Systems Automation

Automation's ROI: A Hard Look at Soft Benefits

Competitive pressures and the after-effects of a recession are making the soft benefits of automated material handling hard to ignore these days...

EZ Grout

EZ Grout Corp./Wimag offers under-hook and specialty lifting equipment, including various vacuum-type lifting devices for sheet and other materials...

Adept Acquires MobileRobots

Adept Technology Inc., a provider of vision-guided robots, announces plans to acquire MobileRobots Inc., a supplier of robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs)...

Yaskawa and Motoman Merge

Robotics supplier Motoman Inc. and Yaskawa Electric America Inc., a manufacturer of AC drives and motion control products, have announced that they will merge to form Yaskawa America Inc...

Spiroflow Acquires Dynamet

Spiroflow Systems, a supplier of bulk material handling equipment, has acquired Dynamet, a Michigan-based manufacturer of bulk material handling equipment...

Flexicon Open Chute Box Dumper

Flexicon launches the Open Chute Box Dumper, which discharges bulk solid materials from boxes, totes and other containers...

Konecranes Sway Control System

The DynAPilot sway control system calculates the optimal acceleration path using load height information and operator commands to detect and limit load sway...