Materials handling & logistics

Flexicon dust hood for its bulk bag dischargers

06 December, 2013 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

Flexicon has released a dust hood for its bulk bag dischargers, designed to contain spillage and dust that can escape through seams in the bag and folds in the spout.


Coal conveyor with lower environmental impact

02 December, 2013 | Supplied by: Bonfiglioli Transmission Pty Ltd

The Ellton Group has completed the construction of a 2 km coal conveyor system for Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Coal and Allied Hunter Valley Operations.


Turck Q175 UHF RFID read/write head

14 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

The Q175 compact UHF RFID read/write head is designed to communicate with multiple data carriers, using both HF and UHF RFID technologies.


Boral's Peppertree quarry achieves an industry-leading mobile crushing solution

12 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Metso Australia Limited

In-pit crushing has been common in Europe for some time, but is relatively new in Australia. Following an extensive design consultation process for its Peppertree Quarry, Australia's largest building and construction materials supplier, Boral, is now leading the way in world's best practice for in-pit crushing.


ADLINK IMX-2000 industrial mobile computer with NFC

04 November, 2013 | Supplied by: ADLINK Technology Inc

The IMX-2000 industrial mobile computing solution includes integrated near field communication (NFC) capability, which replaces RFID for higher compatibility, better support for more RF tags and wider range of applications.


Flexicon ultraheavy-duty bulk bag filling system

30 October, 2013 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

Flexicon has released a bulk bag filling system for ultraheavy-duty applications that can fill bulk bags with aggregates, abrasive minerals, powdered metals, dry chemical additives, filter press cake and other difficult-to-handle bulk materials.


NBE sanitary bulk container dumper

25 October, 2013 | Supplied by: Mercer Technologies

The construction of this NBE sanitary bulk container dumper meets the FDA, cGMP definition for cleanability according to 21CFR110.40, with design features that proactively facilitate thorough cleaning and meet or reduce target cleaning times.


ACS Valves Aero-Flow Series rotary feeders

08 October, 2013 | Supplied by: ACS Valves

The Aero-Flow Series of rotary feeders is designed specifically for pneumatic conveying of dense materials such as fine powders used in chemical and pharmaceutical processing, food and bakery processing, plastics, and milling.


A holistic approach to conveyor belt monitoring

03 October, 2013 by Neil Freeman, Principal Consultant, Honeywell Process Solutions | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

Conveyor systems play a major role in in the mining, minerals and metals industry, and unexpected downtime can be costly - but now there is technology that enables continuous monitoring of conveyor assets that can reduce maintenance costs and improve uptime.


ACS Valves BT Series blow-through feeder/airlock for pneumatic conveying

26 September, 2013 | Supplied by: ACS Valves

The BT Series blow-through feeder/airlock is designed to ensure optimal bulk density and throughput of hard-to-convey materials, such as fine powders and flakes, in high-pressure pneumatic conveying applications.


National Bulk Equipment bulk bag filling systems

23 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Mercer Technologies

National Bulk Equipment (NBE) bulk bag filling systems are engineered, fabricated and constructed to speed inspections, simplify integration and ensure qualification for start-up into food processing and packaging operations.


NBE bulk bag filling process system

20 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Mercer Technologies

NBE has introduced a bulk bag filling process system that includes an automated pallet introduction, automated metering of material supply, NTEP-certified, precision bag weighing and automated, filled-bag accumulation conveyors.


BEUMER robotpac articulated palletising robot

13 September, 2013 | Supplied by: BEUMER Group Australia Pty Ltd

Designed to perform even complex palletising and de-palletising tasks reliably and efficiently, BEUMER’s robotpac comes with gripping systems that can be changed flexibly for different types of packaged goods.


Using RFID for fibre composites

26 August, 2013

Antennas that are capable of transmitting radio waves turn components into intelligent objects. Researchers have now found a way to embed these antennas in fibre composites. As a result, the technology also works with carbon and glass fibres.


Siemens Simatic rugged RFID range

20 August, 2013 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd

Siemens is strengthening its RFID range in the UHF range with a range of products including antennas, a mobile reader as well as heat-resistant, compact data carriers in the Smart Label format, suitable for harsh environments.


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