where a following stop point is different from a leading stop point, and a following passage point is different from a leading passage point at the time when the section control system receives a passage permission request on a first passage point or a second passage point from a following transport vehicle to enter a specific section subsequently to a leading transport vehicle entering the specific section first after the section control system gives the leading transport vehicle a passage permission to pass through the first passage point or the second passage point, the section control system gives the following transport vehicle a passage permission to pass through the following passage point.

The invention provides a low-altitude take-off and landing facility demand scale space distribution prediction method for a target area, and relates to the technical field of infrastructure planning, and the method comprises the steps: S1, analyzing and predicting the historical demand data of four scene types according to the historical demand data of the target area; s2, performing parameter calibration by adopting Monte Carlo simulation, and improving the prediction precision of the corrected exponential growth model and the logistic growth model through Bayesian estimation; s3, determining the demand quantity of low-altitude passenger transport take-off and landing facilities and the demand quantity of low-altitude loading take-off and landing facilities, and optimizing to obtain the total demand quantity of low-altitude take-off and landing stations in the target And S4, planning the low-altitude infrastructure of the target area, and enabling the nodes of the low-altitude take-off and landing facility to be matched with the space of the demand hotspot. According to the method, a plurality of dynamic technology progress models and a multi-scenario analysis mechanism are integrated, so that the accuracy and scientificity of data prediction are improved; and a station reuse coefficient is introduced, efficient sharing of passenger transport and freight transport facilities is realized, and the planning layout of low-altitude take-off and landing facilities is optimized.

A reference cost and a variable cost are included in a link cost for setting a set route for causing a setting vehicle to travel to a destination on a travelable route. A controller obtains an adjusted other vehicle cost by adjusting another vehicle cost with use of a separation adjustment value set smaller the higher a separation index is, obtains a variable cost based on a sum of the adjusted other vehicle costs of all target other vehicles, determines a link cost for each link in a candidate route, which is a candidate for a set route for the setting vehicle, based on the variable cost and the reference cost, obtains a route cost for each candidate route based on the link costs, and sets a set route based on the route costs of the candidate routes.

The image relating to this design application is for monitoring the operation status of an automated guided vehicle (AGV) in a transport facility, as well as various information such as abnormal conditions. The "indicator display area" in the center of the image displays the AGV's operating time and battery level.

A transport cart includes a first cart, a second cart arranged in parallel with the first cart, and a frame. The first cart and the second cart are away from each other in a Y-direction. The frame includes a first standing section extending upward from the first cart, a second standing section extending upward from the second cart, a coupler placed above the first cart and the second cart and coupling the first standing section with the second standing section in the Y-direction, and a plurality of supports placed above the first cart and the second cart and configured to support a transport object from below. The plurality of supports is away from each other in at least either an X-direction or the Y-direction.

The utility model belongs to logistics transport facilities, disclose a kind of deironing conveying device, including machine case, transport mechanism and deironing mechanism.Machine case is equipped with inlet located at top and outlet located at bottom.Transport mechanism is arranged in machine case, for carrying the material entering from inlet, and conveying material to outlet.Deironing mechanism is arranged in machine case along the transport direction and spaced apart from transport mechanism and located above outlet, and deironing mechanism includes electromagnet and permanent magnet, and the magnetic pole of electromagnet can be changed.The utility model makes deironing mechanism not overcome the gravity of material and can adsorb iron, and electromagnet is matched with permanent magnet, by changing the magnetic pole of electromagnet, not only can increase the magnetism of deironing mechanism, enhance deironing effect, simultaneously, it is also convenient to clean the iron adsorbed on deironing mechanism, and permanent magnet ensures that the iron adsorbed on deironing mechanism does not fall into material after deironing when power off, guarantee the safety of subsequent production.

This transport facility is provided with: a transport vehicle (1) that transports an object to be transported; a movement path (P) on which the transport vehicle (1) moves; a moving body (2) that moves separately from the transport vehicle (1); and a moving body control device that controls the moving body (2). The mobile body (2) is provided with an information acquisition device (22) for acquiring path state information indicating the state of the movement path (P), and is configured so as to move along the movement path (P) while acquiring the path state information by means of the information acquisition device (22). The mobile body control device executes a map creation process for creating map data of the movement path (P) on the basis of the path state information acquired by the information acquisition device (22).

The image relating to this design application is for monitoring the running status of an automated guided vehicle (AGV) in a transport facility, as well as various information such as abnormal conditions. The "Target Display Area" in the upper left of the image displays the AGV to be displayed, and the "Location Information Display Area" displays the route map and location information of the AGV as it moves. Furthermore, the route map displayed in the "Location Information Display Area" can be switched from a display of the entire route map, as shown in the "Image Diagram," to a display centered on the location of the AGV, as shown in the "Image Diagram Showing Changed State."

