Industries

Howard Handling offers equipment for many industry sectors. We are able to supply equipment specific to your requirements with Custom build

Food Production

Pharmaceutical & ATEX

Transport & Distribution

Warehouse

Manufacturing & Component

Retail

Printing & Packaging

Wood

Chemical

Engineering

Medical & Mortuary

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Application Case Studies

Dolav Turner in Food Production

The Logitrans Rotator is used in many Food Production sites for safer handling of goods for operators. Rotators can be used for Pallets, Boxes, Crates and Dolavs. The Rotator has small dimensions (perfect for confined spaces) and a capacity of 1000 kg.

Logitrans HS Inox ATEX Stacker Truck

A Logitrans HS Inox explosion proof manual stacker truck is used here in a pharma production application to lift and transport trays. The fork width is adjustable, so different tray sizes can be handled.

EHL Inox 2000mm Forks

A stainless steel electric high lifter is used in a timber merchants to lift pallets of wood. This particular scissor lifter has an extra long fork length of 2000mm

Drum Turner in Engineering Application

An electric drum turner with straddle support legs is used in an engineering environment to lift and tip drum contents into containers. This particular turner is able to lift many different drum types and sizes and is available in both manual and powered versions.

Hospital Bed Tilter

Safe Hospital Bed Handling with the Logitrans Bed Handler Used by Engineering & Decontamination Teams for Maintenance & Cleaning To improve safety and efficiency in hospital bed maintenance, a UK hospital clinical engineering team here deploys the Logitrans Hospital Bed Handler—a fully electric lifter and tilting device designed for healthcare environments. The unit is shown in use, safely elevating a hospital bed for access to castors and frame components. Problem: Manual Handling Risks in Bed Maintenance & Cleaning Routine inspection and repair of beds, including replacing worn castors and cleaning hard-to-reach areas, often exposes staff to manual handling risks, such as back strain and injury from bending and lifting. Solution: Fully Electric Bed Lifter with Tilt Function The Logitrans Bed Lifter eliminates manual effort by providing: Electric lift, lower & tilt with remote control Adjustable fork span for different bed types, including acute, bariatric & delivery beds 360° tilt access for full visibility and safer working posture Fork clamps to hold the bed securely during movement The unit supports up to 500kg, accommodating most standard hospital bed models. Why Hospitals Choose Logitrans: Improved safety for Engineering & Decontamination staff Faster maintenance with better access to underside components Ergonomic handling reduces staff fatigue and injury risk Optional stainless steel version for corrosive or sterile environments 2-year manufacturer’s warranty No two hospital bed models are the same. That’s why we offer: Custom fork sizes and backrest height adjustments Optional site surveys to ensure compatibility with your beds Ready to Improve Bed Maintenance Safety? Contact us today to request specifications, or discuss your handling application with us.

Reel Lifter

A Logitrans LFS Mini straddle stacker truck is fitted with a customised boom spear and used in an engineering application to lift and transport reels.

Scissor Lifter, Short Fork Length

A scissor lift pallet truck is built with an extra short fork length and used in a manufacturing application to lift small pallets when loading and unloading. This particular high lifter is available with fork lengths from 700mm to 2000mm

Logitrans Rotator With Stainless Steel Forks

A Logitrans Rotator is fitted with stainless steel forks and box holders. This partly stainless steel lifter is designed for use in a food production application, where only the areas of the Rotator in direct contact with the handled product must be made of stainless steel.

Logitrans Crate Rotator

A Logitrans Rotator with side tilting forks, is used in a manufacturing application. The Rotator lifts and tilts crates of components to an ergonomically correct working position, allowing the operator to easily access to them. In this environment, the Rotator prevents operator strains and injuries associated with repeated bending and stretching. Rotators are also useful for emptying crates - the forks can rotate 180 degrees each way.

Logitrans Eurobin Lifter

A Logitrans EHSRF stainless steel electric pallet stacker is modified with bespoke V-march arms for lifting and moving 200 litre Eurobin Tote Bins. Both plastic and stainless steel tote bins can be handled. Logitrans stainless stackers are available in both manual and electric versions and are ideal for food production environments. All surfaces in contact with goods are made from highest grade 316 stainless steel.

Logitrans EHL1004 Electric Highlifter

A Logitrans electric scissor lift pallet truck is used in an engineering application. The High Lifter lifts crates of components to an ergonomically correct working height, allowing the operator to inspect and pack them once they are machined. In this environment, the Highlifter prevents operator strains and injuries associated with repeated bending and stretching. The Logitrans model is available with optional level control, which automatically adjusts the pallet or crate to optimum working height, as it is loaded or unloaded.

