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Materials handling related articles
There are 32 articles related to materials handling.
Most fabricating operations have an overhead crane, but just what do these companies know about these material handling tools? This feature provides the answers to their questions.
The FABRICATOR®, 11/2/09
Pipe-Valves Inc., a distributor of industrial
pipes and valves in Columbus, Ohio, had a
small facility and stored all of its products
outdoors. The products were prone to weather
damage and the storage layout required
handling some products two or three times. A
move to a bigger facility and t...
www.thefabricator.com, 10/26/09
Equipment manufacturer streamlines part flow and drastically reduces WIP and raw stock inventory. Once a part hits the floor, it never goes onto a rack.
By: Tim Heston - The FABRICATOR®, 6/4/09
Anchoring the March STAMPING Journal® --Press Issue--this multisource
press selection article offers readers advice on the criteria to
consider when buying a press. The article examines application
suitability, drives, and controls as well as the usual suspects--tonnage,
frame construction, spee...
By: Kate Bachman - The FABRICATOR®, 5/21/09
When fabricators decide to automate material handling in their laser cutting operations, they have several choices to make. The decision on whether to automate—and what kind of system makes the most sense—will depend on the shop’s capabilities, its production capacity, and available floor space. The...
By: Michael Bishop, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 10/14/08
Manufacturing companies must walk a fine line between choosing a conveyor system suited for the application, while maintaining flexibility so the system can handle future jobs.
By: Matt Jones, Mike Hosch, and Gary Wemmert - The FABRICATOR®, 9/30/08
California is on the leading edge of environmental protectionism, and because it is such a large industrial market, the state's environmental regulations are influencing what metal fabricators might be drivng in their facilities.
By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief - The FABRICATOR®, 7/15/08
Fineblanking operations require a heavy-duty press and special tooling. To produce straight, flat strip for the press and feed, stampers need a coil cradle, coil end peeler, debender, and hold-down arm, straightener, loop control.
By: Eilert Bruns - The FABRICATOR®, 5/13/08
To the naked eye, conveyor design doesn't look looks it has progressed much in 40 years. The conveyors of today are engineered with unique design elements and innovations that make them more versatile than ever for today’s metal stamping applications. A conveyor with the latest technologies is good...
By: Kim Stoll - www.thefabricator.com, 11/6/07
Using conventional rack and shelving systems to store and retrieve dies is inefficient and can cause damage to dies. Five critical areas of concern are space utilization, worker productivity, potential for die damage, ergonomics and cost justification. Shops can reach new lean levels by improvements...
By: Ed Romaine - The FABRICATOR®, 8/8/07
When a machine operator cut a bundle of barstock open to load into a saw, the bands popped, moving the blocks that were put there to safely contain the bars. The bars fell on the operator's foot and trapped it. Not wanting to duplicate that nightmare, engineers at Kirsan Engineering, Kenosha, Wis., ...
By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief - The FABRICATOR®, 7/10/07
Proper packaging is an essential part of the manufacturing process that often is overlooked. For stampers who outsource final part finishing, it is an even greater concern. This article explains why proper packaging is so important and gives several options for keeping part quality intact during sh...
By: Greg Yahn - www.thefabricator.com, 7/10/07
Analyzing your warehouse layout might reveal severe inefficiencies. Do you have the most frequently picked items scattered around, or are they located near the packing station? Organizing the warehouse so that the most frequently picked items are close to the packing station and the least frequently...
By: Frank Rubury - www.thefabricator.com, 7/10/07
Ever more stringent safety standards, driven largely by OSHA and state regulators, have led many fabricators to examine closely their material handling processes. Side loaders can provide safety benefits as well as improve material handling efficiency.
By: Eamon Devlin - The FABRICATOR®, 2/13/07
It's a challenge to select the most efficient conveyor for a particular application. To make the best choice, it's imperative that all operating parameters be considered.
By: John Mackowski - www.thefabricator.com, 11/7/06
Since starting with just one warehouse in 1989, J G Kelly Supplies has grown along with Ireland’s booming construction industry. Limiting factors such as the warehouse’s doorway width, narrow aisles, and 90-degree turns meant the company had to rely on manual labor to handle the long, cumbersome ite...
