New fully automated baggage sorting system installed for Eastern Airlines at Miami airport applies digital avionics technology to identify and sort passenger baggage at a rate of 70 bags per min. Developed by Bendix with Eastern this system utilizes specially coded labels printed on demand at baggage check-in points, along with laser beam code readers and digital controllers to sort baggage for as many a 1,024 different flights or destinations as it moves along conveyor belts at speeds of up to 300 ft./min.
Eastern Installs Baggage Code System.
Eastern installiert ein Gepaeck-Codierungssystem
Aviation Week and Space Technology ; 98 , 9 ; 27-28
1973
2 Seiten, 1 Bild
Article (Journal)
English
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