Lift Move with Rail Equipment

Rail-guided electric cart with skid and levelling blade assembly. Designed to solve an age-old material handling application issue for the mining industry, this system can be operated remotely with a pendant or from the unit’s main control panel HDI screen. Three separate pieces of equipment come together in this project to make loading, levelling and […]

Steel Handling Problems Solved

Ladle lifts solve the steel industry re-bricking problem The term ladle in the steel industry essentially shares its name with a soup ladle in that it holds a liquid. In the steel industry, that liquid isn’t soup but rather super-heated, molten metals. This steel is transferred from the furnace to the casting facility via the […]

Custom Rail Gantries Simplify Maintenance

A rail-mounted gantry is a structure designed to straddle the track and locomotive or car and act as a positioning platform which rolls along the maintenance tracks to place equipment and personnel efficiently. There are many types of rail gantries which provide specific needs for specific applications. Our design capabilities and engineering expertise allow us […]

Custom rail MRO material handling equipment

Handling Specialty is right on track when it comes to the design, manufacture and installation of custom material handling equipment utilized for rail/transportation manufacturing and MRO operations. We provide creative solutions to manufacturers of locomotives, freight cars, monorails and transit systems, as well as for maintenance, repair and overhaul activities at the heavy rail, light […]

Move Steel Easily

How do you move heavy loads of steel from one station to another? Handling Specialty’s custom-engineered, rugged transfer vehicles offer flexibility to their designs, allowing for the easy extension to the system, additional units, lifting capacities and more.  All of our equipment is built robustly to withstand the harsh industrial environment of a steel mill. […]

Three Axis Mast Lift

These eight robust, Three Axis Mast Lifts were custom engineered for an aerospace manufacturer to ergonomically position technicians during their upper wing panel sealing process. These units come as a set, one right-hand side and one left-hand side, which share upper and lower rails for horizontal motion. Four sets were built for this application. With […]