NEWS
Materials Movement with Social Distance
Safe Practices in a Pandemic With all the changes forced upon us due to the Covid19 Pandemic, a proven lean “Best Practice” that has always provided benefits of improved safety, efficiency, and an increased bottom line can now also provide
Do Casters Belong on the Ground?
Have you ever asked yourself, “Is there a better way to move materials through our facility?” Many companies are still using fork trucks while others are tugging with tongue and hitch style carts and mother/daughter style trains. A growing number of companies are turning to automated delivery systems. The method I am asked about
Custom CarryMore 50″x 50″ Turn Table
H-Series Turn Table Daughter Cart with a Bag Rack. This customer’s application required maximum part protection for delicate exhaust filtration components. The scope of work required us to design a cart system that would provide part protection for all surface
Intro to Jtec Industries
Jtec Industries was founded in 2004, this is our 15th year in business and we started out as a returnable packaging company and today we are a fully vertically integrated corporation manufacturing materials used to move materials through factories.
Challenges working in the “New Norm”
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 will leave a lasting effect on most manufacturing workplaces. It is challenging to grasp the “new norm” while working remote and trying to stay productive. Set aside the laborious daily commute to and from the
Optimizing Material Flow with a Tugger Cart System
Defining Tugging. A tugger cart system is a group of connected ground-level, heavy-duty carts on casters that carry material from Point A to Point B while being pulled (or “tugged) with a tugger vehicle. This “system” allows a large batch
