Materials & Handling

Liftomatic Material Handling Inc. recently introduced a new 4-wheel hand truck, the Liftomatic 10HT-4W. The Model 10HT-4W is a 4-wheel hand truck designed to handle all rimmed steel, fiber and plastic drums weighing up to 1,000 pounds.

Eriez announces that 10 of its most popular Suspended Electromagnet models are now available for quick shipping to meet customers' most urgent demands. With a variety of sizes and both manual and self-cleaning options, these magnets fulfill practically any application requirement for extracting large ferrous objects from deep material burden depths.

Ordering critical replacement parts for 2200 series conveyors is faster and easier than ever before, thanks to new Parts Kits from Dorner.

EXAIR's new 2-1/2 inch and 3 inch Heavy Duty Line Vacs are powerful in-line conveyors that transport high volumes of material through ordinary hose or tube. Designed for rugged, industrial applications, Heavy Duty Line Vacs have a hardened alloy construction that prevent premature wear when transporting abrasive or heavy materials like shot blast, tumbling media or metal fittings.

Conveyors are usually fundamental to the efficiency of manufacturing, warehousing and logistics operations and often they are built to a bespoke design. Adrian Wells of WDS Component Parts Ltd. looks at the most efficient ways to design and build conveyors that exactly meet specific user requirements.

Looking to streamline its process and improve part quality, Automated Design Corp. moved into a facility that enabled it to set up a machine shop.

Customers can now receive real-time updates as they design and modify conveyor systems when using 3D Preview in DTools, Dorner's online conveyor configurator. 3D Preview, a fully interactive, live experience for customers that gives them more information than ever before, is available for Dorner's 2200 series Precision Move Pallet System.

OEMs and other manufacturers frequently require special machines for production and assembly purposes. About half of Coldwater Machine Co.'s business involves building those machines, but few off-the-shelf components are available. Therefore, Coldwater machines the components in-house at its 132,500-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Coldwater, Ohio. And, many of the parts are large.

Harrington Hoists Inc. introduces their HSSLB short-span lifting beam, which is available from ¼-ton through 195-ton capacities with outside spreads of 12, 24 and 36 inches. Additional sizes and capacities are available.

MAPAL offers the UNIBASE-M tool dispensing system for the optimal storage and management of tools, components and accessories. With the focus on ease of use the system is configured according to customer requirements. This applies to all the new variants in the UNIBASE-M range as well.

Liebherr Automation Systems offers its new PHS Allround pallet handling system, designed to enable a broad range of shops to engage in flexible production in combination with 4- and 5-axis machining centers. The new modular concept, available in three capacities, can handle loads up to 3 tons, is flexible and can be individually configured and expanded.

The tight turns and small footprint of the SmartFlex Helix Conveyors from Dorner provide facilities with greater flexibility in layout for applications such as accumulation, buffering, cooling product and more. The SmartFlex Helix Conveyors' infeed and outfeed can be positioned at any height or angle.