Materials & Handling

The new 76 Series vibratory feeder from Eriez is the largest unit in the company's expansive line-up of compact vibratory feeders and reportedly offers all of the same features and benefits of existing models in a supersize design to meet larger application requirements.

Graco Inc. launched the G-Flex Feeder Flexible Parts Feeding Solution.

Eriez Finishing Mill Unloaders quickly and automatically remove ferrous parts from finishing mill media, helping to improve productivity and efficiency in busy parts finishing operations.

Len Graham, Business Unit Leader, Rexam Mold Manufacturing, discusses the motivation behind the Buffalo Grove, Ill., company's decision to build a Mega Cell automated mold manufacturing system. Graham offers a detailed walk-through of the company's Mega Cell, which began operation in March 2013.

With the Eriez E-Z Slide Horizontal Motion Conveyor (HMC), damage to friable or delicate products caused by the hopping and tumbling action common to typical conveyors and feeders is a thing of the past.

Industrial Magnetics Inc. offers its CreativeLift Lifting Magnet with RFID (Radio Frequency ID) for ease of product identification and tracking in plant maintenance programs.

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics says its MH3F robot offers superior performance in small part handling and assembly.

AutoSorter 1200 is Yaskawa Motoman's newest high-speed sorting instrument for pre- and post-analytic specimen processing.

MYS-series 4-axis SCARA robots from Yaskawa Motoman Robotics are for high-speed handling and assembly systems.

The time proven Kanban system is a series of cards that represent visual cues containing routing information, process procedures and component data functions as a scheduling system for continuous improvement, lean and just-in-time production. The Kanban system allows participants to achieve the objectives of reducing costs by eliminating waste and scrap, improving quality control, developing flexible workstations responsive to change, and allowing workers to reach their maximum potential. Should a Kanban system not be presented in its own level of simplicity, it can add confusion and disorder to the process. For example, a large, bulky filing system for storing and distributing the cards can quickly undermine its acceptance and use. The simple answer is to build Kanban Stations using the Creform System of plastic coated steel pipe and joint components along with Creform Kanban plastic dividers and spacers that provide compartmental storage for the cards.

Kardex Remstar has extended its portfolio for the RS series, the latest generation of the proven vertical carousel, by introducing the new Megamat RS 180.

Creform Corp. introduced a new style of workstation that is easily mobilized to provide a work-anywhere surface for maintenance or assembly operations.