WAREHOUSE-RELATED METHOD AND FACILITY

摘要

An arrangement of coils of varying widths and diameters in a warehouse having an automated crane wherein: the coil axes are parallel; the coils are arranged in lines, the coil widths in each line falling within a first predetermined range associated with the line, the coil diameters in each line falling within a second predetermined range associated with the line and the coil axes in each line being orientated perpendicularly to said each line; the lines define (i) rows of coils; (ii) a bottom layer of coils; and (iii) one or more upper layers of coils; each upper layer coil is supported by a pair of lower layer coils in a line; the first and second predetermined ranges associated with the line in which said each coil is arranged are the same as those associated with the line in which the supporting coils are arranged.

主权项

1. An arrangement of a plurality of coils of varying widths and diameters in a warehouse having an automated overhead crane, the overhead crane having a trolley-mounted hoist that traverses a supporting beam and a pair of rails traversed by the supporting beam, wherein
the coil axes are parallel to one another the coils are arranged in lines, the widths of the coils in each line falling within a first predetermined range associated with the line, the diameters of the coils in each line falling within a second predetermined range associated with the line and the axes of the coils in each line being orientated perpendicularly to said each line the lines of coils being arranged to define (i) rows of coils; (ii) a bottom layer of coils; and (iii) one or more upper layers of coils, wherein, in respect of each coil in the one or more upper layers,
said each coil is supported by a pair of adjacent coils in a line in a lower layer andthe first and second predetermined ranges associated with the line in which said each coil is arranged are the same as those associated with the line in which the coils supporting said each coil are arranged.