Why you should invest in bulk material handling equipment? Bulk handling machinery and equipment can be tailored to your needs and type of industry. The food industry and pharmaceutical industry require safe and hygienic equipment. It should be easy to clean and should not react with products being transported. Equipment from Reflex equip must be strong and durable when handling heavy machinery. It should not deform in a short time and should have sufficient strength to carry finished goods. In a power plant where heavy tonnage loads are required to be carried, the equipment and machinery used there should be such that there is no malfunction while working. Conveyors carrying heavy loads must be designed and constructed with integrity. Many employers are finding that by supplying a custom lift aid or lifting device, they can save thousands of dollars in injury costs. Manual Material Handling Equipment has received a lot of attention recently with President Obama and his interest in ergonomic standards becoming law. As most managers know it is important to minimize manual handling tasks or do them right. There are many products and basic strategies that can help reduce MSD injuries at a cost far below the cost of the injury.Below is a brief description of the types of body movements and how you can provide equipment to help your worker stay injury free.The main activities of the body can be divided into the following 3 categoriesBending (Vertical Lifting): Bending at midsection and lifting an object.The following products can be provided to reduce worker bending. -
Lift tables Adjustable height work tables Manipulators Custom lift assists Cranes Electric or manual hoists Balancers Zero gravity lifts
The goal is to keep the lifting area from elbow height to standing knee height. This is considered the best training area by ergonomists. Also, it is important to keep the weight as close to the body as possible. Any lift above the shoulders or above the knees will severely limit the operator's ability to lift safely. Workers can be loaded into a safe lifting area by raising the working height to the correct height using products such as self-levelling lift tables, or all work can be provided at the correct height which can be accomplished with products such as adjustable work benches. Reaching (Horizontal Lifting): Reaching with a horizontal object more than 15" from the body.The following products can be provided to reduce worker exposure.
Turn tables Custom ergonomic lifts workstation cranes Pallet jacks
It can be a flat belt that carries the material or a roller belt that moves the carton or unit of goods from one place to another. Steel belts and plastic belts are most commonly used. Bucket elevator for bulk materials. It is used to move heavy materials from a lower level to a higher level for further processing or packaging. They can also transport bulk quantities of loose powder or packaged goods to various heights and machinery for further processing. Granular products can also be moved in large quantities from one unit to another and with perfect cleanliness and hygiene. This uses centrifugal force to lift the products to a higher level. Granular products can be sent higher in machinery using centrifugal force energy. Bulk lifts are used to move a fixed number of goods from one level to another and to transport and unload them as a complete set to the destination. Heavy loads can be carried assets or batches and then loaded in sets to the desired height. This is very useful in food and machinery manufacturing industry. Chemical and pharmaceutical industries use these elevators when large quantities of packets are moved and inverted to a desired location or upper-level processing unit.