Articles & News on Material Handling

ABB PLCs lift safety of NTK’s cranes

  • September 16, 2015
  • Case Study

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 celebrates 25th anniversary

  • September 15, 2015
  • News

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

Erdrich employs noax industrial PCs to track parts movements

  • August 24, 2015
  • Case Study

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

LB Foster installs chain conveyor at Dana UK Axle

  • August 24, 2015
  • Case Study

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.

Egemin AGVs to uncork operations at DKF

  • August 19, 2015
  • Case Study

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.

Bluff Manufacturing appoints Lane Moss VP of Operations.

  • August 11, 2015
  • News

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

Roofing & Insulation Company saves Space, Time, Costs with Storeroom Re-Design

  • August 11, 2015
  • Case Study

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

Manufacturing Technology Orders Up in June

  • August 10, 2015
  • News

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

CeMAT RUSSIA for the intralogistics industry

  • August 3, 2015
  • News

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.

Jervis B. Webb announces SmartCart training program

  • August 3, 2015
  • News

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