As a result, CSL was tasked with engineering a solution which, besides assisting a Direct Mailing house, make the transition from cage to tote handling, increased their volume throughputs with the added benefit of an excellent return on their investment.

Working closely with both the customer and other equipment suppliers, an automated conveyor system was designed to move products 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 full totes away from multiple lines for labelling and despatch at a rate of up to 100 totes per minute.

CSL says its experience and proven capabilities in conveyor systems and tote handling made it well suited to providing an automated solution, which not only increased handling capacity but also reduced the overall running costs.

CSL uses a wide range of products, from 24v Zero Line Pressure rollers (non-contact accumulating conveyor), sortation systems and vertical elevators for operations such as order picking/stock replenishment to/from mezzanine floors to pallet conveyors for heavy and bulk applications.