Equipment for automatically sorting non-standard parcels
AssigneeSolystic
InventorsEmmanuel Miette, Luc Chirol
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Abstract
Equipment for sorting parcels in a logistics center, the equipment comprising an automated sorting conveyor mounted at a height over a platform and with sorting outlets equipped with sorting chutes in the form of ramps sloping downwards from respective sorting outlets of the conveyor to the platform below the conveyor, and shuttle trolleys mounted on wheels and for automatically moving non-standard parcels that cannot be machine-sorted on the sorting conveyor, the shuttle trolleys travelling along travel aisles passing under the ramps so as to optimize the footprint of the equipment.
Claims12
An equipment for sorting parcels in a logistics center, said equipment comprising an automated sorting conveyor mounted at a height over a platform and with sorting outlets equipped with sorting chutes in the form of ramps sloping downwards from the respective sorting outlets to the platform below, the equipment further comprising at least one shuttle trolley mounted on wheels and suitable for transporting non-standard parcels that are not machine-sortable on the sorting conveyor, wherein the shuttle trolley is controlled so as to move a non-standard parcel from a loading point to an unloading point while passing under the ramps.
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