公开(公告)号：US20220315350A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17633623

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Manuel KOLLMUSS ,  Thomas HENSEL ,  Thomas LEHNER

IPC: B65G47/08 ,  B65G47/90 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G21/20 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G01S15/06

Abstract: The invention relates to a handling device and/or layer forming device (10) and a method for forming piece good layers. Piece goods (14, 14a) are conveyed on a horizontal conveying device (16) to a grouping station and/or layer forming station (12) comprising a manipulator (20). In a work cycle the manipulator (20) seizes at least one piece good (14, 14a) and moves it into a defined relative target position and/or target alignment, in particular with regard to a piece good layer to be formed.
The horizontal conveying device (16), which is arranged upstream of the grouping station and/or layer forming station (12) in the transport direction (18) of the piece goods (14, 14a), comprises at least one sensor device (24) for obtaining positional data and/or dimensional data and/or alignment data of the transported piece goods (14, 14a). Electronic output signals (26) are generated from the obtained data, which processed in a control device (28). The control device (28) controls the movements of the manipulator (20) within the movement range (22) for the purpose of the layer formation.