01 — Origin priority
Rank simultaneous requests by production risk, not only by call time.
Vertical conveyor engineering and manufacturing since 2004
Vertical conveyor engineering and manufacturing since 2004
Connect production, warehouse and logistics levels with one route plan that balances throughput, destinations, buffers and control ownership.
A multi-floor project is a transport network. The lift is only one node. Capacity depends on calls from every floor, transfer time, buffer depth and the rule used when two destinations request the same carrier.
Shared vertical capacity is reliable only when calls are modelled as sequences instead of a single combined throughput number.
The busiest five minutes can matter more than the hourly average.
Every floor stop, door sequence and load transfer consumes the shared cycle.
Accumulation absorbs short mismatch between the lift and production lines.
A blocked landing should not automatically stop every other floor.
Production-critical calls, returns and outbound loads need agreed precedence.
PLC and warehouse or production systems must share destination and status clearly.
The pattern clarifies how many transfer points, directions and exceptions must be managed. Equipment is then selected around the required sequence and site envelope.
Use several entry and exit positions when floors, lines or route directions cannot share one transfer point.
Connect separate buildings or production zones when the horizontal bridge and vertical lifts must operate as one sequence.
Maintain service to one floor while another line is stopped or waiting for a changeover.
Coordinate the upper warehouse, vertical movement and outbound loading point as one controlled release route.
Separate or prioritize inbound parts and returning carriers so the line does not run out of either capacity.
The documented arrangement served three levels and demonstrates how destination logic and several transfer points shape a multi-floor system.
Nine fork-type lifts moved cartons, boxes and material baskets. The project included varied heights and transfer positions above floor level.
Twelve continuous systems connected production across the second and third floors for non-woven packaging bags, with oil-free chain requirements.
Early route decisions prevent later conflict between equipment, civil work and production controls.
Confirm levels, openings, structural zones, existing lines and safe maintenance access.
List origins, destinations, carriers, peak demand, returns and exception paths.
Define mechanical and control boundaries for conveyors, AGVs, doors and production systems.
Review normal cycles, priorities, blocked-floor behaviour and fault recovery with the plant team.
Lock drawings, signals, guarding and site responsibilities before production and installation.
Yes. The key questions are destination logic, transfer time, buffer space, door sequence and how competing calls are prioritized.
Capacity is modelled from origin-destination demand, peak release, travel and exchange time, floor stops, return traffic and the acceptable waiting time at each line.
They can be integrated when physical hand-off, positioning, signal ownership and safety zones are defined for every interface.
The control design should define whether other destinations continue, queue or stop. This fault-isolation rule is agreed during sequence review.
Mark all floors, elevations, openings, existing lines, carrier directions, desired origins and destinations, and the space available for buffers and maintenance.