Archive for April, 2008

Lube-free chains operate at 230 deg C

A range of lubricant-free, heat-resistant chain is now available to be used in temperature at up to 230 deg C and offers over four times the wear life of standard chain.
Tsubaki is providing all the non-lube, low maintenance benefits of its well proven Lambda chain in a heat resistant version that has an operational temperature [...]

Grocer invests in warehouse and picking technology

Witron is designing an automated distribution centre with warehouse and picking technology in Ontario, Canada for Canada’s second-largest grocery retailer, Sobeys.
The retail chain Sobeys plans to build an automated distribution centre in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada The distribution centre is expected to tighten Sobeys’ supply chain while improving the service level for dry grocery delivery to [...]

Dutch department store orders picking solution

Witron Engineering is expanding the service it provides for Hema, the Netherlands’ leading department store chain, with an automated logistics centre with an integrated picking solution in Utrecht.
At present Netherlands’ leading department store chain Hema, part of the Maxeda holding group, is building an automated logistics centre with an integrated picking solution in Utrecht The [...]

Heavy loads transported with wide ball rails

Transporting products weighing up to 8 tonnes to heat treatment facilities required a heavy duty system, of which an important component is a wide ball rail system.
A company wanted to reliably and safely transport heavy, high value products between processing stations The handling systems contractor, SCM Materials Handling, found that a wide ball rail system [...]

Screw feeders improve powder coatings productivity

Latest agitated screw feeders and chutes have increased production and improved containment at a leading manufacturer’s powder coatings plant.
Powder coating manufacturer, Becker Powder Coatings, has installed new agitated screw feeders and chutes Supplied by solids handling equipment manufacturer, Ajax Equipment, the equipment will increase production and improve containment at Becker’s Liverpool, UK factory
Becker Powder [...]

Screw feeders improve powder coatings productivity

Latest agitated screw feeders and chutes have increased production and improved containment at a leading manufacturer’s powder coatings plant.
Powder coating manufacturer, Becker Powder Coatings, has installed new agitated screw feeders and chutes Supplied by solids handling equipment manufacturer, Ajax Equipment, the equipment will increase production and improve containment at Becker’s Liverpool, UK factory
Becker Powder [...]

Mobile materials handling robot is self-guiding

A vision-guided, self-navigating, industrial mobile robot has been designed specifically for material handling in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution plants.
Seegrid Corporation has introduced its autonomous tugger, the GT3 The vehicle employs Seegrid’s Industrial Mobile Robotics (IMR) technology, which enables it to move through manufacturing, warehousing and distribution operations making use of stereo cameras to build a [...]