OVERHEAD TRANSFER/STORAGE SYSTEM AND OVERHEAD TRANSFER/STORAGE METHOD

摘要

[Subject];An overhead conveyance/storage system and method are to be provided which are high in the degree of space utilization and the degree of floor surface utilization and are also high in the efficiency of a product loading work to a storage area and the efficiency of a product unloading work from the storage area.;[Solving Means];In an overhead conveyance/storage system 1 comprising at least a storage area 100 for the storage of products (e.g., tires) 200, at least one transfer/holding means 300 adapted to move through a ceiling space in the storage area 100 in three-dimensional directions comprising vertical, transverse and longitudinal directions while holding the products 200, and unloading means 500 for carrying out the products 200 from the storage area 100, a product receiving position (product unloading position) 501 of the unloading means 500 is set to a nearly central part of the storage area 100 when seen in plan. The overhead conveyance/storage system 1 further comprises loading means 400 for carrying the products 200 into the storage area 100, and product discriminating means 402 is disposed in the loading means 400.