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  • Ensuring switchboards deliver safe electricity
    Late last year, Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) issued a ‘Safety Alert’ to warn the community of the importance of installing safety switches in premises and ensuring that all electrical equipment is in good condition and not damaged in any way. It was issued following the death of a man in the state’s east, whose body was found in his garage still clutching a damaged extension-lead socket. He would have been saved if a safety switch had been installed on the power circuit.
  • Smooth transition dock system minimises dock shock and trailer drop
    Arbon Equipment, through its parent company Rite-Hite Corporation, has launched an awareness campaign to call attention to ‘dock shock’ and ‘trailer drop’ - two issues that pose a serious health safety risk and adversely affect the productivity of virtually every facility with a loading dock.
  • Using risk assessments to avoid manual handling injuries
    Workplace injuries are a serious factor that every business, manager and staff member must think about. Not only do injuries impact on workers' health but on absenteeism, loss of income and even loss of jobs.
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  • Lifting bins and common sense: if it's too heavy, leave it
    A court ruling against a worker's civil claims against his employer after suffering a workplace injury highlights the importance of the need for employers to ensure employees have the requisite training on working safely.
  • OHS guidelines on lifting
    WorkSafe Victoria has released a list of the most common injuries related to manual lifting, in relation to industry types. Back injuries make up almost half of all claims received.
  • Manual handling risks rise pre Christmas. Have you done enough?
    Australian warehouses are approaching their busiest time of year and unless steps are taken now to control manual handling risks, someone could get hurt
  • Combustion vs electric: which is safer?
    Sales of electric forklifts are fast catching up to their combustive cousins. Advances in battery-powered technology have seen more businesses take advantage of some of the unique safety advantages of this emission-free alternative
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  • Exair Modular E-Vac series vacuum generators
    The Exair Modular E-Vac series vacuum generators are compressed air-powered vacuums suitable for lifting, ‘pick-and-place’, clamping, chucking and surface-mounting applications.
  • Optimum Handling Solutions spring scissor lifts
    Optimum Handling Solutions spring scissor lifts are portable, have fast weight capacity variation, a rotating turntable and no power requirement.
  • Hyundai 160D-7 forklift
    The Hyundai 160D-7 forklift is designed for use in the mining industry, with a 16-tonne capacity and 115.5 kW, 2200 rpm 6-cylinder turbo-charged engine.
  • Flexicon Tip-Tite box-container tipper
    The Tip-Tite box-container tipper from Flexicon forms a dust-tight seal between container and equipment, tips the container and discharges bulk material through a chute at controlled rates.
  • Optimum Handling Solutions electric bin tipper
    Optimum Handling Solutions’ economical electric bin tipper, for the lifting and tipping of all sizes of wheelie bins, is suitable for emptying heavy bins and drums in many applications such as industrial waste collection and in food production plants.
  • Optimum Handling Solutions scissor lifts
    Optimum Handling Solutions scissor lifts are designed and built to meet AS1418.8 and are suitable for a range of industrial applications.
  • Optimum Handling Solutions double pallet dispenser
    The Optimum Handling Solutions double pallet dispenser can dispense two pallets at once, as well as operate as two single pallet dispensers, making it suitable for segregation of pallets from different pallet suppliers.
  • Lift cushions and airbags
    The Pronal Group offers stock and custom-fabricated lifting cushions powerful enough to lift and split rock and heavy plant. The cushions range from ultra-thin bags (20 mm thick deflated) that can lift more than 65 tonnes each, to powerful spreading cushions that can exert hundreds of tonnes of force to part plant and machinery components or lift rocks.
  • Conveyors for bulk materials
    The Exair Heavy Duty Threaded Line Vac Conveyors convert ordinary pipe into a conveying system for bulk materials including steel shot, metal parts, scrap and trim. Applications include transferring bulk materials and parts, hopper loading, waste/trim removal, fibre tensioning, chip removal and filling operations.
  • Vertical lift bin tippers
    The Wrightway vertical lift bin tippers are bin lift-and-empty machines that safely and efficiently lift heavy or awkward bins to empty waste into industrial skips, or tip ingredients into hoppers.
  • Pallet inverter
    The Pal-Invert is a heavy-duty materials handling inverter, designed to facilitate the fast rotation of full pallets of product, thereby cutting out the arduous and often time-consuming processes of manually handling and re-stacking of pallets.
  • Lift tables
    The Actilev range of lift tables and scissor lifts provides a low working profile, mobility, double and triple scissors for high extensions and a large platform for oversized materials.
  • Chain hoist
    The Prolyft series of chain hoists includes models with maximum lifts ranging from 250 to 2000 kg in both direct-voltage control and low-voltage control.
  • Crane safety audit system
    The Crane Reliability Survey (CRS) is an audit service that tracks the condition, reliability, service life and operating safety of a crane and its components.
