Patent ID: 11858743
Assignee: TGW LOGISTICS GROUP GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. The picking station according to claim 11, wherein the source container distribution system (3) has, connected to the buffer track section (23), a bypass buffer (21) with a conveyor unit (22), and the control unit (26) is configured to evaluate the sequence of the source containers (5) that are required for processing of different order lines for at least one order and to determine a modified sequence in which the source containers (5) are to be transported to the retrieval position (33), and the control unit (26) controls the conveyor unit (22) in order to discharge, from the buffer track section (23) into the bypass buffer (21), at least one source container (5) that is ahead in the sequence in order to move at least one source container (5) that is behind in the sequence past the source container (5) in the bypass buffer (21), and after that to feed the at least one source container (5) from the bypass buffer (21) into the buffer track section (23).