TECHNOLOGY NEWS:
Pedestrian operated tug to manoeuvre loads up to 40 tonnes
Pirelli Cables Ltd, the UK’s largest manufacturer of both low and high-voltage power cables, has recently taken delivery of their third hi-torque Power Pusher® at their site in Wrexham for pushing large cable drums. Designed and manufactured by Nu-Star Material Handling Ltd, UK, the Power Pusher is a pedestrian operated, battery-powered, tug unit designed to push, pull and manoeuvre rolling loads up to 40 tonnes in weight. Measuring only 1.4m long and 670mm wide, the Power Pusher is both highly manoeuvrable and completely self-contained with no trailing wires or air lines. It improves shop-floor productivity and reduces the likelihood of back injuries associated with the manual pushing, pulling and manoeuvring of heavy loads in the workplace.
In this particular application, the Power Pusher is fitted with a bespoke drum mover attachment (adjustable to cater for different drum diameters), which enables the operator to push-up against the drum flange in order to roll the drum on the shop-floor. Wooden chocks are used to stop the drums at the desired position. “Cable drums with flange diameters up to 3,200mm and weighing up to 16 tonnes are generally moved in the factory using overhead cranes”, commented Mr David Lloyd, safety engineer at Pirelli Cables Ltd. He added: “Problems arise when drums have to be moved across bays where there is no crane cover. Historically drums were rolled manually or using fork-trucks in these areas, both methods are unacceptable because of the high-risks of personal injury or equipment damage. The Nu-Star Power Pushers® have proved to be a cost-effective solution to this problem and have eliminated the risks of injury due to manual handling”.
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Nu-Star Material Handling Ltd |
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UK |
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+44 870 4435647 |
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www.nu-starmhl.com |