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Day: 8 December 2020

New Rugged Tablet for Workers on the Move

Posted on by David Priestman

JLT Mobile Computers, a leading supplier of reliable computers for demanding environments, continues to expand into the rugged tablet PC market and today launches an upgraded version of its popular 10” Windows tablet. The new JLT MT2010P™ tablet offers better performance, improved connectivity, great screen resolution, and a longer-lasting battery, all in a slim and light yet fully-rugged form factor. With such an impressive feature set, the JLT MT2010P is the perfect choice for harsh application environments where access to the full Windows operating system is required on the move.

Against a backdrop of an ever-growing need for data management and real-time visibility across entire operations, the use of mobile technology is continuing to increase in all types of industrial sectors. In its 2020 supply chain industry report, the MHI for instance predicts mobile technology adoption to more than double over the next five years[1]. At the same time, demand for higher performance, improved features, and better mobile device support is also steadily rising.

“With its enhanced performance and functionality, the slender and lightweight JLT MT2010P tablet is perfectly designed to meet the growing mobility needs of the rugged sector,” says Per Holmberg, CEO, JLT Mobile Computers Group. “And our continuously enhanced service offering which provides customers with support throughout the entire product lifetime and even encompasses optional mobile device management, gives customers peace of mind that expert help is at hand should they need it. Last but certainly not least, I expect the continued expansion of our tablet offering to strengthen JLT’s business success, enabling us to leverage the growing market demand in rugged mobile technology.”

Running the full Windows 10 IoT Enterprise operating system, featuring a power-efficient Intel® Apollo Lake Pentium N4200 processor with turbo boost technology, and a hot-swappable battery with an extended full-shift battery life, the new JLT MT2010P rugged tablet meets the performance requirements of today’s and tomorrow’s applications within warehousing, transportation, ports, yard logistics and many other challenging use cases.

The JLT MT2010P further impresses with a wide range of wireless connectivity options, including 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 and optional 4G LTE next to two USB3.0 ports, sound and various optional expansions such as micro-HDMI. A full range of sensors, comprising an ambient light sensor, G-sensor, gyrometer, and e-Compass, is also provided. Vibration, shock and drop tested to MIL-STD-810G, the deceivingly slender JLT MT2010P tablet is designed to take a punch and can even withstand a four-foot drop onto concrete. It is dust proof and water resistant to IP65 standard and has an operating temperature range of -20 to +50°C/-4 to +122°F, making it suitable for working in most outdoor and indoor conditions. The same goes for the 10” projected capacitive 800 nits multitouch display, which features direct optical bonding and anti-glare protection for enhanced sunlight readability.

The MT2010P rugged tablet is available for order now. Like all JLT products, it can be tailored to individual customer requirements, including additional storage or operating system modifications for improved security.

New Rugged Tablet for Workers on the Move

Posted on by David Priestman

JLT Mobile Computers, a leading supplier of reliable computers for demanding environments, continues to expand into the rugged tablet PC market and today launches an upgraded version of its popular 10” Windows tablet. The new JLT MT2010P™ tablet offers better performance, improved connectivity, great screen resolution, and a longer-lasting battery, all in a slim and light yet fully-rugged form factor. With such an impressive feature set, the JLT MT2010P is the perfect choice for harsh application environments where access to the full Windows operating system is required on the move.

Against a backdrop of an ever-growing need for data management and real-time visibility across entire operations, the use of mobile technology is continuing to increase in all types of industrial sectors. In its 2020 supply chain industry report, the MHI for instance predicts mobile technology adoption to more than double over the next five years[1]. At the same time, demand for higher performance, improved features, and better mobile device support is also steadily rising.

“With its enhanced performance and functionality, the slender and lightweight JLT MT2010P tablet is perfectly designed to meet the growing mobility needs of the rugged sector,” says Per Holmberg, CEO, JLT Mobile Computers Group. “And our continuously enhanced service offering which provides customers with support throughout the entire product lifetime and even encompasses optional mobile device management, gives customers peace of mind that expert help is at hand should they need it. Last but certainly not least, I expect the continued expansion of our tablet offering to strengthen JLT’s business success, enabling us to leverage the growing market demand in rugged mobile technology.”

Running the full Windows 10 IoT Enterprise operating system, featuring a power-efficient Intel® Apollo Lake Pentium N4200 processor with turbo boost technology, and a hot-swappable battery with an extended full-shift battery life, the new JLT MT2010P rugged tablet meets the performance requirements of today’s and tomorrow’s applications within warehousing, transportation, ports, yard logistics and many other challenging use cases.

