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Materials Handling Product News

Material Handling Product News is a comprehensive bimonthly look at the latest solutions from vendors large and small, established and starting up. This at-a-glance marketplace will inspire new approaches to some of industry’s toughest logistics challenges. In addition to our comprehensive listing of new products, special categories are spotlighted in every issue, as is a particularly innovative group of "Editor’s Choice" items.

>> Automated Systems
Automated Storage Systems:

>> Automated Storage / Retrieval Systems (AS / RS)

>> Automatic tool dispenser

>> Horizontal carousels

>> Vertical carousels

>> Vertical storage modules

Automatic Guided Vehicles:

>> Driverless tractor trains

>> Mast-equipped AGVS

>> Unit load carriers

Robots:

>> Gantry robots

>> High speed robots

>> Robotic accessories

>> Robotic palletizer

>> Automatic Identification Equipment
Automatic Identification Equipment:

>> Bar code label printers

>> Bar code labels

>> Bar code readers

>> Bar code scanners

>> Computer systems

>> Data collection terminals

>> Hand-held label printers

>> Hand-held wireless terminal

>> Radio frequency identification

>> Real-time imaging system

>> Thermal transfer printers

>> Vehicle mount terminals

>> Voice recognition systems

Material Handling Software:

>> Barcode software

>> Conveyor control software

>> Electronic data interchange

>> Inspection

>> Inventory control

>> Maintenance

>> Materials management

>> Quality control

>> Scheduling

>> Simulation

>> Statistical process control

>> Warehouse management

>> Conveying Equipment & Accessories
Conveyor Accessories:

>> Air tables

>> Conveyor belt cleaners

>> Conveyor belt cleats

>> Conveyor belt fasteners

>> Conveyor belt skiver

>> Conveyor Guard

>> Conveyor guard netting

>> Conveyor lubrication

>> Conveyor monitoring system

>> Pneumatic gates

Conveyor Components:

>> Belt and chain guards

>> Conveyor belting

>> Conveyor chain, chain guides

>> Conveyor guide rails

>> Conveyor motors and drives

>> Conveyor rollers

>> Head and tail pulleys

>> Idlers

>> Sensors

>> Take-ups

Conveyors:

>> Accumulation conveyor

>> Air conveyor

>> Belt conveyor

>> Bulk handling conveyor

>> Chain conveyor

>> Flexible conveyors

>> Gravity conveyors

>> Live roller conveyor

>> Magnetic conveyor

>> Modular assembly conveyor

>> Modular Conveyor

>> Overhead trolley conveyor

>> Pneumatic conveying systems

>> Power and free conveyor

>> Powered curve conveyor

>> Sortation conveyor

>> Spiral lift conveyor

>> Unit handling conveyor

>> Vertical reciprocating conveyor

>> Ergonomic & Safety Equipment
Ergonomic Equipment:

>> Balancers

>> Die lifters

>> Ergonomic seating

>> Hydraulic height adjustment system

>> Hydraulic machine lift

>> Lift tables

>> Manipulators

>> Manually operated material lift

>> Material handling pushers and rollers

>> Paper Roll Handling Equipment

>> Personnel lift

>> Reels

>> Tilters

>> Vertical lift

>> Winches

>> Workbenches

>> Workstations

Safety Equipment:

>> Back support belts

>> Column Protectors

>> Gloves

>> Heavy equipment protection systems

>> Machine guarding systems

>> Mats

>> Mezzanine safety gates

>> Noise control products

>> Noise control systems

>> Overhead crane alarms

>> Protective netting

>> Protective railing

>> Rack protectors

>> Roll-up curtain

>> Safety light curtains

>> Safety matting

>> Safety switches

>> Traffic control lights

>> Wire partitions

>> Lift Trucks, Attachments & Accessories
Accessories:

>> Alarms, warning lights

>> Convex and dome mirrors

>> DC / DC converter

>> Emission control device

>> Fork truck service lifts

>> Forklift access controls

>> Forklift height controllers

>> Forklift jacks

>> Forklift mast angle indicators

>> Forklift utilization recorders

>> Hoppers, self-dumping

>> Industrial battery handling equipment

>> Lift truck batteries and chargers

>> Lift truck parts

>> Lift truck seats

>> Lift truck tires

>> Overhead guards

>> Speed limiter

>> Vehicle protection systems

Attachments:

