Introduction

The Garment Counter is a device for scanning, counting and verifying hanging garments either at dispatch from the suppliers or at intake to the distribution warehouse. Previously, the counting and checking of hanging garments was a laborious process whereby each garment had to be manually counted and scanned with a barcode reader. This process was done by the supplier to confirm what garments were being sent and then again at the distribution warehouse to confirm what garments had been received. Manual counting and scanning rates are usually around 5-600 garments per hour for a single operator.

The patented Genus Garment Counter greatly improves this task with a throughput of 6000 garments scanned and counted per hour, in addition it also removes onto a reject chute any garment that can't be scanned due to a faulty or missing barcode label.

Information from each scan is loaded onto a file which is then transferred to the customers host system. This often means that the garments only need to be scanned once before leaving the supplier with the file of scanned garments being sent direct to the distribution warehouse to tell them what is arriving. The accuracy of the information being sent means that only the occasional quality control check is necessary on receipt at the warehouse.

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Key Benefits of the Garment Counter

• Improved throughput at intake or dispatch
• Greatly reduced labour costs
• Improved accuracy of information
• The Garment Counter can be supplied in kit form or we also provide an installation service where we can integrate with an existing hanging garment system if required.

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Garment Counter Applications

• Batch Scanning (counting and checking)
• Receipt of Goods (Goods-In) and Put-away
• Picking
• Sorting to Store/Manufacturer/Department
• Returns to Manufacturer

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Technical Details

Electrical	110v-240v a.c.
Pneumatic	5 bar @ 100l/min. (for a one gate system)
Interface	Standard data transfer via CSV (comma seperated variable) file*

* Option to interface to SQL Server database (or any other interface).

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