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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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Robot demonstration cell

On Stand 5771 at MACH 2014 ABB will showcase its latest developments in robotic automation, with an integrated demonstration cell featuring the IRB 6700, IRB 2600 and IRB 140 robots.

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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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Kasto Unitower to star at Mach

Multi-level warehouses for storing and retrieving bar, tube, sheet and other material automatically will be on show at the stand of KASTO who will be exhibiting at MACH 2014.

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Robotic cask handling

SCM Handling has supplied a high speed cask handling system to handle beverage casks as part of a washer/racker system which fills casks at a rate of 600 per minute.

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AarhusKarlshamn invests in compact conveyors

A conveyor system designed to transport goods continuously between ground and upper floor levels with maximum reliability has been completed by European Conveyor Systems as part of a major investment in production facilities at AarhusKarlshamn UK (AAK) in Hull.

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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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On a growth trajectory

Edward Hutchison, managing director at BITO Storage Systems explains to HSS editor Simon Duddy how a considered, consultancy sales approach is integral to the impressive growth figures recently posted by the firm.

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Safe biomass handling

The movement of biomass within power stations and factory environments requires high-quality conveying systems that meet statutory requirements for the safe and dust-free distribution of potentially hazardous materials.

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Skills & experience

Vanriet Rohaco specialises in the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of automated conveyor and robotic systems. Visitors to MACH can see the company on Stand 4943.

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TGW opens new HQ

TGW Northern Europe officially opened its new headquarters in Leicestershire this month, marking a milestone in the company’s development.

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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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