productProduction doubled
LB Foster Materials Handling has manufactured and installed an overhead conveyor system for Investment Castings, a leading precision castings company.
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productSorts & positions product
A DARB conveying system, which is the first to be installed in the UK, has recently been incorporated by BHL Conveyor Technology into a new robotic palletising system supplied to a major cereal manufacturer in the UK.
newsWorker crushed as guarding installed but not set up correctly
A Goole firm has been prosecuted for safety breaches after a worker’s arm was pulled into a conveyor belt and crushed at its factory in White Rose Park.
productBottling line upgrade
The Walsall Engineering Group recently upgraded an existing bottling line for John Dewar & Sons, part of the Bacardi Group in Glasgow, which has resulted in record levels of output.
productDrum motor makes the cut
A leading company processing salmon delicacies is exploiting the capabilities of the new Interroll Synchronous Drum Motor in its latest slicing production line for premium quality smoked salmon.
productInclined to problem solve
Rusmail has solved one of its most challenging handling problems to date using an inclined belt conveyor which reaches from ground level to a height of almost 6.5m for a food processing client.
productNon-contact profiling
Measuring the volume and mass throughput of bulk materials on a conveyor belt has been made quicker and more accurate with the introduction of SICK’s LMS511 Bulkscan laser scanner.
productRoll adapter suits ACS
Formal dress hire group, ACS, has boosted picking capacity to around 1000 outfits an hour by investing in new equipment from Dürkopp Fördertechnik.
productDairy conveyor system
The Dairy industry has stricter regulations than other food industries, so when BHL Conveyor Technology was asked to complete a major project for the largest dairy manufacturer in the UK it had to give close consideration to health and safety and food hygiene regulations.
productSimple & adaptable
When it comes to designing conveyors, starting out with a simple concept which can be adapted to operate via more sophisticated technology, makes practical sense according to Ray Hart, director at Rusmail conveyor systems. A prime example of this is the overhead cable conveyor.
productCurtiss-Wright appoints Rekarma
Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Industrial division has announced the strengthening of its global distribution network for the Penny + Giles and PG Drives Technology brands, with the appointment of Turkish distributor Rekarma A.S.
productSimple & cost effective
Specialist in bespoke and standard conveying systems, BHL Conveyor Technology has entered into a contract to supply a cost effective, conveying system that is easy to self-assemble, install and maintain.
productInterroll raises profile
New from Interroll, is the Multiprofile for its asynchronous drum motors and synchronous drum motors, which can be used to drive various conveyor belts from different manufacturers using only one Interroll Premium Hygienic PU Profile. Incorporating frequency converters, these drums and Multiprofile provide positive and controlled drive of various belt types.
productFor life’s ups & downs
With almost 100 UK sales and an ever increasing demand for the latest compact column designed Spiral Conveyor Elevators from Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL), the company has now secured the domain name www.spirals.co.uk.
productActivated roller belt
Conveyor Systems Limited (CSL) is exhibiting sortation equipment featuring activated roller belt technology at PPMA 2014. Due for delivery early September, it will be installed as part of an integrated system supplied to an e-commerce company in order to provide optimised product flow, as well as high speed sortation of small to awkward sized products not suited to conventional conveyor solutions.
productDrum motor moves into servo drive applications
At PPMA 2014 Interroll will exhibit integrated drive solutions and showcase its new high torque Synchronous Drum Motor.
articleSDI Group launches a sortation knowledge portal
SDI Group, the global integrator of automated materials handling systems, has launched a new web site designed to demonstrate the benefits of automated sortation in a multimedia format.
productSingle source solutions
The Walsall Engineering Group will be attending PPMA 2014, displaying details of its comprehensive specialist engineering services that can provide ‘a single source solution’ to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and packaging industries.
article12 channel roller conveyor unit
A 12 channel roller conveyor unit was designed and built by MiniTec for an automotive manufacturer that specialises in CVJ systems (constant-velocity joints), trans-axle solutions and eDrive Systems.
articleModular roller track
The Eleroll modular roller track system from Elesa includes hard thermoplastic and soft-touch elastomer rollers plus omnidirectional ball rollers.
