http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com material handling automation material handling equipment material handling systems material handling containers conveyors material handling rollers material handling hose material handling boxes MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining, introducing industry's highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 x 4 meters. Designed especially for high-throughput, precision machining of next-generation aircraft components, the new HyperMach H4000 adapts proven modular components from the company's advanced high-speed vertical profiler family. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14398%2etxt New Castle DE, Sky-Trax, Inc. is pleased to announce the official commercial release of their first complete vehicle and inventory tracking solution, the Total-Trax™ system. Built on Sky-Trax’s two break-through systems, the Sky-Trax System™, Total-Trax is a premium material handling solution that automatically captures exact pallet location and identification, vehicle location, precise location and full path tracking of all warehouse assets. With Total-Trax, Sky-Trax goes beyond RFID to automatically track mobile assets and inventory indoors to inch accuracy without any reliance on human operators; bringing huge productivity gains to operations, full visibility of fleet operations, driver accountability, productivity, safety, and data integrity to operations. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14322%2etxt Clayton, DE, Cleanroom gowning racks from Eagle MHC, now available in independent or wall mounted configurations, are constructed from heavy gauge 304 stainless steel. Independent models are 24" in width and available in single, dual and cantilever styles. Standard 2" diameter, nylon dissipative feet feature ½" adjustability. Wall mounted racks are available in 24", 18" or 14" widths depending on model. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14321%2etxt CLEVELAND -- When the 2008 Material Handling & Logistics Show and Conference (NA 2008) opens it's doors on April 21 it will include over 500 exhibits and an Educational Conference featuring a Keynote on green manufacturing and supply chain solutions. In addition, over 70 educational sessions that will outline leading trends, best practices and state-of-the-art equipment and technology solutions that can make manufacturing and the entire supply chain work more productively and profitably. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14296%2etxt Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14291%2etxt St. Louis, MO, Safe handling of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) in a confined public warehouse is a specialty of Fresh Warehousing & Fulfillment. Fresh has taken all precautions to create a total haz mat warehousing solution for all their haz mat customers’ needs and has the highest safety record for hazmat warehousing. Fresh strives to meet and exceed the safe hazardous materials standards of all regulatory agencies. Because of Fresh Warehousing’s exemplary reputation as a superior haz mat facility, they were recently chosen as Midwest fulfillment center for Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s Oxychem Division as a storage and distribution facility for the company’s line of chlorine tablets for Leslie’s Pool Company. Fresh stores over 10,000 palettes of chlorine product for Occidental Petroleum in their Sauget, Illinois facility. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14270%2etxt CLEVELAND, - Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), a leader in motion and control technologies, has acquired Vansco Electronics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of electronic controls, displays and terminals, communication and operator interfaces, and sensors. Vansco systems for mobile equipment, a primary Parker market, include key applications for agricultural, construction, material handling, bus, RV, and specialty truck equipment. Vansco facilities in Canada, the United States, Finland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom employ 1,005 people. In the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, Vansco achieved sales of approximately $180 million. Approximately 83 percent of Vansco's sales are made in Parker's Industrial North America reporting segment. This acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings in its first full year of operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14254%2etxt Thayer Scale, developer of continuous weighing and feeding equipment, introduces the new MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder for processing of snack food, cereal, pasta, pet food and any other application where hygiene and ease of cleaning is important. The MWF-OS can provide either a “closed loop” gravimetric control of material feed rate or an “open loop” control for precise convey rate output and totalization of an uncontrolled or intermittent material supply. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14250%2etxt Wixom, MI, – Wendt GmbH has introduced the SPECTRA 820 Laser Machining Center for generating complex, three-dimensional contours in hard materials. Initially targeted at the cutting tool industry, the SPECTRA 820 provides a high-quality, economical solution to the challenge of creating chip breakers in PCD, PCBN, carbide and ceramic tools. Other fields of application include pill punch pressing, tool and mold making, eroding dies, inscriptions and medical implants. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14246%2etxt WHAT IS A GRIPPER? WHY USE ONE? A gripper is a device which enables the holding of an object to be manipulated. The easier way to describe a gripper is to think of the human hand. Just like a hand, a gripper enables holding, tightening, handling and releasing of an object. A gripper is just one component of an automated system. A gripper can be attached to a robot or it can be part of a fixed automation system. Many styles and sizes of grippers exist so that the correct model can be selected for the application. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14243%2etxt IRVINE, California – Toyota, the number one selling lift truck supplier in the United States, announced that its Columbus, Ind. manufacturing plant, Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. (TIEM), will begin manufacturing the company’s line of diesel tow tractors in May. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14197%2etxt LIVERMORE, Calif., Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEP), the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced its expansion in Korea for its products and the signing of Han Shin Power Tech Co., Ltd. of Korea as an exclusive dealer for Korea. Korea is presently the 4th largest robot market in the world with growing demand for high speed, intelligent robotics in many labor-intensive and quality sensitive applications such as incasing, packaging, material handling, and assembly. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14183%2etxt Erlanger, Kentucky, Castell will be showcasing safety solutions for attendees of the Material Handling Industry of America’s NA 2008 annual show and conference, April 21-24, 2008 at the I-X Center (Cleveland, OH). Castell’s dock safety, motion monitoring and interlock products safeguard personnel and equipment in material handling warehouses. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14179%2etxt Metso Minerals Industries, Incorporated announces plans for a significant expansion of its Northeast Ohio manufacturing operations. The new fabrication facility will be located in Northeast Ohio near the company’s existing, engineering and manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Ohio. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14151%2etxt The applications are different but the results are similar. Giant Eagle needed to transport pallets of returned merchandise from receiving dock to processing stations without constantly interrupting pallet truck operators from their primary duties, Daimler Trucks, NA needed to deliver fasteners to the assembly line more cheaply and efficiently. GENCO Supply Chain Solutions needed to reduce costs associated with processing returns and cost effectively manage packaging waste from its reverse logistics operations. http://MaterialHandling.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14147%2etxt