EP2298458A2 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP2298458A2
EP2298458A2 EP10181621A EP10181621A EP2298458A2 EP 2298458 A2 EP2298458 A2 EP 2298458A2 EP 10181621 A EP10181621 A EP 10181621A EP 10181621 A EP10181621 A EP 10181621A EP 2298458 A2 EP2298458 A2 EP 2298458A2
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
sorting
delivery
gbf
mbf
terminals
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP10181621A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP2298458A3 (de
Inventor
Peter GÖRTZ
Bernhard Kehrbaum
Heinz-Jürgen Keen
Jochen Gülck
Matthias Sens
Dietmar Doll
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Deutsche Post AG
Original Assignee
Deutsche Post AG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Deutsche Post AG filed Critical Deutsche Post AG
Publication of EP2298458A2 publication Critical patent/EP2298458A2/de
Publication of EP2298458A3 publication Critical patent/EP2298458A3/de
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a method for sorting mailpieces, in which the mailpieces are sorted in a sorting process with at least two sorting passes after a sequence of at least one delivery point having multiple delivery points, for which the mailpieces are input to a sorting device having a plurality of endpoints each of which is positioned a container for receiving the mail, the mailpieces are dropped in a first sorting pass at the terminals in the container, which are assigned to an applied to the mailing delivery address and fed the mail in the containers of the material input again for at least one further sorting pass become.
  • the invention further relates to a device suitable for carrying out the method.
  • the delivery points of the delivery passages are assigned to end points of a sorting device in a specific manner.
  • the mailings are then collected according to the delivery address applied to them at the terminals associated with the delivery addresses.
  • reassignments are made between the delivery points and the end points of the sorting device, wherein the delivery points that were associated with a single pass in a previous pass are appropriately distributed to all endpoints.
  • the mail items of the sorting device for a pass of the sorting device are supplied in a predetermined order, which results from the order of the terminals at which the programs have been collected in a previous pass.
  • a two-pass procedure is used for the sequence sorting, in which programs for a number of delivery points can be sorted, which corresponds to the squared number of terminals of the sorting device.
  • shipments for a plurality of individual delivery times are usually sorted in the sequence sorting and, in the case of standard and compact letters, output as a total stack from the sorting device.
  • the sorting and, in particular, the sequence sorting of large and large letters is considerably more complicated because, due to the size of the letters and, above all, due to the very different mailing formats, no substantially homogeneous piles of mailings of the same format are created by the sorting device can.
  • a sorting device for large and maxi letters which can also be used for sorting the sequence of gears, for example, from the international patent application WO 02/090006 out.
  • the known sorting device contains a letter sorting machine in which letters are fed to a plurality of material inputs and dropped at terminals into containers. To carry out a sequence sorting, it contains a storage device in the containers, which have been filled in a pass, are picked up and sorted in order to be able to supply them to the substance inputs for a subsequent pass in the appropriate order.
  • the filled containers of each terminal are collected and these accumulations are placed in the order of the terminals.
  • the sequence sorting of large and maxi letters is carried out, as is the sequence sorting of standard and compact letters, using a sorting plan in which a sorting matrix is formed for each pass, by which each delivery point taken into account during the sorting is assigned a terminal.
  • the required size of the sorter exceeds the amount of space available at sorting centers of a postal company.
  • a first sorting machine is used for sorting by destination.
  • the programs sorted by this device are then fed to the device for sequence sorting.
  • a sorting device for sorting the gantry is therefore at least two sorting machines, whereby the mechanical sorting is very uneconomical.
  • the sequence sorting is therefore usually performed manually.
  • the invention has for its object to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to allow a sequence sorting of mail, which can be carried out in particular with compact and simple as possible constructed sorting.
  • the invention provides, in particular, to carry out a method with the preamble of claim 1 such that the delivery addresses applied to the mailpieces are detected, that it is determined on the basis of the detected delivery addresses for which delivery points consignments are present, and that in the association between the terminals and the delivery points are suppressed the delivery points for which not at least one mail item is present.
  • the method has the advantage that only the delivery points can be assigned to a terminal for which at least a mailing is present.
  • the sorting of large and maximum letters which are not available daily for the majority of delivery points, so that a significant number of terminals for the sorting of a predetermined number of delivery times can be saved.
  • Sorting devices with a much smaller footprint can thus be used for the sequence sorting.
  • the transport paths for the mailpieces are shorter, whereby the processing time for sorting is shortened.
  • Advantageous embodiments of the method provide that at a terminal no more mailpieces are dropped when the container positioned there is completely filled.
  • the containers can be easily transported in the order of substance input, which corresponds to the spatial arrangement of the terminals.
  • programs with a delivery address that is assigned to a specific terminal are dropped at an overflow when the container is filled at the specific terminal.
