AGV Automatic Guided Cart
Overview Handling Specialty’s ability to redesign existing solutions in order to meet customer requirements is illustrated best in the roll-handling Automatic Guided Cart (AGC) lift designed for a major systems integrator. The innovative AGC automatically removed products from roll winders and transported them to one of nine locations. This exceptionally compact lift is only 30” […]
Towline Carts for Automotive Assembly
Overview Handling Specialty engineered and manufactured custom towveyor carts that move both horizontally (by towline) and vertically (with two electromechanical lifts) to meet the ergonomic and assembly needs of an automotive production line. The front lift is used to hoist the front axle and engine assembly into the vehicle body, while the back lift inserts […]
Lift Tables for Automotive Industry Fans
Overview Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured a series of portable but highly stable lift tables that supported large fans in an automotive test facility. The Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) was conducted at Handling Specialty’s facilities using the customer’s actual equipment. Features Scissor lift mounted on casters so the unit is portable. It can be […]
Heavy Duty Automotive Die Carts
Overview Handling Specialty custom designed and manufactured a heavy-duty transfer cart that transferred two 6,000 lb dies along an automotive press line. One unique feature incorporated into the design was a bumper system that could withstand impact from various angles. Unlike conventional systems, which respond only to perpendicular impacts, this feature ensured additional overtravel and […]
35,000 lbs. Capacity Tandem Lifts for the Continuous Feeding of Steel Blanks
Overview Handling Specialty custom designed and manufactured many steel blank destacking lifts that are used to continuously feed automotive stamping plant presses. Pictured in this Solution Story are two self-propelled lifts that were custom engineered and manufactured by Handling Specialty to meet the customer’s specific requirements. The lifts are durable and robust and are required […]
Stacker/Destacker for Automotive Industry
Overview Handling Specialty counts a turnkey skid stacker/destacker system for automotive plants among its repertoire of customized lift equipment. Installed as part of a production “buffer zone,” the system helps to compensate for fluctuations in vehicle production levels. Skids, typically used to convey untrimmed vehicle bodies, can be quickly added or removed from the assembly line as required. […]