Labelling and tracing kiwifruit
31 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Intermec Technologies Aust Pty Ltd
A complex web of freight and distribution services exists to service the kiwifruit market both in New Zealand and overseas. With growth in the volume of trade and rising consumer awareness of food safety guidelines, the kiwifruit supply chain encapsulates major logistical challenges that must be met to ensure the New Zealand kiwifruit industry’s competitive position in the marketplace.
Keeping Casella Wines moving
07 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Toyota Material Handling Australia Pty Ltd
Casella Wines, one of Australia’s leading wine exporters, has commissioned the first large-capacity Toyota forklift with a 20-40′ container handler.
Flexicon hygienic bulk bag conditioner
03 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
Flexicon has introduced a hygienic bulk bag conditioner for loosening of bulk solid material that has solidified during storage and shipment, allowing bulk bag unloaders to discharge it through bag spouts.
Ashworth Bros ExactaStack self-stacking spiral belt
01 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Locker Group
Ashworth Bros’ ExactaStack self-stacking spiral belt is an exact drop-in replacement for standard and wide belt stackers.
Hardy Instruments HI 4050 weight controller
01 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Scale Components Pty Ltd
Hardy Instruments’ HI 4050, 3″ deep, general-purpose weight controller is available with a ControlNet network interface that allows the fast transfer of time-critical application information at 5 Mbps in a redundant, deterministic and predictable manner.
Kawasaki RS10L and RS20N six-axis articulated arm robots
01 March, 2010 | Supplied by: JMP Engineering Ltd
The R-series Kawasaki RS10L and RS20N six-axis articulated arm robots replace the existing F-series robots and have 10 and 20 kg payloads respectively.
Predictive failure analysis reduces downtime
01 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Mettler-Toledo Ltd
A broken or damaged load cell can be impossible to detect or predict. Only once batches start appearing out of specification, or the weighing results appear unstable, do users realise that there might be a problem and call out a service technician to identify and repair or replace the broken load cell. This can result in lost production time and disappointed customers.
Ingredient scales for SA confectioner
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Accuweigh Pty Ltd
Three sets of ingredient scales were recently supplied to South Australia’s largest confectionery maker, Robern Menz. The ingredient scales were supplied to their Glynde factory in Adelaide for weighing ingredients and for weight-checking filled boxes of sweets.
Rhino 108 pallet wrapper
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Fromm Packaging Australia
The Rhino 108 pallet wrapper is a reliable and economical solution for medium-volume users.
Hyundai forklifts
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Flexilift Australia
Hyundai can make all types of modifications to both its LPG-powered and battery-powered forklifts. Whether the forklift is used in a yard between truck and depot, within a warehouse or processing facility, or in a cold room, the company will make any required modifications that are possible.
Chemlam PTFE-coated fabric laminates
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Dotmar EPP Pty Ltd
Chemlam PTFE-coated fabrics are high-performance laminates manufactured by Saint Gobain Performance Plastics.
Titan tow tug
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: King Materials Handling
The Titan Tow Tug is designed for pushing and pulling heavily laden trolleys in warehouse picking operations.
Check scales for organic produce supplier
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Accuweigh Pty Ltd
Check scales were recently supplied to Montague Fresh at Strathfield in NSW. The check scales are being used for checkweighing and prepacking of organic fruits for delivery to clients.
Quality assurance incentives can reduce recall risks in supply chain for manufacturers
11 January, 2010
Global supply chains bring with them huge difficulties of assuring quality and ensuring supplier responsibility for their products. A different solution to this problem, suggested by Professor Luciana Echazu, revolves around the supplier's contract.
Flexicon Tip-Tite box-container tipper
07 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
Flexicon’s latest box-container tipper forms a dust-tight seal between the container and the equipment, tips the container and discharges bulk material through a chute at controlled rates.