  • Filled containers at the end point associated with the overflow are transported out of the area of the sorting device and are not considered further in the sorting process.
  • the number of items that are available for each delivery point is determined before the start of the sorting process.
  • the consignments which are not taken into account in a first sorting process because they have either been dropped on the overflow or not entered into the sorting device, are sorted in a subsequent sorting process according to the sequence.
  • a sorting of several subsets of the total amount of items in multiple sorting processes also takes into account in particular the logistical conditions in the sorting of mailpieces.
  • the resulting subsets of consignments sorted according to the sequence of movements for a delivery cycle are preferably combined by a further sorting into a total quantity of consignments sorted according to the sequence of courses.
  • a sorting card is advantageously sorted into the containers after the last delivery belonging to a delivery, which items contain items for several delivery times.
  • the sorting of the mailpieces after the sequence of movements is preferably carried out in a distribution center at a destination of the mailpieces.
  • the delivery addresses on the mailpieces are detected at a dispatch location of the mailpieces.
  • an identification code is advantageously applied to the mailpieces, which is uniquely associated with the mailing.
  • the assignment is expediently stored in a unit which is accessed during the sorting of the items.
  • the mail items are dropped as a function of the identification code at the end points of the sorting device.
  • franking markings on the mail items are advantageously checked. Mail without valid franking mark are also removed from the shipment history.
  • the device according to the invention for sorting mailpieces has at least one material input for feeding mailpieces, at least one identification link for detecting delivery address on the mailpieces, at least one destination and delivery point, and for applying identification codes uniquely assigned to the mailpieces to the mailpieces for storing the association between the mailpieces and the identification code, a plurality of terminals at which the mailpieces are dropped into containers as a function of the identification code and taking into account the association between the identification code and at least one conveying means for transporting the containers from the terminals to the material input ,
  • the device is characterized in particular in that it has an activating means for activating a first and a second operating state of the device, wherein in the first operating state an allocation means assigns at least one destination to each terminal, the mailpieces in dependence of an association between the identification code and the destination the mail items are discarded at the corresponding terminals and filled containers are transported away from the terminals of the area of the device and in the second operating state assigns the assignment means for a first sorting pass a sorting process for sorting the sequence of each terminal a delivery point, the mail items depending on an association between the Identification codes and the delivery points are dropped at the corresponding terminals, the conveyor, the filled containers from the terminals transported to the material input and assigns the allocation means for a second sorting pass of the sorting process for sorting sequence of each terminal a delivery point and the mail items of the association between the identification codes and the delivery points are dropped at the corresponding terminals.
  • the device has the advantage that it can be used both for the sorting of mail items according to the destination as well as for the sequence sorting.
  • the term destination may denote a destination region, a delivery district group and / or a single delivery district and refers in particular to the sorting depth that is required to prepare the sequence sorting.
  • the entire sorting of the mailpieces can thus be carried out by means of a single machine, which can be operated flexibly in two operating states.
  • the allocation means suppresses the delivery points for which there are no items.
  • the apparatus preferably further includes means for dispensing a release card into the containers. This is particularly advantageous if, during the sequence sorting in the second operating state, consignments for a plurality of delivery districts are dispensed into a container. The consignments for different delivery districts can then be separated by the separation card.
  • At least one terminal is assigned an overflow function. There, the mail items are dropped when the container is already filled at the terminal which the delivery address of the mailings is assigned.
  • the device Furthermore, it is advantageous to equip the device with a means for detecting identification features of the containers and with a controller which performs a supply of the containers to the material inputs depending on the identification features.
  • the device also has a means for assigning the identification features to the shipments located in the containers.
  • the identification feature is preferably applied to the container identification codes.
  • the device has a fill level control in the region of the end points for determining the fill level of the containers arranged at the end points.
  • the sorting device can be controlled in particular so that at a terminal at which there is a completely filled container, no more mailpieces are dropped and these broadcasts are directed, for example, to a terminal, which is associated with an overflow function.
  • FIG. 1 a schematic representation of an apparatus for sorting large and maxi letters in a plan view
  • Fig. 2a a sorting matrix for the first sorting pass
  • Fig. 2b a sorting matrix for the second sorting pass.
  • GBf large letters
  • MBf maximum letters
  • the invention is by no means limited to sorting GBf and MBf with these formats.
  • the method according to the invention can be applied with little adaptation to the sorting of mailpieces with any desired formats or weights.