The JLT MT2010P further impresses with a wide range of wireless connectivity options, including 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 and optional 4G LTE next to two USB3.0 ports, sound and various optional expansions such as micro-HDMI. A full range of sensors, comprising an ambient light sensor, G-sensor, gyrometer, and e-Compass, is also provided. Vibration, shock and drop tested to MIL-STD-810G, the deceivingly slender JLT MT2010P tablet is designed to take a punch and can even withstand a four-foot drop onto concrete. It is dust proof and water resistant to IP65 standard and has an operating temperature range of -20 to +50°C/-4 to +122°F, making it suitable for working in most outdoor and indoor conditions. The same goes for the 10” projected capacitive 800 nits multitouch display, which features direct optical bonding and anti-glare protection for enhanced sunlight readability.

The MT2010P rugged tablet is available for order now. Like all JLT products, it can be tailored to individual customer requirements, including additional storage or operating system modifications for improved security.

Data Collection from Weighing Systems on your Mobile

Posted on by David Priestman

RAVAS, a specialist in mobile weighing solutions, recently launched an update of the RAVAS WeightsApp, an app that makes it possible to work smarter with a mobile weighing system. This new and improved version is now available for download.

Display weight on site

It is a common situation in the warehouse: the indicator of the mobile weighing system is too far away for the employee to read directly. RAVAS has the solution for this: the RAVAS WeightsApp. This app makes it possible to display the weighed weight on the spot and directly on a smartphone or tablet. The app also stores the weighed gross weights, together with the tare weight, product code, date, time and ID of the weighing system or operator.

Additional features for greater convenience

But the app goes beyond displaying weighted weight. The stored data set can be viewed at any time and can also be sent as a CSV file to any e-mail address so that it can be imported into a spreadsheet program on a PC. As an additional function, the app makes it possible to download a log file of the RAVAS indicator and send it as a CSV file for technical analysis in case of malfunctions. When working with an Android or iOS device that has an integrated barcode scanner, it can be used to enter product IDs. More information about the RAVAS WeightsApp can be found on the website.

Data Collection from Weighing Systems on your Mobile

Posted on by Keith McKinley

RAVAS, a specialist in mobile weighing solutions, recently launched an update of the RAVAS WeightsApp, an app that makes it possible to work smarter with a mobile weighing system. This new and improved version is now available for download.

Display weight on site

It is a common situation in the warehouse: the indicator of the mobile weighing system is too far away for the employee to read directly. RAVAS has the solution for this: the RAVAS WeightsApp. This app makes it possible to display the weighed weight on the spot and directly on a smartphone or tablet. The app also stores the weighed gross weights, together with the tare weight, product code, date, time and ID of the weighing system or operator.

Additional features for greater convenience

But the app goes beyond displaying weighted weight. The stored data set can be viewed at any time and can also be sent as a CSV file to any e-mail address so that it can be imported into a spreadsheet program on a PC. As an additional function, the app makes it possible to download a log file of the RAVAS indicator and send it as a CSV file for technical analysis in case of malfunctions. When working with an Android or iOS device that has an integrated barcode scanner, it can be used to enter product IDs. More information about the RAVAS WeightsApp can be found on the website.

Sustainable Innovation

Posted on by David Priestman

Bonfiglioli is encouraged by its future opportunities, boosted by a new Bologna production plant and a new frequency inverter series. Paul Hamblin reports.

“Innovation becomes sustainability,” said Fausto Carboni, CEO of Italian gear motor and drive manufacturer Bonfiglioli at a September press conference. He painted a bullish picture of the
company’s recent performance, with revenues up 6.7% at €973 million last year, incorporating EMEA figures up 5% and North America up 20%.

Looking at the much more volatile recent months, he is encouraged by the contrast between April and August numbers this year. He quoted the example of India, down 99% year-on-year in April, for obvious reasons, but up 10% year-on-year in August. In an intriguing signal for the wider economy, he revealed that China will be Bonfiglioli’s most important market in 2020, with numbers boosted by 64% year-on-year in the territory. While Italy, France and Spain are all understandably down by over a half this year, Germany is a predictable outlier, with a less damaging slowdown than its European neighbours. Mr Carboni suggested that Germany’s growth is also boosted by its strong progress with the Circular Economy.

He went on to outline how Bonfiglioli has adapted to virus restrictions with new shift patterns, improved distancing, common space procedures and regular temperature checks of staff. These
have been incorporated at its new plant for industrial gear motors at Bologna. “#WeNeverStop is our new mantra,” he revealed. This promise is illustrated by the launch of a new premium frequency inverter series.

