CSL awarded tote handling post
According to conveyor system provider and integrator, CSL, recent indications are that the Royal Mail is looking to change the handling medium for typical letters, bank statements, direct mail etc from a combination of cage trolleys and sacks to transporting these in standard stackable plastic totes.
As a result of this CSL was tasked with engineering a solution which, besides successfully assisting a direct mailing house make the transition from cage to tote handling, increased volume throughputs with the added benefit of an ‘excellent’ return on investment.
Working closely with the customer and other equipment suppliers, an automated conveyor system was designed to move product from several collating/wrapping machines in Royal Mail totes. This involved delivering empty totes to a number of automatic insertion/wrapping machines and then conveying the full totes away from multiple lines for labelling and despatch at a rate of up to 100 totes per minute.
