productFulfils lower speed needs
Shrink wrapping equipment specialist, Yorkshire Packaging Systems used the recent TOTAL 2013 show to introduce its new palletiser designed specifically to go on the end of the company’s own shrink wrappers.
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productHeavy duty belts
The new heavy duty and extra heavy duty System Plast modular plastic belts from Emerson’s Power Transmission Solutions business provide a non-skid, energy efficient conveyor surface for moving walkways, automotive assembly lines, car washes, and general material handling of heavy loads, such as barrels, drums, kegs and pallets.
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productHigh speed AS/RS
European Conveyor Systems has added high-speed mini-load storage and retrieval machines with exceptional energy-efficiency and positioning accuracy to its range of materials handling equipment.
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productArticle assortment across a wide temperature range
The EDEKA corporate group Nordbayern-Sachsen-Thueringen has selected a logistics and order picking system from general contractor WITRON.
articleFashion retailer uses fast sortation technology
Fashion brand, The Sting, has used fast sortation technology to effect rapid store replenishment, giving the retailer a significant competitive edge.
articlePallet buffer offers speed and reduces reliance on MHE
RediTechniX has released a ‘plug and go’ pallet buffer and sequencer module for its RediLogX automated pallet storage and retrieval system.
productState-of-the-art warehouse
Warehousing services company Sumitomo is partnering with automation specialist Savoye to create a state-of-the-art warehouse in Grobbendonk, Belgium.
articleAutomated grocery picking
Warehouse automation supplier, KNAPP, has developed an innovative solution for the automatic handling of containers in the grocery sector.
articleJD Williams to integrate vision technology to boost picking
For JD Williams, the leading UK fashion and home goods retailer, warehouse automation is mission-critical and must remain as versatile, efficient and trouble-free as possible. To ensure goods are located and picked reliably, SICK UK has trialled vision camera technology which will be integrated into warehouse systems to achieve increased reliability and precision.
productKeeping MINI moving
A bespoke conveyor system from LB Foster Materials Handling has been installed at the MINI Plant Oxford.
articleOnline retail pioneer outlines logistics secrets to its success
The French eCommerce pioneer vente-privee.com has chalked up staggering growth over the last decade. With earnings of less than one million euros in 2002, the company turned over €1.3 billion euros in Europe last year.
productAccuracy & stability stack up
Beumer has reengineered its high-capacity layer palletiser, Beumer paletpac, to provide better accessibility, shorter assembly period, higher flexibility and, as a result, lower costs.
articleThe benefits of AS/RS
Distribution centre design has evolved from a ‘low and wide’ strategy to ‘narrow and high’, says TGW sales director Phil Steeds.
productCompact vertical pallet transport
Qimarox has developed a modular pallet lift for weights up to 1500 kg…
articleNew sorter helps No Limit carry out two weeks’ work in 2.5 days
SDI’s PTU sorter has transformed sortation performance at No Limit’s multi-client distribution centre near Warsaw from day one.
productHigh-throughput spiral conveyor
MiniTec’s small footprint WF 3000 Spiral Conveyor provides a lift height of up to three metres while serving as a storage and production buffer for conveyed items.
productCompact & cost effective
The new S15 series of M18 tubular sensors from Datalogic is offered in both plastic and stainless steel IP69K housing versions.
productSovex opens a manufacturing facility in Malaysia
Conveyor manufacturer Sovex has opened a 20,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Kluang, Malaysia.