By: Eric Lundin, Editor, TPJ-The Tube & Pipe Journal® - The FABRICATOR®, 9/12/06
With growth coming fast and future expansions likely, this Tier 1 auto supplier replaced its capacity-limited scrap baling system with an autoloading conveyor system to maximize ROI and productivity.
The FABRICATOR®, 7/11/06
Stampers, precariously squeezed by tight margins, high material costs, and increasing pressure to be leaner, have issued a request: we want our scrap handling operations to be faster, trouble-free, and more productive. Fortunately, the latest generation of scrap handling equipment makes that mission...
By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor - The FABRICATOR®, 7/11/06
Maching tool builder Haas Automation Inc. needed a new approach to minimize labor costs in its internal packaging and shipping operation. The company found its answer with the Yellow Jacket orbital stretch wrap technology.
The FABRICATOR®, 7/11/06
Magnetic soft-belt conveyors can feed presses and transport parts from one workstation to another or from production to inspection, storage, or packaging operations. If you work with ferrous metal coils or sheets, a magnetic system may help improve plant efficiency, safety and reduce costs.
By: Mike Wilks - The FABRICATOR®, 2/7/06
The traditional belt conveyors used to remove scrap from the stamping operations at American Trim's facility on Baxter Street in Lima, Ohio, just couldn't stand up to the gritty shop environment. The company found a successful alternative with a belt-less material movement solution from GSW Press A...
By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief - The FABRICATOR®, 12/13/05
A new laser cutter, a new panel bender, and two older punching and shearing combination machines, connected to a new automatedstorage-and-retieval system have helped an Indianapolis job shop stay on top of emergnecy orders that normally come its way.
The FABRICATOR®, 12/13/05
A Fort Worth, Texas-based fabricator found that it was spending thousands in moving material from one building to the next for various operations. The company embarked on several expansion projects and invested in new equipment to help remedy the situation.
By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief - The FABRICATOR®, 3/8/05
Savvy stampers are purchasing new equipment or modifying and retrofitting existing equipment to include prefinished materials features. By paying close attention to equipment, tension practices, material processing methods, and material handling, stampers can participate in the market for surface-se...
By: Jim Russell, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 11/20/03
Material and equipment storage can be a major concern for fabricators. Therefore, it is important to establish the purpose of a storage system and understand clearly what it needs to accomplish.
By: Joe Harnest, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 10/23/03
Just as office managers look for the most efficient way to store files, shop managers must look for efficient ways to store heavy, expensive dies. Many offices have file cabinets with an index system for locating files quickly. The shop equivalent for storing and retrieving dies may be air-powered r...
By: Don Dykstra, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/28/03
Manufacturers face relentless challenges in their efforts to meet changing demand. In their materials handling operation, these challenges include moving materials in tight spaces, providing just-in-time (JIT) delivery to production areas, and ensuring that lift trucks are available when and where t...
By: Jenifer Sopko, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 4/10/03
Less than half of the overhead conveyors stampers use have automatic lubrication systems.
By: Mel Burke, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 1/16/03
This article describes how power-and-free conveyors are used in manufacturing. It outlines new themes in conveyor design, systems design, control systems, and simulation software.
By: Mel Burke, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 2/14/02
This article describes applications for chopping scrap from stamping operations and how to use recycling for cost containment -- as opposed to to profit building -- through more concentrated scrap hauling, better use of floor space, and enhanced employee safety.
By: Sweed Machinery, Co., Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 1/10/02
The ability to efficiently remove scrap from production areas affects the production up time and cost of production. Therefore, scrap removal should be part of the production planning process.
By: Bernard N. Goldstein, P.E., Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 1/10/02
Metal stamping companies are required to comply with a number of regulations relating to the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of the wastes they generate. As a result, each company must learn which materials are classfied as hazardous and how to comply with detailed regulations.
By: Rich Bravieri, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 2/19/01
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