by Bryan Strobel The long-awaited VPFS10T vacuum pad with replaceable foam ring will be available for order as an upgrade/replacement part starting March 1, 2014. The VPFS10T is redesigned to offer better… Read more »

by Joe Landsverk It's the early 60's in the small Northeast Montana town of Wolf Point where Howard Wood owns and operates Wood's Auto & Electric Company. In previous years, Howard has successfully invented,… Read more »

OSHA's Fatal Four Vacuum cup and below-the-hook vacuum lifter safety in the workplace by Joe Landsverk At Wood's Powr-Grip® (WPG), we regularly receive calls from industrial safety managers requesting information about… Read more »

The objective of product-safety efforts is to correct or address safety problems. From Machine Design magazine, April 15, 2005 by Lanny Berke The methodical way to approach product safety is with a formal hazard… Read more »

by David Peters Santa sat sipping his tea, reviewing his naughty and nice list one final time in preparation for his early morning Christmas outing. Suddenly, the front door burst open, flooding the room with a… Read more »

by Byron LaRue Ever since James Oliver invented the chilled plow in 1868, new technologies have been driving the agricultural industry forward. Over the intervening years, new inventions have continuously offered… Read more »