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Sorters bring the product to the order. In operations where there is a great deal of commonality, this means that the fast moving SKUs can be brought to the sorter and inducted all at once, and the sorter takes care of figuring out what orders get the item and how many items to dispense. Even in situations where there is little or no commonality, a sorter can enable the picker to select many orders at once to a single vehicle, and then dump all of the items picked into the sorter without regard to the order that wants a particular item.
A tilt tray sorter is a special type of sorter where the product is placed onto a tray (either automatically or by a person) when the tray reaches the order, it tilts, dumping the product down a chute or into an order container. Tilt trays are among the fastest sorters available. Other types of sorters are the cross-belt sorter, the bomb-bay sorter, and the traditional conveyor divert sorter. In addition there are sorters that sort product with a 90 degree pop up rollers.
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