productApplied Automation launches Carryline conveyors
Engineering firm Applied Automation (UK) is launching a range of Swedish conveyors.
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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.
productClarks’ automated warehouse hits 10 year milestone
KNAPP has rewarded its team of resident engineers for 10 years service at the automated warehouse of Clarks, the global shoe supplier.
productPick & place motions with intelligent software
Fully fledged robot functions for simple gantry systems and automatic stackers can be designed more easily with the new robotics module in the Lenze FAST application software.
productModular Conveyor Platform for PPMA Show
Interroll will present its new modular conveyor platform for the first time in the UK at the PPMA 2015 show.
productIntegrated drive solutions
Interroll will show off its range of integrated drive solutions at the PPMA Show.
productChain conveyor
Dana UK Axle is benefiting from a triple strand chain conveyor designed, manufactured and installed by LB Foster Materials Handling.
product40 years of Expertise
From an idea that started in a humble bedroom back in the 1970’s, and 40 years later UPM Conveyors, specialist in manufacturing and producing conveying equipment, now occupies a 10,000ft2 factory in the heart of Berkshire.
productTriple Feed Conveyor System
MiniTec designed and built a bespoke conveyor system for a company that processes and manufactures plastic extrusions.
articleAdaptable antenna takes to curves
Harting has developed an RFID antenna designed for use with space constricted belt conveyors and can map curved tracks.
productControl spiralling bakery costs
L.A.C. Conveyor Systems exhibited several conveyors at this year’s PPMA Show including a prototype spiral bakery conveyor.
articleRobotic solution for mixed product pick
In response to rising retailer demand for mixed product trays, FANUC has collaborated with integrator Pacepacker Services to engineer a pot swap tray loading system.
productNew products shine at PPMA Show
Two new products from Elesa, on display this year at the recent PPMA Show, deal with rotating shafts or clamping adjustment for conveying and other applications.
articleIntroducing Carryline
Handling & Storage Solutions caught up with Applied Automation Industrial Systems at the PPMA Show to hear about new product ranges, and how the growing company has recently moved to much larger premises.
articleSupply chain agility
Today’s supply chains need to be more agile than ever before. Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling System Association (AMHSA), considers some of the areas of innovation that can boost agility and also some of the barriers to implementing new technologies.
