YORKSHIRE Packaging Systems (YPS) has revealed that automation of the entire packing operation has streamlined the process for one online-only retailer.
The firm supplied a full system including infeed, bagging and auto labelling machine and end of line automatic sortation. This has reportedly resulted in improved throughput, while reducing the pack bench count from 15 to six.
YPS added this saving ensures payback of the whole automated system in less than 12 months.
The fully automated system includes three key components:
- An 8m-long staged infeed conveyor, fed by the six pack benches, situated with three on each side
- A Flexo E-com automated bagging machine, which forms tight mailing packs around the products. It features an integrated Videojet thermal print labelling system, with advanced data handling for full GDPR compliance
- An automated sortation system at the end of the line that sends each finished pack to the correct carrier network dispatch point.
YPS is also supplying fully recyclable, 70%+ recycled content printed film, from which the automated bagging machine creates the mailing pack.
MD Glyn Johnson said, “We supply all sorts of operations with a range of automated packaging equipment and materials. This includes full systems, such as this, where we co-ordinate the supply of the different elements to achieve the customer’s packaging aims.”
The result of the new investment is a ‘fluid, high-speed’ operation preparing over 600 packs per hour of home textiles for mailing to customers.
