Materials Handling

A major pump manufacturer was looking for a safer, more efficient way to load motor adapter castings weighing up to 70 lbs. onto the chucks of their twin spindle-milling machines. Learn how an intelligent lifting device provided not only safe solution ...

Retrotech Inc. was commissioned by a Fortune 50 consumer goods manufacturer to develop one of the world’s largest automated distribution centers using state-of-the-art technology. Retrotech employed a unique super high-density dynamic storage technology ...

A manufacturer of processed cheese products was struggling with productivity on a production line that feeds 640 pound blocks of bulk Mozzarella and Cheddar cheese into a shredding machine. Ingersoll Rand developed a system that included an all-aluminum ...

A global book and multimedia retailer was looking for a way to increase efficiencies and make better use of floor space in its distribution centers. A new store order consolidation system was developed, which includes two dozen vertical carousels. The ...

When a municipal waste composting facility outside Vancouver shut down because of odor problems, a new facility was sited in the Resort Municipality of Whistler. The process transforms a mixture of sewage solids, food waste and waste wood into high-quality ...

A year-round stream of poultry litter generated by Benson, Minnesota turkey raising operations totaling 700,000 tons each year combined with the tradition of spreading litter on agricultural fields as fertilized had begun to impact water quality in central ...

One of the largest precast concrete companies in the U.S., Tindall Corporation purchased an existing plant in San Antonio, TX. The company wanted maximum lifting flexibility to accommodate future products. Because the states were high and time short, ...

In 2001, a major supplier of fragrances and beauty products was acquired. Not only did the merger bring together several disparate distribution systems, but the company was expecting serious growth within the next few years. Three distribution centers ...

When the worlds leading aircraft manufacturer won a contract to build the USAFs newest transport aircraft, they needed to lower production costs, meet fast approaching deadlines and attain a 15% internal rate of return on investment within 5 years. To ...

Struggling with excessive maintenance problems and unacceptable upkeep costs related to its outmoded AS/RS, a major producer of telecommunications products needed a more advance system that required less floor space, but could deliver more product to ...