Packet Sorting Machine

[Budfrog]

New packet sorting machine to be trialled at Swindon MC apparently with the ambitious target of 30k per hour (the fastest throughput of any type of packet sorting machine anywhere).

Not quite sure what staffing levels will be needed, but assume they will link in with AI (address interpretation) and be coded somehow, not sure of the size either but if they are anything like previous 'manual' packet sorting conveyors expect a pretty large footprint.

Will be rolled out to key mail centres after the trial, but do not yet know time scales.

Does anyone know more ??

[DirtyHarry]

Staffing levels? That's a joke.

It will be understaffed just like anywhere else in this tin-pot, cheapskate, cowboy outfit.

[hubbahubba]

Where you get this info budfrog?(if not too hush-hush!)

[adb2aber]

Not sure on the timeline but yeah seems to be pretty certain it'll be arriving reasonably soon. Staffing wise no-one has been told about any reductions yet.

What sort of machine will it be? Rumour was that it could be anything of a variety of machines - AI based, operators reading out the postcode based, keying based or who knows what.

[tcblue]

Yes told today in team talk that these machines are being trialled and should be installed in major mail centres in a year to 18 month's not great duties plus overtime sa's will be going

[Budfrog]

Where you get this info budfrog?(if not too hush-hush!)

No secret, I was talking to a Sortation Automation Manager.

[fishtank]

I'm sure Moya mentioned automated packet sorting at the gathering of the great and good on monday.

[tcblue]

I guess this will affect nights also a lot of packet sorters on nights ?

[hubbahubba]

Like to know how big these are,as our MC is cramped at best....

[SpacePhoenix]

Like to know how big these are,as our MC is cramped at best....

I doubt that there is a single MC in the country that has got the space for one of them

[fishtank]

Like to know how big these are,as our MC is cramped at best....

I doubt that there is a single MC in the country that has got the space for one of them

Does that mean new build and more merging?

[hubbahubba]

Like to know how big these are,as our MC is cramped at best....

I doubt that there is a single MC in the country that has got the space for one of them

Does that mean new build and more merging?

Maybe,but if,as good ol Moya has said, the letter volumes are falling and packets rising,they may ditch some IMPs in favour of the new packet sorting kit?...

[POSTMAN]

Yep,Moya's desperate for them,30k an hr!

[disheartened]

Yes told today in team talk that these machines are being trialled and should be installed in major mail centres in a year to 18 month's not great duties plus overtime sa's will be going

So i guess HCN is classed as a major mail centre,how big are these packet sorting machines?space at HCN is at a premium already!!