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R&M Materials Handling to offer HoistMonitor with RX and QX Quick Delivery option
R&M Materials Handling has announced the HoistMonitor to its option list of RX and QX Quick Delivery Program offering from 1 December, 2009.
According to R&M, the HoistMonitor Select supervises and records key data which allows for more efficient planning and scheduling of predictive maintenance, inspections and repairs.
The collected data is said to be able to be accessed from the HoistMonitor itself located in the hoist electrical panel or from a key pad display in the pendant station with HoistMonitor Plus.
The company says predictive maintenance is a reality for efficient operations on the shop floor, as planning hoist repairs and inspections can decrease downtime while increasing performance.
http://www.cranelift.com.au/news/rm-materials-handling
Moving heavy loads is a task that cannot be done without the use of proper equipment, especially when it comes to moving or handling materials. There is a wide range of equipment that can be used for such tasks as handling or moving merchandise, products, office equipment, different materials and so on. The most commonly used materials handling equipment is the sack track, or hand track. Nowadays there are many manufacturers that offer a wide range of equipment. The quality of the products, their prices and of courses the broad range of equipment and products offered by the companies are important guidelines for every prospective customer.
A sack track is in essence a manual device used to move around or handle heavy load. This device is L shaped. At one end there are handles, which are used to properly maneuver the sack track and at the other end it has wheels, which allow you to maneuver the device much easier. The material used to manufacture this type of equipment, the price of the product and the range that it covers are important aspects when choosing the sack truck. A company that has been in the materials handling equipment for a considerable period of time understands that these aspects, together with good customer services, represent the selling point of the company.
There are sack trucks for all different types of products. When you decide to choose a manufacturer, pick one that offers the broadest range of sack trucks, one that makes quality the top priority and whose products have competitive prices. When it comes to sack trucks or any other handling equipment, you should look for a balance between quality and price. Whether you are looking for a parcel sack truck, general purpose sack truck, beer keg sack truck or any other type of truck, you should make sure that the manufacturer has these products on stock or at least that the delivery time is convenient to you.
The materials used to manufacture the hand truck you need are very important. A hand truck should be temperature resistant and most importantly impact resistant. The aluminum sack truck is the most common materials handling equipment sold on the market. Because of its good properties, aluminum is the perfect material for a hand truck. However, if you are looking for the best sack trucks available on the market, you should purchase a magnesium alloy axel brackets hand truck. These are the latest sack trucks and you should know that only the best manufacturers sell them.
http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/equipment
New 212 tonne Sennebogen 880 Equilibrium material handling crane for Shoreham Port
Shoreham Port has officially received the keys to the latest addition to its development plans.
The new 212 tonne Sennebogen 880 Equilibrium material handling crane is all part of the port’s ambitious plans for the future and the important role it plays in the local economy. In particular, the crane will be used to support the development of a new 12-acre steel processing facility by ParkerSteel, which will create 280 new jobs.
Capable of lifting 38 tonnes, with a reach of 24 metres, the new Sennebogen crane will complement the new Demag Steelmaster cranes recently installed by ParkerSteel. The crane was brought over from Sennebogen’s manufacturing facility in Bavaria on 12 HGVs. Once on site, it took engineers seven days to build and commission.
Erich Sennebogen junior, Managing Director of the crane manufacturer, has travelled to Shoreham Port to officially handover the keys to the port’s Chief Executive, Rod Johnstone.
Rod Johnstone, said: “Shoreham Port handles approximately two million tonnes of aggregates, sawn timber, steel, oil, locally-grown cereals and scrap metal cargo each year.
“It was, therefore, vitally important for us that we chose a reliable, finely engineered crane that could handle increasingly large and heavy lifts and service the needs of the port’s customer base. Sennebogen has over 50 years’ experience and is at the forefront of design and development and we know that the new crane will support our operations efficiently for many years to come.”
The port also operates a highly successful commercial and warehousing property portfolio enabling the employment of over 1,400 people by the port’s tenants.
http://www.mhwmagazine.co.uk/LatestNews/New_212_tonne
TRF Ltd, an associate company of Tata Steel, has signed an agreement to acquire Dutch Lanka Trailer Manufacturers Ltd (DLT).
