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Low Speed Sortation
For a variety of operations that do not require high speed.
Detailed information about the product Low Speed Sortation
Many operations require sort rates less than 30 items per minute. Tote systems, smaller case distribution operations, service parts centers and many other operations require cost effective low rate sortation technologies.
Diverter Arms
The most cost effective sortation devices available are diverter arms. Some are shaped like "baseball bats" and come across the conveyor to deflect products at an angle, 30° typically, onto a different conveyor. Other diverters are curved to divert to product onto a take away conveyor at 90° while maintaining product orientation. Diverter arms can be manually activated, or they can be controlled automatically with scanning technology.
Right Angle Transfers
A right angle transfer operates by engaging the bottom of a unit-load, lifting it off the transportation conveyor and transferring it onto another conveyor at a 90° angle. Transfers mechanisms can be chain transfers or belt transfers. Typical rates achieved are 8 - 20 sorts per minute depending on the size and stability of the product.
Pusher Diverters
Pushers are used to divert products at right angles at slightly higher rates than transfers. Comprised of either an electrically or pneumatically activated pusher, the device moves across the conveyor moving the product it contacts onto another conveyor at a 90° angle. Typical rates will be in the 15 - 25 sorts per minute range.
Work Transporter
The work transporter is a good solution for work-in-process sortation. Totes or boxes are diverted to work stations set up alongside the conveyor and a return belt underneath conveys product out of the work station. Rates can be from 2-15 products per minute.
Diverter Arms
The most cost effective sortation devices available are diverter arms. Some are shaped like "baseball bats" and come across the conveyor to deflect products at an angle, 30° typically, onto a different conveyor. Other diverters are curved to divert to product onto a take away conveyor at 90° while maintaining product orientation. Diverter arms can be manually activated, or they can be controlled automatically with scanning technology.
Right Angle Transfers
A right angle transfer operates by engaging the bottom of a unit-load, lifting it off the transportation conveyor and transferring it onto another conveyor at a 90° angle. Transfers mechanisms can be chain transfers or belt transfers. Typical rates achieved are 8 - 20 sorts per minute depending on the size and stability of the product.
Pusher Diverters
Pushers are used to divert products at right angles at slightly higher rates than transfers. Comprised of either an electrically or pneumatically activated pusher, the device moves across the conveyor moving the product it contacts onto another conveyor at a 90° angle. Typical rates will be in the 15 - 25 sorts per minute range.
Work Transporter
The work transporter is a good solution for work-in-process sortation. Totes or boxes are diverted to work stations set up alongside the conveyor and a return belt underneath conveys product out of the work station. Rates can be from 2-15 products per minute.
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