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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2023
Gebhardt Fördertechnik Gmbh, Sinsheim, DE;
Gebhardt Fördertechnik GmbH, Sinsheim, DE;
Abstract
A method and system for operating a shuttle system by a control device are disclosed. The shuttle system comprises a rack with a driveway and a multi-deep storage channel with at least two storage locations. In embodiments, the shuttle system comprises at least two shuttles arranged to store, retrieve, or transfer conveyed goods; the shuttles receive orders from the control device. Once an active order for a conveyed good in a specific storage channel is present, the control device checks whether an open order for storing, retrieving, or transferring in this storage channel is present. If no open order is present, the control device places the active order. If an open order is present, the control device either assigns the active order only after the open order has been completed, or modifies the active order so that a storage channel is selected for which no open order is present.