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International hard coatings specialist Hardide Coatings has hailed a successful holiday season after solving a wear issue that was slowing the processing of letters throughout the United Kingdom.
Ahead of a busy Christmas 2017, Hardide Coatings worked with Royal Mail in the UK to extend the life of essential deflector plates on dozens of sorting machines, helping to keep the large volume of mail moving.
A total of 69 sorting machines, which can each process up to 40,000 items per hour, were installed with Hardide-coated deflector plates.
The coarse nature of paper envelopes means that the plates, manufactured in 304 stainless steel, are subject to continuous levels of subtle abrasive wear. This was resulting in burrs forming on the trailing edge of the plates which was causing Royal Mail both replacement cost and safety concerns. They were replacing the plates every 4-6 months to prevent burring and this quickly became costly due to machine downtime and the purchasing of new parts. The plates were also causing the potential for injury of the machine operators if they drew a
Ahead of a busy Christmas 2017, Hardide Coatings worked with Royal Mail in the UK to extend the life of essential deflector plates on dozens of sorting machines, helping to keep the large volume of mail moving.
A total of 69 sorting machines, which can each process up to 40,000 items per hour, were installed with Hardide-coated deflector plates.
The coarse nature of paper envelopes means that the plates, manufactured in 304 stainless steel, are subject to continuous levels of subtle abrasive wear. This was resulting in burrs forming on the trailing edge of the plates which was causing Royal Mail both replacement cost and safety concerns. They were replacing the plates every 4-6 months to prevent burring and this quickly became costly due to machine downtime and the purchasing of new parts. The plates were also causing the potential for injury of the machine operators if they drew a
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