Plug & play key management
Key and asset management specialist, Traka, has launched Traka 21, an innovative plug and play system that provides small to medium size businesses with the latest intelligent key management solutions.
LED-based luminaires
Using LED-based technology, luminaires from ecoBright offer efficient lighting for warehouses, factories and commercial premises. Housed in a sleek profile, they are available in models offering from 12,000 to 36,000 Lumens.
Making light work of energy savings
Lutterworth Ecolighting specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of energy efficient lighting in warehouses and industrial premises nationwide.
Anti-condensation heaters
To combat the issue of lower temperatures causing condensation to form on detector lenses and reflective prisms, Fire Fighting Enterprises (FFE) has developed a new range of anti-condensation heaters for its Fireray range of optical beam smoke detectors.
Affordable palletising
Reducing the cost of palletising, CSi has introduced the cost effective Smart-Pal, which can handle up to 20 items per minute, depending on the type of product and infeed.
People Effectiveness award
Loadhog has triumphed as the winner in the People Effectiveness category of the national Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2014, which showcase British manufacturing talent and are widely recognised for promoting best practice in the sector.
Crate order picking system
Automated warehouse solutions provider TGW has provided Spanish supermarket chain, Mercadona with a new full crate order picking system, which enables fresh produce totes to be picked and ready for dispatch in less than six hours.
Hydraulic hoists
Hoists incorporating the latest generation of super silent hydraulics have now been added to the J D Neuhaus Profi and EH monorail hoist ranges, with units providing 75 and 100t lift capacities.
Carton crease tester
Cerulean, the UK instrumentation company is attending the Pack Expo in Chicago for the first time to exhibit its new optical carton crease tester (OCT). The company is hoping to appoint North American distributors for its carton quality instruments that reduce carton waste and improve packing performance.
Forklift training
As businesses gear up for Christmas, temporary or casual workers are often employed. According to Carrylift Group, research has shown that the average employee is up to four times as likely to cause or be involved in an accident during their first month’s employment and that each percentage point increase of new staff heightens the company’s risk of major injuries by 1.7-2.5%.
Additional storage
When a large retail customer contracted Clipper Logistics for a new port-centric distribution centre, the independent logistics specialist turned to Davicon to provide a space-creating mezzanine.
Business growth recognised
Vehicle tracking specialist Quartix has won the Growth award at the Powys Business Awards for the second year running.
WMS enhances process control
Beumer Group is a single-source provider for filling, palletising and packaging technologies. In order to control, coordinate and display these processes, Beumer Group also provides Group Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). These system solutions are tailored to the customers’ individual requirements.
High rack pallet
Specialist in sustainable plastic pallet packaging solutions, Cabka-IPS is introduced its Eco i5, a 1200 x 1000mm monoblock pallet, which is available as both a classic three-runner version and as a cruciform perimeter-based version for secure block stacking. Suitable for use in the high rack, Eco i5 can carry loads up of up to 600kg, despite its own low net weight.
Timber supply secured
Leading pallet manufacturer, Scott Pallets, has sealed a five year partnership agreement with Britain’s largest sawmilling business, BSW, for the supply of pallet timber.
CEE fleet expansion
European logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters is expanding its CEE fleet by leasing a further 300 trailers from TIP Trailer Services in a new seven year deal with one of Europe’s leading equipment services providers.
Material & cost savings
For optimal cargo securing, packaging film manufacturer Duo Plast has developed DDK stretch film, which features a double edge (for example a 15 micron stretch film has a thickness of 30 micron at the edges).
World record lift
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has entered the record books thanks to the heavy lift capabilities of its latest reachstacker, named Super Gloria. The reachstacker lifted a steel component weighing over 100t in front of an invited audience at Kalmar’s multi-assembly unit in Lidhult, Sweden.
Versatile RFID transponders
The new Ha-VIS RFID VT 86 (HT) from Harting is an RFID transponder that combines robustness, a high protection class and resistance to the effects of high temperatures and chemicals to achieve optimal performance in difficult environments.
All functions on board
Light curtains play an important role in protecting humans against moving parts of machines. However, emergency stop switches and safety door contacts also need to be integrated and wired. For smaller production plants, the additional time and effort needed for implementing safety measures is relatively high. Panasonic’s light curtain SF4C offers a solution.
