Day: 9 May 2019

Geodis, one of the world’s leading global supply chain operators, will be exhibiting at this year’s Breakbulk Europe at Messe Bremen, Germany 21–23 May 2019.

The Industrial Projects business of Geodis is specialized in heavy-lift and out of gauge movements, serving multiple segments, such as oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, renewable energy, power, nuclear and rail. With a competent team of more than 600 people worldwide, Geodis Industrial Projects delivers innovative solutions for numerous and diverse project cargo customers worldwide.

“Breakbulk Europe is the place to be for project cargo professionals,” commented Luke Mace, Senior Vice President Industrial Projects for Geodis. “It gives manufacturers and project managers the opportunity to study market trends and learn about innovation and for us providers to showcase solutions to challenging projects.”

Geodis’ Industrial Projects specialists will be  in Hall 5 Booth K30 to discuss effective solutions for project cargo transportation challenges.

A ‘French Hour’ will be organized at the booth on May 22nd, from 1:00 to 3:00PM, where visitors can enjoy crepes and coffee.

Interroll is introducing a new version of its oil-free drum motor based on the new and improved Interroll Drum Motor Platform.

Synchronous oil-free drum motors are by nature very efficient, which means less heat losses and a much higher power density, as opposed to asynchronous oil-free drum motors which are prone to overheating and power reduction and therefore loss in torque.

Compared to standard drum motors, the oil-free motor’s performance is only minimally impacted by the different type of lubrication. Also, compared to a standard asynchronous motor, oil-free synchronous motors are stronger and better performing. But they require a frequency inverter and speed and torque are slightly reduced compared to a standard synchronous motor lubricated with oil. However, high-speed applications are still possible if the belt pull force is sufficient. This is also true for low-speed applications. Typical oil-free motor applications include transportation and packaging of lightweight goods such as candy, chocolate or pralines.

Food manufacturers who have to comply with certain restrictions regarding food contamination benefit from this new option. Oil-free drum motors can be used for any application where the belt moves slowly (i.e., when the production process is in steps and accuracy is of paramount importance, like portioning and cutting for instance). When installed correctly, Interroll Drum Motors have no leakage issue.

STILL inaugurated its brand new training centre in Fürth earlier this week.

On a total usable floor area of 475 m2, STILL trainers offer future talented staff the optimum framework conditions for soundly-based training, says the company. From now on – in addition to the training centre at the parent company’s headquarters in Hamburg – there is now a second central place of learning here where trainee mechatronics engineers from the whole of Germany in their advanced years of training congregate to jointly complete modular practical seminars specific to intralogistics. Several months of rebuilding time have created modern teaching rooms with an attached mechatronics workshop. This building, whose façade design reflects the STILL Corporate Design, allows a perfect combination of theoretical contents and practical work.

The Fürth Training Centre’s modern, light-flooded rooms offer perfect framework conditions for product-specific training modules for trainee mechatronic engineers aiming at a career as a service technician. Until now, trainees completed these training units decentrally in STILL subsidiaries throughout the whole of the Federal Republic of Germany. The centralisation that has now been accomplished at the Fürth training site releases synergies and strengthens both cohesion and the high quality of training for all locations. In this way, STILL once again satisfies an important criterion to which the new generation of employees pays attention when choosing their preferred employer.

STILL is currently qualifying more than 200 trainees in various trained technical and commercial professions and in dual system study courses throughout the Federal Republic. Dr. Henry Puhl, Chairman of the Executive Board of STILL, stresses that “Professional job training is a decisive factor for the competitiveness of our company and of the intralogistics sector of industry. With the new training centre, STILL is investing in an innovative professional training and in the future of young persons,” and adds: “We are aware that challenges in the labour market are intensifying. The subjects of digitalisation and Industry 4.0 are not the only factors that will change the labour market and have a long-term effect on it. The importance of human value-oriented competences such as customer orientation and willingness to perform is also growing. Our new training centre offers our trainees optimum framework conditions to enable them to master both the current and future challenges in the modern world of work.”