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Sortersystemcomponents
TheSorterSystemModel2840(SL)includesallthetools
neededtosortchecked-initemsunassistedbylibrarystaff.
UptothreeStandardBinsModel2899canbedockednextto
thesorterforautomaticsortationofchecked-initems.
AredEmergencyStopbuttonismountedonthesorter
cover.Pressingthisbuttonwillimmediatelystopall
processesinboththeinductionsystemandsorter.
Thesortercoveriscompletelytransparent,providingboth
protectionandaclearviewofthesortationprocess.
Thesorterconveyorcanbeconfiguredtooperateinsync
withtheinductionsystemconveyor,providingafully
automatedprocess.
Thesweeperunitispositionedperpendiculartothe
conveyor,andtwosweepersattachedtothebeltpush
checked-initemsintotheappropriatebookbins(tothe
leftorright).Athirdbincollectsitemsfromtheendof
theconveyor.
Adiverterbetweentheconveyorandeachbookbin
spreadsitemsevenlyinthebins.
Sortersystemelectronicsarelocatedintheelectronics
enclosurebeneaththeconveyor.
SorterSystemModel2840powerisindependentfrom
theinductionsystem,requiringitsownpowercable
connectiontoapoweroutlet.
Uptothreeeasilytransportablebookbins(Model2899)
canbesimultaneouslydockedatthesorter.Libraryitems
arenotsubjectedtoexcesswearsinceeachbinisequipped
withaspring-supportedfloorthatgreatlyreducesthe
distancebetweentheconveyorandthebinfloor.
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