Case Studies

1) Hoosier Crane | OLI App

R&M’s latest innovation in hoist safety and efficiency is being used in the field! Our Overhead Lifting Information (OLI) app displays direct, real-time data reports of crane conditions, ...

2) Wolverine Crane & Service | Digital Services with OLI

As more teams in the field add R&M’s OLI app to their hoist’s data monitor, we’re excited to hear feedback on the app’s performance and its uses across our industry. The Overhead Lifting ...

3) TH Plastics, Inc. | Custom Crane Solution

Recently Bohl Crane, a R&M Materials Handling Master Distributor for over 20 years, completed a third major custom engineered overhead lifting equipment installation at TH Plastics, ...

4) KIMURA FOUNDRY AMERICA | RAPID PROTOTYPING

Six R&M Materials Handling Inc. overhead crane systems were installed in just three weeks by R&M ...

5) NEW YORK BLOWER | LOAD-TURNING CRANE

With a new manufacturing facility planned that would be dedicated to the assembly of heavy industrial blowers and ...

6) 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 ...

7) 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 ...

8) 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 ...

9) 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 ...

10) Solving Materials Handling Issues Begins at Home

When a busy plant in southern Arkansas hired a new manufacturing coach the production rate, as measured daily in person-hours per foot of conveyor section assembled, was averaging .250 ...

11) Scissors Lift Tables Solve an Ergonomic Problem for an Office Manufacturing Company

This company specializes in the production of office furniture. The production process includes a sanding operation to prepare the tops of conference tables for various stains and final ...

12) Air Cargo Lifts Handle Large Containers

A major logistics company required a loading dock solution for transferring extremely large and heavy air cargo containers between variable truck bed heights and a fixed dock height.

13) MWL Requires Hydraulic Dock Leveler For Demanding Dock Conditions

The VH Series is designed, engineered and constructed using the heaviest structural steel support members for the most demanding dock conditions. It uses a proprietary hydraulic system ...

14) Dock Leveler Inspection Plate Reduces Air Flow in Food Facilities during Scheduled Maintenance

Dozens of Fortune 500 companies have saved thousands of dollars in energy costs while reducing the possibility of insect or rodent infiltration by specifying a maintenance inspection ...

15) Workstation Crane Solves Handling Problems

An automotive manufacturer in Canada needed a process for overhead material handling when their plant converted from a warehouse operation to a manufacturing operation. Learn how a ...