  • Light crane system
    The XA aluminium light crane system is designed for materials handling applications that require high precision, minimal rolling resistance, low noise and corrosion-free extended durability and cleanliness. Such applications include automotive, food and beverage processing, precision fabrication and clean environment manufacturing.
  • Reach trucks
    The BT Reflex series electric-powered reach trucks provide increased capacities ranging from 1400 to 2500 kg, increased lift heights to 12.5 m, reduced energy requirements and improved operator safety over the previous model it replaces.
  • Load turner
    Pal-turn Load Rotator makes the often difficult and dangerous task of turning and rotating heavy or bulky loads safer and easier.
  • Gearbox
    The Dodge MagnaGear XTR is a reducer gearbox family for heavy-duty material handling applications. The product complements the Dodge CST (controlled start transmission), which combines a gearbox with a clutch.
  • Live cable reels
    The Hannay cable reels are a series of industrial-duty, long-lasting spring rewind reels for live electric cable to power tools, lights, machinery and generator lines. The quick and convenient spring rewind saves time and the heavy-duty steel construction of the reels stands up to demanding field use.
  • Silencer
    The Mini and Midi Coax Silencers have been designed to lower sound level when using the Coax cartridges for direct integration or when using them on the Vacuum Gripper Systems VGS or the pump unit PMAT/Vactrap platforms.
  • Drum lifter
    The Drum Grab is a self-centring, safe method to attach to a 205 L drum. It provides a safe, easy and reliable way to attach a drum to almost any lifting device, from chain block to helicopter, forklift to mobile hoist.
  • Forklift safety system
    The Fork-Alert warning system is an electronic early warning system designed for use where forklifts, cranes and other moving equipment are used.
  • Horizontal vacuum lifting
    Millsom Materials Handling has released an updated range of the Schmalz VacuMaster-Comfort sheet lifters. The Comfort model allows for the horizontal vacuum lifting and transfer of products with four load ranges from 125 kg through to 750 kg.
  • Lifting device
    With the vacuum lifting device Vacumaster 250/8 SAB, designed for loads of up to 250 kg, the Schmalz vacuum specialists were able to offer a basic system for the handling of raw materials and finished parts.
  • Light hoist
    The Remote Lighting Lifter enables the lowering of luminaires to the ground electrically via wireless remote control where they can be safely maintained. It is designed for use in factories, warehouses, exhibition centres, sports stadiums, railway stations, auditoriums, schools, hotels and more.
  • Air balance hoist
    The Millsom Air Balance Hoist and Power-Free Rail system provides control for the handling of heavy materials in manufacturing and component assembly operations.
  • Foldable lifter
    FFeatures: lift height of 105 cm
  • Remote lighting lifter
    The Remote Lighting Lifter enables the lowering of luminaires to the ground via remote control where they can be safely maintained.
  • Bin emptying machine
    The Dumpmaster bin emptying machine is already being used throughout supermarkets, hospitals, factories and the hospitality industry for safe bin and container emptying in a diverse range of situations, particularly where space restrictions apply.
  • Ergonomic lifting equipment
    The extensive range of Actisafe lift tables is distributed by Fanquip.
  • Crane safety appliance
    The 6242 Crane Safety Appliance has been designed for use on mobile cranes, tower cranes, truck cranes and hoists of all types, and meets the requirements of AS1418.5-2002 (Section 7.3).
  • Scissor lift trolleys
    Did you know 1 in 3 workplace injuries is a back injury!
  • Drum-mixing system
    Actidrum is a sturdy, industrial strength product to aid in the mixing of contents in drums of all sizes, safely and efficiently. It can be manufactured to operate in a fixed position or supplied with long-wearing castors to those seeking a mobile version.
  • Manual crane system
    The overhead manual crane system from Global Track claims to address common problems found in manufacturing facilities - overhead cranes are often plagued by inefficiencies because of static designs. Prone to jamming and requiring significant operator exertion, Global Track's current models can increase production costs and reduce worker injury risk.
  • Safety shovels
    The Environmental safety shovel is available in seven blade sizes and four handle lengths, ranging from 527 to 1390 mm overall length.
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Case Study (3)
  • Scissor lifts for inner-city goods delivery
    Optimum Handling Solutions has recently supplied a double scissor lift for a building project in the Sydney CBD that has eliminated the problem of bulk food deliveries to a retail outlet situated on the second level of a commercial building.
  • Pallet inverter installed for damaged pallet turnaround
    Optimum Handling Solutions has installed a pallet inverter at a large transport and logistics company. The pallet inverter is primarily used to transfer product from damaged pallets onto acceptable pallets.
  • Expresso hand trucks save time, money and driver's back
    When Melbourne beverage distributor Shaun Mays took a Lite Trucks Expresso hand truck out for a trial run, it saved him so much time and effort that he never gave it back. Three years on, he says it has saved him money, too
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