Tough Forklifts for Metals Industry
Understand the latest challenges facing this molten hot industry so you can discover solutions that will help build your competitive edge. Find out more about the state of the metals industry with critical insights from Hyster.
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From extreme heat in metal foundries to abrasive dust at metal recycling facilities, these harsh environments can push your materials handling equipment and operators to their limit.
How are you going to optimize uptime?
Semi-finished or finished metal products vary significantly in type, shape, size and weight, presenting significant load handling challenges.
How are you going to handle challenging loads while minimizing damage?
Limited capital for new equipment can affect all aspects of your operation and your ability to meet the needs of your customers.
How can you better manage tight capital budgets?
Working in steel and metal can be a dangerous occupation.
How can you help keep your employees safe and reduce incidents?
Even the most successful companies struggle with recruiting and retaining qualified talent in a tough working environment.
How are you going to reduce turnover?
You face the challenge of meeting strong demand for quality metal products while minimizing adverse effects on the environment and human health.
How are you going to minimize the impact?
Innovations to help reduce downtime and improve safety – ultimately lowering your operating costs.
Plant operations are complicated, requiring a nearly limitless number of moving parts to work together seamlessly. Especially in large fleets, fleet managers don’t have the ability to oversee operational details for individual trucks.
The steel industry is evolving, with mills serving demand for product in a variety of shapes and sizes, often making investments to adjust production lines for greater depth and diameter. But production is only part of the equation – the material handling equipment, processes and labor used to move steel products to storage and out for distribution can be a source of costly inefficiency or competitive advantage.
Operations managers must carefully evaluate the technologies available to determine which are most suitable for their operations, lift trucks and employees. After all, safety is a true team effort.
The Hundhausen factory, located in Schwerte, Germany, produces high quality ductile cast iron components for passenger and commercial vehicles, supplying clients such as BMW, MAN, Mercedes and SAF.
The Port of Oxelösund is a deep-water port in Sweden that benefits from an advantageous location and infrastructure, with a year-round lack of ice and direct rail and highway access to keep cargo moving in and out of the terminal. In addition to receiving large vessels and handling both liquid and dry bulk goods, Oxelösund hosts a dedicated steel port.
There’s not a singular solution for forklift safety – to help reduce the risk of injuries and increase uptime, operations must take a multi-faceted approach. Find out how your operation can leverage a comprehensive forklift safety strategy, and why it’s nonnegotiable in high-intensity applications.
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