Month: February 2019

An innovation from software optimizer BluJay Solutions is set to make life easier for drivers and customers as the march to home delivery continues. With ‘what3words’ functionality now integrated into its MobileSTAR application, BluJay customers can now specify delivery and pick-up locations with what3words’ unique three-word address rather than traditional addressing or GPS coordinates. Benefits include increased accuracy, efficiency, and improved customer experience.

MobileSTAR provides a single, flexible platform for carriers to manage the entire delivery experience, with route optimization and real-time visibility and updates. The what3words algorithm takes complex GPS coordinates and converts them into more precise, unique three-word addresses. BluJay has integrated the technology to support the future of addressing, offering customers more granular location information for routes and delivery addresses so they can operate more efficiently.

“For BluJay, it’s important to take a lead ushering in this next-gen addressing technology for our customers and last-mile logistics. The world is moving to more geolocation-based addressing, which not only solves a number of limitations inherent with traditional street-level addressing, but also opens new opportunities and applications for more exact, practical pick-up and drop-off points,” said Doug Surrett, Chief Product Strategist at BluJay Solutions.

Hyster Europe is focusing on enhancing the operator environment according to the application, including in the wood, metal, construction, ports and paper industries.

“When handling expensive, awkward and heavy loads, the driver environment matters more than ever,” says Chris van de Werdt from Hyster Europe. “Every lift truck brand claims its products are ergonomic, but you have to ask, ‘under what conditions?’ Intelligent Hyster® lift truck design focuses on the driver environment in all applications, but this proves particularly important for efficiency and driver comfort in extreme and demanding operating conditions.”

Wood handling
Throughout the wood supply chain, lift truck drivers may have to drive in reverse due to tall loads obscuring forward visibility. These operations can be very uncomfortable if the design of the driver environment doesn’t account for it.

The shape of the rear of the truck, including the position of the exhaust stack, can affect visibility, while the seat needs to minimise body rotation to accommodate reversing. The Hyster® H13XM-6 is a typical lift truck used in the wood industry and addresses these challenges. With a clever rear design and the option of a swivel seat that turns 15/30 degrees, it aims to provide maximum comfort for the driver when driving in reverse. Depending on the application needs, Hyster Europe can also fit lift trucks with full rotating seats and drivers can be further assisted by camera systems.
In addition, TouchPoint™ mini-lever controls help reduce awkward shoulder and arm postures by locating the hydraulic functions directly at the driver’s finger tips. This maintains driver comfort and helps the driver to focus on reversing.

Construction materials handling
The Hyster® H8-16XM range was recently updated with a completely new mast and carriage giving fast attachment exchange as well as optimum visibility of the forks, the attachment, and the load. With enhanced visibility, handling and transportation is simple and comfortable for the operator.

By releasing the new CPX4 series, TSC Auto ID says it is setting new standards in the market once again. The advanced digital label printing solution for the cost-effective ‘colour printing on demand’ consists of the models CPX4D and CPX4P. The easy to use all-rounders distinguish themselves, according to the company, by an excellent printing resolution, brilliant colour quality and low costs for consumables and per printed page. Printing at 300 mm/s they offer the fastest printing speed in their class.

The two printers mainly differ on the ink type. While the CPX4D uses so called water-based dye-ink for printing universally useable blank labels, the CPX4P’s colour quality  is created by pigments in the ink.

The excellent printing resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi allows the precise and brilliant printing of colour pictures, barcodes and text on labels with a width up to 120 mm. The CPX4 series supports label rolls with an outside diameter up to 7.9” (200 mm) and an inside diameter of 3” (76 mm). Therefore, the time necessary for changing the material is reduced while the productivity in the labelling process is increased. The precise printing of small labels 25.4 mm (width) x 6 mm (length) is en-abled by modern sensor technology and reliable media handling.

Meet TSC Auto ID next week at LogiMAT 2019 in hall 6, booth D11, Messe Stuttgart.

Interroll Group is to present modular plug-and-play solutions for the smart conveyance technology era at next week’s LogiMAT in Stuttgart. The highlight is its new DC drive platform.

The new platform consists of a range of coordinated motor rollers—the RollerDrive—as well as control systems and power supply elements. System integrators and plant constructors can use this platform to provide tailor-made solutions to meet their customers’ needs for powerful conveying solutions. The heart of the DC platform consists of the new EC5000 RollerDrives, which individually drive the conveying zones of zero-pressure-accumulation conveyors in combination with the corresponding control systems, such as the Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP). The RollerDrive EC5000 is available in a 24-volt version as well as a future-oriented 48-volt version. What’s more, customers can now choose between three power levels—20-watt (W), 35W and 50W— for the motor rollers. The new motor rollers are also suitable for transporting heavy goods, thanks to their 60 mm diameter, and are equipped with both an analogue interface and bus interface.

Conveying solutions now offer data transparency thanks to the bus interface and corresponding control system. This means that users can consistently visualize a range of information and functions using the programmable logic controller (PLC) or a web interface. Examples include the display of information about the current operating state and the operating load of the individual drives and additional detailed information regarding the torque or temperature. This information can be read out and processed. Users can precisely control more than the acceleration, speed and deceleration of the conveyed goods in the system: This solution also allows them to position the relevant goods on the conveyor to the nearest millimetre, a key requirement in order to guarantee seamless conveying interplay with robots or automated gripper arms in an Industry 4.0 environment.

Visitors can find Interroll at Stand K41 in Hall 1 at LogiMAT 2019.