Tgw Logistics Group Gmbh

Tgw Mechanics Gmbh

Harald Johannes Schroepf

Timothy Lindley

Gerald Kettlgruber

Christian Ahammer

Michael Johannes Schedlbauer

Maximilian Beinhofer

Christian Prechtl

Christoph Haslehner

Stefan Holzner

Andreas Schmidberger

Christian Michael Siket

Christoph Doppler

Martin Rausch

Johannes Schauer

Peter Preidt

Markus Winkler

Alexander Balasch

Stefan Aiglstorfer

Sebastian Maximilian Feistl

Matthias Stoetzner

Alexander Bauman

Philipp Johann Kolmhofer

Marta Barberá Mateo

In a method for storing and picking stackable article carriers in an order fulfillment facility, in which transport loading aids are transported between a loading station with an automatically operated loading device, a storage zone and a removal station with an automatically operated unloading device by autonomously moveable, driverless transport vehicles, the transport loading aids are loaded with article carrier stacks in the loading station and the article carrier stacks are discharged from the transport loading aids in the unloading station. Subsequently, the article carriers for a picking order are reloaded onto one or multiple target loading aids. Further, an order fulfillment facility stores and stackable article carriers.

Method and order-picking storage facility for storing and order-picking articles

A picking system for picking goods includes a goods acceptance zone, a goods transfer zone, a storage zone, a storage conveying device or devices, an order processing computer for registering a picking order and a removal conveying device or devices, wherein the storage conveying device or devices and/or the removal conveying device or devices have autonomous conveying vehicles for transporting the goods/ordered goods on a travel surface. The travel surface is subdivided into multiple travel surface segments, and driving movements are coordinated so that at least 90% of each of the driving movements in the travel surface segments is carried out by a closed group of autonomous conveying vehicles. Further, a method operates the picking system.

Method and picking system with improved operation of autonomous conveying vehicles

A robot system includes a robot having a movable robot head with at least two suction grippers spaced apart from one another and a sensor system for detecting a gripping surface pose and a gripping surface size of a gripping surface of a good. Using a controller, a gripping pose for the movable robot head, in which a maximum number of suction grippers is in contact with the gripping surface of the good, is calculated based on the determined gripping surface pose and gripping surface size. Then, the robot head is moved into the calculated gripping pose where the suction grippers are activated so as to grip the good. Moreover, a method operates the robot system.

Robot system for gripping an item in a storage and picking system, and operating method for same

The invention relates to a storage and order-picking system as well as a method for operating the same. In this regard, provided articles are loaded into hanging bags in an article-specific manner, and subsequently, groups of hanging bags are formed in a hanging bag sorting device based on an article-grouping rule. In a further step, articles of a group are transferred from the hanging bags into an article storage loading aid. The article storage loading aid configured differently from a hanging bag is then stored in an article storage of the storage and order-picking system. Upon receiving a picking order, the article storage loading aid is transported to a picking station, at which the ordered article(s) is/are loaded into a target loading aid.

Storage and picking system having improved stocking performance and method for operating same

An optimization method improves article pickup and discharge reliability in a picking process using a robot. An article is picked-up from or out of a first load carrier and is placed in or on or dropped into or onto a second load carrier by a gripping unit on the robot head. In an image processing step, a gripping pose for the gripping unit is calculated for picking-up the article by determining at least one dimension from a captured image and by determining a range allocation by comparing with dimension ranges. Using a confidence value, a dimension value is determined, from stored article reference data or from a normalization value of the dimension range and allocated to the determined dimension. In a preparation step, a mathematical scattering measure function is applied for the determined dimension and dimension ranges, and normalization and confidence values of the dimension ranges are determined therefrom.

Optimization method for improving the reliability of goods commissioning using a robot

In an order-picking method for picking at least one ordered good into or onto a target loading aid, goods which are stored in a first storage zone using first loading aids are reloaded, on the basis of a transfer request, from a first loading aid into or onto at least one second loading aid and stored in a second storage zone. When a picking order is obtained, (an) ordered good(s) is/are retrieved from the second storage zone and loaded into or onto the target loading aid. During an execution of the transfer request, the first loading aid is fully or partially unloaded, depending on whether a parameter which is allocated to a type of good reaches a threshold value. Further, a storage and order-picking system carries out the method.

Storage and picking system and picking method having improved transfer of goods between two storage areas

A picking station for picking goods has a source container conveyor for automated transporting of source containers, a target container conveyor for automated transporting of target containers and a fully automated robot system. The source container conveyor includes a first removal area, where a first source container is provisioned, and a second removal area, where a second source container is provisioned. The target container conveyor includes a first loading area, where a first target container is provisioned, and a second loading area, where a second target container is provisioned. The robot system includes a robot having a gripping unit configured to remove goods according to different orders from the first source container and/or second source container and place them into the first target container and/or second target container, and a sensor system for capturing the goods in the first and second source containers. A method automatically picks goods.

