This section provides an overview for inserters as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 28 inserter manufacturers and their company rankings.
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An inserter is a device that automates the process of folding, sealing, and enclosing documents such as invoices and delivery slips. It is also commonly referred to as an encapsulating and sealing machine. Introducing this equipment can reduce costs by shortening working hours and preventing incorrect sealing. In recent years, this equipment has also been used to seal credit card statements to avoid leaking personal information. Specifically, the inserter automatically manages the credit card statement and the envelope to which it is addressed by using a bar code to prevent incorrectly sealed or incorrectly shipped envelopes.
Inserters are devices that mechanize tasks that were previously performed manually.
For example, two tasks are required when direct mail is handled manually: folding the promotional literature and sealing the package.
By using inserters, this work can be automated.
As a result, the work time can be shortened, and folding errors can be prevented.
Recently, inserters' functions have evolved to the point where it is possible to seal multiple different printed materials in a single envelope. Barcode control of the envelope and its contents can prevent incorrect sealing and shipping.
Inserters have three parts: the central unit, the operation unit, and the control unit.
The central unit has the following three essential functions:
The control panel used to be an LED panel with only a text display, but more and more products recently have an LCD touch panel.
The actual operation is a screen transition in which the operation to be performed by the user is displayed as an icon for each step. The operation is confirmed by touching it by hand.
The control section controls the operation of the entire inserter. The control unit operates the central unit of the device according to the instructions of the control unit determined by the user, thereby outputting the final deliverables.
The following is a rough guide to the performance of the inserters.
It takes about 7 hours to manually fold 1,000 documents, seal them in envelopes, and glue them together.
If inserters with general essential functions are used, the same process can be completed in about 20 minutes.
In other words, the time required for manual operation can be reduced to about 1/20 of the time needed.
This can contribute to a dramatic improvement in work efficiency and a reduction in work costs.
*Including some distributors, etc.
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Dixon Automatic Tool, Inc. was originally founded in 1946 in Rockford Illinois. Dixon Automatic Tool is an automated assembly products and services supplier. Dixon Automatic Tool offerings include automatic screwdrivers, automatic nut-runners, automatic part placers, automatic setting systems, robotic end effectors, assembly work cells, hand-held drivers, feeder bowls and feed systems, and features Stöger products for customers’s automation needs. Dixon Automatic Tool also offers two escapement types that can be tooled to escape and transfer piece parts, as well as electric hand-held screwdrivers.
Hi-Tech Fasteners (HTF) was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Frederick, Maryland. HTF is a distributor of hardware components. HTF offers products in four product types: self-clinching fasteners such as studs and nuts, general fasteners & hardware, inserts, and components. HTF also offers a full line of PEM® Brand products including fasteners for metal sheets and panels, fasteners for BC boards and other non-ductile material, insert for plastics, bonding fasteners, rivet nuts, and fastener installation equipment.
Distributor to Industry, inc (dti) is based in Wichita, Kansas and has a history as a distributor going back over 40 years serving the oil drilling, rig, workover rig, and oil well pulling unit industries. dit offers 5 primary product categories: adhesives and sealants for aerospace, automotive, and industrial applications, air valves for marine, mobile, & oil field industries, air valves couplings & manifolds, pneumatic/hydraulic fittings & couplings, and fluid power process instrumentation & process control equipment.
Essentra Components is a producer of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded, and metal components, operating in 29 countries across 4 continents. Essentra Component has a catalog of over 45,000 products. These range from caps, plugs, wire & cable management, flange protection, knobs, handles & grips, access hardware, PCB, and electronics hardware. Essentra Component offers free samples of CADs of standard parts for assist customers in creating custom-manufacture red solutions, including prototyping and 3D printing.
bisco industries was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1973 and now is headquartered in Anaheim, California. bisco industries is a distributor of electronic components and fasteners used for production in aerospace, communication, computer, fabrication, industrial equipment, instrumentation, marine, and military industries. Some of bisco’s product offerings include fasteners such as nuts and washers, hardware such as casters and bearings, door and access hardware including handles and hinges, electronic connectors including circular connectors and terminal blocks, enclosures such as cabinets and rack components, and wires and cables including wire and cable management including sleeving and tubing.
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