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ProMat 2003 On-Floor Seminar Series Welcomes You to:
SESSION 303
The Selection and Safe Use of Industrial Scissors Lifts and Tilters
Sponsored by: LMPS Lift Manufacturers Product SectionSpeaker: James J. Galante - Southworth Products Corp
What is the selection process?
Where, when and why do you use lifts and tilters?
What are the benefits of their use?
Manual Material Handling problems?
PROBLEMSProblems
PROProblems Problems!
OR P-r-o-b-l-e-m-s
Material Handling opportunities to improve productivity and
enhance safety?
PROBLEMS
LIFTINGSTRETCHING
REACHINGBENDING
STOOPINGand
WALKING
These unnecessary worker activities can result in low productivity, worker fatigue, and costly job-related injuries.
Manufacturing Assembly
Warehouse Distribution
LIFTING
•Reaching and lifting to load/unload pallets
•Awkward back extension to access the far side
•Difficult and improper grip to the load or parts
•Bending over and twisting associated to the manual tasks
Pallets
MANUAL LOADING AND UNLOADING OF PALLETS CONTINUES TO BE
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON AND MOST INJURY PRONE TASKS
IN INDUSTRY TODAY
OOH… I HATE MY JOB!
…DON’T LIKE MY BOSS MUCH
EITHER!
WASTED TIME
WASTED ENERGY
LIKELY INJURY
These are automatic load leveling devices that maintain the top of the
load in the 30 to 38” ergonomic window
Sitting or standing a lift can eliminate the
back bending to associated with pallet
loading/unloading
This lift is
portable
As much as 40% of the time required
loading a pallet, can be spent walking
around it!
Lifts and positioners can also be fitted
with turntables for “near side” loading
TIME SAVINGS = 40%
WORK REDUCTION = 75%
Gosh.. I love my job!
MY BOSS IS A GREAT GUY!
SUBSTAINTAIL REDUCTION IN LOST TIME INJURIES!
BENDING
• Access to bottom of container is poor
• Reach over limits bending of the legswhich exaggerates back strain
• Reaching to the far back and bottomcauses back extension
Containers
Manual loading and unloading of
wire baskets, containers and Gaylord's leads to
a high incidence of lower back injuries
Partspicking
at a hydraulic
press work station
Imagine the back extension, bending and reaching required to get to these parts
This is a completely pneumatic machine
This is a
“Lift and Tilt”
giving the operator direct
control of vertical and
angular positions
This air bag
tilter has a fixed
height
Ideal where load
heights do not
vary widely
Air bag tilters are limited to about 40 degrees of travel
Work station lifts to
eliminate back
bending & stretching
These lifts tilt as they rise vertically
Parts picking made productive from fixed height tilters
Notice the high hinge causing the
container to elevate as it tilts
Parts Picking in Work Cells
There is a scissors lift to position the assembly
These container tilters are portable
STRETCHINGAND REACHING
WHAT TO LOOK FOR...• Workers needing to squat, reach, and stretch to gain access to work.
• Large work pieces that require operation on more than one surface.
• Repetitious assembly tasks.
• Work stations with footstools, stepstools or extension arms for tools.
• Equipment with access/adjustment near floor.
• Heavy work pieces that must be moved or positioned.
• Delicate, breakable or easily marred parts.
• Production machines that require high volume input or output.
• Work stations that are modified by employee to make work easier.
• Material that shouldn’t be touched by hand (hot, cold, food, etc.)
Wrong!
Make that three
wrongs!
Where no loading dock
exists
Right!I love this lift
2000 S eriesDock lifts can be pit mounted or surface mounted
Dock lifts can take fork lift
and load right into the truck
Lift with 90 Degree Upender for Assembly of large panels
There is a scissors lift under here
This portable die cart is inexpensive, fast and effective
Notice the docking clips where the cart and the rack interface
Powered die cart
Roller conveyor top
Powered drive to transport from press room to storage
Lift & Tilt to position electrical panels in this work cell
Notice the accordion skirting to cover
scissors legs
Eliminate back bending by vertically positioning sheets
For positioning order pickers in front of horizontal carousels or conveyor systems
This threshold could as low as 3/8” (10 mm)
Some lifts
and tilters
can be
loaded with
hand trucks
Parts picking on assembly line
Notice the good use of inexpensive gravity
roller conveyor
This lift permits
one person to do what was a
two man job
…so from
pulling parts
where
lifts need
to have
wheels, to …
…to positioning really bigmaterial
...that has it own wheels...
...Industrial lifts provide a economical solution
Tools and Resources
LMPSproudly presents
The lift manufacturers have
written safety standards to insure
the highest standards of design
and aid the user community in the
safest possible application and use.
FREE copies available in the back of this room
There is also a great
publication on online
www.mhia.org/LMPS
A Multi-Media Tool for Material
Handling Problems
FREE copies available in the back of this room
Don’t forget your FREE literature
Hope this has been a “uplifting” experience for you!Don’t forget your FREE CD-ROM
Don’t forget your FREE CD-ROM
FINISDon’t forget your FREE literature
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!
Don’t forget your FREE literature
The Selection and Safe Use of Industrial Scissors Lifts and Tilters
Sponsored by: LMPS Lift Manufacturers Product Section
James J. Galante
Southworth Products Corp