  • Mail can be placed by a customer of a postal company at a sender, for example, in branches of the postal company, at the point of dispatch in a mailbox or - in the case of shippers with a very high volume of mail - delivered directly to a sorting center of the postal company.
  • the consignments placed in the branches and in the mailboxes are collected by the postal company and sent to a sorting center in the region of the place of dispatch of the consignments.
  • this exit letter center BZA the items are sorted according to their destination regions and in particular according to the entry letter centers BZE located in the areas of the destination regions of the mailpieces.
  • the consignments are transported to the BZE and there subjected to a fine sorting, which includes a possible sorting of the shipments according to the sequence of delivery routes in the area of the BZE.Finally, the delivery of the shipments by a deliverer or in a mailbox. For the items that are delivered to a mailbox, there is usually no sorting according to a sequence of a delivery process made.
  • the sorting devices in the sorting centers are designed to allow both BZA and BZE sorting.
  • they can be operated in two operating states, of which one operating state allows a sorting according to destinations and the other operating state enables a sequence sorting.
  • the consignments are fed to the sorting center at about midday.
  • the supply is staggered in a number of subsets, which are sorted in the BZA by destination. This may include sorting by destination regions or by delivery districts included in the destination region.
  • the consignments are thereby first isolated, and it is checked whether the consignments delivered can be sorted by machine or due to their special format, a special wrapper or similar properties must be processed manually.
  • the program which are suitable for automatic processing are sent to a postal sorting machine (F lat FSQM for Sorting and Se q uenzing M achine) for large letters and oversize, as shown schematically in FIG. 1 is shown.
  • a sorting center has one or more FSQMs.
  • FIG. 1 By way of example, 4 material inputs 10 1 to 10 4 are shown, in which the items are entered either manually or mechanically. In the case of machine input, the items are transported via a conveying device, not shown in the figure, preferably in containers to the material inputs, which are tipped there.
  • the conveyor may be formed, for example, as an arrangement of roller conveyors.
  • the containers emptied at the material inputs 10 1 to 10 4 are transported via a conveyor 90 to an empty container stock 50.
  • the mailpieces are conveyed to first identification zones 30 1 to 30 4 which are disposed on the conveyors 20 1 to 20. 4
  • the conveyors 20 1 to 20 5 are formed, for example, as endless conveyor belts.
  • the identification links 30 1 to 30 4 each contain an address reader from which the delivery data located on the mailpieces and at least the delivery address are detected and interpreted.
  • the recorded delivery data are stored in a data record with consignment accompanying data, which in particular includes the name and the address of the consignee of the consignment.
  • the address consists of a street, a house number, a postal code and a place.
  • the delivery address When entering the delivery address, it is also provided to check whether the place name and the postal code are consistent. If it is determined that the postcode is not the postcode specified in addition to the specified location, the destination region is determined by the location name and the postal code is ignored. This procedure results from the fact that a sender is less likely to apply a faulty place name to the shipments than a faulty postal code.
  • OCR optical C haracter R eCognition
  • the first two or all digits of the postal code it is first necessary for the first two or all digits of the postal code to be recognized and input by the video coding staff. From the first two digits of the postal code this results in the destination region for the program, in the other digits is the Zustellbezirksucc coded.
  • the remaining components of the delivery address whose knowledge of the sorting in the BZA is not required, can subsequently be coded during the transport of the broadcasts from the BZA to the BZE.
  • This measure makes it possible to carry out the BZA sorting very quickly, and helps to ensure that a large sorting depth can be achieved.
  • the programs are additionally provided with an identification code, preferably a bar code, which is unambiguously associated with the data record with the program accompanying data and thus permits unambiguous identification of the programs.
  • a gloss scan for the programs to determine the reflectance of the programs. Based on the determined reflectance is determined whether it allows the surface of the mail, that the identification code is printed directly on the programs, or whether by means of a label applicator first a label must be applied to the broadcasts on which the code is printed. The latter is required, for example, for shipments with a plastic wrap.
  • a device for detecting the identification code is also provided in each case.
  • These readers allow, on the one hand, to check the readability of the identification code applied to the mailpieces.
  • the readers allow the identification of the programs, and based on the reading result, they can be assigned to a terminal 40 1 to 40 N of the FSQM in order to be dropped there.
  • each Identifkations zone 30 1 to 30 4 two reading devices for detecting the identification code, one of which is arranged in front of the OCR unit. This makes it possible to check whether the shipment is already provided with an identification code and can be processed using this code, or whether a capture of the shipment data is still to be performed.
  • the identification links 30 1 to 30 4 may further comprise means for determining the format of the mailings, including their length, width and height, and their weight.
  • the determined transmission format can likewise be included in the data record with the transmission accompanying data.
  • the compulsory discharge is located in the area of the identification lines 30 1 to 30 4 and is in the FIG. 1 not shown.
