Method and system for temporarily storing polar loads and for integrating same in a transport process in particular in automotive construction

Abstract

The invention concerns a method and a system for substantially reducing the number of stackers and for optimizing the working area of the warehouse. The invention aims at enabling integration of the polar load to be transported in a particular transport process. Said aim is achieved through a method for storing and transferring polar loads. Therefor, the polar load is stored and transferred by means of a storage system, the orientation of the polar load when it is being stored is substantially identical to the orientation of the polar load when it is being transferred and the polar load is directly integrated in a transport process without changing orientation.

1 . A method for storing and transferring polar loads ( 5 ), wherein the storing and transferring of the polar load is performed by means of a storage system ( 2 ,  3 ,  10 ), and wherein the orientation of the polar load ( 5 ) when being stored is substantially identical to the orientation of the polar load ( 5 ) when being transferred, and wherein an integration of the polar load ( 5 ) in a transport process is performed directly without a change in orientation.  
   
   
       2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the polar load ( 5 ) is an automobile to be manufactured, preferably a car body.  
   
   
       3 . A system for temporarily storing polar loads ( 5 ) and integrating polar loads ( 5 ) in a transport process, consisting of a storage system ( 2 ,  3 ,  10 ) that is designed so as to store the polar load ( 5 ) in a specific orientation and to transfer it after a particular period of time, wherein the orientation of the polar load ( 5 ) remains substantially unchanged during transfer and during integration in the transport process, and further consisting of a transport device ( 4 ) that is suited to integrate the polar load ( 5 ), wherein at least at the beginning of the integration of the polar load ( 5 ) in the transport process the orientation of the polar load ( 5 ) vis-à-vis the orientation of the polar load ( 5 ) during storing is substantially unchanged.  
   
   
       4 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein the storage system ( 2 ,  3 ,  10 ) comprises a multiplicity of high racks.  
   
   
       5 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein the transport process is performed by a transport device ( 4 ), preferably a conveyor belt.  
   
   
       6 . The system according to any of  claims 3  to  5 , wherein no means for rotating the polar load ( 5 ) is provided.