Dematic Gmbh

Tim Post

Michael S Khodl

Jon Van Hekken

A material handling system having object handling and transportation devices and method of receiving objects into a warehouse having a material handling system includes scanning a machine readable code of an incoming load forming at least a portion of an order and comparing the machine readable code with an order file listing objects on the incoming load. For each object on the load, object data including a 3D image and product code of the object removed from the incoming load is received with an image capture station and reconciled with the order file. Each object is identified by comparing the 3D image of the object captured with the image capture station with the 3D images in the database. The material handling system is controlled as a function of the identity of the objects being handled and transported by the material handling system.

Method and apparatus for controlling flow of objects in a material handling system

A zoneless pick-to-light method and system initially inducts a group of totes into an initial picking station by scanning a tote identifier for each tote in the group. A product order is assigned to each tote in the inducted group of totes, such that matching a product in the picking station with the order causes a light to be illuminated adjacent to the corresponding product needed to fulfill the order. A user scans a personal identification and picks and places the desired quantity of the product to fulfill the product order for each tote at the station. The group of totes are moved in a flow direction to an adjacent picking station, where the user can elect to either follow the group of totes to the adjacent downstream picking station or abandon the group of totes, such that a different user may complete the product orders for the group of totes.

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Tim Post