  • the identification links 30 1 to 30 4 may also comprise detectors for checking the franking of the mailpieces. The required height of the franking is determined in particular on the basis of the mailing format.
  • the destination contained in the delivery address of the consignments is evaluated. This is usually done on the basis of the postal code, the first two digits indicate the destination region of the shipment and the remaining digits in particular the Zustellbezirksucc the shipment.
  • the sorting in the BZE is prepared as far as possible. It is therefore intended to sort the consignments in the BZA already after the sequence sorting processes in the BZE, so that the consignments can be entered there directly into the first pass of a process for sequence sorting according to the order of delivery on the delivery processes in the delivery districts of delivery districts.
  • the terminals 40 1 to 40 Nm FSQM particular one or more Zustellbezirkstik assigned and the broadcasts are dropped according to their zip code at the corresponding terminals 40 1 to 40 Nm in containers positioned at the terminals 40 Nm are.
  • a number of m terminals 40 N-m + 1 to 40 N is associated with a reject function, ie there are discarded items that can not be assigned to the other terminals - for example, because they have no readable delivery address - or not assigned to them should be, for example, because they have no valid franking.
  • the to be positioned at the terminals 40 1 to 40 N containers are transported from an empty container stock 50 via a conveyor 60 for empty container supply to the terminals 40 1 to 40 N and placed under the associated discharge devices.
  • the conveyor 60 is preferably designed as a roller conveyor.
  • the containers are provided with an identification code which allows a clear identification of the containers.
  • the identification code is assigned to a container and preferably designed as a barcode.
  • the identification code When entering a container in the FSQM the identification code is detected and stored together with information about the terminal where it is filled.
  • a container identification station is provided on the conveyor 60, which has a scanner for reading in the code.
  • the mailings are directed into a shaft, through which they pass into the container located below the discharge devices. If necessary, a direct discharge from the carrier of the sorter, without the need for an additional shaft.
  • the GBf and MBf are thereby dropped so that they are stacked horizontally one above the other in the containers, where about 52 GBf and / or MBf can be accommodated in the containers.
  • the degree of filling of the containers can be determined by the level control.
  • the degree of filling is determined based on the number of discarded consignments and their thickness.
  • a device for monitoring the stack image is provided to detect erroneously stacked items that are, for example, beyond the edge of a container, and to generate a warning signal when a detected defective stack image.
  • the containers which have been completely filled in a sorting process of the BZA sorting, are transported out of the area of the sorting device via a conveyor 70 for full container removal.
  • the corresponding terminal is fed to another empty container, which is filled with other to be thrown away at this terminal broadcasts.
  • the filled regular containers ie the containers from the terminals, which were not assigned a reject function, are spent in the BZA in a picking area, where they for further transport on the so-called main run to appropriate commissions.
  • the shipments are transported via the night airmail network and / or by truck and / or other means of transport to the destination regions.
  • the shipments from the own resources of the BZA, i. the consignments for which the BZA and the BZE are identical are stored separately from the other consignments in the picking area.
  • the incoming mail is sorted in the BZA until about 21 o'clock.
  • the addresses which could not be recognized during the sorting can be recoded at the video coding stations.
  • considerably more time can be expended for the determination of a delivery and / or sender address, without the processing of the shipment being delayed.
  • the delivery addresses which are recognized during the recoding are recorded in the data record for the shipment together with the shipment accompanying data.
  • the data sets are either stored in the area of a central server, which can be accessed from all sorting centers, or the data records are transmitted via remote data transmission from the BZA to the appropriate BZE, in which the shipments are processed further.
  • a further sorting of the mailings takes place on the basis of these data records, which comprises, in particular, a sorting of the mailpieces according to the sequence of the delivery routes in the delivery districts of the destination region.
  • the allocation means which makes the association between the terminals of the FSQM and the delivery points for the sequence sorting of the items, has access to the item accompanying data.
  • the same FSQMs are used, which are also used for the BZA sorting.
  • they are equipped with additional conveyors 80, by means of which containers from the terminals 40 1 to 40 N to the material inputs 10 1 to 10 4 can be transported.
  • the corresponding operating state of the FSQM is to be selected in which the sorting is carried out.
  • a multipass method is used for the sequence sorting.
  • a two-pass procedure is preferred in which the shipments pass through the FSQM only twice. This also enables a particularly gentle shipment processing in comparison with a multi-pass process with more than two sorting passes.
  • the sorting plans are loaded into the assignment means and implemented by this assignment means.
  • the sorting plans can be illustrated in the form of sorting matrices, as exemplified in the FIGS. 2a and 2b are shown.
  • the infeed A should include 620 delivery points
  • the delivery cycle B should include 710 delivery points
  • the delivery cycle C should include 530 delivery points
  • the delivery cycle D should include 640 delivery points.
  • the delivery points are labeled with the letter of the appropriate delivery and a number.