Cable Reel Turner

Reels of cable are here lifted off a pallet using a Logitrans Reel Rotator. The Rotator can of palletise and de-palletise reels. It can turn them from horizontal to vertical positions (and vice versa), when loading or unloading from production machinery.

Twin Stacker Truck with Initial Lift

This powered electric pallet stacker has higher ground clearance and initial lift forks. It is here used in a construction industry application, where there are ramps and uneven floors. The higher ground clearance allows the stacker to be driven over uneven floors, where a standard pallet stacker would ground out and become stuck.

Scissor Lift Pallet Truck in Food Industry

This electric High Lifter is used in a food producer's packing area. The Highlifter lifts EUR pallets, allowing the operator to pack the goods at an ergonomically correct working height. It reduces operator bending and stretching and thus the risk of back injuries.

Logitrans Panther Silent

A Panther Silent low noise hand pallet truck is used in a supermarket. Specially designed for customer areas such as shops and showrooms, it has non-marking wheels that are gentle on expensive floor coverings. The soft compound wheels are virtually noiseless, which also makes the Panther Silent ideal for early morning deliveries in transport & distribution industries.

Logitrans SELFS Straddle Stacker Truck

A Logitrans SELFS pallet stacker is used here in an engineering application, to transport and lift crates of heavy components. It has straddle support legs, allowing many different crate and pallet sizes to be handled, including pallets with bottom runners (full perimeter base).

ATEX Explosion Proof IBC Lifter

An explosion proof stacker truck is built with straddle support legs, to lift and transport IBC containers in a hazardous area. Logitrans manufactures a range of ATEX pallet trucks & lifters, for use in explosive atmospheres, in pharma & chemical industries.

Electric Scissor Lift in Textiles Industry

A Logitrans EHL1004 is used in a textiles industry application to lift pallets to a correct working height when packing & unpacking. Scissor lifts prevent back and shoulder injuries caused by repetitive bending and stretching.

Personalised Hand Pallet Truck

A Logitrans Panther hand pallet truck has the customer name and logo cut into the truck's fork frame. Equipment losses can be a particular problem in transport and other applications, where pallet trucks move around frequently. Personalising trucks with a company name and logo can help to reduce loss and theft of expensive pallet truck equipment.

Pallet Trucks for Marquee Blocks

500kg marquee weights are here handled with a bespoke pallet truck, with extra wide and extra short forks. The fork length is small enough to allow the blocks to be stacked against each other in storage areas. The truck is also fitted with tandem fork rollers, for better handling on uneven outdoor surfaces. As an option, the pallet truck can be fitted with a brake. These hand pallet trucks can be built to handle almost any size of marquee block: please contact us to discuss your requirement.

Ceramic Pot Handler

A Logitrans Reel Rotator is modified for use in a large garden centre, to lift and turn heavy ceramic pots. The Rotator is used to lift the pots from pallets and transport them to the display area. The Handler has 180 degree rotation each way, enabling the pots to be tilted and turned, when filling and emptying them.

Stillage Turner

A Logitrans Rotator is used to lift heavy stillages and tip the components into a hopper. This particular model has fully powered lift, rotate and drive. Stillages can be transported to and from the hopper, with no effort on the part of the operator.

Reel Spear with Side Shift

When two or more reels are packed side by side on pallets, this reel spear with side shift allows you to easily move the boom spear in order to line it up with the reel core. The reel lifter has electric lift/lower and a lift height of 1600mm. Other options are available.

Panther Silent Hand Pallet Truck

A Panther Silent hand pallet truck is used at an open air market, to move heavy items to and from a display stand. The Panther Silent has specially designed low friction wheels and can be used on uneven, gravel and stony surfaces. Unlike a standard pallet truck (which is difficult to pull and can ground out and get stuck), the Panther Silent can be moved on rough ground with relative ease.

MCP Lifter

Safe MCP Handling in a Small Hospital Gas Store In many hospitals, gas storage areas are compact and crowded, making it unsafe to use forklifts to move manifolded gas cylinder pallets (MCPs) or gas cages. Solution: Powered MCP Lifter To address this challenge, a hospital in the UK implemented a custom-built powered MCP Lifter. The unit is shown here and is used to safely manoeuvre gas cylinder pallets in a confined gas store. Key features include: Electric lift, lower & drive functions for full operator control Custom fork size and lifting capacity to fit MCP dimensions Compact design for tight corridors and storage rooms Optional low-profile version for handling low profile cages Why Choose the MCP Lifter: Safe MCP handling in confined or forklift-restricted spaces Reduces risk of handling injuries Customisable to match specific pallet and cage designs Optional manual ATEX explosion-proof version for hazardous zones Customised for Hospital Applications Our MCP Lifters can be built to suit: Gas cylinder cages Manifolded cylinder pallets Confined storage areas Low-clearance pallets and cages Need a Safer Way to Move MCPs? Contact us today to discuss your site layout and handling requirements.

