• BEUMER Technology India Private Limited

Belt Tray Sorter

The BEUMER Group recently presented a type BS 7 BT Belt Tray Sorter, around 40 mtr in length, in action at CeMAT 2014, the world's leading intralogistics fair. The system was equipped with various modules and functions – such as the manual loading station, semi-automatic induction with camera system and a demo module of the BEUMER Warehouse Control System. For special use at CeMAT, BEUMER had defined a speed of 1.75 metres per second. This means that the system reaches a sorting output of 15,750 items per hour. At the maximum speed of 2.5 metres per second, the machine capacity increases to 22,500 items per hour.

For around 15 years now, BEUMER has been using contactless power transmission instead of the normal conductor lines for its sorters. As a result, users can reduce the need for machine maintenance and replacement parts to a minimum, and also avoid the dust that occurs with conductor lines. At the exhibition, the sorter was fitted with the innovative OptiDrive friction wheel drive, which BEUMER has developed and patented. With an efficiency of up to 80 per cent, this innovative drive system is particularly energy-efficient and durable. BEUMER also presented a tool for the BS 7 BT that corrects mistakes in the sorting process and further improves precision.