Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren sowie ein System zum Roboter geführten Depalettieren von Reifen (2), die auf einem Träger (1) abgelegt sind. Bei dem Verfahren werden zunächst Position und Orientierung äußerer Reifen (2) sowie optional des Trägers (1) mit einer Sensorik (5) erfasst. Anschließend werden jeweils Reifen ermittelt, die mit einem Greifwerkzeug (4) gegriffen und auf einer kollisionsfreien Bahn abgelegt werden können. Die Bahndaten sowie die jeweils als nächstes zu greifenden Reifen werden dabei durch eine Auswerteeinheit (7) auf Basis eines 3D-Modells des Greifwerkzeugs (4) und des Trägers (1) sowie der Sensordaten der Sensorik (5) ermittelt. Das Greifwerkzeug (4) wird dann auf Basis der Bahndaten mit einem Roboter geführt, um den jeweiligen Reifen zu entladen und an einer festgelegten Position abzulegen.
Abstract:
A device for separating individual tires that have become entwined including a movable head for engaging at least one tire in a stack of tires, an engaging finger coupled to the movable head, and at least one manipulating apparatus for moving the engaging finger and the movable head to dislodge entwined tires.
Abstract:
A tire loading apparatus and method of packing tires that includes placing tires in a rack(100), compressing the tires, and assembling the rack are disclosed. The apparatus (600) includes one or more conveyors (615), scanners, and robots that load tires from a conveyor to a rack. A tire unloading apparatus (500) is also disclosed. The unloading apparatus includes a scissors lift (550) to raise and/or lower tire racks to an unloading platform. The unloading apparatus additionally includes one or more unloaders and conveyors. The sorting and unloading of tires is accomplished with one or more automated conveyors (615), scanners, and storage structures for reading information from incoming tires and using the tire information to sort and store the tires. A rack (100) to improve compression and support of tires during storage and shipment is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an arrangement for picking and sorting products in a warehouse, which arrangement comprises a main body (400) arranged to move in at least one direction, at least a first load handling unit (401) and a second load handling unit (402), arranged adjacent to each other in the main body for positioning the products to a storage position (201, 202; 203; 204) and removing the products from a storage position, means for producing location information of the products in the storage position, and a control unit for controlling the movements of the main body and the load handling units, based on the location information, for sorting the products to storage positions by type of products. The invention also relates to method for picking and sorting products in a warehouse.
Abstract:
An automatic tire loader/unloader for stacking/unstacking tires in a trailer is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. Under the operation of the control subassembly, tires advance through a powered transportation path to an industrial robot which places the tires within the trailer in a vertical stacking pattern or a rick-stacking pattern, for example. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the activation of the drive subassembly based upon the distance measurement subassembly detecting objects, including tires, within a detection space, dimensions of the trailer provided to the control subassembly, and dimensions of the tires provided to the control subassembly.
Abstract:
Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum definierten Zwischenlagern produzierter Waren gleicher Art aber unterschiedlicher Größe und zum gleichzeitigen Zusammenstellen von Kommissionen dieser Waren, mit den folgenden Merkmalen: a) einen Anlieferungsweg (3) zur laufenden Beförderung der produzierten Produkte in den Bereich von Stapelrobotern (7), b) einer Vielzahl von Transportfahrzeugen (9) zum Transport von Stapel-Paletten und Kommissions-Paletten (6), c) einer Vielzahl von Stellplätzen (10) für Stapel-Paletten, d) einem oder mehreren Stapelrobotern (5) zur Befüllung von Kommissions-Paletten (6), e) einer Mehrzahl von Induktions-Leitungen (8) zur Stromversorgung und Steuerung der Transportfahrzeuge (9).
Abstract:
A tire loading apparatus and method of packing tires that includes placing the tires in a rack, compressing the tires, and assembling the rack are disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more conveyors, scanners, and robots that load tires from a conveyor to a rack. A tire unloading apparatus is also disclosed. The unloading apparatus includes a scissor mechanism to raise and/or lower tire racks to an unloading platform. The unloading apparatus additionally includes one or more unloaders and conveyors. The sorting and unloading of tires is accomplished with one or more automated conveyors, scanners, and storage structures for reading information from incoming tires and using the tire information to sort and store the tires. A rack to improve compression and support of tires during storage and shipment is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A storage array includes one or more tier including a plurality of roller pairs and at least one motor for spinning each roller pair. Plates are positioned between each roller pair. A horizontal nudger is positioned above each plate moves tires horizontally within the storage array. A tire is moved longitudinally within the storage array by causing a roller pair bearing the tire to spin followed by lifting the plate below the tire, thereby causing the tire to roll forward or backward within the storage array. A controller coupled to actuators for the plates and the horizontal nudger invokes movement of tires in and out of the storage array and within the storage array according to a storage, retrieval, and inventory management program. Tires may include electronically readable chips that are detected by sensors at a front edge of the storage array that are coupled to the controller.