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French Agricultural Manufacturer Meets Growing Demand
Flexibility in manufacturing is key to determining the ability to adapt to changes in demand and to remain agile in a competitive market. That’s why Pellenc, a leading name in heavy duty agricultural equipment, wanted a flexible material handling ...
Don't Take Risks When Times Get Busy: How Retail And Logistics Companies Can Minimise Risk When Using Roll Cages
As Christmas and the New Year sales period approaches, retail and logistics companies face pressure to keep shelves stocked and customers happy. Roll cages (otherwise known as roll containers or roll pallets) are commonly used to efficiently ...
Electric Tug for moving goods in tight factory spaces
Beuttenmüller GmbH purchased an MT 1500+ electric tug with a trolley. The company designs and manufactures machinery moulds and tools for the car industry and has over 75 years’ experience, having been founded in 1937.
Moving Tooling Jigs is a Breeze at Automotive Plant
By investing in electric-operated materials handling tugs for moving heavy tooling jigs, car manufacturers can reduce the risk of accidents and injuries to their operators, whilst also ensuring that jigs are delivered to their required destinations ...
Manual Handling Solutions For Healthcare
Trust Managers in the NHS and Healthcare industry are neglecting easy and effective ways to improve efficiency in portering operations. Despite the NHS's goal of increasing efficiency by 2.2% per year, many simple measures are being overlooked. ...
Rethinking Traditional Material Handling with Hugh Freer
The world record for the heaviest object pulled over 100 feet belongs to a US reverend who pulled a 68-tonne lorry. This is an impressive achievement, but one that manufacturing plant engineers must regularly equal using specialist equipment — with ...
Moving Wind Turbine Blades During Manufacturing
Moving wind turbine blades during manufacturing can be a difficult task. In industrial applications, they can reach up to 100m in length (in fact the world’s largest is 107m long), and weigh many tonnes.
Creating Flexible Production for Industrial Manufacturers
Leading manufacturers including JCB are benefiting from the improved efficiencies and flexibility electric tugs bring to industrial manufacturing. MasterMover, provider of worldwide electric tug solutions, believes that its technology offers a ...
How To Enhance Your Biopharmaceutical Single-Use System
As the advantages of single-use systems become widely recognised across the biopharmaceutical industry, there is a move from large-scale facilities with fixed, stainless steel equipment to laboratories that are agile, efficient and able to react to ...
Forklift Alternatives in Heavy Plant Manufacturing
Manufacturers of heavy equipment are under increasing pressure to meet demand, clear production backlogs and reduce TAKT times.
Mobilising Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Industry with the Toyota Production System (TPS)
Lean manufacturing is a philosophy that emphasises reducing waste and streamlining processes to improve efficiency. The automotive industry has been using lean techniques for decades, but how can electric tow tugs help manufacturers accelerate their ...