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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Takuya Gondoh, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Sugano, Hinocho, JP;
Atsushi Kurayama, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Iwai, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Minoo, Tokyo, JP;
DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An article loading facility includes: a transport unit; a loading unit; a setting unit; a first control unit; and a second control unit. The transport unit transports second supporting members from storage units to a transfer position. The loading unit loads target articles that are supported by the second supporting members, onto the first supporting member. The setting unit performs an arrangement setting process to set arrangement information for each of the plurality of target articles that are to be loaded onto the first supporting member, the arrangement information indicating the orientation and the position of the corresponding target article relative to the first supporting member, and performs an arrangement order setting process to set a type arrangement order that, when target articles of a plurality of types are to be loaded according to the arrangement information, indicates the order in which the plurality of types are to be arranged. The second control unit controls the transport unit to transport the second supporting members to the transfer position according to the type arrangement order. The first control unit controls the loading unit to load the target articles onto the first supporting member according to the arrangement information that has been set in the arrangement setting process.