  • the numbering corresponds to the order in which the delivery points are served by the mail carrier on his delivery service. This usually does not correspond with the order of house numbers in a street.
  • the sorting matrix in the FIG. 2a shows the assignment between the terminals 40 1 to 40 50 and the delivery points for the first pass the sequence sorting, the numbers of the terminals 40 1 to 40 50 are noted in the top line of the presentation.
  • the terminal 40 1 is assigned the infeed points A 1 , A 51, A 101, etc., up to A 601 from the infeed A, and the delivery points 40 2 are assigned to the terminal 40 2 A2, A52, A102, etc. to A602. Accordingly, the assignment between the other terminals and delivery points.
  • the assignment between the terminals 40 1 to 40 50 takes place as if this delivery process were the continuation of the delivery process A.
  • the delivery point B1 is assigned to the terminal 40 21 , the delivery point B2 of the terminal 40 22 , etc., up to the last delivery point B710 this delivery, which is assigned to the terminal 40 30 .
  • the sorting matrix is thus set up here as if the delivery courses A to D were combined to form a large delivery procedure.
  • the consignments arrive at the first pass completely disordered in the FSQM, so that a container corresponding to a terminal has been filled into the sorting plan, while only contains shipments for certain predetermined delivery points, but these are stacked in a random order in the container.
  • the delivery points which were associated with a single terminal in the first pass are distributed in the second pass to all terminal stations without double allocations occurring.
  • a maximum of N delivery points can be assigned to a terminal with a total number of N terminals, so that a maximum of N 2 delivery points can be taken into account during sorting.
  • each delivery point at a fixed position within a container filled in the second pass is unambiguously determined in the sense that the lowest deliveries are for a specific first delivery point. about the shipments for a second delivery point, etc.
  • the delivery cycle B is again treated as if it were the continuation of the
  • the terminal 40 13 are also assigned to the delivery points B1 to B30, the following terminal 40 14 50 delivery points B31 to B80 assigned to the terminal 40 15 are assigned the delivery points B81 to B130, etc. to the terminal 40 27 the delivery points B681 to B710.
  • the delivery routes C and D are now also treated as if they were continuations of the preceding delivery routes. Accordingly, the assignment of their delivery points to the terminals takes place as described in the FIG. 2b is shown.
  • the FSQM the containers for the second pass in descending order of the terminals supplied, ie first the container that has been filled at the terminal 40 50 , then the container that has been filled at the terminal 40 49 , etc. until the last container the one supplied to that of the terminal 40 1 has been filled, the stacks arise in the containers as in the FIG. 2b shown. That is, in the container at the terminal 40 1 are at the bottom of the programs for the delivery point A1, about the broadcasts for the delivery point A2, etc.
  • the items for the delivery point A1 are assigned to the container at the terminal 40 50 and are there at the top, including the items for the delivery point A2, etc., up to the items for the delivery point A50.
  • the programs for the delivery point A51 are placed at the top of the container at the terminal 40 49 , including the shipments for the delivery point A52, etc.
  • the above-described sorting plans take into account all delivery points of the individual delivery processes. As a rule, however, GBf and MBf are not available daily for each delivery point.
  • the sequence sorting in the BZE thus does not use a static sorting plan, but the sorting plans for each sorting process are adapted to the respective consignment volume.
  • the terminal 40 1 for the first pass the first delivery point of the delivery gear A assigned is the 51st delivery point of this delivery, for at least one shipment is present, the 101st delivery point of this delivery, for which there is at least one shipment, etc.
  • the first delivery point of delivery B, for which there is a consignment is assigned according to the terminal, which follows the terminal, which is associated with the last delivery point of delivery A, for which at least one shipment is present.
  • the sorting matrix for the second pass can be established by means of a corresponding transmission.
  • end-points can be saved in the sequence sorting of GBf and MBf for the sorting of a specified number of delivery times. Conversely, shipments can be sorted for a higher number of delivery times with the same number of terminals.
  • the sorting process In order to sort all shipments for a delivery district after the sequence, the sorting process must be carried out with all shipments for this delivery district and can therefore only be started after the receipt of the last shipment for this delivery district.
  • the containers at the terminals 40 1 to 40 N can accommodate only a limited number of broadcasts. If the terminals are assigned, as in the example considered, 50 delivery points and the containers have a capacity of about 52 items, the containers can receive on average only about 1.04 items for each delivery point.
  • the average number of shipments for each delivery point is usually higher.
  • the filled during a passport container are placed in a storage device, and the terminal is fed to another empty container.
  • the bins After the first pass, the bins have to be sorted in order to feed them into the FSQM for the second pass in the correct order.
  • the remaining transmissions are either discarded at a designated terminal, which is assigned an overflow function, or they are not entered into the FSQM at all. The latter is possible due to the accompanying program data recorded during the BZA sorting.
  • the shipments not considered in a sorting process are then kept for the next sorting process of the next subset of the shipments.
  • sequence sorting of the programs in multiple subsets thus has in addition to a better utilization of the time available for sorting also has the advantage that a sorting can be performed in which at each terminal 40 1 to 40 N only one container must be filled, and thus consuming storage facilities for the containers are not needed.
