Articles Tagged with ''material handling''

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Technology Sourcebook

Pneumatic rotary actuators

October 7, 2014
Bimba MHRQ double-rack, rack and pinion pneumatic rotary actuators feature a compact, extruded aluminum body.


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General Mills Plant
Field Reports

Taking the squeeze out of raw ingredient storage and flow

Consolidating rack systems increases storage capacity by 42 percent and frees up space, allowing the addition of 24 percent more inventory items.
September 4, 2014
General Mills’ Cedar Rapids, IA plant had successfully used pallet flow and pushback rack systems, but ongoing growth, product changes and long usage time created the need for a storage system that would safely add capacity to its existing facility.


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Technology Sourcebook

Cheese block handling system

March 8, 2014
A complete turnkey solution, the Haden & Custance 40-lb. cheese block handling system de-cartons, de-bags and tracks inline up to 80,000 lb./hr.
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The MCE Gripper Elevator vertical lift
Technology Sourcebook

Vertical lift

March 8, 2014
The MCE Gripper Elevator vertical lift firmly grips individual products to elevate or lower them.
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Retorts can bottleneck a process, but significant improvements are being made.
Automation

Cost containment: Using automation to help stop leaks

Everywhere you look, your cash flow is hemorrhaging. Integrated automation systems can show you where to start applying tourniquets.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
March 8, 2014

 You may be able to use a spreadsheet or home accounting program to get your household finances in order. But, there are so many places for cash to evaporate in a food or beverage plant, that unless you are using an integrated software system to track and focus every process, you may never know if leaks exist. 


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Dry Processing Technology

Bulk bag discharging system

February 7, 2014
The Material Transfer bulk bag discharging system features an integral, explosion-proof dust collection system with return line filtration to discharge collected material into a downstream process.
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Gourmet Baker turned from an older screener designed for sugar to the Kason centrifugal sifter
Dry Processing

New centrifugal screener helps bakery stay on schedule

An older screener was a food safety hazard.
Mikell Knights
February 7, 2014
For Gourmet Baker, a Canadian producer of baked desserts, it is the power of fine flour that separates its strudel, Danish pastries, puff pastries, croissants and cinnamon rolls from competing brands. The company consumes about 80,000 lb. of flour per week at its plant in Winnipeg, MB.
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Yaskawa Motoman MH12 6-axis robot
Technology Sourcebook

6-axis robot

February 7, 2014

Used in assembly, dispensing, material handling, machine tending and packaging applications, the Yaskawa Motoman MH12 6-axis robot features a double-yoke design that offers additional strength if the robot crashes due to a programming error.


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Acrison Models 170-1-2 and 170-2-2 volumetric feeders
Dry Processing Technology

Volumetric feeders

December 11, 2013

Acrison Models 170-1-2 and 170-2-2volumetric feeders are designed for continuous and batching applications.


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