Materials handling & storage and supply chain

Flexible tanks

13 February, 2008 | Supplied by: http://www.airsprings.com.au

Pronal PVC-coated fabric Liquitanks are flexible storage tanks that can hold up to 500,000 L of stormwater, industrial water or drinking water.


Weighing for suspended hoppers and vessels

17 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Mettler-Toledo Ltd

The SWS310 tension weigh modules with the SLS410 load cell enable users to convert a suspended hopper or vessel into a scale. The mounting hardware is durable enough to withstand harsh industrial environments and support the vessel safely. The clevis and rod assemblies are able to compensate for slight misalignment which help provide accurate and repeatable weighing.


Materials handling pallet

10 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Brickwood Holdings

Brickwood Holdings' Australian dimension (1165 x 1165 mm) plastic pallet contains steel reinforcing that makes it capable of being edge racked with loads up to 1500 kg. It is capable of being used in automatic storage and retrieval systems in major beverage manufacturers and supermarket distribution centres.


Ceva wins prestigious UK accolades

29 November, 2007

Ceva Logistics has won the Information Management Award at the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) annual award ceremony in London, for its solution to capture and automatically analyse tachograph data.


Portable terminals for industrial weighing

12 November, 2007 | Supplied by: Mettler-Toledo Ltd

Mettler Toledo has added the IND221 and IND226 large-display terminals to its existing line of products. These terminals feature a large LED display and easy-to-use keypads and are suitable for checkweighing, counting and classifying.


Investment potential in China's cold chain logistics

12 November, 2007

Australian companies with the expertise and resources needed to fill the gaps in China's inadequate cold chain logistics stand to benefit from a projected USD$160 billion in annual cost savings that a modernised system could deliver


Weighing terminals

12 November, 2007 | Supplied by: Scale Components Pty Ltd

The Systec range of weighing terminals is designed for an extensive range of industrial applications. Selected models can be programmed to meet specific applications and customer requirements. The terminals are housed in compact stainless steel enclosures protected to IP65. The IT1000, IT3000 and IT8000 terminals are pattern approved for legal trade measurement in Australia by the National Measurement Institute (NMI).


Vacuum holds vibrator in place

10 October, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.vibrationsystems.com.au

Emptying hoppers can be a chore when the product doesn't want to come out. The usual method is hammering, or better, use a vibrator, properly sized and with the correct action.


Forklift range

10 October, 2007 | Supplied by: Pacific Heli

The Heli forklift range includes diesel and petrol models, electric reach trucks and pallet trucks.


Vacuum system for palletising

10 October, 2007 | Supplied by: Griffiths Components Pty Ltd

Vuototecnica includes the Octopus system in its range, the answer to the need for operational flexibility for palletising robots and vacuum-operated handling systems. This system allows any object of any shape and kind, except those with excessive transpiration, to be supported without having to change or position suction pads, even when their surface covers only 5% of the entire suction surface; the maximum weight of the load to be lifted will naturally be in proportion to the lifting surface.


Bulk-bag-to-bin weigh batching system

12 September, 2007 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

A weigh batching system from Flexicon Corporation discharges material from bulk bags, de-lumps the product and feeds it gravimetrically into rigid bins.


Tight transfer belt

10 August, 2007 | Supplied by: Intralox Australia Pty Ltd

Intralox LLC has released its new Series 1000 flat top belt, developed to meet needs of the beverage and packaging industry applications that require very tight transfers and high belt strength.


Table talk

13 July, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.vibrationsystems.com.au

Using two electric vibrating motors has long been the usual method of getting a true vertical action in a vibrating table. This is a good system when the application doesn't change, but often the table may be used for many purposes. This then means that either a compromise is needed between the various applications or a variable speed motor is required.


Hygienic conveying

13 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Intralox Australia Pty Ltd

Intralox's Clean Team claims to deliver conveyor sanitation technology that reduces cleaning time and water usage compared to manual cleaning. The Intralox SeamFree family of belts, which includes the Series 800, Series 850 and the Series 1650 SeamFree Minimum Hinge Flat Top belt, effectively channels water and debris away from the hinges and to the edge of the belt. The EZ clean in llace system with Angled EZ Clean Sprockets provides maximum cleaning efficiency in the belt underside, sprockets and shafts.


Sanitary accumulator

13 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Garvey Corporation

Garvey's Infinity Series accumulators provide high-speed, low backpressure accumulation for production lines, which was previously difficult, due to product instability and/or susceptibility to damage.


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