A major driver for Manchester Airport is customer satisfaction and the development of the passenger experience. This goal has resulted in Manchester Airport committing to the major development of the Departure areas and outbound security facilities at all three of its terminals.

The new Mach-SmartLane® which has been installed with great success in all three terminals at Manchester Airport has resulted in major increases in efficiency and throughput and has made a major positive contribution to the overall passenger experience.

The new Mach-SmartLane® is an Integrated X-Ray baggage tray handling system that ensures optimum performance is achieved through the out bound security screening process.

The development of the solution was undertaken in close partnership with all of the Manchester Airport key stakeholders resulting in a system that  addressed all of the recognised key criteria inclusive of the following issues: - Dft and Government security approval; Passenger Efficiency, Acceptance & Usability; Operator Simplicity; Operator Ergonomics; Robustness and Redundancy; Maintainability and Cost effectiveness.

The new Mach-SmartLane® is only part of the ongoing story of innovation and development which has been undertaken by MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd in the field of Airport Passenger Security.

The new Mach-SmartLane® is one of a family of products currently being released by MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd. The total Outbound security family of products reside under the name of Mach-Secure and includes the following product range: -

• Mach-SmartLane® - Integrated X-Ray baggage tray handling system
• Mach-SmartView® - Integrated X-Ray Remote Screening Facility
• Mach-SmartGate® - Integrated Automatic Metal Detector/Gate Security System
• Mach-SmartAccess® - Integrated Access Control system
• Mach-SEMS® - Check Point Security Efficiency Management System

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd are now offering their clients the opportunity to install any or all of the MACH-Secure Product range which have been designed to be totally independent and transparent to any of the key component suppliers I.E. X-Ray machine manufacturers.

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd have the in-house capabilities to offer their clients a full design service to upgrade an existing outbound security screening facility to a fully automated solution adopting the MACH-Secure Product range. This service can include PAX throughput simulation to determine equipment layout, architectural and layout design through to the complete installation and commissioning of the facility.

The complete range of the MACH-Secure family of products and how they are integrated into an outbound security facility will be showcased at the ACI Conference to be held in Manchester on the 15th June 2009.