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Rack and shelving are essential and basic components of most industrial storage systems. Here's Modern and MHPN's guide to how the different types of storage work, news, case histories and product information.
MMH.com's coverage of ProMat 2009
- Stanley Vidmar, Ban-Air partner on Outdoor Store Stanley Vidmar is partnering with Ban-Air to bring the "Outdoor Store" offering to the U.S. market. An Outdoor Store is a fully clad warehouse built around heavy-duty rack and featuring Stanley Vidmar's Stak system devices for pallet lifting and handling.
- TZA Consulting offers engineered slotting solution Comprised of both software and engineering components, a new, cost-effective slotting solution has been introduced by TZA Consulting, a best practices logistics consulting company.
- Kardex AG acquires Kardex Systems Kardex AG has commented on its recent agreement to acquire the assets of U.S. competitor Kardex Systems, Inc., whose offerings include mobile shelving and media station storage products.
- Industry insights from materials handling icon Don Frazier Don Frazier, current chairman of Frazier Industrial Company - and namesake of the new Don Frazier Material Handling Technical Training Center - has been a materials handling industry pioneer and leader for more than six decades.
- Research grant funded by MHIA, CICMHE A $50,000 research grant, funded by the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) and its College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE), has been awarded to two researchers from Ohio State University (OSU).
From MMH.com
Dynamic storage If you can't beat the laws of gravity in a distribution center, use them to your advantage with dynamic storage.
Case study: Mezzanines maximize cube for Forzani Canadian sports retailer uses materials handling automation and a three-tiered mezzanine to increase productivity.
Pallet rack: Growing with the flow. Using flow rack, aisle space was reduced by 75% and twice the amount of product could be stored than with traditional selective pallet racking.
Proper rack safety. Proper rack safety begins with the original design and installation of the uprights and beams, but it shouldn?t end there. Proper handling practices are equally important to ensuring rack safety.
Occupational safety: Can fire marshals be fans of fans? Regulatory and insurance authorities are learning about a new way to make sure air circulation systems don't inhibit the performance of fire suppression systems.
Blogs
Material handling: The interplay of rack and pallet In researching an article on pallets for Modern's March issue, it occurred to me how the most carefully planned and intricately designed rack system can turn into an utter failure if the pallets to be used in the system aren't factored in.
Building the better unit load. Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Or, so the saying goes.
Material handling: Making China "palletable" My first full week back from ProMat 2009, the showcase of state of the art materials handling technology, and what?s on my mind? Pallets.
Ten ways to improve materials handling efficiency. What happens in the distribution center can make a big difference in what happens on a company's bottom line. It's important to make sure you start with a lean, efficient set of operations before applying a new level of technology on top of them.
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