Method And Station For Picking Articles According To The Goods-To-Man Principle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016355340-A1
Application number	US-201615241220-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2014
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for picking items according to the goods-to-man principle a picking station in which items are placed in order load carriers that are conveyed through the picking station in a row, and the put place of the order load carriers in the row changes when a chronologically preceding order load carrier is loaded and conveyed away. This disclosure also relates to a corresponding order picking station.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle at a picking station for loading the articles into order load carriers, comprising:
conveying the order load carriers in a row through the picking station; changing a respective put place of the order load carriers along the row, when an order load carrier chronologically preceding in the row has been loaded and discharged from the picking station; and further conveying the order load carriers in a gap-free row through the put places of the picking station so that the order load carriers move up after the preceding order load carrier is discharged in order sufficient to close one or more gaps in the row of order load carriers.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the articles are present in product load carriers and picking is carried out therefrom.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the respective order load carriers to a picker during each picking process on a display allocated to at least one of the put places.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising changing the display with the respective order load carriers in the row.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising conveying the order load carriers in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) row through the picking station.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein upon removal of desired articles fur the picking order, used article load carriers are transported out of a pick place of the picking station into a buffer zone lying within reach of the picker, and the next article load carrier moves up into the pick place and only after confirmation of the error-free performance of the respective picking step is the used article load carrier transported away out of the buffer zone and therefore out of the picking station.

7 . A picking station for picking articles according to the goods-to-man principle, comprising:
a series of order load carriers; a first conveying system, wherein the articles are conveyed through the picking station on the first conveying system; and a second conveying system, wherein the order load carriers are conveyed through the picking station on the second conveying system, and wherein the order load carriers are conveyed jointly in a gap-free row through the picking station on the second conveying system, and each order load carrier is allocated a changing put place that comprises an individually controllable and operable conveying section of the second conveying system.

8 . The picking station of claim 7 , further comprising a discharging gathering conveying system, wherein the order load carriers are pushed off the second conveying system onto the discharging gathering conveying system.

9 . The picking of claim 7 , wherein each put place is allocated a picking display which changes with the respective order load carriers in the row.

10 . The picking station of claim 9 , further comprising a third conveying system, wherein the order load carriers are conveyed on the third conveying system below the second conveying system.

Assignees

• Dematic Gmbh

Inventors

• Meurer Hans Christoph

Classifications

• B65G2209/04

  Indication location means · CPC title

• B65G1/1378 Primary

  the orders being assembled on fixed commissioning areas remote from the storage areas · CPC title