Happy Thanksgiving from the Alba Manufacturing Team!
Hoping your Thanksgiving is filled with blessings and joy!We are closed November 25th and 26th.Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday from the entire Alba team!
No Erector Sets for Our Customers
Remember when you were a kid before the advent of the Internet and gaming? Didn’t you love playing with erector sets? Using our imaginations, we spent hours building and creating new thingamajigs and whatchamacallits. The Erector Set was a brand originally patented by A.C. Gilbert (today owned by Meccano). Gilbert [...]
Our Accessories Make the System!
Alba offers a wide variety of accessories that can be added – pre-mounted and pre-wired – before shipping. An example of a value-added item is the addition of photo-eyes. We can provide our standard brand sensors or sensors specified in project. Subsequently, all devices can be pre-mounted and pre-wired [...]
Need Conveyor? Do You Know What We Need to Know?
Conveyors play an important role in a wide range of industries. They play a critical role in almost all material handling operations. Choosing the correct conveyor for the correct material handling application is critical to success. You can only purchase Alba conveyor through our Alba Partner Network (APN) of [...]
Congratulations Nick McCauley!
Congratulations to Alba’s Engineer Nick McCauley!Having recently received his pilot’s license and looking for more hours up in the air, Nick recently flew himself to a job site to provide technical support on an installation. While Alba Air isn’t in the works, let’s congratulate Nick on a job well done [...]
Pallet Unload & Empty Board Return System
This month’s story features a market leader and manufacturer of feminine, adult, infant and household care items. Products may range from diapers, disposable wipes, and adult incontinence to household paper products. As a diverse manufacturer with an extensive distribution system, the end user needed a way to handle its various [...]
Rock Solid Solutions for Heavy-Duty Applications
This month’s application entails moving multiple 4,000 lbs. metal bins containing solid waste between floors within a recycling facility. Alba was asked to supply a major OEM of Vertical Lifts with worldwide exposure, a heavy-duty pallet conveyor for transporting two 5 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 ft. metal bins [...]
Happy Independence Day!
We are the land of the free, we are the home of the brave. Let’s pay tribute to our brave American Heroes on this special day and forever. Factoid: Who came up with the 4th of July as a holiday? On July 4th, the Continental Congress formally adopted the [...]
Let’s Destack and Slip, Even in the Cold!
Designed to integrate with a robotic pallet loading system, this Pallet Destacker and Slip Sheet Dispenser (PD-SSD) handle 40" x 48" GMA pallets and 40" x 48" x 0.02" slip sheets. The PD-SSD was specifically designed for use in a 40°F cooler and dispenses at a rate of two (2) [...]
Working in a Frozen Environment – Not a Problem for Alba!
Recently, a systems integrator/partner network member contacted Alba with a unique application. The requirement – create a pallet transfer and drag chain conveyor system operating in a minus 10°F environment to use in conjunction with a robot palletizing cell. The conveyed product: a four-way, 40" x 48" GMA (Grocery Manufacturer [...]