METHOD OF PLACING BREAKBULK CARGO IN CONTAINER Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC B65G57/24 B07C5/00 B65B5/10 

FIELD: process engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to handling breakbulk cargo with its shape approximating to parallelepiped with approximately equal height, for example, parcels, boxes with letter correspondence etc., and can be used in automatic or manual loading of cargoes in containers. In compliance with this invention, in determining cargo position in container sequence of cargo transfer into loading device is recorded and container overall sizes and capacity are measured as well as cargo area S_c=l_c·m_c and cargo shape factor K_cs=l_c/m_c, where l_c and m_c are cargo length and width, respectively. Prior to feeding into loading device, every cargo is ranged and assigned order number 1, 2,…n, in compliance with S_c value decreasing. If two cargoes feature equal S_c, then smaller number is assigned to cargo with greater K_cs, but if cargoes feature equal C_c and K_cs, then smaller number is assigned to cargo with larger weight. If cargoes feature equal S_c, K_cs and weight, then smaller number is assigned to that cargo which enters loading devices earlier. L>l_c, M>m_c and H>h_c, are continuously monitored, where h_c is cargo length, L, M, H are length, width and height of container body, as well as total weight of cargoes laid in container.

EFFECT: dense arrangement of cargo in container to facilitate its filling.

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