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Selecting the Right Load Movement System defines how to determine the best way to move heavy components in industrial settings. Heavy items such as space shuttles through assembly and test, or modular structures through a factory or heat exchangers through a power plant - components that weigh tens or hundreds of tons. The podcast walks through seven key questions to narrow down the best method between cranes, conveyors, air cushion vehicles, forklifts and other industrial trucks, wheeled tr ...
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Ep7: Safety considerations of each move system
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Finally, before purchasing a new system, it is worth making sure people can use it safely without too much added difficulty or exceeding your organization’s risk tolerance. This brings us to the final question – and final episode – in this limited-run series. For example, once you hoist a load into the air, as with a crane, your operation will beco…
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Ep6: Loadability, training and certifications
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Loadability refers to how to get the load onto the load system in the first place. Some systems are self-loading, but not all. Sometimes cradles or external support structures must be developed to give the load system something to grab onto. Sometimes the item changes shape as it goes through the line, and offset loads have to be addressed. It’s eq…
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This is the big question: what is the cost of the equipment, and is the move system even financially viable for your situation? This is a complicated question to think about. There is initial cost, installation cost, training cost, potential facility upgrade cost, the cost of actually operating the material handling system, the cost to keep the sys…
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Ep4: How often & how far does the load have to move?
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Once we’ve eliminated load movement systems that cannot handle the weight of the load or the maneuverability requirements, the next question is about timing and distance. Do you need to move products continuously or infrequently? How much time is spent at each station if there are multiple workstations. What impacts occur if one station is delayed?…
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Ep3: How much flexibility or maneuverability is required?
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This question is more nuanced and complex than it might first appear. In this episode, we break this big question down into smaller ones, including: can the material handling system traverse the path the load needs to travel? Is the path fixed or variable? Do you need flexibility to travel between a wide variety of points or in-and-out of a manufac…
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The first and most fundamental question when selecting a load movement system is always: what does the load weigh? The point of asking questions like this is to go through a process of elimination, removing material handling systems that won’t work for your situation. Since some systems just plain won’t work at some weights, if you know the weight …
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Ep1: Compare systems for moving heavy loads
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What are the seven key questions to consider when choosing the right material handling system for industrial manufacturing? In this introductory episode, we’re talking about load movement system options for components that can weigh tens or even hundreds of tons, yet we still need to find a way to get them from place to place in a factory. We can u…
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