Sorting system

A sorting system for sorting products comprising:

• a central control system;
• a plurality of successive assemblies, located one after another, each of the assemblies including an elongated carrying body and a pusher body movable in a direction of movement following a path along which a plurality of sorting locations are provided;
• wherein the carrying bodies extend parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement and each one of the carrying bodies is configured to carry a product to be sorted, the sorting system further comprising a displacing device for moving the assemblies in the direction of movement along the path, each of the assemblies further including a further displacing device that is provided with an on-board driving device for moving the pusher body in a sorting direction along the carrying body, extending perpendicularly to the direction of movement, for pushing a product carried by the carrying body off of the carrying body with the pusher body, as well as with an on-board control system that is configured to receive destination data emanating from the central control system relating to the sorting location where a product to be sorted should be pushed off of the carrying body and for driving the on-board driving device hereto;
• and
• a distance-determining device that is configured to determine a distance parameter that is related to the, or at least a, distance viewed in the sorting direction between the pusher body of the assembly, of which the carrying body carries a product to be sorted and the product to be sorted carried by the carrying body and for sending the distance parameter to the on-board control system and wherein the on-board control system is configured to control the on-board driving device of the assembly based on the distance parameter,
• wherein the distance-determining device comprises, for at least some of the assemblies, an on-board distance-determining device that is provided with a sensor assembly with at least one sensor, said on-board distance-determining device being configured to determine the distance parameter and for sending the distance parameter directly to the on-board control system.