In the aviation logistics field, baggage handling efficiency directly affects passenger experience and airport operations. Addressing the actual needs of small and medium-sized airports, the efficient, compact, and reliable Wayzim Linear Cross Belt Sorter has become an ideal choice for the new construction, renovation, or expansion of airports. Leveraging innovative narrow belt conveyor design and intelligent control technology, the system achieves the automated sorting, precise delivery, and full-process tracking of baggage, providing a perfect baggage sorting solution for small and medium-sized airports with an annual passenger throughput of less than 8 million.
The linear cross belt sorting system uses narrow belt conveyors that can rotate bidirectionally as key sorting units. The conveyors operate in a vertical loop on the linear drive main line. By using the barcode recognition technology, the system obtains baggage chute information to achieve fully automated baggage sorting.
The system consists of five key modules: a guide conveyor system, a barcode recognition system, sorters, chutes, and abnormal baggage processing areas. The sorters are Linear Cross Belt Sorters, composed of modules such as tracks, sorting units, linear motors, power systems, and electrical control systems. The sorters are efficient and reliable in small footprints.
● Compact Structure, Safe and Stable
Using a modular design, the Linear Cross Belt Sorter is compact, with a minimum carrier pitch of 200 mm. The height of the equipment is only 1400 mm. Its vertical loop layout efficiently utilizes building space while ensuring high sorting efficiency, perfectly solving the challenge of automated sorting in small spaces.
The sorter is driven by a permanent magnet linear motor, with the carrier chain plates and profile strength reserved more than three times the redundancy. Mechanical components of the sorter have a long service life, and the overall structure is highly stable.
● Flexible Carrier Allocation and Multi-carrier Linkage
The Linear Cross Belt Sorter can flexibly adapt to various types of baggage, regardless of size, shape, or weight, and efficiently sort the baggage. The system automatically allocates multiple carriers to work together, ensuring that each piece of baggage is properly handled.
The infeed system precisely detects baggage dimensions and intelligently allocates multiple carriers to be bound with the same piece of baggage. The automated infeed conveyor, driven by a servo motor, feeds one piece of baggage at a time. High-precision control ensures that baggage enters the sorting carrier in sequence. Multiple carriers are driven by belts according to intelligent algorithms to accurately complete sorting tasks and ensure high sorting accuracy.
● Flexible Sorting and Damage-free Sliding
The Linear Cross Belt Sorter achieves flexible and damage-free sorting by smoothly delivering baggage to the corresponding chute through active carrier belt conveyance. The vertical and horizontal drop values between the carrier belt surface and the chute are controlled within 15 mm, ensuring smooth conveyance and preventing jams and impact.
The system uses the advanced "virtual window technology" to simulate the entire conveying system in the control program in modules. After each piece of baggage enters the system, the control system tracks its flight information, check-in counter number, and current location in real time. The system ensures that baggage is conveyed at a constant gap by using the multi-section timing method to completely avoid collisions and stacking.
The Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system collects real-time data from on-site equipment and transmits the data to the central computer. This allows operators to monitor and control equipment operation status, ensuring normal system operation and maintenance.
Reshaping the Baggage Handling Methods of Small and Medium-sized Airports
As a key product of Wayzim for the automated baggage handling systems in the civil aviation field, the Linear Cross Belt Sorter has been successfully used in several regional hub airports in China, helping small and medium-sized airports improve operational efficiency and services. Besides, our next case introduction is on the way.
