Challenge / Project goal
- Automatic loading of pouches for sorting according to customer orders
- Optimal use of space in existing building
- High transporting loads (up to 8 kg per shuttle)
- Daily processing of 20,000 pouches with foil wrapped laundry items
ferag.skyfall Pouch Sorter for Industrial Laundry: Results
This Skyfall pouch sorter for industrial laundry loads pouches automatically and sorts them by customer order. It makes efficient use of the existing building’s floor space, with no need for a larger footprint. Each shuttle carries loads of up to 8 kilograms. Every day, the system processes 20,000 pouches of foil-wrapped laundry. Five automatic infeed and delivery stations keep the whole process running at a high level of automation.
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Why Industrial Laundries Choose a Pouch Sorter
Industrial laundries handle heavy, bulky loads every day, often inside an existing building with limited space to expand. Linen has to reach the right customer order, every time, without manual sorting slowing things down. A Skyfall pouch sorter for industrial laundry is built for exactly this environment:
- Carries heavy loads, up to 8 kilograms per shuttle
- Sorts automatically by customer order, without manual handling
- Makes efficient use of existing building space, with no extra footprint needed
- Keeps foil-wrapped linen sets moving at high daily volumes
- Scales to some of the largest installations in the industrial laundry sector
Plan Your Own Pouch Sorter with ferag.go
Considering a similar Skyfall pouch sorter for industrial laundry at your own site? The ferag.go Pouch Sorter Configurator makes it easy. You enter a few operational inputs: daily volume, load per shuttle, and available floor space. From there, it builds a first system concept in under 10 minutes, complete with layout direction and investment orientation. The tool is free and non-binding. So it’s a quick way to check whether pouch-based automation fits your laundry operation, before you enter detailed engineering.
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