Merge & Divert Systems
Controlled Product Release & Direct Product Where It Needs to Go
Kraken Divert and Merge Systems control how products move between machines. Divert solutions redirect product, split flow between lanes, bypass downstream processes, or feed multiple lines. Merge solutions stage, meter, and combine parallel streams into a single downstream process, handling timing and spacing even when upstream equipment runs at variable speeds. Both adapt to real-time line conditions, accumulation, and downstream demand.
Merge Systems
We help manufacturers improve:
Successful merging depends on more than bringing lanes together. Products have to be released, timed, and presented in a way that prevents collisions and misfeeds.
Throughput Protection – Merge points become bottlenecks when they aren't optimized. Kraken systems hold production rate while balancing flow between lanes.
Real Line Integration – Systems communicate with upstream and downstream equipment for coordinated startup, shutdown, accumulation detection, and fault recovery.
Flexibility Under Changing Conditions – Spacing, speed, and availability are rarely consistent. Kraken merge systems respond and keep product moving.
Built Around Your Layout – Configured to fit the line as it exists: floor space, access, elevation changes, surrounding equipment.
Divert Systems
We help manufacturers:
Splitting product from one lane into multiple downstream paths
Rerouting product when one line is down or unavailable
Feeding parallel downstream equipment
Controlling/metering high-speed product routing without disruption
Diverting heavy or difficult-to-handle products
Managing backup conditions with integrated accumulation
Creating flexible product paths between processes
Kraken designs Divert Systems to make product routing predictable and repeatable—so the line can adapt without losing control.
Kraken Automation is a system integrator for end-of-line packaging. The merge & divert systems shown here are examples pulled from real customer solutions, engineered around specific products, rates, and layouts. Every system is designed for the line it goes into, not selected from a standard model list.