Stainless Steel Stacker with Platform

A stainless steel Logitrans EHSS Inox is fitted with a platform, to handle non palletised items such as boxes, sacks & bags. Larger platforms can be made to lift & transport closed based pallets. High quality AISI 316L stainless steel makes it ideal for wet and corrosive applications. The platform lowers fully to the floor, allowing pallets, trolleys & crates to be wheeled onto the platform.

Lifting & Turning Storage Containers

A Multi Drum Turner is modified to handle bulky storage containers. The grippers are easily adjusted to accommodate both round and square containers and can handle a maximum load weight of 350kg. With powered lift, rotate and drive, storage containers, cylinders and bins can be transported, lifted and emptied with minimal effort. A stainless steel turner is also available.

Emptying Containers & Crates

A Logitrans Rotator is fitted with a chute and used to lift, turn and empty crates of components. Useful for emptying and directing small, lightweight goods into a hopper or other vessel, chutes can be built for different sizes of box, crate and container.

SELF Mini Electric Stacker Truck in Engineering Workshop

A Logitrans SELF Mini electric stacker truck in an engineering workshop. The Mini has small dimensions, allowing it to fit into confined areas. It can be used as a work positioner, lifter and transporter. This particular SELF Mini has a lift height of 1600mm and a load capacity of 1000kg.

Horizontal Reel Rotator

This Rotator can lift and turn reels from a horizontal to a vertical position. The reel is rolled onto the Rotator's platform and the powered gripping arms hold the reel firmly in position as it is lifted and turned.

Panther Maxi Tow Truck

A Logitrans Panther Maxi electric pallet truck is modified and fitted with a towing pin, for use as a powered tug. This particular tow truck can move loads up to 500kg.

Logitrans Stacker with Stainless Steel Forks

Our Logitrans Logiflex range of stackers can be supplied with optional stainless steel forks. This partly stainless stacker truck is particularly useful in food industry applications, reducing the risk of goods contamination from paint. It is designed for areas where a fully stainless stacker is not required, but where surfaces that come into contact with the load must be stainless steel.

Single Fork Pallet Truck with Weighing Scale

These hand pallet trucks with with weighing scales have been built with a single fork blade, to check weigh small pallet boxes of parts. The weighscale has a load capacity of 1000kg. Optional castors are fitted, for extra stability.

Single Fork Pallet Truck

These single blade pallet trucks with a low profile fork height, have been built to transport small box pallets of components. The trucks have a fork width of 220mm, a short fork length of 800mm and lowered height of only 51mm. Optional support castors have been fitted for stability.

Logitrans Panther Maxi Inox

Hygienic Pallet Handling in Pharmaceutical Production Challenge: Pharmaceutical and cosmetic facilities require strict hygiene control and equipment that can be easily cleaned without risk of corrosion. Traditional hand pallet trucks are inefficient and can collect bacteria in cut-outs or welds, risking contamination. Solution: Logitrans Stainless Steel Electric Pallet Truck with Closed Forks To meet these challenges, this Logitrans electric pallet truck is built from acid-resistant AISI 316L stainless steel, complete with a closed-fork design and an electro-polish finish. This fully powered truck allows operator-free lifting, lowering, and driving, with compact dimensions suited for tight cleanroom spaces. Why Pharmaceutical Facilities Choose Logitrans: Closed forks – no cut-outs or dirt traps Electro-polished finish – smooth, easy-to-clean surfaces AC technology with programmable controller for smooth handling Electric lift, lower & drive – zero operator effort Corrosion-resistant 316L stainless steel – no rust, even when scratched Optional coldstore oil and wet-grip wheels for specialist environments 2-year manufacturer’s warranty Standard fork sizes are suitable for EUR and UK Chep pallets, with bespoke fork sizes available for other handling needs. Need a Fully Powered Hygienic Pallet Truck for Pharma or Food Applications? Contact us today to configure a stainless steel electric pallet truck for your cleanroom or high-care facility. Available with custom forks and coldstore options.

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