>> Booms

>> Broom attachment

>> Drum handling attachment

>> Fork positioners

>> Forks

>> Hoppers, self-dumping

>> Load stabilizers

>> Mini-crane boom

>> Rams

>> Roll clamps

Lift Trucks:

>> Hand lift trucks

>> Lift trucks - diesel / gasoline

>> Lift trucks - electric

>> Lift trucks - LPG

>> Lift trucks - motorized hand lift (walkies)

>> Lift trucks - orderpickers

>> Lift trucks - pneumatic engine

>> Lift trucks - reach trucks

>> Lift trucks - Training programs

>> Loading Dock Equipment
Doors:

>> Air doors

>> Chain Gates, Sliding

>> Overhead

>> Plastic strip

>> Roll-up, high-speed

>> Rolling steel

>> Rubber, double-acting

>> Sectional doors

Loading Dock Equipment:

>> Dock bumpers

>> Dock levelers

>> Dock lifts

>> Dock lights

>> Dock seals

>> Dock shelters

>> Dockboards

>> Elevating dock

>> Loading dock module

>> Vehicle restraints

>> Overhead Handling Equipment
Overhead Handling Equipment:

>> Crane controls

>> Cranes

>> Grabs

>> Hoists

>> Hooks

>> Lifting beams

>> Lifting magnets

>> Monorail systems

>> Monorails

>> Radio remote control systems

>> Slings

>> Swivel hoist rings

>> Trolleys

>> Vacuum lifters

>> Variable frequency crane drives

>> Packaging Equipment
Containers:

>> Conductive containers

>> Corrugated containers

>> Custom containers

>> Drop-bottom containers

>> Intermediate bulk containers

>> Metal containers

>> Plastic containers

>> Returnable, reusable containers

>> Wire mesh containers

Packaging Machinery:

>> Bagging Systems

>> Blister packaging machines

>> Carton erecting machine

>> Carton sealers

>> Case inspection systems

>> Case packers

>> Coding equipment

>> Depalletizers, robotic

>> Ink jet systems

>> Label printer / applicators

>> Machine vision systems

>> Packaging controllers

>> Packaging system motors and drives

>> Packing, robotic

>> Pallet dispensers

>> Palletizers and depalletizers

>> Palletizers, robotic

>> Pressure sensitive labelers

>> Roll bag dispensers

>> Scanning

>> Shrink bundler

>> Stretch wrapper system

>> Tray wrappers

>> Void fill system

Packaging Materials:

>> Acrylic adhesive tapes

>> Bubble packaging material

>> Carton cutters

>> Cushioning systems

>> Desiccants

>> Edge and corner protection laminates

>> Fillers and closers

>> Polyethylene bags

>> Polyethylene foam

>> Shrink wrap film

>> Strapping

>> Stretch wrap film

>> Tape dispenser

Pallets:

>> Corrugated deck pallets

>> Identification clips

>> Metal pallets

>> Plastic pallets

>> Slave pallets

>> Spill pallet

>> Wire mesh pallets

>> Wood pallets

>> Storage and Warehousing Equipment
Containers:

>> Conductive containers

>> Corrugated containers

>> Custom containers

>> Drop-bottom containers

>> Intermediate bulk containers

>> Metal containers

>> Plastic containers

>> Returnable, reusable containers

>> Wire mesh containers

Other Storage and Warehousing Equipment:

>> Baskets

>> Bins

>> Carts

>> Computer cabinets

>> Drawers

>> Drum filling / draining equipment

>> Drum handlers

>> Drum heating systems

>> Hazardous materials storage

>> Lockers

>> Mobile parts stand

>> Storage cabinets

>> Tool storage

>> Totes

Pallets:

>> Corrugated deck pallets

>> Identification clips

>> Metal pallets

>> Plastic pallets

>> Slave pallets

>> Spill pallet

>> Wire mesh pallets

>> Wood pallets

Rack Components:

>> Backing, wire mesh

>> Clamps

>> Decking

>> Rack Guard

>> Rack guard netting

>> Slotted angle

>> Tubing, pipe racks

>> Wire Mesh Decking

Racks:

>> Cantilever

>> Drive-in, Drive-through

>> Flow

>> Gravity feed

>> Mobile

>> Pallet

>> Pallet, double deep

>> Stacking

Shelving:

>> Adjustable

>> Adjustable, roll-out shelves

>> Mobile

>> Wire

Warehousing Equipment:

