productHigh performing sensor
The SR23 fork sensor, with its 50 x 5mm slot size, is said to be ideal for thick, multi-layer and booklet label detection.
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articleRolling on Interroll
The Interroll Group is launching its new customer programme emphasising the importance of high quality components with partners, system integrators and OEMs.
productImage processing
Image recognition systems are increasingly being used in conjunction with conveyor systems, particularly where just-in-time logistics is implemented.
productSimple & economic
A leading Ukrainian supplier of pharmaceuticals and medical products has implemented a simple and economic system from AmbaFlex to eliminate a bottle neck in the product flow in its distribution centres. The challenge was that tapered totes with ampoules and small cartons needed to be elevated with a high throughput but using minimum floor space.
productStainless steel spiral
When Lantmannen Unibake needed to replace an existing stainless steel spiral, working in conjunction with LAC Conveyor Systems and belt supplier Intralox a new design, unique to the UK was developed that “lifted” the conveyor off the floor, creating storage space underneath the conveyor.
productDesigned to minimise lifetime costs
Streamline, the latest generation of conveyors from KNAPP, has been designed to minimise maintenance costs through end-to-end commonality of parts and a modular system design.
productHigh throughput
A leading Ukrainian supplier of pharmaceuticals and medical products has implemented a simple and economic system from AmbaFlex to eliminate a bottle neck in the product flow in its distribution centres. The challenge was that tapered totes with ampoules and small cartons needed to be elevated with a high throughput but using minimum floor space.
productPeanut handling
Effectively providing a ‘one stop’ total peanut handling system for food processors, Spiroflow has pioneered two highly efficient solutions: Cableflow cable drag conveyors and Aeroflow aeromechanical conveyors, suitable for various applications depending on delivery speed and volume requirements.
productMotorised drive solutions
Designed to provide a quick and easy way of building maintenance-free, hygienic and energy efficient belt conveyors, ZPA accumulation roller conveyors and associated material handling equipment, Interroll offers a proven and diversified range of innovative IP66/IP69K Synchronous and Asynchronous Drum Motors and IP54/IP66 24VDC RollerDrive.
productLB Foster solution is top banana
When tropical produce importer, Fyffes, wanted to automate a banana ripening and distribution centre in Normanton, West Yorkshire, it turned to LB Foster Materials Handling of Leicester for a solution. The £520,000 project included the manufacture and installation of production lines and an accumulating pallet conveyor which is over 100m long.
articleQuick conveyor assembly with modular concept
Interroll’s modular conveyor platform helps its customers, system integrators and OEMs, to react to the growing importance of efficient material flow to end users.
productDedicated service division
Power and control systems specialist, The Automated Technology Group, recently welcomed Conservative MP for Stafford, Jeremy Lefroy, to cut the ribbon on its brand-new site in Stafford. The strategically located facility has been opened to provide the base for the launch of the group’s service division.
productAssembly plant opens in China
This June CSi industries BV opened its first assembly plant in China. Despite relatively low labour costs the demand for automation in China is definitely on the increase as the country seeks to attract high quality engineering solutions to reduce its dependence on local labour.
productApplied Automation launches Carryline conveyors
Engineering firm Applied Automation (UK) is launching a range of Swedish conveyors.
productSick releases next generation distance sensing laser
Sick has launched the compact and versatile DT50-2 PRO, a next-generation laser sensor that is said to combine high-performance distance sensing with excellent-resolution object profile detection over distances up to 30 metres.
productTransfer unit range enhanced
Alwayse Engineering has announced performance improvements across its range of Mini Ball Transfer Units.
productPrecision pallet system
Dorner’s latest advancement in pallet traffic management, the 2200 Precision Move Pallet System, features a pin tracking system to guide pallets through 90 degree turns, and a fast belt change capability designed to increase efficiency and reduce downtime in various assembly automation processes.
productBlooming success
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has worked with Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) to improve its efficiency, installing an automated conveyor system for handling high quality, hand collated and tied bouquets of flowers at its major packing hub in the Midlands.
productHigher incline elevation
When the UK branch of the world’s largest grocery retailer brings five new greenfield central distribution warehouses online almost simultaneously to keep up with the fast-growing trend in home delivery, each site will feature eight AmbaFlex SpiralVeyors.
productUS conveying firm Transnorm buys Sovex
Transnorm Group has bought Sovex, a UK manufacturer of loading and unloading modules and components that are mainly used in parcel and distribution hubs and distribution centres for an undisclosed sum.
