Case Studies

1) Specialized Scissors Lift For Refractory Installation

One of the premier producers of the highest quality clean steel ingots needed a specialized piece of equipment for relining the interior of their molten furnace. The task to replace ...

2) Lift & Conveyor System For Cardboard Stacking And Cutting

A leading manufacturer of paper products wanted to upgrade their system for cardboard stacking and feeding into the cutting machine. They had an outdated process that did not provide ...

3) Mechanical Straddle Freightlift Transfers Coffee Bean Carts

As the premier specialty coffee contract manufacturer in the Seattle area, Cascade Coffees business is booming. They are a leading supplier to leading coffee brands providing roasting, ...

4) Automated VRC For AGV Rack System Retrieval And Storage

The end user of this project is a cutting-edge company delivering fully automated liquid handling systems to leading manufacturers. They specialize in the development and manufacturing ...

5) Specialized Air Cargo Lift With Powered Bridge

Our customer who is a leading company in the logistics and distribution industry entrusted Autoquip as a preferred supplier to provide a specialized cargo lift to assist in their day-to-day ...

6) AQ Connect Standard on Autoquip VRCs

Our VRC customers are wanting to proactively manage their equipment to make better, informed decisions and to optimize their operations. They want to monitor their workflow, increase ...

7) Carousel Work Platform with Special Tooling Fixture

Autoquip’s customer needed a work platform with a large surface area that would hold a fixture for their tooling in the middle while also allowing room for workers to walk around the ...

8) Contoured Work Platform for Forging Process

This project called for a unique work platform that would help with a forging process.  The wanted a work platform that would not take up a lot of space in their work cell and allow ...

9) Ladle Lift For Steel Refractory Process

A stainless-steel foundry in Calvert, Alabama needed to re-line their steel casting ladles due to refractory degrades. The wanted a work platform lift solution that could be used as ...

10) Modular VRC Design For SLAM Process

A major online company has been rapidly expanding their distribution centers in the U.S. They are focusing on next day delivery to U.S. shoppers in major cities. One of the areas of ...

11) Air-Powered Transport Lift For Spacecraft Manufacturing

This extremely specialized application involved designing a scissor lift with mobile base to be part of an engine crawler table that will position a mammoth rocket engine to a test ...

12) Heavy-Duty Powered Scissor Lift Integrates With Automated Robotic Stacking Line

An industrial equipment manufacturer who builds equipment to efficiently move wood products for the building supply industry was looking for scissor lifts to integrate into their automated ...

13) Washdown Lift Application For Major Food Company

Our customer, a major food company is known for extensive product quality and processes that go into their baking products. To make their production run smoother, they were looking ...

14) Integrated Pipe-Handling And Rack Lift System

Jet Stream, a leading supplier of plastic pipe for irrigation and sewer systems was looking to improve inefficiencies in their production processes.  They wanted to gain better control ...

15) Automated VRC System For Retail Backroom

One of our largest retail customers wanted to implement an automation system as part of their local store fulfillment strategy. As part of this new local fulfillment process, they are ...