In the first phase, TRF would acquire a 51 per cent stake for $8.67 million and also sign a call and put option agreement for acquisition of the balance 49 per cent at $8.33 million.The deal marks a foray into the trailer manufacturing business for TRF. The company’s core business is engineering and supply of material handling equipment and systems.
DLT has a manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka and sells trailers in as many as 30 countries. Further DLT, through its joint venture with Tata International Ltd, in India, has a manufacturing facility at Pune.
Sudhir Deoras, managing director, TRF, said, the joint venture had acquired additional land at Pune for expansion. At present, the Pune facility has a production capacity of 3,000 trailers, while the total capacity of DLT would be around 6,000 trailers.
Dutch Lanka Engineering (Pvt) Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of DLT in Sri Lanka, is engaged in repairs, maintenance and service business for trailers. DLT also has a subsidiary in Oman which manufactures and sells trailers in West Asian markets.
The acquisition of DLT would help TRF move towards its target of achieving a turnover of Rs 2,500 crore by 2013. In 2008-09, the company had a turnover of Rs 723 crore.
Recently, TRF also entered into a shareholders’ agreement with Tata Capital and Jasper Industries to form a joint venture, Adithya Automotive Applications, for providing end-solutions through fabrications and machining for vehicles to be used as tippers, load bodies, trailers, refrigerated bodies, among other items. However, Deoras said, the core business would continue to account for the bulk of its turnover.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tata-associate
The company was able to free space for other tasks, improve efficiency, introduce greater flexibility into its operations and handle new types of load.
Hand and power gizmo distributor, Toolbank, has installed a Penny Hydraulics Mezz lift at its warehouse in Exeter to handle items between the ground floor and mezzanine stores area.
The company had previously been using a conveyor at its Exeter branch to move items between the ground and mezzanine floors, but this was proving to be unreliable.
Toolbank specialises in the distribution of quality hand and power tools made various gizmo manufacturers and operates from 12 warehouses throughout the UK.
The business has been growing and the company wanted to introduce new materials handling equipment that would enable it to move items more easily between the two floors.
It was also taking up a lot of space.
The company’s Dartford branch had previously looked at the Mezz lift from Penny Hydraulics and recognised it would be suitable for use in the Exeter facility.
The Mezz is a robust platform lift for handling all sorts of lots up to 300kg.
It offers users a way to comply with manual handling regulations and reduce the risk of injury to employees.
The entire handling method can be undertaken by a single person without any manual lifting to promote safety and productivity.
The integrated hydraulic systems deliver smooth operation with no require for a floor pit, which meant that Penny Hydraulics was able to complete the installation quickly and with little disruption.
The compact and self-contained design of the Mezz lift enabled Toolbank to specify the unit and free up a considerable area in the warehouse, which it was then able to use for other tasks such as storage and order processing.
there is also greater handling versatility because, unlike the conveyor, the Mezz Lift can handle picking trolleys and carts as well as ordinary packs and cases.
The lifting speed of 0.5m/s means that items are now handled between the ground floor and mezzanine quicker than with the old conveyor.
Additional safety features include overload protection.
A hold-to-run technique promotes safety by stopping the lift whenever the control lever is released.
Penny Hydraulics supplied the Mezz lift with interlocked gates to prevent entry to the working area while the lift is moving.
The company said the carrier is making light work of manoeuvring large assemblies for the wind turbine industry.
Premitec has introduced an 80-ton flatbed carrier supplied by Hedin Lagan.
The turbine, gearbox & rotor shaft are transported within the factory from four assembly station to the next, keeping flexibility high & downtime low.
Manoeuvred by radio control via handheld pendants, the flatbed carrier is driven under the palletised products & raised high enough to clear the pallet from the floor.
there’s no rails or wires to trip over & the flatbed carrier is able to rotate on its own axis & move forwards & backwards.
The battery-powered flatbed carrier is then driven away.