Material Handling Equipment Reference Materials

Description: South Pacific Seeds (SPS, www.southpacificseeds.com.au) ranks as one of the world's largest vegetable seed companies. In the 2011-2012 crop year the company produced 3,230 tons (2,930 kg) of seeds ...

Description: Industrial Magnetics' Low Profile Transporters®, used for the efficient transfer of steel blanks or parts in automated press-to-press, station-to-station, or robotic pick-and-place applications, ...

Description: Minnesota Explosives Company manufactures bulk explosives that are used to blast taconite rock into small pieces, the first step in recovering iron ore. To produce the explosive compounds, sodium ...

Description: Established in 1974, this large manufacturer of machinery began cutting its carbon steel, stainless steel and polycarbonate sheet on a waterjet in 2001. ...

Description: When a water treatment works in northern England faced a spike in pesticide concentration exceeding the allowable concentration limit for the incoming water, the site was forced to shut down. The ...

Description: A fire here gutted a 9000 sq ft (837 sq m) building on the property of the Canadian head office and manufacturing and distribution center of the Henry Company, a manufacturer of commercial and ...

Description: There are many bulk material handling equipment solutions to solve processing challenges faced by bakery manufacturers. Chris Brennan from Spiroflow highlights some available options for processors ...

Description: In this short article, we cover how pneumatic vacuum conveyors and aero mechanical conveyors work; describe their similarities and differences, and explain how to determine the best solution for a ...

Description: Nutec Ltd., a contract manufacturer and packager of animal feed and medicinal products, converted from manual dumping of 44 lb (20 kg) bags of raw material to automated, dust-free discharging of 1.1 ...

Description: When sales of a product line decrease, expand. That approach paid dividends for Dairy Industries Jamaica with the help of flexible screw conveyors, which allowed the company to expand its product line ...

Description: On November 20, 2018 by invitation of Cementos CIBAO, a valued partner and client, HBU attended the inaugural ceremonial ribbon cutting for their new HAVER & BOECKER Packing and Palletizer dispatch ...

Description: Traditionally when bag filling, the bag is inflated with air before filling commences. Filling it with nitrogen instead eliminates any oxygen within the bag, and after fill the bag can be left ...

Description: If your product has certain characteristics that make it difficult to handle you may be asking yourself - how do you convey a difficult product? The right conveyor for your application is based on a ...

Description: As material is moved through a conveyor, it faces multiple opportunities for degradation due to poor inlet design, product shearing, conveyor speed, temperature changes, friction-induced separation, ...

Description: Leaders in the business of processing rice know that this delicate grain can be successfully transported on conveyor belt systems, but only when those systems are designed to handle goods gently. ...

Description: To move brittle pasta from Gaylord containers to three packaging lines at high rates without product breakage or dust, Quality Pasta Company installed two Open-Chute Box Dumpers and three ...

Description: Seven bulk bag dischargers have doubled productivity, from 35 tonnes to 70 tonnes (38.5 to 77 tons) per day, in an expansion project that increased Prosur's factory space from 3,000 m2 (32,000 ft2) to ...

Description: Two bulk bag dischargers and five flexible screw conveyors have doubled peanut butter production capacity at Once Again Nut Butter's new 37,000 sq ft (3440 sq m) dedicated peanut butter facility. The ...

Description: Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd required a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 350 kg (772 lb) to 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) bulk bags, sold across the UK and internationally. ...

Description: To move powdered products containing whey and other ingredients from a blender to a packaging machine, the plant continues to rely on a Flexicon flexible screw conveyor it purchased more than 22 years ...

Description: Welcome Food Ingredients Ltd required a more efficient system to re-bag granular sugar used to manufacture their sauces, pastes, dressings and dips for food industry customers. ...

Description: At the Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) in Colon, Panama, several container cranes are in operation around the clock. This requires a particularly high level of robustness and availability for ...

Description: Visumatic's VCM-3X.2 collaborative robot fastening system is a complete feed-and-drive package for use by machine builders. This article explains the complete system, including an automatic feeder, ...

Description: Even if you can make a perfect cut, you waste that skill without proper measuring and marking. Fail at these two things and the rest of the project is might as well fail, too. Here's how to avoid ...

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Description: One of the biggest changes in the draft standard is the requirement for load-sensing alarms and cutouts to be built into new work platforms. The comment period for revised ANSI standards ends on May ...

Description: Most operating nuclear reactors do not possess sufficient in-pool storage capacity. For such plants, dry storage and, for the moment an on-site dry storage facility, is the only viable option. ...

Description: Steps to adjust the A95 Anti-backlash Device ...

Description: Minimizing the amount of chemicals lost during the connection and disconnection of coupling systems is a significant benefit to the health of the environment and operators, but it can also provide ...

Description: This white paper explores the pros and cons of the 4 four types of lifts commonly used to move goods between grade and mezzanines. No matter your mezzanine access needs ...

Description: An automotive holding company in Minnesota with more than nine (9) dealerships has installed mezzanines serviced with Advance rider mezzanine lifts in six (6) of their dealerships with plans for more ...

