09 March 2010, Helsinki

HI-TECH OPERATING TABLES FROM FINLAND REACH CHINESE MARKET

KONECRANES INTRODUCES A SMART LIFTING PARTNER FOR INDUSTRY

Konecranes is introducing an industry shaping industrial crane, SMARTON®. It presents an evolution in crane technology, designed to maximize customer productivity and minimize total lifecycle costs. SMARTON® can be used in industrial sectors such as steel handling and warehousing, automotive, general manufacturing, power, workshops, automatic storage systems and mining. Depending on the set up, SMARTON® can lift loads ranging from 30 tons to more than 500 tons.

AUTOMATIC SUCCESS AT DRINKTEC 2009

Elettric 80 Marketing Director Mikael Renström concludes that drinktec 2009 was a great success for the company, which made a great impact on the market through the live demonstration of a fully operative automated end-of-line chain, incorporating Elettric 80’s latest innovations for the beverage industry.

THE CASTOR LOCK RE-INVENTED

Modern hospital beds are true technological wonders, except for their castors that still have to be manually locked and unlocked. Finnish company Manner Castors has now come up with Manner e-Smart, the first castor ever with an electronic, remotely-operated lock fitted inside the smooth-rolling castor itself. This makes handling of medical and other equipment on castors a lot easier.

SECRETS OF A WINDOW UNVEILED

Spyglass, Sparklike’s new laser-based glass pane analyzer, is worthy of its name; just press the small device against any type of pane, push the button, and in a matter of seconds all the characteristics of the glass are shown on its large display.

AUTOMATION ON STAGE

Elettric 80 is making their concept of automation remarkably clear at the Drinktec fair in Munich Sep 14-19 2009. A complete, fully operational, end-of-line chain will be built, and during the fair visitors will be able to follow the demonstration around the demo plant.

AUTOMATING WAREHOUSES

Elettric 80 challenges the notion that only production companies benefit from automation. Also the activities of distribution centres can be automated to advantage by Laser Guided Vehicles, increasing both warehouse efficiency and safety while reducing costs. A considerable advantage of the Elettric 80 LGV systems is that they are usually implemented in existing warehouse environments, with little or no site modification required. Consequently, the investment is budget-friendly and quickly returned.

THE HUMAN FACTOR AND WAREHOUSE SAFETY

Apart from cost efficiency, an important warehouse management issue is safety. The human factor often causes risks and accidents that are hard to foresee. These can be limited effectively through Elettric 80’s custom-made end-of-line automation solutions.

IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE ALL OR NOTHING

Cutting costs by rationalising and optimising the operations of the plant is a common target among production companies. Elettric 80’s scalable Freeway system provides the ideal solution through custom-designed automation for fast-moving consumer-goods plants, especially those with two-shift operations, or more.

FLAGSHIP PROJECT AWARDED TO MOBILE PIPE PRODUCTION PLANT

Scottish Water, the fourth largest water and wastewater services provider in the UK, has teamed up with engineering, consulting and construction company Black & Veatch and piping solutions providers KWH Pipe to employ an innovative concept of mobile pipe production that will reduce costs and environmental impact in a project to upgrade Edinburgh’s water treatment facilities.