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NTK is installing a control system based on safety PLCs from ABB that continuously monitors load torque as well as working and collision areas in real time.

QComp Technologies, founded in 1990, is an automation systems integrator specializing in material handling automation solutions.

The conveyor is used to transport front and rear axles of Jaguar Landrover vehicles from the end of Dana's assembly line to the dock audit area close to despatch.

Industrial PCs ride around on forklifts to direct operators to the proper locations and allow activities to be entered directly on the touchscreen.

Delmenhorster Kork-Fabrik will install AGVs to convey empty containers to a filling station and collect them once the production machines have filled them with corks.

Moss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Houston and has more than 25 years in the industry.

Rockwell Automation helps Johns Manville clean up their storeroom and identify more than $1.3 Million of excess and obsolete inventory.

AMT says June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $355.43 million, up 4.6% from May’s $339.86 million.

At the upcoming CeMAT RUSSIA intralogistics show, which runs in Moscow from September 22 to 25, 2015 more than 170 exhibitors will showcase their products and solutions.

Training program teaches customers how to maintain and modify their SmartCart Automatic Guided Carts.

Magnetek designs and manufactures digital power andmotion control solutions for material handling, elevators and mining applications.

Volkswagen de México commissioned Strothmann to modernize a press line in the Volkswagen production plant in Puebla, Mexico.

With a year-to-date total of $1,798.34 million, 2015 was down 7.9% when compared with 2014.

Operations manager Rick Trigatti has been promoted president of the company’s North American subsidiary.

By Oliver Haya and Erik Myers, Rockwell Automation Manufacturers and packaging contractors are constantly striving to locate a cost-effective and flexible way to increase productivity in their packaging operations, while also economizing their floor space. Traditional linear moving systems rarely meet all the criteria. The intelligent modular track systems offer greater flexibility and energy efficiency, and lower operating and maintenance costs.

BISSC certifies that the conveyors conform to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) qualification for design of bakery equipment.

By Chuck Fuerst and Carl Marin, HighJump The warehouse should be one of the first places you turn to when improving efficiencies and productivity for your business. It’s the heart of your operations, and its ability to be nimble and efficient has a big impact on your customers’ experience and your bottom line.

Cimcorp will install a $33.5 million turnkey material handling solution to automate tire handling at Qingdao Sentury Tire’s new factory in Thailand.

Red says balance contents are not yet in an acceptable tolerance range, and green tells an operator to move onto the next weigh.

Conveyors carry tires (sorry, “tyres”) through the MIRS testing area.