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I'm just looking into an issue which involves manual handling equipment from the ground up to a workbench for basic maintenance and repairs work. The equipment weights 19kg. The task is repeated up to 6 times an hour depending on what maintenance or repair work is required on each piece of equipment, and therefore how long that job takes to do.
Due to an injury in the team, we're looking at height adjustable workbenches. The 19kg equipment is on wheels so it would be fantastic if we could wheel it on, move the workbench up, do the work, move the workbench down and then wheel the equipment off.
So far the workbenches I've come across (good old Google) only appear to go down to around 770m. My colleague found something that comes down to 225mm (hydraulic platform truck) which is great, but the "platform" is too small for the equipment that needs to be worked on.
The guys in the dept. want to put a bit of plyboard on top of the platform to make the surface big enough, but my feeling is that we should just get a bit of equipment that does the job we want it to do. I've managed to secure support from a Director for the funding we would probably need, which is a feat in itself so I think we should go for what we need rather than scrimping.
Does anyone have any suggestions in terms of products or companies I could look into? Or indeed another suggestion, perhaps I've overlooked something?
Cheers!
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Hi You could use mobile scissor lift tables
regards Dave
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The most reliable and defensible way ahead is to conduct short ergonomic trials with two or three pieces of equipment, with a handful of people and compare the objective and subjective data resulting from the experiment. Without such testing, you risk investing in equipment that may not be the most suitable for purpose.
Depending on how much you know about scientific testing, you could either use the sample group of people for the trials (with a suitable rest after each trial) or groups matched for gender, height, weight and perhaps agegroup.
If you have the time, you might well find that one or two local schools would be glad to include the exercise in their GCSE (or A level) curricula. Otherwise, you can recruit temps from Jobcentres.
To do a competent professional job, you are open to serious criticism by relying on Google as a primary source. you can get far more reliable information on design of appropriate equipment if you start with clearly written, well-researched ergonomic guides such as those written by Dan MacLeod and Steve Pheasant.
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I would just phone a few suppliers or manufacturers of similar items and ask them for their advice.
You may find they have supplied custom built similar items previously and can supply you just what you need.
You have done your assessement, you identified a need, you know who will be using it, you know what for.
Do you really need to carry out tests and trials?
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I am just echoing what roshqse says - have a look in suppliers catalogues etc - call the suppliers/manufacturers and ask them if they have a trial unit that you 'try before you buy' just to ensure that you have the right bit of kit before spending your bosses money. In my experience many suppliers are willing to do this if they sniff a sale.
PM me if you want names of people/suppliers that may be able to help.
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Mrs R, would this type of equipment be of any use ?. http://www.esedirect.co....-to-1250kg-capacity.aspx I am sure that if you speak with suppliers there will be diffrent lift plate sizes available & suppliers will let you trial one of these trust me, i have 2 on site which we have had for 2 years !!!.
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