STACKBIN
CUSTOM APPLICATION PROJECTS
McGRAW HILL:
MOBILE BOOK CART
The cart shown to your right was recently designed for McGraw
Hill for the transportation of books throughout the distribution
centers. It features 3 shelves per side that angle back with
a center divider and end screens to keep stock contained. This
unit also features our 6 caster set-up with two fixed casters
in the center for center pivot turning of the cart. We now
offer this cart for sale in the mobile
cart section.
MOBILE CART / RETRACTABLE CONVEYOR SYSTEM / WORKBENCH.
This Stackbin custom work bench design is part of the
packing and shipping flow station process for the book manufacturer,
McGraw Hill. This unit needed to have the capability of a retractable
conveyor which pivoted and locked off the front of the work bench and
attach side to side to create four 60' runs. McGraw Hill needed the
flexibility of endlessly changing the configuration of their flow
station process, so we added swivel locking casters to make it a mobile
cart. In this application they only needed the conveyor 50% of the time
so it neededto have the capability to fold down and out of the way when
not in use. The weight of the books on the work bench and conveyor system,
however, made it necessary for heavy-duty casters for this mobile cart.
Box tubing was also used for the full welded leg structure for added
strength and a foot rest was added for operators as well as ensuring the
strength of the leg structure. The conveyor is supported by sliding style
gussets that slide out of the way in the down position.
75+ units were sold to McGraw Hill to outfit 5 distribution
facilities. Stackbin also outfitted these facilities with
multiple packing / shipping stations and heavy-duty mobile
carts for the transport of books.
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