>> Burden carriers

>> Casters, wheels, tires

>> Compactors

>> Dollies

>> Dumpers

>> Grating

>> Hand trucks

>> Hoppers

>> In-plant offices

>> Industrial batteries

>> Industrial casters

>> Industrial fans

>> Industrial furniture

>> Industrial vacuum

>> Industrial wheels

>> Ladder systems

>> Maintenance equipment

>> Mats

>> Mezzanines

>> Order picking equipment

>> Personnel movers

>> Platform trucks

>> Spill tray

>> Steer Trailers

>> Sweepers / Scrubbers

>> Tow tractors

>> Workbenches

>> Workstations

>> Weighing Equipment
Weighing Equipment:

>> Bar code label printing scale

>> Belt scales

>> Bench scales

>> Bulk bag deweigher

>> Checkweighers

>> Crane scales

>> Digital counting scales

>> Digital weight indicators

>> Drum and barrel scales

>> Floor scales

>> Lift truck scales

>> Load cells

>> Load limiters

>> Pallet weighers

>> Platform scales

>> Pocket scales

>> Portable rack scales

>> Precision balances

>> Remote terminals

>> Truck scales

Racks


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Flow racks for first-in, first-out picking
A line of carton flow racks to maximize cubic storage capacity is offered for the order picking operations in distribution centers and manufacturing plants. Offering high density, dynamic storage, the racks reduce time in searching for items, requiring fewer workers and less floor space. With loads deposited on one side and flowing to the pick face, the racks generate first-in, firstout stock rotation....more
- 10/29/2007

Racks organize work orders, paper
A series of racks for organizing, storing and displaying work orders, files and paper forms in factories, warehouses and service departments is offered in three models all measuring 13.25 inches wide. Incorporating oversize pockets to handle larger sheets are a 20-pocket model measuring 58 inches tall, and an 11-pocket model measuring 36 inches tall—both of which can be attached to optional legs for free-standing installations. The 10-pocket, 26.25 inch tall model holds work orders and outsize forms. Keyhole slots permit wall mounting. Made of steel, the racks come in several powder coated finishes....more
- 10/16/2007

Storage rack reinforcement
The SK2000 tubular boltless pallet rack, reinforced with the Column Core Cshaped column insert, yields five times more impact resistance at the front corners and sides of the rack uprights. By strengthening the uprights, the insert allows the racks to better resist puncturing, buckling and torsional twisting damage from lift truck impacts. Offered in standard heights from 6 to 96 inches, in 6-inch increments, the core may also be ordered in custom heights....more
- 10/15/2007

Containers save space, organize
A full line of plastic totes, containers and bins offered in more than 3,000 sizes and configurations help save space and organize by fitting both existing shelving and the size and shape of the items to be stored. The containers help capture more than 20% extra space when compared to typical molded containers. Accessories include covers, seven colors, cardholders, placards, ESD materials, dividers, layer pads, handles, foam and printing....more
- 10/08/2007

Cabinets with removable bins
A line of all-welded storage cabinets includes removable plastic bins and measure 21 inches deep x 82 inches high. All models feature 14-gauge steel construction with 4-inch high legs welded on and shelves bolted in place......more
- 04/23/2007

Push back system stores pallets five deep
MHPN Product Spotlight - KingwayA push back rack system stores product two to five pallets deep to optimize warehouse space by placing product in lanes rather than aisles. The system allows for deep storage at each rack level and convenient pick access to a variety of stock keeping units. ...more
- 09/15/2006

Racks for storage of long, flat materials
MHPN Product Spotlight - Jarke - Racks for storage of long, flat materialsSteeltree freestanding cantilevered storage racks offer increased capacity and facilitate product identification for storage and retrieval of long and unwieldy materials. The cantilevered design accommodates a variety of items ......more
- 09/15/2006

Easy-to-configure bolted rack
MHPN Product Spotlight - Interlake Material Handling: Easy-to-configure bolted rackThe modular Interlock rack system features uprights using bolted connections, allowing users to easily modify, reconfigure and repair the rack. As a modular system, the rack can be incorporated into a new picking system, accommodate odd-sized inventory, or be moved to a new location. The system uses zinc-plated grade 5 bolts with a limited thread engagement design to prevent over-tightening of the matching serrated flange locknuts for secure connections. A recessed channel incorporated in the steel rack uprights eliminates any potential interaction of the hardware with product, pallets and operations personnel....more
- 08/30/2006

