National Safety Month: Don't Slip Up On Safety

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Approximately 20% of workplace injuries are caused by slips, trips, and falls. These incidents costs businesses an average of $20,000 per incident and over 95 million work days each year. According to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, slips, trips, and falls are the third-most common injury in the workplace. 

Supplier Spotlight: Intralox ThermoDrive

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Learn how frozen fruit and vegetable processor, NORPAC, achieved optimal hygienic performance, faster product changeovers, and tremendous bottom-line savings by converting all post-freezer applications in a plant to Intralox ThermoDrive technology. 

LifeCycle Management Services

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We know it is critical for you to maximize your investment in your automation system. Discovering and managing product lifecycle is important when optimizing performance, increasing efficiency, and in turn reducing downtime. 

What's Happening at CBT

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First and foremost, a huge ‘Thank You’ to all of those who attended and participated in the 2017 CBT Cincinnati Open House! We thoroughly enjoyed seeing so many customers, vendors, and area professionals enjoying the new facility and exploring all CBT has to offer! Please don’t let this be the last time you stop by one of our facilities. 

LAST CHANCE - Preregister For CBT Cincinnati Open House!

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The CBT Cincinnati open house is tomorrow May 11th, don’t miss your last chance to preregister! Your day will be full of educational seminars, product demonstrations and displays, catered lunch from Eli’s BBQ, networking opportunities, and much more!

Supplier Spotlight: Rexnord Bearings

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When it comes to providing highly engineered products that improve productivity and efficiency for industrial applications worldwide CBT partner Rexnord is leading the way. Rexnord has an extensive bearing product line, ensuring you will find the perfect bearing for your application.

CASE STUDY: Manufacturing Rolls Non-Stop at Paper Company

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KapStone Paper and Packaging makes unbleached kraft paper that goes into the packages, wraps and surfaces that are part of everyday life. The company’s production is converted into everything from gift boxes, to paper bags, to subsurfaces for laminate countertops and furniture. Two mills in Charleston, South Carolina and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina operate around the clock and together are capable of producing 1.3 million tons of paper annually.

“Downtime costs about $33,000 an hour, per machine. You never recover that because you’re running 24/7/365.”- Christopher Deslandes, CIO

 

Hubbell Tamper Resistant Electrical Products

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CBT partner, Hubbell Wiring Device- Kellems manufactures tamper-resistant electrical mechanisms specializing in commercial grade outlets and heavy duty receptacles. Most tamper-resistant receptacles use a spring-loaded sliding ramp shutter mechanism in the body of the receptacle. Hubbell heard customer concerns regarding sharp edges on plug blades making plug insertion difficult, and created their patented cam action mechanism.