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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Peter Berdelle-hilge, Constance, DE;
Peter Berdelle-Hilge, Constance, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A sorting plant and a sorting method sort objects according to a predefined sort criterion. The sorting plant has a plurality of transfer sites, a plurality of upper pick-up units which can be swiveled into a pick-up position and into a park position, and a plurality of lower pick-up units. The upper pick-up units are arranged in such a manner that the upper pick-up units are located between the transfer sites and the lower pick-up units when the upper pick-up units are swiveled into the park position. For each object to be sorted, one pick-up unit is automatically selected regardless of the sorting criterion value of the object. The object is first moved to a transfer site and then into or onto the selected pick-up unit.