SPPAL installs automated sorting machines for Australia Post
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) has installed automated flats sorting machines at four Australia Post mail sorting centres.
In a statement sent to Post&Parcel, SPPAL said that six Open Mail Handling Systems (OMS) were installed in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth where they will be used to sort flats, plastic-wrapped magazines and small packages.
Five of the delivered OMS are equipped with four input lines and 284 outlets for mail trays and can each sort up to 50,000 items per hour. The sixth OMS is fitted with two input lines and 148 outlets and can sort up to 25,000 items per hour. Barcode readers and printers are used in all six systems.
The new OMS will assume the tasks performed for over ten years by sorting machines previously supplied by Siemens.
“We needed to update our existing equipment to handle the large variety of mail coming through our sorting centres, so we selected Siemens’ OMS technology to maximize the volume of product that could be processed through automation,” said Jadd Brammall, Head of Processing at Australia Post.
According to SPPAL, the OMS offer a high level of automation for handling flats and small parcels, coupled with fast sequencing and sorting processes in an ergonomic environment.
