The Flexible Sortation Unit is a product of an extensive Research and Development
effort by SDI, developed to create a more economical solution that could compete
with traditional tilt tray sorters.
The FSU makes 14,400 trays available
per hour past a single point and enables elevation changes, all the while
maintaining the ability to make both left and right hand turns. Such unique
layout configurations are made
possible by the patent-pending chainless design.
The drive mechanisms are mounted at multiple points throughout the system,
which allows long and complex configurations. Sortable items for the FSU include,
but are not limited to, apparel, garments, books, parcels, packages and DVD/CDs.
The FSU can automatically sort individual packages and bar-coded
products and also has the ability to sort non bar-coded items. Because of
the elimination of a chain drive, the FSU allows for a wide variety of machine
configurations
and because of its multi-level applications allows incredible
space utilization. |
