Delta IA Product Application on High-speed Sorting Machines

Applications on Sorting Machines for Express Delivery

Introduction

• Function

Cross-belt sorting system is made up by connecting the main driving belt conveyor and a trolley (aka small car) that carries a small belt conveyor. When a small car moves to an assigned sorting spot, the belt rotates to complete the sorting task and sending out items.

• Application

Cross-belt sorting system is suitable for sorting various types of small items, such as food, cosmetics, clothing, and more. It is mainly used for e-commerce supermarket, express delivery, and postal system. 

Process

• Description

The length of the system loop is equally assigned based on the amount of the small car. Once the system is operating stably, it then positions a fixed point on the loop. During the operation, 5 I/O's are used to real-time monitor the operating speed of the loop, so that the system can record current location of each small car.

When the sorting starts, two cameras at the placement station monitor two areas and the placed items. The control system marks and moves the empty small car to the designated spot, and the placement station controls the placement conveyor that transports items to the accelerated conveyor belt. Then the accelerated conveyor further sends the items to the constant-speed conveyor belt. Finally, the conveyor belt shifts to the meeting point along with the small car to complete the placement task at the delivery station.

At this time, the belt on the small car runs and receives the sent items that are moved to the middle of the belt. When the belt on the small car stops going further and arrives at the sorting spot, it runs forward/reverses to transport items to the sorting spot and completes the sorting task.

Delta Total Solutions:

Features and Advantages

Fast ISP Software programming for easy management

• Easy and quick to operate compared to other leading brands’ programming software
• Modular and segmented management of the program for ease in debugging
• Communication setting adopts mapping configuration without programming

DVW wireless communication module

• Friendly and easy configuration interface compared to other leading brands’ wireless AP productsSupports wireless gateway and achieves seamless
• Ethernet conversion to RS485 and RS232

System Advantages  

The Powerful Medium PLC AH500 Series performs real-time PID control on linear stages to stabilize constant speed to the operating loop. It can dynamically adjust system’s operating speed according to the workload of delivery and achieve systematic sorting in high-efficiency.