ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES –
Sacramento, CA
Softrol
Delivers A SoftSort System That
Automatically Sorts 40,000 Garments Per
Day, At The Rate Of 3,800 Garments Per
Hour And Reduces Workforce by 70%.
Situation:
Aramark Uniform Services was building a
new plant and needed equipment that
would automatically sort customers’
garments.
Objective:
Achieve a guaranteed output of 3,800
garments per hour and reduce Aramark’s
operating costs for sorting.
Results:
Softrol installed a SoftSort
Autosortation System to reduce sorting
labor from ten employees to two; utilize
standard hangers without the need for
mother hooks; take advantage of pre- and
post-sort buffering conveyors for
labor-free garment transportation.
Throughput is exceeding the goal of
3,800 garments per hour.
Project Details:
Aramark
Uniform Services in Sacramento, CA,
required an autosortation system for
their new plant with two primary goals:
(1) a reduction in their operating costs
for sorting over 40,000 units per day
and (2) guaranteed throughput of 3,800
garments per hour. Softrol designed a
SoftSort autosortation system that had
the following features: (1) reduced
labor from 10 employees to two; (2)
smooth, reliable garment conveyance on
standard hangers, without mother hooks
(3) no loose pieces (4) automatic data
collection and analysis (5) pre-sort
and post-sort buffering conveyors for
labor-free garment transportation.
Since Aramark was moving into a new
facility with plenty of clear height,
Softrol was also able to take advantage
of the industrial engineering adage,
“use the cube”, and designed the system
so that powered primary storage rails
were installed overhead.
Softrol thus provided better utilization
of the square footage of the plant,
permitting attractive payback
considerations in addition to the
reduction of sorting labor. According
to Bill Ledbetter, Aramark Plant
Manager, “We were able to consolidate
three sort crews into one location and
reduce our workforce by 70%. Sort
accuracy is improved and quality has
never looked better.”
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