productDesigners and engineers visiting Southern Manufacturing who aim to use the show to develop ideas for production and test machinery will find plenty of scope in MiniTec’s Profile System machine framing range, on display at stand F50.
productWhen Thomas Hardy installed a new shrinkwrapper to handle a wide range of bottles/packaging, the company approached Walsall Engineering to help overcome space issues by coming up with the optimum design solution to modify the bottle conveyors feeding the new machine.
productRusmail has solved one of its most challenging handling problems to date using an inclined belt conveyor which needed to reach from ground level to a height of almost 6.5 metres for a food processing client.
productMaterials handling specialist, LB Foster Materials Handling, has won a substantial contract with SignFab UK. The contract, which was awarded through the third party consultant, Colour Dynamics, is for an overhead conveyor.
articleEvery year there are winners and losers in the flurry of retail activity around Christmas and the New Year – 2013 was no different.
articleSPAR will expand its existing logistics centre in Wels by more than 107,639 sq ft. The Austrian food retailer will gear its logistics processes towards future market requirements. The contract for the design and construction phase of the extension has been awarded to the Witron.
productInterroll Carton Versi Flow– offers an ideal solution to create a quick, easy and economical installation in order to optimise on storage space and order processing.
productUnlike standard energy chain systems, which are not designed to accommodate lateral or torsional movements, the latest System Allround energy chains from M Buttkereit are manufactured utilising a flexible link material, enabling varied movement possibilities without any substantial design, layout or operating alterations.
productDeveloped in response to industry concerns about the health and safety risks of using standard heavy steel trough and return rollers, which often weigh up to 90kg, aluminium conveyor rollers from Horizon Conveyor offer robust strength at around half the weight of their steel counterparts.
productOEM Automatic is Datalogic’s UK distributor for sensors and safety products. Datalogic’s sensors and safety portfolio offers a product to solve many of today’s factory automation challenges.
productAt the 2014 Hannover Fair, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will showcase high-efficiency drive solutions for conveying applications. Compact two-stage helical bevel gear units are combined with energy-saving motors.
articleThere are a number of installation orientations that can be considered when working with an igus energy chain cable carrier system. Justin Leonard of igus examines the options available to OEMs for vertical installations.
productHelping achieve high levels of accuracy and throughput speeds whilst reducing the risk of pile-ups and stoppages, the DeltaPac from SICK UK is claimed to be the first photoelectric sensor able to detect individual packs on a conveyor without a gap between them.
newsThe Interroll Group managed to strengthen its market position even further in financial year 2013. The company increased its sales by 3.1% in local currency and by 3.0% in consolidated currency to CHF 316.3 million (2012: CHF 307.2 million).
productAt this year’s CeMAT, Italian company Rulmeca will be highlighting its position as a manufacturer of components for Intralogistics.
productMarigen Products has been appointed as the official Distributor of Rollex Conveyor Rollers in the UK and Ireland.
productWith fewer installation parts than conventional geared motor drives, compact, space saving Interroll drum motors offer a quick, cost effective and easy way of building maintenance-free, hygienic and energy-efficient belt conveyors.
productiwis drive systems is presenting SafeTopChain conveyor chains from Flexon for the first time at this year’s CeMAT in Hanover, Germany.
productA SUPER-quick new mounting design for the compact SICK G10 sensor enables engineers to install new or replacement optical sensors wherever they are needed in just 10 seconds.
productDonghua, the UK arm of one of the world’s largest chain manufacturers, is supplying popular sizes of its Roller Chain in shorter and longer lengths to meet the needs of the UK market.
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