A narrow belt sorting
machine and a sorting method therefor, a narrow belt sorting control method, an apparatus, a
system, and a device. The narrow belt sorting
machine comprises a mechanical transportation apparatus, and the mechanical transportation device is used for sorting items by means of a curved track section (1), a straight track section (2), a forward mounted
motor unit (5), a reverse mounted
motor unit (6), narrow belt carts (3), an
infrared communication installation
assembly (7), a positional return and anti-collision
assembly (8) for a
permanent magnet linear synchronous motor, a power supply
assembly (9), and a
laser distance measurement assembly (10). The narrow belt sorting control method is applied to an
infrared controller in a narrow belt sorting
system. A
package to be sorted on a first target narrow belt
cart (3) is transported to a target sorting channel according to first position information and
package state information corresponding to each narrow belt
cart (3); and
package state information corresponding to a package to be sorted and second position information corresponding to each narrow belt
cart (3) are obtained, so as to transport the package to be sorted to a second target narrow belt cart (3). By utilizing
wireless infrared communication in cooperation with corresponding upper
computer software, installation difficulty and malfunction rates are reduced, equipment costs are reduced, the control
layout of an entire narrow belt linear sorting
machine is simplified, and the narrow belt sorting control method can improve the reliability of narrow belt sorting control.