- Mini-load system leads transformation of distribution center
- Robotics, Conveyors Streamline Specimen Handling
- Improving Automated Infeed and Output
- Streamlining Wrapper Infeed for Fireworks Packaging
- Hytrol puts the skinny on bulky conveyor diverters
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Material Handling, Storage and Retreival Application Stories
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Fastenal is one of the nation’s largest distributors of industrial fasteners. With 126,000 tote locations, the system delivers totes to workstations where operators fill orders for 275 stores in the Great Lakes region and replenish stock at 13 regional distribution centers around the country. Click here to read full article...
Robotics, Conveyors Streamline Specimen Handling at ARUP Laboratories
By Jim McMahon, Shuttleworth
An automated system at ARUP Laboratories is capable of storing 2.3 million samples and processing 4,000 specimens per hour, thanks to robots from Motoman and conveyors from Shuttleworth. Click here to read full article...
An automated system at ARUP Laboratories is capable of storing 2.3 million samples and processing 4,000 specimens per hour, thanks to robots from Motoman and conveyors from Shuttleworth. Click here to read full article...
Improving Automated Infeed and Output in Solar Energy Photovoltaic Cell Testing
By Jim McMahon, Zebra Communications
Automated photovoltaic cell manufacturing equipment must provide continuous and high-speed transport and processing while maintaining low breakage rates. One such system was developed by Shuttleworth for a PV solar cell test unit. Click here to read full article...
Automated photovoltaic cell manufacturing equipment must provide continuous and high-speed transport and processing while maintaining low breakage rates. One such system was developed by Shuttleworth for a PV solar cell test unit. Click here to read full article...
Streamlining Wrapper Infeed for Fireworks Packaging
By Jim McMahon, Shuttleworth
Diamond Sparkler’s new end-of-line continuous-motion accumulation conveyor uses Slip-Torque technology from Shuttleworth to provide gentle handling of sparklers and precision product placement. The system processes 48,000 sparklers of varied sizes and types per day.Click here to read full article...
Diamond Sparkler’s new end-of-line continuous-motion accumulation conveyor uses Slip-Torque technology from Shuttleworth to provide gentle handling of sparklers and precision product placement. The system processes 48,000 sparklers of varied sizes and types per day.Click here to read full article...
Hytrol puts the skinny on bulky conveyor diverters
By Tolmatic
Engineers at Hytrol Conveyor needed a space-saving solution when designing a diverter for an overhead pull-off system that would divert 150-pound boxes to a different conveyor line. They used Tolomatic rodless-style actuators. Click here to read full article...
Engineers at Hytrol Conveyor needed a space-saving solution when designing a diverter for an overhead pull-off system that would divert 150-pound boxes to a different conveyor line. They used Tolomatic rodless-style actuators. Click here to read full article...
Corporate Express Canada Streamlines Picking at Distribution Centers
By Jim McMahon
Corporate Express Canada has eight distribution centers throughout the country which require a bilingual picking system in both English and French. It switched to voice picking technology, using Dematic’s PickDirector software. Click here to read full article...
Corporate Express Canada has eight distribution centers throughout the country which require a bilingual picking system in both English and French. It switched to voice picking technology, using Dematic’s PickDirector software. Click here to read full article...
AGCs replace AGVs at John Deere
By Barrett Kalellis
76 SmartCart automatic guided cart (AGC) systems replaced 50 AGVs at John Deere’s lawn tractor assembly plant in Horicon, WI. The AGCs follow magnetic tape affixed to the floor, which can be reconfigured easily. Read entire article.
76 SmartCart automatic guided cart (AGC) systems replaced 50 AGVs at John Deere’s lawn tractor assembly plant in Horicon, WI. The AGCs follow magnetic tape affixed to the floor, which can be reconfigured easily. Read entire article.
AGV delivers large steel plates for aircraft carriers
By Jervis Webb
Northrup Grumman uses a specially designed AGV to move steel plates weighing up to 20 tons at its fabrication plant in Newport News, VA. It replaces a 30-year-old rail-based delivery system. Read entire article by Jervis Webb.
Northrup Grumman uses a specially designed AGV to move steel plates weighing up to 20 tons at its fabrication plant in Newport News, VA. It replaces a 30-year-old rail-based delivery system. Read entire article by Jervis Webb.
California Custom Fruits & Flavors Automates Material Handling with Vacuum Conveyor
This problem/solution case study illustrates how CCFF, a leading provider of fillings and fruit preparations for the food and dairy industries, was able to improve manufacturing processes by replacing its existing manual scooping method with an automated solution from PIAB Vacuum Conveyors. The new solution eliminated waste from lumps in the ingredients and it also prevented physical harm to employees. Click here to read full article...
Canadian Pharmaceutical Giant Goes Vertical For Growth
FKI Logistex® Cleco Systems Maestro aisle-changing cranes provide flexible vertical storage and retrieval solution to enable 500 percent growth. Fred Grafe likes to think outside of the box. Luckily he can. In his role as director of logistics for Toronto, Ontario-based Apotex Inc.—Canada’s largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer—Grafe has been virtually forced to stay outside of the box to keep his team of logistics experts just ahead of the explosive growth their company has experienced in the past few years. Click here to read full article...