Four Post Lift System for Ultrasonic Inspection
Overview A major aerospace and defence integration firm approached Handling Specialty to custom engineer and manufacture an automated ultrasonic inspection system to inspect the exterior surface of a rocket shell using a robot. The lifts/robotic units work in tandem: one robot repeatedly raises and lowers inside the rocket shell on the scissor lift while the […]
Heavy Duty 60 Ton Capacity Shim Table for Locomotives
Overview Handling Specialty Manufacturing was successful in its bid to manufacture a 60-ton locomotive shim table for CP Rail in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Shim tables are used to lift and hold a locomotive so rail technicians can shim or “true” the wheels. The lift is installed in a pit in the maintenance building. The lift is […]
Monorail Bogie Maintenance Workstation
Overview Handling Specialty worked collaboratively with an international transportation company to engineer and manufacture a highly specialized workstation to assist technicians with the removal of bogies from monorail cars for maintenance and repair. Previously, when the customer wanted to replace or repair the bogie, the monorail car would be taken out of service for a […]
Rail Rotator Work Positioner
Overview The rail rotator work positioner is designed to precisely position the rail equipment for maintenance operations in a rail MRO facility. This task is accomplished with lift, lower, and 360-degree rotation options, placing the equipment at ergonomic working levels. Consisting of a primary fixed Jack equipped with a 360° rotating plate and a secondary […]
Nose Cone Gantries for Rail MRO
Overview Nose Cone Gantries for Rail MRO are mobile power car nose work platforms that operate intermittently when required. These units provide access to the sloped front nose cone of the client’s existing and new Locomotives. The nose cone’s track wheels retreat on hydraulics to move the unit via forklift from one set of tracks to […]
10 Ton Drop Tables for Rail Maintenance
Overview These 10-ton Drop Tables for rail maintenance travel below the railcars to remove and replace wheelsets. The body supports lift the train car at its lifting pads, allowing technicians to loosen the wheelsets while the bogies rest on the drop table service top. Then the drop table lowers the wheelsets and moves them along […]