Vanderlande Industries B.v.

Koen Maarten Geert Grobben

Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort

Thomas Hendrikus Peeters

System () for sorting products, comprising: ⋅—a conveyor () comprising carrying bodies () one after another, extending parallel to each other, the carrying bodies associated with a pusher body (), an electric motor () for moving the pusher body along the carrying body in a sort direction, ⋅—a central control server () arranged for transmitting destination data relating to a sorting location⋅—a plurality of controllers (), in communication with the central control server and moveable in the transport direction, each to control two or more electrical motors in accordance with destination data received from the central control server, ⋅—a stationary Access Point, AP (), communicating with the server, and⋅—a pair of stationary radiating cables () connected to the AP, one radiating cable extending in the transport direction and the other radiating cable extending against the transport direction, the radiating cables arranged for communication with the controllers.

System for sorting products, method for sorting product, and computer program product

The invention relates to a sorting system for sorting products, comprising a central control server, a conveyor, movable, successive combinations of an elongated carrying body and a pusher body, a supply device for products, each combination further being provided with a pusher body moving device with a driving device for moving the pusher body along the carrying body, wherein the sorting system is provided, per combination or per group of combinations, with a controller, wherein the central control server and the controllers are configured to ensure that in operation, the supply device and the conveyor are controlled in such a way that the carrying body associated with not more and not less than one intermediate combination located between two successive products, is free from the two successive products and so that the pusher body moving device thereof moves the pusher body to a position in which it is located within the widths of the two successive products.

Sorting system and method for sorting products

System for sorting products comprising a number of combinations of an elongated carrying body and a pusher body, located one after another, which combinations are movable in a direction of movement following a path along which a number of sorting locations are provided, wherein the carrying bodies extend parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement and wherein the carrying bodies are configured for carrying the products to be sorted, a displacing device for moving the combinations in the direction of movement along the path, wherein each combination is further provided with a further displacing device comprising an electric motor for moving the pusher body in a sorting direction along the carrying body, the sorting direction extending perpendicularly to the direction of movement, for pushing a product carried by the carrying body off of the carrying body with the pusher body, and, amongst other, a plurality of controllers.

System for sorting products

Sorting system for sorting products as well as method for application thereof. The sorting system comprises a central control system and a number of combinations of an elongated carrying body and a pusher body. The carrying bodies extend parallel to each other and are each configured for carrying a product to be sorted. The sorting system further comprises a displacing device for moving the combinations. Each combination is further provided with a further displacing device that is provided with an on-board driving device for moving the pusher body in a sorting direction along the carrying body for pushing a product carried by the carrying body off of the carrying body with the pusher body, as well as with an on-board control system that is configured for receiving destination data emanating from the central control system and for driving the on-board driving device hereto. The sorting system further comprises a distance-determining device that is configured for determining a distance parameter that is related to the, or at least a, distance between a pusher body and a product to be sorted and for sending the distance parameter to the on-board control system. The on-board control system is configured for controlling the on-board driving device of the combination on the basis of this distance data.

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Koen Maarten Geert Grobben