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<blockquote data-quote="PinkbluebeltsplitMCI" data-source="post: 2013881" data-attributes="member: 60742"><p>I work in the old conventional sort buildings (called Grade Lane) where everything is sorted by hand and EVERY package has to be scanned manually and there is 35 years worth of dirt, dust, grit, etc. The work atmosphere at Grade Lane is intense. Jams on secondary belts are a common occurrence and once the jam is broke and secondary restarts the belt, be prepared to be buried in boxes! My belt ships to Kansas City (MCI airport) and every night we load an MD-11 aircraft (second largest bird in the fleet) most nights at capacity. On average our belt alone sees between 13,000-14,000 packages a night. There have been times where there was so much volume that we blew our plane up and had lots of service failures because we couldn't fit what was left over on the plane.</p><p></p><p>Once in a while, we will get downsized on our aircraft. If another route needs a larger plane, our belt is near the top of the list to give them one. When it is halfway through sort and the sup tells us that we've been downsized, everyone has to unload the incompatible containers and wait for re-spots. Heck there have been times where management couldn't make up their mind about whether or not we were downsizing and we kept unloading our containers and reloading them again and in the end, we never downsized.</p><p></p><p>But anyway, other than the archaic conventional sorting, there is the entire other world of automation in the wings and the core. I can't say much about over there because I don't have near as much experience working automation as I do conventional. This is where packages are only touched twice. Once in unload and once on load. The packages are sorted and scanned automatically, so you on't have to scan every package that goes into the container or feeder. If you haven't already, I'd take some time watching this documentary about how Worldport works. I think you'll find it quite interesting. I've attached all three parts of it here.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]KWAwL3Rlbjo[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]5-7KjIRM8a4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]dc9jVYqoES8[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PinkbluebeltsplitMCI, post: 2013881, member: 60742"] I work in the old conventional sort buildings (called Grade Lane) where everything is sorted by hand and EVERY package has to be scanned manually and there is 35 years worth of dirt, dust, grit, etc. The work atmosphere at Grade Lane is intense. Jams on secondary belts are a common occurrence and once the jam is broke and secondary restarts the belt, be prepared to be buried in boxes! My belt ships to Kansas City (MCI airport) and every night we load an MD-11 aircraft (second largest bird in the fleet) most nights at capacity. On average our belt alone sees between 13,000-14,000 packages a night. There have been times where there was so much volume that we blew our plane up and had lots of service failures because we couldn't fit what was left over on the plane. Once in a while, we will get downsized on our aircraft. If another route needs a larger plane, our belt is near the top of the list to give them one. When it is halfway through sort and the sup tells us that we've been downsized, everyone has to unload the incompatible containers and wait for re-spots. Heck there have been times where management couldn't make up their mind about whether or not we were downsizing and we kept unloading our containers and reloading them again and in the end, we never downsized. But anyway, other than the archaic conventional sorting, there is the entire other world of automation in the wings and the core. I can't say much about over there because I don't have near as much experience working automation as I do conventional. This is where packages are only touched twice. Once in unload and once on load. The packages are sorted and scanned automatically, so you on't have to scan every package that goes into the container or feeder. If you haven't already, I'd take some time watching this documentary about how Worldport works. I think you'll find it quite interesting. I've attached all three parts of it here. [MEDIA=youtube]KWAwL3Rlbjo[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]5-7KjIRM8a4[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]dc9jVYqoES8[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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