While casters may be a small part of the grand design of material handling equipment, they play an integral role in the cart’s safety and efficiency. While the caster technology may have experienced evolutionary changes in the last few decades, wheel casters still come with many complex challenges that can impact the company’s bottom line….
Heavy load handling is an integral part of every industry that requires materials to be moved or stored between locations. Reliable material handling equipment ensures faster, safer, and more efficient movement of loads through a range of processes, from manufacturing to storage, distribution, and delivery….
With the potential to improve worker safety, productivity, and the bottom line, paper roll handling technology is making its way into several operations. Converters are recognizing that, with automation, paper rolls can be handled at larger volumes efficiently and safely more accurately, quickly, and cost-effectively….
The Energy Department’s Super Truck initiative has enabled the efficient transportation of super-heavy loads across state lines and reduced the dependence on air freight to haul extra-large objects, saving the supply chain millions of dollars worth of fuel and time. Here’s how you can use this trend to your advantage through planning and Hovair Systems‘ material handling equipment….
Unplanned downtime costs manufacturers almost $1 trillion every year. Due to subpar care, even the finest air-bearing products are bound to fail before their best-by date. Prematurely replacing an air tool doesn’t just cost money, but the void it leaves also affects your bottom line….
Texas tops the chart for most crane-related fatalities at the job site. Most of these fatal injuries are struck-by incidents caused by improper use of material handling equipment. Training for heavy load handling systems exists for a reason: to keep the users and their surroundings safe from damage and injury….
With warehouse demand skyrocketing in several US states, it’s only a matter of time before yours runs out of space. More warehouses are narrowing their aisles and embracing automated guided vehicle systems and material handling equipment to ensure safe and efficient storage and inventory management….
Unlike conventional electric or hydraulic powered tools, pneumatic tools operate using compressed air. These tools are attached to air compressors or motors that force air continually to ensure constant pressure when moving heavy loads….
Lifting and rigging equipment is required in many applications. Recommended in safe lifting manuals, it dramatically reduces instances of workplace injuries and fatalities. However, selecting the wrong equipment is just as bad, if not more so, as not having any heavy load moving machinery….
As the manager, you’re responsible for creating a safe work environment, especially when the environment in question is a congested loading dock filled with heavy loads and obstructions that make it easier for workers to sustain injuries. You may not see them as a big deal, but they cost the supply chain $675 million annually….