...Richard Bloss Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the innovative system developed to automatically palletize orders of cartons of candy for shipment to distribution centers. Design/methodology/approach Designers study the manual system employed by the customer and focused...

...Ewen Kellar; David Sanders Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an electronic solution to effectively lock swivelling wheel steering positions to driver‐control. Simple and affordable systems are described to assist forklift users in steering their walkie type forklifts or pallet jacks...

... Fully-integrated, programmable palletiser Keyword Pallets Pallet change-over time virtually eliminated Since the launch of Werner's new PSU component palletiser (see Plate 4) late last year, demand for the system has been considerable. Fifty units have been built...

... new assembly and test line is composed of three main sections. The rst, built around a pallet recirculating conveyor, completes the meter assembly and performs the calibration operation. Meters are then off-loaded from the rst conveyor loop and manually transferred into a bank of test stations where...