Packed and sorted
AN ECOMM retailer has upgraded its packing and sortation system to meet increasing levels of consumer demand.
AN ECOMM retailer has upgraded its packing and sortation system to meet increasing levels of consumer demand.
Advances in logistics automation are revolutionising the healthcare supply chain, explains Craig Rollason.
CHECKING AND sorting parcels or assisting vehicles in avoiding collisions: For such use cases, cameras are virtually indispensable today.
SICK HAS announced a major advance in its colour sensor portfolio, with the launch of its CSS and CSX high resolution and high-speed devices.
The cost-of-living crisis is not only having a negative impact on retail sales, but also on the volume of returns. Dave Berridge, secretary of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), looks into the issue.
The new, cost-optimised industrial cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems are said to excel wherever the essentials matter.
PACKAGING AND robotic automation company, RMGroup, installed an automated pouch line at US-based Buckman’s Inc., a supplier of swimming pool chemicals.
Connect the camera, focus, get the image – this is especially useful when object distances change frequently. Therefore, it is quite common to employ webcams in logistics, kiosk and robotics applications.
Edeka’s Freienbrink DC is relying on robotic handling systems from Cimcorp to help deliver fresh produce to stores within 4-5 hours of receiving orders.
SICK HAS launched the safeVisionary2, a compact 3D time-of-flight camera with safety certification performance level c, in accordance with ISO 13849.
Two fifths (42%) of businesses across manufacturing, retail and 3PLs are planning to invest equal to or more than their annual warehousing costs on automation over the next five years, according to new research,
WIELAND ELECTRIC has launched emergency stop buttons with M12 connection for easy integration into plant and systems.
SICK has launched an industry-first safety light curtain system for Smart Box Detection, designed to enable the continuous safe material flow of cartons or cuboid goods at the entry or exit points of protected areas, while safeguarding people from dangerous materials-handling, conveying or packaging machinery.
RMGroup and ABB Robotics UK held an interactive workshop on March 30 at ABB’s Milton Keynes headquarters.
Logistics Matters editor Simon Duddy visited Exotec in France to see first hand what is behind one of the logistics sector’s most spectacular success stories.
When online fashion retailer ASOS set up its fourth fulfilment centre, it turned to materials handling partner BS Handling Systems for a solution built around a high-speed sorter that can handle 14,000 parcels an hour.
The retail sector has always pushed the boundaries of automation in the warehouse, and this has gifted occupiers more control and efficiency. But the journey is far from over, and it is important to interrogate the solutions on offer, whether it is the flexibility of modular solutions, or how exactly data can add value. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
With flexible and cost-effective solutions increasingly available, companies of all sizes can benefit from logistics automation, helping to combat the challenge of labour scarcity. Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), takes a look at automation for SMEs.
The digitalised solution enables operators to track a wealth of data down to the level of individual parcels at Asda’s robotic sorting facility in Yorkshire.
The automation player has announced a strategic partnership with warehouse robotics provider, Dexterity, to offer full-task robotics as part of its automation solutions.