Axel behind the scenes

Axel is well-versed in all behind the scenes activities at airports. He’s travelled on a luggage conveyor in a suitcase. It's not allowed – forbidden in fact – but Axel was given permission in order to improve safety. Your work up to check-in is partly analogue, but your luggage travels digitally. At check-in a code is placed on your luggage. It controls the conveyor route your luggage takes because, just like a railway line, there are junctions where the destination of each suitcase is scanned. On the conveyor, just after your luggage has disappeared out of sight, each suitcase is placed in a plastic box, slightly bigger than the one used for your hand luggage at the security check This protects your suitcase and the conveyor belt. The plastic boxes are all the same size and navigate the curves and junctions much better. It is curves and junctions that Axel is most interested in because it is here, and where airport staff pass by, that Axelent’s safety products are most needed. The behind-the-scenes conveyor is automated, travels fast and nothing is allowed to fall off. Staff safety near the conveyors is dependent on reliable machine guards.