Fast labeling: packages ready to ship in 5 minutes

To ensure this will run smoothly, shoe retailer Görtz will, with every order, send his suppliers specific templates for a logistics label, to be prominently attached to the particular shipping carton. A carton will be scanned as soon as it arrives at the Görtz logistics centre. The ERP system now knows which item has been delivered by which supplier. The EDP needs only split seconds to determine whether the item must be stored, re-packaged or shipped on immediately. This information is encrypted in a barcode and sent to a Legi-Air 4050 label printing dispenser. The printing dispenser now prints a label with the particular barcode and applies this to the passing carton. All cartons thus marked will be scanned at several points and automatically routed through the warehouse. Packaging units that can be shipped on immediately will therefore reach goods dispatch within minutes where a second label printing dispenser will await them to apply the label needed for dispatch.

Legi-Air 4050 label printing dispensers have a modular design, allowing adaptation to the specific production environment. They were, for instance, installed lying down at Görtz, to allow labelling the cartons on the side. The applicator – the actual dispensing unit – has a 250 millimetres extension stroke. It applies the labels to their cartons by the so-called tamp-blow method, no contact required. Since strokes may reach up to 1 140 millimetres on extension, they will be able to reach across the widest of conveyors.