Handling & Storing
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Safer charging

EnerSys, a provider of stored energy solutions for industrial applications, has coupled its new 4-post IRONCLAD battery with the benefits of opportunity charging to meet the tough demands of heavy duty applications. This combination offers forklift users the benefits of safe charging, no battery handling and increased truck availability.

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Unsafe lifting warning

On their stand at LogiMAT (14-16 March, New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre), Ravas will focus on order picking and forklift safety. Errors in order picking mean lost or returned goods, stock differences, credit notes, phone calls and e-mails back and forth: loss of goodwill and a burden on the organisation. Ravas will show how weighing scales built into the forks of an order pick truck help you to realise immediate cost savings by eliminating picking errors.

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NHS Wales reduce operation costs

Toyota Material Handling UK has been chosen as a partner to supply a range of materials handling equipment to the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, helping them to promote safe working on site, and work more efficiently and reduce costs.

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F-Crate wins packaging award

Exporta Global’s best selling F-Crate range has had a flying start to the year, having been recognised with a prestigious WorldStar Packaging Award and reaching 8000 sales.

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Gripping for packaging automation

Piab’s Kenos range of suction pad grippers are suitable for packaging and palletising. ​Suction pads or foam provide gripping tools that are very forgiving in terms of positioning, which enables them to be used in less precise applications. 

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Update training for Ex-forklift engineers

Safety company Pyroban is advising companies that their forklift engineers may need new training ahead of the introduction of the updated EN1755:2015 standard for explosion protected forklifts in November 2017.

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Ergonomics key to truck choice

Steel manufacturer the Hadley Group, has saved 30% in fuel costs after upgrading its fleet of counterbalance trucks. The company took delivery of 16 new environmentally friendly and economic Linde trucks, after reviewing their current fleet. 

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Overhead drum turner

This Drum Cradle Attachment from Packline Materials Handling has been designed and produced to meet with a pharmaceutical customer’s requirement of lifting, transporting, loading and tilting drums to provide controlled emptying.

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Thorough Examination attracts European attention

CFTS, the body behind the national standard for the Thorough Examination of fork lift trucks, has expanded to include organisations from Cyprus, Jersey, and Eire, giving them even wider recognition as a standard for comprehensive inspection. 

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