Four Post Lift for Transformer Core Winding
Overview Handling Specialty’s experience in transformer assembly was adopted by ASEA Brown Boveri’s American and Canadian plants for their electrical transformers. One of the steps in the assembly of large transformers is the winding of wire around the central coil. Coil winding is done vertically. A moving work platform allows employees to position themselves at […]
Four Post Personnel Lift for Transformer Assembly
Overview Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured an assembly work platform that helped improve workers’ efficiency and safety. Incorporated in the design are platforms that extend 60” in and out, enabling employees to reach an optimal work position. A clean working environment is critical to transformer assembly, which dictates that the lift system be entirely […]
Custom Personnel Lifts for Large Engine Assembly
Overview This large Personnel lift was designed with worker ergonomics and functionality in mind for the assembly and maintenance of massive engines for the power-gen industry. This is one of 5 developed for our customer. Features Featuring sliding bridges on both units enables assembly personnel precise positioning around the engine. Each bridge can be operated […]
Four Post Lift for Electrical Turbine Assembly
Overview A power turbine manufacturer in the United States approached Handling Specialty with a material handling challenge. The company, which manufactures turbines weighing up to 100,000 lbs, needed to lift, lower and hold the turbine during its lengthy assembly process. Handling Specialty engineered and manufactured a four-post mechanically actuated pit-mounted lift that would hold the […]
Custom Tooling Positioner
Overview This ergonomic tooling rotisserie will be used to position composite parts during assembly operations. Taking up a fixed position lagged to the assembly facility floor, this rotisserie will operate intermittently, capable of lifting and holding up to 700 lbs. and rotating 360 degrees in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions. This unit also includes 6 […]
Custom Work Positioner
Overview Built for the aerospace industry, this robust, custom-engineered headstock/tailstock tooling rotisserie allows for ergonomic access to multiple product sizes. It accomplishes this via rail wheels on one half of the unit, which traverses up to 20′ of rail to accommodate varying sizes of product. The unit(s) also travels up and down on two synchronized […]