Material Handling and Packaging Equipment Reference Materials
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What Will Revised Standards for Aerial Work Platforms Mean to You?
From: Rieker, Inc.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 ...
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Handling of Spent Nuclear Fuel
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.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. ...
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How to Adjust an A95 Anti-backlash Device
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: Steps to adjust the A95 Anti-backlash Device ...
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Handling Hazardous, High-Value Chemicals Doesn't Have To Be High Risk
From: OPW Engineered SystemsDescription: 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 ...
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Case Study: Perfecting Picking at Ziegler Cat
From: MiTek IncDescription: Ziegler was founded in 1914 by Wm. H. Ziegler with one guiding principal "sell the best equipment, provide the best service." Over 103 years later, that philosophy still holds true. Today, Ziegler ...
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Four (4) Choices for Mezzanine Access Lifts
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.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 ...
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How a Color-Coded Bin Storage System Can Improve Your Bottom Line
From: Akro-Mils, Inc.Description: An effective color-coding system will instantly help to reduce wasted efforts searching for tools or supplies needed for the job. ...
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Rider Lift for Mezzanines In Automobile Dealerships
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.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 ...
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Rider Lift to 2nd Floor For Spring Manufacturer
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.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 ...
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VRC For Roof Access
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.Description: A large manufacturing company in North Carolina installed a VRC to take equipment and maintenance items up to their roof. ...
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Case Study: Hospital System Using Akro-Mils Products to Go Mobile
From: Akro-Mils, Inc.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 ...
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Advantages in Using Tubular Drag Cable Conveyors for Coffee & Tea
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: 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 ...
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Choosing the Right Conveyor for Coffee
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: 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 ...
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Corrugated Printing Troubleshooting eGuide
Description: This 16-page problem/solution guide will help you identify the source of everyday issues you may encounter as a corrugated printer. This downloadable brochure uses information provided by industry ...
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Free Flexographic Troubleshooting eGuide
Description: This 20-page problem/solution guide features input gathered from flexographic print industry suppliers and manufacturers. Use this guide to identify problems and implement solutions in your printing ...
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Free Gravure Troubleshooting eGuide
Description: Compiled with input from a number of suppliers and manufacturers in the gravure printing industry, this 20-page problem/solution guide will help you identify the causes - and find the solutions to - ...
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"Without Jacks, They Were Sitting Ducks"
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.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. ...
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Bearing Support Configurations Used to Create End Fixity
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: End fixity refers to the method by which the ends of the screws are supported. ...
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Column Load Charts
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: The type of load on a jack, and the way the jack is mounted, affects its load bearing capacity. ...
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Mounting Configurations
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.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 ...
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Using Loading Charts
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: Step 1: Determine the type of jack you wish to use and locate that column load chart. ...
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Almondco Installs Cablevey Almond Conveyor System
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: 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 ...
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Cable Conveyors for Tea
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: 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 ...
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Conveying Pumpkin Seeds
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Sunshine Produce challenged Cablevey to use their test protocol to prove that a Cablevey would be superior to what cheaper competitors offer ...
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Tubular Cable Conveyors for Breakfast Cereals
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 Cable Conveyors for Pet Food
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: A pet food manufacturer installs tubular drag cable conveyors in a new processing line to increase production and reduce operating costs. ...
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Steel Drums 101
From: New Pig CorporationDescription: Many plants use steel drums in their processes. The way they are used is as varied as the thousands of types of manufacturing plants they are found in. Some of the most common uses are bulk ...
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General Glossary of Terms
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: Common terms related to the screw jacks and actuators. ...
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What Plastics Are Approved for Food Contact Applications?
From: Custom-Pak, Inc.Description: If you're looking to create plastic food packaging, it's essential that you understand which plastics are food-safe. Food-safe plastic resins are those approved for contact with edibles by the Food ...
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Mission Two: The Path of Continuous Improvement
Description: What exactly is Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)? That was the second challenge for our Mission: Packaging students. ...
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Selecting the Right Caps and Plugs to Protect Products Throughout the Supply Chain
From: Daemar Inc.Description: Protection for Packaging Applications As a leader in managing the sourcing and delivery of millions of essential components to a diverse customer base involved in the manufacturing and MRO ...
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Trends Driving the Material Handling Sector Forward
From: Daemar Inc.Description: There's been a lot of press surrounding the manufacturing resurgence and economic growth observed across North America. But behind the scenes, the material handling sector has been continuing to ...
