Tilting device and method for tilting packages

A tilting device for a conveying system, in particular a conveying system of a picking facility, which conveying system comprises a conveying inlet and a conveying outlet wherein packages can be conveyed from the conveying inlet to the conveying outlet and can be tilted between the conveying inlet and conveying outlet, wherein the tilting device comprises an inlet and at least one outlet wherein a first limb which is connected to the inlet and the outlet, and a second limb which is connected to the outlet are provided and the limbs comprise conveying drives that can be actuated independently of one another, with which one or more packages an be conveyed along a conveying direction and tilting drives that can be actuated independently of one another, via which the limbs can be pivoted about at least one pivot axis wherein the at least one pivot axis is preferably oriented essentially parallel to the conveying direction so that a package conveyed onto the tilting device via the inlet can, depending on the orientation of said package either be ejected via the outlet by a first conveying drive of the first limb without a change in orientation, or can be tilted from the first limb onto the second limb by an actuation of the tilting drives after which the package with a changed orientation can be ejected along the conveying direction via the outlet by a second conveying drive of the second limb.