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'Tube & Bracket'(wolves mc)

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wearewolves
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'Tube & Bracket'(wolves mc)

Post by wearewolves »

Any other mail centres got T&B?

we have started processing mailsorts and some mech dsa on these frames and soon dsa manual will be processed in the same way, meters and hand stamping is also going threw the same process...
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I am gonna have to ask.....what is or are tube & bracket?
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Wern't they a couple of blokes who dressed up as old dears, told jokes and sung the odd song or two :whistle
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Post by Wessex »

oypostie wrote:Wern't they a couple of blokes who dressed up as old dears, told jokes and sung the odd song or two :whistle
How on earth they got an audience I will never know, I put them in the same category as 1970's charity pram races.
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oypostie wrote:Wern't they a couple of blokes who dressed up as old dears, told jokes and sung the odd song or two :whistle
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DGP1 wrote:
oypostie wrote:Wern't they a couple of blokes who dressed up as old dears, told jokes and sung the odd song or two :whistle
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I'm deeply embarrassed to even know this :oops:
.... and I thought you got royalties every time they are mentioned. :hmmmm :hmmmm :hmmmm :hmmmm
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Post by Lounge Lizard »

DGP1 wrote:
oypostie wrote:Wern't they a couple of blokes who dressed up as old dears, told jokes and sung the odd song or two :whistle
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I'm deeply embarrassed to even know this :oops:
and they lived in the next town to Wolverhampton. :nana :nana
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Post by teesdale »

Use them at Bristol Mail Centre for processing meter mail. Was brought in as part of World class mail. Huge contraptions, supposed to be faster and I think they are. Only thing is they make someone look as if they are part of a machine.
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Post by wearewolves »

disheartened wrote:I am gonna have to ask.....what is or are tube & bracket?
from what ive been told and seen is that there are 5 workers chained to the t&b frame :shock:
2 loaders at the front empty the ms bags and 2 workers on each side dtre to the correct trays then slide the box down the rollers and the worker at the end of the frame segs the mail into the york.

seems the new working system has speeded things up. :Applause
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Post by lions »

We now use tube and bracket at gatwick mail centre, there are six for 1c and two for 2c, it works better than the tables we had before which mail was tipped and sorted, the only problem was getting trays for them and also they had to be lowered because mainly women were working on them and they were to small to push the trays when they full of mail.
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Post by disheartened »

I am unsure if we are working at the same firm,i can honestly say i've never heard or seen these tube & bracket contraptions,but i am only an mgv driver and have only done 32 years,perhaps i need to be more alert :Very Happy

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disheartened wrote:I am unsure if we are working at the same firm,i can honestly say i've never heard or seen these tube & bracket contraptions,but i am only an mgv driver and have only done 32 years,perhaps i need to be more alert :Very Happy

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A very confused disheartened
TBH us on delivery are confused by a lot of things, I think they should all be called 'big whirly sorty machines' but I'm sure our resident machine nerd will give us all a indepth lesson on all the machines :nervous :chuckle
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Post by Straight4ward »

"Big whirly sorty machines"
Sounds good to me, DGP.

But then, what would we know? We're just the foot soldiers. We need the Corps of Royal Engineers to explain things.
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Post by DGP1 »

Straight4ward wrote:
"Big whirly sorty machines"
Sounds good to me, DGP.

But then, what would we know? We're just the foot soldiers. We need the Corps of Royal Engineers to explain things.
I wonder if it's got flashy lights and soothing noises too.................and even better if it was shiney too :nervous
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Swinder
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Re: 'Tube & Bracket'(wolves mc)

Post by Swinder »

Nothing too complex about them, they just make a few tasks a little simpler, ie; Tipping and segregating the work directly onto the frames rather than tipping work into another piece of equipment to then have it conveyed to be sorted into other equipment.

One thing that is definitely apparent is that it is harder to walk away from the area, that being said, as long as you don't take the piss then is there anything to worry about?