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Going the extra mile for a foot
, an employee had a forklift run over her foot. She was wearing steeltoed shoes at the time. Her foot was so badly mangled that it had to be amputated. There are other issues to be considered here, such as not having proper separation between pedestrians and forklifts, but that is for another column
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Solar Mirror Assembly Lift with Fixture Clamps
Autoquip recommended a high capacity scissor lift with a custom design fixture clamp on the lift platform for positioning and locking the pallets in place. The forklift operator will be able to load the pallet onto the platform and with a remote operation the fixture clamp will align and lock
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Betting on Technology
. Livonia's standard product line includes parts used in racks that hold motors, wheels, drivetrains and other bulky items and racks that are typically moved by forklift. The company also produces components for wire baskets and other bulk shipping containers used to hold and transport material from
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Safety Critical Protection Systems: Implementing Pressure Sensor Signal Redundancy to Lower Costs
that machine control systems used in utility vehicles including cranes, lifting platforms and fork-lift trucks perform with precision, accuracy, and most importantly reliability. 'Failsafe' is the keyword that drives system designers to be ever more creative. System redundancy is a design concept that helps
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Save now, pay later
Designers are being put between a rock and a hard place balancing material costs with product quality. Honeywell EVN-Series limit switches are found in escalators, forklifts, and moving platforms. They feature an IP66/67 sealed compact double-insulated plastic housing for mounting where limited
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Playful Control
There is an increasing demand for joysticks. Managing director of elobau, Michael Hetzer, can see the trend in his order books: "Our joysticks are used to a high degree in various industrial vehicles - in tractors and forklift trucks, to name just two examples. "The advantages
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Odd-Shaped Seal Stops Random Leaks
Canal Winchester, Ohio, expect near-perfect reliability from their Piggyback construction forklifts. Therefore, it was perplexing and disturbing when occasionally and without warning, a Piggyback would blow the drive hose to the front-wheel-drive motor. Hydraulic leaks
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Go-karts go green
markets for fuel-cell applications. Mobile power generators and short-range vehicles such as gokarts, scooters, and forklift trucks may apply the new technology. How would you like to race a go-kart without polluting? A Dutch company is moving in that direction by building and racing hydrogen-fuel-cell