Custom Material Handling
Columbia Machine Works’ Custom Material Handling solutions are based on project-specific feasibility studies. With prototype assistance and reverse engineering capabilities, you can be sure that Material Handling Equipment Fabrication from Columbia Machine Works will fit seamlessly into your production system.
Clients like Nissan, GM & CIS depend on Columbia Machine Works’ customized solutions to meet their Material Handling Equipment needs. The Columbia Machine Works team provides Material Handling Equipment Fabrications for manufacturers in a variety of industries and are experienced with:
- Pneumatics and Hydraulics
- Process Automation
- Below (Under)-The-Hook Lift Devices
- Reverse Engineering and Improvements
- Slingers
Using CAD and CAM technologies, all Columbia Machine Works Material Handling Equipment can be designed to meet AMSE B30.20, Below-The-Hook-Lifting Device design and fabrication codes.
Electrode Handling
Columbia Machine Works extends our material handling capabilities to the steelmaking industry by supplying top of the line electrode handling equipment. When it comes to electrode handling equipment, we recognize the dual importance of safety and reliability. Columbia Machine Works’ array of electrode handling equipment has been honed to work hand-in-hand with electric arc furnaces of all sizes. Our electrode handling equipment includes:
- Graphite Electrode
- Carbon Electrode
- Graphite and Metal Lift Plugs
- Aluminum and Chain Torque Wrenches
- Tongs and Recovery Tools
- Cushioned Lift Devices
- On- and Off-Furnace Torque Assembly
Below-The-Hook
Custom-built Below-The-Hook lifting equipment by Columbia Machine Works ensures that your operators will be able to transfer even extremely heavy and awkwardly shaped materials. Our teams can custom design Below-The-Hook lifting devices for capacities from .5 tons to more than 100 tons. Columbia Machine Works’ Below-The-Hook lifting devices include:
- C-hooks
- Pallet Lifters
- Manipulators/Vacuums
- Lifting Beams/Spreader Beam
- Rotation Spreader •Sheet Lifter
- Coil Lifter
- Coil Tongs
- Coil Grabs
- Custom Design and Fabrication
- Retrieval Tongs
- Automatic Slug Tongs
- Scissor Tongs
- Vacuum Cup
- Bar Tong
- Vertical Axis Coil Grab
- Motor Driven Roll Grab, End Grip
- Roll Grab, Core Grip
- Automatic Slab Tong (Four Point)
- Automatic Slab Tong (Two Point)
- Drum Turner
- Coil Positioning Hook
- Power Rotator
- Crane Suspended Coil Positioner
- Ingot Turner Grab
- Lifting Beam (Spreader Beam)
- Balanced Pallet Lifter
- Coil Lifting Hook Beam
- Telescoping Coil Grab
- Balanced “C” Hook
- Parallel Coil Grab
- Rack Lifter
- Telescoping Sheet Lifter
- Simple Sheet Lifter
- Lock Bar Sheet Lifter
- Edge Grip Sheet Clamps
- End Hook, Chain Type
- End Hook, Spring Type
- Two-Pad Mechanical Vacuum Lifter
- Single Pad Mechanical Vacuum Lifter
- Multiple-Pad Mechanical Vacuum Lifter
- Four-Pad Powered Vacuum Lifter
- Four-Pad Powered Vacuum Lifter Manipulator