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Combo® Inserting System

Combo Inserting System

The Combo® inserting system combines the functionality of multiple inserters and can process applications for any mailing operation. This revolutionary system is designed expressly to answer the mail processing industry’s demand for a fast, extremely flexible, cost-effective inserter. The Combo inserter is the first product in the industry to truly meet these requirements by enabling swift change-overs, yielding the increased productivity that can accelerate ROI.

Integrate EASE into your operations

BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has developed a revolutionary new approach to recapture the lost productivity associated with other inserters. The EASE™ (Every Application Setup Easily) system incorporated into the Combo inserter dramatically reduces the steps required to change over from one job to another. EASE includes a wide range of innovations including interlaced guide adjustments, uniform hinge-line registration and unique input channel modules. With EASE, operators can move from job to job and meet the needs of the most challenging environments.

Unprecedented flexibility

The Combo inserter includes the new patent-pending Control Document Collator. This unique invention allows the operator to collate the control document and the inserts in a variety of ways. By combining modular components, operating system functionality and the Control Document Collator, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has made it a challenge to find an application that the Combo system cannot process.

Operator-influenced design

The design of the Combo inserter is influenced by inserter operators, document factory managers and our service technicians. The result is an operator-oriented design that yields the highest system availability. Of course, the system runs efficiently but the design can lead to increased operator effectiveness as well. In many cases the system can be diagnosed while operating. The combination of these design factors can result in more production time in every shift.

Benefits

Swift changeovers

  • EASE has only 7 points of adjustment in inserting base
  • Envelope sizes are changed with synchronized adjustments
  • No raceway guides eliminate changeover in track
  • Changeovers can be completed in minutes not hours

Available format turn

  • Changes document orientation for portrait to landscape in-line
  • Eliminates the need for dual channels or roll-in roll-out
  • Reduces the changeover time for the input channel

Unique collation capabilities

  • Control Document Collator allows for multiple packet collation schemes
  • Envelope window can be on either side of the envelope
  • Inserts can be dropped in multiple track sections

Document protection and integrity

  • BICOS tracks the location of every mailpiece
  • Dual section raceway protects critical control documents
  • Optical sensors throughout the paper path

Specifications

Typical applications

  • #10, 6” x 9”, #14 and flats

Envelope sizes / capacity

  • Minimum: 8.25” x 4.125”
  • Maximum: 13.0” x 10.0”
  • Up to 2000 envelopes

Base cycle speed

  • 12,000 cycles per hour for letters
  • 9,000 cycles per hour for flats

Wide range of inserts

  • Minimum: 5.5” x 3.125”
  • Maximum: 11.0” x 8.5”

Inserting thickness

  • Maximum: 0.50”

Enclosure feeders

  • 0 - 18 standard
  • Maximum stack height 24” (material dependent)

Input processing options

  • Continuous form cutters and cut sheet feeders
  • VEKtor™ reading technology
  • Folds: Z, half, quarter, C, none