A denisort line from Swiss company Ferag AG will take over all relevant sorting tasks at Shoebox's new distribution centre in Budapest, Hungary, from spring 2020. The 190-metre-long system, whose 252 chutes are arranged in two rows one above the other to save space, is very energy-efficient, as it only requires three drives.
A denisort system forms the core of the automated sorting solution for the Hungarian distribution network Shoebox at the future central logistics location near Budapest airport. As in similar applications, this ensures extremely accurate sorting of products up to twelve killogram weight with comparatively low operating costs.
[infotext icon]Shoebox, based in Budapest, Hungary, is one of the leading shoe wholesalers and distributors in Central Eastern Europe. The company operates in 7 EU countries with over 1200 employees: Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Poland, operating its own retail chain „Office Shoes“ and various Timberland shops with a total of 150+ stores in this region[/infotext].With a sorting capacity of up to 6,000 units per hour the versatile system also enables a considerable increase in efficiency in the retail company's logistics processes.
However, good performance was not the only reason why the customer decided in favour of the technology developed by Ferag. Because thanks to the Tilt tray system Shoebox retains a high degree of flexibility with regard to future expansion of the product range.
Distribution of shoes and other fashion items. (Image: Ferag AG)
This means that the retail group, which currently primarily sells shoes plus corresponding accessories such as shoe polish, can also have items such as T-shirts, belts or clothing and accessories that match the shoes processed by the Ferag system without any modifications to the hardware.
The outlined denisort trays in a format of 650 by 450 millimetres are capable of transporting very different products safely and discharging them gently onto the chutes at the points specified by the system. The sorting trays are loaded manually - at six work stations.
Source: Ferag AG
