Storage Lift Remaining-Time Display for Dead-Time Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Picking workflows in storage lifts and similar devices are inefficient due to lack of real-time information on the arrival of storage products or carriers at removal points, leading to unplanned operator activities and potential dead times.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a remaining time calculating device connected to a display device that visually represents the time until storage products or carriers arrive at a removal point, allowing operators to plan their activities more effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If no remaining time display is provided, then the device structure remains simple, but operator efficiency decreases and dead times increase
Solution Approach 1:
A remaining time calculating device and display device are introduced as intermediaries between the storage product transport system and the operator. The calculating device computes the time until storage products arrive at removal points, and the display device visually presents this information to the operator, enabling better activity planning without modifying the core transport mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously calculating and displaying the remaining time until storage products arrive at removal points. This real-time information feedback allows operators to adjust their activities dynamically, synchronizing their actions with the arrival of storage products and eliminating idle waiting time
2Ease of operation
If real-time remaining time information is provided, then operator activity planning improves, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display device uses color-coded visual representations to convey remaining time information. Different colors indicate different time ranges or states, allowing operators to quickly grasp the timing information at a glance without processing numerical data, thereby reducing information processing load while improving ease of operation
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AI summary
The invention refers to a picking device, in particular a storage lift, comprising at least one removal point for storage products and/or storage products carriers. In order to increase the efficiency of the operation of a picking device, it is provided according to the invention that the picking device is connected to at least one remaining time calculating device with which the remaining time until the arrival of a storage product and/or storage product carrier transported in the picking device at the at least one removal point can be calculated, wherein the picking device has at least one display device on which an image that represents the remaining time can be displayed.