Flexible Sortation Unit (FSU) Info
The Flexible Sortation Unit (FSU) 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 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 Sorter features
PC-based controls, the ability to incline, decline and serpentine and large item detection. The FSU features
dual trays, which act independently for smaller items or work in conjunction for larger items.
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.