Canadian Courier Selects Dataman Barcode Readers

Purolator, a large courier service in Canada, will replace laser-based scanners used at weighing stations of its sorting and distribution centres with Cognex Dataman 500 camera-based barcode readers. According to Codex, the Dataman 500 offers faster read rates than Purolator's current laser-based systems and can also read labels with more highly degraded codes.

With Purolator's existing laser-based scanners, operators were often required to pass packages under the scanners multiple times before the barcodes could be read. The company has reported that the Dataman 500 has been able to read every label on the first attempt, reducing operator processing time by half and thus improving both operator satisfaction and overall productivity. The Dataman 500, introduced in January, is the industry's first camera-based system capable of reading codes in real-world logistics applications where laser-based readers have previously been the standard.

It offers consistent, reliable reading of 1-D barcodes that lasers cannot read, including damaged, distorted, blurred, scratched, low-height and low-contrast codes. It also reads codes presented in any orientation, multiple codes within the same image and 2-D codes such as Data Matrix and QR codes. With no moving parts to wear out, the Dataman 500 also offers high reliability, low maintenance and long product life.

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