---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002126"
title: "Method and system for decanting to partially filled receptacles"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:10:57.913724Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002126"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g1/0478"
  - "b65g1/06"
  - "b65g1/06"
  - "b65g1/04"
  - "b65g1/0464"
  - "b65g1/0478"
---

# Method and system for decanting to partially filled receptacles

## Abstract

A system and method are provided for decanting inbound goods into optimally dimensioned compartments of totes for storage in an ASRS storage system. The system includes decant workstations with multiple tote decant positions each dedicated to receive totes having a compartment configuration different than for those at the other decant positions. The method includes presenting a decant operator with multiple totes such that the operator substantially always has an empty or partially filled compartment of each available compartment size which to place inbound items into. A warehouse control system guides the operator to which presented tote and which compartment within that tote to place the items. The warehouse control system monitors each of the totes at the decant positions and once a tote's compartments are all filled to capacity, that tote is returned to the storage system and replaced with another tote having an identical compartment configuration.