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How To Achieve High Speed Pick & Place Performance with Minimal Engineering and Assembly Time, Assembly, March 2013
From: Festo CorporationDescription: How To Achieve High Speed Pick & Place Performance with Minimal Engineering and Assembly Time ...
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Steel belts are top of the milk for Tetra Pak
From: Belt Technologies, Inc.Description: The new carton combines the easy handling and pouring of a bottle with the environmental and cost advantages of a carton. It is initially being aimed at the ambient white milk market, including ...
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Bulk Bag Transportation and Storage
Description: The easiest method to move bulk bags is on pallets (or skid sheets) using fork trucks or pallet trucks. Listed below are considerations when using pallets. The ideal size of the pallet should allow ...
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Learn how to Batch Directly from Bulk Bags
Description: A bulk bag batching system is comprised of a bulk bag discharger whose outlet is directly coupled to a feed control device such as a screw feeder or flexible conveyor. The feed device is typically ...
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Principles of Bulk Bag Filling
Description: The primary objective when filling a bulk bag is to produce a safe package. This means that the bulk bag must be straight-sided, flat-topped and stable (without the need for external support such as ...
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Selecting and Using Bulk Bags - Part 1
Description: Bulk bags, also known as flexible intermediate storage containers, are inexpensive, safe containers that can be used to easily move and store from 500 to 8,000 pounds of bulk materials. Selecting a ...
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Selecting and Using Bulk Bags - Part 2
Description: Bulk bags, also known as flexible intermediate storage containers, easily, safely, and inexpensively move and store from 500 to 8,000 pounds of bulk materials. Selecting a bag that's right for your ...
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Solving Bulk Bag Dusting Problems
Description: The most common problem with unloading bulk bags is dusting. Frequently, bulk bag discharging operations are a dusty mess. At best, this results in a housekeeping problem. More importantly, product ...
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The Truth About Paddle Style Bulk Bag Dischargers
Description: Paddles make sense, right? What do you do when ingredient wonâ t come out of a bag or a bin? You hit it. Thatâ s what paddles do to bulk bags: they manually manipulate the bag to induce ingredient ...
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Tubular drag cable conveyors help company turn green coffee beans into smooth blends
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: A coffee roaster specifies tubular drag cable conveyors for a new facility's production process to reduce operating costs and improve production efficiency. ...
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Company Gets More out of Their Pre-Cleaning Room with Roll-Up Doors
From: Goffs Enterprises, Inc.Description: In a growing company as the business expands the challenge for management is to get as much as they can out of their floor space to avoid the cost of a facility expansion and eating into the revenue ...
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Curtains Give Plastics Manufacturer Flexible Possibilities
From: Goffs Enterprises, Inc.Description: Leading Industry, Inc. is a growing thermoplastics manufacturer turning out products such as blister packs, clamshells, plastic trays and packaging for electrostatic discharge (ESD), food, medical and ...
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Only the Cakes are Hot/Not the Employees
From: Goffs Enterprises, Inc.Description: Many people who are into cooking or baking imagine taking their food specialty public. Suzanne Markus did it. Back in the days when she worked in a financial firm her coworkers marveled at the treats ...
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Packing Avocados While Rolling Screen Sends Bugs Packing
From: Goffs Enterprises, Inc.Description: When a company does one thing, it has to do it well. In the case of West Pak Avocado, one of the largest packers of this healthy green fruit, their process has to do it with food safety strongly in ...
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Pittsburgh Corning Installs Climate Curtain For Glass Block System Assembly Area
From: Goffs Enterprises, Inc.Description: Eric Swartwout, the Senior Engineer whose responsibilities include the mechanical, electrical and environmental activities at the facility, determined that Climate Curtains from Goff's Curtain Walls ...
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Common Questions on the Polyurethane Molding Process
From: RWM Casters CompanyDescription: Common questions on the molding process of polyurethane as applied to the industrial caster & wheel industry. Covers various bonding attributes and procedures in a general view of the concepts ...
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BQE CONNECTOR at the WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE
From: Hilman RollersDescription: This "fast-track" project replaced concrete bridge segments of the connecting ramps leading to the Williamsburg Bridge - a vital link between Brooklyn and Manhattan, in New York City. The contractor ...
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CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE MOVE
From: Hilman RollersDescription: The historic and famous lighthouse that stood on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and guided mariners to safety for more than 100 years was threatened to destruction by an encroaching sea. The ...
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Large Crane Installation
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Installation of a large crane aboard an offshore rig was done on four 50-ton capacity Hilman Rollers. The crane was moved on beams to its new location. Another job done quickly and efficiently on ...
