Optimize Your Shop Floor and Maximize Productivity with a Load Turner

This type of device will make things safer for your employees, improve productivity, and allow you to scale up your manufacturing capabilities in terms of size and weight.

Here are things to consider when purchasing a load-turning device and a few benefits of owning one for your unique manufacturing facility.

What Are the Benefits of an Industrial Load Turner?

One of the biggest benefits of using an industrial load turner in your manufacturing facility is that it gives you the ability to handle massive components safely. In fact, there are many safety features built into the device to ensure that your employees and products stay safe throughout the manufacturing process. Just a few of the rewards you'll reap for investing in a lifting and turning device include:

• Eliminates user's exposure to heavy objects sliding or dropping while being lifted and turned.

• Ensures products are not jolted, damaged, or marked while being lifted.

• No additional anchor points are required on the object, the straps hold it in place securely.

• Precise positioning at any angle is possible with a simple push of a button.

• The weight-bearing capacity of an industrial load turner can be customized to suit your needs.

• Increases productivity since the device only requires a single operator instead of several.

• The device can be used for several applications in different locations within your shop.

What Type of Application Requires a Load Turner?

Load turners are an essential tool in any factory, warehouse, or other manufacturing location that deals with cumbersome, heavy objects, and finished products. They can be conveniently relocated to any location in your shop to keep production moving at an acceptable pace. Just a few examples of industrial and manufacturing applications that require a load rotator for heavy lifting and safety include:

Mechanical Construction

Massive HVAC systems for commercial and industrial facilities consist of large, bulky, components constructed of heavy materials such as copper, aluminum, and steel sheets. It's necessary to lift and turn these pieces in order for workers to access different surfaces for the manufacturing and assembly process.

Boat Building

Marine motors for large cargo ships and other vessels are massive and they can weigh thousands of tons. It's no easy feat to lift and rotate the individual parts of these engines and assembly is an even bigger challenge. An industrial load turner rated to handle the weight of your materials makes lifting and turning engine parts during manufacturing and the assembly of large scale marine engines and motors a breeze.

Foundry & Forging

Lifting and turning heavy-duty mold boxes is more than a challenge, it's a seemingly impossible task. A load rotator makes this task look easy. This type of heavy duty lifting equipment is readily adaptable to handle even the most cumbersome, heavy, and high temperature loads. At the same time, it ensures that workers are safe due to the ability to remotely control the device. 

Window & Solar Panel Construction

Both windows and solar panels are constructed using materials such as aluminum and glass. The larger the window or solar panel, the riskier it is to manufacture them. One slip and the item can come crashing down, potentially harming a nearby worker. Secured by straps to a load rotator device, these fragile products can be safely lifted and turned in the factory as well as during the installation process. 

Precast Concrete 

It's a challenge to manufacture precast concrete for concrete structures, foundations, bridges, culverts, sound walls, retaining walls, or any other large-scale project. An even bigger challenge is to lift and turn these massive objects. With the right lifting and turning device, however, it's a simple matter of strapping the item to the lift and pushing a button to position the item where it needs to be.

Alternative Energy

The average wind turbine blade measures a whopping 170 feet (52 meters) long and can weigh more than 5200 lbs. (2360 kg). During the manufacturing process, these huge blades have to be lifted, turned, and rotated in order to ensure the blade is constructed properly. A lifting and turning device makes this process safe and efficient. A load-turning device can also assist in the assembly of the completed wind turbine.

Transportation Manufacturing

Machining, fabricating, marking engines, transmissions, chassis and frames, and other components for heavy equipment, railroad cars, and other commercial vehicles requires the ability to access every inch of the components. A rotating lift is the ideal solution for the entire process from the start of construction to quality control and inspection to finishing and assembling.

Are You Ready to Invest in Heavy Duty Lifting Equipment?

Maintaining a safe work environment is your duty under local and federal law. Whether you're obligated under OSHA , you must make sure that you have the proper equipment in place to protect workers from known hazards. You also have an obligation to your shareholders to continue to increase productivity and profits. That means investing in technology and techniques that accomplish all of your goals, such as a quality heavy-duty lifting and turning device.

At Tractel®, we understand the importance of remaining compliant with local and federal safety standards. We also understand that you have work to do. That's why our heavy duty lifting equipment is designed to handle the heaviest loads with ease while providing exceptional safety for your employees. If you're ready to discuss ways to improve safety and productivity, contact us to speak to one of our qualified safety experts today. We'll be happy to discuss how investing in a lifting and turning device can benefit your organization.