Ergonomics And Motorization
With the number of work related injuries and stress and fatigue related illnesses, more businesses are opting for motorized material handling carts to transport materials. These motorized carts can haul as much as 2500 pounds of weight at a time, is battery powered and have the option of walk along or ride along to light the workload, reduce employee fatigue and increase productivity.
Material handling carts have the ability to maneuver in tight spaces and the operator can either walk with the cart or ride on it. These machines are ideally suited to lift and transport materials safely. The operator can use the speed thumb twist function to travel at different speeds forward or backward depending on the need. The battery powered motor performs for eight hours straight without the need for recharging.
There are all kinds of material handling carts available in the market today and you need to identify your specific requirements in terms of planned weight capacity, shape and size of the material you will move, floor surface and frequency of use before actually buying the equipment. Some of the carts come with composite tubing that reinforces the load bearing capacity of the cart.
Ergonomically designed carts are very much in demand due to the increase in work related fatigue and stress, and increased downtime. To avoid these problems more companies are choosing to invest in ergonomic carts for material handling. Manual pulling causes a huge strain on the operator and lift trucks can be more expensive than some industries can afford. You can choose from carts with castors, carts with swivel castors, carts in a straight line and platform trucks and scissor lifts.
Hospitals and related industries use ergonomic motorized carts for easy maneuverability of lighter loads in areas where the pedestrian traffic is high. Due to space constraints the carts are so designed to move easily and make quick turns around the innumerable bends one finds in hospitals. Some of the choices include: hospital carts, soiled linen carts that are pulled, metro wire carts, stainless steel food carts, ergonomic flatbed supply carts and ergonomic electric flatbed carts.
For use in the automotive industry, you get to choose from car pusher, trailer mover, puller and pusher, paper roll pusher and spool pusher, equipment pusher and equipment puller type carts that help solve material handling applications where no maneuvering is necessary.
Food establishment, hospitals, industries that need to move small corrugated pallets and other places use utility carts that allow for easy movement with minimum manual effort when transporting them. The smooth surface is easy to clean and protected from chipping and rusting.
When you make the decision to bring ergonomically designed material handling carts into your workplace you are ensuring the good health of your employees and reducing fatigue related illness, productivity downtime. It may be cheaper to invest in good equipment than to pay off one compensation claim!