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LEE ROY SELMON CROSS TOWN EXPRESSWAY
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Hilman Rollers are an integral part of the construction process for an elevated expressway designed to relieve traffic congestion between the suburbs and downtown Tampa. The cross town expressway ...
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LIFT & ROLL SYSTEM - SINGAPORE
From: Hilman RollersDescription: This is an alternative lift & roll system supplied by Hilman Rollers for Rig 102. The cantilever beams are supported by six rollers-1,250 tons each. Each roller is supported by six hydraulic cylinders ...
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LIGHT RAIL TUNNEL & STATION
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Various capacity Hilman Rollers were used to support waste conveyor gantries behind a TBM (tunnel boring machine) for the new Minneapolis / St. Paul Light Rail Tunnel & Station. Eight standard OT ...
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NUCLEAR WASTE CASK TRANSPORT
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Hilman Rollers proved to be a high capacity and low profile solution used for the on site transport of nuclear fuel casks at this nuclear power facility. The rollers used are 150 metric ton capacity, ...
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OFFSHORE MODULE LOADOUT
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Hilman Rollers was called upon to design and manufacture a roller for moving specially fabricated modules that were to be installed offshore, primarily for use as living quarters. The modules, ...
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PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION Saudi Arabia
From: Hilman RollersDescription: This pipeline is being laid to transport water which is injected into oil wells to maintain pressures. Hilman Rollers' 15 ton capacity OT Rollers with Accu-Roll System replace a cam follower ...
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PORT SIDE CASING MOVE
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Eight 200 ton capacity XOT Hilman Rollers with Accu-Roll Guidance System were used for moving the M/V Blue Marlin's portside casing. The 8 rollers were fitted to 4 load spreader beams, which where in ...
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ROCKET LAUNCH FACILITY
From: Hilman RollersDescription: Hilman Rollers are an integral part of the rocket launch mission, adding safety and efficiency to critical load movements. Final assembly and fitting-up of the rocket occurs in a "S.C.A.T." building, ...
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Aluminum Wheel Handling Manipulator
From: Cynergy Ergonomics, Inc.Description: A Midwest wheel manufacturer was handling 40 pound aluminum wheels by hand and palletizing them from a conveyor. A system was needed to alleviate the repetitive stress injuries occurring to their ...
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Flat Screen LCD Manipulator for Slot Machine Assembly
From: Cynergy Ergonomics, Inc.Description: Las Vegas based slot machine manufacturer receives LCD display panels from their vendor in a flat, horizontal orientation in cardboard boxes. When they arrive in the assembly area, the 55 lb panels ...
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Rigid Mast Multiple Roll Handling Manipulator
From: Cynergy Ergonomics, Inc.Description: A Tennessee packaging manufacturer had been handling 100# rolls by hand, manually removing them from a pallet while vertical (eye to the sky) and loading them horizontally onto a spindle (multiple ...
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Steering Gear Manipulator for Dunnage Loading
From: Cynergy Ergonomics, Inc.Description: A tier 1 manufacturer of steering gear assemblies needed to pick the 65 lb parts from the assembly table and load them into the dunnage rack for shipment. Loading of the dunnage posed a significant ...
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Welded Fabrications-Stress Relief Oven Manipulator Arm
From: Cynergy Ergonomics, Inc.Description: Illinois based heavy earth moving machinery manufacturer utilizes welded fabrications of various shapes, sizes and weights in their equipment. After the welding process, these parts require stress ...
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Whitepaper: Scissors Lift Application Guide
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.Description: The basic information necessary to select an appropriate lift for an application includes all of the topics listed below: ...
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How To Choose the Right Conveyor
From: NERAK Systems Inc.Description: The descriptions below help you to find the right conveyor for your needs. The descriptions on this page are brief. You will find detailed information for each conveyor when you click on their links. ...
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AirStar Chain Hoist Manual
Description: This book contains important information to help you install, operate and maintain your new CM AIRSTAR Air Hoist. We recommend that you study its contents thoroughly before putting your hoist to use. ...
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Cyclone Army Type Trolley Hoist Manual
Description: The Cyclone Hand Hoist has been expanded to include trolley suspended units. The CM Cyclone Army Type Trolley Hoist consists of the lightweight, durable Cyclone Hand Hoist rigidly suspended from a ...
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Hurricane 360 (656-G) Manual
Description: CM® Hurricane 360 hand operated chain hoists are highly versatile materials handling equipment that can be used to effectively lift loads. The frame and covers are made from steel stampings. ...
