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News Release from: Datalogic Scanning | Subject: VS8000 Dimensioning system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2000
Object dimensioning as easy as scanning
barcodes!
Datalogic's VS8000 is a device for object volume measurement representing a valid alternative to traditional automatic measurement systems for materials handling applications.
With Datalogic's VS8000 Dimensioning systems are becoming more and more popular among parcel carriers and postal services around the world Goods are becoming lighter, and containers and trucks are more often full before becoming too heavy
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Volume, not weight is increasingly becoming the limiting factor.
The same is true for warehouses where capacity is given in volume and conveyor systems are more often limited by volume rather than by weight.
In this scenario, traditional weight-based tariff systems are no longer appropriate and carriers and postal services are increasingly adopting volume based price tariffs.
Wherever parcels in different sizes, shapes and weight are collected, transported, stored and distributed, cost-effectiveness depends on achieving the optimal utilisation of the available space for warehousing and of equipment for transportation.
Accurately establishing the size of the various packages is always the biggest bottleneck in parcel handling.
Datalogic's solution is the VS8000 - a device for object volume measurement representing a valid alternative to traditional automatic measurement systems for materials handling applications.
Based on the mechanical and optical architecture of Datalogic's DS8100 laser scanner, the VS8000 scans at speeds of up to 2000 scans per second and covers a standard measurement area of 800mm x 800mm, providing an extremely fast and reliable dimensions and volume estimation of objects moving along the conveyor.
The very high scan speed and real time processing features allow belt speeds of up to 5 metres per second, enabling the gap between parcels to be reduced to only 50mm.
The VS8000 can be rapidly integrated in omni-directional reading stations, with no modifications to existing structures.
Set-up is fast and easy with the intuitive Monitor Configuration Program.
With the VS8000, Datalogic offers an excellent alternative to existing dimensioning systems.
The VS8000 is more cost-effective and easier to use and install than traditional measurement systems and, above all, makes new process automation and optimisation capabilities available to all materials handling operators. Request a free brochure from Datalogic Scanning ...
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