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Creform Corp. has developed a new mobile cart design for an off-road construction equipment manufacturer to use in transporting and holding reels of hydraulic hose and also serving as supermarkets in production areas. The cart design allows for a wide variety of reel sizes and colors of hydraulic hoses all presented to assemblers on reels of varying hole IDs. The simplicity of the cart design helps increase assembler's efficiency.
The carts have an 800 lb capacity because they are designed and built using the Creform unique 42mm pipe and joint system. The 42mm pipe is 2-½ times stronger than standard 28mm pipe. For example, the 42mm pipe supports the heavy reels from their centers without the need for extra bracing. Plus, center supported reels spin more freely than if rim supported. This cart simplicity makes for good visual identification, management of inventory and rapid replenishment while serving as hose supermarkets in assembly areas. The open design provides easy access to product and good visual inventory management. The carts are 36" wide, 63" high and 80" long and have eight adjustable positions for the reels that are easily modified or repositioned by using a few basic hand tools. Each cart has six 4" swivel casters, four locking, for easy transporting and safe positioning.
The carts can also be fitted with a hitch for towing by a manned tugger or unmanned automatic guided vehicle. Creform also offers a wide selection of 42mm pipe colors so carts can be color coded by department or for specific products and fast identification purposes.
The unique Creform 42mm pipe and joint system allows users to design and build pipe and joint structures using fewer components thereby requiring less man hours for assembly … added benefits to creating stronger structures. Creform also offers a variety of 42mm/28mm transition joints, which allow using 28mm pipe for the added access to hundreds of Creform accessories.
Related Glossary Terms
- centers
centers
Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.
- reaction injection molding ( RIM)
reaction injection molding ( RIM)
Molding process that allows the rapid molding of liquid materials. The injection-molding process consists of heating and homogenizing plastic granules in a cylinder until they are sufficiently fluid to allow for pressure injection into a relatively cold mold, where they solidify and take the shape of the mold cavity. For thermoplastics, no chemical changes occur within the plastic, and, consequently, the process is repeatable. The major advantages of the injection-molding process are the speed of production; minimal requirements for postmolding operations; and simultaneous, multipart molding.
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