60,000 lb Automated Destacking Scissor Lift
Overview Handling Specialty reached a new weight capacity limit for its automated destacking scissor-lift solutions with this project. Two hydraulic destacking lifts were engineered to order, each with 60,000 lbs capacity. The lifts, built to automotive specifications, are used for precise and controlled destacking and transferring of steel sheeting. Mechanically encoded to a system PLC, […]
Heavy Duty Hydraulic Scissor Lift for Wire Rod Transfer
Overview Kobe Steel, in its Ohio mill, took advantage of a uniquely designed steel transfer car manufactured by Handling Specialty. The extreme-duty car was required to accumulate wire rods continuously and then transfer them between process lines. Two traversing Transfer cars, with power-clamp tooling for handling the wire rod, were designed and constructed for a […]
Custom Scissor Lift with Rotator
Overview This Custom Scissor Lift with Rotator will be used to stack zinc plates in a smelting process. Built with heavy-duty steel to withstand the rigours of a smelting operation, the lifts include the rotator on top of the platform. These lifts will run 129 cycles/hour, 24 hours a day, 310 days a year. Features […]
Paint Booth Lift for 85,000 Lb Gas Compressor
Overview An Ohio-based gas compressor manufacturer engaged Handling Specialty to design and manufacture a high-capacity hydraulic lift to be used during the painting process. Because some of their compressors have centers of gravity outside the lift envelope, Handling Specialty engineered a custom solution specifically for this application. In addition to the offset loads, the underside […]
Hydraulic Lift for Nuclear Industry
Overview Handling Specialty and Atomic Energy of Canada combined forces in the design and manufacture of a lift system used to service AEC gimbles. The gimble is a device that is mounted to an overhead crane in the reactor tube area of a nuclear power plant. Positioned on the underside of the crane, the gimble […]
Multi Stage Scissor Lift for Turbine Assembly
Overview Handling Specialty was asked to quote on a vertical assembly platform that is being used during the assembly process for large energy turbines. The lift is mounted in a pit and rises approximately 35 feet, safely holding personnel and equipment as the turbine assembly is completed. The platform features 3 (three) round removable plates, […]