Sorting method made flexible by preparing a distribution of articles to be sorted in anticipation

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PATENT NO 11192143
APP PUB NO 20200276615A1
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16804438

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A method of sorting articles by means of a sorting system comprising N sorting machines (M1, MN) operating in parallel, in which method the articles are divided into N groups (G1, GN) of articles to be processed in parallel on the N sorting machines, at least one of the N groups of articles is subdivided into sub-groups of articles (G1.1, G1.N-1), and, if it is detected that one of the N machines is being rested, then the method comprises the steps of: feeding the N−1 other sorting machines with the sub-groups of articles from said subdivided group of articles and sorting these sub-groups of articles in parallel on the N−1 other sorting machines; and feeding the N−1 other sorting machines with the N−1 other groups of articles and sorting these N−1 groups of articles in parallel on said N−1 other sorting machines.

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SOLYSTIC14 AVENUE RASPAIL GENTILLY CEDEX 94257

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Latombe, Bertrand Bouge Chambalud, FR 1 0
Madar, François Bourg les Valence, FR 3 2
Tresse, Didier Saint Laurent d'Onay, FR 8 15

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