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Material Handling Equipment
Product Showcase: Material Handling Equipment
Find Material Handling Equipment offered by various suppliers and manufacturers for the factory automation and process control industry.
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Standard-Knapp introduces Zero-Gap II infeed conveyor
- 05/07/12 Zero-Gap II Infeed employs electronic sensors to monitor and control product movement, maintaining a constant low line pressure and maximizing machine uptime. |
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BlueBotics releases ANT localization for AGVs
- 04/03/12 AGV guidance system uses information provided by safety laser sensors to determine the vehicle’s position and transmit coordinates (X, Y, theta) to the on board controller. |
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MISUMI adds models to miniature conveyor line
- 12/28/11 MISUMI now offers 21 different Mini Conveyor models, as well as eight (8) standard flat belt types and seven (7) cross-piece grooved flat belts. |
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QC Industries Introduces AS40Z Angled Frame Conveyors
- 11/09/11 Angled conveyors enable elevation changes that aren’t possible with a flat conveyor. |
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Intelligrated enhances Accuglide and IntelliQ Conveyors
- 09/12/11 Zone control upgrades include enhanced sleep mode to reduce noise, and jam detection logic to identify flow interruptions and command zone shutdowns. |
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Intelligrated enhances InControlWare Software
- 08/25/11 Enhancements include the addition of ShipSort and PackSort applications to manage high-speed tilt-tray and cross-belt sortation systems. |
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Conair enhances FLX material-handling control system
- 08/09/11 Enhancements include a larger configuration to serve up to 64 loaders and 20 vacuum conveying pumps, double that of the original FLX system. |
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Intelligrated enhances InControlWare WCS
- 06/21/11 Enhancements include control for IntelliSort tilt-tray and cross-belt sorters to ensure optimized material flow and efficient order fulfillment. |
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Strothman enhances quadro turnstile with a pneumatic drive
- 05/10/11 The quadro turnstile, a crossing element in the RoundTrack floor rail system, consists of four turntables with a payload of 7 t each. |
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Clear Automation Announces Flexible Robot Loader
- 04/26/11 Flexible robot loader for fill and dispense applications handles bottles from boxes and trays on a filling line. |
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SAS Automation introduces Fork Tool for Palletizing
- 03/21/11 Bags and other containers made of Kraft paper, polycarbonate, PVC coated, woven mesh, cotton are easily handled by this EOAT. |
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Siemens announces Milltronics BW500/L Belt Scale Integrator
- 02/28/11 BW500/L, suitable for simple applications with belt scales, has two relays capable of calculating rate, totalized weight, belt loading and belt speed. |
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FIPA releases Heavy-duty spring levelers for vacuum cups
- 11/29/10 The heavy-duty spring levelers, attached directly to the vacuum cup, offset height differences. |
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MISUMI Introduces Two Mini Conveyors
- 11/17/10 CVSMA and CVSPA perform precise, automated short-run conveying in machine building, as well as in testing and inspection applications. |
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Nol-Tec releases SIBICS position control
- 11/07/10 SIBICS is a transparent replacement for Trimble ICS-5000 and TCS-4000 legacy positioning products on cranes, hoists, AS/RS and material handling systems. |
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FIPA announces Thermalon vacuum cups
- 10/26/10 The heat-resistant vacuum cups are suitable for hot plastic parts that still have to be coated after taking them out of the injection molding machine. |
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Wildeck adds Safety System to its vertical conveyors
- 09/02/10 AutoSenz M-Series modular safety sensor is now standard on Wildeck's mechanical and hydraulic VRCs (Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors). |
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Jacobs Automation updates PackTrak conveyor
- 08/17/10 Enhancements include reduced cost track sections where a product is being re-circulated or "pushed" to the next station. |
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RMT Robotics enhances ADAM AGVs
- 08/12/10 Enhancements include a laser range-finding system for vehicle location and obstacle avoidance and on-board PC for mapping, navigation and drive control. |
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