Category: News
Heavy Industrial Conveyor Belts
Conveyors belts have been used in a number of industries for decades now. Their flexibility and durability have made transporting not only small but also heavy packages very easy. The increase in demand for reduced cost, integrated automation, and increased throughput has led to the need for better, faster and more durable conveyor belts. The…
Flexible screw conveyor for front-end loaders
KENT-based Flexicon have introduced a new extreme-duty flexible screw conveyor system with purpose-built hopper for the transfer of bulk material received from front-end loaders. The conveyor consists of a heavy-gauge stainless steel screw that rotates within a 200mm stainless steel tube. Since the conveyor is driven at its top end by a 15kW variable-speed electric…
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
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
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
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…
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…
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.…