Material Handling & Transportation
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Material Handling & Transportation Focus - June 08
May 30, 2008Loading-Rack Gangways A leading provider of stronger, safer, and easier-to-handle truck and railcar loading-rack and fall-protection equipment for the petroleum, biofuel, specialized chemical, food/pharmaceutical, cement, and other industries, this company offers the redesigned, patent-pending...
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Research Center Focused on Customer-Specific Problems
May 27, 2008Cooperative research programs with industry leaders to solve identified material handling problems are a significant part of the mission of Martin Engineering’s new Center for Bulk Materials Handling Innovation (CFI). Part pure-science research laboratory and part industrial product...
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Solids Handling Lab, Lecture, and Lunch
May 27, 2008Jenike & Johanson engineers will be delivering a one-day seminar at their Tyngsboro, Massachusetts office/laboratory regarding fundamental aspects of bulk solids handling, testing, and pneumatic conveying on July 17. This informative workshop will provide insights into...
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FKI Logistex Forms Dedicated Robotics Integration Group
April 25, 2008FKI Logistex, a global leader in integrated material-handling solutions, has formed a dedicated Robotics Integration Group to provide customers with focused robotic palletizing and depalletizing solutions, including system design, manufacture, programming, and support. Building on more than 60...
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Kaman Completes Acquisition of Industrial Supply Corp.
April 25, 2008Kaman Corp. has announced that its subsidiary, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp., completed the previously announced acquisition of Industrial Supply Corp. (ISC) of Richmond, VA. ISC is now a wholly owned subsidiary of KIT, Kaman's Industrial Distribution segment. Founded in 1933, ISC is a...
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G2 Material Handling Inc. Acquires Southwest Stainless Inc.
April 17, 2008G2 Material Handling has acquired Southwest Stainless Inc., Springfield, MO, a major supplier of sanitary piping and custom fabricated stainless steel equipment for the dairy, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Manufacturing for both companies will remain in the existing 20,000-sq-ft facility....
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Shuttlewagon Joins Nordco Family of Companies
April 15, 2008Nordco Inc., a leading provider of railroad maintenance-of-way machinery and related services, has expanded its product line with the acquisition of Central Power Products Inc., the manufacturer of the Shuttlewagon Railcar Mover. “We are very pleased to welcome Shuttlewagon as the newest...
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Overhead Product Orienter
February 5, 2008Untitled Document Overhead Product Orienter This high-speed overhead orienter accepts product for palletizing and turns it 90, 180, or 270 degrees to automatically form the optimal pallet configuration for each product. The unit can turn bags to form pallets with “butts out...
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Containment System Concepts for OEB1 through OEB5
February 1, 2008function middle(url,theHeight,theWidth){ var theTop=(screen.height/2)-(theHeight/2) var theLeft=(screen.width/2)-(theWidth/2) var features='height='+theHeight+',width='+theWidth+',toolbars=no,scrolling=no,top='+theTop+',left='+theLeft; window.open(url,'',features...
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Material Handling Spotlight - February 08
February 1, 2008Untitled Document Robotic Palletizing Cell The AR-200 robotic palletizing cell handles up to four different products simultaneously, with custom grippers for bags and boxes. At speeds up to 25 units per minute, the robot uses the latest addition to the FANUC robot family in the...
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