Sorting system and method for operating same
AssigneeDematic Corp.
InventorHans Christoph Meurer
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Abstract
A sorting system, comprising a central controller, a sorting section with a variably controllable conveying speed, at least two supply sections leading to the feed into the sorting section, and a monitoring device in the feed, wherein the monitoring device is configured and connected to the central controller in such a manner that arriving articles are detected, and a stored speed for controlling the conveying speed of the sorting section is retrieved for the detected article by the central controller and used for controlling the conveying speed, and a corresponding control method.
Claims14
A sorting system comprising:
- a central controller;
- a sorting section with a variably controllable conveying speed;
- at least two feed sections that feed articles into the sorting section;
- and
- a monitor device in the at least two feed sections;
- wherein the monitor device is configured and connected to the central controller such that incoming articles are detected and with respect to the detected article a stored speed for controlling the conveying speed of the sorting section is interrogated by the central controller and used for the control thereof, and wherein the sorting section can be controlled in terms of conveying speed based upon one or more article properties that are stored with respect to the detected article.
A method for operating and controlling a sorting system comprising a sorting section that has a conveying speed that can be variably controlled via a central controller, said method comprising:
- detecting incoming articles using a monitor device for the sorting section, wherein the monitor device is arranged upstream of the sorting section and detects incoming articles;
- providing with the monitor device the results of said detecting to the central controller;
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- controlling the conveyor speed via the controller depending upon the detected article based on one or more article properties that are stored with respect to the detected article, wherein the controller uses a stored conveying speed that is stored in the central controller for controlling the conveying speed of the sorting section to the stored conveying speed while the article is located thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.