Egg loading cracked
December 1st 2005 A mobile powered platform from Transdek is enabling a single operative using a powered pallet truck (PPT) to load over 22,000 eggs on to delivery vehicles in just 30 minutes at a production site run by Deans Foods.
The whole site is on one level, and the company chose the Transdek platform as a safe, fast, cost-effective method of lifting the pallets up to the trailers with the PPT, which is quicker and easier to operate than a manual truck. The vehicles generally carry 26 full pallets.
The equipment has a 750 x 2400mm platform, with a load capacity of 2250kg.
Guard-rails automatically enclose the operator as the platform rises, and a lead-on ramp and bridging plate provide continuous surfaces between the concrete yard and the trailer. The electrohydraulic system that raises and lowers the platform is powered by a 2.2kW motor that can run from 24V onboard batteries or on 110V mains electricity.
Because of the uneven ground at Deans' site, Transdek fitted the platform with over-size pneumatic wheels so it can be moved easily. The front uprights of the lift frame have also been widened so that drivers can see the platform clearly when they are reversing. More articles from Transdek UK Ltd: | 
