A DEVICE FOR FEEDING ITEMS TO A SORTING MACHINE AND SORTING MACHINE

摘要

A device for feeding items to a sorting machine (1), comprising: a conveyor plane for feeding items or parcels along an advancement direction; an optical detection device (18), to allow the acquisition, while the items are in motion on the conveyor plane of the three-dimensional coordinates of a determined number of points on the surface of the items and to organize them into coordinate vectors; a manipulator (19) provided to pick the items from the conveyor plane and to place the items picked in a desired position; a control system, provided to process, for each item in motion on the conveyor plane, the coordinate vectors in order to obtain a three-dimensional representation of the item, comprising the information based on which the control system handles the manipulator for picking and placing the items. The invention also relates to a sorting machine and a method for feeding items to a sorting machine aimed at increasing production capacity and accuracy thereof.