SHUTTLE WAVE SEQUENCING CONVEYOR

A material handling system (100) has an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) (102) with vertically spaced levels storing articles (108). Each level has at least one pickup and deposit (P/D)station (120) serviced by a shuttle (114) and that is horizontally positioned to define a ramped orie...

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Hauptverfasser:	STEINKAMP, Mark, D, PLOTHOW, Steven, ARNOLD, Christopher, C, HUFF, David
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CONVEYING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A material handling system (100) has an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) (102) with vertically spaced levels storing articles (108). Each level has at least one pickup and deposit (P/D)station (120) serviced by a shuttle (114) and that is horizontally positioned to define a ramped orientation with a wave conveyor (106) to move products (108) selectively in at least one flow direction to each of the P/D (120) stations. An article transfer mechanism at each P/D station (120) respectively moves an article (108) in a selected at least one direction between the wave conveyor (106) and the respective P/D station (120). A controller selectively moves the selected articles onto the wave conveyor (106) by respective article transfer mechanisms in coordination with movement of the wave conveyor (106) to create a sequenced flow of selected articles (108). An order preparation system can receive the sequenced flow.