The U.S. automotive industry is experiencing a period of pronounced growth and increasing profits, owing largely to broader economic recovery and surging demand for new vehicles. While this is certainly welcome news in the wake of the crises faced by the auto industry in the last decade, car companies are also facing several distinct hurdles moving forward.
Continue ReadingProduction lines frequently need to have the ability to accumulate or store pallets before the next process. This is done for many reasons including staging product prior to the next process, queueing product before transferring or providing storage for line operator duties. With three different VersaMove pallet system platforms, there’s a size to meet just about any production line.
Pallets, particularly workpiece pallets, can be accumulated on a number of different conveying surfaces. If you are looking for a multi-lane configuration, common in pallet conveying, with a low backpressure surface, you cannot beat the performance of an accumulating roller chain conveyor.
mk North America is proud to announce that Dave Calvo has joined its team as the Project Engineer for VersaMove. mk also provides pallet systems and t-slot aluminum extrusion for companies all over the world.
Calvo joined mk in the closing months of 2014 to lead the charge on the newly branded product line VersaMove. VersaMove is a high quality modular pallet conveyor system that offers an unprecedented level of versatility in the manufacturing process. The system was designed from the ground up to not only improve manufacturing productivity and the quality of the finished product, but to allow for maximum process flexibility at the same time.
Continue Readingmk North America, Inc. has transformed its business model over the past year and is excited for a great 2015. With new editions to its product selection and updated systems, mk is focused on offering you better products, resulting in better solutions.
When a leading automotive manufacturer came to mk North America with a problem, mk went to work right away to design and engineer a solution for them. They were looking to assemble both front and rear car doors for their newest model. The solution required a combination of mk's GUF-P 2041 Flat Belt Conveyor for the interior panel and mk's VersaMove Plus Pallet Conveyor System for the exterior door assembly.
