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Flexicon Tip-Tite box-container tipper

07 January, 2010 by

Flexicon’s latest box-container tipper forms a dust-tight seal between the container and the equipment, tips the container and discharges bulk material through a chute at controlled rates.

Tipping and emptying shipping containers

21 October, 2009 by

Elme has developed a method of using a reach stacker to tip shipping containers to empty them.This method is claimed to be suitable for any bulk materials which flow, including grain and coffee beans.

Pod trailer

14 September, 2009

The CRT Pod Trailer is said to have revolutionised supply chain management.

Vertical lift bin tippers

01 September, 2009 by

The Wrightway Products vertical lift bin tipper allows users to simply open the door, locate the full container on the cradle, close the door and press a button to empty contents at whatever height is needed.

Drum tipper

01 September, 2009 by

Flexicon’s Tip-Tite drum tipper seals drums against a discharge cone, tips the drum, mates the cone against a gasketted connection and discharges bulk material dust-free through a slide gate valve.

South Australian brewery installs gypsum blending system

28 August, 2009 by

Fresco Systems Australasia recently installed a gypsum blending system for a South Australian brewery in Adelaide. Specifically designed to replace an ageing manual process, the new system needed to reduce manual handling and achieve the highest levels of weight accuracies, dust control and mixer homogeneity. Fresco designed, manufactured and commissioned the system to ensure it met requirements. Adding to the complexity of retrofitting a system into an existing building was the old system, which was still operating and being feed from 20 kg bags, leaving limited space available.

Light crane system

06 July, 2009 by

The Konecranes XA Aluminium Light Crane System has been tailored to demanding applications which require high precision, less rolling resistance, low noise and corrosion-free extended durability and cleanliness.

Electric-powered reach trucks

06 July, 2009 by

The BT Reflex Series electric-powered reach trucks offer improvements on the previous model with increased capacities, higher performance, reduced energy requirements and improved safety for the operator.

Electric-powered pallet trucks and stackers

03 July, 2009 by

Toyota Material Handling Australia has launched a range of pedestrian electric-powered pallet trucks and electric-powered stackers.

Crane safety and reliability

03 July, 2009 by

Konecranes has launched an audit service to help users to determine whether overhead lifting equipment achieves optimum reliability, performance and mandatory safety standards.

Dust-minimising connector

01 April, 2009 by

The BFM fitting is a clampless and snap-in connector that can be used for the transfer of mainly powder-type products from one item of plant to another.

Rigid asset tag for forklift applications

31 March, 2009 by

The Intermec IT67 Enterprise Lateral Transmitting (LT) Tag is an RFID tag with both edge and normal reading performance designed specifically to support portal and forklift applications and enhance forklift reading performance. With edge reading, users can now read the data from the IT67 laterally, eliminating the need to face the tag directly. This allows organisations to streamline operations and track assets more effectively without the need for chokepoints.