Storage and commissioning system and method for operating the same in batch mode
US8560114B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2209/06
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A storage and order-picking system and method for processing in parallel a group of picking orders in batch mode, including an order-container conveyor for automatically transporting order containers to specific destinations; an order-picking station; at least one warehouse area which is assigned to the order-picking station and stores articles for processing the group of picking orders in provision locations; a collecting device moveable by an order-picking person through the warehouse area during a collecting process for retrieving in a first processing stage; a reading and displaying device assigned to the order-picking person; an article-reading device for scanning and identifying retrieved articles with a respect to a type of article; a plurality of display devices; and a controlling device which is adapted to: assemble the group of order containers which is to be transported to the order-picking station dependent on the articles stored in the warehouse area.
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