A travel route of a transport facility includes a guide zone in which a guide rail is disposed and a non-guide zone in which the guide rail is not disposed. A control system causes a guide drive section to execute a confirmation operation to drive a first guided section in a width direction Y in response to occurrence of a specific event in which a transport vehicle loses information on a travel position thereof, determines that the transport vehicle is in the non-guide zone in response to the first guided section moving from a first position to a second position or from the second position to the first position, and determines that the transport vehicle is in the guide zone in response to the first guided section being prevented from moving from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position.

An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles and a control system. In order to select a target transport vehicle to be caused to perform transport processing from among transport vehicles not holding any article, the control system executes selection processing including calculating an evaluation cost for each of the transport vehicles not holding any article, using a cost whose value is related to a factor affecting the travel time of the corresponding transport vehicle and whose value increases as the travel time is longer, and selecting the transport vehicle having the smallest evaluation cost as the target transport vehicle. In the selection processing executed when a specific holding section is the transport origin, the control system calculates the evaluation cost based on both a receiving cost and a delivery cost.

An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle and a controller, and the transport vehicle includes: a drive unit; a speed detector configured to detect a traveling speed; and a distance detector configured to detect an inter-vehicle distance, which is a distance to another transport vehicle. The controller is configured to (i) refer to at least one target speed that is set in advance according to the inter-vehicle distance, and (ii) perform an inter-vehicle adjustment control to control the drive unit in such a manner as to cause the traveling speed to approach the at least one target speed, based on the traveling speed and the inter-vehicle distance, the at least one target speed includes an accelerating target speed and a decelerating target speed, and the accelerating target speed is lower than the decelerating target speed for each inter-vehicle distance.

An article transport facility of the present invention includes: a transport vehicle that travels along a predetermined travel route and transports articles; an unmanned aerial vehicle that flies along a route and transports articles; a transfer section provided in correspondence with a processing device that processes articles, and to and from which articles that are processing targets of the processing device are transferred; and a storage section that is arranged at a location along the travel route and stores articles. The transport vehicle carries in articles to the storage section and carries out articles from the storage section, and the unmanned aerial vehicle transports articles between the storage section and the transfer section.

An article transport facility (1) comprises: a roller conveyor (2); a transport vehicle (4) for transporting an article (W) placed on a placement part (3); and a transfer device (5). The roller conveyor (2) comprises a plurality of rollers (6) and a roller gap (10) is formed between two adjacent rollers (6). The transfer device (5) is configured so as to move each of a plurality of forks (7) forward and backward in the width direction (Y) in order to change states between an accommodated state (T1), where a fork (7) is accommodated in the roller gap (10), and a protruding state (T2), where a fork (7) protrudes to a widthwise first side (Y1) with respect to the roller conveyor (2). The placement part (3), in a state in which the transport vehicle (4) is arranged at a transfer position (P), forms a fork insertion space (S) into which at least two forks (7) are inserted on the lower side with respect to the bottom surface of the article (W) placed on the placement part (3) .

A transport facility includes a guide rail which is disposed along a travel path extending in a travel direction through an opening of a wall and which is configured to guide traveling of a transport vehicle, and a fire door configured to open and close the opening. The fire door is configured to, in closing the opening, move toward a first side in an arrangement direction from an open position to a closed position. The fire door includes a notch penetrating the fire door in the travel direction and open on the first side to prevent the fire door from coming into contact with the first rail body and the second rail body while the fire door is moving from the open position to the closed position.

During a switch from a first state in which a transport vehicle is connected to a first access point in a first access point group to a second state in which the transport vehicle is connected to a second access point in a second access point group, or a switch from the second state to the first state, an upper-level controller executes network segment switching processing including restarting a communication controller and a protocol stack, while maintaining a physical layer device in an active state.

To provide a conveying facility capable of effectively protecting a floor surface from abrasion caused by friction with wheels of a conveying vehicle.SOLUTION: The transport facility includes a transport vehicle 2 and a floor surface 31 on which the transport vehicle 2 travels. The transport vehicle 2 transports a transport target object. The transport vehicle 2 includes wheels 222 that roll on the floor surface 31, and an own vehicle position recognition device 23 for recognizing the own vehicle position on the floor surface 31. The transport vehicle 2 is configured to change direction with respect to a preset reference position, based on the result of recognition of its own vehicle position by the vehicle position recognition device 23. The transport vehicle 2 performs a direction change position distribution process of distributing the direction change positions within a set distribution range P in a plurality of direction changes with reference to the same reference position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined in such a manner as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate to transport articles. While the transport vehicle performs a combining operation with a combination target vehicle that is another transport vehicle that is a combination target, the control unit at least partially disables a surrounding area sensor so as not to detect the combination target vehicle.

The invention relates to the field of container transportation facilities, in particular to a single-lane container operation system which comprises a portal frame, the portal frame is fixedly mounted on the ground, a sliding rail is arranged above the portal frame, a hoisting trolley is arranged above the sliding rail, a sling is arranged below the hoisting trolley, a clamping mechanism is connected below the sling, and a lifting mechanism is arranged below the clamping mechanism. The clamping machine longitudinally clamps the container, the one-way lane is longitudinally arranged between the portal frames, the situation that when a traditional rail-mounted gantry crane runs a cart, movement operation of a mechanism on a trolley is needed to achieve interaction operation between the inner container truck and the outer container truck of the single lane is avoided, and energy saving and high efficiency are achieved.

