Scissor Lifts for Automotive Industry
Overview Handling Specialty solved a material handling challenge in a Canadian auto plant by custom engineering and manufacturing a high-cycle, robust, and durable lift system that transferred car bodies atop steel skids between two sets of conveyors set on different levels. The lift has a powered conveyor mounted on top of it in the lowered […]
Traversing Drive Lift for Automotive Industry
Overview Handling Specialty played a significant part in the development of the modern assembly line used in automotive assembly plants today. This lift is a prototype developed for a Big Three automaker in the 80s as efficiency and ergonomics became an integral part of the auto assembly process. Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured these […]
Custom Scissor Lifts for Automotive Assembly Line
Overview Handling Specialty pioneered a unique conveyor platform system at Saturn’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. Referred to as a “skillet,” these high-cycle electro-mechanical custom scissor lifts were incorporated into more than 200 platforms. On these platforms, workers could be found riding alongside vehicles. As each car came down the line, the worker adjusted the […]
Hydraulic Vehicle Lift
Overview This hot-dip galvanized Automotive lift system will be used in a water spray booth for testing leaks in vehicles at a major vehicle manufacturer in Toledo, Ohio. Features Hydraulic Vehicle Lift: Each of the four custom-designed columns has a lifting capacity of 2,500 lbs giving the system an 8000 lb lift rating. An 11,500 […]
Music Conservatory Lift
Overview The University of Cincinnati’s Music Conservatory contacted Handling Specialty to custom design and manufacture a hydraulic scissor lift to convey props/set pieces to the conservatory’s upper level while also being used as a 10,000 lb capacity rollover access to the stage in the lowered position. When not in use, this pit-mounted lift remains in […]
Portable Scissor Lifts for Theater
Overview Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured custom lifts for a travelling stage production of Mamma Mia!, a major musical that appeared in New York, Toronto, and San Francisco. Features Four scissor lifts with various-sized platforms are used in a serpentine pattern to lift and lower sections of the stage. Actuated by double-acting hydraulic cylinders, […]