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Air Conveyors (121 companies)
Air conveyors are devices that use airflow to move items or media. Products include air tables, pneumatic tube conveyors, and vacuum conveyors.  
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Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) (23 companies)
Automated storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS) are automated systems that store and retrieve products from an inventory location. They are used for unloading, sorting, put-away, storage, order-picking, staging, and loading. Learn more about Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)

Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) (76 companies)
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) are designed to perform their operations without direct human guidance. They are used in a wide variety of industrial applications and can be laser, inertially or Cartesian-guided.
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Bags and Sacks (621 companies)
Bags and sacks are used for a wide variety of storage, packaging and shipping applications. They include bags and sacks made of all kinds of materials.
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Ball Transfers and Ball Transfer Units (52 companies)
Ball transfers are conveyors that use fixed balls to transport products and materials by rolling. Ball transfer units are ball transfer components that consist of a large, load-bearing ball which sits atop smaller balls inside of a hemispherical cup. Learn more about Ball Transfers and Ball Transfer Units

Bin Activators and Discharge Aids (43 companies)
Bin activators and discharge aids are solids feeder valves with integral vibrators to promote material flow and prevent material bridging. They are used to promote the steady flow of granular or powdered materials from storage bins, hoppers, or silos.
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Bollards (89 companies)
Bollards are structures used to protect buildings from vehicular impact, restrict access or serve as landscape enhancement.
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Boom Lifts (38 companies)
Boom lifts have an articulating arm or telescopic extension for lifting materials or personnel. They are used widely in construction and utility applications, but are also considered to be aerial equipment. Learn more about Boom Lifts

Bulk Material Loaders and Unloaders (326 companies)
Bulk materials loaders and unloaders are used to fill and remove powders, granular substances and other bulk solids from bags, bins, boxes, carts, drums, hoppers, railcars, trucks, and silos. They often include solids feeders and break down clumps or arches to allow for the more uniform distribution of bulk materials.
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Bulk Handling Conveyors (390 companies)
Bulk handling conveyors carry materials such as grain, coal, pellets or any other powder, granular or bulk media.
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Cable Reels (167 companies)
Cable reels are used for storage, unwinding, and winding of conductive cable or lifting cable.  Electric cable reels have contacts for maintaining live power during winding.
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Carrying Cases and Equipment Cases (290 companies)
Carrying cases and equipment cases protect contents from impact, shock, vibration, rain, and dust.
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Casters (446 companies)
Casters are complete wheel and horn assemblies which, when attached to a piece of equipment, allow it to move.
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Checkweighers (91 companies)
Checkweighers are weighing systems used to verify that the weight of a product is within prescribed limits.
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Conveyor Belts (360 companies)
Conveyor belts are used in a wide variety of material transport applications such as manufacturing, food processing, and heavy industry. Belt construction and belt materials are often application-specific.
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Conveyor Chain (96 companies)
Conveyor chain is used for material conveyance under harsh conditions, in specialty applications, or when material can be allowed to fall through gaps in the conveying surface.
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Conveyor Components (658 companies)
Conveyor components and accessories are the parts that are related to and compose a conveyor system.
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Conveyor Controls and Monitors (64 companies)
Conveyor controls and monitors are used to control and monitor conveyors and conveying systems. Learn more about Conveyor Controls and Monitors

Conveyor Sprockets (41 companies)
Conveyor sprockets (mill sprockets, engineering class sprockets, engineered sprockets) are used in conjunction with conveyor chains or conveyor belts.
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Dock Equipment (427 companies)
Dock equipment covers all items that assist in the loading and unloading of materials from trucks to buildings. Dock equipment categories include dock boards, dock bumpers, dock seals, dock levelers, dock lights, dock shelters, dock doors, dock restraints, dock guides, and dock chocks.
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Dock Lifts (93 companies)
Dock lifts are platforms used to raise and lower material, personnel and workpieces for loading and positioning.
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Door Operators (115 companies)
Door operators are devices used to open and close all types of doors or gates. These operators can be powered by a variety of power sources such as electric, hydraulic or pneumatic devices. Learn more about Door Operators

