Automated Storage Handling Device High Turnover Product Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing product storage and handling systems are inefficient, leading to slow retrieval times and complex electronic control due to chaotic product arrangement and the need for multiple handling devices for high turnover products, resulting in long waiting times and structural complexity.
Innovation Solution
The system differentiates between high turnover and low turnover products by allocating distinct storage areas, allowing the handling device to perform a single forward and backward stroke for multiple high turnover products, reducing retrieval and delivery time by positioning high turnover products closer to the delivery area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of stationary object
If products are arranged chaotically in the warehouse with individual memorized positions, then optimal exploitation of available space is achieved, but product retrieval becomes extremely slow and complex electronic control is required
Solution Approach 1:
The warehouse is segmented into distinct storage zones: a first zone for high turnover products and a second zone for low turnover products. This segmentation allows the handling device to efficiently retrieve multiple high turnover products in a single forward stroke without requiring complex individual position memorization for every product, thus maintaining high storage utilization while dramatically improving retrieval speed.
2Measurement precision
If multiple forward and backward strokes are performed for each individual product, then precise individual product retrieval is achieved, but waiting times become excessively long
Solution Approach 1:
High turnover products are pre-positioned in a dedicated first storage zone that is optimally located for rapid retrieval. This preliminary arrangement allows the handling device to collect multiple high turnover products during a single forward stroke, eliminating the need for multiple individual retrieval strokes and significantly reducing waiting times while maintaining precise product location control.
3Productivity
If additional product withdrawing devices are added for high turnover products, then retrieval speed is improved, but system structure becomes remarkably complicated
Solution Approach 1:
A dedicated first storage zone with specific quality characteristics (optimized for high turnover products) is created within the warehouse. This localized zone allows a single handling device to efficiently serve high turnover products through a single forward stroke, eliminating the need for multiple specialized withdrawing devices while maintaining high retrieval speed. The local optimization of this zone provides the benefits of multiple devices without the structural complexity.
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AI summary
The system (1) comprises at least one first storage surface (3a) for high turnover products (2a), i.e. products required more frequently and/or in greater quantities, and at least one second storage surface (3b) for low turnover products, i.e. products required more rarely and/or in lesser quantities. The surfaces (3a, 3b) are distinct and combined to form respective shelf units (4a, 4b) for the products (2a, 2b) classified as above. Handling devices (6), controlled by an electronic unit for depositing the products (2a, 2b) in a selectively grouped manner on the surfaces (3a, 3b) allocated to them, move between the shelf units (4a, 4b). The handling devices (6) are also suitable for selectively withdrawing the products (2a, 2b) from the storage surfaces (3a, 3b) and for collecting a plurality of products (2a, 2b) required simultaneously. The products (2a, 2b) can be loaded and discharged from the same side or loaded on one side and discharged from the opposite side of the surfaces (3a, 3b).