Ssi Schäfer Automation Gmbh (De)

Ssi Schäfer Automation Gmbh

Ssi Schafer Noell Gmbh Lager- Und Systemtechnik

Christian Herzmaier

Elmar Issing

Jakob Beer

Matthias Muther

A storage and order-picking system including a warehouse, wherein the warehouse includes a storage module formed by two racks including one rack aisle therebetween; separation stations associated with the storage module, each separation station having associated therewith a respective pick up location;

Two-stage picking by means of sorter having high-dynamic sorter trays

It is disclosed a system and method for picking and delivering articles () in accordance with a plurality of orders from customers (), wherein the orders comprise pouchable article () of an online supermarket, which have been ordered by the customers (), comprising the steps of: providing a storage and order-picking installation (), in which the articles () of the online supermarket are stored in, preferably different, storage and picking areas (); filling pouches (), in accordance with the orders, with the ordered articles () within the storage and picking areas (); coupling the pouches () to an overhead conveyor (); handing over the filled pouches () to a delivery vehicle () configured to transport the pouches () in a hanging manner; transporting the hanging pouches () with the delivery vehicle () to the customers (); determining a delivery tour by means of a controlling device (), wherein the delivery tour defines a sequence in which the customers () are delivered by the delivery vehicle (), in order to hand over to the customers () the pouches () including the articles (), which have been ordered by the customers (); and sorting the filled pouches () in accordance with the delivery route by means of the overhead conveyor ().

System and method for picking and delivering of articles from an online supermarket

It is disclosed storage and order-picking system, comprising: a control device configured for performing two-stage picking of articles, wherein the two-stage picking comprises a first article-orientated picking stage, and a second order-orientated picking stage; a warehouse, wherein the articles in the warehouse are stored in storage containers in an article-pure manner, and wherein the articles are retrieved in an article-orientated manner from the warehouse in the first picking stage; a sorter comprising: a loop-shaped main line operated continuously; at least one branch line, wherein each of the branch lines is coupled, preferably mesh-shaped, to the main line and is operable discontinuously; and a plurality of sorter trays, wherein each of the trays is configured to be moved along the lines and to be fed into and out from the main line; one or more separation stations, wherein each of the separation stations: is coupled to the main line via one of the branch lines; is coupled to the warehouse for being supplied with storage containers; and is configured for reloading the articles from the storage containers onto the trays for transferring the articles in the first picking stage in accordance with order lines and/or individually onto respectively one of the trays located on the one of the branch lines; and a plurality of automatically and/or manually operated target locations for the second picking stage, wherein each of the target locations is coupled: to one of the branch lines; and/or directly to the main line.

A storage and order-picking system including at least one order-picking machine configured to store, collect, buffer, and deliver piece-goods in an automated manner, each machine including storage locations having an individualizing storage-location label; a receiving station configured to capture at least one labeling attribute of a goods-receipt piece-good, a transport system including transport carriers, each having deposition locations where the captured goods-receipt piece-good can be placed for loading the carrier, and a deposition-location label is assigned; and a DPS configured, to manage and update a reference table; wherein the transport system connects the receiving station and the machine for transporting one of the transport carriers therebetween, wherein the DPS is further configured to update the reference table for the goods-receipt piece-good by assignment based on the captured attribute, based on a deposition-location label of a selected deposition location, and based on a storage-location label of a selected storage location.

Storage and order-picking system and method for storing piece goods in an order-picking machine

It is disclosed a method for picking, in accordance with the goods-to-man principle, a plurality of different articles in accordance with orders, wherein preferably at least one of the orders comprises both fragile and non-fragile articles, which are to be packed together into a shipping container, in a storage and order-picking system, wherein the storage and order-picking system comprises: a warehouse where the articles are stored as storage units, each respectively containing articles of one type only; a plurality of picking-and-packing stations, wherein each picking-and-packing station comprises at least one collecting zone and is configured to buffer a plurality of the articles and to provide the shipping container; a conveying system connecting the warehouse to the picking-and-packing stations; and a controlling unit configured to assign the orders to the picking-and-packing stations, to monitor the picking, and to control material flow; wherein the method comprises the following steps: collecting a plurality of orders; batch-orientated analyzing the collected orders by the controlling unit; batch-orientated assigning the analyzed orders to the picking-and-packing stations by the controlling unit, wherein each of the analyzed orders is assigned to, preferably one of, the collecting zones; article-orientated conveying the storage units via the conveying system from the warehouse to the picking-and-packing stations; removing, preferably manually, the articles conveyed to the picking-and-packing stations, and order-orientated distributing the removed articles to the corresponding collecting zones by depositing the removed articles in the corresponding collecting zones; and packing the collected articles into the shipping container at the corresponding picking-and-packing stations.

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