This application entails moving multiple 4,000 lbs. metal bins containing solid waste between floors within a recycling facility. Alba was asked to supply a major OEM of Vertical Lifts with worldwide exposure, a heavy-duty pallet conveyor for transporting two 5 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 ft. metal bins with [...]
Our application this month comes from one of our System Integrators (SI) who is a part of our Alba Partner Network. It involved transporting CHEP (40” x 48”) and 30” x 35” Winged Pallets with a maximum pallet load of 1,900 lbs. It was essential to increase safety and minimize [...]
Did you know that Alba can provide several upgrades to our standard equipment that will save you money over using stainless steel components? First, determine whether you really need to use stainless steel for your application. Stainless steel can be expensive. Have you considered the cost implications of stainless versus [...]
We can provide our equipment with a variety of value-add items that can help reduce the time needed to install our conveyor. One of these items is an open basket wire tray. The open basket wire tray concept allows installers to run multi-conductor tray cable under the conveyor to wire [...]
Remember when you were a kid before the advent of the Internet and gaming? Didn’t you love playing with erector sets? Using our imaginations, we spent hours building and creating new thingamajigs and whatchamacallits. The Erector Set was a brand originally patented by A.C. Gilbert (today owned by Meccano). Gilbert [...]
Alba offers a wide variety of accessories that can be added – pre-mounted and pre-wired – before shipping. An example of a value-added item is the addition of photo-eyes. We can provide our standard brand sensors or sensors specified in project. Subsequently, all devices can be pre-mounted and pre-wired [...]
Conveyors play an important role in a wide range of industries. They play a critical role in almost all material handling operations. Choosing the correct conveyor for the correct material handling application is critical to success. You can only purchase Alba conveyor through our Alba Partner Network (APN) of [...]
This month’s application entails moving multiple 4,000 lbs. metal bins containing solid waste between floors within a recycling facility. Alba was asked to supply a major OEM of Vertical Lifts with worldwide exposure, a heavy-duty pallet conveyor for transporting two 5 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 ft. metal bins [...]
The U.S. transportation system is the largest in the world, serving more than 7 million domestic business establishments. The nation's freight transportation system transports nearly 16 billion tons of raw materials and finished goods. On a typical day, about 43 million tons of goods valued at about $29 billion move [...]
