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Marines Employ Carousel Technology
FKI Logistex White Systems Container
Carousels
Most military buffs are familiar
with the concept of supply lines and their vulnerability
in the Iraqi desert. Far fewer understand what these lines
are actually supplying. In addition to ammunition, rations,
medical supplies and equipment, troops on the front line
needed thousands of small maintenance and repair parts to
continue the march to Baghdad. The task of supplying our
forces with these materials fell to U.S. Marines, who turned
accordingly to FKI Logistex White Systems for an appropriate
solution. Because it’s difficult to land an entire
warehouse on a Kuwaiti beachhead, White Systems supplied
the Marines with a container carousel system that accomplished
the same ultimate goal.
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Gages Make Short Work of Quality Assurance
Fowler’s Sylvac Z-Cal Height
Gages
The Swiss are highly acclaimed
for their craftsmanship of wristwatches, delectable chocolates
and anonymous bank accounts. In many ways, Switzerland has
become synonymous with quality, an idea that few consumers
care to dispute. If you’re looking for detractors
from this line of thought, don’t bother asking the
employees of Starn Tool and Manufacturing Co. in Meadville,
Pennsylvania. The company uses Sylvac of Switzerland’s
Z-Cal electronic height gage, distributed exclusively by
Fred V. Fowler Co., to cut inspection time on its precision
components by 75 percent.
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