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AIDC analytics: Barcoding Inc.’s new “Supply Chain Analytics by
Barcoding” practice seeks to provide customers with feedback
on how they are using their automatic identification and data
capture (AIDC) platforms.
The service gives clients insights into adoption rates as well as
end-user acceptance and performance. The solution also measures and manages the workers who use the technology by providing activity benchmarking, engineered labor standards, and
dashboard reporting. Companies can use Supply Chain Analytics
by Barcoding to track technology refresh management, battery
performance, staffing, and user adoption.
Barcoding believes the solution set will help users optimize the
performance of their technology platform and better understand
the underlying causes of inefficiencies—like causes of overtime
and low productivity. As a result, users should be able to increase
worker productivity, reduce operational costs, remove business
process inefficiencies, and improve decision making, according
to the company. (Barcoding Inc., www.barcoding.com)
Supply chain consulting: CHEP, which made a name for itself
as a pallet pooler, is now providing customers with supply chain
consulting solutions. The Solutions Portfolio from CHEP includes
a series of value-add services that address specific challenges facing the retail industry’s extended supply chain. Specific solutions
address concerns like product damage, failed unit loads, and
empty trailer miles.
CHEP’s engineers and logistics professionals designed the services to help customers optimize their supply chains and support
the development of corporate social responsibility programs.
CHEP says these solutions are suitable for companies in the
consumer goods manufacturing, fresh food, grocery, and retail
industries. (CHEP, solutions.chep.com/)
Vertical reciprocating conveyor:
PFlow Industries Inc. has upgraded its DB Package Handling Lift,
increasing the maximum achievable
speed to 1,500 feet per minute from
600 feet per minute. This increase
in speed will allow the lift to better serve high-throughput multilevel
vertical lifting applications, according
to PFlow.
The vertical reciprocating conveyor
(VRC) can move cartoned material,
boxes, containers, and totes weighing up to 250 pounds to heights of up to 100 feet. The machine
has a quiet counterweighted lifting mechanism that features
improved dual urethane no-lube belts and an optional high-torque servo drive. These features ensure precise control and
smooth stops and starts.
According to the company, the lift is good for packaging
systems with automated loading and off-loading roller or belt
conveyors. PFlow made the DB lift much faster so that it can keep
pace with high-speed packaging lines that require materials to be
raised or lowered at some point in the process without causing
a bottleneck.
The upgraded DB lift is a space-saving alternative to spiral and
inclined conveyors, according to the company. (PFlow Industries,
www.PFlow.com) N
Reach truck: Mitsubishi
Caterpillar Forklift America
Inc. (MCFA), the supplier of
Jungheinrich products in the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico, has
introduced the new Jungheinrich
ETR 230-235 series of pantograph reach trucks. These single
reach models have lifting capacities of 3,000 to 3,500 pounds
and feature advanced AC technology and a modern design, the
company says.
The new ETR series trucks
combine on-board electric controllers, AC electrical motor
technology, and a servicing software system that optimizes the
forklift’s power and performance while minimizing energy consumption. The reach trucks also feature a hydraulic system that
delivers some of the fastest and most controlled lift speeds in the
industry, according to MCFA. This results in quicker placement
and pickup of loads, the company says.
The new 36-volt pantograph reach trucks boast improved
efficiency over the previous model series. Power consumption is
minimized through continued advances in the company’s exclusive AC electric control system and use of proprietary drive and
lift motors. This allows the reach truck to run for up to two shifts
on a single battery charge in most applications.
The newly designed mast provides excellent load stability at
any height, according to the company. The mast, coupled with
Jungheinrich’s suspended articulating drive axle, helps to support
the new pantograph reach truck’s higher rated capacities.
The trucks also feature a spacious and cushioned operator
compartment and a control handle that incorporates all operator
functions into one grip. The new color operator display panel features a battery discharge indicator, programmable performance
levels, and other information.
The tilting mast on the Jungheinrich ETR reach truck is hinged
where the mast meets the top surface of the chassis, approximately five feet above the floor. When the reach truck is in the
transportation configuration, the mast is tilted toward the rear
of the unit itself and secured with braces. Reducing the overall
height of the reach truck in this tilted mast configuration enables
the unit to be loaded into various enclosed van trailers or ocean
containers in an upright wheels-on-the-floor position. As a result,
companies no longer need to separate the mast from the chassis
to transport the truck.
New Jungheinrich products come with a one-year/2,000-hour
warranty that includes parts and labor as well as components
and systems, and a two-year/4,000-hour extended powertrain
warranty. (Jungheinrich, www.jungheinrich-lift.com)
Forklift operator training program: Komatsu Forklift, in alliance with the National Safety Council, has introduced a new
Komatsu Forklift Operator Training Program.
The Komatsu Forklift Operator Training Program teaches trainers, supervisors, managers, and operators how to incorporate
best practices for worker well-being into their daily management
and material handling activities. The program complies with all
applicable OSHA regulations and covers all forklift classifications.
(Komatsu America, www.komatsuamerica.com)