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Rotatruck vs Hand Truck
From: Rotacaster Pty Ltd.Description: Download the comparative report evaluating the Rotatruck to a standard hand truck. It details the improved ergonomic safety and increased productivity and immediate ROI delivered by the Rotatruck. ...
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Whitepaper: How To Select A Proper Dock Lift
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.Description: Dock lifts have two advantages over other means of unloading trucks. 1) Level unloading from the bed of a truck is safer than any other alternative and 2) dock lifts are the only type of equipment ...
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VibroBlock® Systems, Some Basic Concepts
From: Arthur G. RussellDescription: The following will explain some of the basics of vibration, and more specifically how they relate to VibroBlock® feeders tracks and bins. ...
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Destuff-IT Increases Productivity by Allowing Workers to Work More Efficiently
Description: Ergonomic container unloading for manual unloading of floor loaded cases and boxes. ...
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Demag crane technology for Volkswagen press shop in Bratislava
Description: Process cranes as a pioneering intralogistics solution Innovate gripper concept for a high level of safety Optimum use of space thanks to tool storage on three levels ...
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Demag Cranes strengthens its foothold on the Mississippi River
Description: G HPK 8400 B Floating Crane for the Burnside Terminal of Impala Warehouses LLC Up to 1,850 tonnes of bulk materials can be handled per hour ...
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Demag process cranes for mine application
Description: Maintenance cranes for semi-mobile crushers supplied by ThyssenKrupp Rugged crane systems ensure availability under harsh ambient conditions Ideal service concept ...
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Almond company chooses gentle,
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Hilltop Ranch Inc., Ballico, Calif., is a family-owned almond processing corporation that processes 50 million pounds of almonds each year. Recently, industry changes made it necessary for owners ...
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Choosing the right conveyor for coffee
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: One often finds pneumatic conveyors in small roasteries and in large roasting facilities. A vacuum dilute phase conveyor, for instance, is often the first conveyor that roasteries purchase due to the ...
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Company is nuts about
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Operators at Hamilton Ranches Inc. can't help but feel a bit nutty. That's because they spend their days processing pecans and walnuts. The family-owned company, based in Visalia, Calif., dehydrates ...
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Feedstuffs
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Fermentation-based technology requires a level of precision. When Diamond V vice president of operations Mike Goble joined the company, he asked his employees their goal, which they said was to make ...
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Innovations Keep Food Processing Conveyors Flexible
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Luckily for food manufacturers, conveyor technology has not stood still. A number of vendors have introduced innovations this year that move the technology that moves your products. ...
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Tubular drag cable conveyors
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Operators at Hamilton Ranches Inc. can't help but feel a bit nutty. That's because they spend their days processing pecans and walnuts. The family-owned company, based in Visalia, Calif., dehydrates ...
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Demag Cranes supplies crane technology for the largest paper-roll shipping store in the world
Description: Düsseldorf, 23 May 2012. Demag Cranes received the order to supply eight fully automated process cranes and a warehouse management system from the Chinese company Anhui Shanying Paper Industry Co. ...
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Demag Cranes supplies three process cranes to Interfer Rohrunion
Description: Düsseldorf, 04.06.2012. Demag Cranes supplied three process cranes for the new external store of Interfer Rohrunion at the Voerde site, Germany. The three identical cranes of the Steelmaster type, ...
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White Paper: Mold Releasing Process and Silicone
From: RWM Casters CompanyDescription: With the increasing use of cast and injection molded wheels, questions of how these molded wheels are released from their molds and whether or not silicone is used in the process often arise. To ...
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Whitepaper: Work Access Lift Application Guide
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.Description: Safety is the prime purpose of all work access lifts. They are designed to move production personnel, their tools and materials to ergonomically sound work positions to enhance both worker safety and ...
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CVC Electro-Mechanical Feeder
Description: An inclined vibratory surface, screen section was used. A vacuum is drawn through screen to remove fine dust from the product and aid in cooling material. Removable covers with quick clamps were ...
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Drum Packer Reduces Packaging Cost by 25%
Description: Grid Deck Weight Table (GWT) enables packing of 20% more product in drums, reducing number of drums used by 25% ...
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Feeder increases productivity , reduces waste, and prevents worker injury
Description: Cleveland Vibrator fabricated a feeder to convey the materials to the mixing bin, allowing the operator to feed them in a controlled flow. The feeder also prevents damage to the mixing blade allowing ...
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Glen-Gery Landmark Stone Application Report
Description: Glen-Gery Landmark Stone improves production throughput with Vibratory Belt Conveyor Table (BT) ...
