Gorbel Cranes come thru again!

Work Station Crane Eliminates Need for Scissors Table and Fork Trucks...

Operation Before Crane Installed: Two men begin by placing a cardboard tube (the core) onto the shaft of a winding machine. The machine rolls the adhesive onto the core. When complete, the workers roll a scissors table up to the machine and swing the loaded core out and put it on the table. The shaft is then re-cored, put back on the winder, and the operation would be repeated until the scissors table was loaded 3 tiers high with the rolls. A fork truck then unloads the rolls onto a pallet.

Issues:

Two men needed to perform operation
Injury concerns because of the heavy lifting - "an accident waiting to happen"
Workers were required to reach into and around the machine to change the core
Safety concerns with fork trucks in work areas
Results of Crane Installation:

Only one worker is needed to perform the operation with the work station crane
No need for scissors table in operation
No more complaints of injuries from heavy lifting or changing the cores
Fork trucks are no longer needed to load the pallets


"Installing the Gorbel® Crane really increased our productivity and solved multiple safety issues for us. It's been a great success."

- Chris Danaker, Process Engineer

With the Gorbel® Work Station Crane and the end effector, the roll is lifted right off the machine and walked to the pallets, eliminating the need for the scissors table and the fork truck.