Sorting System and the intelligent logistic

An advanced logistics system that understands what it’s doing, to consign bottlenecks as a thing of the past.

Year 5 n. 1 - 2023 CONTENT

An advanced logistics system that understands what it’s doing offers an automatic solution able to adapt to programming changes to consign bottlenecks as a thing of the past.

The Sorting System, Forel’s intelligent logistics solution, is all of this and more: an automated system to manage glass panels within the production process. The Sorting System can connect different production departments, creating a holding area for semi-finished products that are subsequently sorted automatically, depending on production programming.

In recent years, this solution has been frequently requested by major glass companies, as it automates and links production processes independently, reducing manual work, whilst simplifying the operation. In fact, the work list is loaded into the system’s management software: regardless of the order in which the material arrives to the Sorting System, the self-learning mechanism will identify each individual piece, attributing a unique ID code and link that item to its respective order. This means that, as soon as the system is ordered to proceed with any given work list, it will call up all the associated items and send them to appropriate downstream processing line. If there is a programming change mid-cycle, it is possible to pause an order and continue with other production by simply inserting a different worklist as required. The Sorting System brings obvious benefits: reduced bottlenecks, errors and or indecision, with clear improvements in workflow management, output, identification, flexibility and safety.