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Truck Equipment Service Company counts on Vibra-Might Vibrators
Description: Vibra-Might VMR 1125 and VMR 1200 metallic impact pneumatic vibrators from Cleveland Vibrator Company were selected by Truck Equipment Service Company to offer as an option to truckers transporting ...
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Case Study: Taskmaster® Grinders Play Central Role in Biofuel Production
Description: A biogas station in Pobežovice, the Czech Republic could be a prototype for what the future holds for the production of energy from renewable sources. Built by the Spin Plzen company, the facility is ...
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The Basics of Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems
From: Savant Automation, Inc.Description: Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems are one of the most exciting and dynamic areas in material handling today. But AGVS is really not so new. Fifty years ago when AGVS was invented it was then called ...
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Consumer Goods Success Story
From: ATS AutomationDescription: The customer needed a Material Handling System that would manipulate razor blades assembled into a Blade Spindle. The key requirement was that there were ~4000 blades per Spindle and 28 individual ...
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Egg Harvesting Success Story
From: ATS AutomationDescription: A major pharmaceutical manufacturer needed to improve the design of their egg harvesting equipment to improve the GMP compliance and reduce cleaning and setup time. Our client was looking for an ...
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Medical Specimen Transport System Success Story
From: ATS AutomationDescription: An OEM wanted to launch a solution to provide hospitals and laboratories with an automation material handling solution for transporting fragile test tube specimens within a laboratory setting. Our ...
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Heavy Construction
From: Hilman RollersDescription: CONCRETE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION San Antonio "Y", San Antonio, Texas USA 1987 ...
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Marine & Shipbuilding
From: Hilman RollersDescription: SHIP LAUNCH Atlantic Eagle Workboat, Nova Scotia, CANADA 1999 ...
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Material Handling
From: Hilman RollersDescription: JET ENGINE ASSEMBLY CARTS Middletown, Connecticut 1993 ...
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Offshore, Oil & Gas
From: Hilman RollersDescription: LIFT & ROLL SYSTEM Rig 102, SINGAPORE 2001 ...
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Power Generation & Research
From: Hilman RollersDescription: STEPUP TRANSFORMERS IINSTALLED Sylmar, California USA 1986 ...
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Solar Mirror Assembly Lift with Fixture Clamps
From: Autoquip CorporationDescription: Autoquip recommended a high capacity scissor lift with a custom design fixture clamp on the lift platform for positioning and locking the pallets in place. The forklift operator will be able to load ...
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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Crane Installation in a New Building
From: Dearborn Overhead CraneDescription: You have a shiny new building with a shiny new crane and everything looks great. For some reason, though, the crane won't clear the building columns, even though the contractor and the crane ...
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Containment Capabilities of a Class II Biological Safety Cabinet when working with a Chemo Pad
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: To study the containment capabilities of the BSC when using a chemo plus prep mat on the worksurface. ...
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Water Type and Cleaning for Nuaire Incubators
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: Incubator contamination is inherently a potential for all incubator manufacturers. ...
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WHEN SHOULD WE REPLACE OUR BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: Use of modern day Biological Safety cabinets (BSC's) began in the early 1970's with BSC's that were manufactured to the NIH-03-112C Standard and subsequently the NSF Standard 49. BSC's manufactured in ...
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Off-Centered Loads on Dynamic Lifts
From: Autoquip CorporationDescription: Catalog End and Side load ratings (primarily on In-Plant lifts) as well as Axles load ratings (primarily on Dock lifts) are STATIC ratings. This means that the ratings are based on a raised scissors ...
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Case Study: Adding a Jib or Gantry to a bay Already Served by a Bridge Crane-101
From: Dearborn Overhead CraneDescription: Dearborn Crane has a steel-warehouse customer. This particular has (4) twenty ton overhead cranes operating in each bay. These overhead cranes are used quite frequently to load and unload trucks. The ...
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Ergonomic Lifting Study
From: Dearborn Overhead CraneDescription: The study compared the performance of Gorbel's G-Force™ Intelligent Lifting Device to manual lifting, an air balancer with pendant control, a variable frequency chain hoist, an electric balancer ...
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Polyurethane Material Properties
From: RWM Casters CompanyDescription: Quick overview of the many complexities involved in the polyurethane material selection and manufacturing process. ...
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Zero Harm
From: OPW Engineered SystemsDescription: White Paper shows how advanced dry disconnect coupler and adaptor technologies help ease environmental concerns for shale oil and gas upstream and midstream industries. ...
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Case Study: *High Capacity Paper Roll Lift
From: Autoquip CorporationDescription: aper manufacturer utilizes unique four-post hydraulic lift used for transferring fork trucks and/or multiple rolls of paper between two fixed landings. The Challenge: A method of moving up to six (6) ...
