Need an economical way to hang your tools in your plant?

Are You Looking For A Lighter, More Cost Effective Solution For Suspended Tools?
	Are you looking to: Organize work areas to create a safer, more productive work environment? Reduce the risk of cumulative trauma to workers by providing support for tooling apparatus? Protect valuable tools, fixtures, and monitoring devices from damage by suspending them out of the way? We now offer Tool Solution Jibs that will work for applications with suspended tools. These jibs are ideal for welding, fabricating, assembly tools, air tools, and light capacity lifting applications.
	What is our offering? 50 lb. capacity Free Standing or Wall Mounted Tool Jib 150 lb. capacity Free Standing or Wall Mounted Tool Jib 75 lb. capacity Tool Trolley and Saddle for festooning of cables and hoses For more information contact Ergonomic Partners, Inc. at sales@ergonomicpartners.com or visit www.ergonomicpartners.com

Gorbel comes thru again with a great custom overhead lifting solution!

Work Station Crane Aids Welding Ventilation System Without Workflow Interruption...
This metal fabrication shop was having an overabundance of weld exhaust in their welding stations and did not have a good way to remove the weld pollutants. Most options for ventilation in these work cells involved the construction of walls or partitions which restricted traffic flow near the workspace. One of the challenges they faced was that they still needed to load and unload gas tanks of various sizes and shapes to the work cell using an existing overhead Cleveland Tramrail® Patented Track Crane.  Solution: A Freestanding Work Station Crane with a 900-pound Frommelt filtration hood secured between two steel bridges with tractor drives. The work station crane has cantilevered supports on each end to enable the existing overhead crane to continue to deliver products to the work cell.
The system spans two welding work cells, and has push button controls on both ends to engage the tractor drives and move the hood over the desired cell. Limit switches signal to the tractor drive when the hood is in place and stops the movement.  Whether you need custom solutions such as the above or a standard jib crane, overhead bridge crane, hoist or workstaion crane contact us at sales@ergonomicpartners.com

Need some new equipment? The government wants to help!

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Creating Jobs, Supporting the States and Investing in Our Country’s Future The United States is facing its deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression, one that calls for swift, bold action. The goals of this legislation are the same as they have been from day one: to strengthen the economy now and invest in our country’s future. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extends for purchases made in 2009 increased Section 179 expensing for small business equipment purchases, as well as a 50% bonus depreciation allowance for new machine tools and other equipment ordered and placed in service during 2009. ü       The boost to $250,000 in Section 179 expensing is extended for new and used equipment purchases made and placed in service in 2009  The amount decrease to $128,000 in 2010. Moreover, the cap on how much equipment can be purchased to enjoy the write-off remains at $800,000 in 2009.  In 2010, that amount drops to $510,000. ü       The one-year 50% bonus depreciation means you can write off in 2009 an extra 50% of the cost of your new equipment that you buy and start using in 2009 (* Qualifying companies can still receive the 50% bonus depreciation if the new equipment they order has a recovery period of 10 years or more, takes more than a year to produce and costs more than $1 million.  Under those circumstances, they are given until the end of 2009 to place the equipment into service.) Read more and view examples on how these incentives can work for you and your customers. Here are some other documents that are useful in explaining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Stimulus package spending summary Stimulus appropriations

Office Ergonomics Book Reveals Early-Stage Solutions

Common Office Environments Studied BOULDER, Colo., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chasen Group, a company that provides comprehensive and cost-effective ergonomic interventions to prevent workplace injuries, increase employee comfort, and improve productivity, today announced that John Wiley and Sons, the foremost publisher of scientific and medical journals has published a book titled "Safety Manager's Guide to Office Ergonomics," written by Craig Chasen, president. Mr. Chasen's book is targeted toward company safety managers, HR representatives, facilities technicians, and those responsible for providing ergonomic assistance for employees, but do not have an extensive background in ergonomics. The book focuses on common office environments so that readers can easily duplicate the proven solutions suggested. Drawing from more than 4000 ergonomic evaluations he personally conducted during the last 10 years, Chasen's expertise is documented using case studies with typical challenges and their successful outcomes. "Ergonomics-related discomfort is an increasingly prevalent workplace injury, especially for those who use computers all day," commented Mr. Chasen, a Certified Ergonomic Evaluation Specialist (CEES). "While the impact of those injuries can become extremely debilitating and expensive to treat, the solutions are not complex when implemented in the early stages of symptom development. I wrote this book so more people can learn how to identify and treat ergonomic issues early, resulting in employees who are more comfortable and more productive." The book depicts the typical office ergonomics problems, and provides solutions for resolving ergonomics-related discomfort. It features more than 175 workstation photos that illustrate problematic postures and succinctly show exactly how they can be corrected. The book is now available worldwide through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Target, and many others, including publisher Wiley & Sons: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470257601.html About The Chasen Group Founded in 2001, The Chasen Group conducts ergonomic evaluations for individual employees and employee groups, as well as ergonomics training classes. In addition to onsite evaluations, The Chasen Group specializes in long distance evaluations, where a distant location is successfully analyzed by viewing photos and measurements of the workstation, and speaking by phone and/or online with an affected individual. www.chasengroup.com ergonomicpartners.com