With the new tabbing regulations, it’s conceivable that some jobs will require an inkjet and two tabbers running in-line with each other. Add a separate feeder and a detached dryer table and you could have as many as 5 separate speed dials to control; And all of them are in different locations! This doesn’t even count the conveyor.
Consider the idea of electrical integration and Speed Following to improve your performance and simplify set-up. What is Speed Following? It’s a kit that includes encoders and a PLC, so that you can control all of your equipment with a single speed dial. This feature also gives you a common start/stop switch to prevent jams when stopping one of your in-line machines.
07/01/09
A Mailing Stimulus Package?
A recent trade magazine shows a graph that depicts mailing volumes from 1999-2009. During that period, First Class Mail has been steadily dropping, but Standard Mail has experienced a steady increase from 2002-2008.
Up to a point, Standard Mail doesn’t seem to be competing with the internet, because the volumes were quite high until the economy crashed. In the face of volume that has fallen below 2002 levels, the USPS has come up with an idea for a stimulus package. Overall I think it’s a great concept, but like everything else that is run by the government, they made it a little too complicated.
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