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Our associates will visit you to evaluate your process and they will find the suitable solution for you. Call us now! Previous Post. Next Post. Shoe sortation is used in applications where there is a wide variety of product sizes, shapes and weights being sorted. The versatility of shoe sorters makes this technology ideal for various markets of both distribution and manufacturing including. Shoe sorters are one of the most versatile sortation equipment choices in use today to gently sort a variety of sizes of almost any cartons, totes or boxes.
Shoe Sorter. Quick and gentle product sortation makes this a go-to for many industries. Talk to an engineer about this solution. The Sink should be connected to Mainline conveyor as well. Place three Sub line conveyors perpendicular to Mainline conveyor with a defined interval. Using Join conveyor object, connect Mainline conveyor with three Sub line conveyors. With an interval time of 3 seconds, create flow items from Source1.
Set item type to flow items using uniform 1,3 distribution. Based on the itemtype, set color to the flow items. Create sliding shoe from Source2 with the interval time of 0. Set itemtype to sliding shoe based on the flow item itemtype. Place decision point in Mainline and Subline conveyors to help in deciding which sub line conveyor that item should travel. Connect the Mainline conveyor decision point to three Sub line conveyors decision point. Using decision point, set positions of the sliding shoes for creating the sideways movement using translate item in decision point.
This is inturn based on itemtype of the sliding shoe. Create the fluid diagonal movement by moving the shoe positions using translate item in decision point. A distribution center which requires a higher throughput than what is possible with a sliding shoe sorter may require a tilt tray or crossbelt sorter instead, which currently offer the higher speeds and throughputs.
Slower throughput requirements might be best served by sortation conveyors such as our narrow belt sorters or pop-up sorter and strip belt sorter systems. Likewise, your application might have other requirements in which an AMR autonomous mobile robots sortation system such as the TiltSort-Bot or the Hi-Tilt-Bot might make more sense. The sliding shoe sorter has been around for a number of years, and as such is a rather mature technology.
Manufacturers are constantly iterating upon the technology in order to make them ever more efficient and productive. A few examples of recent advancements in sliding shoe technology include:. However, as in sports, the sorter is only one player of a larger team and the sorter is only as good as the equipment and processes found both up and down stream. The accumulation conveyors and merge systems you are using will have to be able to match, or exceed the rate of your sorter.
If this does not happen, sorter starvation occurs. You will also need to think about the divert type. If you are sorting at fast speeds you need to be able to get products out of the way of the next carton? Would a 30 degree spur do the trick? Or do you need 20 degrees? What about the processes downstream of the sorter?
Are you going to fill up downstream lines so the sorter will have to recirculate cartons, lowering your sortation rate even though the machine rate stays high? A trusted systems integrator can help you evaluate all of your options and come to the decision that is right for you.
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