Abstract: The conveying means used in the cut tobacco case handling system e.g. AGV, conveyor, loop-type shuttle vehicle, has the common shortcomings of low efficiency and slow response. Therefore, a ground support type EMS flexible conveying system featuring contactless power transmission technology and shunting function was designed, which was composed of EMS vehicles, track system, power supply system and control system. By means of automatic shunting mechanism to form multiloop and nested running mode of EMS route, the fast and accurate connecting between tobacco case and pneumatic tobacco feeding system and continuous rear end tobacco supply were realized. The results of simulation analysis indicated that comparing with traditional loop-type shuttle vehicle system, the ground support type EMS flexible conveying system effectively reduced vehicle's idle running, and allowed to reduce vehicle's number by more than 40%; the system possessed the merits of higher flexibility and rapid response, and was suitable for distantly conveying a mass flow of material at a place with complicated plant arrangement.