You’ve got a pallet load of goods to move into storage areas. But the pallet is situated in an active storage aisle, where forklift trucks often travel. What methods can be used to help reduce the chances that you, or your pallet load isn’t impacted?

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Safety and security are critical for warehouses and other industrial facilities. Many times, safety means controlling access to your facility and keeping unauthorized people out of areas where they aren’t allowed. Industrial-strength folding gates make your facilities more secure, but allow frequent, easy access to those who need it. Whether it’s a doorway, hallway, or loading dock, folding gates make warehouses safer. Let’s dive into it.

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To serve our growing base of Spanish-speaking clients, Cisco-Eagle has launched a Spanish language version of our website, www.cisco-eagle.com/es.

Cisco-Eagle specializes in material handling systems, equipment and services for manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and other industrial operations.  We provide conveyor systems, racks, storage equipment, mezzanines, automation, and other products for safe, productive operations. The new website includes full descriptions of all Cisco-Eagle’s services and products as well as links to in-depth material handling equipment, services and systems content, including:

• Automation and integrated systems
• Material handling equipment
• Service, repair and maintenance

“It’s increasingly important that we serve our growing customer base in Mexico, Chile, and other parts of Latin America,” said Darein Gandall, Cisco-Eagle president. “But our Latino customer base is very active in the U. S., particularly in Texas and the rest of the Southwest and we did this to serve those customers as well. We have multilingual customer service and salespeople and the ability to execute projects internationally, and are happy to provide this higher level of service to any customer who prefers Spanish language content.”

We invite you to visit Cisco-Eagle En Español at: www.cisco-eagle.com/es

I recently attended a product training class on high volume low speed fans, and a statistic was thrown out to the audience that really got me thinking. A NASA study, Compendium of Human Responses to the Aerospace Environment*, showed that worker productivity falls significantly for every degree over an optimum temperature of about 72 degrees. If the temperature hits 85 degrees in the workplace, productivity drops by 18% and accuracy a walloping 40%.

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Work on rooftops is dangerous – even for those with long experience. It’s easy to get over-confident, forgetful, and unaware of how close you are to a potential fall. Workers often push the limits to finish up faster, step unexpectedly in the wrong place, or trip and fall into a skylight or roof hatch. In fact, according to OSHA, falls are the #1 cause of fatalities in construction, with nearly 400 deaths in 2014 alone.

What can be done to protect these workers and contractors?

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A warehouse rack system is a humble part of any storage operation that can quietly make or break its success. While that may sound dramatic, it’s a fact that in a warehouse or distribution center a rack system is at the core of operations. It’s involved in several stages of operations and it follows that it should be carefully considered.

The good news is warehouse racking systems are available in many different configurations. Most can be customized to suit your warehouse’s specific space and business needs, fill the cube and operate in most any way you’d like. Whether you are storing pallets, beverage loads, heavy components, furniture, food, cartons or any other load, rack systems can be designed to fit your application.

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I recently attended training on a crossover and work platform product that continues to impress me for its flexibility and innovative engineering. Because of its modular design, it stands out from fabricated and manufactured products because it can morph and change as your needs change. There are times where a fixed, welded platform is fine, but it has hidden costs. Let’s examine those…

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