New Zealand’s largest port, Port of Tauranga, has extended the life of several current systems and processes through the deployment of robots – saving the port money and time, and providing additional time to work through future plans. Thomas Wansbone, Port of Tauranga financial controller, says the robots, developed by Quanton – New Zealand basedContinue reading “Robots take Port of Tauranga in fresh direction”
Category Archives: Automation
View ahead…
Four 2025 trends shaping warehouse automation and intralogistics As a global warehouse automation player, with technologies and integrated lifetime customer support, Swisslog is always looking at what is moving the industry forward. Here Dan Ulmamei, managing director, Swisslog Australia and New Zealand looks into four trends shaping the future within industry. As we enter 2025,Continue reading “View ahead…”
In Motion…
Latest servo innovations: Exploring new features and capabilities Servo systems are increasingly finding their way into applications used by industry; everything from simple vertical filling machines to high-speed printing presses are making use of servos to improve their output. Harry Mulder, product specialist for Motion Products at Beckhoff Automation says that while some believe thatContinue reading “In Motion…”
Four key things for SMEs
Kardex panel (left to right), Francis Meier, Arthur Dardoumbas, and Grant Smith. Creating sustainable business growth through automation Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should align the business, technical, operational and commercial aspects of their organisations to create a clear case for automation and generate business growth, according to a panel of industry experts assembled byContinue reading “Four key things for SMEs”
Creating cultures…
Automation mitigates labour shortages and instils safety Logistics automation not only tackles the lack of labour in warehouses and distribution centres today, it also helps cultivate a culture of safety and innovation. Most traditional warehouses require employees to manually lift and carry crates of goods that are often heavy. Repetitive twisting, turning and reaching putContinue reading “Creating cultures…”
GRID-BASED AUTOMATION
NEW SWISSLOG AUTOSTORE SALES MANAGER SEES GREAT POTENTIAL FOR AUSTRALASIA TO EMULATE EUROPEAN SUCCESSES Swisslog Australia and New Zealand’s (ANZ) new AutoStore sales manager, Elke Pistono, sees great potential for the local market to capitalise on the space-saving efficiencies of grid-based automation. Pistono has spent the last three and a half years managing AutoStore forContinue reading “GRID-BASED AUTOMATION”
ON THE LEVEL…
MAINMARK PROVIDES SOLUTIONS FOR WEAK GROUND AND UNLEVEL BUILDINGS WHILE YOU KEEP BUSINESS RUNNING Owners in manufacturing and heavy industries will be familiar with the daily wear and tear their facilities experience. Sunken floors or misaligned concrete slabs are especially common, often due to forklifts or other heavy vehicles and machinery on site. “Over time,Continue reading “ON THE LEVEL…”
ELEMENT14 LAUNCHES ‘SHIFT IT!’ CHALLENGE
Element14, an Avnet community, has launched the ‘Shift It! – Warehouse Automation Challenge’ which will allow 15 selected engineers and designers to build a project that would help in automating a warehouse. Selected participants will receive a bundle of TE connectors and Arduino Uno robotics shields to enable them to build their robotics movement projects.Continue reading “ELEMENT14 LAUNCHES ‘SHIFT IT!’ CHALLENGE”
NILFISK: ‘CLEAN WAREHOUSE FLOORS IN HALF THE TIME’
NILFISK NEW ZEALAND LAUNCHES CS7020 LITHIUM-ION COMBINATION SWEEPER/SCRUBBER DRYER Nilfisk’s new environmentally friendly and economical CS7020 sweeper/scrubber dryer is a lithium-ion battery-powered combination machine that “can halve cleaning time” by scrubbing and sweeping at once, while maintaining uptime in the busiest of environments. “Using one operator on one machine in one single pass, this combinationContinue reading “NILFISK: ‘CLEAN WAREHOUSE FLOORS IN HALF THE TIME’”
THE SPACE GAME…
MAXIMISING STORAGE SPACE WHILE MAINTAINING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY In the fast-paced world of warehousing and logistics, space constraints are a common challenge. Traditional solutions include narrow aisle racking to a maximum height, but no matter how narrow the aisle is, it is still dead space that could be better utilised for storing products. “Pallet Racking SolutionsContinue reading “THE SPACE GAME…”
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