Device and method for sorting individual units of conveyed material while simultaneously transporting the units of conveyed material

A conveyor system for sorting a first conveyed-good unit and a second conveyed-good unit with simultaneous transport of the conveyed-good units in one conveying direction, comprising:

• a feeding device for feeding at least the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit in a first arrangement, wherein the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are fed in sections simultaneously in the conveying direction, and wherein they are fed orthogonally offset from each other in relation to the conveying direction,
• a dynamic conveyor section with a plurality of conveyor drives positioned in the conveying direction one behind the other and next to each other for the transport of the conveyed-good units at an actual velocity,
• detection means for the typifying detection of the individual conveyed-good units,
• means of determining a target position of the first conveyed-good unit and of the second conveyed-good unit,
• a control system/regulator for controlling or regulating a sorted arrangement of the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit on the basis of the said target positions, wherein
• the plurality of conveyor drives are designed and configured to move the individual conveyed-good units individually or jointly in a plurality in each direction on the conveying plane in such a way that the sorted arrangement of the first conveyed-good unit relative to the second conveyed-good unit exists at the point of transfer to a plurality of subsequent conveyor sections, wherein the sorted arrangement is different from the first arrangement, wherein:
• the plurality of conveyor drives each are individually driven by a motor and individually controllable by the control system/regulator, and wherein:
• the detection means is configured to send a signal to the control system/regulator with information on the characteristics of the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit, the control system/regulator receives signals of the means for determining a target position of the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit and, depending on these signals, generates and outputs control/regulating signals to the plurality of conveyor drives for dynamically moving the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit to the target position in such a way that the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are capable of being individually moved in a variable manner in each direction on the conveying plane and at an adjusted velocity by the plurality of conveyor drives to the sorted arrangement of the conveyed-good units, wherein the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are simultaneously transported in the conveying direction, wherein at least two rotational axes of the plurality of conveyor drives of a drive module are not arranged orthogonally to the conveying direction.