Small-shelf material management: e-paper audible-visual paperless picking (WE-PK25 + WE-TLED30)

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Small shelves, bins, and spare cabinets still often use paper labels—dirty easily, slow to swap, and picking means flipping by hand. West Electronicssmall-shelf material management solutionuses two devices to keep “info on screen” and one-tap picking light:

  • WE-TLED30: 2.9″ e-paper audible-visual electronic label
  • WE-PK25: USB Bluetooth card-issuing gateway (stores about 1,000 e-paper label records on-device)

Customer pain points

客户痛点

  1. Paper gets dirty or peels; text blurs
  2. Manual re-labeling after SKU changes; updates lag
  3. Picking means layer-by-layer search—worse with many locations
  4. Book vs physical mismatch hurts inbound/outbound and inventory counts

System composition

系统组成

A PC or mobile app handles search and call;WE-PK25 sends refresh and call commands over USB / Bluetooth;WE-TLED30 mounts on a location or bin, shows material info, and cues the pick point with sound and light.

WE-PK25 USB Bluetooth card-issuing gateway: USB + Bluetooth dual link; stores about 1,000 label records on-device; works with PC software and the MoPing ZhiFa app; call, issue, and manage labels.

Display audible-visual label WE-TLED30: 2.9″ e-paper; shows text and barcode; sound/light alert with button confirm; wireless screen refresh.

Process flow

业务流程

Paperless info: Enter material data → bind e-label → refresh via PK25 → mount on shelf/bin → see stock, location, and pick qty on site.

Fast picking: Search in system or app → tap Call → PK25 issues command → TLED30 sound/light cue → locate on site → button ends the call.

Core capabilities

  1. Electronic material display (name, spec, qty, location)
  2. One-tap e-label call (audible-visual locate)
  3. Wireless screen refresh (replaces hand-torn paper labels)
  4. On-label barcode for inbound/outbound scan
  5. Item barcode bind and lookup
  6. Label status (battery, etc.—per the manual)

Typical scenes

  • Hardware / parts shelves
  • Line-side kitting
  • Lab samples / consumables racks
  • Maintenance spare cabinets / tool racks

Deployment tips

  • One WE-TLED30 per location / bin as needed
  • About one WE-PK25 per small shelf zone
  • PK25 supports PC USB and phone Bluetooth management
  • Metal shielding, shelf layout, and working distance affect performance—pilot on site before locking the final kit

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