Lifting safety and efficiency levels
June 1st 2008 The production of aircraft
seat components at BE
Aerospace has been made
safer and more efficient
following the supply of
Benco handling equipment
from Brixworth Engineering
Co.
The equipment has been
installed in the resin
transfer moulding section at
Kilkeel in Northern Ireland.
Individual moulding cells
have overhead rail-mounted
scissor lifts with rotating
lift platforms, hydraulically
operated via pendant
controllers. Rail mechanisms
allow horizontal movements
up to 4.5 x 7.5m of the
supported loads either fore
and aft or side to side.
The scissor lift movement
provides a total lift of
1.25m (at heights of 1 to
2.5m above floor level) with
a 360° rotation of the lift
platform. All operations are
carried-out safely and with
minimum operator effort.
Each RTM tool requires
two lid lifts. As individual
lids weigh 0.5 or 1t, the
handling logistics become
daunting. The Benco scissor
lift equipment has resulted in
a 300% saving in RTM lid
transfer times compared to
the previous fork lift truck
procedure and eliminated
potentially hazardous
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