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Hospitals using the SmartMover electric tug, designed and manufactured by MasterMover, for the mechanically assisted handling of roll cages have experienced a rise in efficiency and a reduction in health and safety setbacks.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Major names in the pharmaceutical industry are using electric tugs from MasterMover to move chromatography columns, thanks to the tugs’ ideal combination of heavy load handling, compact size, precise manoeuvrability and stainless steel construction.

In the wake of a global pandemic and chip shortage, heavy equipment manufacturers are under pressure to clear order book backlogs and recoup lost production time. Additionally, manufacturers face challenges with fixed infrastructure failure, ...

By investing in two electric-operated pedestrian tugs, a UK-based manufacturer of modular, portable buildings has been able to improve its production flow and throughput, whilst also freeing up labour resources to focus on more value-added ...

One issue faced by the majority of boat builders is the lack of space within the traditional boat yard; a problem compounded by the size of the modern luxury super yacht and the equipment needed for its production.

As the advantages of single-use systems become more widely recognised across the biopharmaceutical industry, there is a move from facilities with fixed equipment to laboratories that are agile, modular and able to react quickly to changing demands.

Moving heavy injection moulds is a common scenario faced by automotive suppliers around the world. Manufacturing sites typically use a system of overhead cranes to transport the moulds but this can be time-consuming and inefficient.