Materials handling & storage and supply chain

Premier Door Systems industrial doors

17 January, 2015 | Supplied by: Premier Door Systems Pty Ltd

Premier Plastics has begun trading as Premier Door Systems. The company offers a range of commercial and industrial doors.


NDC Automated Guided Vehicle

16 January, 2015 | Supplied by: NDC Technology Australia P/L

AGVs (automated guided vehicles) are programmable unmanned forklifts used for moving full pallets from A to B. Locally manufactured and supported, they operate in ambient, refrigerated and frozen environments within distribution centres, warehouses and manufacturing sites.


Qimarox Prorunner mk5 product elevator

16 January, 2015 | Supplied by: Qimarox

The Prorunner mk5 product elevator from Qimarox has been widely used in packaging lines. The product offers opportunities to transport a wide range of products to the correct height.


KUKA KR QUANTEC PA Arctic palletising robots for low temperatures

16 January, 2015

KUKA Robotics Australia has launched the KR QUANTEC PA Arctic, a cold-resistant adaptation of its standard palletising robot.


Traceability schemes boom as consumers demand transparency

09 January, 2015

Increasing consumer demand for transparency has led to a growing number of food traceability certification schemes and analytical tools, according to Organic Monitor.


Triple-tine forklifts cut congestion at CHEP

04 December, 2014 | Supplied by: CHEP Australia

CHEP service centres are rolling out a number of measures to reduce wait times.


Flying robots to take over inventory control

03 December, 2014

Inventories in large warehouses could soon appear quite different and proceed to take flight, in the truest sense of those words.


Flexicon bulk bag filler with metal detection

26 November, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

Flexicon's Bulk Bag Filler is a stainless steel, sanitary filler that detects and separates metal as it fills.


'Hard' cider unaffected by bumps and bruises

25 November, 2014

Researchers at Washington State University have studied the impact of mechanical harvesting of cider apples.


Habasit Micropitch belt system and Saniclip rod retention system

25 November, 2014 | Supplied by: Habasit Australia and New Zealand

The Micropitch belt system is suitable for high-end conveyors when transferring products with a small footprint. The Saniclip is a robust, easy-release rod retention system for easy manual extraction even in wet and greasy environments.


Mitsubishi FB13-20TCB electric forklift truck

24 November, 2014 | Supplied by: MLA Holdings Pty Ltd

Mitsubishi's FB13-20TCB series of three-wheel electric forklift trucks are suitable for confined working areas such as narrow warehouse aisles and containers.


Weighing at the speed of lights

17 November, 2014 by Julian Horsley | Supplied by: A&D Australasia Pty Ltd

Weighing is seldom 'front of mind' unless it is accompanied by an angry morning stare at the bathroom scales. However, a simple traffic-light LED system on packing scales can prevent giveaway and improve packing speed.


Rising to the challenge with a customised crane drive synchronisation

14 November, 2014 | Supplied by: NORD Drivesystems (Aust) Pty Ltd

Supported by NORD Drivesystems, Modular Cranes developed a solution to replacing an out-of-production overhead crane system. The company was challenged to synchronise a new bridge crane with two existing ones - and rose to the challenge.


CHEP Pallecon Solutions IBC liner bags for bulk meat industry

06 November, 2014 | Supplied by: Chep Pallecon Solutions

CHEP Pallecon Solutions has launched a range of liner bags for the bulk meat industry. The liners ensure food safety through the use of blue tint and a co-extruded film technology that avoid the need to double- or triple-bag containers to prevent leaks.


Get cracking on egg stamping

04 November, 2014

From 26 November 2014, NSW egg producers need to stamp each egg with a unique identifying mark that will enable them to be easily traced back to the farm where it was laid.


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