Improved parcel merging for a parcel sorter system

Title

Improved parcel merging for a parcel sorter system

 Author

Visser, Thijs (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering)

Contributor

Negenborn, R.R. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0001-9784-1225
Duinkerken, M.B. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0002-7836-9321

 Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Programme

Marine Technology | Transport Engineering and Logistics

 Date

2018-10-08

 Abstract

Within this research two new reservation control methods are examined for a parcel sorting system. Parcel sorting systems consist among other elements several infeed conveyors which are connected to a main conveyor. Parcels are then merged onto the main line. This is done using a First-Come-First-Serve method. This method experiences both a loss in throughput and an imbalanced throughput over all infeed conveyors. The two new methods improve the throughput and reduce the imbalance greatly.

 Subject

Parcel sorting systems
Merge Sort
material handling

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Student theses

 Document type

master thesis

 Rights

© 2018 Thijs Visser
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