Product category:
Valve positioners and actuators
News Release from: NSF Controls | Subject: Locking mechanisms
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2004
Solenoids change the face of stock
control
NSF Controls solenoids are supplied for the all-important locking mechanisms for computer-controlled stock-holding and releasing cabinets, used by such companies as British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce
NSF Controls solenoids are supplied for the all-important locking mechanisms for computer-controlled stock-holding and releasing cabinets, used by such major companies as British Aerospace, Rolls-Royce aero engines, Airbus Industries, General Motors, Glaxo-Wellcome (GSK) and Mercedes-Benz Increasingly, these advanced automated stock control systems are used in technical workshops for high-value stock items such as re-grindable carbide-tipped drill bits and other components
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 14 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compartmented storage drawers are opened by operators using security-coded swipe cards and on-screen menus.
As items of stock are removed, the system can re-stock automatically by sending a text message or e-mail from the inventory computer direct to the supplier, and all stages of the inventory are monitored for maximum stock-holding efficiency and parts 'traceability'.
NSF Controls principal customer in this field is the UK-based Supply Point Systems, which supplies stock control equipment industrial vending systems to more than 20 countries and also has a manufacturing plant in the USA.
Supply Point Systems managing director, Geoff Herrington, said: "This type of machine is the physical equivalent embodiment of e-commerce and the our business is growing at a phenomenal rate.
There are many further potential applications, for us especially in the manufacturing and maintenance fields.
"The NSF solenoids are core to what we do and have been very important to our success in recent years.
We are have now developing a new electronic door lock mechanism for our systems which will use the same solenoids".
Supply Point Systems success in this rapidly growing market and its advanced technical innovations have now been formally recognized with the achievement of the 2004 Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation. Request a free brochure from NSF Controls ...
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