Polybag Mailer System
The AUTOBAG® brand FloWrap polybag rightsizing mailer system is a powerful solution for high-volume e-commerce fulfillment that produces customized, ready-to-ship, rightsized polybags. Bags are automatically scanned, labeled, manifested, and validated. The finished package is ready for expedient shipment without any wasted material or void space. Finished polybags can then easily be fed into a bin or sortation system. The system’s new automatic reset feature and improved notifications make it simple to operate, meaning fewer errors, less equipment downtime, and better labor optimization.
Features and Benefits
- Increase fulfillment velocity by producing up to 30 polybags per minute
- Polybag film is available in an assortment of widths
- Recent mechanical improvements create continuous equipment uptime
- Save on labor costs by eliminating product sorting, label application, scanning, and manual packing
- Automatic reset feature eliminates the need for an operator to clear system errors
- Improved system notifications make it easy to operate with minimal to no training
- AUTOBAG® brand polybags can be recycled at more than 18,000 retail store drop-off locations nationwide. Visit How2Recycle.info for details.
- Rightsized packaging reduces waste, and offers weight and space savings, lessening enviornmental impact during transit and distribution.
Specifications
- FloWrap polybag material available in single-wound film that contains 52% recycled content
| PRODUCT DIMENSIONS |
Min product: 2" wide x ½" high x 4" long Max product: 14" wide x 7" high x infinite length |
| POWER | 230VAC, single-phase, 30 amp service, 60 Hz |
| AIR | 4.5 CFM at 90 PSI max, 60 PSI min – dry and clean |
More Details
The FloWrap™ Automated Mailer system provides flexible, economic package protection for
durable items. Simply place the product on the infeed conveyor with a barcode visible, and the
system will do the rest. The barcode is scanned, either from the product or a packing slip, and is
communicated to the customer’s WMS, which finds the order, then sends the label information to the
printer applicator. The printer applies the shipping label to the flat web of material over the
corresponding product.
The length and height of the product is automatically detected as it is drawn into the system. The
FloWrap™ system produces a finished pack with the appropriate length of material to wrap the
product. Integrated safety features on the safety gate/shear cutter detect if a product or foreign
object is within the cutter before it is activated. A secondary barcode scanner scans the completed
pack to guarantee the packs are in sequence.
The horizontal, in-line system integrates easily and elegantly into existing packaging lines processing orders faster with less labor. The only manual task required is to place the product on the conveyor with the barcode visible, and the system will do the rest including identifying unlabeled or out-of-sequence
orders. The resulting package is fully scanned, labeled, manifested, and validated. The package is ready for expedient shipment without an inch of wasted material or void space. Finished mailers can be fed into a bin or a sortation system.
Communication Protocol and WMS Integration
Standard System Operation
When orders are loaded onto the infeed belt, the FloWrap® Mailer System will scan any form of inducting document coupled with the order for a barcode through a set of image based scanners. These scanners are omnidirectional and can recognize 1-D, Stacked, 2-D and Postal barcodes. The scan will be stored in the FloWrap® System in string data form for internal tracking purposes. In tandem, it will output the string to the customer's Warehouse Management System [WMS] to trigger order manifesting and initiate the printing of a shipping label.
Note: The barcode scanned on the inducting document must
be dup licated on the shipping label for verification purposes.
Note: This barcode must be unique in type and length to any
other barcodes on either the inducting document or shipping
label.
The FloWrap® Mailer System’s standard label applicator utilizes
a Zebra ZE500-4, 203 dpi print engine. It accepts ZPL strings
through TCP/IP (most common) or it can be setup to print
through a USB connection. Go to Zebra.com. for support
information.
Standard interfaces (3) - customer chosen
- Serial Port/232
This is connected directly to a local PC or thin client. The customer's WMS would identify strings through the designated com port. - Wedgelink USB Adapter
This converts serial data to keyboard strokes + one carriage return. This would be pointed at an input field on a open session running on a local PC or thin client. (most popular) - Startech Serial to TCP/IP Adapter
Sealed Air would designate a unique IP address for a socket connection on the customer’s server Shipping labels are queued by the Zebra printer until the FloWrap® Mailer System triggers the label application. After the label is applied, the product and packaging travel through the jaw and are sealed and separated into individual packs. Before each pack exits the system, the shipping label on the exterior of the pack is verified via a discharge scanner by matching the duplicated barcode image to the original scan. This action guarantees that the packs are labeled correctly.
