Do you face the challenge of sorting a huge range of packages manually and very slowly? On top of that, logistics can be so inefficient that it not only reduces your earnings but also causes delays in product deliveries that tend to upset your customers.

Simply put, a swivel wheel sorting system is an extremely accurate and modular solution that is able to automatically guide the different kinds of packages such as boxes, soft bags, or plastic parcels to their respective destinations. It can work very well with the current conveyor lines to enhance the overall speed, minimize mistakes, and efficiently deal with the times of the highest load through flexible, high-speed operation.

For me, when I take a walk in our Duffy factory, I get the image of a very complicated dance of lots of packages moving fast. Thanks to that, I understand the main reason why we commit a great deal to the idea of "Respect Heaven, Love People." To respect the objective laws of logistics we have no other way but to use the best tools. To love our customers, however, we must come up with solutions that really change and improve their lives. One time, a client brought us the problem of their warehouse which looked like a mountain of unsorted mail. After equipping our swivel wheel modules, this mountain turned into a flowing river. It truly was a moment of "selflessness" when seeing their stress completely disappearing because our machines had done exactly what was expected from them.

Can Modular Design Make Your Sorting Faster and Easier?

Is your existing sorting arrangement so inflexible that it hardly copes with abrupt variations in package volume or type? In fact, very rigid systems tend to cause complete shutdowns during maintenance, leaving the workers at a standstill and the customers waiting.

Swivel wheel sorters are based on a modular structure which gives the possibility to easily add or remove parts. Each module works independently, so you may increase the productivity of your company during a high season or repair a single malfunctioning component without stopping the entire production line.

Having been in material handling for almost 15 years now, I have experienced a lot of things. Among those things I would say I have come across is the expression "Small kindness is great evil; great kindness seems heartless." I believe that the same can be true for engineering work as well. If a cheap and non-modular machine is created, that means that we are "unkind" to the customer in the very long run. This is why our Duffy swivel wheel products feature 48V roller motors dedicated to each and every single wheel. In case one wheel develops any issue, the rest of the system will continue functioning. I personally have seen how one of our technicians has been able to change a single roller in less than five minutes. We live out at the level of "Excellence" by this form of reliability. Besides wanting a machine that simply works, we want one that will never let the user down even in the situations when things go wrong. Through distributed control systems, we make sure that the data movement is as continuous as that of the packages which, in turn, makes the entire system "intelligent" in the most genuine ‍‌‍‍‌sense.

How‍‌‍‍‌ Do Swivel Wheels Manage to Handle Anything from Envelopes to Heavy Boxes?

Do you ever get confused if your automation system can really handle soft, fragile bags while at the same time, heavy 50kg cartons? Choosing incorrect sorting technology can lead to line jams and costly product damage.

Duffy swivel wheel sorters employ friction discs or rollers covered with special rubber to grab various types of materials. They can sort as many as 10,000 pieces an hour while running at a continuous speed of 2.3 meters per second.

We at Duffy factory really mean it when we say "Sincerity" is important to us. If we claim that our sorter can handle heavy goods, it is true. I witnessed a customer run the test of our system using heavy bags of edible fungus and at the same time delicate electronic parts. The swivel wheels recognize both and synced their angle and speed just right. Such versatility is possible due to our "Innovation & Optimization" way of life. Our staff members apply QR codes to tell us better ways of arranging the wheel modules for different kinds of industries such as medicine or tobacco. In addition, since we employ PLC debugging and make use of in-house electrical control boxes, the machine can be adjusted in order to be as "Kind" as possible to the packages. A tiny parcel for an e-commerce hub or a heavy box in a 3PL warehouse, the machine will do the same highest level of precision. This is our way of "Equality" — no matter how small or large the work is, it always gets our full attention.

Where Are Swivel Wheel Sorters Most Beneficial in Your Facility?

Are you struggling to determine at which point automation will bring you maximum benefit?

In front of loading docks, QC diversion, and systems that feed into cross-belts - swivel wheel sorters work their magic indeed. They behave like "traffic policemen" for the warehouse, automatically steering large flows of goods to the correct lanes.

I usually bring our visitors to Workshop 2 at the plant. There we have the assembly lines for giant brand names like JD.com and SF Express. So far, a "Matrix" swivel wheel system is the main feature of our 'highlight' - it allows the packages coming from any input line to be transported to any output destination. The whole thing is comparable to a highway interchange for parcels. We also rely on these sorters for QC diversion. In case they are combined with our 3D vision systems, the swivel wheels will softly nudge double-stacked or incorrectly spaced packages off the main line so that they can be re-checked. This is "Reflection" in its most literal sense—by-product in the process of being corrected before it becomes a problem. I reckon that by helping our customers personalize their "Energy Stations" of logistics, we are accomplishing our goal: producing equipment that is both economically viable and humane in a social development context. We want your warehouse to be as tidy and hospitable as a "Home."

Conclusion

Duffy swivel wheel sorters are modular, flexible, and high-speed automation products. They enhance sorting accuracy and efficiency in various industries. Our solutions will help your business transition into a smarter automated ‍‌‍‍‌future.