Materials Handling Systems Case Studies

Gorbel's Easy Arm™ Intelligent Lifting Arm is helping to lighten the load for workers at an injection molding manufacturer. This plant produces household items such as garden sheds, outdoor storage units and garbage containers. Lightening the Load Operators in this...

Gorbel's Easy Arm™ Intelligent Lifting Arm is helping to lighten the load for workers at an injection molding manufacturer. This plant produces household items such as garden sheds, outdoor storage units and garbage containers. Lightening the Load Operators in this...

Hagie Manufacturing is a provider of agricultural crop sprayers as well as large snow removal equipment for airports. The company was expanding its facility and was seeking improved workflow and better lifting solutions for its sub-assembly and final assembly work...

Green Bay Packaging is a pulp and paper manufacturer using 100% recycled materials to produce a wide variety paperboard packaging. Large bulk rolls are slit and sized based on customer demand, and moved to a work cell in stacks where they are loaded onto skids for...

Green Bay Packaging is a pulp and paper manufacturer using 100% recycled materials to produce a wide variety paperboard packaging. The large rolls are slit and sized based on customer demand, and moved to a work cell in stacks where they are loaded onto skids for...

Hansen Mechanical is a fabricator of pipes used in construction projects. Many of these pipe assemblies weighed upwards of 3800lbs and were shaped awkwardly. The pipe needed to be moved through the fabrication process from rolling the ends to completed welded...

This customer fabricates countertops using granite and marble. In this application, workers at a new facility need to move huge slabs of granite from station to station through the various stages of the fabrication process. The slabs of granite are huge - weighing up...

A regional provider of truck transmissions, rear differentials and steering components was building a new facility for their transmission assembly. With several existing buildings and a variety of applications, the company had experience with several overhead lifting...

ABB US is a manufacturer of medium voltage switchgear, reclosers, and padmount switches at their Florida facility. The recloser is a circuit breaker with a mechanism designed to automatically close the breaker when a fault is detected. They are typically mounted on...

As the owner of a tool & machine shop, Rodney Fuller was running into some large problems. His customer base was growing, and the parts he was running through his CNC lathes and milling machines were becoming larger and more diverse. “A lot of the parts were...