NEWS: conveyor system adds speed and ease to sorting

Conveyor system adds speed and ease to sorting
by: Celia Johnson

1 July 2007 (Food & Packaging )
Volume 00, Issue 00
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Industrial Conveying Australia (ICA) and FKI Logistex have released the UniSort XV, a straight-line sliding-shoe sortation conveyor designed to maximise transport capabilities and space within the logistics and transport sector.

With a maximum speed of 3m/s (250 cartons per minute), the conveyor transports items on round tubes or flat slats guided by a track under the sorter bed that are interrupted at predetermined points by electrical solenoid divert switches to divert the required package.

According to the company, high operating efficiency is obtained by measuring the length of each individual item at induction and allocating the correct conveyer length.

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