Picking station and method for automatic picking of goods

A storage arrangement having multiple storage racks, a storage buffer device for interim buffering of a load during storage, a retrieval buffer device for interim buffering of a load during retrieval, and storage and retrieval devices for servicing the storage places of the storage racks is provided. The storage arrangement additionally comprises a storage vertical conveying device having multiple storage transport platforms and a retrieval vertical conveying device having multiple retrieval transport platforms. A storage conveying system is connected to the storage vertical conveying device, and a retrieval conveying system is connected to the retrieval vertical conveying device. A control system ensures that the storage transport platforms and the retrieval transport platforms are moved independently of one another. In addition, an order-picking system with a storage arrangement of the above-mentioned type and a method for operating the storage arrangement are provided.

Storage arrangement and picking system having improved loading and retrieval of loaded items and method for operating same

A robot system includes a robot having a gripping unit for picking and placing down/throwing goods, wherein the goods are differentiated into multiple types with respect to their dimensional stability, compressive stability, flexural rigidity, strength, their absolute weight and/or specific weight. When the goods are manipulated, the robot and/or the gripping unit are controlled depending on the type determined for the goods. Moreover, a method operates the robot system.

Robot system with motion sequences adapted to product types, and operating method therefor

The invention relates to a storage and order-picking system () as well as order-picking method for picking ordered goods into or onto a target loading aid ('), in which at least one of the picking orders comprises multiple order lines (), which specify (an) ordered good(s) () according to its/their type of good () and its/their number of pieces to be picked (). During the execution of a picking order, a first loading aid (), which is configured so as to be different from a hanging bag, with ordered good(s) () of the first order line () is out-fed from a first storage zone (). Further, a hanging bag () with ordered good(s) () of the second order line () is out-fed from a second storage zone (). Then, the ordered good(s) () of the first order line () and the ordered good(s) () of the second order line () are loaded into or onto a target loading aid (′) in accordance with the at least one picking order.

Storage and order picking system and method for picking ordered articles from a hanging bag and another load aid

In a method for order-picking articles from source loading aids into or onto target loading aids in a storage and order-picking system, the articles belong to a first group of types of article , whose types of article can be handled automatically, or a second group of types of article , whose types of article can be handled manually. A first order part with articles of the first group of types of article is transported to a first automatic order-picking station and order-picked there, and a second order part with articles of the second group of types of article is transported to a first manual order-picking station and order-picked there. Further, a storage and order-picking system executes the method.

Storage and picking system and picking method for automatically and manually picking goods

In an order-picking method for picking at least one ordered good into or onto a target loading aid, goods which are stored in a first storage zone using first loading aids are reloaded, on the basis of a transfer request, from a first loading aid into at least one hanging bag and stored in a second storage zone. When a picking order is obtained, (an) ordered good(s) is/are retrieved from the second storage zone and loaded into or onto the target loading aid. The transfer request is generated and executed without reference to a picking order. Further, a storage and order-picking system carries out the method.

Storage and picking system and picking method with improved goods transfer between two storage locations

The invention relates to a picking system () for picking goods (), comprising a goods acceptance zone (A), a goods transfer zone (D, D), a storage zone (B. . . B), (a) storage conveying device(s) (), an order processing computer for registering a picking order and (a) removal conveying device(s) (), wherein the storage conveying device(s) () and/or the removal conveying device(s) () has/have a plurality of autonomous conveying vehicles () for transporting the goods ()/ordered goods () on a travel surface. The travel surface is subdivided into multiple travel surface segments (E. . . E), and driving movements are co-ordinated so that at least 90% of each of the driving movements in the travel surface segments (E. . . E) is carried out by a closed group of autonomous conveying vehicles (). The invention further relates to a method for operating the picking system ().

A picking station () as well as a storage and order-picking system () for automatic picking and automatic packaging of articles () is specified. An automated packaging machine () and a goods-out conveyor system () as well as different types of picking zones (), in which the articles () for an order are picked and prepared for the packaging process, are included thereby. In particular, the articles () are stacked on top of each other to form an article stack () and are subsequently discharged onto an automated feed conveyor system () leading to the automated packaging machine () or directly into the automated packaging machine (). Moreover, a method for operating the picking station () described and/or the storage and order-picking system () described is specified.

Picking station and method for automatically picking and automatically packaging products

The invention relates to a method for order picking of items at a picking station, wherein the source containers () are transported to a retrieval position () in an arbitrary sequence, and the target containers () are provided in a sorting buffer () with buffer positions () ahead of a single loading position (). A first target container is transported back into the sorting buffer for processing of different order lines after placement of an item for a first order line, and is temporarily buffered at a sorting position () until a source container with an item for a second order line is conveyed onward into a buffer track section () provided upstream of the retrieval position. A second target container is transported back into the sorting buffer for processing of different order lines after placement of an item for a first order line, and is moved via a second sorting position to one of the buffer positions and subsequently to the loading position if a source container with an item for a second order line has already been transported into the buffer track section. In addition, the invention relates to a picking station.

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Wels, Austria

Harald Johannes Schroepf