| 摘要 |
An automated distribution system includes sources storing loads, at least one destination, a control system, a first common transport system for transporting the loads leaving the sources and, downstream of the first common transport system and upstream of and associated with each destination, at least one plurality of first FIFO buffer devices, each dual to one of the sources. To process a command, the control system performs a first ordering, by instructing each source that the loads listed in the command should exit the source in a desired order; then a second ordering: by steering each of the loads of the command, exiting the first common transport system to the first buffer device associated with the desired destination dual to the given source; and by instructing the first buffer devices associated with the desired destination such that the loads exit towards the destination in the desired order. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system of automated distribution comprising:
sources storing loads; at least one destination receiving loads; a control system configured to process customer orders, a first common transportation system for transportation of the loads exiting the sources; downstream from the first common transportation system and, upstream to each destination and associated with each destination, at least one plurality of first FIFO-type buffer devices, each dual to one of the sources, wherein, to process a given customer order listing loads that have to be extracted from the sources and provided in a given sequential order to a given destination, the control system is configured to:
carry out a first sequencing by commanding each source so that the loads of the given customer order, stored in said source, exit said source in accordance with the given sequential order;carry out a second sequencing:
by routing each of the loads of the given customer order, exiting the first common transportation system coming from a given source, towards the first buffer device associated with the given destination and dual to the given source; andby commanding the plurality of first buffer devices associated with a given destination so that the loads listed in the given customer order exit towards the given destination according to the given sequential order, or by providing an operator situated at the given destination, via a man-machine interface, with information for taking, according to the given sequential order, the loads listed in the given customer order in the first buffer devices associated with a given destination. |
