Materials handling & logistics

Rice Lake Weighing Systems 880 Performance Series digital weight indicator

28 November, 2014 | Supplied by: ADM Instrument Engineering Group

The Rice Lake Weighing Systems 880 Performance Series compact panel-mount indicator can be used as a stand-alone controller, or connected with a range of networking protocols and PLCs.


Contract blender installs single printing system for multiple lines

27 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Matthews Australasia Pty Ltd

Maltra Foods, one of the largest contract blenders, needed an automatic, centralised printing system for its seven production lines to ensure detailed information and delivery accuracy for customers on its continually expanding SKUs.


Australia's largest palletising system

10 October, 2014 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd

George Weston Foods' production facility in Castlemaine, Victoria, palletises 9000 cartons/h using 16 ABB robots serving 32 pallet stations.


Airport baggage receives an upgrade

06 October, 2014 | Supplied by: SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd

Most air travellers would jump at the chance of an upgraded ticket, but at Sydney Airport's Terminal 3 (Qantas Domestic Terminal), it's an upgraded baggage handling area that is giving passengers enhanced service.


Kinder K-Vee Spidler spiral cleaning idler

06 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Kinder Australia Pty Ltd

Kinder has introduced the K-Vee Spidler spiral cleaning idler to its range of conveyor belt cleaning systems.


Project Magnet extends the life of Whyalla Steelworks

03 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

To deliver a completely integrated pit-to-port solution to extend the life of the Whyalla Steelworks, Arrium Mining called on the process control and domain expertise of LogiCamms and Rockwell Automation.


Mettler Toledo IND780 weighing terminal with Profinet

02 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Mettler-Toledo Ltd

The IND780 weighing terminal from Mettler Toledo is now available with an optional Profinet I/O interface and most existing weighing installations using IND780 can be upgraded to Profinet I/O connectivity.


Flexicon ultra-heavy-duty bulk bag filling system

21 July, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

Flexicon's latest ultra-heavy-duty bulk bag filling system palletises and fills bulk bags with filter cake, aggregates, metal powders, abrasive minerals, dry chemical additives and other difficult-to-handle bulk materials.


BHP looking to second generation in driverless road and rail

08 July, 2014 | Supplied by: BHP Steel

BHP Billiton's Jimmy Wilson acknowledges that BHP is trailing Rio Tinto on autonomous trucks and rail in the Pilbara, but he insists that for any technology, the second generation is always better than the first.


Flexicon Flexi-Disc line of tubular cable conveyors

09 May, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

The Flexi-Disc conveyor moves material using high-strength polymer discs in 10 and 15 cm diameters that are affixed to a stainless steel or galvanised cable.


Pack integrity vital when transporting food, drink for retail outlets

01 May, 2014

The days of careless wrapping of packaged food and drink bound for retail are all but over as the large supermarket and grocery chains force ever greater liabilities on suppliers who take short cuts.


Energy savings make conveyor investment an easy decision

03 April, 2014 | Supplied by: SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd

Industrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd (ICA), one of Australia's leading conveyor companies, has recently completed a major factory refurbishment project involving a multinational manufacturer consolidating one of its Sydney plants using a comprehensive range of technology from SEW-Eurodrive.


Flexicon vacuum receiver with pneumatic dump valve

28 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

Flexicon has introduced a vacuum receiver with a pneumatically actuated dump valve for dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems.


NBE integrated bulk material handling system

17 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Mercer Technologies

NBE has introduced an automated bulk material handling and packaging system built on the NBE integrated construction and controls infrastructure.


Griffith seed company contains dust with equipment from Flexicon

03 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

South Pacific Seeds is one of the world's largest vegetable seed companies, producing 2.930 tonnes of seeds in the 2011-2012 crop year. Atmospheric dust generation was a problem until better handling of bulk gypsum was introduced.


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