Cross-belt sorter
The workhorse of parcel and e-commerce hubs: 6,000 to 25,000 items per hour, hundreds of destinations.
Sorting systems
These are the equipment modules our projects are built from. Figures on each page are typical configuration ranges; the actual specification is designed around your site, your loads and your peak hourly throughput.
Swivel-wheel sorter
Modular, low-cost and quick to install, for a dozen to a few dozen destinations.
Sliding-shoe sorter
The gentlest high-speed sort for cartons, built for case-level outbound in distribution centres.
Matrix sorter
A grid of standard belt cells: small footprint, destinations added or removed as needed.
Robot sorting system
Small robots on a raised deck drop parcels into chutes; capacity scales by robot count, and a site goes live in weeks.
Singulation and automatic induction
Turns a pile of tipped parcels into a single spaced line and feeds the sorter automatically, with fewer people at induction.
Automated put wall
Items from batch picking are put into order cells automatically, one by one, replacing the manual put wall; for e-commerce order consolidation, store allocation and returns sorting.
Bomb-bay sorter
The tray floor opens and the item drops into the chute or bag below: for polybags, bagged and flat items, with destinations packed close together.
Barcode scanning tunnel
A reader frame over the conveyor that reads barcodes on the top, the sides or all six faces, depending on the set-up; the number read decides where the item goes.
RFID tunnel and gate
Batch-reads the RFID tags inside a carton in one pass and checks the resulting tag list against the order; common in apparel and retail shipping and receiving.
Garment-on-hanger system and pocket sorter
Hanging garments stored, moved and sorted on overhead rails; small items ride in hanging pockets that buffer, sequence and release them by order. Common in apparel and e-commerce warehouses.
Pick-to-light and put-to-light
Lights and displays at each location show where to pick and how many; press to confirm. Low investment, fast to install, an entry step for fast-moving small items.
Narrow-belt sorter (linear narrow-pitch cross-belt)
Narrow-pitch carriers in a straight layout with destinations on one or both sides: a small footprint and moderate investment for mid-volume parcel depots and e-commerce warehouses; a Chinese strength.
Sorter components and spare parts
Cross-belt carriers, linear motors, swivel-wheel modules, tilt-tray and bomb-bay units, sorter controls: for replacing and refurbishing installed sorters or for integrators building their own.
Sortation chutes and spiral chutes
Spiral and straight chutes bring items down by gravity, and bagging chutes receive what the sorter sends out; the chutes need no drives, automatic bagging stations have their own.