Publications

1) Operational Guide for Lifting Devices

The Operational Guide for Lifting Devices are guidelines intended to provide you with general procedures for installation, inspection, maintenance The Operational Guide ...

2) Lifting Limit Calculator

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3) A Guide to Industrial Scissor Lifts and Tilters

This document is designed to help individuals, end users, and specifiers in identifying a proper industrial scissor lift for their application. This document is designed ...

4) Threshold Limit Values (TLV) for Lifting

The American Conference of Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) offers this handy tool to evaluate limits for lifting and otherwise handling objects. The American Conference ...

5) Safety Label Brochure for Industrial Scissors Lifts & Tilters

Safety is a prime consideration in the design, manufacture, installation, use and maintenance of industrial scissors lifts and tilt tables Safety is a prime consideration ...

6) A Lesson in Standards and Physics Applied to Pallet Lifting

Small pallets create an opportunity for retailers, but they are not without their challenges, including safe load handling, for those in material handling. Half and quarter pallets ...

7) ANSI MH29.1-2020 Safety Requirements-Industrial Scissor Lift

a minimum design and performance criteria to ensure the safe application and utilization of industrial scissors lifts. This ANSI MH29.1 standard is intended a minimum ...

8) ANSI MH24.2-Power-Operated Vertical Carousels & Lift Modules

vertical carousels and vertical lift modules. A vertical carousel is an enclosed system equipped with a series of shelves that work on a Ferris -operated ...

9) The Essen of MH: Pt II Sect 6: Lifting, Leveling & Position

THE ESSENTIALS OF MATERIAL HANDLING: PART II SECTION 6: LIFTING, LEVELING AND WORK POSITIONING SYSTEMS MODULE 6.2 OVERHEAD TRAVELING CRANES THE ESSENTIALS OF MATERIAL ...

10) CMAA Specification 80 - 2023 - Below-the-Hook Lifting PDF

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11) Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs) Increase Order Picking Performance

FREE DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE! This document describes the operation, application and benefits resulting from the use of this automated storage and retrieval system.

12) Checklist for MMH Us Units

Easy to read graphics for lifting limits for women and men.  Easy to read graphics for lifting limits for women and men. 

13) Below Hook Devices Buyer's Guide

of equipment most suitable for their applications. BELOW-THE-HOOK LIFTING DEVICE INFORMATION SHEET of equipment most suitable for their applications. BELOW-THE-HOOK ...

14) Ergonomic - Best Work Zones

Performing work within the best and preferred work zones shown below facilitates productivity and comfort.  Work is safest when lifting and reaching Performing work ...

15) Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling

demands including: 1) Eliminating lifting from the floor and using simple transport devices like carts or dollies, 2) Using lift-assist devices like ...