1980 AUTOMATED IATERIAL HANDLING D STORAGE SYSTEMS CONFERENCE

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1 1980 AUTOMATED IATERIAL HANDLING D STORAGE SYSTEMS CONFERENCE /HATS NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATI0NS7' April 23-25, 1980 The Atlanta Hilton Atlanta, Georgia UNIVERSITATSBIBLIOTHEK HANNOVER TECHNISCHE INFORMATIONSBIBLIOTHEK COPYRIGHT 1980 THE MATERIAL HANDLING INSTITUTE, INC FREEPORT ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcoming Remarks and Conference Overview Edmund P. Andersson, Conference Chairman Director, Corporate Relations SESSION I Moving Beam Scanners: Current Applications and Future Solutions Rick Bushnell Accu-Sort Systems, Inc. New Technology in Bar Code Printing Techniques Charles E. Mara Director, Market Development Fixed Beam Code Reading Dean C. Percival Presented by: John M. Hill MEKontrol, Inc. MEKontrol, Inc. SESSION II Fire Protection: An Integral Part of High Rise Storage Chester W. Schirmer Schirmer Engineering Corporation What's New In Mechanical Componentry for Material Handling Systems D. J. Smallwood Sales Engineer Integrated Handling Systems Division Acco Industries Inc. Design: The Basis for An Economical High Rise Storage System Ron Bagin Rack Sales Manager Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company Installation: The Key to a Successful Operation Darrell B. Searls Interlake, Inc. Automated Storage/Handling Systems

3 SESSION III Computer Control of AS/RS System John Mueller Manager, Systems Engineering Litton, UHS Small Parts Orderpicking William M. Angell Vice, Business Development Clay Bernard Systems International In-Process AS/RS Systems Michael Heisley Heico, Inc. Conco Division Why Large Systems Are Different James K. Allred Senior Vice- Eaton-Kenway SESSION IV Light and Medium Load Conveyor Transportation Systems William K. Stubbs Vice Rapistan, A Division of Lear-Siegler Pallet Handling Systems and Equipment Jon Wiltse General Manager, Unit Handling Division Lamson Company Overhead Chain & Trolley Conveyors With Emphasis On The Evolution To Power And Free Carl M. Kaltwasser Manager, Eastern Regional Office Jervis B. Webb Company Towlines and Cart Systems Jack Dorrance Executive Vice SI Handling Systems Automatic Guided Vehicles Adolph Kannewurf Technical Director-Marketing Barrett Electronics Corporation

4 Auditing the System After Installation Dr. John A. White Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology SESSION V User's View of Automated Parts Handling Equipment in Parts Distribution E. W. Moellering and John Patterson Plant Manager General Motors Parts Division The Use of Computer Simulation Techniques in Brewery Packaging Operations Harvey Manning Corporate Director, Packaging Pabst Brewery Applying Simulation to Conveyor and Pallet Systems William J. Burke Vice, Marketing Alvey, Inc. SESSION VI AS/RS: A Dynamic Tool for Improved Material Control Harold Butler Superintendent, SS Material Control Caterpillar Tractor Company How We Participated With Caterpillar in Planning and Implementing the East Peoria System Sheldon Green Project Manager Eaton-Kenway The Favorable Economics of Operating an AS/RS Warehousing System in a Regulated Industry William Hughes Vice of Manufacturing Engineering Plough, Inc. How Clark Participated in Planning and Implementing the Plough System Frank A. Tully General Manager Clark Equipment Company Handling Systems Division GENERAL SESSION System Reliability Howard A. Zollinger Controls Operations Manager Rapistan, A Division of Lear-Siegler Systems Acceptance and Turnover Ole B. Rygh Vice Munck Systems, Inc.

5 19 80 AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING & STORAGE SYSTEMS CONFERENCE SPEAKERS/MODERATORS CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN Edmund P. Andersson Director, Corporate Relations 31 Dartmouth Street Westwood, MA SESSION I Session Moderator: Rick Bushnell Accu-Sort Systems, Inc. 511 School House Road Telford, PA Speakers: James S. Miller Director of Engineering Logan Company P.O. Box 6107 Louisville, KY H. R. (Ray) Spitz Series I Product Requirements Manager IBM General Service Division P.O. Box 2150 Atlanta, GA Rick Bushnell Accu-Sort Systems, Inc. 511 School House Road Telford, PA Charles E. Mara Director, Market Development 31 Dartmouth Street Westwood, MA John M. Hill MEKontrol, Inc. 56 Hudson Street Northboro, MA 01532

6 SESSION II Session Moderator: Merrill J. Weinbaum Vice The Lok-Rak Corporation of America 71 George Street East Hartford, CT Speakers: Chester W. Schirmer Schirmer Engineering Corporation 3701 West Lake Street Glenview, IL D. J. Smallwood Sales Engineer Integrated Handling Systems Division Acco Industries Inc. P.O. Box 460, Bailes Road Frederick, MD Ron Bagin Rack Sales Manager Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company 5023 North 35th Street Milwaukee, WI Darrell B. Searls Interlake, Inc. Automated Storage/Handling Systems 135th Street & Perry Avenue Chicago, IL SESSION III Session Moderator: 01e B. Rygh Vice Munck Systems, Inc. 315 East Street Hampton, VA Speakers: John Mueller Manager, Systems Engineering Litton, UHS 7100 Industrial Road Florence, KY 41042