Parts Handling Equipment

To shorten lead times to the customer, Kardex Remstar offers a new Horizontal Carousel Quick Ship Program. The Horizontal Carousel Quick Ship Program offers models with carriers measuring 24.5” wide x 24” deep x 7’ tall, a minimum of 16 carriers and up to a maximum of 52 with 1,000 lbs per carrier.

The new SmartFlex Helix conveyor from Dorner Manufacturing Corp. features a proprietary flexible chain manufactured by FlexMove, a Dorner Holding Co., located in Penang, Malaysia. The SmartFlex Helix can operate in a footprint as small as a 10’ x 10’, and is ideal for product handling applications where product needs to travel up or down in a confined space.

When properly installed and operated, SafeHold permanent lifting magnets from Eriez are a safe and efficient mechanical material-handling device. Customers who have upgraded to SafeHold magnets from older manual magnets report decreased workplace injuries and increased productivity.

Harrington Hoists Inc. introduces the HFPSL Four Point Sack Lifter Beam designed to lift bulk container sacks. The HFPSL is available in 1 and 2 metric ton capacities with outside spreads of 36 and 48 inches.

Harrington Hoists Inc. introduces its new EQ three-phase and SEQ single-phase electric chain hoists. Both the EQ and SEQ series hoists are dual-speed via variable frequency drive (VFD) and include a unique no-load, high-speed function that automatically increases hoist speed up to 130 percent when the load is less than 30 percent of working load limit.

Verti-Lift introduces heavy-duty tandem scissor lifts for large or long part handling applications. With a longer length platform, these lift tables meet the application needs of manufacturing, processing, distribution operations where materials of greater length are being handled.

Automation is essential in helping manufacturers achieve maximum return on investment from their machine tools. Makino offers the availability of a new design configuration for its MMC2 automated pallet-handling system, which enables full compatibility with the company’s a61nx-5E 5-axis horizontal machining center.

Dorner’s flexible-chain conveyor platform, SmartFlex, is now available in an 85 mm width standard option. With this addition, SmartFlex Conveyors are now available in 4 standard widths: 65 mm (2.6”), 85 mm (3.3”), 105 mm (4.1”) and 150 mm (5.9”).