Tension’s automatic labeling applicator machine, the Print & Apply system, offers a seamless solution for improving operational efficiency and reducing errors in your packaging process. This versatile system works with your warehouse management system (WMS) or as a standalone database, automatically scanning, weighing, and applying customer-specific shipping labels to packages. Designed to integrate with automated packaging machines, it ensures your packages are ready for sorting and manifesting. By directly applying labels to packages, the Tension Print & Apply system optimizes clerk productivity while enhancing accuracy. Our team will work closely with you to tailor a solution that fits your unique space, goals, and operational needs.
Tension’s Print & Apply system ensures each label matches the intended package by scanning and verifying the label, significantly reducing errors and improving order accuracy.
Automating the label application process removes the time-consuming manual step of peeling and applying labels, boosting operator efficiency and speeding up packaging operations.
Seamlessly integrates with your warehouse management system (WMS) or packing software to streamline order information, ensuring a smooth and consistent workflow.
Modular Design for Easy Integration
The Print & Apply system can be easily added to existing Tension packaging machines or integrated into your automated packaging processes, allowing for greater flexibility and scalability.
Automation Components
Includes key components like barcode scanners for package identification, infeed or outbound conveyors for faster packing, and software to interface with WMS and determine optimal shipping rates.
Cost and Labor Savings
By automating the labeling process, Tension’s system reduces labor costs and increases operational throughput, providing a cost-effective solution for high-volume packaging.
Standalone or Integrated Solutions
Available as a standalone unit or as part of a fully integrated solution, the system adapts to your distribution center’s needs, offering versatility and ease of use.
Real-Time Communication
The system communicates with your WMS or standalone database throughout the process, ensuring the package, weight, and shipping label are accurate at every step.
Field-Tested, Best-in-Class Components
Tension uses proven, reliable components like scanners, scales, and printers to deliver the best results, ensuring long-term performance and durability.
Optimal Shipping Rate Determination
Weighs packages and determines the most cost-effective shipping rate, helping reduce shipping costs and increase profitability.
Right-size packaging minimizes waste by tailoring each package to its contents, reducing costs, DIM weight charges, and environmental impact. Sustainability
Tension’s polybags with recycled content offer a sustainable packaging solution that combines product protection, custom branding, and eco-friendly compliance, helping
Incorporating sustainability into packaging operations can be achieved through the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” approach: reduce waste with right-sized packaging, design