This video is a short few minutes, and features vertical reciprocating conveyors implemented by Cisco-Eagle at defense contractor Electric Boat, Inc. The company manufactures submarines at its Groton, CT facility.

As part of a $20 million upgrade, Electric Boat wanted to make access to submarines in the assembly area faster and safer. Before the upgrade, workers at the final assembly building were forced to climb scaffolding stairs to build submarines. A new platform was installed that allowed them to easily access the tops of submarines without returning to various shops for tools. The top of a Virginia class submarine can be as high as fourty feet, meaning that workers had to constantly climb stairs. The new, multilevel platform system, fed by vertical lifts for freight and personnel elevators, helped the submarine manufacturer streamline work and reduce costs.

• Case study: “Electric Boat utilizes vertical reciprocating conveyors to create safer, more efficient operations”
• Detailed Vertical Lift information from Cisco-Eagle
• “Permanent Lifts Streamline work” from Connecticut Day
• VRC Application Guide from Cisco-Eagle
  

Tags: defense contracts, ergonomics, Manufacturing, Material Handling, vertical lifts

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