  • the partial stacks can be assembled by a deliverer before delivery. This is preferably done in the appropriate Zustellstitzticianen, which are then supplied with the sub-stacks from the BZE.
  • the sorting of multiple subsets also makes it possible to fill only one container at each terminal during a sorting process. If the container is completely filled, the shipments with delivery addresses that this terminal are assigned, dropped at an overflow and processed within the subsequent sorting process.
  • this overflow is also eliminated, and when calculating the sorting plans, individual shipments are already assigned to the terminals, so that optimum filling of the containers is achieved. During sorting, only the consignments already assigned to the terminals are then entered into the FSQM so that no overflow is required.
  • the sorting schedules are created before the sorting of the shipments in the BZE. This is done on the basis of the information about the shipments already received in the BZE or become. Since the transport procedures and in particular their duration are known, it can be determined for the departures from the BZA, when the shipments will arrive in the proposed BZE.
  • the arithmetic and logic unit of the BZE can also access the data of a shipment tracking, if such is carried out to create the sorting plans.
  • the subsets of consignments are defined, which are to be sorted in the individual sorting processes according to the sequence. If the planning is based solely on the information about the inputs in the BZE, the sorting plan for a sorting process is determined taking into account the consignments that are available in the BZE up to a certain point in time.
  • a typical large sorting center has at least two FSQMs each with 280 terminals.
  • the FSQMs are partitioned, ie subdivided into several areas, in which a sequence sorting is performed independently.
  • a typical partitioning for example, provides four partitions with 70 endpoints each.
  • One of the endpoints of each partition fulfills a reject function.
  • the shipments are dropped for which there are no valid addresses or that have been misdirected.
  • this or another terminal can serve as an overflow, are discarded on the shipments that can not be taken into account in a pass, since the containers are already completely filled at the terminals where they are dropped according to the sorting plan.
  • the remaining terminals of each partition are, as explained above, the delivery points of the considered during the sorting Zustellêt assigned.
  • a 90 percent filling of the containers arranged at the end points is preferably sought, which, with a capacity of the containers of 52 consignments, corresponds to a filling with 47 consignments.
  • it is possible to sort about 47 ⁇ 69 3243 GBf and MBf according to the sequence of steps in a sorting process.
  • the delivery points which are in the scheme of the FIG. 2a assigned to a single terminal, as already described, associated with several adjacent terminals, if there is an excessive number of programs for one of these delivery points.
  • the applied to the broadcasts identification code is detected and according to this code associated delivery address of the consignments, which is determined on the basis of the consignment accompanying data, the programs are dropped on the sorting plan for the first passport provided terminal.
  • the assignment between the delivery addresses and the endpoints is stored in the assignment means of the FSQM.
  • the containers are conveyed in the order provided via the conveyors 80 1 and 80 2 for the second pass to the material inputs 10 1 to 10 4 of the FSQM and emptied there.
  • the empty containers are transported via the conveyor 90 in the empty container stock.
  • shipments from one route and broadcasts from the other route can be simultaneously entered into the FSQM.
  • the prerequisite for this, however, is that the partitioning of the FSQM is selected such that the containers of one route belong to other partitions than the containers of the other route.
  • the containers with the consignments which have been dropped at the terminal, which is associated with the reject function, are transported away from the area of the FSQM via the conveyor 70.
  • the identification codes of the items on the identification lines 30 1 to 30 4 are detected and the items are dropped according to their delivery address at the terminals that are assigned their delivery addresses in the sorting plan for the second pass.
  • separation cards are sorted into the containers, which allow easy separation of the items belonging to different delivery operations.
  • the containers are transported beyond the conveyor 70 out of the range of FSQM and collected, for example, in the picking area of the BZE in suitable compositions.
  • the processes are carried out staggered in time such that, on the one hand, the last sorting process is completed on time and on the other hand, there is a sufficiently high number of shipments, in particular for the preceding processes, in order to be able to utilize the capacity of the FSQM as far as possible.
  • An alternative embodiment of the method differs from the above-described in that in the BZA sorting a lower sorting depth is provided and in the BZE an additional sorting pass is carried out for all incoming shipments.
  • the BZA sorting is not carried out according to the delivery area groups, but according to the higher-level target regions.
  • sorting by delivery districts or by delivery districts may be required.
  • the first sorting process for sorting the consignments to the delivery districts or to the delivery districts is started.
  • the first sorting process for sorting the sequence is prepared and performed in the same manner as described above.
EP10181621A 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen Withdrawn EP2298458A3 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE102004035365A DE102004035365A1 (de) 2004-07-21 2004-07-21 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen
EP05759651.2A EP1773513B1 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Vorrichtung zum sortieren von postsendungen

