New Material Handling & Storage Products

Jervis B. Webb Company Receives Patent for Automatic Trailer Loading and Unloading Vehicle

Farmington Hills, Mich. - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Jervis B. Webb Company - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd. and leading provider of material handling solutions - U.S. Patent No. 7,648,329 for its Automatic Trailer Loading and Unloading technology. Webb uses this patented technology in its SmartLoader-® Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV), which can load and...

SCHUNK DPGplus: Sealed Two-Finger Parallel Gripper, Now In New Sizes

The successful DPGplus series of sealed 2-finger parallel grippers has been extended with sizes 240 and 300. The pneumatic drive with oval pistons and the multi-tooth guides ensure the user precise and reliable gripping. This ensures a high level of machine up time and high returns from your production and assembly applications. The DPGplus sealed 2-finger parallel gripper is an expert at...

SR77: Absolute Magnescale-®

Slim type magnetic scale system that outputs position signals for machine tools and other equipment that require high-precision positioning. Compatible protocols include: FANUC, Mitsubishi, Matushita and Yaskawa o Measuring Length(ML): 70-2,040mm o Accuracy : 3+3ML/1,000 Ã-µm p-p, 5+5ML/1,000 Ã-µm p-p o Maximum resolution : 0.01 Ã-µm o Maximum response speed : 200m/min. o Protocol :...

Shipyard Improves Welding Process wtih Automation

It has long been considered that the most productive and cost effective welding position within the shipbuilding industry is the flat position (PA). To satisfy this, great emphasis is put in at the design stage to maximize the use of this position. However, even when adopting this philosophy, welding has to be carried out in a variety of other positions. Many shipyards have found major benefits...

Bulk Briner 101: What You Need to Know When Considering a Bulk Briner

If you're thinking about switching from packaged to bulk salt, check out this white paper and see if a bulk briner is right for your application.

Grayling and Shiseido Prove that Packaging Efficiency Is More Than Cosmetic

Atlanta, Georgia - When Shiseido (pronounced She-Say-Doe ), one of the world's largest prestige cosmetics manufacturers, wanted to increase production efficiency while reducing their material handling and overhead costs, they turned to Grayling Industries, a leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial packaging. According to Ladislav Hanzes, executive director of manufacturing for Davlyn...

Multi-Belt Sorter handles packages weighing up to 75 lb.

Designed to handle and sort packages ranging from 6-36 in. in length, MB100 offers rates exceeding 100 packages/min, enhancing pre-sorting, value add, kitting, pre-shipping, and shipping activities. Sorter is suited for automated transport of small products in wide range of industries such as parcel (small and flat), media (CDs, DVDs, books), food and beverage, wine and spirits, e-commerce,...

Positioning Stages meet frequent/fine adjustment needs.

Cross-Roller Stages (Part No. XCRS), available in 3 sizes each for X-, XY-, and Z-axis versions, incorporate 2 rollers connecting upper and lower plate. Dovetail Stages (Rack and Pinion, Part No. XDTS) offers same sizes and axis configurations, but consists of 2 precision-ground flat surfaces sliding against each other. Extending travel distance of Dovetail Stage, Long-Travel Dovetail Stages...

Vehicle Lift provides typical rise time of 37 seconds.

Designed for general service work, Y-Lift(TM) Model YA12 can be used for 4-wheel alignments on wheelbases from 71Ã-½ to 158 in. Hydraulic cylinder, locking mechanism, and position sensor are all located inside runways to protect against damage. Providing 12,000 lb capacity, drive-on hinged lift is ETL/ALI certified to meet ANSI/ALI ALCTV-2006 safety standards. It is compatible with all...

Intelligrated Adds Tilt-Tray and Cross-Belt Sortation Solutions to Product Portfolio

Company now exclusive provider of Crisplant loop sorters in North and South America (Cincinnati, March 15, 2010) - Intelligrated-® (www.intelligrated.com), a leading American-owned automated material handling solutions provider, announces the addition of tilt-tray and cross-belt sortation solutions to its product portfolio. Under an agreement resulting from the acquisition of FKI Logistex-® in...

Elscint Vibratory Bowl Feeder for Raw Cashews

Elscint Automation, the leading vibratory parts feeder manufacturer from India has developed a special vibratory bowl feeder for feeding of raw cashews. The cashews being raw and fresh, there was a lot of variation in the sizes. The sizes varied from 20 mm length to 40 mm length, width from 15 mm to 25 mm and height from 8 mm to 14 mm. Due to this huge variation, there was a possibility of...

Triad WAU Wall Plug-In AC Power Supply May Be First To Meet Level VI Energy Efficiency Standard

Triad Magnetics, an industry leader and one of the most trusted names in transformer design and manufacturing, is proud to announce the release of the Triad WAU Wall Plug-In AC Power Supply. Engineered to provide robust performance and high reliability, it is setting the standard for 120V/60Hz power supplies. See our video to learn all about it.