Cross Belt Sortation Conveyor

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Cross Belt Sortation Conveyor
Cross Belt sorters are used to sort parcels & small items, at high speed, that are difficult to sort, such as fragile or high friction items. Advantages include tight divert centers & sortation rates in excess of 500 cartons per minute.

How Cross Belt Sorters Work
The main sorter component, known as the carrier, consists of a series of carts which are actually small bi-directional conveyor belts. The configuration of the cross belt sorter can either be in a straight line or in a loop, and these sorters can process from 60 to 500 parts per minute. The horizontal discharge of product occurs at 90 degrees to the carrier, providing a very high density of divert locations. Current generation cross belt sorters employ linear induction motor technology, resulting in a simpler design and less mechanical wear.

Benefits of Cross Belt Sortation
Cross belt sortation provides crucial gains in productivity for unit handling systems with benefits such as; high throughput of a vast range of products, flexible integration into existing layouts, low operating costs, simple mechanical construction, and a higher density of sort locations providing fast, gentle, and safe sortation.

Budgetary Considerations
Typical Investment is $2M

Sortation Rates
60-500 Cartons per minute

Maximum Load Capacity
75 Lbs

Products Sorted Include:
Cross Belt Sorters are used to accomplish high speed sortation of small items.
CD’s-DVD’s
Jewelry
Pieces (Eaches)

Industries Served Include:
Cross belts are used heavily in postal, entertainment, and apparel applications due to their high speed and ability to sort a very wide variety of small items.
Parcel-Courier
Postal
Entertainment
Retail
Apparel

Budgetary Considerations:
These are powerful systems with an investment in the range of $2M.

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