Description: A spring manufacturer in the Chicago area purchased an existing building to expand their manufacturing area. Prior to occupying the building, they installed an Advance rider mezzanine lift and an ...

Description: A large manufacturing company in North Carolina installed a VRC to take equipment and maintenance items up to their roof. ...

Description: Relocation of active departments in a medical facility is a daunting process. Materials managers at a Midwestern medical system - with multiple locations serving more than 1 million patients annually ...

Description: The first application of Cablevey Conveyors technology saw the US-based company provide Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company (SWDCC) in Burnaby, British Colombia with conveying technology for ...

Description: The coffee "industry" is large and in constant flux. One "State of the Industry" article regarding coffee processing each year cannot possibly capture all the current best practices within a roasting ...

Description: The time was 1941. It was a much different time, but Joyce was there to help when duty called. And the nation called for jacks. ...

Description: End fixity refers to the method by which the ends of the screws are supported. ...

Description: The type of load on a jack, and the way the jack is mounted, affects its load bearing capacity. ...

Description: If the screw is the only support for the load, it is considered unguided. The screw must be large enough to support the load and prevent buckling. On the Column Loading charts, use the row labeled ...

Description: Step 1: Determine the type of jack you wish to use and locate that column load chart. ...

Description: Almondco Australia of Renmark in South Australia, as part of an upgrade of its processing facilities, has installed five Cablevey Conveyor systems. AF Systems is US-based Cablevey Conveyors' local ...

Description: Not long ago, I toured the production facility of a major tea operation that uses tubular drag cable conveyors. It is very interesting to observe tea whizzing by in story-high, modern configurations ...

Description: Sunshine Produce challenged Cablevey to use their test protocol to prove that a Cablevey would be superior to what cheaper competitors offer ...

Description: 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. ...

Description: A pet food manufacturer installs tubular drag cable conveyors in a new processing line to increase production and reduce operating costs. ...

Description: Common terms related to the screw jacks and actuators. ...

Description: Particle degradation is a major concern when pneumatically conveying a fragile material. This article briefly discusses some advantages of pneumatic conveying systems over mechanical conveying systems ...

Description: Develop and size a conveying/sifting system capable of unloading bulk bags of coarse granulated sugar at a customer specified rate and grading the product into three mesh sizes for future process ...

Description: A global manufacturer commissioned Sterling Systems And Controls, Inc. to create a customized Batching and Mixing Control System to improve rubber compounding batch integrity and increase overall ...

Description: Agri-King, Inc. is an animal nutrition company committed to the success and profitability of livestock producers worldwide. Known for its precise feed analyses, highly fortified products, and ...

Description: Sterling Systems and Controls, inc. supplied a Minor Material Weighing System & Batching Controls to a bakery that produces fresh baked goods such as Buns, Bagels, French Bread and Italian Bread ...

Description: Beginning with their first successful breakfast cereal, this American company has been producing delicious and nutritious ready-to-eat breakfast products for over 100 years. The company now produces ...

Description: E3 bulk bag discharger bag spout interface system installed to eliminate dust, product loss, machinery downtime and other equipment-related issues associated with a customer's carbon black unloading ...

Description: A multi-national household products conglomerate had an application to introduce a dry powder, methyl cellulose, into a liquid mix tank without agglomerates or fisheyes. Methyl cellulose is a finely ...

Description: This fully integrated bulk material handling system uses RFID-driven process communications to automate simultaneous batching of multiple, and varied, chemical mixtures during a single processing ...

Description: NBE severe duty bulk bag discharging system crushes rock-hard materials to provide complete and contamination free discharge directly into the customer's existing material conveying system. ...

Description: Cable conveyors are a great way to upgrade your plant. Upgrading your roasting plant however may be tricky business. On the one hand, the advantages of upgrading are always very palpable before any ...

Description: A coffee roaster specifies tubular drag cable conveyors for a new facility’s production process to reduce operating costs and improve production efficiency. The freshly roasted coffee beans ...

Description: With efficiency as a watchword, a growing number of businesses are providing their crane operators with radio controls to get them out of overhead crane cabs and working on the ground on multiple ...

Description: Overhead cranes and lift trucks each have their unique roles in material handling. For this reason, answering the question, "Which is right for you?" is not so simple. The layout of your facility ...

Description: Greater productivity, improved crane safety, more flexibility: radio controls for cranes offer crane operators all of these benefits and more across a range of applications. Not only can radio ...

Description: Manual or electric - which chain hoist is right for your job? When workstations require a chain hoist lifting system, there are two primary categories of hoists that purchasers can choose from - ...

Description: Konecranes has overhead cranes available in configurations to match your applications. Overhead cranes, or bridge cranes, serve a wide variety of industries and they are generally designed in four ...

Description: Overhead cranes play a crucial role in the incineration process of a modern Wasteto-Energy (WtE) facility. Cranes must meet continuous demands of safety, uptime, reliability and performance required ...

Description: High quality custom painting and graphics are key to the popularity of Trek bicycles, and Carr Lane Roemheld helped the company provide ergonomic workstations for this process. ...

