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- Open mail handling system
Flats sorting & sequencing
Efficient and ergonomic flats sorting and sequencing.
Flexible high-throughput mail sorting with OMS
Benefits
Wide processing spectrum
Process items from small postcards 0.5 mm wide, to magazines, catalogs, and small parcels up to 32 mm thick and 2 kg in weight.
High operational efficiency
Achieve throughput of up to 50,000 items per hour.
Advanced sorting accuracy
With our image-based identification, Art Read and our Fingerprint technology, ARTid labeling and barcode printing are not needed anymore, and the surface of the item stays untouched.
Integrated tray management
Mail is sorted directly into trays, with automatic full tray removal—delivering perfect stacks and excellent ergonomics for operators.
The Körber advantage
High scalability
We offer custom-built and off-the-shelf solutions, scalable from single units up to nationwide networks.
Everything from a single source
We partner with you throughout your supply chain: from planning your sites, through to build, production management and process optimization.
Decades of expertise
We have over 50 years of experience as global leaders in mail logistics and address reading.
Reduced operational costs
Our systems increase the degree of automation to improve sorting quality, significantly reducing operational costs.
Futureproof your operation
Adapting to changing mail volumes
Postal service providers face the challenge of declining letter volumes and the need to process increasingly diverse formats.
Körber’s OMS addresses this by handling various mail types—including standard mail, flats, magazines, and residual mail and small parcels—on a single platform.
This flexibility extends the life of sorting operations and adapts to the growing volume of small parcels without requiring separate equipment.
Capabilities
Diverse handling
The OMS system architecture ensures that all items are processed without mechanical stress.
Starting with multi-stage singulation at the feeders and continuing with smooth, guided injection into pocket carousels, items are transferred at low velocities into stationary transfer pockets, and finally into trays.
This careful handling minimizes damage, even for items with irregular shapes or soft packaging.
OMS can handle a broad spectrum from postcards to packages up to 32 mm thick and 2 kg, as well as open and plastic-wrapped magazines, which means that a large proportion of mail that was previously processed manually can now be sorted automatically.
Automation
Full trays with perfect stacks
Full trays are essential for minimizing handling and logistics costs.
The OMS features a tray-filling level-measurement system on the tray carousel, which is combined with intelligent algorithms to ensure trays are filled optimally with high-quality stacks.
The open mail handling system supports automatic full tray removal and includes a tray commissioning and buffering area, reducing manual handling requirements.
Identification
Innovative Fingerprint technology
Fingerprint technology, however, identifies mail pieces based on an image.
By using this technology, investments in devices like labelers, barcode printers, ink and barcode readers are unnecessary, which means money can be saved.
Downloads
Documentation
Brochure: OMS
Open Mail Handling System—advanced flats and rest mail sorting.
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