Rotary Table Picking Device with Mechanical Tilting Guide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing order-picking devices often result in cumbersome access to container contents, leading to prolonged operation times and health risks for operators, as they require manual tilting or complex hydraulic systems.
Innovation Solution
An order-picking device with a container holder that tilts along a closed travel path, featuring a mechanical guide and a tilting axis spaced horizontally from the guide, allowing for automatic tilting during movement, reducing the need for manual intervention and enhancing accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If container holders are tilted using hydraulic systems, then accessibility to container contents is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex hydraulic tilting systems with a purely mechanical guide system. The guide's geometry directly converts the rotational motion into container holder tilting, eliminating the need for hydraulic components while achieving the same accessibility improvement.
Solution Approach 2:
The container holder automatically tilts as it moves along the guide path. The tilting action is self-generated through the mechanical interaction between the container holder and the guide, without requiring separate actuation systems.
2Ease of operation
If container holders are tilted manually by operators, then accessibility is improved, but productivity decreases due to prolonged operation times
Solution Approach 1:
The container holder is tilted automatically during its movement along the guide path, so that by the time it reaches the picking position, it is already in the optimal tilted state for access. This eliminates the need for manual tilting operations at the picking station.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs the tilting action automatically through the mechanical guide design, without requiring operator intervention. The container holder self-tilts as a natural consequence of moving along the guide path.
3Manufacturing precision
If tilting and movement are performed in separate operations, then control precision is improved, but productivity decreases due to sequential operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the tilting function and movement function into a single integrated mechanical guide system. As the container holder moves along the guide, the guide's geometry simultaneously produces the tilting motion, merging two operations into one continuous action.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical guide serves multiple functions simultaneously: it defines the travel path, controls the tilting angle, and ensures precise positioning. This multi-functionality allows both movement and tilting to occur together without sacrificing control precision.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a picking device (1) for arranging between at least one automatic placement point (95) and at least one picking workstation (91), comprising at least one container holder (3) movable along a travel path (V) from the picking workstation (91) to the placement point (95), and comprising a rotation unit (5) for moving the at least one container holder (3) along the travel path (V). The invention further relates to a storage system (89). According to the invention, in order to provide a picking device (1) and a storage system (89) which enable a fast picking of goods and simultaneously increase safety and ergonomics for an operator (93), the picking device (1) has a tilt device (13) for the at least one container holder (3) by means of which the at least one container holder (3) can be tilted toward the at least one picking workstation (91) during a movement along the travel path (V).