Finger-Plate Tray Structure for Fast Goods-Tray Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for separating goods and trays in intelligent warehousing systems are complex in design, costly, and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A tray design featuring a base plate with finger-shaped plates extending along intersecting directions, allowing for efficient interaction with comb teeth and cantilevers through vertical gaps, enabling seamless transfer and separation of goods and trays using a handling robot.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional separation methods are used to separate goods and trays, then the separation function is achieved, but the design becomes complex and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The tray structure itself provides the separation function through its finger-shaped plates that automatically interact with comb teeth on the docking apparatus. The tray's own structural elements serve as the separation mechanism, eliminating the need for additional complex separation devices. The finger-shaped plates engage with the comb teeth to achieve separation through the tray's inherent design rather than external equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The finger-shaped plates on the tray serve multiple functions: they enable the tray to be grasped and manipulated by the handling robot, facilitate separation from the docking apparatus through interaction with comb teeth, and provide structural support for goods. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized separation components.
2Productivity
If traditional separation methods are used, then separation is achieved, but efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is divided into a base plate and multiple finger-shaped plates that can independently interact with the comb teeth. This segmentation allows different parts of the tray to engage with different comb teeth simultaneously, enabling parallel separation actions that increase efficiency while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The finger-shaped plates are designed to dynamically interact with the comb teeth during the separation process. The plates can move relative to the base plate and engage/disengage from the comb teeth as needed, allowing the separation process to be completed in a single efficient motion rather than through multiple complex steps.
3Ease of manufacture
If the tray structure is simplified for easy manufacturing, then manufacturing cost decreases, but the ability to interact with comb teeth and cantilevers may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is segmented into a simple base plate and multiple identical finger-shaped plates. This segmentation allows for easy manufacturing of standardized components while the arrangement of these simple components provides the necessary interaction capability with comb teeth and cantilevers. Each finger-shaped plate is a simple element that can be easily manufactured, yet collectively they provide versatile interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The finger-shaped plates concentrate the interaction functionality at specific locations where they engage with comb teeth and cantilevers. The majority of the tray structure (base plate) remains simple and easy to manufacture, while the localized finger-shaped elements provide the specialized interaction capability needed for docking operations.
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AI summary
This application relates to the field of intelligent warehousing system technologies, and discloses a tray, a goods picking and placing method, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a warehousing system. The tray includes a base plate and a plurality of finger-shaped plates that extend along a first direction from a first side of the base plate. The plurality of finger-shaped plates are arranged at intervals along a second direction. A plate gap exists between two adjacent finger-shaped plates. The first direction and the second direction are both directions in a horizontal plane parallel to the base plate, and the first direction and the second direction intersect. The base plate and the plurality of finger-shaped plates are jointly configured to carry goods.