Warehouse racks and industrial shelving are sort of like alligators and crocodiles: they look alike, they do similar things, and they are often mixed up. Both are vertical structures that have horizontal shelves for industrial storage. But they aren’t the same thing–they have distinctive missions and functions. Most warehouses use both types of storage for various types of loads, and there are gray areas where either can be used, depending on the storage strategy. Knowing the differences can help you store your inventory more efficiently and effectively.
Racks, Shelving and Automation: Options for Effective Storage
Posted in Automation, Labor & Efficiency|
Download Our Guide To Forklift-Pedestrian Safety
If you manage or work in a manufacturing or warehousing operation, you’re aware of the dangers forklifts pose–particularly to pedestrians who work near them. Keeping pedestrians safe in busy operations is an ongoing process critical for any industrial facility. With that in mind, we’ve published a guide to forklift-pedestrian safety that highlights the factors, suggests solutions and presents information on this critical isssue.
Posted in Forklift - Pedestrian Safety|
How to Convey Large, Heavy Loads
The demand for high-throughput, accurate order fulfillment isn’t only about sorting cartons, parcels and other relatively small, light packages. Large, bulky, heavy items are also in high demand and must be quickly picked, sorted and shipped.
Posted in Conveyor Optimization|
Fall Protection Mounting Methods
Fall protection has such a stranglehold on OSHA’s yearly top 10 safety violation lists that any method to keep your workers safe at height must be a top priority.
Adding certain fall protection equipment, such as a tie-off system, provides life-saving protection for your employees. Combined with proper education and training, these systems can reduce worker falls during dangerous conditions at any height. One aspect to consider when implementing such a system is how you want to mount your fall protection. There are multiple options to do so, and each offers benefits. Which you choose depends on your working environment and needs.
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Cisco-Eagle Awards Top Vendor Partners
Cisco-Eagle has awarded its top vendor partners for our most recent fiscal year. The awards are made to our top five vendor partners by sales volume and were delivered to each company at their headquarters. Since we approach business as a partnership, we wanted to recognize these elite providers for their outstanding performance and their contributions Cisco-Eagle and its customers.
Cisco-Eagle’s top 2021-2022 vendor partners
- Steel King Industries
- Hytrol Conveyors
- Atlantis Conveyor
- AAA Fabrication
- IKG
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Posted in ESOP & Company News|
Pallet Rack Evaluation: Safety
Pallet racks are integral to modern warehousing and aren’t static systems. Safety has always been one of the most critical aspects of warehousing and pallet racks have an outsized influence on warehouse safety. When you evaluate your rack, always take time to look for safety issues.
Tags: Safety & Ergonomics
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How Material Handling and Automation Increases Labor Flexibility
Manufacturing plants, warehouses and other industrial operations are all facing one central challenge today: labor shortages. There are other challenges in supply chains, material inputs and environmental situations, but everyone in every industry across the board is dealing with labor—or the lack of it.Â
Tags: labor
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Shoptalk: Will a Carousel Work for You?
In our most recent Shoptalk video, employee-owner Joel of our Systems Integration Group discusses vertical carousels—the advantages they offer and how you can evaluate them for your operation.
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Posted in Automation, Labor & Efficiency|
Vacuum Grippers and Lightweight Palletizers
One of the most exciting things about today’s automation is that it’s becoming increasingly specialized; like eating from a buffet, you can choose what you want. That’s the idea behind cobot palletizers that zero in on a specific target: lighter weight, end-of-line carton palletizing that used to take high six figures and months of implementation time. The critical part of any palletizing project, of course, is the end effector.
Tags: palletizing, ergonomics
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Putting Our ESOP into Action: Cisco-Eagle Volunteers
As part of the community-focused spirit of our ESOP, three of our locations recently planned and participated in group volunteer days:
- Our Oklahoma City office packed frozen meals at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
- The Tulsa office helped Restore Hope Ministries relocate its food pantry
- Our Dallas office packed boxes of groceries for distribution at Metrocrest Services
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