Cart design resolves pipe and valve manufacturer’s safety and efficiency issues

An international manufacturer of pressure-rated plastic pipe and valves had a variety of issues it needed to solve. First, its existing stacking carts, which hold pipes prior to processing, were a safety concern. The carts were being stacked four to five high, which put excessive strain on the bottom cart. In addition, accessibility to the lower carts was prohibited until the top carts were moved with a lift truck. Above all else, safety and efficiency were key concerns.

To help the pipe and valve manufacturer resolve these issues, a self-dumping hopper manufacturer took drawings of the existing carts and immediately recognized the stacking issue: It was unwieldy and unsafe.

In response, the engineering and design team created a cart that would fit in a cantilever racking. As a result, safety and efficiency issues were both resolved, as all concerns about stressing the bottom cart were eliminated, and any carts within the rack had become easily accessible.

As an added benefit of this new cart design, removable uprights may also be used so carts can easily be moved to the processing area. With uprights removed on one side of the cart, the pipes are easily fed into the processing machines, resulting in another increase in efficiency.

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