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Manufacturers across a wide variety of industry sectors are avoiding outsourcing of fabrication, saving money with solutions designed, manufactured, and managed by Alfacon Solutions. To complement the company's line of standard material handling products, the Canadian company also manufactures auxiliary items in a full-service fabrication shop. According to John Murdoch, CEO, "In many cases, our clients require support structures and structural steel pieces to suit specific applications."

Jeff Christensen VP of Product at Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, discussed the journey toward Industry 4.0 for manufacturers. "As we advance steadily toward Industry 4.0, companies should prepare to redefine how they approach materials handling, including optimization of new technology," suggested Christensen.

According to John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, "Material flow is essentially mapping the journey that materials take from the time the material is received at the manufacturing site to the point when customers actually receive the finished product. The material flow must be recorded at various stages throughout its journey. The creation of value stream map (VSM) identifies waste and identifies bottlenecks. Far more than simple conveyors, many engineer-to-order solutions combine best-practice, lean manufacturing technologies allowing manufacturers to view the amount of stocks, materials, and components that are stored at any particular time. Excess storage of components and raw materials require lighting, security, and additional resources which do not add value to the process."

Off-the-shelf kitting solutions must support line-side and off-site kitting architectures. Topper Tube can be designed to create and integrate into any type of kitting solution and manufacturing process. Modular, reconfigurable kitting solutions may include picking sensors or indicators ensuring error proofing. Because tube & joint solutions can be changed or added in minutes without programming the process means eliminating downtime and improving throughput and productivity.

Manufacturing and packaging industry has seen a rapid transformation over the past few decades. The kind of machines used and the quality of output developed is certainly among the best today. There are various manufacturing companies that are based in China and cater to customers globally. One of these is Kuntai Machinery that has been involved in production as well as R&D of advanced laminating and cutting machines. The company has grown in popularity over the past several years and is constantly providing innovative as well as practical solutions to customers from different industries like textiles, footwear, automotive, leather, sports goods, packaging industry, etc.

Alfacon Solutions Senior Project Manager, David Archibald manages the Alfacon Project Management group. Archibald guides the Alfacon Solutions' team through a proven methodology. This process defines specific phases that are completed in sequence to assure successful implementation of all projects.

Jeff Christensen VP of Product at Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, advocated a measurement of predictability for manufacturers' implementation of Industry 4.0 technology. "As we advance steadily toward Industry 4.0, companies should prepare to redefine how they approach materials handling, such as measurement of predictability in the new technology," suggested Christensen.

Alfacon Solutions supplies and installs a wide variety of roller conveyors. Ranging from light duty gravity roller conveyors to heavy duty pallet handling roller conveyors, there are many to consider when utilizing roller conveyor systems verses many other standard conventional types of conveyors.

Jeff Christensen VP of Product at Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, suggested that manufacturers need to adopt and even embrace the Industry 4.0 technology. "As we advance steadily toward Industry 4.0, companies should prepare to redefine how they approach materials handling, such as ensuring adoption verification," suggested Christensen.

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According to Topper Industrial, Fork Truck Free (FTF) manufacturers are well-served with 5S workplace organization and standardization. It instills a five-step highly disciplined housekeeping technique, providing the "how to" for a manufacturer to clean-up the typically disorganized work area and ensure the success of lean manufacturing on the shop floor.

Jeff Christensen VP of Product at Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, suggested the first step in moving manufacturers toward Industry 4.0 is that they need to gain confidence in the new technology. "As we advance steadily toward Industry 4.0, companies should prepare to redefine how they approach materials handling, such as gaining confidence in the new technology," suggested Christensen.

Sentient Science announced today that Toronto, ON-based growth equity firm, Georgian Partners, will fund $22.5 million in a Series B, growth-stage investment in the materials science-based software as a service company. Sentient's expansion in the wind energy market, providing prognostic health monitoring and life extension actions for fielded wind turbines will soon be available to commercial customers in the aerospace and rail markets.

