Sortation Systems.

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Figure 4-43. Automatic Guided vehicles-forklift truck.

however, as the volume of material being processed

4-9. Sortation Systems.

increases-the profitability of automating the sortation

Sortation systems perform two important functions,

increases. One example of an automatic sortation

directing the material to a station or accumulation line

system is the tilt tray-type system (fig 4-44).

and providing horizontal (and occasionally, vertical)

movement. The sortation could be performed manually;

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