Category: News

  • Transporting 1,000 metric tons of gold ore per hour

    Transporting 1,000 metric tons of gold ore per hour

    To connect the El Limón gold ore pit with the processing plant it was necessary to overcome an altitude difference of about 400m in steep terrain. Minera Media Luna, S.A. de C.V. (MML), 100% owned subsidiary of Torex Gold Resources Inc., opted for the RopeCon as a means to transport 1,000 metric tons of gold…

  • Warehouse Design Key In Goal To Double Sales

    Warehouse Design Key In Goal To Double Sales

    A vital part of Werner Electric Supply’s goal to double sales to $500 million by 2020 is its 200,000-square-foot state-of-the-art distribution center in Appleton, WI. Not long ago, the distributor of electrical, lighting, datacomm, pneumatic, safety, and automation solutions was operating out of a 100,000-square-foot facility and was leasing additional warehouse space. “We built the…

  • A golden business anniversary

    A golden business anniversary

    The belief at Dorner Manufacturing is to move fast and move smart. The company has lived up to its belief system. Dorner has grown leaps and bounds since it opened for business on January 14, 1966 as a tool and die shop. Since then, Dorner has grown into a successful business of designing and building…

  • Hibbett Sports: Managing the flow

    Hibbett Sports: Managing the flow

    For its new 420,000-square-foot facility outside of Birmingham, Ala., Hibbett Sports designed fulfillment processes that enable preallocated cartons to flow quickly and efficiently from receiving to shipping. Meanwhile, stores are replenished at the item level from a put-to-light pick mezzanine. Software integrates mixed SKU cases from the replenishment area into the flow of full cases…

  • United States’ conveyor system industry 2016 market available in new report

    United States’ conveyor system industry 2016 market available in new report

    The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Conveyor System market analysis is provided for the United States markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status. Development policies and plans are discussed as well as manufacturing processes and Bill of Materials…

  • AUTOMATIC PALLET TRUCK IN-FLOOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM BY SI SYSTEMS

    AUTOMATIC PALLET TRUCK IN-FLOOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM BY SI SYSTEMS

    The new Lo-Tow pallet truck in-floor conveyor system is designed to improve operator productivity and accuracy. Operators load their pallet trucks and bring it over to the nearest towline station. They scan the destination, engage the towpin in seconds and the pallet truck is automatically delivered to the correct location in minutes, eliminating all human…

  • Lectra Aims to Disrupt Auto Leather Value Chain

    Lectra Aims to Disrupt Auto Leather Value Chain

    The outlook for automotive leather is looking bright. Demand is soaring worldwide as automakers seek to make the interiors of vehicles from subcompacts to pickup trucks more luxurious. Plus, the availability of hides is improving because fewer shoes are being made of leather due to a global consumer shift to more casual footwear. According to…

  • Eagle SureConnect

    Eagle SureConnect, an important innovation from Fenner Drives, radically reduces the complexity of installing polyurethane belting – slashing downtime and associated labor costs. The Manheim, Pa. company is an international leader in the supply of value-added, problem-solving products for conveying and power transmission applications. Countless industrial and manufacturing processes rely on uninterrupted service from conveyors.…

  • ProSpare to launch Starclean at Hillhead 2016

    ProSpare to launch Starclean at Hillhead 2016

    A NEW product which tackles the challenges of belt cleaning in a completely different way to traditional belt scrapers has been launched by ProSpare. FE Schulte Strathaus & Co KG have been at the heart of changing the way conveyor belts are cleaned across Europe, but their ground-breaking new system has not been available in…

  • ABB to automate 13-kilometer long conveyor system at Chilean copper mine

    ABB to automate 13-kilometer long conveyor system at Chilean copper mine

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won an order from Tenova TAKRAF Chile to automate one of the world’s most powerful conveyor belt systems to be built at Chuquicamata Mine in Chile. The belt system will deliver copper ore from the underground mine directly to the concentrator plant, 13 kilometers away from the…