Turkish Post's "green" sorter

Crisplant awarded contract for Turkey’s first automatic tray-handling system by PTT

  • First Automatic tray handling system for mail processing in Turkey
  • Dual-function system from a single LS 4000CB Cross-belt sorter:
    • Distributes incoming mail trays to different mail sorting areas
    • Sorts processed mail tray to final destination
    • Industry’s most energy-efficient sorter cuts energy consumption by 75% compared to conventional sorters
    • High level of security and compliance with European standards
    • Future expansion plans integrated into the original design

    Crisplant - a global leader in automated material handling systems – has been awarded a contract by the General Directorate of Post and Telegraph Organisation (PTT) to install Turkey’s first Automatic tray handling system for mail processing. Installed at PTT’s postal sorting centre at Hadimkoy, near Istanbul, the system will use the industry’s most energy-efficient ‘green’ sorter, which reduces energy consumption by 75% compared to conventional sorters.

    Working in partnership with Systec Sistem Teknolojileri A.Ş - a local provider of smart card and mail systems - Crisplant will install a complete automatic tray-handling system designed to increase security, efficiency, ergonomics and to provide a safe working environment for PTT staff. The extensive installation, which processes trays with mail bags as well as mail carton boxes, will set a new benchmark for mail-processing automation and energy-efficiency in Turkey.

    At the heart of the system is the latest Crisplant, high-speed, high-accuracy LS-4000CB Cross Belt Sorter, which will sort incoming and secured items and distribute them to the appropriate mail sorting areas. Once the mail sorting is complete, mail trays and boxes will be reintroduced onto the sorter for dispatch to their final destination. The complete installation will be managed by Crisplant’s high-level control software which ensures an optimum process flow, as well as providing a high level of ergonomic efficiency.

    The automated mail-processing system is due to be handed over by the end of 2010. Initially, the system will handle more than 6,000 trays per hour, with a further expansion to 8,000 trays per hour planned to meet predicted future increases in demand.

    The contract from PTT reinforces Crisplant’s status as a leading global supplier of advanced mail and parcel-handling systems. Crisplant’s Director, Logistic Systems, Henrik Mortensen, explains; “As one of the first companies to introduce tray-handling systems to the European market, Crisplant has designed and installed some of the world’s most innovative postal systems. These include the Mail Centre in Vienna (BZO Wien), which is recognised as state-of-the-art in mail-handling efficiency and visited by staff from mail centres around the world. Crisplant has also installed versions of the tray-handling system in seven Royal Mail sites in the UK and several large-scale centres in the North America.”

    ***About Crisplant and the BEUMER Group***
    Member of BEUMER Group, Crisplant is a leading provider of sortation solutions worldwide. Crisplant provides solutions and lifetime support for airports, postal facilities, parcel distribution and warehouse and distribution centres. Crisplant has led and delivered projects that include many of the world's largest and most advanced material handling operations, being fully supported by their global network of Customer Service & Support centres. The BEUMER Group is a leading international manufacturer of intralogistic systems specialising in conveying and loading technology, palletising and packaging technology as well as in sortation and distribution systems. Having approx. 2.000 employees and a turnover of around EUR 350 million, BEUMER Group has, with subsidiaries and representations, a worldwide presence for various industries. For further information please visit us on: www.crisplant.com and www.BEUMER.com.