In recent years, with the rapid development of e-commerce and express delivery industry, the market demand for automatic conveying and sorting equipment, as one of the core equipment of logistics system, has increased sharply, and it is widely used in production logistics system or logistics distribution center of various industries. According to the classification of the structure of the device, the common traditional automatic sorting machine is mainly slider sorting machine, inclined wheel sorting, cross belt sorting, swing arm sorting machine and other types. With the change of market demand and the development of technology, there have been some more flexible sorting equipment in recent years, such as modular sorting system, AGV sorting system

1、the status quo of automatic sorting equipment

In the early years, sorting equipment was mainly involved in postal, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries in China's logistics field. With large market demand and sufficient capital, these industries have the ability and motivation to adopt automation and semi-automation equipment to reduce manual labor intensity and improve operation efficiency.

Traditional cross belt sorting machine

In recent years, with the development of e-commerce in China, the growth rate of express parcels in China is developing at an extraordinary speed, which puts forward higher requirements for fast sorting. E-commerce logistics has obvious seasonal characteristics. Due to the promotion activities of e-commerce platforms, express parcels tend to see explosive growth in the annual Singles' Day and holidays. Therefore, express companies often have overstock, which also greatly promotes the application of automatic sorting technology in the field of e-commerce logistics and express. E-commerce field is the most widely used sorting technology and equipment in China, the fastest technology iteration and upgrading, the most black technology in the field, in recent years, cross-band sorting, module with sorting, robot and other new technologies continue to emerge, sorting machine and logistics data system continue to integrate innovation, forward to the direction of flexibility, modularization, intelligent evolution.

2、Modular solutions for flexible and easy installation

It is a very obvious development trend to realize the flexibility of logistics system in the logistics equipment industry nowadays. Specifically, it is mainly reflected in the modular production design and other aspects when it comes to the subdivision of conveying and sorting system. In this respect, a lot of manufacturers are exploring actively. As a leading logistics equipment core system and solution provider in the field of linear sorting, Etown has been committed to the development and production of new intelligent tools such as modular intelligent sorting system, information collection system, new material conveying chute and new materials.

Modular intelligent sorting system

Modular products and customized services, suitable for a variety of quick and convenient installation. By using modular sorting equipment, customers can significantly reduce project planning and installation time, plug and play, standardized components to facilitate on-site installation and maintenance. Not only that, but the new technology will also greatly enhance the post-modification capability of the equipment, giving customers the flexibility to adapt existing equipment according to future needs, thus reducing the cost of investment for customers.
The modular intelligent sorting system of Eetown is divided into module and shunting combination series and high-speed shunting series. It is independently developed by Eetown and has independent intellectual property rights. It is a kind of high-efficiency, high-precision, high-adaptation and intelligent sorting solution, which takes a leading position in the field of linear sorting in China. Adopting modular design and assembly, it can be flexibly customized according to the scheme. It is suitable for a variety of scenarios and can be continuously sorted in large quantities, which greatly saves the site area, equipment configuration cost and installation cost, and effectively improves the sorting efficiency and installation efficiency.

3、Application scenario of modular intelligent sorting system

Traditional cross belt sorting machine, slider sorting and other solutions are rigid and high cost, which is a great investment for many enterprises. Especially in the current logistics and express industry changes rapidly and seasonal fluctuations are strong, flexible automatic sorting solutions are the most needed in the industry.

Modular sorting system based on the modular, customized, small requirements on the site, can be flexibly customized according to the requirements of the program, can be a long time continuous sorting, operation? The barrier rate is very low, which greatly saves the site area and equipment configuration cost, simple installation, easy disassembly and convenient maintenance. It can not only be used for outbound sorting of e-commerce, but also for express logistics distribution and distribution center sorting.

1.E-commerce sorting matrix

In the sorting of express goods, due to the large amount of sorting, the efficiency of single linear sorting cannot meet the requirements, so the matrix mode of multiple vertical and multiple horizontal is adopted. Each vertical corresponds to multiple arrivals (warehousing) and each horizontal corresponds to multiple exits (routes), so as to greatly improve the working space and thus improve the sorting efficiency. Mainly used in large sorting center, hub transfer.

An e-commerce module with matrix sorting

As a electricity sorting center, composed of Etown ball module with six automatic sorting lines, 6 * 8 matrix is used to design (namely 6 sorting lines, each line 8 g), double tenth time this year, on November 11 to 13, 3 days nearly 890000 pieces of the total number of investment goods, sorting the success rate of more than 98.9%, ensure smooth running of large to promote during the sorting center.

2.Express logistics sorting

It is mainly used for transfer, distribution and sorting within the region, such as municipal distribution center and terminal distribution center of express delivery, and distributary to each station within the region. Because the area or the end of the distribution center is generally in the early morning goods, the time is relatively fixed, and the time for sorting is short and concentrated, pure manual sorting is difficult to complete the operation within the specified time. It is not cost-effective to add sorting staff to work only a few hours a day. In this case, through the construction of 1-2 automatic sorting lines and the configuration of one or more module belts or high-speed shunters, the sorting operation can be efficiently completed and manual operation can be greatly reduced.

A logistics sorting center high-speed shunt sorting

3.Small and medium-sized site sorting

Small and medium-sized sites generally point out that the space of warehouse or sorting center is not conducive to the installation of traditional sorting equipment. The amount of sorting parcels is not large, tens of thousands of pieces/day, which does not reach the capacity of traditional sorting equipment but has a great demand for automatic sorting. Such as small warehouse, clothing, books, food and other warehousing, distribution and sorting.

An express terminal distribution center (module with sorting)

With Internet, information technology application in logistics industry, conveyor sorting technology development in the direction of intelligent, flexibility, through the standardization of products, modular, meet different market demand, accelerate the speed of the early stage of the project planning, installation and after-sales service, extend the product life cycle, thus reducing the cost of the enterprise, realizing the maximization of customer value, It will accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the automation and intelligence of the logistics industry.