Process unit of a sorting installation, - wherein the process unit comprises a sorting device, by way of which material is separated out from a supplied fraction; - wherein the process unit comprises a first transportation device, by way of which material that has been separated out from the fraction is transported away as a first material stream, - wherein the process unit comprises at least one second transportation device, by way of which further material that has been separated out from the fraction is transported away as a second material stream, - wherein the process unit comprises a first sensor device, with which properties of the first material stream are detected, - wherein the process unit comprises at least one second sensor device, with which properties of the second material stream are detected, - wherein the process unit comprises a control device, - wherein the process unit comprises an actuating variable, by way of which a composition of the first material stream and a composition of the second material stream are influenced in such a way that either the first material stream is increased and the second material stream is reduced or the first material stream is reduced and the second material stream is increased, characterized in that the actuating variable is in the form of a distribution device, wherein the distribution device comprises a conveying device and a movement device, wherein the conveying device catches material that has been separated out from the fraction, wherein the conveying device can be automatically displaced, in a manner controlled by the control device, by the movement device in relation to the sorting device in such a way that the composition of the material caught by the conveying device is changed and wherein the conveying direction (x'41; x41) of the conveying device can be adjusted in a controlled manner by the control device in such a way that the distribution device conveys the caught material either to the first transportation device or to the second transportation device. - wherein the process unit comprises a sorting device, by way of which material is separated out from a supplied fraction; - wherein the process unit comprises a first transportation device, by way of which material that has been separated out from the fraction is transported away as a first material stream, - wherein the process unit comprises at least one second transportation device, by way of which further material that has been separated out from the fraction is transported away as a second material stream, - wherein the process unit comprises a first sensor device, with which properties of the first material stream are detected, - wherein the process unit comprises at least one second sensor device, with which properties of the second material stream are detected, - wherein the process unit comprises a control device, - wherein the process unit comprises an actuating variable, by way of which a composition of the first material stream and a composition of the second material stream are influenced in such a way that either the first material stream is increased and the second material stream is reduced or the first material stream is reduced and the second material stream is increased,