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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Werma Holding Gmbh + Co. KG, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Christian Hoehler, Wellendingen, DE;
Daniel Kensy, Tuttlingen, DE;
WERMA Holding GmbH + Co. KG, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention proposes a dynamic storage rack unit for providing material in logistics and/or manufacturing processes, having a plurality of storage rack compartments () inclined in the longitudinal direction, each storage rack compartment () being designed to accommodate a plurality of material containers () arranged beside one another in the longitudinal direction, storage rack compartments () each having a plurality of sensors () for monitoring the filling level of the respective storage rack compartment (), a distance (A) which corresponds substantially to the length of the material containers () to be accommodated in the storage rack compartment () being provided in the longitudinal direction between sensors () of the respective storage rack compartment (), storage rack compartments () each having at least one state display apparatus () for displaying the state and/or filling level of the respective storage rack compartment (), which unit at least partially improves the disadvantages of the prior art. According to the invention, this is achieved by virtue of the fact that storage rack compartments () each comprise at least one compartment checking unit () for checking the respective sensors () of the respective storage rack compartment (), the compartment checking units () each being in the form of energy and data transmission units () for supplying the respective sensors () of the respective storage rack compartment () with electrical energy and for acquiring, receiving and transmitting sensor data from the respective sensors () of the respective storage rack compartment (), at least one storage rack checking unit () for checking a plurality of compartment checking units () of the storage rack compartments () being provided, the at least one storage rack checking unit () being designed to supply the plurality of compartment checking units () of the respective storage rack compartments () with electrical energy and to acquire, receive and transmit data from the plurality of compartment checking units () of the respective storage rack compartments (), at least one central checking unit () for checking the at least one storage rack checking unit () being provided, the central checking unit () being designed to acquire, receive and transmit data from the at least one storage rack checking unit ().