Sortation Conveyors serve a number of unique functions. Not only do they provide transport and routing for a variety of parcel types, like conventional conveyor systems, they also provide a highly efficient and accurate way of sorting and consolidating parcels to help expedite order fulfillment, order processing, packaging, storing, palletizing, and shipping.
Capable of carrying parcels in various shapes and sizes from fully loaded pallets to sheets of paper, sortation conveyors offer a throughput capacity of up to 20,000 parcels per hour. This makes them a key component of any automated distribution center, fulfillment center, or warehouse automation operation.
A number of sub systems contribute to the formation of a sortation conveyor system. They include: