Manufacturing: Machinery and Tools - Press Releases

Leading Machining Company Exhibits Wares at Design Show

LogoAnton Engineering & Machine Co. exhibited its products at the 2012 Design-2-Part Show in Secaucus, N.J., on April 11 and 12. Hundreds of manufacturing companies exhibited their products in the greater New York area’s largest design and contract manufacturing show.

Rotacaster Provides Multi-Directional Omni Wheel Solution for Amusement Park With Irregular Surfaces

According to Peter McKinnon, managing director for Rotacaster, “This innovative design can overcome issues associated with trying to move and handle materials. Rotacaster makes manual movement of loads safer, faster and easier. The most important message communicated by safety managers is the concern and need for workplace ergonomic improvements whenever and wherever possible. Especially when workers compensation, lost work days and insurance premiums can be reduced while improving productivity.”

Ariens Joins Online Superstore Power Equipment Plus

From the day it opened for business, Power Equipment Plus, an online power equipment superstore based in Vergennes, Vermont, has strived to offer its customers the best quality power equipment—including lawn mowers, log splitters, chain saws and more—all at the lowest possible prices.

Caresonic Leading Suppliers of Ultrasonic Cleaning Equipment Are Pleased to Announce the Manufacture of Their First Machine in North America

Caresonic USA, which opened in Feb2010 in Charlotte North Carolina, has been selling Caresonic equipment manufactured in the UK factory and imported to the USA during this time. Now the US operation will be manufacturing the Cellsonic MKII and MKIII bench top Anilox roller cleaners.

Rotacaster Proves Overall Fewer Back Injuries

The benefits of Rotacaster are significant including 360 degree movement and rotation, greater load stability, and easier directional control and tracking. Rotacaster allows for greater control on inclines via primary axis tracking as well as precision placement - no offset movement. Users of Rotacaster enjoy minimal space or housing requirements and non-marking polyurethane rollers. Unlike many standard caster wheel products, Rotacaster provides a compact, robust, corrosion-resistant full polymer solution with extraordinary functionality. Each wheel acts independently and is not limited to a four point wheel configuration; allowing for numerous combinations to achieve load sharing and required maneuverability.

48mm Rotacaster Omni Wheels Video Demonstrate Safety Benefits on Conveyor Transfer Tables

Rotacaster, while fixed in a primary orientation, facilitates movement in any direction without the need of a traditional swivel mount. Omni-wheels have been used in conveyor applications for years.Peter McKinnon, General Manager of Rotacaster, shared a video of the Rotacaster Conveyor Transfer Table with 48mm Rotacaster Omni wheels.

Rotacaster Customers Share Video Preview of 125mm Omni Wheels

The benefits of Rotacaster are significant including 360 degree movement and rotation, greater load stability, and easier directional control and tracking. Rotacaster allows for greater control on inclines via primary axis tracking as well as precision placement - no offset movement. Users of Rotacaster enjoy minimal space or housing requirements and non-marking polyurethane rollers. Unlike many standard caster wheel products, Rotacaster provides a compact, robust, corrosion-resistant full polymer solution with extraordinary functionality.

Chainsaw Buyers Guide from Power Equipment Plus Helps Users Determine Right Choice for Each Job

Power Equipment Plus is pleased to announce the release of their new Chainsaw Buyers Guide, which sheds light on matching the many choices of chainsaws to the different jobs and users. In addition to chainsaws, the online power equipment superstore offers all the best brands of power equipment such as mowers, log splitters and stump grinders sold at factory-direct prices and shipped free to homes and businesses around the country.

Video Proves Benefits of Rotacaster Rotatruck

Rotacaster Wheel Ltd.’s innovative multi-directional wheel generates a quantum leap in handtruck innovation. Rotacaster Wheel Ltd. shares important data including the unique and significant ergonomic and productivity improvements in these hand trucks, featuring the safety award-winning Rotatruck.

Magliner Hand Trucks Available With Rotacaster Conversion Kits

Magliner is a great complement to the Rotacaster multi-directional wheel. Rotacaster has unique conversion kits for Magliner hand trucks that improve ergonomics and productivity.

Leading Contract Manufacturing Company Launches Spring Superhero Promotion

LogoAntron Engineering & Machine is offering a special promotion from the end of April through June 1. As a leading contract manufacturing company, they work with many of the world’s top original equipment manufacturers. Antron can handle all the steps from manufacturing and assembly as well as packaging and shipping and this spring promotion is all about taking a client’s products to the next level.