Kuntai Machinery is a company based in China that is committed to the industrial sector and strives to offer their products and services to the international and national clientele. They are an industrial scatter laminating machines and cutting machinery manufacturer and also offer their after sales services to the customers with a wide stock of spare parts and circuitry. Kuntai Machinery is not only a manufacturer but also an innovator in this sector. The group has employed a team of engineers and technicians who are instructed to continuously come up with innovative ideas for future projects and also to make amendments in the existing products. Their state of the art manufacturing unit is loaded with CNC machines, lathe machines, drilling machines, polishing machines and raw material processing machines. This makes the company capable of churning out machine parts and complete setups as per the requirements of the customer and order.

Topper Industrial proudly introduces caster wheels for industrial carts called Toppster RS. Every wheel endures a debonding press test before shipping to ensure that the customer receives perfect wheels. Each wheel caster is made from specifically formulated Poly for the Toppster RS so it will not pick up floor debris; the dark grey color will not show dirt or look dirty after use. Additionally, all bearings are sealed precision for smooth and reliable long-term operation. Both the rigid and swivel Raptor Super Series have Topper's unique duel bolt pattern makes alignment perfect.

Vecna Robotics (robotics.vecna.com) is the first materials handling company to offer AGV (automated guided vehicles) solutions with AGC (automated guided carts) pricing. AGCs are popular for applications where lighter loads and flexibility are required, however Vecna's solutions allow engineers to choose from tuggers that pull a string of carts or trailers in a train to unit load carriers that move subassemblies and work-in-process from one assembly station to another.

Alfacon Solutions Senior Account Executive, Jae Marr shared the critical aspects of being account executive for distribution and postal and courier. "I am proud to be a part of a team that provides processing and sorting equipment for parcel logistics providers. Alfacon's post and parcel solutions provide reliable movement, sorting, weighing, and tracking to deliver dependable, high-speed and accurate service."

Larson Tool and Stamping Company is pleased to announce that Neil Fonger has been promoted to Sales and Marketing Manager. Mr. Fonger succeeds John Cryan, who is stepping aside after 53 years of service at Larson Tool.

John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions recently shared how more and more conveyor products are unique, one-of-a-kind, engineered-to-order (ETO). Unlike most conveyor manufacturers who have pre-fabricated SKU and off-the shelf products, there is a recognition that manufacturers and distribution centers require special solutions.

Creating prototypes and coming up with new designs is one of the most common processes in any industry. The engineering team in any factory needs to have efficient machinery that can help them in producing good prototypes. Before coming up with a final product it is essential to design different prototypes. There are many companies that have been providing prototyping services and it is essential to go with an experienced professional. One of the companies that have been providing professional rapid prototyping services is Uyee Rapid Tooling Co., Ltd.

Modern day living requires the assistance of various products and services at every level. Machines are needed to do jobs ranging from the most mundane to the most complex tasks. In order to be able to perform all tasks efficiently and on time, humans need machines. Industries are able to manufacture machines in bulk quantities so as to cater to the demands of the vast population.

Topper Industrial proudly introduces caster wheels for industrial carts called Toppster RS. Every wheel endures a debonding press test before shipping to ensure that the customer receives perfect wheels. Each wheel caster is made from specifically formulated Poly for the Toppster RS so it will not pick up floor debris; the dark grey color will not show dirt or look dirty after use. Additionally, all bearings are sealed precision for smooth and reliable long-term operation. Both the rigid and swivel Raptor Super Series have Topper's unique duel bolt pattern makes alignment perfect.

Alfacon Solutions' CEO John Murdoch utilizes a hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. Murdoch recently shared how unique engineered-to-order automated conveyor solutions are increasingly required across North America. Murdoch discussed this in the recent issue of Automation.com magazine.

Alfacon Solutions sales manager for Quebec and Maritimes territories, Luc Martineau enjoys the long-term planning and strategy work at Alfacon Solutions. "We now look at bigger, more exciting projects. The expertise level constantly grows and spreads over more areas of material handling and automation. As a sales representative, this allows me to offer a more complete partnership with our customers. Alfacon Solutions ensures a customer-centric approach to every project. Our core values drive all company associates to consistently deliver quality results."

Configure easily and automate cost-effectively – at the 2017 Hannover Messe the motion plastics specialist igus presented new robolink components for individual robotics solutions. In addition to complete robotic arms in optimised design for even more freedom of movement, higher stability and up to eight kilograms of load, igus displays the 'robolink designer', with which users can configure their robotic arms easily and quickly.