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Ergonomic Material Handling
New Product Development
We are always working on something new and exciting at facility in Eugene, Oregon. If you are interested in one of these new products or one similar to it, please contact us. We can get you a quote to get started making your custom material handling tool.
See the Case Studies section for more information on custom material handling tools we've designed and built to help reduce injuries and increase productivity.
Crab Pot Lift & Go
ERGOdynamics has designed and is developing this new lift tooling for the GoLift to lift and move crab pots around during the manufacturing process.
GL X 20 - Heavy Duty GoLift
We are now in the process of developing our largerest GoLift ever. "The Pallet Jack that also Stacks!"
This new GoLift will lift a full size pallet up to 2000 lbs. The load can be raised a full 78 inches into the air at a rate of 4.9" per second.
The machine is still as compact as they get, offering counterbalanced lifting for lower heights with deployable straddle casters for securing the weight of the load when lifted high.
We are really excited about this new machine and look forward to serving all your ergonomic material handling needs!
Power Cart with Transfer Deck
We are developing a revised version of our motorized material handling adjustable height platform cart. The new cart will feature our new trunion drive system (TDS). TDS shortens the turn radius by nearly 50% over similar size carts, with the drive tire centrally located, the cart turns from the middle rather than the end. It provides a stable cargo ride and can be both self propelled or manually pushed.
In order to provide the most ergonomic working conditions for loading and unloading the cart, the deck will be power height adjustable from down at 18" up to 36". The deck will also include a transfer surface (to be determined by client). The options include a smooth surface with rub strips embedded, a roller deck or the third option is a ball transfer deck which would allow the payload to be easily slid onto and off of the cart without strain to the upper back and shoulders.
ERGO Trash Dumping Device
Waste handling seems to be a hot topic these days. Upper back and shoulder injuries are leading work place injuries and waste removal often requires pushing, pulling and overhead lifting. All of these actions contribute to injuries in this region of the body. Many people deal with daily tasks around "taking out the trash" - whether in an office, metal fabricator, restaurant or other type of business.
We are currenlty developing a new machine for lifting and dumping waste containers into a larger dumpster. The new trash receptacle lift and dumping device can be mobile or a stationary tool located near a large dumpster. The standard model will accept rolling trash containers, cans are rolled to the device where the machine lifts and dumps the trash can into the dumpster. The device can be powered by battery or wall current, can lift up to 500 pounds of rubbish and has a very small footprint for use in tight spaces. Options will include attachments for lifting barrels or non rolling round trash cans as well as an HD (heavy duty) model that will lift up to 1000 lbs.
There is another trash dumper on the market but we feel our design will prove to be superior for a couple reasons. 1. Our device will lift then dump. This will allow the device to dump into taller dumpsters, decrease the amount of space required to use the dumping device and will be safer to operate. 2. Our trash dump will be capable of dumping any waste receptacle, from standard rolling cans to heavy barrels of liquid or scrap metal.
Ergonomic Waste Receptacle
Today it seems everything has something about it that is ergonomic. 
In this case the word ergonomic is used because we have all become aware that living and working in a healthy and safe environment has positive benefits for all concerned.
Traditionally waste handling involved lifting and moving heavy objects of all shapes and sizes. A common injury associated with waste handling is to the shoulder and upper back. The movement or posture that carries the highest risk is lifting above the shoulder. A task that is done every day in millions of business around the world is removing full bags of waste from receptacles. That task is responsible for more injuries that anyone can imagine.
Recently we were presented with the challenge of finding a solution to lifting heavy waste bags from receptacles located around a large hospital facility. The worker who was responsible for this job had a shoulder injury that limited her ability to lift above her shoulder. At 5'5" tall every bag meant exceeding her restrictions. The answer was surprising simple. Pull the bags from the side of the receptacle. The problem was we couldn't find a waste can that allowed for that. So it was off to the drawing board. A new design must be created that was simple and easy to use.
A number of considerations needed to be made before a final design could be submitted. First it should use standard size bags that were already in use. It should have a way of containing liquids from discarded coffee cups and other beverages. An easy to open and close design was imperative because there are several of these containers in use and whatever we recommended it couldn't add time to the work day. Finally it must be versatile because the placement of these units can change or have different limitations.
Ultimately the design was a two piece unit. The outer shell serves mostly as a cosmetic cover. The real solution is inside. The inner component has an open back wall that allows the full bags to be removed without lifting overhead. The purpose of the rear opening is to protect the bags from abrasion as the inner liner is moved in and out. The liner is not connected in any way to the outer shell so that if space is a problem the worker just rolls the liner to where there is room to work.
A prototype of this design has been ordered and is now in manufacturing. The consensus is that this will be a great solution to worker injuries related to overhead lifting. .