Case Studies

16) Automobile Transfer Lift

Mechanical 4 Post Freight Lift transfers automobiles to multi-level state-of-the-art storage facility.

17) Case Study: The original Polymer Guard Rails for VF’s newest DC.

The case study explains how Boplan provided polymer ( plastic ) guard rails, hand rails, traffic barriers and other safety products from the Flex Impact by Boplan product line to protect ...

18) NAPA Prevents Falling Inventory with RackBack Safety Panels

A need for falling inventory protection became necessary because of the height of the warehouse shelving, the weight of the products being stored, and the nearby aisle ways used by ...

19) Heavy Duty protection for Building Columns

A brand new facility owned by a company who, from experience with other warehouses, wanted to protect all of it’s 10”x10” building columns against forklift impact. As a prevention strategy, ...

20) First Line of Defense for your Uprights

A newly appointed warehouse manager inherited the responsibility of a facility with a lot of damage due to impact from forklift traffic. A rack survey report highlighted a damage pattern ...

21) Utilize Unused Space to Increase Manufacturing Capabilities

A leading manufacturer of high-performance doors for industrial, commercial and cold-storage environments needed to expand manufacturing production, create in plant offices and enlarge ...

22) Catwalk Solution Bridges Old and New Mezzanine

A world class dairy producer needed a cost effective way to gain more space without adding on to the existing building. Specifically, the solution would optimize existing space as ...

23) Mezzanine Provides Unique Solution for IT Clean Room

An industry leading advanced electronic monitoring and security systems manufacturer developed a need to create a clean room in addition to more storage space. The custom solution would ...

24) RackGuard Pallet Rack Safety Netting Case Study

For some people, job safety is one of those back-of-the-mind things; for others it is a way of life. Imagine a tragic accident in which a forklift retrieving a pallet from a high shelf ...

25) Elevating Rack Guarding for Warehouse Pallet Racks

The challenge was to create a safety net barrier acting as a door to protect both products as well as employees in a warehouse setting. In addition the door needed to be accessible ...

26) 90-Degree Sorter Feeds Palletizer in a Compact Footprint

The client was planning to build a new palletizing area—composed of nine conveying lines feeding three robots. The company needed a flexible system to handle its variety of products ...

27) Sorting Solution Increases Throughput by 30%

A wine distributor faced capacity constraints in an existing facility and wanted to increase throughput without overhauling the entire system. In particular, the company needed to ...

28) Overhead Conveyor Fall Protection for a Distribution Center

The challenge was to engineer a system of catch nets to protect employees working under a fast moving overhead conveyor system. In addition, the caught objects must remain undamaged ...

29) Torklift to benefit the Arts

This custom built lift with its double long, extra wide platform and easy joystick control will allow the museum to transport their collection with ease and increase productivity for ...

30) Horizontal Carousels Add Speed, Efficiency and Confidence to Aftermarket Parts Picking Operation

This distribution company provides aftermarket parts for a secondary equipment company. It is critical to their operation that they get part orders shipped the day they are placed by ...