Dumpers, Tilters and Inverters (279 companies)
Dumpers, tilters and inverters are used to reposition or empty material handling containers.
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End Trucks (31 companies)
End trucks are motorized or manual devices that run on girders. They are used to position and support lifts or manipulators over the work area. Learn more about End Trucks

Explosives Storage (13 companies)
Explosives storage products are designed to store low explosive and/or high explosive materials within magazines, armories, and day storage boxes. Learn more about Explosives Storage

Feed Screws (86 companies)
Feed screws (feedscrews) are horizontally-oriented screws or augers placed in the bottom of a bin, silo, extruder, hopper, or molding machine to provide uniform flow. As the feed screw turns, process material is dispensed. Learn more about Feed Screws

Forklifts (541 companies)
Forklifts are used to engage, lift and transfer palletized loads. They can be divided into eight numbered classes and categorized by drive type. This product area also includes fork trucks.
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Gas Cylinders (87 companies)
Gas cylinders are used to store gases under high pressures. They can store flammable gases such as acetylene and inert gases such as helium.
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Grates and Grating Materials (167 companies)
Grates and grating materials consist of a metal or fiberglass lattice that provides a slip-resistant or semi-open surface. Learn more about Grates and Grating Materials

Hazardous Material Storage (176 companies)
Hazardous material storage containers are designed to hold, store and/or transport hazardous materials.
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Hoppers (388 companies)
Hoppers are used for the temporary storage of materials.
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Hose Reels (325 companies)
Hose reels are used to wind, unwind, and store lengths of hose that are designed to transport gases and liquids for industrial applications.
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Industrial Balers (86 companies)
Industrial balers compact material into bales for improved handling, transportation, disposal, storage, or secondary processing. Some industrial balers have integrated shearing capabilities (shear-balers). Others can tie or wrap bales automatically. Learn more about Industrial Balers

Industrial Carts and Industrial Trucks (1060 companies)
Industrial carts and industrial trucks are used to transport equipment or materials. There are many different types of products.
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Industrial and Commercial Trailers (320 companies)
Industrial trailers and commercial trailers are pulled behind a powered vehicle to carry goods, livestock, or equipment. Learn more about Industrial and Commercial Trailers

Industrial Compactors (238 companies)
Industrial compactors, waste and garbage compactors, crushers and other compaction equipment are used to process wastes, textiles, rubber, fibers and other low-density materials into a finished compact shape.
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Industrial Containers (1410 companies)
Industrial containers are used for containing materials, shipping and storage.  These containers include bags, basins, bins, boxes, buckets, crates, cylinders, drums, IBCs, tanks, and ISO containers.
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Industrial Conveyors (1991 companies)
Industrial conveyors are horizontal, inclined, declined, or vertical machinery that transports bulk materials or discrete units from one place to another at a controlled rate.
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Industrial Cranes (798 companies)
Industrial cranes raise, shift, and lower loads with a projected, swinging arm or a hoisting apparatus supported on an overhead track.
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Industrial Curtains (44 companies)
Industrial curtains separate a work environment with a hanging, flexible material. Products include curtain walls, laser curtains, mesh partitions, privacy screens, stage curtains, and welding curtains.
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Industrial Fans and Industrial Blowers (1149 companies)
Industrial fans and blowers are designed to move air and/or powders in industrial and commercial settings. Typical applications include air circulation for personnel, exhaust or material handling.
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Industrial Floor Mats (321 companies)
Industrial floor mats include rubber mats and matting, modular floor mat systems, and other matting for traction, impact protection, worker ergonomics and comfort. They can include functional features such as ESD protection.
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Industrial Hoists (816 companies)
Industrial hoists are lifting and pulling devices that use a cable, rope, or chain to move or lift a load. Hoists are primarily used for vertical lifting, and usually have a feature for ceiling mounting such as a hook or trolley mount.
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Industrial Manipulators and Industrial Lifters (253 companies)
Industrial manipulators and industrial lifters are used to move and position materials, products, parts, and tools. Commonly used attachments include hooks, magnets, electromagnets, core grips, suction cups, pneumatic clamps and vacuum pads.
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Industrial Partitions (264 companies)
Industrial partitions are used to divide a larger area into smaller, separate workspaces. Products include curtain walls, laser curtains, stage curtains, welding curtains, room partitions, mesh or security partitions, moveable walls, office cubicles, portable partitions, privacy screens, restroom partitions, and demountable wall partitions.
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Industrial Safety Gates (75 companies)
Industrial safety gates protect worker, pedestrian, and other persons' safety, and property safety, through control of openings in mezzanines, loading docks, work platforms, stadiums, and other dangerous work or traveled areas. This category also includes complex mechanical gates with integrated control devices to prevent human or property damage, and to facilitate movement of vehicles. Learn more about Industrial Safety Gates

