newsSeminar offers step-by-step guide to robots
The ABB Robotics seminar and workshop for UK SMEs explains why investing in robots doesn’t have to be difficult.
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articleAmazon selects Werma for two more warehouses
Werma’s andon lights have been chosen by the online retail giant for two new warehouses in the UK.
productIntegrated processing and packaging solutions
Conveyor Systems Limited (CSL) will exhibit a range of conveyors and innovative vertical transport systems at the PPMA Total Show 2016, including the Qimarox Prorunner Mk1 and versatile Ambaflex spiral elevator/ lowerator that can be easily integrated into a conveyor system to provide efficient handling solutions.
articleRulmeca UK to showcase rollers and components at PPMA Total Show
Rulmeca UK will introduce all the rollers and components dedicated to process and packaging machines.
productWireless monitoring
Werma says companies can use the Andon light technology to monitor the performance and efficiency of production machines as well manual assembly and packaging cells.
productDocument applicator speeds packing process
Inther sold its first Automated Document Applicator to the warehouse of German hardware store Bauhaus.
productFocus on quick and efficient data capture
Vitronic, a leading provider of Auto-ID solutions, will present its powerful systems at IMHX.
productCSL reach new levels with conveying solutions
Conveyor Systems Limited (CSL) exhibit at IMHX 2016, using this show as a platform for demonstrating the latest technology and products to this sector.
productAll-in-one measuring wheel solution
SICK has developed the DBV50 Measuring Wheel for precision measurement of continuous and sheet fed materials in conveying applications, suitable for a wide range of industries from logistics to textiles, paper and card, and timber materials in an easy-mount, plug-and-play unit.
articleAutomatically trending
As the digitisation of markets continues to disrupt supply chains around the world, Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling System Association (AMHSA), considers the ways in which today’s logistics trends are favouring automation.
productRevamped palletiser boosts capacity to 60 cases per minute
CSi has updated its Taros palletiser, which was first introduced 10 years ago and has been installed in over 200 applications globally.
articleAutomation eases growth process
Pharmacy2U is a fast-growing online pharmacy and recently moved to a new Leeds DC, kitted out by Logistex. HSS editor Simon Duddy gets a tour of the facility from chief operating officer Daniel Lee.
productSwitch-on to Smart Factory
Harting’s recently launched Han-Modular Switch US4 connector is a strategic part of its Industry 4.0 portfolio.
productMixer for food industry
The Mixing Bowl Lifting Attachment has been designed to suit the ‘Hobart 140 quart mixing bowl’.
productLaser coding capabilities extended
Linx Printing Technologies is launching two laser coders that will open up the benefits of the technology to more companies and applications.
articleStingray Shuttle a key growth component for Würth
Automated materials handling solutions specialist TGW Logistics has completed a major two-year warehousing project for Würth Elektronik eiSos, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of electronic and electromechanical components.
productStandard stretch hood machine added to range
Qimarox has added a standard stretch hood machine to its range of material handling components.
articleAutomation powers John Lewis’ Omnichannel growth
KNAPP explains how it helped add capacity to the retailer’s Milton Keynes NDC, as well as helping it better consolidate garment orders with ‘binnable’ items.
productMassive garment handling facility for John Lewis
An automated garment conveying system supplied and installed by Dϋrkopp Fördertechnik – part of the KNAPP Group – is helping John Lewis service its continuing omni-channel growth.
productABB predicts $300,000 pa savings through improved uptime
Non-emergency machinery stops can be avoided with the arrival of a “failover” safety concept for use with ABB’s safety programmable logic controller (PLC).