Bonfiglioli says that the new AxiaVert Series provides the ultimate combination of flexibility, modularity and connectivity, aimed at offering an optimal response to specific industrial application requirements across a wide range of sectors and with different degrees of complexity. AxiaVert is now available in 4 sizes, with a power range between 0.25–15 kW. Higher power versions will be released at a later stage.

The advanced digital and open communication protocols, complying with automation and Industry 4.0 standards, allow a smooth integration into automation networks, thanks to the compatibility
with a great variety of fieldbus protocols and machine controllers. Communication encryption is embedded by design in AxiaVert to ensure secure communication. In addition, thanks to
condition monitoring functions on the key inverter components as well as on the gearmotor critical parameters, AxiaVert is able to provide real time diagnostics, energy optimization and
predictive maintenance information related to the motion system up to the entire machine.

The wide range of advanced integrated functional safety functions, in compliance with EN ISO 13849-1 and IEC 61508 international standards, are available in different versions, to select the most suitable option in terms of costs and performance and match the actual needs. This approach simplifies configuration and reduces the need for external safety components, while ensuring a safe and controlled operation of different movements (e.g. lifting applications), thanks to Safe Brake Control and fast spindle axes with Safe Limited Speed, even sensorless.

Thanks to its modular structure and PLC software programmability, the system can be flexibly adapted and customized to meet many different application requirements, by defining the proper
software parameters and functions, and selecting the most suitable hardware modules, such as communication or encoder modules, variants and accessories. In addition, the AxiaVert Series offers a great variety of frame and power sizes, mounting variants and cooling concepts for greater freedom of design.

Great process versatility is ensured by the high compatibility with a wide range of motors (asynchronous, synchronous, synchronous reluctance) and by its high speed, position and torque control
accuracy, both for open and closed loop applications. Finally, user-friendliness is ensured by AxiaManager engineering software for programming, commissioning, operation and monitoring of AxiaVert. AxiaManager is available as a Windows PC GUI and as a mobile App for an instant access to the drive status and configuration with a simplified user interface.

Sustainable Innovation

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Bonfiglioli is encouraged by its future opportunities, boosted by a new Bologna production plant and a new frequency inverter series. Paul Hamblin reports.

“Innovation becomes sustainability,” said Fausto Carboni, CEO of Italian gear motor and drive manufacturer Bonfiglioli at a September press conference. He painted a bullish picture of the
company’s recent performance, with revenues up 6.7% at €973 million last year, incorporating EMEA figures up 5% and North America up 20%.

Looking at the much more volatile recent months, he is encouraged by the contrast between April and August numbers this year. He quoted the example of India, down 99% year-on-year in April, for obvious reasons, but up 10% year-on-year in August. In an intriguing signal for the wider economy, he revealed that China will be Bonfiglioli’s most important market in 2020, with numbers boosted by 64% year-on-year in the territory. While Italy, France and Spain are all understandably down by over a half this year, Germany is a predictable outlier, with a less damaging slowdown than its European neighbours. Mr Carboni suggested that Germany’s growth is also boosted by its strong progress with the Circular Economy.

He went on to outline how Bonfiglioli has adapted to virus restrictions with new shift patterns, improved distancing, common space procedures and regular temperature checks of staff. These
have been incorporated at its new plant for industrial gear motors at Bologna. “#WeNeverStop is our new mantra,” he revealed. This promise is illustrated by the launch of a new premium frequency inverter series.

Bonfiglioli says that the new AxiaVert Series provides the ultimate combination of flexibility, modularity and connectivity, aimed at offering an optimal response to specific industrial application requirements across a wide range of sectors and with different degrees of complexity. AxiaVert is now available in 4 sizes, with a power range between 0.25–15 kW. Higher power versions will be released at a later stage.

The advanced digital and open communication protocols, complying with automation and Industry 4.0 standards, allow a smooth integration into automation networks, thanks to the compatibility
with a great variety of fieldbus protocols and machine controllers. Communication encryption is embedded by design in AxiaVert to ensure secure communication. In addition, thanks to
condition monitoring functions on the key inverter components as well as on the gearmotor critical parameters, AxiaVert is able to provide real time diagnostics, energy optimization and
predictive maintenance information related to the motion system up to the entire machine.