Related Parent Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP05759651.2 Division 2005-07-15
EP05759651.2A Division-Into EP1773513B1 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Vorrichtung zum sortieren von postsendungen

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP2298458A2 true EP2298458A2 (de) 2011-03-23
EP2298458A3 EP2298458A3 (de) 2011-06-29

Family

ID=34972309

Family Applications (3)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP10181621A Withdrawn EP2298458A3 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen
EP05759651.2A Active EP1773513B1 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Vorrichtung zum sortieren von postsendungen
EP10181623.9A Active EP2298459B1 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Verfahren zum Sortieren von Postsendungen

Family Applications After (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP05759651.2A Active EP1773513B1 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Vorrichtung zum sortieren von postsendungen
EP10181623.9A Active EP2298459B1 (de) 2004-07-21 2005-07-15 Verfahren zum Sortieren von Postsendungen

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US20110192770A1 (nl)
EP (3) EP2298458A3 (nl)
JP (1) JP2008506521A (nl)
CA (1) CA2574809A1 (nl)
DE (1) DE102004035365A1 (nl)
PL (1) PL2298459T3 (nl)
WO (1) WO2006008087A1 (nl)

Families Citing this family (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8977385B2 (en) * 2004-11-22 2015-03-10 Bell And Howell, Llc System and method for tracking a mail item through a document processing system
US20080110810A1 (en) * 2006-11-01 2008-05-15 Raf Technology, Inc. Mailpiece reject processing and labeling
JP5098302B2 (ja) * 2006-11-10 2012-12-12 日本電気株式会社 郵便物仕分けシステムおよび郵便物仕分け方法
US8489230B2 (en) * 2007-03-07 2013-07-16 Jonathan Engle Recirculating sorting system
DE102008006752A1 (de) * 2008-01-30 2009-08-06 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von flachen Gegenständen in mehreren Sortierläufen
DE102008043209A1 (de) * 2008-10-27 2010-04-29 Christa Kasap Verfahren zur teilmaschinellen Vorsortierung von flachen Postsendungen
FR2940151B1 (fr) * 2008-12-23 2010-12-17 Solystic Machine pour trier des objets postaux grand format et des lettres
DE102009019054A1 (de) 2009-04-27 2010-11-11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Gegenständen in zwei Sortiervorgängen
US8489231B2 (en) 2009-09-18 2013-07-16 Raf Technology, Inc. Loop mail processing
FR2959680B1 (fr) * 2010-05-10 2012-04-20 Solystic Methode pour optimiser un processus de traitement et de transport du courrier en bacs utilisant un tri stratifie
DE202011103000U1 (de) 2011-05-19 2011-12-19 Rudolf Schuster Sortieranlagen für Poststücke nach der Gangfolge der Zusteller
DE102011102004A1 (de) 2011-05-19 2012-11-22 Rudolf Schuster Sortierverfahren für Poststücke nach der Gangfolge der Zusteller
DE102015200618A1 (de) * 2015-01-16 2016-07-21 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Sortiervorrichtung und Verfahren zum Sortieren vonStückgut
CN106709684A (zh) * 2016-12-12 2017-05-24 钟庆生 一种快递整合方法
FR3093295B1 (fr) * 2019-02-28 2021-01-29 Solystic Tri d’objets par des trieurs en parallele avec des passes croisees divisees

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4601369A (en) 1982-12-28 1986-07-22 Isuzu Motors Limited Vehicle electronic control method
DE10039419C1 (de) 2000-08-11 2001-10-18 Siemens Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Kennzeichnen von Stapelabschnitten
WO2002090006A1 (en) 2001-05-07 2002-11-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for sorting mail articles

Family Cites Families (25)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS58207981A (ja) * 1982-05-29 1983-12-03 株式会社東芝 郵便物自動処理装置
FR2555474B1 (fr) * 1983-11-25 1986-03-28 Hotchkiss Brandt Sogeme Procede de tri d'objets plats et indexes et dispositif mettant en oeuvre ce procede
US5311597A (en) * 1992-09-11 1994-05-10 International Business Machines Corporation Deferred optical character recognition active pigeon hole sorting of mail pieces
US5363971A (en) * 1992-10-16 1994-11-15 United States Postal Service Automatic carrier sequence bar code sorter
JPH09173987A (ja) * 1995-12-25 1997-07-08 Hitachi Ltd 郵便処理方法およびシステム
DE19625007C2 (de) * 1996-06-22 2000-03-02 Siemens Ag Verfahren zur Verteilreihenfolgesortierung
DE19647973C1 (de) * 1996-11-20 1997-09-25 Aec Electrocom Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verteilung von Sendungen
DE59706527D1 (de) * 1997-08-06 2002-04-04 Siemens Ag Verfahren zum sortieren von sendungen
IT1309548B1 (it) * 1998-08-14 2002-01-23 Finmeccanica Spa Procedura di pianificazione dello svuotamento delle uscite di unamacchina postale durante un processo di sequenziazione di oggetti
US6316741B1 (en) * 1999-06-04 2001-11-13 Lockheed Martin Corporation Object sortation for delivery sequencing
CN1184022C (zh) * 1999-08-02 2005-01-12 西门子公司 普通包装邮件分拣系统、按照投递点顺序分拣邮件的方法
US6953906B2 (en) * 1999-08-02 2005-10-11 Rapistan Systems Advertising Corp. Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capability
US7081595B1 (en) * 1999-08-31 2006-07-25 United States Postal Service Apparatus and methods for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software
IT1307718B1 (it) * 1999-10-07 2001-11-14 Elsag S P A Metodo di ottimizzazione di un processo di sequenziazione di oggettipostali.
US6741908B2 (en) * 2000-08-23 2004-05-25 Lockheed Martin Corporation Mail bin sort sequence binary file generator
JP2002166229A (ja) * 2000-11-30 2002-06-11 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 紙葉類区分制御方法及び装置
AU2002230732A1 (en) * 2000-12-15 2002-06-24 United States Postal Service Just-in-time sort plan creation
JP2003044551A (ja) * 2001-08-03 2003-02-14 Nec Corp 配送物収集装置とその収集方法、及び収集プログラム、配送物収集システム
DE10145295A1 (de) * 2001-09-14 2003-04-24 Siemens Dematic Ag Verfahren zur Verteilreihenfolgesortierung
JP3804540B2 (ja) * 2002-01-28 2006-08-02 日本電気株式会社 薄物郵便物道順組立仕分装置
US6822182B2 (en) * 2002-07-12 2004-11-23 Siemens Dematic Postal Autoamtion, L.P. Method of sorting mail for carriers using separators
DE10310760B3 (de) * 2003-03-12 2004-09-02 Siemens Ag Verfahren zum Sortieren von Sendungen nach ihren Zieladressen
DE10344576B3 (de) * 2003-09-25 2004-12-30 Siemens Ag Verfahren zum manuellen Zusammenführen manuell verarbeitbarer flacher Sendungen
US7923655B2 (en) * 2004-11-03 2011-04-12 Pitney Bowes Inc. Sorting method and system with dynamically re-allocated sortation bins
US7999206B2 (en) * 2008-03-14 2011-08-16 Siemens Industry, Inc. Method and system for sorting of extended capability mail

