US 12,030,721 B2
Storage and order picking system and method for picking ordered articles from a hanging bag and another load aid
Timothy Lindley, Schwerte (DE); Gerald Kettlgruber, Linz (AT); Christian Ahammer, Gunskirchen (AT); and Harald Johannes Schroepf, Wels (AT)
Assigned to TGW Logistics Group GmbH, Marchtrenk (AT)
Appl. No. 16/973,244
Filed by TGW Logistics Group GmbH, Marchtrenk (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AT2019/060203
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241816, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. A 50514/2018 (AT), filed on Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237977 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/1378 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 1/1376 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage and order-picking system for picking ordered goods into or onto target loading aids, the storage and order-picking system comprising:
an order-processing computer for receiving an order of goods to be picked and for ascertaining the goods required for the order, wherein the goods associated with the order are ordered goods and wherein the order comprises a first order line which specifies a first ordered good to be picked and a quantity of the first ordered good to be picked and a second order line which specifies a second ordered good to be picked and a quantity of the second ordered good to be picked,
a first storage zone,
a plurality of first loading aids disposed in the first storage zone, wherein the plurality of first loading aids are different from hanging bags and wherein an ordered good corresponding to the first order line is stored in or on a first loading aid of the plurality of first loading aids,
a second storage zone,
a plurality of hanging bags disposed in the second storage zone, wherein an ordered good corresponding to the second order line is stored in a hanging bag of the plurality of hanging bags,
a first conveying system configured to retrieve the first loading aid storing the ordered good of the first order line from the first storage zone,
a second conveying system configured to retrieve the hanging bag storing the ordered good of the second order line from the second storage zone,
a picking station,
wherein the first conveying system is further configured to transport the first loading aid storing the ordered good of the first order line to the picking station and/or the second conveying system is further configured to transport the hanging bag storing the ordered good of the second order line to the picking station, and
wherein the picking station is configured to pick the ordered good of the first order line and the ordered good of the second order line and to load the ordered good of the first order line and the ordered good of the second order line into or onto a target loading aid provided at the picking station.
 
23. An order-picking method for picking ordered goods into or onto a target loading aid, comprising the steps of:
receiving an order of goods to be picked and ascertaining the goods required for the order, wherein the goods associated with the order are ordered goods and wherein the order comprises a first order line which specifies a first ordered good to be picked and a quantity of the first ordered good to be picked and a second order line which specifies a second ordered good to be picked and a quantity of the second ordered good to be picked,
providing a first storage zone,
providing a plurality of first loading aids in the first storage zone, a first loading aid of the plurality of first loading aids storing an ordered good corresponding to the first order line, wherein each of the plurality of first loading aids are configured to be different from hanging bags,
providing a second storage zone,
providing a plurality of hanging bags in the second storage zone, a hanging bag of the plurality of hanging bags storing an ordered good corresponding to the second order line,
retrieving the first loading aid storing the ordered good of the first order line from the first storage zone and retrieving the hanging bag storing the ordered good of the second order line from the second storage zone, and
loading the ordered good of the first order line and the ordered good of the second order line into or onto the target loading aid in accordance with the order.