Industrial Shelters (514 companies)
Industrial shelters are buildings or structures that are designed to house and protect instrumentation or personnel. Examples include booths, buildings, canopies, garages, and walk-in enclosures.
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Industrial Shelving and Racking (784 companies)
Industrial shelving and racking is used to store items packed in totes, boxes, or cases.
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Industrial Storage (4400 companies)
Industrial storage products include cabinets, containers, coolers, carousels, garages, hoppers, lockers, mezzanines, racks, shelves, shelters, storage tanks, and walk-in enclosures. Learn more about Industrial Storage

Industrial Vacuums (321 companies)
Industrial vacuums are capable of picking up large quantities of material and/or liquids. They can be portable devices or part of a central vacuum system.
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Industrial Vehicles (327 companies)
Industrial vehicles are driver controlled self propelled vehicles designed for a variety of applications. These include personnel transportation, load carrying as well as other specialty applications. Learn more about Industrial Vehicles

Industrial Vibrators (98 companies)
Industrial vibrators use rotary or linear motion to provide consistent vibration for laboratory and industrial shakers, screeners and classifiers, and bins and hoppers. They are powered by an electric motor, pneumatic pistons, or hydraulic fluid.
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Industrial Winches (282 companies)
Industrial winches are pulling devices that use a wire, rope, cable, strap or web to move heavy loads. They typically use a drum or reel for line storage and are either manually operated or powered by an electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic motor.
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Industrial Workbenches and Industrial Workstations (524 companies)
Industrial workbenches and industrial workstations are locations where personnel perform work.  Products range from economy workbenches to cleanroom and electronic assembly benches.
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ISO Containers (41 companies)
ISO containers, also called intermodal containers, are designed to transport freight by ship, truck or rail. Learn more about ISO Containers

Ladders (410 companies)
Ladders are devices that workers use to step up or gain access to elevated surfaces.
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Lift Tables (330 companies)
Lift tables are used to raise and position workpieces for ergonomic access.  They are used for material positioning, load positioning, or lifting.
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Lifting and Rigging Attachments (416 companies)
Lifting and rigging attachments are used on a crane or hoist between the hook and the item to be lifted. Items include sling release systems, product specific lifters, clamps and grapples.
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Lifting Chain (118 companies)
Lifting chain is designed for use with hoists, cranes, winches, and other material handling equipment. It is also used in rigging slings and for lashing.
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Lifting Jacks (355 companies)
Lifting jacks are used for leveling or positioning heavy equipment, or for supporting structures. They use screw or cylinder-based actuators and are powered by hydraulic, mechanical, electric, or manual methods.
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Lifting Slings (286 companies)
Lifting slings are material handling accessories for load attachment to lifts, cranes, and hoists.
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Lifts (1343 companies)
Lifts are used to raise and lower material, personnel, vehicles, and workpieces for loading and working positioning.
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Line-shaft Spools (8 companies)
Line-shaft spools are mounted to the drive shaft of a line-shaft conveyor. A belt transmits power from the spool to drive individual conveyor rollers. Learn more about Line-shaft Spools

