Material Handling Equipment - Industrial and Systems Engineering

5. CONVEYORSTilt tray sorters usually designed in continuous loops with compact layout and recirculation ofproducts not sorted first timeTilt slat sorters carry products on flat-surface slat conveyor and can handle wider variety ofproducts compared to tilt traySliding shoe sorterTilt-tray device19(e) Sortation conveyor: Cross-belt transfer deviceEither continuous loop, where individual carriages arelinked together to form an endless loop, or train style(asynchronous), where a small number of carriers tiedtogether with potential for several trains running tracksimultaneouslyEach carriage equipped with small belt conveyor, calledthe cell, that is mounted perpendicular to direction oftravel of loop and discharges product at appropriatedestinationAutomatically separates single line of products intomultiple in-line discharge lines35