PCES Roundtable FSS Update

1
Flats Sequencing System (FSS) Overview
Functionality and Operating System
PCC Workshop-in-a-Box Module 2
2
Stand-Alone Mail Prep Overview
ACTs
Dolly
Bundles and flat tubs are prepped into Automation
Compatible Trays (ACTs) and then loaded onto
Dollies
3
Dolly Induct Process
Dolly Induct
Dolly
In-Feed Line
ACTs
4
Infeed Line Automated Feeder
Automated Feeder

• Infeed Line Facts
• 2 Infeed Lines per machine
• 2 Feeders per Infeed Line
• 3 Flats per Second per Feeder
• 6 Flats per Second per Infeed
• 12 Flats per second total

5
Infeed Line Functionality
Image Acquisition Module

• 6 piece per second processing rate
• OCR / VCS System

• Labeler
• Printer
• Verifier

6
TOP 2000 Sorter

• Sorter Facts
• 2 levels, 2 sides
• 360 bins
• Automated empty tray supply
• Automated tray exchange
• Automated full tray takeaway

• Rigid Captive Tray (RCT)
• Improves stack quality
• Maintains mail sequence
• Used within FSS only

7
Tray Staging

• Tray Staging used between passes
• Pass 1 to Pass 2
• Pass 2 to Dispatch

• Staging Capacity
• 768 Staging locations
• 360 Full Tray Accumulation Line

8
Integrated Tray Converter
Automating Second Pass Feeding
1st Pass Mail In RCTs
ACTs
Integrated Tray Converter (ITC)
9
Integrated Tray Converter
Verticalizing Flats for Dispatch
Sequenced Mail In Rigid Trays
Street Trays
Integrated Tray Converter (ITC)
10
Tray Labeling and Container Loading
Street Trays are loaded automatically into
rolling carts
Carrier Automated Street Tray Rack (CASTR)
11
FSS Processing Strategy

• 17 Hour Run Day (Operating Window)
• 280,500 Sequenced Pieces Per Day Per Machine
• 1st and 2nd Pass are Run Consecutively
• Each Zone Will be Run Once a Day
• One Dispatch Per Day Per Zone-other than
  First-Class Mail (FCM)
• FCM may not be in Delivery Point Sequence based
  on FSS Operating Window and Mail Availability

12
Questions