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Method for run-time performance tuning of an inserter system

US6311103A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1999
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43M3/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method and system for preparing mailpieces. A inserter system for assembling mailpieces in a mailing job is controlled in accordance with a measure of the fraction of chassis cycles which are empty. The chassis speed is continually adjusted during run-time for a mailing job to minimize the number of "dry holes", i.e. the fraction of chassis cycles which do not contain a mailpiece.

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