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4601369A (en) 1982-12-28 1986-07-22 Isuzu Motors Limited Vehicle electronic control method
DE10039419C1 (de) 2000-08-11 2001-10-18 Siemens Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Kennzeichnen von Stapelabschnitten
WO2002090006A1 (en) 2001-05-07 2002-11-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for sorting mail articles

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1773513A1 (de) 2007-04-18
CA2574809A1 (en) 2006-01-26
JP2008506521A (ja) 2008-03-06
EP2298459A3 (de) 2011-06-29
EP2298459A2 (de) 2011-03-23
WO2006008087A1 (de) 2006-01-26
EP2298458A3 (de) 2011-06-29
EP1773513B1 (de) 2014-05-07
DE102004035365A1 (de) 2006-02-16
EP2298459B1 (de) 2015-02-25
PL2298459T3 (pl) 2015-07-31
US20110192770A1 (en) 2011-08-11

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP2298458A2 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Postsendungen
EP0939679B1 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zur verteilung von sendungen
EP2741867B1 (de) Sortieranlage und sortierverfahren zum gemeinsamen sortieren von verschiedenartigen gegenständen
DE2008521A1 (de) Sortiermaschine, insbesondere Maschine zum Sortieren von Postsendungen
EP1765525A1 (de) Sortiereinrichtung für flache sendungen
EP2085152B1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von flachen Gegenständen in mehreren Sortierläufen
WO2012069350A1 (de) Dynamische tourenplanung
WO2000001496A2 (de) Vorrichtung und verfahren zum erzeugen eines gesamtstapels
DE102008015313A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten und Transportieren von Gegenständen in einer Reihenfolge
EP0999902A1 (de) Verfahren zum sortieren von sendungen
EP2190595B1 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zum transport von mehreren gegenständen
EP1675691B1 (de) Verfahren zum manuellen zusammenführen manuell verarbeitbarer flacher sendungen
DE102009060515A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Gegenständen verschiedener Formatklassen
EP2067535B1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von flachen Postsendungen
EP1872867A1 (de) Sendungssortieranlage
DE2421316C2 (de) Vorrichtung zum Verteilen von Gegenständen
DE69433025T2 (de) System zum Sortieren von blattförmigen oder ähnlichen Materialien entsprechend der Austeilstreckenfolge
EP2011578B1 (de) Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Sortieren von Gegenständen nach der Zustellreihenfolge in mehreren Durchläufen
DE602005003894T2 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum bestellungsabhängigen Sortieren von Produkten
EP1663524B1 (de) Verfahren zum sortieren von sendungen nach der verteilreihenfolge
DE19629125C2 (de) Verfahren zum Sortieren von Sendungen
EP2226130A1 (de) Sortierverfahren und Sortieranlage mit zwei verschiedenen Gruppen von Ausgabeeinrichtungen
DE102007034660B3 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Gegenständen
EP1916039B1 (de) Verfahren zum Identifizieren von Gegenständen und Signaturvergleichsvorrichtung
DE102007057985A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Transport von Gegenständen mittels gekennzeichneter Behälter

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AC Divisional application: reference to earlier application

Ref document number: 1773513

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: P

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

PUAL Search report despatched

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

RTI1 Title (correction)

Free format text: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SORTING MAIL

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20111229

D17P Request for examination filed (deleted)
STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20111230