A checked request, not a hopeful output
Lane assignment produces a divert request that has already passed the platform's checks. The PLC is asked to execute a decision, not to invent one.
Sortation and sorter control
Lanes decided with a confirm — and a path out when data is late
Secure Sorter assigns the lane, sends a checked divert to the PLC, and records the confirm. Recirculation, missort and lost-carton handling are part of the same design. If the data is not good enough, the carton takes the exception path.
- Checked divert logic
- Divert confirm, recorded
- Recirc, missort, lost-carton
- Fail-safe exception lanes
Sortation that stands behind every divert
Fewer mis-sorts come from refusing to assign a lane the software cannot justify — and from recording the confirm when the PLC takes it.
Know that the lane actually took it
A confirm comes back and is recorded against the carton and the order. Downstream conversations start from what happened, not from what was supposed to happen.
A second chance, on purpose
When a carton needs another pass, recirculation is a handled path — with events the rest of the system can see — not an informal roll down a side belt.
Exceptions with a name and a record
A missort or a carton that disappears from tracking is treated as a first-class event, with handling and a journal, instead of a mystery at the end of the shift.
The fail-safe that protects the rest of the sort
No-read, late data or a failed check sends the carton to an exception lane. The software does not guess a destination in order to keep a rate up.
Confirm, missort, recirc, lost
The platform can emit those events on configured paths so a host system or a supervisor screen stays aligned with the line.
What a clean divert looks like
- The carton is known. Scan, weight, size and label results are good enough, or the carton is already on a fail-safe path.
- The lane is assigned. Routing rules pick a destination and Secure Sorter prepares a checked divert request.
- The PLC executes. Motion stays on the controller. A confirm comes back, or missort, recirc or lost-carton handling takes over.
- The result is kept. Operators and reports can see what was asked, what was confirmed, and what took the exception path.
Talk through the sorter you want to run
Tell Electrol about the divert points, the exception lane and the host system. [email protected]