Triple Cut Series - Dual Flex Operator Station - Overview
HIGH LEVEL INTRO:
Most commonly used for relatively fast applications like REMITTANCE. It’s 1 Triple Cut unit (4,100 per hour flow potential) supplying 2 operators - each with their own
independent 32” extract conveyor workstations…unlike the Simple Dual Operator Station configuration, where
2 operators share a common extract conveyor.
The Dual Flex Operator Station
is a semi-automatic envelope extractor designed for 2 operators to achieve
maximum throughput. When individual operator capability suggests extraction speeds in excess of a 1,100 per hour rate – then this configuration, or our Single Operator Station Triple Cut can supply separated-for-grasp transactions without either operator experiencing periodic lapses in transactions available-for-grasp.
This device differs from the Simple Dual Operator Station in that the 2 operators use independent
extract conveyors with unique smart-gating, so that the faster operator is never restricted by the slower operator. This configuration is ideal for windowed envelope payments.
This is often chosen with our Thickness/Metal
Outsort Option.
What makes this configuration unique from Single Operator Station Double Cuts would be:
10% less expensive
10% less to maintain
35% less square footage w/ service and
operator access considered
Our Production Statistics are in accordance
w/ both Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing
guidelines. To understand more about this,
look to the right under Unique Features
and click-on the Production Statistics Quick
Access Key. This is usually considered our
most unique feature that defines why our
solutions bring a fresh perspective on
helping you manage your process.
Custom Worksurface & Sort Bins offer a
much wider range of choices, flexibility and
comfort. To see various choices, look to the
right under Unique Features and click-on
the Worksurface & Sort Bins Quick Access
Key.
Unique Empty Envelope Assurance is
different from other competitive alternatives.
We inspect each independent envelope panel
for un-removed contents, as well as the
Center Channel where contents get separated
and transported for easy grasp. Every other
manufacturer closes the envelope panel and
inspects for un-removed contents through 2
panels of paper. This becomes a very
significant benefit when you run intermixed
sized envelopes (white mail). To understand
more about this, look to the right under
Unique Features and click-on the Empty Envelope Assurance Quick Access Key.
Grasping contents on an Agissar requires a GRASP or GRIP, as Occupational Therapists describe it. It does not require A PINCH. If you’ve been told that an ANGLE-FOR-GRASP represents a difference that offsets what we’re presenting here, you might like to consult with an Occupational Therapist specializing in Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation from a local Hospital or Clinic.
We recall some pretty convincing ergonomic reviews on the merits of extracting from an
Agissar vs. Double Cut. As long as the device’s presentation for GRASP-OF-CONTENTS and the primary SORT BINS don’t encourage a downward deviation of the wrist, you have an Occupational Therapist’s initial approval. This discussion point brings us to another consideration.
If we provide you with a DROP-POCKET in the work surface (primary sort) for fast applications like COUPON/CHECK transactions, does an operator’s wrist ever deviate downwards during the SORTING process?
If you’re performing the kind of repetition (once every 2 or 3 seconds) without any
significant diversity in wrist movement between the GRASP & SORT actions (I.e. unfold, reorder, reorient, etc.), then you need to get beyond the sales-hype and mumbo-jumbo (I.e. ask an expert).
To understand a little more about this, look to the right under Unique Features and
click-on the Grasp vs Pinch Quick Access Key.
Controlling Cut Contents simply can not be
addressed by using MILLING TECHNOLOGY.
Milling technology is fine as a high speed
method of opening mail. But if you examine
100 envelopes passed through a high speed
milling device that’s been set up to cut
between 1/16” & 1/32” depth, you’ll notice
a minimum of 5 envelopes with INCOMPLETE
CUTS…which is fine if you run a MANUAL
EXTRACTION process. But if you incorporate
this technology into an EXTRACTION device
that SEPARATES CONTENTS from ENVELOPE
PANELS, you’ll fail on these
5 envelopes with
incomplete cuts.
You really have to JOG this
mail if you are going to run OUTSORTED
EXCEPTIONS from an Auto Extractor or
WHITE MAIL. To understand more about this,
look to the right under Unique Features and
click-on the Controlling Cut Contents Quick
Access Key.
Scaleability, or Upgradeability as some say – is probably a unique difference that we could have placed first on our list. We offer 19 different Options. To understand more about our Options, look to the right under Specifications and click-on the Options Quick Access Key.
In closing:
If you are the least bit concerned, or your only apprehension about this configuration choice revolves around a downtime impact driving 2, not 1 operator, back to a manual extraction process…then take this thought one level further.
Run the numbers:
If a Single Operator Station DOUBLE CUT or TRIPLE CUT were to go completely down 6 times a year, forcing the operator back to a MANUAL PROCESS (half the extraction rate) for 4 hours, you’d lose the equivalent or potential of 12 maximum operating hours per year (remember the half speed factor). Using an example of 2,000 potential operating hours per year (1-shift / 5-days per week / 10 holidays per year), we’re left with a .06% downtime factor.
But let’s say that a Dual Operator configuration is a little more complex and will endure twice the cycle-duty; and we project going completely down 9 times per year. Again, this forces 2 operators back to a MANUAL PROCESS (half the extraction rate) for 4 hours. This works out to a loss of the equivalent or potential of 18 maximum operating hours per year (remember the half speed factor). Again, we’ll use the example of 2,000 potential operating hours per year – leaving us with a .09% downtime factor…or a difference of 6 hours per year.
Now we ask ourselves, how does this weigh-in against the Unique Features that we’ve just reviewed earlier in this OVERVIEW of our Dual Flex Operator Station?
…putting sales guidance from vendors into perspective.
