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2. The Frantz Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, millions of conveyor wheels and bearings were produced to supply conveyor manufacturers with component products to support the war effort and this established Frantz as a major supplier of these products. An 84,000-square-foot (7,800 m 2) facility was built in 1971 to house the Frantz Bearing Division.

3. Shopping cart conveyor - Wikipedia

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   A shopping cart conveyor; also known as Vermaport, Cartveyor or shopping cart escalator; is a device used in multi-level retail stores for moving shopping carts parallel and adjacent to an escalator. Shoppers can load their shopping carts onto the conveyor, step onto the escalator, ride the escalator with the cart beside them and collect the ...

4. Conveyor system - Wikipedia

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   A conveyor system is often the lifeline to a company's ability to effectively move its product in a timely fashion. The steps that a company can take to ensure that it performs at peak capacity, include regular inspections and system audits, close monitoring of motors and reducers, keeping key parts in stock, and proper training of personnel.

5. Track technology - Wikipedia

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   Track technology is an industrial material handling system which uses linear motors to move material along a track. It has been variously termed a smart conveyance system, intelligent track system, industrial transport system, independent cart technology, smart carriage technology, linear or extended or flexible transport system, or simply a conveyor or conveyance platform [citation needed].

6. Containerization - Wikipedia

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   The majority of the rail networks in the world operate on a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge track known as standard gauge, but some countries (such as Russia, India, Finland, and Lithuania) use broader gauges, while others in Africa and South America use narrower gauges. The use of container trains in all these countries makes ...

7. United Parcel Service - Wikipedia

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   UPS became one of the only companies in the United States to offer common carrier service. At first, common carrier was only limited to a small area around Los Angeles but by 1927 expanded to areas up to 125 miles outside the city. In 1924, a conveyor belt system was debuted for the handling of packages for UPS operations. [16]