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Overhead conveyor contract signed

Materials 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.

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Spar expands central warehouse

SPAR 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.

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Highly flexible links

Unlike 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.

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Lightweight aluminium rollers

Developed 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.

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Sensors & safety portfolio

OEM 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.

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Single-piece housings

At 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.

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Energy chain installation guide

There 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.

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Sensor bridges the gap

Helping 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.

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Interroll results show solid growth

The 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).

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Intralogistics components

At this year’s CeMAT, Italian company Rulmeca will be highlighting its position as a manufacturer of components for Intralogistics.

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Hygienic & energy efficient

With 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.

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Safety first

iwis drive systems is presenting SafeTopChain conveyor chains from Flexon for the first time at this year’s CeMAT in Hanover, Germany.

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Super-quick mounting

A 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.

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Shorter & longer lengths

Donghua, 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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Hot dipped chain

Hot-dipped chain lubrication is now offered by Donghua as part of its new UK Attachment Chain Workshop.

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