AS/RS AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH MIXED PALLETIZING – OFFLINE SIMULATION

The study is realized during the bachelor project developed for robotics specialization and presents the mixed palletizing operation into the automated storage system, called AS/RS. The paper is based on the research through which the industrial robots integrated in the system and process are analyzed, end-effectors which can be used, possibility to load-unload the highest storage, types of objects that can be palletized or how the order will be on pallets. The most important step was to see what other companies developed and how they integrated the entire systems in the process. That involved a lot of work and research to find patents, scientific articles, animation and how the automated storage system can be improved. It was studied the patent developed by the Bastian Company, which had an automated storage system with mixed palletizing. In the patent it could not be found the loading-unloading system, shuttle system, and pallets supplier. Almost all systems were shaped and designed in NX-CAD software, except conveyors, industrial robots and translation module produced by ABB Company. After that, all components were loaded in the Process Simulate - dedicated software for achieving offline simulation.