Upenders, Lifts and Pallet Inverters

Upenders and upender lifts are used to rotate steel coils and other cubic loads though 90 degrees. Our upenders are custom engineered for your particular application to up-end or down-end any coil, die or heavy product.

Mechanical upenders are built with a cylindrical shaped cradle that is placed on four machined rollers, and is rotated by means of a gear motor. They usually have two platforms that are square and of equal size on either side of the machine.

Available design features for mechanical upenders include:

• Standard design from 1,000 to 100,000 pounds capacity
   

• Flat platforms or V-saddles to support coils in a horizontal orientation
   

• Special platform sizes and shapes available
   

• 180-degree base rotation
   

• Pallet centering
   

• Gravity or powered conveyors
   

• Tilt or shift platforms

Hydraulic barrel-style load inverters, named for their circular shape, are ideally suited to production line or high volume operations.

They can be loaded and unloaded from the same point by either a forklift or a conveyor.

Barrel inverters can also be customized suit your application with a wide variety of options including:

• Long reach hydraulic scissors clamping
   

• Multi-direction clamping
   

• Programmable logic controllers that automatically sequence loading and unloading
   

• Selectable pressure settings
   

• Gravity or powered conveyor platforms
   

• Other innovative features that increase the efficiency and productivity of your processes

For more information and assistance with your special upender lifts and inverter requirements, please contact Ergonomic Partners.