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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Gerhard Schäfer, Neunkirchen, DE;
Gerhard Schäfer, Neunkirchen, DE;
Abstract
An order-picking system and method includes a pallet warehouse (), preferably in terms of a high-bay warehouse, being used as a supply warehouse dedicated to a plurality of, preferably different, packing units () which are stored, preferably by one sort only, on pallets () in the pallet warehouse (); a tray warehouse () which is used as a picking buffer for supplying connected order-picking stations with packing units (), wherein trays () are stored in the tray warehouse which have been loaded with a pallet layer of packing units () before; a conveyor () which transports from the pallet warehouse to the tray warehouse trays () which are respectively loaded with a pallet layer of packing units, particularly across longer distances; and at least a rack-transport unit () for trays (), the rack-transport unit allowing receipt of a plurality of trays being respectively loaded with a pallet layer.