Space-saving handling
John Carney, MD at at St. Helens-based Cheshire Mouldings, calculates that since Combilifts replaced a mix of counterbalance trucks and a sideloader, 50% extra storage space has been achieved.
John Carney, MD at at St. Helens-based Cheshire Mouldings, calculates that since Combilifts replaced a mix of counterbalance trucks and a sideloader, 50% extra storage space has been achieved.
JSB Plastics has installed its 12th and largest plastic injection moulding machine to date. The Primax 600R is its first Romi machine and runs alongside 11 other Sandretto machines at the Leicester-based trade supplier.
AG Barr, the soft drinks business responsible for well-known brands such as IRN-BRU, Rubicon exotic juice drinks, Strathmore spring water, Tizer and the distribution of Rockstar energy drinks in the UK, has chosen two buildings from Portakabin Hire to provide flexible office space inside its new manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes.
Interroll will use this year’s PPMA show to present its new modular conveyor platform in the UK for the first time. Providing a flexible plug-and-play solution, Interroll’s new generation conveyor modules are versatile and durable, offering energy efficiency, with low operating and maintenance costs.
Delivering innovative sensing technologies that support a safer food chain will be the focus of SICK’s solutions for hygienic environments, quality inspection and product traceability showcased at the PPMA Show 2015.
OID and O5D photoelectric sensors from ifm electronic offer reliable long-range background suppression and colour-independent detection with easy switch point setting.
New incremental encoders from ifm electronic are programmable, have switched outputs for a pre-set count or speed, and have a built-in display showing, for example, count or speed.
Endress+Hauser and eSight will be at The Energy Event. Endress+Hauser specialises in reducing energy costs on equipment such as boilers, compressors and chillers. Its solutions are simple, flexible and highly scalable, and it has the engineering capabilities to incorporate a wide variety of metering options, software systems and tools.
Hansford Sensors has released a free white paper that offers cement manufacturers advice on using vibration monitoring to enhance the efficiency of production machinery.
Utility company Linz AG relies on a BEUMER Group Pipe Conveyor to transport household and industrial waste, as well as sewage sludge, from the treatment plant to its power station on the banks of the Danube.
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