In the case where a transport vehicle has received both a first passage permission and a second passage permission and is to pass through a second passing point, when the travel distance of the transport vehicle from a first stopping point reaches a first set distance, the transport vehicle issues, to a zone control device, a first occupation revocation request for revoking permission to occupy a first passing point, and when the travel distance of the transport vehicle from the first stopping point reaches a second set distance, the transport vehicle issues, to the zone control device, a second occupation revocation request for revoking permission to occupy the second passing point.

Provided is an automatic transport vehicle and a transport facility making it possible to flexibly carry an article from an overhead transport vehicle to an article placing device.　An automatic transport vehicle (7) travels on a floor surface. The automatic transport vehicle (7) comprises a travel unit (11), a container placement unit (12), and an opening / closing unit (13). The opening / closing unit (13) is provided above the container placement unit (12) and is movable between a first position directly above the container placement unit (12) and a second position away from directly above the container placement unit (12).

An article transport facility includes a stationary access point being stationary relative to a travel path and connected to a control device to communicate with the control device, and a plurality of mobile access points for wireless communication. Each of the plurality of mobile access points is on a corresponding transport vehicle of a plurality of transport vehicles. Each of the plurality of mobile access points is connected to the stationary access point and another mobile access point to communicate with the stationary access point and the other mobile access point wirelessly. The stationary access point and the plurality of mobile access points form a communication network. The control device and the plurality of transport vehicles communicate data through the communication network.

This transport facility is provided with a transport device (T), and a sensing device. A pallet (9) is provided with a placement plate (92) onto which an item is placed, a plurality of beams (93) projecting downward from the placement plate (92), and a gap (91) formed between two beams (93) that are adjacent in a sensing orthogonal direction (Y). The sensing device is provided with a first sensing unit (11) for sensing whether a transport object (W) is present at a first sensing position (p1) that is set within a first height range (R1), and a second sensing unit (12) for sensing whether a transport object (W) is present at a second sensing position (p2) that is set within a second height range (R2). The sensing device determines whether the transport object (W) is the pallet (9) on the basis of a pattern of sensing results of the first sensing unit (11) and the second sensing unit (12).

To properly grasp abnormality of a transport vehicle.SOLUTION: A transport facility 100 includes an information collection device 2 mounted on a transport vehicle 1, a moving body 3 moving independently of the transport vehicle 1, and a communication system T1. The information collection device 2 comprises: an abnormality information acquisition unit 22 which, in response to the occurrence of abnormality of the transport vehicle 1, acquires abnormality information I including at least one of abnormality contents information, information before the occurrence of abnormality, and information after the occurrence of abnormality; and a first communication unit 21 which transmits the abnormality information I. The moving body 3 comprises: a second communication unit 32 which communicates with the first communication unit 21 without mediation of the communication system T1 to receive the abnormality information I; and a third communication unit 33 which sends an abnormality occurrence notice N notifying that abnormality has occurred, to a manager terminal 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To achieve smooth passage of a plurality of carriers in a section including a plurality of adjacent intersections.SOLUTION: The transport facility includes a transport vehicle and a zone control system. After the preceding transport vehicle 1L that has entered the specific section in advance has been permitted to pass through the first passing point R1 or the second passing point R2, when a subsequent transport vehicle 1L that enters the specific section after the preceding transport vehicle 1F has made a request to permit passage through the first passing point R1 or the second passing point R2, the section control system permits the subsequent transport vehicle 1F to pass through the subsequent passing point RF if the subsequent stopping point SF is different from the preceding stopping point SL and the subsequent passing point RF is different from the preceding passing point RL.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

An article transport facility includes a travelable path divided into multiple areas. A controller performs, in response to the areas including a high-density area having a higher density of movable bodies than another area among the areas, distribution control to change a destination of at least one movable body to an escape destination to reduce a density of movable bodies in the high-density area. In the distribution control, the controller sets, in response to target movable bodies in the high-density area including a transporting movable body transporting an article toward a transfer destination outside the high-density area to transfer the article, the escape destination of the transporting movable body inside an area, among the areas, closer to the transfer destination than the high-density area.

A transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles that transport articles and a control system that controls the transport vehicles. Each transport vehicle includes a transporter. The control system performs, in response to electric power supply to the transport vehicles being interrupted, an interruption information obtaining process of obtaining an operating state information of each transport vehicle as preliminary operating state information. The control system performs, after the electric power supply is restored, a post-restoration information obtaining process of obtaining the operating state information of each transport vehicle as post-restoration operating state information. The control system performs an automatic recovery target determination process of determining whether each transport vehicle is a target of automatic recovery based on a result of comparison between the preliminary operating state information and the post-restoration operating state information.