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Content about PRAB - Page 2
- From The Fabricator
Open-frame steel belt conveyor allows view of carryover
- Jan 27, 2015
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Prab Inc. offers a heavy-duty, open-frame steel belt conveyor designed to allow operators and maintenance personnel to see if carryover has fallen between the belt. The removable guard panels allow access to the area between the belt and the bottom cover for removal of scrap. The conveyor is...
- From The Fabricator
Control monitors coolant concentration levels
- Jul 21, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Prab Inc. has added the AC3 (automatic coolant concentration control) to its Guardian™ coolant recycling system. The control continually monitors coolant concentration levels and adjusts automatically to maintain programmed ratios within ±0.5 percent accuracy. The system achieves this...
- From The Fabricator
Conveyor moves metal scrap of all shapes, thicknesses
- Jul 15, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Prab offers the new Quick Return (QR) horizontal motion conveyor for moving scrap away from a press or other cutting and stamping operations. The redesigned conveyor features a single drive that allows it to fit into existing pits. Its push/pull motion propels material forward without vibration...
- From The Fabricator
Horizontal-motion conveyor moves scrap without vibration, springs
- Jun 26, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Prab Inc. has redesigned the horizontal-motion conveyor known as the Quick Return (QR). The conveyor removes scrap from a press or other cutting and stamping operations by propelling material forward gently, without vibration or springs. The drive location is flexible, allowing for an adaptive...
- From The Fabricator
Pivot-belt conveyor engineered to move challenging stamping scrap
- May 21, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Prab’s engineered Pivot Belt™ conveyor is designed specifically for conveying the most challenging types of stamping scrap, from oily, thin-gauge trim scrap to stamping slugs, motor laminations, and eyelet press scrap. The belt’s dimpled surface eliminates carryover, while overlapping...
- From The Fabricator
Tramp oil separator reduces hazardous waste volumes by up to 90 percent
- Feb 18, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Prab’s tramp oil separator removes tramp oils from coolant and wash water. Using gravity flow and coalescence, the unit removes free-floating and mechanically dispersed tramp oil from machine sumps, central systems, and wash tanks to less than 1 percent in a single pass. According to the...
- From The Fabricator
Coolant recycling system extends life of coolants, wash water
- Jan 29, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Prab's Guardian coolant recycling system is designed for operations with industrial coolant or wash water reservoirs. According to the manufacturer, the system reduces waste fluids up to 90 percent by recycling used coolants. Free-floating and mechanically dispersed tramp oils are reduced to...
- From The Fabricator
Prab hires application engineer
- Jan 24, 2014
- Shop Management
- News Release
Prab Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., a manufacturer of equipment for chip handling, fluid filtration, fluid recycling, and scrap handling systems, has hired Clark Wright as application engineer. His primary responsibility is to design optimized chip-processing system layouts. Wright has degrees in...
- From The Fabricator
- From The Fabricator
Conveyor prevents scrap carryover
- Sep 17, 2013
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Prab Inc.'s Pivot Belt conveyor is designed for moving oily, thin-gauge trim scrap; stamping slugs, motor laminations, and eyelet press scrap. The pivoting sections and raised, dimpled Rigidized® steel belt eliminate carryover of scrap. Raised pusher flights provide positive material flow...
- From The Fabricator
KMC Global acquires CDM Systems
- Jul 24, 2013
- Materials Handling
- News Release
KMC Global, Kalamazoo, Mich., the parent company of Prab Inc., has acquired CDM Systems Inc., a manufacturer of custom en-masse conveyors and marine leg ship unloaders in Elk River, Minn. The conveyors, built for service in mining, potash, cement, co-generation boiler feed, and other heavy...
- From The Fabricator
Modular chip processing systems require minimal floor space
- Jun 6, 2013
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Prab Inc. offers modular chip processing systems for processing scrap while taking up minimal floor space. Modules can be added to the maneuverable systems to expand chip-handling capacity. The systems typically include material handling conveyors, a preprocessing crusher and/or shredder as...
- From The Fabricator
Stamping scrap conveyor meets space requirements for retrofit in-floor applications
- Oct 18, 2010
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Prab has released an offset trough design for its ScrapVeyor™ stamping scrap conveyor to meet the space requirements for retrofit in-floor applications. The offset design, as opposed to the traditional symmetrical V-style trough design, allows the conveyor to fit within tighter spaces....
- From The Fabricator
What's up with scrap (besides price)?
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 16, 2008
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Today's escalated metals prices have made scrap a hot issue. Multi source article covers new trends and old favorites in efficient scrap handling and in minimizing scrap
- From The Fabricator
Prab acquires Envirodyne
- Jul 15, 2008
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Prab Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., along with its sister company Hapman and through its parent company Kalamazoo Acquisition Corp., has acquired Envirodyne Technologies, Kalamazoo. The acquired Envirodyne suite of companies includes Kalamazoo Fabricating, STC Dip Spin, and The MonlanGroup. The Kalamazoo...
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- Professional and Business ServicesConsulting, Development, Integration, Installation, Commissioning, Service – Automation Systems
- Material HandlingConveyors and Conveyor Systems
- Material HandlingCranes, Hoists, Lifters
- Shop Equipment and SystemsFluid Processing Components and Systems
- Material HandlingScrap Winders, Choppers, Compactors, Removal Systems