Heavy-duty roller track holds 500 pounds
The Fleximate flow rail skate wheel rack system offers a weight capacity of 500 pounds per 60 inches of track length. The width and strength allow for assembly on a fixture or a shipping skid, minimizing non-value...more
- 08/29/2006

Storage rack system reduces risk during earthquakes
New seismic storage system features patent-pending, base isolation technology to reduce the effects of violent ground forces created during an earthquake....more
- 08/17/2006

Mobile flow rack
MHPN Product Spotlight - Keneco, Inc. - Mobile Flow RackThe Mobile Flow Rack from Keneco is ideal for manufacturing assembly areas, parts picking workstations or anywhere full case split case picking is needed. It features heavy-duty welded 11 and 13 gauge steel construction....more
- 03/27/2006

Products Improve Carton Flow
Unex offers 3 ways to improve carton flow and a new tool to maximize it: SPAN-TRACK, the flow track that re-defined carton flow. SHELFtrack, full width roller flow track that replaces plastic wheels and uses existing rack shelves. ROLLER RACK, Span-Track with its own framework. New SKUBE, SKU analysis that identifies best item location for most efficient pick and use of cube....more
- 11/01/2005

Flow Racks
Lista offers Nexus System Flow Racks, which are designed for presenting parts for picking, kitting or assembly. Nexus Flow Racks, part of the complete Lista Nexus System, use gravity to deliver parts, components and cartons, thus reducing the need for parts delivery personnel. This allows one person to service more production or packaging stations. Also, by assembling flow racks in rows, the user can achieve even greater productivity and convenience....more
- 10/01/2005

Modular Workstations
Patent-pending Flow Cells from Unex are complete “Track and Rack” units that offer a modular approach to building a flow through workstation. Flow Cells have a variety of mix and match components that can be easily arranged to create an ergonomic station ideal for picking, assembly or line side storage. Square tube, bolt-on construction provides durability, flexibility and clean sight lines. Flow Cell units range from one to six feet wide or deep with vertical heights up to seven feet. Overall Flow Cell capacity is 3000 lbs. per unit with each level rated at 1000 lbs....more
- 10/01/2005

Storage Rack Repair Kit
SpaceRak offers a structural repair kit for performing fast "cut and weld" repairs to damaged frame within selective pallet rack systems, without the need to unload product or materials from the rack. Properly completed "cut and weld" repairs have proven to be the least costly method of ensuring the on-going stability and capability of storage rack with bent uprights or beams caused by forklift accidents. Pre-assembled frame sections from SpaceRak allow maintenance personnel to replace the damaged components in less than one hour, using hydraulic jacking equipment to raise the frame....more
- 10/01/2005

Carton Flow System
The "RollerRack" from Unex combines wide-span uprights, a new (patent pending) hanger beam and the Span-Track carton flow track. RollerRack eliminates the need for cumbersome shelves and low performance plastic wheels common in traditional flow rack. RollerRack's standard mix and match components can be configured to create numerous carton flow applications and are ideal for multiple bay configurations. Standard accessories include pick trays, pick conveyor, guard rail, in-feed guides and label holders....more
- 10/01/2005

Slip-On Structural Pipe Fitting Used to Build Racks
The EF43G slip-on structural pipe fitting serves as a combination socket tee and crossover by joining horizontal rails to an upright, leaving the protruded socket to take a horizontal tie, perpendicular to the other rails, across the section. This makes it ideal for building shelved racks (with the horizontal pipe outside the upright), or pallet racks (horizontal pipe inside the upright)....more
- 10/01/2005

Modular Rack with Light Security Feature Protects Inventory
Quixxsmart Structures Inc. has introduced a new security option for their modular racking systems. The security feature provides effective part containment when point of use racking systems are unmonitored on the plant floor. The security rack features metal sides and retractable front and rear shutters, creating a totally enclosed structure for light security. ...more
- 09/01/2005

Paltier cantilever racks
Available in both single and double face configurations, Paltier cantilever racks fulfill a wide range of space and load considerations with regular, medium and heavy-duty selections....more
- 09/01/2005

Unex Span-Track Bays Help Tractor Manufacturer Increase Efficiency
It's a daunting task keeping the assembly lines in two huge buildings stocked with components for Kubota's rough terrain vehicles, lawn tractors, mowers, backhoes and loaders. Numerous lift trucks stack, unstack and move pallets of parts from warehouse storage racks to 'line side' holding areas at the Georgia facility of Kubota Manufacturing of America (KMA) just north of Atlanta....more
- 09/01/2005


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