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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Tgw Logistics Group Gmbh, Marchtrenk, AT;
Michael Schedlbauer, Hengersberg, DE;
Andreas Schmidberger, Wels, AT;
Christian Michael Siket, Linz, AT;
Harald Schroepf, Wels, AT;
TGW Logistics Group GmbH, Marchtrenk, AT;
Abstract
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 ().