Material Handling Solutions
Conveyor Sortation Systems & Equipment
While conveyor equipment helps save time and energy moving items from one place to another, sortation systems take the process a step further by moving inventory to multiple destinations. This is accomplished by engineered solutions that incorporate an assortment of specialized equipment.
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Sortation in a Warehouse
There is a seemingly endless number of potential sortation tasks that can arise in a warehouse of a distribution or fulfillment center.
Induction: As cartons are received into the facility there are a number of destinations for the package’s first stop. For instance, immediate fulfillment of open orders, long-term inventory, and cross-dock for immediate shipping.
Fulfillment: Picked items may be assigned to multiple locations, including packing, additional processing (such as value-added services), palletizing, and shipping.
Types of Sortation Equipment
The choice of equipment for a material handling system is determined by the type of items to be sorted and the speed of the conveyor system.
Item types include boxes/cartons, pallets, or individual products.
Just as there is a wide variety of destinations for packages, there are many tools that have been devised to execute these journeys.
- Pusher, Deflector Arm, Pop-up Wheel Sorter, Diverter, Shoe Sorter, Singulator, Tilt Sorter, Bomb Bay
Learn more about sortation equipment here.
Cameras and photo-eyes are used throughout an automated sortation system to identify packages based on the data contained on carton labels. The scanners communicate with the warehouse control system which directs the equipment to divert the package toward its destination or perform specific actions such as weighing or labeling.
In turn, the controls system alerts the warehouse management system of the actions performed for each carton, and its arrival at its final location.
Don’t be fooled. Warehouse control systems are more than just software.
SilMan’s Unison is a single solution that unites equipment and material handling processes to build a seamless interface with WMS platforms.
Unison harmonizes every element of warehouse operations: sortation control, data collection, diagnostics, software, and programming.
Controls systems are only as good as the controls team who installed and programmed it. SilMan’s veteran in-house control group is an integral part of our integration team and a key aspect of SilMan’s success.
