Custom Scissor Lifts for Automotive Assembly Line
Overview Handling Specialty pioneered a unique conveyor platform system at Saturn’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. Referred to as a “skillet,” these high-cycle electro-mechanical custom scissor lifts were incorporated into more than 200 platforms. On these platforms, workers could be found riding alongside vehicles. As each car came down the line, the worker adjusted the […]
Music Conservatory Lift
Overview The University of Cincinnati’s Music Conservatory contacted Handling Specialty to custom design and manufacture a hydraulic scissor lift to convey props/set pieces to the conservatory’s upper level while also being used as a 10,000 lb capacity rollover access to the stage in the lowered position. When not in use, this pit-mounted lift remains in […]
Portable Scissor Lifts for Theater
Overview Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured custom lifts for a travelling stage production of Mamma Mia!, a major musical that appeared in New York, Toronto, and San Francisco. Features Four scissor lifts with various-sized platforms are used in a serpentine pattern to lift and lower sections of the stage. Actuated by double-acting hydraulic cylinders, […]
Scissor Lifts for Theater
Overview Handling Specialty custom designed and manufactured two direct thrust hydraulic Stage lifts to lift and hold performers at a theme park. The pit-mounted lifts are operated in unison or independently and are situated on either side of an arc-shaped stage area. Two sets of scissors were used on each lift to reduce the differential […]
Heavy Duty Custom Scissor Lift for Newsprint Rolls
Overview For the Houston Chronicle, Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured a 20,000 lb. capacity lift for the unloading of 5,000 lb. paper rolls. The high demand for newsprint at the newspaper required the lift to endure heavy use. As well, Handling Specialty engineers had to incorporate into the lift support for a large side […]
Production Duty Hydraulic Scissor Lift
Overview An OEM of specialized paper converting equipment to the paper processing industry required a lift within their continuous duty palletizer to support their tooling, which acts as a buffer allowing product to accumulate while the palletizer processes a batch load. Handling Specialty engineered a purpose-built hydraulic scissor lift with a continuous running HPU, double-acting […]