As production capacity continues to expand in industries such as food, the large health industry, pet food, and daily chemicals, traditional single-channel unordered material sorting machines are gradually finding it difficult to meet the demands of large-volume, high-speed production. Faced with the dual demands of enterprises to both increase production capacity and control workshop floor space and equipment investment costs, Hanlee Automation Technology Co., Ltd., based on market pain points, has carried out innovative development of multi-channel unordered material sorting equipment, breaking the capacity bottleneck of single-channel machines and providing a new solution for the automated packaging of soft pouch and stick pack products.

Traditional single-channel unordered material sorting machines rely on a single track to complete material breaking-up, correction, and conveying, resulting in a limited capacity ceiling. If enterprises want to increase output, most can only add multiple standalone machines. This not only occupies a large amount of factory space, but also increases equipment procurement and maintenance costs. Synchronizing and debugging multiple machines is difficult, and problems such as inconsistent rhythm and material congestion are likely to occur. Soft pouch materials such as coffee sticks, probiotic powder stick packs, cat treat sticks, and facial mask sample pouches are light and thin and prone to sticking together. Under high-speed production, they place extremely high requirements on sorting stability, which also imposes higher requirements on the structure and control system of sorting equipment.

The multi-channel unordered material sorting machine from Hanlee Automation Technology Co., Ltd. adopts an innovative parallel multi-channel design. It can be configured with two-channel, three-channel, and four-channel configurations. Multiple independent sorting tracks are set up within the same main machine. After materials enter the large-capacity storage hopper, they are distributed to each channel through an elevating conveying mechanism. Each channel independently completes breaking-up, posture correction, and directional sequencing, and finally the materials converge for output, achieving synchronous sorting of multiple material streams. The equipment is equipped with a multi-axis servo control system. The speed and gap parameters of each channel can be adjusted independently, enabling coordinated rhythm across channels. It can both discharge at high speed synchronously and start or stop a specific channel independently according to production needs, balancing large-volume production and flexible changeover.

In terms of technical details, the equipment continues to use a food-grade stainless steel body with no hygiene dead corners, adapting to the cleanliness standards of food and pharmaceutical production. It adopts a flexible roller structure to reduce squeezing and friction and lower the risk of soft pouch breakage and material leakage. It is equipped with photoelectric detection and a stacked-pack rejection mechanism. Each channel has counting and detection capabilities, effectively reducing the probability of stacked packs and incorrect packs. Compared with multiple single-channel machines connected in parallel, the multi-channel solution greatly reduces floor space, decreases the number of machines, lowers later maintenance workload, and effectively controls enterprise equipment investment costs.

The equipment is widely compatible with various long stick-shaped soft pouch products such as coffee sticks, probiotic stick packs, cat treat sticks, and daily chemical sample pouches. It can directly connect to cartoning machines and X-ray inspection equipment to form a complete automated packaging production line. In large-order production scenarios, the multi-channel mode can multiply production capacity, helping enterprises cope with peak-season delivery pressure. During small-batch production, some channels can be shut down to flexibly adapt to multi-category changeover production.

The innovative development of the multi-channel unordered material sorting machine from Hanlee Automation Technology Co., Ltd. has solved the industry challenge of high-speed sorting of soft pouch materials. Through the combination of structural innovation and intelligent control systems, it balances capacity, space, cost, and stability, helping industries such as food, the large health industry, and pet food achieve intelligent upgrading of packaging processes and providing reliable equipment support for manufacturing enterprises to improve quality and efficiency.