Conveyance Route Layout for Intersections and Mixed Transport Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods fail to effectively combine different conveyance devices like conveyance vehicles, unidirectional conveyors, and omnidirectional conveyors to improve conveyance efficiency in factories and warehouses.
Innovation Solution
A conveyance route design device that determines improvement target places and assigns conveyance devices at intersecting positions based on whether the conveyance routes intersect, utilizing a determination unit and assignment unit to optimize the conveyance system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If a unidirectional conveyor is installed in the conveyance route to speed up object conveyance, then the conveyance speed in a specific direction is improved, but the conveyance vehicles cannot move on the conveyance route intersecting the conveyor
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyance system is segmented into multiple independent conveyor types (unidirectional conveyors for high-speed one-way transport, omnidirectional conveyors for multi-directional access, and conveyance vehicles for flexible routing). Each segment handles specific traffic patterns, allowing the system to maintain both high speed on dedicated routes and accessibility at intersections through alternative conveyance modes.
2Productivity
If conveyance routes are optimized to improve conveyance efficiency, then the conveyance amount is improved, but the complexity of determining optimal routes and device assignments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where conveyance route design devices analyze actual conveyance data and performance metrics to automatically optimize routes and conveyor assignments. This closed-loop approach allows the system to improve conveyance efficiency through data-driven decisions rather than manual complex planning, reducing the burden on human designers while maintaining high productivity.
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AI summary
A conveyance route design device improves object conveyance efficiency. The conveyance route design device determines an improvement target place that satisfies criteria for improving an actual conveyance amount with respect to a conveyance request amount, for a plurality of conveyance routes, and determines a conveyance device to be assigned to an intersecting position where the conveyance routes intersect, based on whether or not the conveyance route including the improvement target place intersects.