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Back Saving Pallet Level Loaders Win Accolades from Workers
Learn how preprinted newspaper inserts are fed into inserting drums using a level loader, which has virtually eliminated back complaints and reduced bending and stooping to create a more ergonomic working environment.
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Pallet Level Loaders Provide Relief from Back Problems, Reduce Worker Fatigue and Speed Production
Learn how a brick company created an ergonomic solution for its employees through the use of self-leveling pallet handling equipment. The pallet load leveler is designed to automatically keep the top layer of bricks at the most convenient height for loading and unloading. As workers transfer bricks from conveyors to pallets, the load lowers automatically, keeping the top level waist-high for worker convenience.
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High Density Storage Reduces Energy Consumption
When this dairy manufacturer decided it was time to consolidate distribution from 14 manufacturing facilities into one national distribution center, it produced a state-of-the-art facility that could accommodate aggressive growth. This distribution center continues to set the benchmark within the chilled dairy market.
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Direct Mail & Direct Response Company Slashes Cycle Time
Faced with rising variable costs and looming capacity restraints, a leading direct mail and direct response company built a new 470,000 sq. ft. facility around several core manufacturing processes: digital transfer printing technology, printing coupon signatures instead of individual coupons, and wrapping the envelopes around the coupons rather than inserting them. Automating the material flow between each of these processes and the buffer storage areas with an automated storage and retrieval system slashed cycle time.
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North American Industries Customizes Gantry Cranes for Difficult Bridge Work
North American Industries Customized Gantry Cranes for Difficult Bridge Work. The 7.5 US ton crane was recently constructed and installed by NAI. All bracing from legs to girder was outboard. The gantry legs were designed so that loads could pass through the legs of the crane. The crane has an adjustable span so that it can be used for work on several bridges. In order to handle the inclines of the bridges, NAI designed the crane to travel up and down a longitudinal slope of 3.43%.
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SPANCO Jibs Allow for Efficient Workflow Void of Bottlenecking
Wall Mounted Jib Cranes allowed for an efficient production process void of bottlenecking. The plant production manager was dealing with the daily problem of bottlenecking on the production floor. Individual workstations were set up as part of a fabrication process were becoming inefficient as coworkers had to stop working, and wait to use large capacity overhead cranes to lift anything that exceeded on man lifting regulations.
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Home Furnishings Retailer Adds AS/RS with Flexibility to Handle Euro and Custom Pallets
With a new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), this home furnishings distributor has the capability to store over 81,000 pallets. Sizes include Euro (800 x 1200 mm) and customized (800 x 200 mm) pallets. The storage and retrieval machines handle 30 pallets per hour. This provides an overall system throughput in excess of 400 pallets per hour in and out. Along with lift trucks, bar coding and a visualization software package, The entire system provides an extremely efficient and controlled operation.
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University-Industry Partnership Studies Auto Workers Ergonomic Situation
In the automotive industry, a single back injury can add as much as $2,000 to the cost of production of a single vehicle. But until recently, there hasn’t been very much research into the ways that U.S. automakers could reduce stress, fatigue and injury to U.S. auto workers. A university and industry collaboration has developed a think-tank that has begun to research ways to use material handling equipment to reduce these stresses on workers.
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Demag Ergonomic Crane Systems for Airport Baggage Handling
In 1990, 275,000 passengers passed through the Leipzig/Hall Airport in Germany, by 1995 that number had grown to 2 million and today more than 4.5 million passengers per year utilize this hub. A DEMAG ALU Enclosed Track Single Girder Crane with a High Speed Rocker Switch style hoist was installed along the sides of a 75’ long oval conveyer belt. The 13’ lightweight Aluminum Crane Girders allow the bags to be moved from conveyer to cart with minimum effort.
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Enhanced Coke Handling Crane Design Increases Productivity, Reduces Downtime
A west-coast refinery with a pair of old, worn-out coke handling bucket cranes was experiencing excessive down time and high maintenance costs (reportedly $700,000 per year).
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Meat Producer Achieves Prime Results with Improved Software, System
This global beef processing leader processes over 4,650 heads of cattle and produces more than 3.4 million lbs. of beef in 600,000 sq. ft. of space daily. However, an out-of-date ASRS and order management software limited the company's ability to meet customer needs. Learn how this site now has 100% order control, visibility and traceability of boxes with their new system.
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Demag’s Electric Chain Hoist For Wind Power Generation Station Maintenance
A company, well known to the wind power industry, who installed over 300 units in Grover, Texas needed a method of lifting heavy tools and spare parts to the nacelle for maintenance and repair of their Wind Generating Turbines. The problem was, they need to lift up to 425 feet. Demag met the challenge and developed a hoist specifically for maintenance of wind power generators.
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The New Demag DR Pro Hoist Provides Efficient Handling of 25 ton Steel Coils
The Demag DR Pro Hoist provides the needed ruggedness and sensitive speed control from a standardized hoist to meet the duty requirements of steel coil handling and processing.
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Demag KBK Enclosed Track in the Semi-Conductor Industry
A manufacturer in the semi-conductor industry entered into a new line of business that required components to be assembled in a class 10000 clean room. Since some bundles weighed in excess of 4000 lbs., a method of safely and carefully moving these within the room was needed. A DEMAG KBK Enclosed Track Double Girder Crane with a lifting capacity of 4400 lbs was selected for this task.
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“SPANCO Wall Traveling Jib Cranes Have Improved the Efficiency of Steel Production”
During the steel production process, large overhead cranes are used to transport large refractory lined ladles full of molten steel from the blast furnace to a pour station.
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SPANCO Gantry Crane Provides Secure Unloading of Steel Bundles From Flatbeds
A housing material supplier receives daily shipments of steel bundles. The bundles arrive on flatbed truck that are backed into a large warehouse and unloaded. Shipments can range from one 500lb I-beam to a full truck load of 40 thousand pounds. The steel is then transported from the warehouse to existing indoor and outdoor stockpiles.
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“Sissco” Unveils New A/C Unit Removal Hoist
Over the past several years, the government has been focusing on increasing the use of our mass transit systems throughout the United States. This focus has many transit agencies upgrading their railroad cars.
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Atlas Steel Solves Crane Problem With Remote Control
Atlas Steel Products, an aluminized and stainless steel service center and tubing producer in Twinsburg, Ohio, needed to purchase two new cranes and rectify some reliability and control problems.
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Research Laboratory Improves Accessibility & Achieves Maximum Productivity
Records managers at a Research Laboratory in Indiana needed to relocate their Regulatory Filing Room and in the process make their information more accessible to their employees. The Laboratory found it made ergonomic sense to explore an Electric Lateral Filing (ELF) system to provide a sophisticated way to store the massive amounts of files.
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Automotive Service Department Speeds Turn Around Time in Parts Department with Automated Vertical Carousels
Filling orders in the automotive service department requires maximization of overhead space, quick access to parts, and simplified overall inventory management. When one of the largest Ford dealerships in America was building a new facility, they replaced the current order process, added three vertical carousels, and implemented new inventory management software to save floor space and improving their customer service.
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