At the DHL logistics centre in Greven a parcel-crossing arrangement caused a bottleneck in the material handling system, where two flows were merged and subsequently separated into two conveyor lines, followed by bar code scanners. Frequent crashes and alignment problems resulted in high downtime and read-errors, leading to a significant loss of in the fulfilment areas.

The goal of the retrofit was to remove the bottleneck and increase performance. The original system consisted in a merge combined with a Pop-Up Sorter for diverting the parcels. It was designed for only 2,000 parcels per hour, but now had to be replaced with a more powerful sorting solution. A 75% increase in performance to 3,500 parcels per hour should be achieved.

This high performance required parallel processing with a small footprint. Furthermore, an accurate alignment had to be achieved, in order to prevent read errors in the subsequent scanning. These requirements combined with the difficult installation situation is where conventional systems reach their limits and where the sweet spot of the celluveyor begins.

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