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LCL export service: CaroTrans, a global NVOCC (non-vessel operating common
carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, has a new less-than-containerload (LCL)
export service from Seattle to Tokyo. This direct service offers an overall transit time
to Tokyo of 13 days; Yokohama in 14 days; and Osaka, Nagoya, and Kobe in 18
days.
Caro Trans has established its U.S.-Japan service network in partnership with Seino
Logix, an NVOCC based in Japan. (Caro Trans, www.carotrans.com)
Fast charger: EnerSys has developed a new
line of high-frequency (HF) industrial fast
chargers for forklift truck batteries. The new
Express eMax HF line features the latest innovations in digital power control and wireless
communications.
According to EnerSys, the first high-frequency fast chargers on the market relied on
analog power controls. The new digital power
controls now available provide greater power
and more precise control, the company says.
Those same digital controls allow the eMax
HF to be small and lightweight, which opens
up valuable floor space in the distribution
center. The eMax HF offers multiple installation options that let customers choose
between mounting the eMax HF to a wall or
rack, or using a stand to attach it to the floor.
The eMax HF works like EnerSys’s other fast
chargers. Drivers simply pull up, plug in, and
the eMax HF does the rest. The eMax HF automatically recognizes the status of the battery
and keeps it properly charged and equalized
all week long.
The full line of eMax HF fast chargers features advanced wireless communications that
are capable of real-time battery and charger
fleet management. Every eMax HF is available
as part of an Express Fast Charge Solution
that includes Express iQ, an optional information management system that provides
remote alerts and reports. (EnerSys,
www.enersysmp.com)
Bar-code verification system: Webscan Inc.,
a supplier of bar-code verification solutions,
has released a new system capable of verifying invisible two-dimensional (2D) bar codes
that are visible
only under UV
light.
The TruCheck
2D UV is the first
commercially
available handheld 2D bar-code
verifier for invisible bar codes used in security applications
such as track and trace, according to
Webscan. The new bar-code verifier incorporates UV wavelength LEDs and a UV-sensitive
CCD camera.
The TruCheck 2D UV allows printers to verify the readability of invisible bar codes,
according to Webscan. The solution is operated by Webscan’s software interface, which
can verify 1D (linear) and two-dimensional bar
codes. Detailed reports are generated and
stored automatically. (Webscan Inc.,
www.webscaninc.com)
