Company receives U.S. Navy contract for materials handling system
MagneMotion Inc. will use technology similar to that developed for their linear synchronous motor powered omni-trans system. The U.S. Navy will use the technology for materials handling on aircraft carriers.
By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 8/1/1999
MagneMotion Inc. of Acton, Mass. has been awarded a Phase 1 SBIR contract from the U.S. Navy for development of a linear motor-based material handling system. The system will move inventory and equipment on board ships at sea. The project will be administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Philadelphia.It is very likely that the first Naval ship to see the new technology will be the CVX aircraft carrier scheduled for completion in 2004.
"The Navy has demanding needs in the area of shipboard material handling," says MagneMotion's director of business development, Peter Mattila. "At the present time a wide variety of different and divergent systems are used to handle supplies, spare parts, machinery food stores, weapons, ammunition, solid waste, and everything else on a Navy ship. This creates undesirable complexity and extensive logistics requirements for operating and maintaining these systems. There is a strong push to standardize and modularize the Navy's material handling mission with a common system that can handle all of the required tasks."
Magnemotion will apply its linear motor technology to evaluate different motor design alternatives. The most appropriate motor type for meeting the Navy's stringent operational and performance requirements will be selected, and Magne-Motion will commence with the system design.
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