Chicago April 22-24 SCOPE Featuring Seegrid Robotic Industrial Trucks

Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seegrid Corp. (seegrid.com) brings robotic vision-guided technology to the material handling industry. Seegrid offers solutions that optimize workflow processes by increasing productivity and reducing costs, creating economic and operational advantages.

125mm Rotacaster Omni Wheels Previewed in Video

Manufactured from engineering polymers, the Rotacaster’s injection-molded, weblike structure and over-molded rollers, ensure a durable and robust wheel with no pins, inserts or seams, making it ideal for tough environments. The fixed orientation of the wheel facilitates both simple and stable mounting alternatives that improve load stability and are less prone to impact damage.

Rotacaster 48mm Conveyor Transfer Table With Omni Wheels Reduces Injuries

Manufactured from engineering polymers, the Rotacaster’s injection-molded, weblike structure and over-molded rollers, ensure a durable and robust wheel with no pins, inserts or seams, making it ideal for tough environments. The fixed orientation of the wheel facilitates both simple and stable mounting alternatives that improve load stability and are less prone to impact damage.

Arkansas Precision Metal Machining Shops Approved by American Machine Shops Network

Known as the 'Land of Opportunity' the beautiful and historical state of Arkansas is also home to several world class machinists and craftsman at the top of their trade, said the American Machine Shop Network, the largest online trade group of US-based job shops. Today, the company announced it increased its offerings for sheet metal fabrication, bonding, plastic injection molding water jet cutting, precision machining and other custom manufacturing solutions.

Rotatruck Self Supporting Hand Trolley Demonstrated in Rotacaster Video

Rotacaster makes manual movement of loads safer, faster and easier. The most important message communicated by safety managers is the concern and need for workplace ergonomic improvements whenever and wherever possible. Especially when workers compensation, lost work days and insurance premiums can be reduced while improving productivity.

Rotacaster Proves Fewer Back Injuries

Manufactured from engineering polymers, the Rotacaster’s injection-molded, weblike structure and over-molded rollers, ensure a durable and robust wheel with no pins, inserts or seams, making it ideal for tough environments. The fixed orientation of the wheel facilitates both simple and stable mounting alternatives that improve load stability and are less prone to impact damage.

Conveyor Transfer Table With 48mm Rotacaster Omni Wheels Video Demonstrate Safety Benefits

Peter McKinnon, General Manager of Rotacaster, shared a video of the Rotacaster Conveyor Transfer Table with 48mm Rotacaster Omni wheels.

Food Logistics Magazine Includes LiftnBuddy on Logistics Innovators List

Food Logistics magazine editor, Lara Sowinski, recently name Ergologistics, makers of Lift’n Buddy on of the Top 10 Logistics Innovators.

Rotacaster Rotatruck 2 Minute Video Proves Benefits

Peter McKinnon, General Manager of Rotacaster, shared a video of the Rotacaster hand trolley with omniwheels - 2 min demonstration.

Tracked Dumpers – Versatile Partner, Not Only at Construction Sites

For 20 years, we, ITO Germany, focus our attention on tracked dumpers. Used dumpers on tracks respectively crawler carriers are rare on the western market. Their excellent load along with the low ground pressure by the crawler tracks make crawler transporters popular machines on difficult ground conditions such as sludge, gravel or steep slopes. Where a conventional tipper remains stuck necessarily , the tracked dumpers drive through smoothly loading up to 15 000 kilograms due to the large load distribution.

Best in Class Ergonomic Rotacaster Rotatruck Available from Magnus Mobility

Rotacaster Wheel Ltd.’s innovative multi-directional wheel generates a quantum leap in handtruck innovation. Rotacaster Wheel Ltd., and Magnus Mobility will share important data including the unique and significant ergonomic and productivity improvements in these handtrucks, featuring the safety award-winning Rotatruck. Seeing is believing; the following link shows the Rotacaster Rotatruck in action.

Nuclead Announces Contract from an “Oil Drilling” Company for Lead Foil - Nuclead Inc

Nuclead Mfg Co Inc, a leader in shielding technology, material, fabrication and services, announced today the receipt of an order from an existing Oil Well services & Equipment customer for tons of lead foil.

20 Liter Drum Truck Moves Easily As Demonstrated in Rotacaster Video

Rotacaster makes manual movement of loads safer, faster and easier. The most important message communicated by safety managers is the concern and need for workplace ergonomic improvements whenever and wherever possible. Especially when workers compensation, lost work days and insurance premiums can be reduced while improving productivity.

TR Cutler Looks at Rotacaster for Business Excellence Magazine

For a century the basic caster wheel has changed little and no company or brand has claimed the caster nomenclature, until now. The omniwheel is the generic name; Rotacaster is the brand.