Handling Specialty Blog - lift equipment

At Handling Specialty, one of our many diverse, custom material handling products is the heavy-duty AGV.

An AGV Block Diagram offers a visual schematic of the general arrangement of the parts and components of the complex system that guides the automated guided vehicle.

Four Post LiftA four post lift is a mechanical lifting system which relies on 4 posts to lift a piece of equipment, or a vehicle to a specified height in...

Heavy-Duty Scissor Lifts for Material HandlingA heavy-duty scissor lift is a mechanical lifting device built for the specific purpose of raising and lowering product and or people to a desired...

Manual Guided Vehicles for Assembly ProcessesHandling Specialty recently completed an order for seven manually guided vehicles (MGV’s) for use in the assembly of military style side by sides.

Automotive De-Stacking AGVs Ensure AccuracyFeeding large, fast press lines requires prepress equipment that can move product efficiently, safely, and accurately.

Our AGV article was picked up by Lift and Hoist Magazine for the month of April, urging manufacturers to consult experienced suppliers when automating heavy material handling tasks in production...

Custom tooling rotators assist in operator ergonomics, ensuring increased productivity and up-time.

As a leader in the development of explosion-proof custom-engineered material handling equipment, our technical sales and design professionals have seen it all.

The Power-Gen industry is an essential service from production to delivery.

Familiarize yourself with AGVs for manufacturing Automatic guided vehicles should be on your radar if you’re looking into adding or improving automation in your assembly or manufacturing facility.

From the start, Handling Specialty has been grateful for having been labeled ‘essential’ in that we support multiple industries who manufacture and assemble and maintain equipment and products deemed ‘essential’...

Handling Specialty’s manually guided vehicles (MGVs) are designed to raise and traverse heavy loads and are robustly engineered for service in the rail/transportation industry.

Designing and building material handling equipment for the energy industry has challenged Handling Specialty’s technical sales and engineering personnel time and again.

How Architecture & Engineering Firms Benefit from Handling Specialty Architecture & Engineering (A&E) firms provide professional services to support large industrial and infrastructure projects across a wide range of market segments....

As the name implies, a work positioner efficiently and safely positions a product for assembly, maintenance or repair in an ergonomic fashion which offers easy access to every component for...

Just because it’s made for the Rail industry doesn’t necessarily mean it has to run on rails.

The Excalibur In 1993 Handling Specialty acquired the manufacturing rights to the Forklift Service platform called Excalibur.

A rail-mounted gantry is a structure designed to straddle the track and locomotive or car and act as a positioning platform which rolls along the maintenance tracks to place equipment...

Electrical control panels are designed and used to control mechanical equipment.