Sorting system and method for sorting products

A sorting system for sorting products, comprising:

• a central control server,
• a conveyor with a plurality of successive combinations of an elongated carrying body and a pusher body, movable in a direction of movement following a path along which a number of sorting locations are provided, wherein the carrying bodies extend parallel to each other and perpendicularly to the direction of movement and are arranged for carrying products to be sorted,
• a supply device controlled by the central control server for supplying successive products to be sorted one after another to the conveyor,
• each combination further being provided with a pusher body moving device, which is provided with a driving device for moving the pusher body in a sorting direction along the carrying body, the sorting direction extending perpendicularly to the direction of movement, for pushing, with the pusher body, against a product carried by the carrying body,
• wherein the sorting system is provided per combination or per group of combinations with a controller that is operatively connected to said combination or group of combinations and that is configured for receiving destination information coming from the central control server relating to the sorting location where a product to be sorted should be pushed off of the conveyor and for controlling the driving device of the combination or combinations concerned for this purpose,
• wherein at least one of the central control server or the controllers are configured to ensure that in operation, the supply device and the conveyor are controlled in such a way that the carrying body associated with not more and not less than one intermediate combination located between two successive products, is free from the two successive products and that the pusher body moving device of the intermediate combination moves the pusher body along the carrying body to a position in which the pusher body is located within a width of each of the two successive products.