High performance, more connectivity and energy-efficient operation: the demands placed on drives in intralogistics are high. The topic of digitalization with the aim of simplifying production processes is particularly topical. This is the result...

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Dematic GmbH has expanded its service portfolio to include a robot arm for automated picking. The so-called Robot Piece Picking Module independently selects individual items, lifts them and transports them to the designated...

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Material carryback is one of the main causes of problems with conveyor belt systems. In contrast, operators use head scrapers for coarse material and secondary scrapers for fine cleaning. In many cases, more than 90 percent of the material can be...

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Overhead monorail systems and floor conveyors are an important part of the material flow and play a central role in automotive plants. They are not only used in assembly lines and in the logistics chain, but also in high-bay warehouses and...

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The plant manufacturer from Rüthen in the Sauerland region of Germany is using innovative conveyor technology to connect two production and storage halls via an existing roof skin. Traditional means of transportation such as forklift trucks, pallet trucks...

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"Omni-channel", "batch size 1" and "same-day delivery" - new requirements for internal logistics just a short time ago, but now the standard for many shippers. Associated with these is the question of more performance, capacity and...

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The food retail sector is a highly competitive market, even in Denmark. Faced with the task of transferring dry food goods from several warehouses to a single distribution center, Coop Denmark turned to Dematic....

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Dambach Lagersysteme recently presented its newly developed Multiflex system, a combined storage solution consisting of storage and retrieval machines and a pallet shuttle system. materialfluss spoke to Dr. Benjamin Thumm, Product Manager at Dambach...

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Hügli Holding, an international Swiss food company, has worked with intralogistics specialist Klinkhammer to build an automated small and high-bay warehouse in silo design and a refrigerated warehouse at its Radolfzell site, and...

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Dematic GmbH is launching the second generation of the Dematic bag sorting system. The automated hanging system on roller adapters can be used to store hanging and flat-packed goods as well as flat-packed items and cartons,...

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With 80 years of experience in the industry, Heidkamp Hebezeuge today stands for advice, a comprehensive wholesale range and service. The company's history began back in 1938 in Velbert, from where Hans Heidkamp initially supplied BKS chain hoists to...

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The new Flexlift pallet lifting table presented here is used by the customer at a packing workstation where cartons are stacked by hand on a Euro pallet. For this purpose, the table is equipped with stacking walls at the front and on one long...

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Vanderlande supports the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE), a public-private collaboration co-chaired by the CEO of Philips, the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Since 2013, Miele has been relying on the Servus intralogistics modular system for material provision in light goods transportation. Following the third expansion, the autonomous transport robots from Servus now supply two assembly lines directly at the right time...

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Eisenmann's material flow systems prove their efficiency many times over at normal temperatures. But even in extreme cold, conveyor solutions from the Swabian system manufacturer do their job, as this user story shows.

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Along with a new paper machine, the Schoellershammer paper mill in Düren has also put a new automated storage system into operation. The company relies on Demag process crane technology and was also supported by Demag experts in optimizing the...

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AMI Förder- und Lagertechnik celebrated its 30th anniversary a few months ago and is currently focusing on the challenges of digitalizing logistics. materialfluss spoke to Managing Director Stefan Brenner ...

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Market trends such as omnichannel distribution, batch size 1, short order throughput times and delivery cycles, the handling of a large variety of product ranges on a wide range of load carriers and the growing number of temperature zones are challenging the intralogistics of food retailers. Shuttle systems have a special role to play in overcoming these challenges - they can be the decisive factor for success.

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Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG (GKM) produces electricity and district heating for the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Behind the operation of the power plant are processes that include a large fleet of cranes and hoists. Each of the approximately 260...

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Great honor for Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH: The Parkstein-based family business founded by Walter Winkler was presented with the prestigious IFOY Award at the world's leading logistics trade fair CEMAT, an integral part of the Hannover Messe...

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