Case Studies

1) Industrial Cart With Lift and Tilt System

A boat engine manufacturer requested a custom system in which an industrial cart holding dunnage could be placed over a custom engineered hydraulic lift and tilt system. The current ...

2) Easy Arm® Easily Adapts to Automotive Assembly Process

A large muffler manufacturer had concerns about worker safety and fatigue during the assembly process of their exhaust assemblies. The company decided on several Easy Arms with slide ...

3) Gorbel G-Force® Intelligent Lifting Device Handling Various Sizes With a Sensitive Touch

At Woodward Inc. in Fort Collins, CO, a new facility was being built and equipped with Gorbel® Work Station Cranes, Jib Cranes and G-Forces throughout the plant. The G-Force® is being ...

4) Manufacturing Plant Experiences Up to 62% Decrease in Push/Pull Forces by Implementing Ergonomic Casters

The client’s overall focus was to improve workplace ergonomics. The management team chose to take steps to implement proactive ergonomics. There was concern over the risk of musculoskeletal ...

5) ROTATE CONVEYOR CART

A customer wanted a multifaceted tuggable train cart system that required good positioning with a four-roller system, the luxury to rotate and minimize unneeded walking movement, and ...

6) Self Leveling Cart

A customer required a towable train system for a work center where machined parts were added to plastic layers. A towable cart with a spring loaded self-leveling platform was designed ...

7) Wire Harness Processing: Simple Change for Big Gain

ASM implemented multiple BOSTONtec electric height adjustable tilting workstations in late 2017. The units allow processors to raise the board from 36 to 62 inches at the press of a ...

8) Apparel Retailer Lost-Time Reduction Initiative

Over a two-year period, a national outdoor apparel retailer determined that 70% of its manufacturing lost-time claims were classified as work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). ...

9) Gorbel® G-Force Improves Ergonomics and Productivity

Workers at this Iowa seed company spent all day unloading boxes from pallets onto a gravity conveyor for staging. A 500 lb. capacity freestanding workstation crane, 165 lb capacity ...

10) Electrical Enclosure Company Gets an “Outside the Box” Lifting Solution

At a Midwestern manufacturer’s main fabrication site’s off the shelf material handling solution wasn’t leaving them feeling too satisfied. The system is comprised of a freestanding ...

11) Case Study: A Closer Look at How Low Quality Casters Will Cost Your Organization in Productivity

A Closer Look at How Low Quality Casters Will Cost Your Organization in Productivity

12) Gorbel G-Force®: Reducing Labor Costs and Providing Safe Solutions for Powder Coating Company

Enviro-Tech is a powder coating company that primarily focuses on the agricultural industry and also powder coats materials used in the oil field, medical and automotive industries. ...

13) Multiple Rolls Handled with Ease by Gorbel Easy Arm® and Cynergy Tooling Solution

Before the Gorbel Easy Arm® was installed, it took two to three employees to move and stack the large 100 pound rolls of diaper material.

14) Pick-Plank: a Safer, Faster, Dynamic Pallet-Picking Solution

When heavy slabs of meat and other perishable items bogged down pallet pickers at Capital Candy Co., Inc., Operations Manager Jim Thibeault knew exactly who to call: UNEX, the company ...

15) Solving the Beer SKU Squeeze

A beverage distributor makes room for an influx of craft beers without adding a single inch of new floor space. How did the distributor do it? Span-Track from UNEX helped roll out the ...