WO1998023511A3 - Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight - Google Patents

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WO1998023511A3
WO1998023511A3 PCT/US1997/022528 US9722528W WO9823511A3 WO 1998023511 A3 WO1998023511 A3 WO 1998023511A3 US 9722528 W US9722528 W US 9722528W WO 9823511 A3 WO9823511 A3 WO 9823511A3
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random size
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palletizing
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Pao-Ter Huang
Rajan Chandrakant Penkar
Peter Douglas Jackson
Christopher Chunsheng Cai
Joseph P Snyder
John H Lecko
Jaroslav Janik
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United Parcel Service Inc
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Priority to EP97951601A priority patent/EP1034124B1/en
Priority to JP52493298A priority patent/JP3778574B2/en
Priority to DK01129436T priority patent/DK1211203T3/en
Priority to AT97951601T priority patent/ATE219020T1/en
Priority to DE69713407T priority patent/DE69713407T2/en
Publication of WO1998023511A2 publication Critical patent/WO1998023511A2/en
Publication of WO1998023511A3 publication Critical patent/WO1998023511A3/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/90—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/90—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
    • B65G47/905—Control arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/90—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
    • B65G47/91—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G61/00—Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
    • G06Q10/04—Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
    • G06Q10/043—Optimisation of two dimensional placement, e.g. cutting of clothes or wood
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S414/00—Material or article handling
    • Y10S414/10—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns
    • Y10S414/116—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns including control for pattern of group

Abstract

A method and apparatus for palletizing rectangular packages received in random size and weight. A 'corner'-based modeling system is used to assist in evaluating possible placements of packages accumulated on a line conveyor, and a placement evaluation process is used to select a 'best' package placement based on heuristic analysis. Statistically-based measurement and comparison is used to assist in the evaluation process.
PCT/US1997/022528 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight WO1998023511A2 (en)

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DK97951601T DK1034124T3 (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 Method and apparatus for peeling packages of any size and weight
CA002272614A CA2272614C (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight
EP97951601A EP1034124B1 (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight
JP52493298A JP3778574B2 (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 A method for collecting, selecting and loading a plurality of parallelepiped packing products
DK01129436T DK1211203T3 (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 Method and apparatus for peeling packages of arbitrary size and weight
AT97951601T ATE219020T1 (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PALLETIZING PACKAGES OF ANY DIMENSIONS AND OF ANY WEIGHT
DE69713407T DE69713407T2 (en) 1996-11-26 1997-11-21 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PALLETIZING PACKAGES WITH ANY DIMENSIONS AND ANY HEIGHT

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US08/756,675 US5908283A (en) 1996-11-26 1996-11-26 Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight
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