Best-of-Breed Equipment and Supplies

BellHawk Systems' staff continuously evaluates equipment and related labels and supplies from different manufacturers and selects those that they believe will work best in specific tracking scenarios. This is the equipment and supplies that BellHawk Systems sells as an integral part of its turnkey tracking systems.

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Barcode Scanners: These are used in conjunction with a PC or Laptop. These may be tethered to the PC by a USB cable or they may be connected to the PC over a Bluetooth wireless link. This is the lowest cost way of scanning Barcodes into a BellHawk system and does have the advantage that all other user interaction takes place using a full-sized keyboard and display, which is very good ergonomically. These should only be used, however, where all user interaction takes place in the vicinity of the PC, such as in shipping, receiving or at a production station.

Mobile Computers: These are complete self contained units that are designed for use by material handlers and other mobile workers. These ruggedized units have an integral keyboard, color touch screen, wireless LAN interface, and barcode scanner. These are significantly more expensive than using a PC with an attached barcode scanner but are essential for use in warehouses, stock rooms, and movement of materials to and from production areas. Their primary limitation is the small-size of the display screen and keyboard, which makes it difficult to enter a significant amount of data.

 

Ruggedized Tablets: These units are similar to the mobile computers but have larger screens and keyboards to facilitate easier data entry. They typically are not as rugged as the mobile computers (surviving 4 foot drop onto concrete versus 6 foot) but are significantly more rugged than a regular consumer tablet computer (which can get broken very quickly in industrial use).  They have built-in short range barcode scanners. These are primarily used for those situations, such as Quality Control and some production environments, where user mobility is required combined with the ergonomics of a larger display for data entry.

Barcode Printers: These are specialized printers that use a thermal-offset technique to produce rugged barcode labels on plastic coated paper or on plastic labels made of Mylar or even Kevlar (for those who truly want "bullet-proof" labels). BellHawk Systems sells both industrial-grade bench-top and wireless-mobile printers suitable for use in industrial environments.

The BellHawk software uses the BarTender Automation software, from Seagull Scientific, to print out labels on barcode printers. BellHawk Systems resells this software as an integral part of its systems when barcode label printing is required.

Supplies and Labels: BellHawk Systems sells rolls of pre-printed tracking labels, shelf and overhead location labels, as well as blank label stock and ribbons, suitable for use in an industrial environment.

BellHawk Systems does not resell the Windows Servers, PCs or wireless access points, which are also needed as part of a tracking system because we believe that our customers are better served by having these supplied by the local organization that supplies and maintains their existing information technology infrastructure.

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