Eliminate Heavy Lifting While Boosting Productivity
CLIENT
As the name suggests, Basta Boatlifts designs and manufactures the highest quality of hydraulic boat lifts, jet ski lifts, seaplane lifts and accessories. Headquartered in the beautiful Pacific Northwest they know the boating lifestyle and what it means to protect your investments.
OPPORTUNITY
“Concerns over heavy lifting by personnel are fully gone.”
Basta Boatlifts' newly purchased production facility had no overhead handling system which meant every welded assembly required multiple people to manually lift and carry. Any production process with such a physical step has the potential for injury. Our customer needed a safe and efficient way to continue operations while optimizing their space.
DESIGN Process
Understanding the customers business operations and goals while equipped with expert knowledge of the systems available, ReSolves lead solution designer got to work. A few overhead crane systems were considered, however, implementing a jib crane would restrict the user to one work area. To optimize the shops' limited space a workstation crane was determined to be the best option.
Solution
Proceeding with this system has now allowed Edgewood Monuments to fully utilize their facility for production and storage. The enclosed track design allows for ease of bridge and trolley movement under heavy loads. This design made it possible for a push/pull solution vs. motorizing the XY directions. Applications range from lighter 250lb capacity, up to heavier 4000lb capacity lifts. For this project a heavier capacity lift was implemented to account for the heavy granite Edgewood Monuments handles daily.
Impact
This solution eliminated the need for a second person's support as well as concerns by personnel over the heavy lifting. In addition to a much safer process, the Welders have increased their ability to be self-sufficient leading to substantial gains in production productivity.
