Custom Personnel Lift for Nuclear Maintenance Operations
Overview This order included four units and one handling cart to move the nuclear maintenance personnel platforms to their final destination through the plant. These units dock vertically into a docking station secured to the walls of the facility at ceiling height. The personnel platforms lower on scissor lifts, and when contact is made with […]
Heavy Duty Ladle Lift for Steel Industry
Overview The steel industry presented Handling Specialty with the challenge of designing a solution that meets the unique technical and environmental demands of steel companies with blast furnace operations. Since refractory firebrick in pour ladles requires continual replacement, a safe and efficient method for replacing the brick was needed. Handling Specialty’s ladle lifts replaced traditional […]
Custom Personnel Lifts for Steel Industry
Overview The custom personnel lift will provide precise positioning of technicians in a foundry. The platform extension was designed to the customer’s specific needs offering additional ergonomic positioning while technicians are working. The robust structure and components create a safe and reliable personnel lift for the extreme conditions experienced within the iron & steel industries. […]
60,000 lb Automated Destacking Scissor Lift
Overview Handling Specialty reached a new weight capacity limit for its automated destacking scissor-lift solutions with this project. Two hydraulic destacking lifts were engineered to order, each with 60,000 lbs capacity. The lifts, built to automotive specifications, are used for precise and controlled destacking and transferring of steel sheeting. Mechanically encoded to a system PLC, […]
Ladle Rebricking / Relining Platform
Overview Ladle rebricking / relining platforms have replaced the traditional scaffolding used in the re-bricking process at many steel foundries as a safer and more reliable option. Refractory firebrick in pour ladles requires continual replacement, and the Handling Specialty ladle lift was designed as the perfect solution. The lift is loaded into the ladle using […]
Custom Scissor Lift with Rotator
Overview This Custom Scissor Lift with Rotator will be used to stack zinc plates in a smelting process. Built with heavy-duty steel to withstand the rigours of a smelting operation, the lifts include the rotator on top of the platform. These lifts will run 129 cycles/hour, 24 hours a day, 310 days a year. Features […]