Loading Arms (35 companies)
Loading arms are used to load liquids into tanks, trucks, railcars, and other vehicles. They are commonly used in fueling and fluid transfer applications. Learn more about Loading Arms

Material Handling and Pneumatic Conveying Blowers (48 companies)
Material handling and pneumatic conveying blowers move air through an enclosed system to transport materials. They generate tremendous air flow in a tube (often by a vacuum) to pull granular materials, papers, powders, or pellets from one location to another.
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Material Handling Automation (1149 companies)
Material handling automation services provide single source automated equipment and systems solutions for the material handling process.
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Mezzanines (226 companies)
Mezzanines are structures that provide an intermediate story between the two main stories of a building. They are used to increase a building’s floor space.
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Mold and Die Change Equipment (44 companies)
Die change equipment and mold change equipment is used to quickly remove or change molds and/or dies. This equipment includes all aspects related to the transportation, alignment and changing of a die or mold. Learn more about Mold and Die Change Equipment

Overhead Trolleys (32 companies)
Overhead trolleys are conveyors that consist of a continuous loop of chain or cable that is suspended from a track. Carriers are attached periodically to hang or contain products.
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Pallet Jacks (201 companies)
Pallet jacks are used to lift and transport pallets. Typically, they only lift a pallet high enough off the ground to allow the pallet to be transported. There are various drive and lift configurations options.  
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Palletized Conveyors (54 companies)
Palletized conveyors are modular systems that use pallets, or trays, to carry parts from one station to the next for machining or assembly applications. Learn more about Palletized Conveyors

Palletizers and Depalletizers (278 companies)
Palletizers place goods on pallets in an orderly fashion.
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Pallets (497 companies)
Pallets are platforms used for storage and transportation of goods.
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Parts Feeders (218 companies)
Parts feeders are machines that orient parts so that robots or other automated processes can capture and use or package the parts or components.
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Pick and Place Systems (160 companies)
Pick and place systems are manipulators that lift, move and place objects in a desired location. Learn more about Pick and Place Systems

Platforms and Walkways (258 companies)
Platforms and walkways allow personnel to work on and access the upper levels of industrial machinery, process equipment, tanks, and buildings.
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Printed Document Storage Systems (33 companies)
Printed document storage systems are cabinets, racks, boxes, or any product or system that is designed to store printed records. Learn more about Printed Document Storage Systems

Reels (477 companies)
Reels are devices around which lengthy, continuous items such as cable, wires, paper, etc. are wrapped for transportation or storage.
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Roller Dollies (96 companies)
Roller dollies are high capacity, low profile dollies used for moving, shifting, and positioning extremely heavy loads. Learn more about Roller Dollies

Safety Flooring and Anti-slip Materials (156 companies)
Safety flooring and anti-slip materials consist of textured plates, non-slip materials, surface roughened treads, anti-slip coatings to prevent slippage and falls of personnel on floors, steps and walkways. Learn more about Safety Flooring and Anti-slip Materials

Scissor Lifts (86 companies)
Scissor lifts are platforms that use a scissor-like mechanism to raise and lower the device. Typically, this type of material handling equipment moves only in the vertical plane.
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Scrubbers (97 companies)
Scrubbers are machines used to clean large surface areas such as walkways, roads, factory floors and parking areas. Learn more about Scrubbers

Security Seals (80 companies)
Security seals are safety products that visually identify if a seal, container, package or enclosure has been opened.
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Shipping Containers and Shipping Cases (497 companies)
Shipping containers and shipping cases include bags, boxes, buckets, barrels, ISO containers, crates, trunks and other vessels for transporting materials.
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Solids Feeders (428 companies)
Solids feeders are used to deliver powder, granular and other bulk solid materials along a process line, or to and from process units, storage bins, conveyors and product packaging.
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Sorting Equipment (77 companies)
Sorting equipment is used to separate dissimilar items into predetermined groupings as part of an automated process. Learn more about Sorting Equipment

