Residual Mail Sorter (RMS)

This scalable, modular system sorts out a wide range of items, from postcards to small parcels, down to specific delivery areas.

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Automate your non-machinable mail process

Our Residual Mail Sorter (RMS) handles items which are often sorted manually - odd shapes and mixed materials - semiautomatically. It combines gentle, horizontal transport with automatic address reading and labeling using VarioPick.

Benefits at a glance

Various shipments: Handles a wide range of today’s non-machinable mail, including postcards, letters, flats, and small parcels.

Gentle handling: The system uses a low-impact horizontal conveying system for maximum mechanical stability.

Integrated automation: Reduces manual labor costs with semiautomatic processing.

Flexible configuration: Easily adaptable to throughput, layout, and footprint requirements—RMS has a customizable number of inductions, labelers and sorting destinations.

Hybrid sorting: Flexible capabilities with just one machine processing rest mail and small parcels.

Automatic address reading and labeling: Automatic labeling with VarioPick, various sorting result are printed for supporting delivery process.

Capabilities

Induction

Items are placed individually on the conveyor belt of each induction station by operators. They are then scanned for addresses, before a laser distance sensor measures the items’ thickness and takes an image.
The number of inductions is flexible, with a maximum of 10.

Labeling

A label printer combined with Körber’s unique VarioPick ensures reliable labeling while the items are transported.
The number of label systems can be customized to suit customer requirements.
A volume measurement system detects the position of each item and provides the application coordinates.

Sorting

There are a flexible number of outlets on both sides of the transport belt—shipments are sorted using a vertical diverter.
Wherever possible, bundles are formed using shingling, which can then be removed by an operator, or optimally stacked in trays.
At the end of the machine, shipments are sorted directly via a series of outlets into trays for large volume receivers.

Technical specifications

Handling capabilities

Length

Handles item lengths from 100 mm up to 350 mm

Width

Accommodates item widths between 70 mm and 250 mm

Height

Processes items with a thickness range of 1 mm to 150 mm

Throughput

Up to 7,000 items/hr

Dimensions

Capable of sorting anything from postcards to shoeboxes (350x250x150 mm)

Transport speed

Up to 1.2 m/s

Stations

The number of induction stations can be adapted to requirements, with a maximum of 10

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