Move to Order: The Benefits of Customized Lifts

The assembly of wind turbines can be a tall order. The average wind-turbine height has reached about 280 feet in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Like any growing industry, the renewables sector must find ways to construct their equipment more efficiently to remain competitive.

This may become more challenging while working at high levels. Many organizations are turning to customized industrial lifts to work at heights more efficiently. This includes both lifts to move products and people.

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Versatile Dock Lifts Bring Flexibility to Material Handling

Warehouses are busy places these days. The rise of e-commerce, more customized orders, shorter lead times and just-in-time deliveries are placing more pressure on material-handling operations to boost productivity and efficiency. It also means shipping and receiving may need to accommodate a wider range of truck sizes.

Dock lifts can help material-handling operators load and unload trucks more efficiently, while potentially increasing safety by creating a level loading or unloading surface.

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Portable Lift Tables Take Manufacturing Flexibility to New Heights

A perfect storm of technologies is reshaping plant and distribution operations. Whether it’s 3D printing, the Industrial Internet of Things or the growth of e-commerce, new capabilities are raising customer expectations.

Build-to-order models and mass customization are becoming more common. This puts manufacturers under increasing pressure to increase flexibility in their processes. Mobility on the plant floor is one of the ways manufacturers can manage product variability more efficiently. Oftentimes, plant workers need to move parts or products from one cell to another to meet demand shifts.

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Simple Solutions to Forklift-Free Handling

The best material handling solutions are all about making the process of moving object X simple, which of course can become quite complicated.

What's the easiest, fastest, and most efficient way to move a box from Point A to B -- and maybe even C, D, E, and so on? Missing on this could slow down production, create bottlenecks, and damage the company bottom line.

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Walk or Ride? Three Advantages of Moving Pallets with Hand Carts

Sometimes using a fork lift for your pallet moving operation is like taking a bazooka to a knife fight. In many instances, a powered or manual hand truck will do.

These cases are sometimes obvious, and other times not so much, so we talked to Rick daSilva, national sales manager for Presto Lifts, to help us figure out what factors to consider when deciding to deploy a forklift or a walk behind hand truck, such as one of his company’s Stacker models. These powered and manual "walkies" are available in 150 models and have been in use for 70 years.

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