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Flexisort®

Many mailroom managers wish to expand their operations to include flats processing, but do not handle large enough volumes of flats mail to justify the purchase. Those owning flats systems may face inadequate letter-sorting and quick processing capabilities. How can managers incorporate flats processing into a current operation while expanding the letter-sorting capabilities?

BÖWE BELL + HOWELL's high-speed sorter, FlexiSort®, efficiently processes flats and letter-class mail, allowing you to grow your flats sorting operations while increasing your letter sorting capacity. The system employs the latest feeding technology and BÖWE BELL + HOWELL's MMT SABRE reader to handle flats and letters at the highest throughput rates available.

With the largest number of installed flats sorting equipment in the industry, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL is an acknowledged leader in flats mail handling technology. This is exemplified by our high-speed flats feeding systems created for the postal environment.

Benefits

  • Continually feeds the full spectrum of flats and letters at high throughput rates with FlexiSort's vacuum-assisted friction picking system
  • Maximizes throughput with standard-gap feeding, assuring the greatest number of mailpieces are on the transport during a run and, in turn, providing the maximum throughput regardless of size.
  • Supports WinSort®, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL's industry-leading intelligent sorting software for outgoing applications
  • Dramatically increases barcode assignments with the MMT SABRE software-based reader. MMT SABRE tightly integrates illumination, digital photography, multiple character recognition engines and BÖWE BELL + HOWELL's own CASS-database look-up software into a single, ideal system
  • Supports WinSort INprocessing software, WinSort's counterpart for incoming mail

Specifications

  • Cycling Speed (9-1/2" envelopes): 25,000 per hour
  • Software:
    • Compatible with all BBH sorter software, including WinSort, Jetstar COMPASS™, WinSort INprocessing, WinSort DS Plus, and WinSort PT Plus
    • Supported Readers: MMT SABRE and WABCR
  • Sorting Types:
    • First of standard class; incoming, P.O. Box, customer database look-up, metal detection, check detection, drop ship, opening, marking and barcode reading
  • Envelopes:
    • Maximum: 12.0" x 15.0" (305mm x 381mm)
    • Minimum: 3.5" x 5.0" (89mm x 127mm)
    • Maximum Thickness: 0.375" (9.6mm)
    • Minimum Thickness: 0.025" (0.6mm)
    • Maximum Weight: 8.82 oz. (250g)
    • Minimum Weight: 0.07 oz. (2g)
  • Environmental:
    • Temperature: 40-105 degrees F (5-40 degrees C)
    • Humidity: 8%-9% (non-condensing)
  • Power and Air:
    • Power: U.S. and Canada: 120/208 WYE VAC (+6%, - 10%), 3-phase, 4-wire plus ground, 60Hz (± 2 Hz)
      • 32 amp service (10-20 bin)
      • 50 amp service (30-40 bin)
      • 63 amp service (50-60 bin)
      • 80 amp service (70-80 bin)
      • 100 amp service (90-100 bin)
      • 125 amp service (110-120 bin)
    • Current values include optional feature module; air: 100 psi, 5 SCFM