Sawtooth Merges &Combiners Sortation Equipment

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Sawtooth Merges & Combiners
Combiners & Merges are used to merge the flow of multiple lines of conveyor, typically form upstream pick modules, into a single stream of product on a single conveyor. Combiners and merges include the technologies of saw tooth merges, belt merges, switch tables, herring bone roller combiners, belt to roller merges, magna switches, and bi-directional transfers.

How Sawtooth Merges & Combiners Work
Merges and combiners typically feed by an accumulation conveyor which has separated the product. Typically product will be slug released, meaning that a full lane of accumulated product is released at once through the merge. A saw tooth merge application accumulates product in a round robin fashion, meaning that it collects on one or more lines while releasing on another line, providing maximum throughput of product to the sorter.

There are many other merge options. Shown here is a combiner or zipper, which is a wide belt conveyor fitted with vertical plows in a funnel shape for the purpose of merging cartons from multiple parallel lines. The plows are actually small moving belts that smoothly guide the product from the wide to narrow parts of the funnel.

Benefits of Sawtooth Merges &Combiners

Budgetary Considerations
Typical Investment is $600K

Sortation Rates
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Maximum Load Capacity
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Products Sorted Include:
Totes
Parcels
Cartons
Packages

Industries Served Include:
All industries that utilize sortation technology & equiptment can benefit from the use of combiners and merges.

Types of Combiners and Merges Include:
Saw tooth merges
Belt merges
Switch tables
Roller combiners
Belt to roller merges
Magna switches
Bi-directional transfers

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