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One of the most entertaining departments I worked in while I was there was the taping department. I forgot what they called it... slamming maybe...
The boxes come down a roller from above. They have the items inside and there are three stations. The first station the person has to stuff a bunch of bubble pillows in around the stuff in the box. The second station the person has to grab the invoices and greeting letters from a printer and shove them in the box and fold down the flaps to make sure it closes.
The third station is the most fun. The person grabs the box, folds all the flaps and makes sure everything is crammed inside and then slams it against the front of a taping machine that grabs it on both sides with metal paddles, holds it square, drops a big arm with a tape roll inside, tapes the entirety of the open side of the box, cuts the tape and then lets it all go down the conveyor!
With practice you can really get that thing going but if you are not careful it will grab you and tape you too!
The boxes come down a roller from above. They have the items inside and there are three stations. The first station the person has to stuff a bunch of bubble pillows in around the stuff in the box. The second station the person has to grab the invoices and greeting letters from a printer and shove them in the box and fold down the flaps to make sure it closes.
The third station is the most fun. The person grabs the box, folds all the flaps and makes sure everything is crammed inside and then slams it against the front of a taping machine that grabs it on both sides with metal paddles, holds it square, drops a big arm with a tape roll inside, tapes the entirety of the open side of the box, cuts the tape and then lets it all go down the conveyor!
With practice you can really get that thing going but if you are not careful it will grab you and tape you too!
