公开(公告)号：US20170349385A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15521110

申请日：2015-10-21

Applicant: FIVES INTRALOGISTICS S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO

Inventor： LORENZO MORONI ,  LORENZO CHIEREGO ,  ATTILIO SOLDAVINI

IPC: B65G47/90 ,  B07C1/06

CPC classification number: B65B35/36 ,  B07C1/06 ,  B07C3/06 ,  B07C3/14 ,  B25J9/1684 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/52 ,  B65G47/905 ,  B65G47/918 ,  B65G47/96 ,  G05B2219/37555

Abstract: A device for feeding items to a sorting machine, including: a conveyor plane (26) for feeding items or parcels along an advancement direction (A1); an optical detection device (18), to allow the acquisition, while the items are in motion on the conveyor plane (26) of the three-dimensional coordinates of a determined number of points on the surface of the items and to organize them into coordinate vectors; a manipulator (19) provided to pick the items from the conveyor plane (26) and to place the items picked in a desired position; a control system, provided to process, for each item in motion on the conveyor plane (26), the coordinate vectors in order to obtain a three-dimensional representation of the item, including the information based on which the control system handles the manipulator for picking and placing the items.The invention also relates to a sorting machine and a method for feeding items to a sorting machine aimed at increasing production capacity and accuracy thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20190185272A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16222537

申请日：2018-12-17

Applicant: FIVES INTRALOGISTICS S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO

Inventor： MATTEO FUMAGALLI ,  LORENZO CHIEREGO ,  RICCARDO MACCHI

IPC: B65G17/34 ,  B65G43/00

CPC classification number: B65G17/345 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B65G43/00 ,  B65G47/96 ,  B65G2203/0283 ,  B65G2207/18

Abstract: Described is a sorting machine comprising: a plurality of carriages (2), each carriage (2) comprising a loading-unloading device (3) which can be selectively activated for loading-unloading an object (0) from the carriage (2) and an electronic unit (4) configured to receive and analyse a loading-unloading signal and actuate the loading-unloading device (3) as a function of an operating mode, selected from a plurality of operating modes and uniquely associated with the loading-unloading signal; a plurality of loading stations (9) and a plurality of unloading stations (10) positioned along a sorting direction (X) comprising respective actuating units (11) configured to generate the loading-unloading signal.Each carriage (2) comprises a permanent magnet (4c) which generates a stationary magnetic field and each actuating unit (11) comprises a Hall effect transducer (12) configured to detect the presence of the stationary magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet (4c).

公开(公告)号：US20190184430A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16222551

申请日：2018-12-17

Applicant: FIVES INTRALOGISTICS S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO

Inventor： MATTEO FUMAGALLI ,  LORENZO CHIEREGO ,  RICCARDO MACCHI

IPC: B07C5/36

CPC classification number: B07C5/362 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B65G47/96

Abstract: Described is a control method for sorting machines (1) comprising a plurality of carriages (2), each carriage (2) comprising a loading-unloading device (3) which can be selectively activated for loading-unloading an object (O) from the carriage (2) and an electronic unit (4) configured to receive and analyse a digital signal (20), includes the steps of: moving the carriage (2) along a sorting direction (X) having a plurality of loading stations (9) and a plurality of unloading stations (10) each comprising respective inductors (11); generating by means of the inductors (11) a magnetic field with a variable frequency modulating the digital signal (20) uniquely associated with an operating mode selected from a plurality of operating modes, the digital signal (20) comprising a bit string; transmitting, by electromagnetic induction, the digital signal (20) to the electronic unit (4) of the carriage (2); receiving the digital signal (20) at the electronic unit (4) and activating the loading-unloading device (3) according to operating mode uniquely associated with the digital signal (20) received from the electronic unit (4).