Improves
Productivity by Reducing Loading Time by up to 75 Percent
Durham, N.C., Jan. 8, 2013 –
Bell
and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and
digital messaging, today announced the immediate availability of its new Solix™
mail tray loading system. Solix improves operator productivity by reducing
manual handling of mailpieces, delivering up to 75 percent increased
efficiency.
“Today’s high-speed
inserting systems create both opportunities and challenges for mailers. We
observed that operators who used traditional output conveyors and associated
traying methods cannot keep pace with the output volume. Managers are then left
with the choice of reducing speed or adding extra labor, which offsets some of
the benefits of having a high-speed inserter,” said Jerry DeRome, Bell and
Howell’s Director of Product Management. “Solix enables mailers to achieve the
maximum throughput and return on investment from their high-speed systems by
improving operator productivity.”
Bell and Howell time and
motion studies revealed that inserting-system operators spend 45 percent of
their time at the envelope output conveyor, with the majority of this time used
to gather and place finished mailpieces into mail trays. “Solix provides
significant productivity gains that quickly add up in production-level
environments,” added DeRome.
Benefits of this new
solution include the following:
- On-edge
stacking of mailpieces with the capacity to hold up to five mail trays. This
increases operator efficiency by reducing the number of times the operator has
to visit the delivery area of the machine.
- Mailpieces
can be swept into the mail tray with a single motion. This eliminates the need
to pick up mail a handful at a time, and can reduce the time to load the tray
from 35 to five seconds.
- An
integrated roller conveyor for the mail trays reduces the amount of lifting
required and provides a simplified connection to automated material-handling
systems.
- Envelope
offsetting or marking to identify tray breaks for inline sorting. This saves
time by providing easy identification of tray breaks.
- Optional
tray tag printer enables printing of tags in real time, and saves time by
eliminating the need to handle and search through stacks of pre-printed tags.
- Optional
inspection camera provides various forms of quality checking, eliminating the
time required to fan through the mailpieces to perform manual quality checks.
Solix
is compatible with Bell and Howell inserting systems and with most third-party
inserting lines. View a video of Solix on YouTube here.
For more information, call
1-800-220-3030, email marketing@bhemail.com, or
visit www.bellhowell.net. Also,
visit www.facebook.com/BellandHowell
or follow @bellandhowell on Twitter.
About Bell and Howell
Bell and Howell, LLC is a
leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital
messaging. The company’s complete portfolio includes products that reduce
production and postage costs; increase operational efficiency, message impact
and relevancy; and ensure integrity and quality. Supporting these solutions is
one of the largest dedicated service organizations in the industry. The company
is headquartered in Durham, N.C., and maintains facilities in Wheeling, Ill.,
Bethlehem, Pa., and Rochester, N.Y. For further information, please visit www.bellhowell.net.