Stackers and Reclaimers (24 companies)
Stackers and reclaimers are used in stockyards to stack minerals, ore, and other granular raw materials in piles, and then redistribute them for processing and shipment. Learn more about Stackers and Reclaimers

Stairs and Stairway Products (296 companies)
Stairs and stairway products include treads, balusters, stringers, handrails and other stair components as well as complete pre-fabricated stairways. Learn more about Stairs and Stairway Products

Stands and Supports (53 companies)
Stands and supports are used to hold a piece of equipment at an elevated position. This product area represents a large range of products - from heavy-duty industrial jack stands to light-weight, easily-adjustable camera and speaker stands. Learn more about Stands and Supports

Sweepers (178 companies)
Sweepers are cleaning machines that are typically used to clear floors, streets or other large surfaces of loose debris. Learn more about Sweepers

Tie Downs and Belt Restraints (104 companies)
Tie downs and belt restraints are devices that are used to secure items during shipment or movement. Products include ratcheted tie downs, straps, elastic bungies, cargo restraint tapes and restraining belts. Learn more about Tie Downs and Belt Restraints

Tilt Tables (100 companies)
Tilt tables are designed to tilt so that material can be completely removed from them.
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Timing Screws (5 companies)
Timing screws are helical-screw devices used within automated equipment to advance product at a specific rate and interval of movement. Learn more about Timing Screws

Tugs, Tow Tractors and Pushers (49 companies)
Tugs, tow tractors and pushers are used to move rolling items. They are wheeled, self-propelled, and capable of moving heavy loads. Learn more about Tugs, Tow Tractors and Pushers

Turntables (141 companies)
Turntables are horizontal, rotatable mechanisms for transferring objects between conveyors that are in angular relation to one another.
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Tool Boxes and Tool Storage (219 companies)
Tool boxes and tool storage units are used to organize and store tools. Learn more about Tool Boxes and Tool Storage

Totes and Bins (95 companies)
Totes and bins are containers used for the storage and handling of parts and materials
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Truck Bodies (14 companies)
Truck bodies are assemblies that are placed on a truck chasis for specific tasks. These companies do not manufacture the vehicle only the body that attaches to the chasis of the vehicle. There are on road bodies and off road bodies available. Examples Learn more about Truck Bodies

Unit Handling Conveyors (256 companies)
Unit handling conveyors are designed to handle packages, pallets, or any other unit format. They are used to transport large, discrete items that can be handled independently.
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Vacuum Cups and Vacuum Pads (109 companies)
Vacuum cups and vacuum pads engage an object and attach to it with an applied, sealed vacuum. The pads then lift, move, or position the work piece in assembly or inspection applications.
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Vacuum Lifters (94 companies)
Vacuum lifters consist of a below-the-hook frame with a large vacuum pad or several smaller suction cups for grabbing large sheets, rolls, plates, or other smooth-surfaced products.
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Vacuum Manipulators (37 companies)
Vacuum manipulators include components for moving or positioning wafers or items in vacuum chambers or systems such as mounting devices, load locks, wobble sticks or wafer robots. Learn more about Vacuum Manipulators

Vehicle Lifts (27 companies)
Vehicle lifts are used to lift and support vehicles for service or storage. They may be hydraulic, electric, or manually-actuated. Learn more about Vehicle Lifts

Vertical Conveyors (195 companies)
Vertical conveyors are used to lift or lower loads between various levels in intermittent flow operations and where horizontal space is limited.  There are two types of vertical conveyors, reciprocating and continuous.
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Vibratory Tables (16 companies)
Vibratory tables are table assemblies that are shaken by a vibrator and it is mainly used for fatigue testing, concrete casting, breaking apart, or compaction of media or packaging.  Vibratory tables are also known as vibrating tables or shakeout tables.
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Wheels (270 companies)
Wheels are solid discs or rigid circular rings that attach to assemblies such as casters to allow movement. They are connected to a hub and designed to turn around an axle.
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