
Moving heavy loads easily
For a manufacturer of lift tables, the collaboration with Blickle has paid off in full. The wheel and castor specialist supplied castor solutions with the ErgoMove electric drive system.
In a comprehensive concept, Phoenix Contact Connector Technology has restructured production and logistics at its site in Herrenberg, Baden-Württemberg.
Industry 4.0 in intralogistics
More and more applications and processes in intralogistics are based on the use of AI and the smart factory concept. Material handling expert Remmert summarizes the points that companies need to address on the way to the smart factory.
Order picking and distribution
Dematic has launched a new version of its order fulfillment solution. It automates order picking, distribution and shipping, while the integrated iQ software controls the processes and ensures end-to-end transparency in real time.

The Truck Call App from Linde Material Handling helps on the way back to a normalized working life while at the same time complying with the corona-related hygiene regulations: Driving orders for industrial trucks can be assigned digitally via cell phone and reduce the personal contact of logistics employees.

On August 1, Mobile Industrial Robots will have a new CEO: Søren E. Nielsen will become the new President. The former CTO succeeds current CEO Thomas Visti, who is embarking on a new career path.
Collaborative robotics. In the USA, 6 River Systems is established in the retail, e-commerce, warehouse logistics and supply chain sectors with its mobile collaborative robotics fulfillment solutions.

Digitalization in the material flow
Gebhardt is launching a fully automated, horizontal and smart sorting system onto the market. The SpeedSorter has a modular design with digital components and is suitable for various conveyed goods.

Automation places greater demands on safety concepts. Classic concepts such as muting are reaching their limits. The safety solutions from Leuze enable seamless safety, efficient material flow and high system availability.
With the PTF-ZCTRL2, KBS has introduced a new generation of its zone display with controller function. It is suitable for use on mobile order picking trolleys, in small systems such as assembly workstations, but also in fixed order picking zones.

Still has developed the compact OXV vertical order picker with a liftable driver's platform and self-supporting forks in order to be able to reach many storage locations over short distances and with direct access.