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Mitsubishi Electric Power Products manufactures high-voltage circuit breakers for the utility industry at its facilities in Warrendale, PA. Prior to shipping them to utility customers, the parts for these circuit breakers are stored in a 40,000-sq. ft. warehouse facility about four miles from the manufacturing site.

"We have a lot of forklifts that are constantly going outside to bring things in to the warehouse, and they also bring in a lot of ordinary dirt, sand and dust that the wheels pick up from the parking lot," says Rich Bender, Mitsubishi Electric Power's facilities superintendent. "This constant traffic presents a problem because these circuit breakers are very ...

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