Material Handling
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Keeping the “Continuous” in Continuous Improvement
It’s still not uncommon to walk into a facility and find heavy gauge and plate materials, large stacks of coils, or bundled pipe and tubing stored on the shop floor, waiting to be retrieved and moved to another location in the plant for processing – along with all of the potential safety issues and adverse effects on profitability. Before investing in any system to solve this problem, a shop must determine exactly what they are trying to accomplish and explore how they process their inventory, right down to the orientation of the raw material when it’s initially received.
Portable Electric Scissor Lifts for Ergonomic Lifting Wherever Needed
Electric Hydraulic or Manually Operated Portable Scissor Lifts from Verti-Lift provide the flexibility of a scissor lift with the portability of an adjustable work platform to enhance ergonomics.
Pallet Jack-Compatible Orbital Wrapper Eases Truck Loading/Unloading
The TAB Wrapper Tornado from TAB Industries is a semi-automated, orbital wrapper that secures loads to their pallets to create a unitized load that improves product protection, safety and stability in transport and storage.
Safely Secure Oddly Shaped, Heavy Loads Fast
The 87-SA Yellow Jacket Orbital Stretch Wrapper from Muller effectively secures complex fabrications, metal parts and loose assemblies on a pallet with one worker in one minute – a job that typically takes two workers roughly ten minutes to wrap a similar load by hand.
Reduce Product Droppage and Lower Scrap Rates
The special grip pattern on DURAFLEX Friction Cups from Piab features a rough cleat surface and sharp cleat edges and channels that creates greater friction and a stronger hold compared to traditional traction suction cups.
Environmentally Friendly Pressroom Automation
For handling oily and wet surfaces in pressrooms, the GEN II Flex Spray Oiler system from Atlas Technologies provides a cleaner, safer and more cost efficient operation that doesn’t sacrifice quality.
Toyota-Mazda Announce Alabama Factory
Their new $1.6 billion joint venture in Huntsville will eventually produce 300,000 vehicles a year and employ 4,000 people.
Organizational Changes at Motion Industries
Randy Breaux, Kevin Storer and Mark Stoneburner are all promoted into higher level executive management roles.
Welding Equipment for Shop and Field Work in Offshore Yards
The Renegade ET 300iP inverter for DC TIG, pulsed TIG and Stick welding from ESAB weighs 37 lb, produces a top output of 300 amps at 40 percent duty cycle and offers primary power flexibility. They also offer the Rebel EMP 285ic multiprocess welder for MIG, Flux-Cored, DC Stick and TIG welding.
Automatic Band Saws for High Cutting Performance with Low Material and Energy Consumption
Fully automatic KASTOwin band saws from KASTO are ideal for flexible production sawing of solid materials, tubes and profiles used in mechanical engineering, toolmaking, steel, automotive and aerospace work.
A New Approach to High Velocity Aluminum Destacking
Demand for stamped and formed aluminum components for vehicles has never been higher, but many shops face slower cycle times due to the difficulty of quickly destacking aluminum blanks. This new approach can significantly increase destacking speed up to 18 parts per minute with no multiple blanks – a significant productivity gain compared to the typical 12 parts per minute.
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