The implementation of the Easy Arm® transformed the workflow from a two-person struggle into a streamlined, single-operator task. The operator engages the sheet metal using the custom magnetic tooling. Once lifted, the operator utilizes the Easy Arm’s "Float Mode". This feature creates a weightless sensation, allowing the operator to guide the heavy metal deck into the press brake with fingertip precision. The integration of the Easy Arm® yielded immediate and quantifiable improvements in productivity and safety. Production surged from 3 decks per hour to 15-20 decks per hour—a 500% increase. The time required to complete three bends dropped from six minutes to two minutes and operator fatigue was virtually eliminated.

Three Easy Arm® units were outfitted in their manufacturing facility and have been operating for two years. Now operators move loads into tight machining spaces without straining themselves. Mountain Power managers and operators alike are impressed by the intuitive nature of using the Easy Arm® and the minimal amount of force needed to move loads. As operators gained experience using the Easy Arm®, it became clear that it was having a positive effect on their mood as well as productivity.

Graco is one of the world's leading suppliers of fluid management products and packages. About three years ago, they opened a new manufacturing facility in Dayton, Minnesota. As this location gained momentum, they decided to upgrade their machine and tool area. It was critical that any material handling solution be properly sized and installed from the start, especially because they were not making any structural changes.

Installation of the crane and hoist allowed the facility to move engines without the bulky forklift. The system allows for more precise positioning. This precision allows workers to maximize the number of cores shipped per load.

Before upgrading their material handling system, Quadco faced significant challenges in their assembly and welding area. The facility relied on a single large crane to move heavy components into a robotic welding cell, which led to frequent downtime and workflow interruptions. In some cases, assembly employees attempted to lift parts manually, increasing the risk of injury. Quadco had previously explored jib cranes as a potential solution, but was concerned about the added tension on their concrete floors.

A manufacturer of industrial products was moving their operation to a larger facility. Many operational inefficiencies were addressed during the move, including congestion and idle materials in the painting bays. Since their painting bays processed a wide variety of materials, a dynamic solution was necessary.

Tuohy is a manufacturer of high-end office furniture based in Chatfield, Minnesota. The company’s purpose has remained the same throughout its three generations as a family business — to “provide furnishings that make people’s lives more productive, pleasing, and treasured.”

Huhtamaki is a global provider of sustainable food packaging solutions. Its two facilities in New Vienna, Ohio, specialize in making plastic Chinet tableware and ice cream lids. Huhtamaki’s manufacturing process relies on large plastic injection molding presses. NOMAD® XW freestanding cranes solved the problem and eliminated the need for outside contractors, putting Huhtamaki back in control of its processes. To date, EMH has installed four low headroom, high capacity (20-25 ton) NOMAD freestanding crane systems in each of Huhtamaki’s four main production rooms.

Engineered Material Handling (EMH) recently expanded its Crane Kit electrical bay production capacity to keep up with customer demand. After integrating its new EG Series Hoist into their G-Series Crane Kit, EMH made it easier than ever for customers to design, manufacture and install their own cranes. A variety of new capabilities include enhanced trolley adjustment.

Over the last 70 years, Wells Concrete has provided architectural and structural precast product solutions for commercial construction from Canada to New Mexico and Indiana to Colorado. For the recent Wells Concrete building construction addition in Colorado, four ZLK twin-girder twin-hook EMH Cranes with summation devices were specified, each having a 25-ton capacity on 650-foot runways with 85-foot spans. EMH cranes were chosen because of consistent high quality; and because EMH customizes, tailors and fine tunes its crane and equipment solutions to match customer needs.

When a large international manufacturer needed a reliable crane transfer system for its aircraft repair facility, Engineered Material Handling (EMH) was Crane-Tec’s logical choice to provide the hoists. Special considerations included large capacity requirements for the transfer crane, an independent runway and monorail structure, and large runway spans and loads. The team’s design solution, a 22.5-ton, top running, double girder crane system with a single transfer beam that included eighteen 15-ton interlocking transfer monorail beams. EMH E-Series Hoists are reliable performers with designs that are especially suited for applications requiring low headroom lift.

EMH was contacted by Standard Aero, an international aircraft-engineering firm to help develop a unique Jet Engine Test Stand for a GE cold weather test facility. The hoist application had to be capable of precision operation in minus 40° centigrade temperatures. Two EMH Hoists were run in tandem and tested to 125% of their 50-ton capacity, 25-ton duty on each hoist. With intense cold, every facet of the hoist application had to be custom-engineered and required a factory 125% load test as well and witnessed by GE engineering.

EMH AL Systems™ Workstation Cranes and NOMAD® Free Standing Cranes are easily assembled, disassembled and reassembled to fit changing manufacturing requirements.

With the help of Handling Concepts, a local distributor and EMH, Capitol Aluminum & Glass found a better ergonomic solution, the EMH AL Systems™ workstation crane. Instead of having laborers pick up and then move heavy glass and aluminum components by hand using just a vacuum suction cup, AL Systems provided a cost-effective labor saving solution that enables workers to easily pick up and move heavy components between workstations. The AL System is ideal for lifting loads up to 2,200 lbs., is easily assembled and positioned, or even easily disassembled and reassembled.

Great Lakes Shipyard recently installed a new overhead bridge crane in its main fabrication building. Built by Engineered Material Handling (EMH), the new overhead crane incorporates two independently operated 5-ton lifts, which gives the installation a combined capacity of 10 tons.

When a machinery manufacturer making microchips needed a device to precisely position parts in a clean room test situation, the EMH AL System™ Aluminum Crane with motorized Low Headroom End Trucks provided the ideal solution. Since completion, the customer could not be more pleased with the installation. The machine manufacturer has already contracted for a second EMH AL System.