Archive for February, 2009

One industry that has found out early about our new Automation Series belt conveyors is the solar industry. The design is perfect for wafer or solar cell production as well as any related solar processing equipment. The new belt conveyor works well with delicate wafer transfers even with product wider than the belt as the design has the drives and mounting packages below the belt.

Photo by trochej

Our friends at Fanuc helped MTV shoot this promo video for the third season of America’s Best Dance Crew. Fanuc unveiled their material handling lab last fall to demonstrate some of their new robotic applications. After a month of publicity, they were contacted by MTV to help with the video. It took them a day to transform their facility into a studio for a 1 1/2 minute video showing their robots going through some motions and dancers emulating them. You’ll spot our 125 Series Conveyors at the very beginning of the video prior to all the dance crazyiness.

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Brad Kuvin, Editor of Metalforming Magazine wrote a very good editorial that should be communicated across all industries, not just in the hard hit metalforming industry. It’s a shame sometimes that good writers’ messages are only read in one or two industries. One of the benefits of being a conveyor manufacturer is that our product lines are used in almost every industry in manufacturing. And many people from multiple industries read this blog.

So I thought I would pass along this very well written message to a few other industries that may help to ground us and remember we have been there before and now it is time once again for leadership. Many of the companies in the metalforming industry have been hit hard, and these are the times when we need to be better, be different and find a way.

This column rings true for all of us and the message is clear and well written. If you are just now feeling the pinch, look to those who have been hurting for a while and witness their leadership. Brad says, “as with past recessions, our manufacturing companies will reach new levels of productivity growth. This much I know for sure.” Brad is one of those leaders, among many in this very important industry!