The Benefits, Assets and Design of Dock and In-Plants Lifts

Texas Commercial Doors, Texas Overhead Doors, Texas Loading Dock System

COMPANIES continuously look for process improvements that can grow their bottom line. Small initiatives often end up with tremendous results, such as our use of Texas commercial doors or a Texas loading dock system or dock and in-plant lifts in warehouses.

Dock Lifts

The fusion of traditional and e-commerce has only led to the rise of logistics demands–more orders, many times in bulk, and often expedited. Exigencies create a pressing need for a productivity and efficiency boost. We see dock lifts as an effective substitute to traditional concrete ramps in material-handling operations, costing less, and occupying lesser space among others.

Dock lifts offer versatility. Often either pit or surface-mounted, these can be used indoor and outdoor. With removable parts, such as handrails and lifting lugs, these can accommodate loads of different sizes and shapes.

Armed with dual to multiple lifting hydraulic cylinders, dock lifts offer optimum performance.

Engineered with high tensile strength and excellent structural construction, dock lifts are built to last and are safer and more stable than concrete ramps.

An endless array of customization is available, from oversized platforms with straight sides to some with beveled toe guards, and from in-motion warning beepers with flashing light to increased horsepower for bumped up performance.

While both dock plates and concrete ramps afford a level loading or unloading surface the former can be lifted to heights and lowered to depths that no concrete ramp can be, making, thus, more service-friendly to cargo vehicles, such as reefers, trailers, work vans, and pickups.

In-plain lifts

In-plain lifts are easy to install. Designed to reduce fatigue and lower the risk of workers’ back injury, they come in a variety.

Manual turntable, with a rotating feature, saves our workers the bother of walking around the material worked on. Tilters are for materials with parts that are difficult to reach. Scissor lifts offer more tilting. Double scissor lifts are a king on elevation and tilt.

We at the Overhead Door of Austin, a Division of DuraServ Corp., know best. Known for the Texas Loading Dock System, we also supply, install, and maintain Texas Commercial Doors and Texas Overhead Doors.

We service Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Creek, San Marcos, Cedar Park, Pflugerville and Temple, Texas.  Give your business the much-needed lift. Call us at (512) 442-1561 or contact us here.