There is a growing interest in, and the uptake of, lithium-ion batteries for industrial, warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machinery. However, there is still widespread confusion and misunderstanding about the battery technology. Here, LDX territory manager Stewart Russell – distributor for Linde Material Handling equipment in New Zealand – “dispels these myths” and highlightsContinue reading “UNRAVELLING COMMON MYTHS ABOUT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES”
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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…”
FLEXIBILITY AND SCALABILITY…
WHEN TO CONSIDER AUTOMATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS Growing businesses will reach the point where their existing logistics operation is no longer able to handle increasing demand. At some stage, limitations in space, a growing number of SKUs or other bottlenecks, will stretch the capacity of existing picking and distribution systems. This is when many companiesContinue reading “FLEXIBILITY AND SCALABILITY…”
GLOBAL FORKLIFT MARKET TO BE ‘50% BIGGER BY 2032’
Strong growth in shipments of 4-5% is forecast for the global forklift market out to 2032, with greater competition driven by emerging technologies and rising global demand for logistics. According to global market intelligence specialist Interact Analysis, this is expected to fuel further innovation and development opportunities for the industry over the coming years, asContinue reading “GLOBAL FORKLIFT MARKET TO BE ‘50% BIGGER BY 2032’”
RESHORING, SOFTWARE AND EXPANDED AI
Key warehouse automation trends for 2024 The core issues facing supply chains in 2023 – labour availability, capacity, space availability and resiliency, says Swisslog’s Sean Ledbury – aren’t going away in 2024. But how supply chain leaders address these challenges continues to evolve. “Moving into the new year, we are seeing organisations finding new waysContinue reading “RESHORING, SOFTWARE AND EXPANDED AI”
LDX LAUNCHES…
TDX announces LDX as NZ dealer for Linde Material Handling TDX, described as a leading supplier within the heavy equipment industry and distributor of international brands such as Volvo and Yanmar, has started the company’s new exclusive dealer partnership with Linde Material Handling Equipment with the announcement of a dedicated, Linde-focused company. The new company,Continue reading “LDX LAUNCHES…”
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