Airbus uses electric tugs for wing assembly
Airbus, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, is using pedestrian electric tugs from MasterMover as an integral part of its wing assembly plant in Broughton.
Lightweight addition
Plastic reusable transit packaging (RTP) specialist, Schoeller Allibert, has expanded its Magnum range of folding large containers (FLCs) with the introduction of Magnum Helium, a lightweight container to simplify handling operations and reduce fuel costs.
Robust & reliable
Basingstoke based Gordian Strapping has integrated a side seal strapping machine into AAK UK’s packaging line at King George Dock in Hull.
Service for safety
Servicing of industrial doors, gates, loading bay equipment and other goods in and out associated equipment is seen by leading industrial door companies, such as BID Group, to be the most beneficial and cost effective measure of ensuring continually safe and reliable operation.
Custom-off-the-shelf
AIDC Solutions’ custom-off-the-shelf (COTS) warehouse management system is now fully RFID-enabled and uses ‘fast, flexible, smart’ AIDC system building blocks that allow a WMS to be fully tailored for the user but at a lower, packaged software price, according to the company.
RUD PowerPoint Star
Lifting Points for Bolting – Ultimate Safety in Lifting with the RUD PowerPoint Star
RUD offer an extensive range of lifting and lashing applications which includes both welded and threaded types, covering a working load capacity range from 0.6 to 200 tonne. Offering over 270 different tested and certified lifting/lashing points, 210 of which are for bolting and 60 for welding.
Complete charging systems
A year on from when the Battery Charging Systems division of Fronius International launched the Ri charging process, the company has now unveiled another development in the form of complete charging systems.
Trusted supplier
With facilities to store 25,000 traction cells, chargers and accessories in its Cardiff warehouses, for over 10 years ESPEX Batteries has been a trusted and reliable supplier of industrial batteries in the UK.
Energy saving lighting
Energy efficient lighting specialist Lutterworth Ecolighting is looking to save Naylor Drainage Ltd over £59,000 a year with its newly installed lighting solution at the company’s head office in Cawthorne, South Yorkshire.
Steel plated midsole
The flexible Halo Safety Trainer from the Scruffs range comes with both a steel toe cap and steel plated midsole for extra foot protection.
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Optical-based
Knauf has become the latest company to buy Harland Simon’s Warehouse Insight system for its manufacturing site at Sittingbourne, Kent.
Salt spreader
Adding to its stable of winter tools and machinery, DMMP has announced a new Magnum spreader. Simple to use, maintain and store, it will have a positive impact on the way many organisations deal with ice and snow this winter, says the company.
ATEX137 certified
GNB Industrial Power has announced the successful certification of its service management, engineers and product support team, who can now perform the necessary work on explosion-protected batteries according to the Workplace Directive 1999/92/EC, also known as ATEX 137.
Facilities expanded
Logistics provider David Hathaway Transport is gearing up for growth following the completion of refurbishment work at its new 35,000 sq ft depot in Royal Wootton Bassett.
Guided aisle operation
To ensure the efficient handling and storage of its 600+ product lines which come in lengths of 3m and 6m, BSS Industrial uses four Combilift electric C4000 EST stand-on models at its 47,500ft² warehouse in Coventry.
Blue lamp spot on for safety
A new lamp from ECCO Group has been designed specifically for material handling applications to provide a visual warning for pedestrians in the vicinity of mobile equipment.
Technical advances over time
It is now many years since the warehouse management system (WMS) first appeared, marking a departure from the basic control by total quantity and valuation offered by stock control packages towards the more advanced concepts of managing space utilisation and control of warehouse movements.
Rusmail takes to the big ground
Rusmail has solved one of its most challenging handling problems to date using an inclined belt conveyor which needed to reach from ground level to a height of almost 6.5 metres for a food processing client.
Pallet capacity increased
When Greggs’ recently updated its Gosforth bakery and raw materials storage facility by merging two units into one purpose-built site, RediRack – Greggs’ long-term storage systems supplier – was tasked with reconfiguring the racking to increase pallet capacity in the most financially-efficient way possible.
