FAST Sort®

 Sortation Equipment

Accu-Sort® Systems has expanded its suite of Flexible Automation Solution Tools (FAST) with the introduction of FAST Sort automatic sortation system software, a comprehensive solution for sortation control, including configurable software for I/O and device controls, sortation tracking and acknowledgement and performance diagnostics.

The FAST Sort Sortation System offers:

FAST Sort provides high-speed automatic sortation control, including barcode scanning, tracking, sortation, verification, reporting and statistics features. It resides seamlessly on new or existing conveyor systems, and software can be customized to meet specific requirements. FAST Sort also integrates with Accu-Sort's small-item sortation system, a fully automated, small-footprint sorting machine for use in entertainment, pharmaceutical, photo processing, printing/publishing and other industries requiring automatic identification and sortation.

FAST Sort automatic sortation system software supports up to 27 tachometers, 800 input devices, 800 output devices and multiple induct bar code scanners and controls all divert methods, including tilt-tray, cross-belt, shoe, pop-up, swing-arm, pusher and others. Alarm thresholds for consecutive bar code no-reads, no-match or induct errors and advanced diagnostics are user-configurable.

FAST Sort can configure and support multiple sortation methods, lane assignment logins, and lane divert methods. Specific objects can be assigned to specific conveyor lanes and individual full-lane quantities set. Full-lane thresholds can be set by item count.

FAST Sort automatic sortation system software is easy to configure, running on Windows® NT/Windows® 2000 for seamless enterprise integration. Drag-and-drop setup provides for intuitive I/O assignments, and device group setup allows for quick configuration of larger tracking areas that may contain many tracking eye/divert blocks. Actual I/O control status is displayed for each attached device, and all system I/O hardware and communications devices are monitored. Simple-learn mode speeds real-time tracking setup and confirmation.

FAST Sort automatic sortation system software also features an easy-to-use graphical interface. The I/O interface is modeled after actual hardware, providing graphical representation of I/O control modules including active LEDs to display individual bit status. Active I/O states are represented on screen in real time with statistical analysis of successful diverts, alarms, divert failures and other system events.

FAST Sort can provide dimensional measurements using Accu-Sort's new AccuRanger range finder. Automated object measurement is available as an option.