Intelligrated Expands IntelliSort Family With New Sliding Shoe Sorters

Best-of-breed design features enable precise, reliable sortation and gentle carton handling

Intelligrated, a leading North American-owned automated material handling solutions provider, announces the expansion of its IntelliSort sortation family with the launch of three new sliding shoe sorters. The new products include the IntelliSort HS high-rate sliding shoe sorter, IntelliSort MS mid-rate sliding shoe sorter and IntelliSort LB linear belt sorter.

Utilizing key design elements of Intelligrated's industry-leading IntelliSort and UniSort brand sliding shoe sortation platforms, the new IntelliSort HS, MS and LB sorters offer best-of-breed solutions that deliver proven performance and value. Following customer feedback from many of the more than 1,200 IntelliSort and UniSort installations in North America, Intelligrated incorporated the best features from each line to develop an advanced sliding shoe sortation family designed to meet and exceed today's demanding sortation requirements.

"The input from customers during the development of the new sorters position the IntelliSort family as a leader in performance, reliability and value," said Jim McKnight, senior vice president, system sales and marketing for Intelligrated. "Intelligrated's commitment to investing in and maintaining the widest breadth of proven sortation products on the market, allows the company to deliver the sortation solutions that fit the unique requirements every specific application."

The IntelliSort family incorporates advancements designed to maximize throughput and minimize maintenance requirements, including:

• Motion-controlled electronic divert switches for accurate high rate sortation;
• Patented "soft touch" diverting technology for unparalleled product handling;
• Designed for reduced energy usage and extended component life;
• Intelligent, automatic lubrication system with predictive maintenance features;
• Robust self-aligning construction;
• Common design platform engineered to minimize noise and wear.

The IntelliSort HS high-speed sliding shoe sorter, ideal for high-capacity operations that demand gentle product handling with ultra-high throughput rates, offers:

• I-Watch preventative sorter maintenance software for reduced maintenance requirements;
• 10-year chain warranty with automated preventative maintenance functionality;
• The highest throughput rates in the industry, up to 400 cartons per minute and speeds up to 650 feet per minute.

The IntelliSort MS mid-rate sliding shoe sorter, ideal for mid-capacity operations that demand a cost-effective solution with more dependable and consistent handling than pop-up wheel sortation solutions, offers:

• Designed for superior performance and quicker return on investment;
• Common design platform and shared critical components with the IntelliSort HS;
• Rates up to 225 cartons per minute and speeds up to 450 feet per minute.

The IntelliSort LB linear belt sorter, ideal for operations with the most difficult-to-convey product, offers:

• Patented belt slat technology for irregularly-shaped product and unpredictable consumer return items;
• Alternative to cross-belt sorters for lower rate applications;
• Rates up to 175 cartons per minute and speeds up to 350 feet per minute.

The IntelliSort HS, MS and LB sorters are the latest additions to the complete line of IntelliSort solutions, which includes sliding shoe, tilt-tray, cross-belt, pop-up wheel and strip belt sorters.

About Intelligrated
Intelligrated is a leading North American-owned, single-point provider of automated material handling solutions with operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Intelligrated designs, manufactures and installs complete material handling automation solutions, including line sortation systems, tilt-tray and cross-belt sortation systems, conveyor systems, Alvey palletizers and robotics, Real Time Solutions order fulfillment systems, warehouse control software and advanced machine controls—all supported by 24x7 Customer Service and Support.

Serving the warehousing, distribution, consumer product manufacturing, postal and parcel markets, Intelligrated collaborates closely with its clients to develop productivity solutions and support their needs throughout the life of their material handling systems.

SOURCE: Intelligrated