Sorting installation for parcels and method for sorting parcels

A sorting installation for parcels, the sorting installation comprising:

• at least one parcel inlet configured to receive a multiplicity of parcels to be sorted;
• at least one parcel outlet configured to discharge sorted parcels from the sorting installation to external transport means;
• a conveying mechanism configured to transport the parcels to be sorted from the parcel inlet into a sorting area of the sorting installation;
• the sorting area having:
• a sorting mechanism configured to sort the multiplicity of parcels according to at least one item of parcel-related sorting information and to remove the parcels from said conveying mechanism at at least one transfer station of the sorting installation;
• and
• primary buffer stores each configured to receive at least one parcel sorted by said sorting mechanism according to the at least one item of parcel-related sorting information and to buffer the at least one parcel;
• said primary buffer stores being configured for movement to said at least one transfer station in accordance with the at least one item of parcel-related sorting information.

A method for sorting parcels in a sorting installation, comprising:

• receiving at a parcel inlet of the sorting installation a multiplicity of parcels to be sorted;
• transporting the parcels to be sorted on a conveying mechanism from the parcel inlet into a sorting area of the sorting installation;
• sorting the multiplicity of parcels with a sorting mechanism of the sorting area in accordance with at least one item of parcel-related sorting information and removing the parcels from the conveying mechanism at at least one transfer station of the sorting installation;
• receiving and buffering respective parcels that have been sorted by the sorting mechanism in accordance with the at least one item of sorting information in primary buffer stores;
• moving the primary buffer stores to the at least one transfer station depending on the at least one item of sorting information;
• and
• discharging the sorted parcels via at least one parcel outlet from the sorting installation to external transport means.