The wide range of advanced integrated functional safety functions, in compliance with EN ISO 13849-1 and IEC 61508 international standards, are available in different versions, to select the most suitable option in terms of costs and performance and match the actual needs. This approach simplifies configuration and reduces the need for external safety components, while ensuring a safe and controlled operation of different movements (e.g. lifting applications), thanks to Safe Brake Control and fast spindle axes with Safe Limited Speed, even sensorless.

Thanks to its modular structure and PLC software programmability, the system can be flexibly adapted and customized to meet many different application requirements, by defining the proper
software parameters and functions, and selecting the most suitable hardware modules, such as communication or encoder modules, variants and accessories. In addition, the AxiaVert Series offers a great variety of frame and power sizes, mounting variants and cooling concepts for greater freedom of design.

Great process versatility is ensured by the high compatibility with a wide range of motors (asynchronous, synchronous, synchronous reluctance) and by its high speed, position and torque control
accuracy, both for open and closed loop applications. Finally, user-friendliness is ensured by AxiaManager engineering software for programming, commissioning, operation and monitoring of AxiaVert. AxiaManager is available as a Windows PC GUI and as a mobile App for an instant access to the drive status and configuration with a simplified user interface.

Supply Chain Customer Cloud Migrations

Posted on by David Priestman

Tecsys Inc., a supply chain management and omnichannel commerce software company, reports sustained performance and demand for its suite of supply chain solutions serving the healthcare, retail and third-party logistics industries. Heading into the holiday season, a notoriously busy time for supply chain organizations, Tecsys posts a seventh consecutive quarter of record revenue, buttressed by a 142% increase in SaaS revenue. Contributing to this SaaS momentum are major platform extensions and cloud migrations. The company continues to expand headcount quarter over quarter to support new business.

Among the notable bookings this quarter, Tecsys closed new business with two international automakers, one of Canada’s largest healthcare 3PLs, as well as continued booking penetration across multiple customers and industries by equipping them with the agility to adapt to a dynamic market.

“The demand for Tecsys software has proven resilient because our software makes supply chains resilient,” says Peter Brereton, president and CEO of Tecsys. “A multitude of point solutions have seen their ups and downs, but our end-to-end approach has shown vigor throughout, and continues to attract new business. Our solutions are about flexibility, which is especially important these days. New lockdown? Home delivery and curbside pickup. Retail slowdown? Micro-fulfillment and dark stores. PPE shortage? Disaster relief emergency warehouse solutions with low-training onboarding. Our customers have needed to twist and turn to keep up with the changing supply chain landscape, and we’ve been there to offer them support and resiliency.”

Brereton continues, “The exciting thing that’s happening at Tecsys is companies are realizing end-to-end supply chain agility trumps all. From retail to 3PL to healthcare, it’s not about predicting the future, it’s about being nimble enough to react to challenges and disruptions as they emerge without missing a beat. This has been our ethos for a long time, but now we’re firing on all cylinders as we flex that ‘agility’ muscle.”

Supply Chain Customer Cloud Migrations

Posted on by David Priestman

Tecsys Inc., a supply chain management and omnichannel commerce software company, reports sustained performance and demand for its suite of supply chain solutions serving the healthcare, retail and third-party logistics industries. Heading into the holiday season, a notoriously busy time for supply chain organizations, Tecsys posts a seventh consecutive quarter of record revenue, buttressed by a 142% increase in SaaS revenue. Contributing to this SaaS momentum are major platform extensions and cloud migrations. The company continues to expand headcount quarter over quarter to support new business.

Among the notable bookings this quarter, Tecsys closed new business with two international automakers, one of Canada’s largest healthcare 3PLs, as well as continued booking penetration across multiple customers and industries by equipping them with the agility to adapt to a dynamic market.

“The demand for Tecsys software has proven resilient because our software makes supply chains resilient,” says Peter Brereton, president and CEO of Tecsys. “A multitude of point solutions have seen their ups and downs, but our end-to-end approach has shown vigor throughout, and continues to attract new business. Our solutions are about flexibility, which is especially important these days. New lockdown? Home delivery and curbside pickup. Retail slowdown? Micro-fulfillment and dark stores. PPE shortage? Disaster relief emergency warehouse solutions with low-training onboarding. Our customers have needed to twist and turn to keep up with the changing supply chain landscape, and we’ve been there to offer them support and resiliency.”

Brereton continues, “The exciting thing that’s happening at Tecsys is companies are realizing end-to-end supply chain agility trumps all. From retail to 3PL to healthcare, it’s not about predicting the future, it’s about being nimble enough to react to challenges and disruptions as they emerge without missing a beat. This has been our ethos for a long time, but now we’re firing on all cylinders as we flex that ‘agility’ muscle.”

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