Airport sorter PARA-PUSH™

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Fives’ PARA-Push™ Baggage Diverter is a durable push sorter designed for baggage handling and oversized lines, offering a gentle and accurate 90° divert. PARA-Push™ has been built to support the most rugged sorting applications in the airport, courier and distribution industries. Its unique pantograph design allows for a full sweep across a 45”-wide conveyor belt, without the need for product alignment prior to divert. Within two seconds of completing a divert, the PARA-Push is back in position and ready for the next cycle. This provides a divert capacity of 30 items per minute for product weighing up to 54.4 kg (120 lbs). VFD-DRIVEN PUSHER FOR A SMOOTH, GENTLE DIVERT PARA-Push™ includes a variable frequency drive (VFD) that provides precise control over the push action. It ramps up the 5-horsepower gear motor to the desired cycle speed before bringing it back down as the mechanism returns to the retracted or “home” position. The programmed ramp-up initiates upon receipt of a “fire” signal from an external source via ethernet. Mechanical linkages attached to the gear motor output shaft extend the pantograph mechanism and padded face. Ramp-down is triggered by a proximity switch that senses the arm position as it moves toward the “home” or retracted position.