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Printing & Packaging Industries

Reel lifters, turners & rotators, pallet truck weighing scales, lifters with short & long forks for unusual pallet sizes

In printing and packaging industries, the Logitrans range of ergonomic lifters and handlers help customers to provide a safer workplace for employees. The range includes pallet lifters and handlers, as well as reel turners and reel lifters, to reduce the manual handling of products. Design focuses on the safety and ergonomic working conditions of the user.

Logitrans Reel Turner

A Logitrans Reel Rotator is used in a dairy to lift large reels from pallets, transport and load them into packing machinery. The Rotator clamps the reel from the outside, leaving the reel core free to to be inserted onto the machine spindle. The Reel Rotator can turn reels from a horizontal to a vertical position, and vice versa. Many different reel sizes up to 500kg can be handled. Where space is very limited, the Reel Rotator can be used in conjunction with the Logitrans Reel Lifter. Designed to pick up a vertical reel from the Rotator, it transports and lifts it into production & packing machinery. With an over-all width of only 720mm, the Reel Lifter is small enough to go through a doorway or into a lift.

Loc J16 Electric Reel Lifter

A Loc J16 powered stacker truck with a boom spear, is used within the packaging industry to transport and lift large reels. This particular reel lifter has a lift height of 4500mm and a load capacity of 600kg. Other lift heights and capacities are available.

Logitrans ELF Electric Pallet Stacker

A Logitrans ELF stacker with electric lift is used on a packing line, to lift pallets to a correct working height. The stacker truck assists packing operatives and prevents back and shoulder injuries, associated with repetitive bending and stretching.

Logitrans Electric High Lifter With Level Control

A Logitrans EHL1004 electric scissor lift pallet truck with level control is used in a printers, to assist staff with packing of finished products. Level control automatically adjusts the height of the pallet to an optimum working height, reducing operator bending and stretching and therefore preventing back and strain injuries. Level control can be fitted to any Logitrans electric High Lifter or Stacker Truck.

Logitrans SELFS Maxi with Reel Forks

A Logitrans SELFS Maxi powered stacker truck is here fitted with Reel Forks and used in a printing application. The Maxi transports and lifts the reels, which are then loaded onto machinery.

Logitrans Electric Scissor Lift

Logitrans electric Highlifters are used in a packing area. Pallets are lifted to a correct working height, allowing the operator to load and pack the pallets, without the need for bending and stretching. The Highlifter helps prevent operator back and other repetitive strain injuries. This Logitrans model is available with optional level control, which automatically adjusts the pallet to optimum working height, as it is loaded or unloaded.

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.

The Logitrans range includes electric pallet trucks, hand pallet trucks, work positioners and pallet stacker trucks, which are ideal for the printing and packaging industry. Pallet stackers are compact, manoeuvrable and are available in many different sizes and options. Pallet stacker trucks can be used as an alternative to forklift trucks and provide a safer work area. These trucks have small dimensions for confined areas and a compact mast, which gives the operator excellent visibility.