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Automation in the Future Still Requires Eyes on the Prize
Description: According to Business Insider, "experts predict robots will take over 30 percent of our jobs by 2025." ...
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Pneumatically Conveying Fragile Materials Without Particle Degradation
From: Macawber GroupDescription: 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 ...
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Oil & Flammable Liquid Storage
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Storing Oil & Hazardous Liquids ...
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Storage Of Flammable Liquids
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Flammable materials are classified as substances that have the ability to ignite and burn slowly or rapidly. Many common workplace and household materials are considered flammable; including propane, ...
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Automated Conveying and Grading System
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 ...
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Batching And Controls Solutions For The Rubber Industry
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 ...
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Batching Solutions For The Feed Industry
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 ...
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Minor Ingredient Weighing & Batching
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 ...
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Weighing And Batching Solutions For The Food Industry
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 ...
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Bulk Bag Discharger with E3 System Ensures Positive Product Flow
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 ...
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NBE Automated Bag Discharger Provides Loss-in-weight Feeding of Various Food Ingredients in a Safe and Efficient Manner.
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 ...
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RFID-driven Weighing and Batching System Increases Process Throughput by 80%; Eliminates Operator Repetitive Motion Interaction with Equipment
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 ...
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Severe-duty Bulk Bag Discharger Speeds Downstream Processes
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. ...
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Tubular Cable Conveyor Process Automation
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: 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 ...
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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. The freshly roasted coffee beans ...
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Acetone Alcohol Storage
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Flammable and combustible liquids are found in nearly every workplace. Many chemicals including solvents, acetone, alcohol, cleaners, adhesives, compressed gases, paints, gasoline, and diesel may be ...
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CASE STUDY: FLAMMABLE & CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: One of our repeat clients in the Medical Device Industry asked us to design a structure that provided multiple rooms for varied operation and storage needs. This client planned to store some bulk ...
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Chemical Storage Guide
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Choose a chemical below to learn more about the chemical and the best way to store them: ...
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Chemical Storage Lockers - NFPA and FM Approvals
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: The use of hazardous materials in industries, universities and medical facilities has seen an increase in growth and a growing concern among the safety community. First responders, safety officials ...
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Flammable Chemical Safety
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Flammable chemicals are present in nearly every workplace. The way we handle and store these materials is important to keeping a safe workplace, while protecting people and investments. The article ...
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Hazmat Storage Container - Storage Guide
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Hazmat storage including flammable liquids are present in nearly every workplace. The hazards associated with hazardous material liquids and flammable liquids can be greater than estimated. To prevent ...
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Hazmat Storage Locker - Chemical Storage Safety
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Even chemicals that are considered to be benign can potentially still be hazardous in the right circumstances. Climate control, proper inventory procedures and storage guidelines are critical to ...
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Sodium Metal Storage Requirements
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Sodium metal is a soft silver-white metal that is highly reactive. The chemical is utilized for a number of different applications. Sodium is used as a reducing agent in chemical reactions. It is also ...
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Xylene Chemical Storage
From: U.S. Chemical StorageDescription: Xylene is a mixture of three different forms (isomers) of xylenes (meta-xylene, ortho-xylene, and para-xylene) and ethylbenzene. The ethylbenzene content of xylene is typically less than 20 percent ...
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Overhead Crane Cabs
From: Konecranes Inc.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 ...
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Overhead Cranes or Lift Trucks: Which Is Right for You?
From: Konecranes Inc.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 ...
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Radio Controls For Cranes
From: Konecranes Inc.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 ...
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Types of Chain Hoists
From: Konecranes Inc.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 - ...
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Types of Overhead Cranes
From: Konecranes Inc.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 ...
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Case Study: Hospital System Uses Akro-Mils Products to Improve Patient Care Through New Supply Chain Practices
From: Akro-Mils, Inc.Description: Can a medical supply room reorganization significantly affect patient outcomes? The University of Chicago Medicine thinks so. That idea was the focus of a major initiative to improve the academic ...
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Five Questions to Ask When Selecting Cranes for Waste-To-Energy Facilities
From: Konecranes Inc.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 ...
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Modular Lifting Units Assist Trek Bicycle with Paint and Finishing
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. ...
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White Paper: Ways to Kanban with Akro-Mils Products
From: Akro-Mils, Inc.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, ...
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How our conveying system knowledge benefits your line
From: ACS ValvesDescription: 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. ...
