Recycling firm revamps truck charging
Kras Recycling relies on electrically-powered forklift trucks – and on the energy-efficient charging technology from Fronius.
KNAPP boosts revenues to over 700 million euros
Logistics automation specialist, KNAPP AG, has announced results for the year to 31st March 2018, showing an increase in net revenue of 12.3% from 631.9 to 709.6 million euros.
Both totes and cartons handled for Pharma firm
Accord Healthcare has awarded a contract to Gebhardt European Conveyor Systems for the supply and installation of an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) and warehouse control system at its distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire.
easyPILOT Follow promises faster order picking
Jungheinrich has presented a new remote control unit for the low level order pickers of its ECE family. easyPILOT Follow is a semi-automated control unit that allows the ECE to follow its operator automatically.
SSI Schaefer acquires Italian automation firm
Established in Biella in 1981, Incas offers customers industrial automation solutions for logistics and production as well as software solutions.
Reducing blind spots
If a pedestrian walks into the “blind spot” of a forklift truck, there is potential for an accident to occur, so Linde has developed a Surround View system to prevent such hazardous situations from arising.
A light touch
The new pallet truck Linde MT12, together with the pallet stackers Linde MM10, MM10i and ML10 added to Linde Material Handling light range.
Economical standalone data loggers
24/7 monitoring of sensitive temperature and humidity readings is no longer complicated nor time-consuming, says T&D Corporation, which has a range of devices.
Rugged managed print services set for take-off
The emerging ‘rugged-MPS’ market is set to become the new supply chain standard, says Renovotec managing director Richard Gilliard.
300 storage compartments in one box
Logistics managers are only too familiar with the delays caused by searching for poorly sorted items and the resulting picking errors as well as insufficient storage space.
One shot loader combines with forklifts
For loading and unloading containers, solely relying on forklifts can be a waste of time and resources. It takes a forklift an average of 38.4 minutes to load 6.58 tons (5,973 kg) worth of pallets into a container but it takes only 15 minutes for Joloda’s container loading system to stuff 28 tons (25,401 kg) of load into a container.
IoT-ready intralogistics
With the new Galileo IoT platform, Gebhardt-ECS offers operators of intralogistics systems the possibility of completely and consistently digitising and networking all system components from the mechanics, via the control system and the software, into the cloud.
THE FUTURE – Brexit to intensify warehouse labour challenges
The big challenge for the future is going to be labour availability and finding ways to mitigate the impact of Brexit on the labour pool.
Vertical storage
The SILO range is said to be suitable for saving space, time and cost, as well as enhancing safety.
Take a Network HealthCheck
Renovotec is launching a ‘Network HealthCheck’ service that measures whether a warehouse network is fit for purpose in today’s IIoT-driven, security-threatened supply chain environment.
260 cranes and hoists at power plant
Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG (GKM) produces energy and distant heating for the booming Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Each of the approximately 260 cranes and hoists used in the plant requires maintenance and safety-related checks on an annual basis.
Who needs the drama?
To avoid dramas, e-tailers rely heavily on their MHE and storage systems. Good advice, therefore, is to source from a single supplier that can provide a one-stop-shop solution that is efficient, fault free and works seamlessly with all parts of the fulfilment operation.
Safe transportation of lithium-ion batteries
Dangerous goods packaging expert, ZARGES, is expanding its portfolio with the launch of the K470 Battery Box aluminium case, specially designed for transporting and keeping safe lithium-ion batteries.
Greater visibility boosts maintenance
TouchPath is launching a new version of TouchAsset, its manufacturing and distribution asset performance management system which is designed to ‘improve asset management and maintenance to optimise company performance and profit’.
