Plate Warehousing Posture Control for Compact Vertical Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional gantry-type sorting equipment for artificial stone slabs occupies large spaces, limits versatility, and reduces storage efficiency due to height restrictions and the need for maintaining slab orientation during movement, leading to reduced warehouse space utilization and movement efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A method and system using a column-type plate moving device to adjust the posture of slabs from first to third postures during warehousing, reducing movement space and increasing speed, with a system comprising vertical racks and a plate moving device that includes a mounting base, column, cantilever, and material picking component.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional gantry-type sorting equipment is used to classify artificial stone slabs, then the sorting function is achieved, but the equipment occupies large space and limits versatility
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional gantry-type sorting equipment is segmented into a mobile sorting device that can be independently positioned. The sorting function is separated from the fixed gantry structure, allowing the sorting device to be moved to different locations as needed, thus achieving versatility while reducing the permanent space occupation.
Solution Approach 2:
The sorting equipment transitions from a two-dimensional ground-spanning gantry structure to a three-dimensional mobile system that operates vertically. The mobile sorting device can be positioned at different heights and locations, utilizing vertical space rather than requiring a large horizontal footprint, thereby reducing the area occupied while maintaining sorting functionality.
2Area of stationary object
If artificial stone slabs are stored upright using mobile shelves to utilize vertical storage space, then storage space efficiency is improved, but the complexity of warehousing control increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates detection means to automatically identify the position and status of artificial stone slabs in the mobile shelves. This feedback information is used by the control system to automatically determine sorting locations and generate guidance instructions, reducing the manual control complexity while maintaining efficient vertical storage utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile shelves and sorting equipment work together as an integrated system where the shelves automatically position themselves and the sorting device autonomously identifies and transports slabs. This self-service mechanism reduces the need for complex manual warehousing control while preserving the space-efficient upright storage arrangement.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the posture of artificial stone slabs is maintained consistent during movement into the warehouse, then the slabs are stable during transport, but the space required for movement increases and warehouse space efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the posture of artificial stone slabs during the movement process. Instead of maintaining a fixed posture, the slabs are repositioned to optimal angles that facilitate stable transport while minimizing the space required. The mobile sorting device can rotate and tilt the slabs to achieve the best balance between stability and space efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The orientation and angle parameters of the slabs are changed during movement to optimize both stability and space utilization. By adjusting the slab posture from horizontal to angled positions, the system achieves stable transport with reduced movement space requirements, thereby improving warehouse space efficiency without compromising slab stability.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the surface of the slab is perpendicular to the direction of movement during warehouse entry, then the slab maintains its orientation, but significant shaking occurs during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the slab orientation during movement to prevent shaking. Instead of maintaining a fixed perpendicular orientation, the mobile sorting device rotates the slabs to angled positions that reduce vibration and shaking during transport, while still maintaining sufficient orientation control for proper warehousing.
Solution Approach 2:
The orientation parameter of the slabs is changed from perpendicular to angled positions during movement. This parameter change reduces the harmful shaking effect while maintaining enough orientation stability for proper storage. The control system calculates optimal angles that balance between preventing shaking and maintaining orientation for subsequent storage operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for controlling plate warehousing is perform as follows. A warehousing information of a to-be-warehoused plate is obtained. A vertical rack among vertical racks is determined as a warehousing rack for storing the to-be-warehoused plate based on the warehousing information. The plate moving device adjusts the to-be-warehoused plate to a first posture and the to-be-warehoused plate in the first posture is moved closer to the warehousing rack. The plate moving device adjusts the to-be-warehoused plate to a second posture and moving the to-be-warehoused plate above the warehousing rack. The plate moving device adjust the to-be-warehoused plate to a third posture and placing the to-be-warehoused plate onto a storage surface of the warehousing rack. In the first posture, a surface of the to-be-warehoused plate is parallel to the moving direction of the plate moving device. In the second posture, the to-be-warehoused plate is horizontally provided.