Article Storage Transfer Machine Locking Part Position Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional article storage facilities face difficulties in efficiently adjusting the position of articles stored on the far side due to interference from adjacent articles, leading to increased displacement and reduced storage and retrieval efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An article storage facility with a transfer machine equipped with a locking part that can be locked to either the front or rear surface of articles, allowing for precise positioning adjustments by moving the locking part between articles during the take-out operation, enabling efficient adjustment of the second article's position without disrupting the first article's removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the article on the near side is temporarily transported to another location to detect and adjust the position of the article on the far side, then the position adjustment of the far side article can be performed, but the storage and retrieval operation efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a detection device that can detect the position of the far side article through or around the near side article without requiring the near side article to be moved. This intermediary detection mechanism allows position measurement while maintaining normal storage and retrieval operations, resolving the contradiction between measurement accuracy and operational efficiency.
2Manufacturing precision
If another operation such as transporting the near side article is executed to adjust the position of the far side article, then the position adjustment can be performed, but the operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the detection device to directly detect and measure the position of the far side article without requiring auxiliary operations like transporting the near side article. The system performs self-measurement through the detection device, eliminating the need for complex preparatory operations and reducing both operational complexity and time consumption while maintaining adjustment precision.
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AI summary
A control unit causes a transfer machine to execute a first article take-out operation by moving a locking part to a depth-direction near side with the locking part locked to a rear surface portion of a first article; and a second article position adjustment operation of moving the locking part disposed between the first article and a second article in the depth direction toward a far side to a position corresponding to a front surface portion of the second article located at a second article proper position, and the control unit is configured to, after the locking part has been disposed between the first article and the second article during execution of the first article take-out operation using the transfer machine, cause the transfer machine to execute the second article position adjustment operation, and to complete the first article take-out operation upon completion of the second article position adjustment operation.