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This morning we have received an order for one of our bottle spraying conveyors for PSL in Germany. Our Omnitrak conveyor is an inverted system with spigots at either 75mm, 100mm or 150mm depending on the customer requirements. Midland designed this system using our Trakmaster 406 track section and a bespoke chain around 15 years…

Midland Handling Equipment have just finished two systems at IAC Solihull. First system was a brand new Trakmaster 304 overhead conveyor system along with jigs to carry dashboard mouldings for numerous vehicle types. The second job was to modify a Trakmaster 228 type (25k) along with extensive underguarding as this system was generally at high…

Just received our 3rd order for the year from International Automotive Components but this time for their Coleshill plant rather than Solihull. This is for a series of Trakmaster 152 Free Track lanes conveying carpet sets.

Midland Handling Equipment was recently contacted by an engineering company in Romania who were working on a Power & Free Conveyor recently installed by another UK company. The conveyor was a copy of our popular Trakmaster ‘203TA’ Power and Free System, but was of poor manufacturing quality and had been problematic for the end customer…

We have just delivered our 2nd system for Flour Enterprises and Hexcel Composites. The 1st system was installed in Cambridge in 2011 with the 2nd one going over the pond into Salt Lake City Utah. The systems comprise of Trakmaster 406 Free Track which carry bags of composites down lanes controlled by a pneumatic flagging system.

Midland Handling have just completed the installation of a Overhead Gantry system that can move in an x, y, z orientation.  The system was installed at British Aerospace Systems plant in Salmesbury along with stainless steel lift baskets carriers.

Today sees the start of installation of our Trakmaster 406TC HD conveyor system into JCB Brasil’s new paint facility in Sorocaba (Sao Paulo) Brazil. This system is a heavy duty Power and Free with a capacity to take 5000kg loads around the plant including shotblast, spray booth, oven etc. We have a six strong installation…

Midland Handling Equipment Ltd has successfully installed an Overhead Trakmaster ‘406’TC Heavy Duty Power & Free Chain Conveyor at the Pune, India manufacturing plant of global excavator manufacturer JCB. The conveyor is based on the same system installed at JCB’s Heavy Plant Facility at their Uttoxeter World Headquarters in 2008 and JCB Wrexham in 2007.…

Midland Handling Equipment Ltd has supplied another OTL Inverted Conveyor for the bottle spraying and decoration industry, with this one being installed in Atlanta, USA, alongside another OTL Conveyor already installed for the same company four years ago. The OTL conveyor is a versatile inverted chain conveyor, with a close pitch of 50mm, enabling small…

When Airbus, the major European Aircraft manufacturer, wanted to replace their aging overhead power & free conveyor at their wing manufacturing plant in Broughton, Cheshire. Midland Handling were the obvious choice due to our many years experience in manufacturing and installing power & free conveyors for blue chip organizations.  The most critical factor was being…