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Case Study: Kitchen Delivery VRC Lift
From: Autoquip CorporationDescription: The Challenge: A customer recently purchased and remodeled an older building for use as a restaurant, and architectural plans placed the kitchen level above street level. This meant that food and ...
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How to Specify the Correct Motorized Conveyor Roller
From: ITOH Denki USA, Inc.Description: In determining the correct length of the POWER MOLLER required, you should first obtain the ?between frame width? of the conveyor you will be mounting the POWER MOLLER on. If this dimension is in ...
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Wire Straightening Rules of Thumb
From: TAK Enterprises, Inc.Description: Tips of selecting and using wire straighteners ...
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Micro batching system
From: ARBO Engineering, Inc.Description: Here's how it works: * ARBO's feeders are mounted above a traversing bowl belt conveyor; * Each feeder will accurately batch feed the required ingredient into the plastic bag lined scale container; * ...
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Vibratory Feeder Noise Reduction
Description: The past century has been witness to unprecedented changes in industrial manufacturing technology. Advancements in materials, methods, and control systems have led to higher quality, tighter ...
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Application 001: Food processing (meat) Danish Crown, Denmark
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: One of the high-end applications installed at the plant are so-called "primal cutting" machines developed by the engineering company KJ Industries. Equipped with a special vision system, these systems ...
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Application 002: Food processing (meat), Danish Crown, Denmark
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: One of the high-end applications installed at the plant are so-called "primal cutting" machines developed by the engineering company KJ Industries. Equipped with a special vision system, these systems ...
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Application 003: Automotive industry Paro AG, Switzerland
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: The customised PARO solution for a well-known automotive supplier is used for removing individual units from small-parts containers and packaging pre-assembled components. What makes it special is ...
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Application 007: Beverage logistics Kempf GmbH, Germany
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: End user: Kempf. Systems integrator for materials handling solutions: Rema Tec. Flow storage solution: Interroll. All three companies can be justifiably proud of two substantial projects they recently ...
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Application 009: Building industry logisticsPoloplast, Austria
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: The increasing need for storage space has resulted in Poloplast opting for an efficient and innovative expansion of its storage capacity, as the increasing number of boxes containing sensitive ...
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Application 011: Health Care Logistics Ciba Vision Grosswallstadt, Germany
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: In Großwallstadt two types of shipping orders are entrusted to various courier service companies: orders picked entirely automatically and those also completed by hand. A sophisticated logistics ...
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Application 012: Beverage logistics Kempf GmbH, Germany
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: Record time in rack storage warehouse...with all due care Anyone working with large volumes of beverages knows how valuable fast yet careful handling can actually be. This was abundantly clear to ...
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Application 013: Warehouse & Logistics Gilmer, Georgia/USA
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: The new dynamic pallet flow system recently installed at Graphic Packaging International's plant in Perry is symbolic of the new wave of synergies currently sweeping the Georgia-based company to the ...
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Application 014: Automotive industry MG, United Kingdom
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: The dynamic shelving transports the boxes of MG components on pitched roller tracks, automatically replenishing the pick face with a full carton as soon as the empty one has been removed. ...
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Application 015: Mail order business Amway, Poland
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: 6,000 packages are processed each day in a single shift at the Pruszków Logistics Centre. The conveyor process relies on 264 metres (866 ft.) of intelligence: the Interroll Intelliveyor lines - ...
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Application 016: Food distribution Nongshim Co. Ltd., South Korea
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: And what exactly has Nongshim sown? In this case, a smart investment which promises a rapid return. The new distribution centre in Kumi bears testimony to the company's strategic vision. This fully ...
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Application 017: Airport Baggage handling Barajas Airport Madrid, Spain
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: In the aviation industry, high availability is crucial - both in the air and for logistics services on the ground. With departures and arrivals occurring minute by minute and hundreds of baggage items ...
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Application 018: Distribution Center Shanghai Tobacco, China
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: Supply chain management calls for structure, transparency and efficiency. The new distribution centre (DC) of the Shanghai Haiyan Logistics Development Company Limited has pioneered the way in this ...
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Application 020: Food distributionAgrexco, Israel
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: Almost as soon as a foreign order for herbs, spices or flowers has been received at the head office in Tel Aviv, Agrexco's partners- farmers and breeders - are already active. After having been ...
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Application 021: Food industry La Selva, Spain
From: Interroll CorporationDescription: The true embodiment of this passion is to be found at La Selva, a food company in Girona, whose meat delicatessen products account for up to 40 per cent of the Spanish snack market. Not to mention ...
