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2010 June Issue
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Material Handling Technologies
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2010 AIST President William P. Breedlove, vice president, business development and engineering for Harsco Corporation. A feature interview with Breedlove begins on page 37. The cover background depicts images of Harsco Corporation.

Cover designed by Christopher P. Brown.

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51 World-Class Crane and Runway System for the 21st Century
Charles A. Totten, Morris Material Handling Inc., Oak Creek, Wis. (ctotten@morriscranes.com)

Crane wheels and runway rails conflict with each other in many plants. Details make all the difference in finding a system of complementary components. Simple changes, in many cases, can eliminate this high-maintenance expense.
56 Improving Equipment Uptime: Composite Seals Meet the Challenge
Chris Tones, product engineer, and David C. Roberts (pictured), industrial engineer, Garlock Klozure, an EnPro Industries company, Palmyra, N.Y. (chris.tones@garlock.com, david.roberts@garlock.com)

Composite seals are a significant means to protect bearings. This paper examines three methods in which composite seals meet this challenge.
63
 ASRS: Automatic Storage and Retrieval System for Steel Plants and Warehouses
Jagannathan Rajagopalan, senior consultant, Pesmel North America, Ashland, Mass. (jagannathan.rajagopalan@pesmel.com), and Sanna Rintatalo, marketing manager, Pesmel Oy, Kauhajoki, Finland (sanna.rintatalo@pesmel.com)

An automatic storage system with a modern steel warehouse management system can prevent material handling accidents, in addition to ensuring the highest turnover of materials received and shipped per hour.
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 Bar Code Identification of Severstal Slabs
David L. Anderson, metals industry manager, InfoSight Corp., Chillicothe, Ohio (dla@infosight.com)

This paper discusses the general evolution of laser-marked tag identification for slabs, and the equipment utilized to automatically print and apply identification. Specific discussions of the application at Severstal are presented.

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