Linear cross-belt sorters have many advantages apart from the peak throughput potential of the straight high-speed conveyors and the actuator’s low-impact sorting capability, which minimises shipment damage. 

Linear cross-belt sorters, including the ones in Quinta’s solutions portfolio, have the following advantages over other sorters: 

• Compact Design Accommodating Several Bins: Coss-belts allow the maximal use of floor space for bin allocation, among all the linear sorter models, because the actuator—the bi-directional cells—is integrated seamlessly along the conveyor surface. In contrast, the actuators of other sorption solutions are bulkier than cross-belts. Also, these external actuators—distinct from the conveyor surface—have limited scope for movement: a restricted range of angles and a single direction, which, for example, is the case in swing arm sorter models. Without the flexibility that cross-belts offer, as is the case for swing arm actuators, the sorter bins would be required to be placed alternately on either side; the bins are kept adjacent to the pushers, leaving empty, wasted, valuable warehouse floor space on the other side of the conveyor.  

• Plain Carrying Surface Supporting Large Shipments: Unlike tilt tray sorters, where the carriers have size and weight limits, and swing arm actuators, which must nudge the shipments strategically to complete the sorting action, cross-belts offer a greater tolerance for shipment dimensions and weight.