News & Information on Material Handling Systems

Application This customer was a manufacturer who received a multi-year contract from a large national retailer to supply retail products for regional distribution centers. The manufacturer was required to build individual pallet orders on a per-store basis for...

The Application: A machining station at a manufacturing plant for recreational sport vehicles starts with a raw steel casting and loads it into a machine for cutting, shaping and refinement of what will become flywheels for assembly. The raw castings arrive at the...

Gorbel’s Easy Arm™ has made loading and unloading two test stands in different work cells much easier for this pump manufacturer. Application: Loading Test Stands This pump manufacturer was looking for a safe and efficient way to load and unload pumps from test stands...

Background A turbine motor overhaul center receives engines that are used in oil and gas industries, power generation and military use. When the turbines are received, they have been in use for long periods of time and are in need of repair and refurbishing. The...

Application: Loading Web Film into Machines This manufacturer makes plastic products used in the pharmaceutical and medical industries. Workers teamed up to load rolls of web plastic packaging material weighing 150 to 250 lbs. into machines 4 to 5 times each day....

Application: Moving Mirrors Through Packaging Process A glass mirror manufacturer makes large mirrors for the furniture industry. In the packaging process of these mirrors, the large, heavy (up to 300 lbs.) sheets of glass must be lifted off a conveyor, tilted 90...

Gorbel's Work Station Crane with telescoping bridges provided a Wisconsin valve maker with a cost effective way to handle a growing work cell. Husco International is a world leader in providing products and services that optimize the performance, control and safety of...

A components supplier of commercial lawn mowing equipment installed a new press brake for forming sheet metal into the decks for large mowers. The brake bends the ends of pre-cut sheet metal and forms deck plates that measure 42-72 inches. The metal sheets are 7 to 10...

Just In Time CNC Machining, Inc. was relocating to a new facility and looking for a lifting solution that would be flexible as the company continued to grow. The materials processed here range from large productions runs to smaller runs or prototypes, which means they...