Exhibition preview IMHX 2013 What to see at IMHX 2013
Organisers of IMHX 2013 say the event will showcase everything that is new in the intralogistics industry with over 400 exhibitors displaying their products and services
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any of the exhibitors will be using IMHX 2013 to launch new products and services and we have a detailed break- down of some of the major players on pages 21 and 22.
A number of brand-new forklifts will make their début, including the 7- series of reach trucks from Doosan and the forklift range from Manitou, now available in the UK. Yale Europe Materials Handling will be showing its ‘V’ series of electric counterbalance forklifts for the first time in the UK. Crown Lift Trucks will be unveiling a number of new machines at IMHX under its ‘Ideas That Advance' slogan. Jungheinrich UK exhibits will include a new reach truck – the ETV 318, which will be seen for the first time at IMHX – and the recently launched Auto Pallet Mover (APM). GNB Industrial Power will display
its Tensor, its new high-power, lead-acid battery for demanding applications, as well as a Porsche GT3 Cup Car, spon- sored by GNB's parent group, Exide Technologies. Pirtek will be hosting British Touring Car Independent Drivers' Champion, Andrew Jordan, and his Honda Civic race car. APEX Linvar will displaying its racking solutions, while visitors to the Hoppecke Industrial Batteries stand will be able to find out about Hoppecke's bespoke and sustainable energy solutions, including the Trak Air batteries and chargers. Somerstotalkare, the supplier of heavy-duty vehicle lifting solutions, will be showing visitors the safest way to access the underside of forklift trucks for service and repair using its Forklifter System. O the stand of Cooper Specialised Handling will be what is said to be the world’s first hybrid reach stacker.
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One of the new solutions on the stand of storage specialist, BITO , will be sprinkler-friendly shelves suitable for refrigerated and ambient food stor- age, which requires a good air flow. Sharing a stand for the first time at IMHX with KNAPP, its parent com- pany, will be Dürkopp Fördertechnik, specialist in garment conveying and sortation equipment. The firm will be promoting its new pocket sorter system that enables both hanging gar- ments and flat goods to be carried together for the first time on the same system. Already in use on mainland Europe and having won an award in France, the pocket sorter is suitable for e-commerce applications and can process 10,000 items an hour. Batch- picked goods are placed into the hang- ing pockets – each of which has an RFID tag – which are then conveyed to a matrix sorter so that they arrive at the packing stations in the correct sequence to collate each customer’s order. Three new additions to the range available from European Conveyor Systems includes Cheetah, a high- speed mini-load storage and retrieval machine; the StoreBiter shuttle system, designed for handling a wide variety of bins and cartons in auto- mated miniload warehouses; and Gebhardt System 600, a modular con- veyor system that can be put into oper- ation by end-users.
Automated Packaging Systems’ AB 255 Horizontal OneStep which will be exhibited makes it possible for a single packer to increase output 10-fold, with one operator achieving print and pack- ing speeds of 300-360 packs an hour. Conveyor Systems will exhibit its energy-efficient Zero Line Pressure accumulation conveyor, and its space- saving spiral elevator/lowerator with the latest design of ‘Super Grip' slat. Visitors to Pyroban’s stand will expe- rience a demonstration of the science of an explosion. Pyroban converts forklift trucks and other mobile equipment so that they can be used safely and legally
Left: The pocket sorter from Dürkopp Fördertechnik enables hanging garments and flat goods to be picked on the same system
within hazardous areas. Caljan Rite Hite will highlighting the benefits of its Global Wheel-Lok vehicle restraint, which prevents vehicles from moving during the loading/unloading process and thereby reduces the risk of injury to employees in the loading dock area. The company will also be promoting its Dok-Guardian safety barrier to prevent personnel – particularly forklift drivers – from falling over the edge of vacant loading bays.
Jungheinrich will be exhibiting its Auto Pallet Mover
GNB Industrial Power will display its Tensor high- power lead acid battery
Somerstalke will showcase a safe way to access the underside of a forklift truck for service and repair
Left: The hybrid reach stacker from Cooper SH
Logistics integrator and software developer, Logistex, will invite IMHX visitors to experience its new ware- house systems demonstration suite, designed to give a hands-on experience of the complete supply chain process. Advanced Handling will be show- casing its portfolio of standard and bespoke materials handling and lifting equipment for industries including manufacturing, logistics and retail. Dalmec will be unveiling its new Partner Equo manipulator. This prod- uct offers practically perfect stability through a set of vertical guides com- bined with horizontal guides. With great manoeuvrability and no vertical drift, the Partner Equo enables precise positioning of components. Schoeller Allibert will demonstrate how its reusable transit packaging (RTP) range can be used to reduce emissions, cut logistics and packaging costs and improve supply chain per- formance. New products on display will include Interfold, a new folding tray designed to inter-stack with the Maxinest range of nesting trays, and Minipac, a quarter-footprint wheeled and folding retail merchandising unit. Other products available at IMHX will include the new Verisca high- speed reciprocating hoist and pallet lifter from Nerak UK; track-and-trace solutions from sensor specialist and RFID provider, Balluff; the award-win- ning Signature armoured joint to pro- tect construction joints in warehouse floors from Permaban; the Acuity bat- tery-monitoring system from Curtis Instruments; the space-saving TowerMat vertical lift store and Modula Lift storage and picking system from Couzens Storage Solutions; and the brand-new Mad Grip and Mad Grip+ gloves from Polyco (17R93). Services being pro- moted at the exhibition include custom-designed handling solutions from CI Logistics.
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www.imhx.biz Show opening times are at 9.30am to 5pm 19 - 21 March and 9.30am to 3pm on 22 March. The show will be held across halls 17, 18, 19 & 20.
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