Q: What are a few checks used to confirm weld quality in a solid material handling or parts washing basket? It's virtually impossible to visually confirm that a resistance weld meets your strength requirements, so there's no substitute ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
File image courtesy of Cargotec. Cargotec subsidiary Kalmar has been awarded an order to supply 20 reach-stackers and 20 forklift trucks to Pacific Materials Handling, one of Kalmar's primary dealers servicing the Australian Pacific ...
Tags: Service, Transportation, logistics
The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) has received a grant of $743,310 from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism as part of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program, to develop and deliver a ...
Tags: SCLAA Education Program, Logistics
The biannual Smart Conference and Expo has come to a close for another time, and delivered a strong and improved conference program. With both the number of presentations and visitors up on the previous conference, it offered something for ...
NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) has presented a $7,750 check to United Way of Pitt County during a recent East Carolina University (ECU) baseball game versus University of Central Florida (UCF). A donation of $250 was given for every ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
We may live and do a lot business in a virtual world today, but there's nothing like a little face time. EastPack, to be held June 18-20 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, will provide plenty of opportunities for ...
Tags: Smorgasbord, Packaging&Printing
Two years ago, I attended a meeting of Hytrol distributors in Little Rock. At heart, these were conveyor and equipment guys. Yet, two of the best presentations were about warehouse and equipment control systems. It highlighted how our ...
Tags: Software, Automation
Editor’s Note: The following column By Mike Feinstein, vice president, sales and marketing, Digital Lumens, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, ...
According to the findings of Modern's 2013 Software Users Survey, many readers have big plans for improving information systems or rolling out their first attempts at detailed data collection. Some have deployed software applications such ...
Tags: Software, Computer Products
AIM, the industry association and worldwide authority on bar code, RFID, RTLS and mobile computing, has opened the nomination period for its annual Automatic Identification and Mobility industry awards. Nominations for the 2013 AIM Awards ...
Tags: AIM, Mobility Industry, Textile
Bastian Solutions, a global materials handling systems integrator, announced today a partnership with Jakob Hatteland Computer AS to distribute the company’s AutoStore system in North America. AutoStore is a proven automated storage ...
It’s a Big Data world as information about material movement becomes more essential to the art of materials handling. And, software applications designed to grant visibility into products, processes and pieces of equipment have grown ...
Tags: Chain Software, Software
In psychology there something known as associative learning whereby you get to know something by associating it something else similar to it. This is something that marketers try to take advantage of. If you are able to associate their ...
Tags: Finest Products, Genie, Processing Machinery
In many respects, automated materials handling systems are like mutual funds: They’re front-end loaded. We put a lot of emphasis on conveyors, sorters, pick-to-light, voice technology and automated storage solutions. Packing stations, ...
Tags: automated materials handling systems, Processing Machinery
Modern Material Handling magazine’s 16th annual survey of the world’s leading materials handling systems suppliers shows the top performers have held their ground and the rest on the list climb steadily upwards, despite the ...