Description: Akro-Mils offers a wide range of products to help you organize and control inventory. A kanban system is an effective way to prevent stock-outs and improve efficiency. Like any process improvement, ...

Description: At ACS Valves, we manufacture rotary valves. No surprises there. What you might not know is that for a number of years, we used to manufacture entire pneumatic conveying systems. ...

Description: The basic information necessary to select an appropriate tilter for an application. ...

Description: The basic information necessary to select an appropriate turntable for an application. ...

Description: June is National Safety Month and ANVER Corporation is demonstrating its commitment to help reduce accidental injuries at work by reminding those who operate vacuum lifters to always practice ...

Description: No matter what kind of pulley is right for a given application, there are a couple of things that must always be considered. First and foremost, the pulley must be able to perform the given job. A ...

Description: The customer's requirements were to have a 4 point pickup hand chain hoist, incorporated hand geared trolley to run inside of 5" channels. The hook spacing had to be 12" perpendicular to the runway ...

Description: Stewart-Haas Racing is headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Its 140,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility is home to its research and development, assembly and testing centers. "We ...

Description: In the world of freight services, there are many potential dangers and risks involved on a daily basis. From traffic accidents, to weather, to tireless long-drives; the last thing a trucker should ...

Description: When selecting a work access lift, providing workplace safety is the ultimate goal. By design, they move personnel, the tools and materials they are using, and provide portable ergonomic workstations ...

Description: Equipment specifiers should evaluate stand-alone equipment and integrated systems against both current and anticipated needs. Here are six parameters to consider for top efficiency and cost ...

Description: A pencil manufacturer's main raw material is china clay, a powder that tends to produce airborne dust. A sealed, automated handling system designed and manufactured by Flexicon transfers the clay with ...

Description: A producer of concrete blocks found that aluminum powder tends to pack, cake, smear, rat hole and even solidify. An automated weigh batching system from Flexicon improved handling and worker safety. ...

Description: Scissors lifts have been moving men and material from ground level to higher elevations for more than 60 years. They offer a distinct advantage over vertical reciprocating conveyors because people ...

Description: A contract packager of dry lawn and garden products and specialty animal feeds added a flexible screw conveyor that feeds the blender. The conveyor paid for itself in the first year through increased ...

Description: Danisco A/S, a UK food production company, installed a Flexicon bulk bag discharging system that conserves floor space; reduces costs, waste and dust; and improves plant hygiene and worker safety. ...

Description: Remediation at the Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant included a diatomaceous earth (DE) filtration system. DE bulk handling equipment includes bulk bag unloaders with batching controls and ...

Description: A manufacturer of PVC products found it difficult to contain titanium dioxide dust in the plant. A Flexicon system including a bag dump station with integral flexible screw conveyor solved the ...

Description: By optimizing its product flow, weigh batching, and mix handling systems, a large food producer decreased the time and labor needed to handle food mixes while containing dust. ...

Description: A large peanut processor installed bulk bag unloading systems and flexible screw conveyors to transport peanuts and peanut fines. The equipment improved efficiency, reduced manual handling and ...

Description: Two cities solved problems caused by manual addition of powdered activated carbon to their municipal water treatment systems by installing bulk bag unloading systems from Flexicon Corp. ...

Description: An elastomer manufacturer slashed inventories of carbon black and improved plant cleanliness by replacing a large silo storage system with a bulk bag discharging system from Flexicon Corp. ...

Description: Compared to residential construction, log homes present many unique challenges. One of these are the jacks used for leveling. Joyce/Dayton joined forces with master distributors in the logging ...

Description: A supplier of fluoridation systems designed an automated process in which toxic sodium silicofluoride powder is contained in a sealed system including a bulk bag discharger, dust containment system ...

Description: A chemical company produces a soap using solid resin. A low-cost retrofit with a Flexicon bulk bag unloader enabled the company to purchase most of its resin in 1,000 kg bulk bags, reducing manual ...

Description: Flexible screw conveyor systems can be engineered to transport bulk materials that tend to pack, cake, smear, break apart or fluidize, and can prevent the separation of blended products. ...

Description: A chemical manufacturer contained hazardous airborne chemical dust by installing a sealed system from Flexicon Corporation for unloading bulk bags of chemical powder and transferring it to canisters. ...

Description: Engineers and designers frequently use screw jacks in the design of lifting and positioning equipment. They know that mechanical jacks offer reliable lifting and holding options that can be easily ...

Description: Achieve cost savings through more efficient finishing operations. As finishing operations look to stay competitive in an increasingly global economy, it's no surprise that efficiency has become a ...

Description: McDougall & Sons, a fruit distributor in Wenatchee, WA, faced the challenge of needing to transfer the pallet load of fruit from their in-house pallet to a shipping pallet. They found success with the ...

Description: Faced with heightened customer expectations and production requirements, Feroleto Steel recognized the Company needed to acquire a new facility. After purchasing the selected facility, Feroleto Steel ...

Description: Excelsior Steel installed an automated overhead handling system to improve inventory tracking and provide product protection. ...

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 ...

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 ...