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Tilt Table Application Guide
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.Description: The basic information necessary to select an appropriate tilter for an application. ...
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Turntable Application Guide
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.Description: The basic information necessary to select an appropriate turntable for an application. ...
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10 Safety Tips from ANVER Corp. during National Safety Month: Renew Your Commitment to Safety this June
From: ANVER CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Fractional HP Pulleys
From: Torque TransmissionDescription: 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 ...
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Chester Hoist Develops a Hand Chain 4 point Pick-up Hoist
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 ...
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Case Study: CM ShopStar Brings Speed and Safety to Stewart-Haas Racing Team
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 ...
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Case Study: Sixth Wheel Offers a Safe Alternative to Standard Crank on Trailer Landing Gear
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 ...
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Choosing the Right Work Access Lift for Your Steel, Aluminum, and Stainless Work Platforms
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 ...
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The Six Guidelines You Need to Specify a Bulk Bag Filler
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Bulk Handling System Prevents Dust at Pencil-manufacturing Plant
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Weigh Batching System Automates Addition of Aluminum Powder to Concrete Block Mixture
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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. ...
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Rider Mezzanine Lifts
From: Advance Lifts, Inc.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 ...
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How to reduce energy costs on conveyor systems
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: As the cost of doing business continues to rise, companies search for solutions to help minimize expenses that affect competitiveness and the bottom line. Automating certain functions in manufacturing ...
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Packager of Lawn and Garden Products Ups Blending Capacity by Adding Conveyor
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Dust-Tight Bulk Bag Discharger with Flexible Screw Conveyor Eliminates Waste, Improves Safety and Quality
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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. ...
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Powder-handling Equipment Improves Filtration at Desalination Plant
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Bag Dump Conveying System Contains Titanium Dioxide Dust in PVC Blending Operation
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Bulk Handling System Boosts Productivity of Food Mix Producer
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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. ...
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Flexible Screw Conveyors Save Maintenance and Sanitation Costs for a Peanut Processor
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Automated Handling of Activated Carbon in Bulk Bags Reduces Dust and Labor for Municipal WTPs
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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. ...
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Bulk Bag Handling System Slashes Carbon Black Inventory, Keeps Compounding Line Clean
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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. ...
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Leveling Log Homes
From: Joyce/Dayton 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 ...
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Bulk Bag Unloading System Contains Toxic Dust in Fluoridation Plants
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Getting to clean
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Approaching sanitation concerns from the perspective of affected departments within a company. ...
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High-grade Conveyors for High-grade Car Wash
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Regular car wash installations are equipped with a chain system on one side of the tires that can scratch and damage the rims. Maintenance difficulties are also a problem for the car wash operators. ...
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Less Maintenance and Lower Noise
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Maintenance problems with the live roller conveyor led the company to seek a better solution. ...
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Reliable Battery Conveying in Charging Plant
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Reliable conveying without downtime is a must due to the high level of automation. Easy and quick repair after breakdowns, achieved by any worker - skilled or unskilled - must be assured. ...
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Skid Conveyor in Car Painting System
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: The existing skid conveyors, equipped with steel reinforced rubber belts, were causing problems due to lacquer sticking to the top side. The lacquer could only be removed using a knife or similar ...
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Low Cost Retrofit of Bag Dump Station to Bulk Bag Unloader Upgrades Safety, Productivity at Specialty Chemical Company
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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 ...
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Moving Difficult-to-Handle Bulk Materials with Flexible Screw Conveyors
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: 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. ...
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Conveying panels without damage
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Nowadays, board and panel stacks are often conveyed on specific internal pallets to avoid the damaging or marking of the lowest panel. This is necessary because the conveyors are usually designed with ...
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Reduction of Downtime and Product Loss
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Tests with the P-Line belt PAP-10EYWO were carried out. The belts showed reliable conveying features without any slippage of the cut tobacco on the surface. ...
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Saving Hours of Cleaning Time with Habasit Cleandrive
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: Habasit recommended the smooth surface Habasit Cleandrive belt with flights to hold the wood slates off the belt surface, which allowed excess glue to drip onto the solid belt surface below. The ...
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Successful Test of New Polyester Belt Type
From: Habasit AmericaDescription: The Habasit conveyor belt PNB-12EIWD (NVT-428) ran without any problems and could achieve a longer life-time than comparable conveyor belts usually achieve under these difficult circumstances. ...