The U.S. Postal Service is investing in next-generation package sorting machines to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
Two systems being deployed are based on similar technology, but differ in scale.
The quasi-independent agency recently completed testing a prototype package sorter that will enable it to increase processing capacity and retire some of its older machines.
The parallel induction linear sorter (PILS) has processed 12 million packages during the first 10 months of use at the Dulles, Virginia, processing and distribution center, near Washington, D.C., according to an article on the Postal Service’s daily news site for employees.
