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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.

The E’tow transport systemwill automatically transport Kubota tractors at creep speed through the 9 assembly stations on specially designed carriers.

KION will purchase the Handling Automation division for an enterprise value of approximately € 72 million.

Bill Lydon: I am convinced that collaborative robots are the highest impact automation development to improve manufacturing since the assembly line. If this development follows the cost performance trends of past developments, like PCs, we at the beginning of a new revolution.

By Bill Lydon, Editor According to IFR, more than 220,000 robots were sold globally in 2014. The automotive industry is still the strongest, followed by the electronics industry. But there are many more applications in other industries that are just starting to grow, particularly with new small, safe, and collaborative robots.

Egemin automated the transport between the automated warehouse and the production zone at this manufacturer of electronic braking systems.

Innovations like predictive analytics, 3D printing and wearable technologies are changing the supply chain landscape as workforce shortage intensifies.

Egemin automated six L’Oréal sites in Europe and the US with more than 100 automated guided vehicles (AGVs)

January U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $341.17, down 32.9% from December’s $508.57 million.

Daifuku is a provider of material handling solutions.

Egemin's system includes three automated warehouses and three automated guided vehicles that transport goods between warehouses and production.

Encompass Supply Chain Solutions provides forward and reverse logistics for a diverse range of finished goods and replacement parts.

The individual steps including RFQ, layout, quotation and CAD design, for which 10 to 15 days were required in the past, have been shortened to a 20 minutes by the Handling Guide Online.

Catalog covers configurations for standard modules of TrackMotion, gantry and linear motion units in virtually any size and for all robots.