Martin Yale 1632 Automatic Letter Opener Review

The Martin Yale Premier
1632 Automatic Letter opener is designed for small and medium sized
offices and mail rooms that are looking for a fast and easy way to open
hundreds of envelopes per day.The Martin Yale
1632 is simple to assemble, set up, operate and requires minimal
maintenance.This helps to make this machine an ideal solution for
organizations that want to increase productivity and allow their
employees to spend time on more important tasks than opening envelopes.

Overview:

  • The Martin Yale Premier
    1632 Automatic Letter opener is designed for small and medium sized
    offices and mail rooms that are looking for a fast and easy way to open
    hundreds of envelopes per day. It is designed to be fast, safe and easy
    for any member of your office staff to use.
  • The Martin Yale
    1632 is simple to assemble, set up, operate and requires minimal
    maintenance. This helps to make this machine an ideal solution for
    organizations that want to increase productivity and allow their
    employees to spend time on more important tasks than opening envelopes.

Strengths / Features:

  • The
    Martin Yale 1632 is a high speed letter opening machine. In fact, it
    can open more than 7000 letters per hour. You simply need to add a
    stack of envelopes up to 1.75 inches tall and the machine will feed,
    open and conveniently stack the envelopes on the other side of the
    unit. The productivity offered by this unit can potentially save a
    medium size business hundreds of man hours per year in soft costs by
    centralizing the letter opening process.
  • When you open the
    box for a new 1632 letter opener you will find that there are four
    small rubber feet inside the box. These rubber feet are designed to
    stick on the bottom of the machine to ensure that it does not move
    during the letter opening process. It is important to remember to
    install these feet when you first set up the machine as they help to
    ensure that the letter opener operates at maximum efficiency. The
    Martin Yale 1632 is designed for use with all standard sizes of
    business mail including #6-3/4, #8, #9 and #10 envelopes.
  • The
    1632 high speed letter opener is actually fairly compact. It only
    weighs about six pounds and measures 19.5″ x 15.5″ x 7.75″. This makes
    it ideal for offices where counter space is at a premium.

Weaknesses / Limitations:

  • Like
    most other letter opening machines, the Martin Yale 1632 cuts off a
    small portion of the top of the envelope to open the letters. Although
    this is highly efficient, if the materials inside the envelopes are not
    aligned in the bottom of the envelopes, the machine will potentially
    slice into the contents of your letters. In order to deal with this
    problem it is advisable that the Premier 1632 letter opener be used in
    conjunction with a paper jogger or envelope jogging machine. A jogger
    will help to ensure that all of the documents inside your envelopes are
    positioned correctly for the letter opener to do its work. However,
    with all letter openers, there is still the possibility that
    overstuffed envelopes or letters with non standard sized documents may
    be sliced in the letter opening process.
  • The Martin Yale 1632
    is ideal for use with standard sized business envelopes. However, the
    maximum size of envelope that can be opened with the 1632 is a #10
    business envelope. Larger sized letters will still need to be opened by
    hand. The same is true for envelopes that have been damaged in the mail
    or for envelopes that are extremely thick and overstuffed.
  • Over
    time this machine may require some maintenance which potentially
    includes the replacement of the belts that feed the letters through the
    machine and the replacement of the letter opening blades. With normal
    usage, this machine should last for years without the need to replace
    these items. However, if you deal with more than a thousand letters per
    day it may be a good idea to allow some room in your budget for
    maintenance costs.
  • Although you can add a stack of envelopes
    to this machine that is up to 1.75″ thick, the 1632 works best if you
    fan the letters before adding them to the machine. It also works best
    if you are opening a stack that contains all of the same sized
    envelopes.

Recommendation:

  • The Martin
    Yale 1632 letter opener is ideal for organizations that are looking to
    open up to one thousand standard sized letters or envelopes per day.
  • It
    is an introductory model designed for a small to medium sized mailroom
    and can help to centralize the mail opening process inside your
    organization.
  • This can potentially save your company
    thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in soft costs associated with
    the opening of letters and mail.
  • Still , it is best to keep in
    mind that the Martin Yale 1632 is best when paired with a paper jogger
    and is only designed for use with standard business envelopes

About the author

If you need more information or would like to purchase the Martin Yale 1632 Automatic Letter Opener or any of the other Letter Openers / Opening Machines that we carry please feel to visit our site or contact us with your questions.

This review was written by Jeff McRitchie who is the director of marketing for Mybinding.com.
Jeff has written more than three hundred articles and more than two
hundred reviews on Binding Machines, Binding Supplies, Report Covers,
3-Ring Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Supplies, Paper
Shredders and Paper Handling Equipment

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