Material flow system for automatic warehouses

摘要

Herein disclosed is a materials flow system for an automatic warehouse, which is intended to eliminate any loss in the standby time of a worker during a machining process and to unman the machining process itself. The materials flow system includes a first stacker crane which is interposed between two automatic warehouses arranged in parallel for transferring materials to either of the warehouses. Further inclusive is a second stacker crane which is disposed in front of either of the automatic warehouses and which are equipped with two sets of slide forks for simultaneously transferring two materials between the warehouses.