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- February 20, 2024
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NPI has a longstanding history of over 45 years in manufacturing and engineering automated sorters, dedicated to reducing labor requirements, boosting production rates, and enhancing operational efficiency for our valued customers. With our systems, customers rely on us to streamline their operations by automating the sorting process for various items, including letters, flats, parcels like polybags, boxes, and uniquely shaped packages. Serving a diverse range of industries such as 3rd party delivery, last-mile logistics, courier services, financial institutions, B2C businesses, pharmaceuticals, distribution, e-commerce, and warehouse operations, NPI remains at the forefront of innovation. Our automated sorting solutions are designed to be modular and scalable, emphasizing NPI’s unwavering commitment to consistently deliver ‘Efficiency Through Innovation’.
Listed below are two innovations that NPI has achieved since 2018.
To learn about our latest innovation, set to be unveiled at MODEX 2024, visit NPI’s booth #B8007 to see it live on the show floor or go to www.npisorters.com for more information.
Semi-Automated Bulk Singulator
Summary of Innovation Achieved in 2018-2023:
While the Semi-Automated Bulk Singulator was introduced in 2018, it was initially only compatible with NPI’s Xstream Shoe Sorting systems. In 2023, an eCommerce delivery company contacted NPI to inquire about the possibility of utilizing NPI’s Singulator with a third party Crossbelt sorting system. The customer expressed a preference for NPI’s Singulator over a competitor’s solution due to its compact design, reduced labor requirements, and improved performance. Responding to this request, NPI assembled a team to engineer the Semi-Automated Bulk Singulator to integrate with third-party equipment. NPI not only fulfilled the parcel delivery company’s request but also significantly enhanced its versatility. As a newly standalone solution, this innovation made it possible to integrate NPI’s Semi-Automated Bulk Singulator with a wide variety of sorting systems, including loop sorters such as Crossbelt sorters and Tilt Tray sorters.
Distinguished by its innovative and unique singulation process, customers highly value NPI’s Singulator for its affordability, ease of use, and compact design. With the successful development of independent controls and PLC, NPI’s Singulator now offers immense value to customers by providing them with the option to select NPI’s singulation solution and seamlessly integrate it into their existing or future operations with third-party automated sorters. Without this innovation, customers would be left with no choice but to opt for an inferior singulator and induction process when using a third-party sorter. This could necessitate more labor, occupy a larger footprint, and result in reduced performance.
For more information, read more about the features and benefits that the Semi-Automated Bulk Singulator achieves for logistics operations here: https://npisorters.com/parcel-sorting-systems/bulk-singulator/
NPI Pallet Hold-Down Kit
Summary of Innovation Achieved in 2023:
NPI’s Pallet Hold-Down Kit is a simple, safe, and fast restraint solution designed to hold pallets securely in place while unloading parcels with a dumper. Compatible with palleted gaylords, mail carts, collapsible bins, and stacks of boxes on pallets, the kit is easy to install, integrates with existing systems, and does not require any electrical connections to function. The Pallet Hold-Down kit is fully automatic, requiring zero action from an operator to secure pallets, and activates solely through the gravitational force that occurs during the dumping process.
NPI’s Pallet Hold-Down Kit is an innovation in safety, automation, and ease-of-use for parcel dumping solutions. With zero power requirements, the hold-down kit is a simple, time-saving solution and an economical advancement in dumping technology designed for NPI’s automated parcel sorting systems. Customers value the kit because the kit adds a layer of safety, and makes unloading a bulk amount of parcels effortless.
NPI invented the Pallet Hold-Down Kit to solve the problem of unloading a bulk amount of boxes stacked on pallets. The easy installation, along with the simplicity of the kit makes it a valuable asset for current and future NPI customers. Our customers love it, with one customer saying that it’s the best new addition to NPI’s Bulk Singulator.
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