Materials handling

Equipment to improve underground construction safety

13 October, 2012 | Supplied by: Redpath (Australia) Pty Limited

An innovative manipulator has been developed to improve safety and productivity in underground construction. Suitable for the mining and building industries, the equipment provides a solution to the significant safety issue of personnel working with suspended loads, especially in confined underground work areas. Local mining contractor Redpath Australia has developed a machine capable of erecting steel beams in underground mines at a much safer and faster rate than the current process using cranes.


Delivering generators to Australia’s heart

09 October, 2012 | Supplied by: Enerpac

An Enerpac gantry lifting system was deployed by Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift & Shift to deliver generators to a power station in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.


Scissor lift solution for power board manufacturer

09 October, 2012 | Supplied by: Optimum Handling Solutions

Optimum Handling Solutions provided a number of custom 300 kg lift and tilt work platforms for national power board manufacturing company at its facility in Sydney.


Swift Metal Services cable and hose bracket and component range

24 September, 2012 | Supplied by: SWIFT Metal Services Pty Ltd

Swift Metal Services has expanded its range of cable and hose brackets and components with the introduction of relocatable bolted hanging brackets for hose, pneumatic lines and cables.


DBI-Sala FlexiGuard fall protection access system range

05 September, 2012 | Supplied by: 3M Fall Protection

DBI-Sala’s FlexiGuard fall protection access systems provide the user with a mobile overhead anchorage point that can be moved around from application to application, suitable for situations where an overhead structure is unreachable or does not exist.


Optimum Handling Solutions PD20 Pal-Tec pallet dispensing machines

29 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Optimum Handling Solutions

The PD20 Pal-Tec pallet dispensing machines, from Optimum Handling Solutions, now include an ‘auto eye’ feature as standard. The ‘auto eye’ allows the operator to remain on the pallet truck platform throughout loading, as the need to manually operate the machine to dispense pallets has been eliminated.


Narrowtex strapping and lashing range

29 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Narrowtex Australia Pty Ltd

Narrowtex will be exhibiting its strapping and lashing product range at The Safety Show Sydney.


Advance Equipment Tall Boy trolleys

24 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Advance equipment

The Tall Boy trolleys are suitable for delivering clean linen to and collecting soiled linen from commercial laundries, hospitals, retirement villages, aged care centres, resorts, motels and many other facilities.


Nichiyu Aisle-Master forklift

23 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Nichiyu Australia

The engine- or electric-powered Nichiyu Aisle-Master forklift truck can navigate tight corners and passages as narrow as 1.98 metres.


Lightwave Technology Jackjaw lifting device

23 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Lightwave Technology Pty Ltd

The Jackjaw range of removal aids now extends to eight separate models designed to lift, recover and recycle steel star pickets, electric power earthing spikes, heavy-duty tent or marquee pegs and even timber survey pegs or stakes.


Toyota forklift gives Darwin building supplier a boost

22 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Toyota Material Handling Australia Pty Ltd

Darwin’s largest family-owned builders’ supplier has commissioned two new three-tonne-capacity Toyota forklift trucks to boost safety, productivity and machine availability.


Martor Merak safety knife

31 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Martor Australia

The Merak is a GS-tested safety knife for precise cutting with fully automatic blade retraction technology, which is suitable for cutting most packaging materials.


Manhole lid lifter to improve employee safety

30 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Iota Services

When manhole lids get stuck, workers have traditionally resorted to the use of various tools, with the potential to injure personnel, equipment and assets. To address this issue and improve employee safety, Melbourne-based company iota thought of developing a device which would enable workers to lift jammed lids and allow them to carry out work from a safe distance.


iota Easy Lift manhole lids

24 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Iota Services

The cast iron Easy Lift manhole lids are spring hinged to open with ease, using less than 15 kg of equivalent pressure.


Optimum Handling Solutions multitrip packaging range

23 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Optimum Handling Solutions

Optimum Handling Solutions has a range of multitrip plastic tubs, crates and delivery trolleys, tall boys, bins and pallets that offer a more environmentally favourable carbon footprint than single trip cardboard boxes and cartons according to UK sustainability consultancy Sustain.


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