Packing, Dispatch & Identification

Also called: packing table, dispatch bench

Height-fixed or adjustable · with upper shelves and rails

Built around the carton size, the scale and the printer, not bought by the metre.

Electric or crank adjustment

Multi-shift and multi-operator stations. Reduces the injury rate that fixed-height benches produce.

Dissipative top · earthed · wrist strap points

Mandatory for bare electronics handling.

Task-lit · magnified · with reject bins

Incoming quality checks and returns grading.

Bin rails, monitor arms, task lights, roll holders, waste chutes

Individually trivial, collectively the difference between a good station and a slow one.

Also called: flat-pack carton rack, tape dispenser stand

Gravity-fed carton and consumable presentation

Keeps the packer at the bench instead of walking to a stack.

Also called: barcode printer

Desktop, industrial or mobile · 203–600 dpi

Thermal transfer for anything that must last; direct thermal fades in heat and sunlight.

1D, 2D, corded or wireless

The basic capture device at every station.

Also called: warehouse location labels, ONE2ID-style labelling

Beam labels, upright labels, hanging aisle signs, floor labels · retro-reflective for long range

The physical address system of the whole warehouse. Designed with the WMS location scheme, not after it.

Paper, synthetic, cold-store and chemical-resistant stock

A cold store needs a freezer-grade adhesive; standard labels fall off at −20 °C.

Also called: RF gun, handheld terminal

Android · drop and IP rated · long-range option

Long-range optics matter for reading rack location labels at the fourth level from the aisle floor.

In-line automatic label application

High-volume dispatch where hand labelling cannot keep pace.

Hands-free picking

Two hands on the goods rather than one on a gun. Meaningful gain in high-rate picking.

Forklift-mounted, ruggedised

Directed putaway and retrieval from the truck.

Fixed portal or handheld · UHF

Bulk reading without line of sight. Strong in apparel and asset tracking, difficult around metal and liquid.

Also called: pallet scale

300–3,000 kg · pit or surface mounted

Pallet-level weighing at inbound and outbound.

1–150 kg · counting functions

Pack stations and piece counting by weight.

500 kg–20 t

Weighing while lifting, where no floor scale is practical.

In-line automatic weight verification

Rejects out-of-tolerance packs without stopping the line.

Also called: cubing system, DWS

Static or in-motion volume capture

Volumetric freight billing and cartonisation. Usually pays back through freight recovery alone.

20–100 t · pit or pitless

Vehicle-level reconciliation at the gate.

Also called: turntable wrapper, pallet wrapping machine

Semi-automatic turntable or automatic ring · 15–40 pallets/hr

Consistent film tension and overlap, which hand wrapping cannot hold. Pays back on film cost alone at moderate volume.

Also called: box strapping machine, PP strapping

Semi-automatic, automatic or hand tool

PP for cartons, PET for pallets and heavy loads, steel for the heaviest.

Also called: case erector, box taping machine

Random or fixed size

Removes the slowest manual step in the pack process.

Paper, air pillow or foam-in-place

Damage rate against material cost. Paper systems have largely displaced loose fill in India.

L-sealer plus heat tunnel

Multipacks, retail bundles and tamper evidence.

Self-propelled around the pallet

For loads too large or too heavy to turn.

Chamber or tray sealer

Food and pharma shelf-life extension.

Form-fill-seal or bagger

High-volume small item dispatch, particularly fashion e-commerce.