Industry Breakthrough
Announcing the Labor-Free Apply On The Fly As The Carton Goes By Shipping Label & Packing List Fulfillment System. True Automated Print & Apply designed to replace the traditional shipping label and cumbersome “Packing List Enclosed” plastic pouch on outgoing parcel shipments. The system is designed to dramatically increase profits and eliminate the human labor bottleneck in traditional shipping/manifesting systems. The Labor-Free Labeling System is designed for high volume (500,000 and up) parcel distribution operations.

How the Labor-Free Labeling System Works
The system is controlled by software that conveys, aligns, tracks, justifies and labels the outbound cartons. Upstream of the applicators, the system reads the cartons’ order barcode, looks up the label data in its’ real-time database and transmits the label data to the applicators. The cartons are tracked at a 1/8" resolution along the conveyor belt to the first applicator and the customer packing list is printed and applied to the side of the carton. The packing list is verified by a scanner positioned directly following the packing list applicator.

The carton continues on the conveyor to the second applicator and a slightly larger carrier shipping label is printed and accurately applied over the packing list label. The shipping label is verified by a scanner positioned directly following the shipping label applicator. The system is designed to run in a continuous operation and can be operated by a single operator. An optional in-motion scale and scanner can be provided with the system to capture final carton weight for the shipping manifest.

Print & Apply Equipment
Several companies currently manufacture print and apply equipment that is compatible with the patented label system. One example is the Zebra 170 Pax and Label-Aire 2138 for Pneumatic (air) side apply or Panther P2000 Electric (very fast) for top apply application

The labels, in combination with the high-speed print-apply air-tamp applicators, are designed to apply approximately 20 boxes per minute or roughly 1,500 an hour on one line. The labels are applied to the side or top of virtually any size and weight carton from 6.5" x 8.5" to over 36"x 36" and from 1 pound to 70 pounds.

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