Custom Work Platform
Overview Handling Specialty designs and builds custom work platforms to enable products and personnel to be placed ergonomically during manufacturing or assembly of large-scale products. Features This work platform, which can carry up to 18,000 lbs, is also able to telescopically maneuver to best place operators and equipment around the product and features an automatically collapsible staircase. […]
Large Custom Personnel Lifting System
Overview This Large Electro-mechanical Custom Personnel Lift was engineered and manufactured for the Energy industry. Features These Personnel lifts are positioned as opposite pairs to work in cooperation with MGVs supplied to carry large engines to be assembled. The lifts include sliding bridges to further ergonomically position personnel around the engine while it is being assembled. […]
Pit Lift for Turbine Assembly
Overview Handling Specialty engineered and manufactured this Pit Lift for Turbine Assembly – mounted in a pit to raise and lower turbine engines and gas compressors for assembly and disassembly. Simple design keeps maintenance costs low, and the ability to stop motion with a full load at any point without experiencing downward creep of the […]
In-Ground Lift System for Turbine Assembly
Overview The below-ground, or ground-level lift, allows the employees to remain on the ground as the turbine raises and lowers at the worker’s level, rather than the employee raising and lowering on a platform to meet the different segments of the turbine. The ground-level lift eliminates staircases and heights associated with traditional above-ground turbine lifts, […]
Massive Work Platform for Nuclear Refurbishment
Overview Handling Specialty worked with a client in the nuclear industry to engineer and manufacture an extremely large four-post lift to be used in a test facility to train nuclear technicians in the re-tubing process for refurbishing nuclear reactors. The lift was manufactured to extremely tight tolerances to comply with Z299.2 requirements. Features Platform size […]
Four Post Lift for Rotor Assembly
Overview Handling Specialty engineered and manufactured a large four-post mechanical lift (Cargovator) to lift personnel and materials during the assembly of compressor rotors. Features Platform movement is smooth and level throughout the range of travel. The platform is 20’ x 20’ with a center opening to allow access to the compressor rotor. The platform includes […]