Material Handling

Is there an answer for your load handling problems? - No matter what you want to handle there is almost certainly a device that's been designed to lift it. And, if there isn't, we can design the perfect solution. As the HSE say - As an employer, you must protect your workers from the risk of injury from hazardous manual...

AC2500a (1500 / 2500kg) 110v x 1ph AC2500b (1500 / 2500kg) 240v x 1ph CABLE•PULLER cable pulling winch is available as 110v or 240v options. The CABLE•PULLER provides the perfect solution to installing long or heavy lengths of cable in difficult locations. CABLE•PULLER takes the strain and makes the job easier. It reduces manpower hours required to meet installation deadlines...

Are your staff continuously handling heavy loads like sacks, boxes or drums? If there is a possibility of injury, you have a duty of care to avoid manual handling as far as reasonably practicable.  As a responsible employer, you’ve probably thought about finding a solution. It can seem like a daunting task to provide a viable way to solve this...

Case Study - Loading Cases onto Pallets This case study, featured in an HSE guidance paper, highlights a typical problem of transferring full cases from a conveyor at waist level to a pallet at floor level by hand, It outlines the problems inherent in the task and then offers some practical solutions available to provide safer handling. Note: Contains public sector...

TAWI mobile lifters are often used to handle reels used in the packaging process. In sensitive environments like food manufacturing and chemical or pharmaceutical industries, stainless steel lifters help ensure ergonomic and efficient reel handling. Plastic film reels are picked from pallet or shelves and easily turned or rotated in position to be mounted on machine axis. With TAWI QuickLoad...

Workstations Made Smarter The ‘work smarter not harder’ mantra is even more relevant with the return to work following the Covid 19 lockdown. Social distancing requirements in work areas has seen safety managers consider new ways of handling products with less people. The opportunities for the use of lightweight lifting systems and smart handling devices are becoming wider with a greater...

As the Government continues its campaign to encourage businesses to return to work, health & safety managers are working hard getting workplaces ready to re-open and to operate safely. Although there are many challenges, it is also presenting many opportunities in finding new ways of working, implementing new technologies and resources to be COVID-19 secure. Social distancing can be a...

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE? Whether you want to lift, rotate,turnover and place wooden boards, doors, glass, laminates, sheet steel or aluminium there is a perfect answer. Standrd and bespoke solutions are available with vacuum or gripping tools to meet your exact requirements. Watch a few video examples of what can be achieved: Find out more CLICK HERE or...

FLEXICRANE MOBILE GENERAL DATA Maximum capacity: 65 kg Reach: 2 m (360 degrees) Rotation: unlimited Weight: 450 kg (excl. gripper) Height: 2,15-2,75 m Size of pillar base: Ø1,5 m Media: clean, dry compressed air 6-7 bar Color: red (RAL 3020) Also available in stainless steel on request Brochure: Lifting with flexicrane (pdf).   Find out more..

Confined work areas are particularly hazardous for forklift activity as they have workers concentrating on the task at hand, who may not be aware that a forklift is present. This situation often causes serious accidents to occur and should be avoided at all cost Risk assessments and HSE accident reports show that forklifts MUST be prohibited in work areas and...