System Logistics Will Showcase Full and Split Case Picking Solutions with Live Product Demo at ProMat 2011

LEWISTON, MAINE - Where will you be the week of March 21st? Spring will be in the air and fresh ideas will be on display at Chicago's McCormick Place at the upcoming ProMat 2011 show, the must-attend event for the material handling and logistics industry. System Logistics will be making a splash at Booth #2912 with a live product demonstration of our innovative full and split case picking...

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Rollprint Teams with Pactiv to Supply an Improved Filling, Opening Feature for Slide-Rite-® Slider Customers

Rollprint Teams with Pactiv to Supply an Improved Filling, Opening Feature for Slide-Rite-® Slider Customers

Addison, Ill. - Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc. has teamed with Pactiv Corporation to supply HeftyÂ-® Slide-RiteÂ-® slider customers with an improved filling and opening feature for heavier (15-65 pound), bagged products. The challenge for slider bags that are bottom-filled is to minimize the fill force against the slider assembly (which is at the receiving end of a product dump),...

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Myth Busting: AS/RS's Are Only for High Rise Warehouses

Myth Busting: AS/RS's Are Only for High Rise Warehouses

Westfalia Technologies Installs AS/RS in Warehouses Only 20' High YORK, Pa., April 6, 2010 - A common misperception of Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) is that they are only for new, high rise buildings, when in fact AS/RS's are feasible and economical in existing low bay warehouses. With high density systems offering pallet storage 3, 4, or even up to 12 deep, these systems offer...

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Trommel-Based System speeds sortation of recyclable material.

Trommel-Based System speeds sortation of recyclable material.

Consisting of trommel and associated conveyor systems, custom Waste Handling System almost completely eliminates manual intervention. Used for primary sortation of co-mingled products, 2-stage trommel sorts beverage containers such as plastic, glass, and ferrous items. Stage 1 uses small diameter holes in screens to take fines out of system, while Stage 2 has larger diameter holes to separate...

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Dematic Introduces Suite of Modernization Solutions

Dematic Introduces Suite of Modernization Solutions

Upgrade programs for material handling systems, facilities, & operations Grand Rapids, Mich. (March 23, 2010) -Dematic Corp., supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has introduced a suite of modernization products and services designed to increase productivity and reduce operating costs. The offering includes a wide variety of solutions arranged in three...

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Yellow Banks Powers up for Profit with Sennebogen Green Machine

Yellow Banks Powers up for Profit with Sennebogen Green Machine

When Yellow Banks River Terminal took over operation of its facility on the Ohio River, the first order of business was to upgrade loading speed and capacity with a new SENNEBOGEN 850 M material handler. OWENSBORO, KY - The dock facility at mile marker 751.3 on the Ohio River had been operating for many years, but not as a profit center. That changed in January 2007 when the facility, under new...

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Liberty Iron & It's Affiliated Companies Prepare for Industry Rebound with Sennebogen Electric Drive Scrap Handlers

Liberty Iron & It's Affiliated Companies Prepare for Industry Rebound with Sennebogen Electric Drive Scrap Handlers

Dedicated electric drive material handlers will maximize uptime and reduce operating costs for three auto shredding facilities. PHOENIX, AZ - While a growing number of recyclers are looking into the idea of switching from diesel to electric drive material handling machines, Marc Olgin has already jumped right in. Olgin is the third-generation part owner of Liberty Iron & Metal Holdings LLC, a...

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Material Master(TM) Bulk Bag Material Conditioner

Material Master(TM) Bulk Bag Material Conditioner

Since inventing the industries' first hydraulic Bulk Bag Conditioner in 2001, Material Transfer has provided application specific bulk bag conditioning solutions for a wide range of industries. New patent-pending system utilizes hydraulically actuated pivoting conditioning arms and a rotary lift table to safely and efficiently return solidified materials to a free-flowing state. System's pivoting...

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Self-Contained Auger Compactor processes wet and dry waste.

Self-Contained Auger Compactor processes wet and dry waste.

Enclosed EMSC Auger Pak features sealed processing chamber that provides clean path for wet and dry waste directly to receiver section. Unit's electromechanically driven auger screw shreds and compacts waste with more than 56,000 lb of force, while continuous forward action prevents drag-back waste accumulation. Running on electric power, it can be unplugged for dumping, and offers capacities...

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