MECHANICAL AID FOR CARPET ROLL MANUAL HANDLING

MECHANICAL AID FOR CARPET ROLL MANUAL HANDLING

Added: 23:26 05.01.2008

Hi there,

I am employed as the H&S Manager for a carpet manafacturing organisation and we are working together within the Carpet Foundation to try to find a mechanical device that will allow the delivery into premises to be done safely.

The carpet roll of up to 120 kg and 5 metres long will need to be transported from the rear of a delivery truck, up the roadside kerb to the shop premises. The shop may have a number of steps that need to be negotiated to get the carpet roll to the clients intended destination.

Ideally the system design will be electrically driven but if manual effort is adequate I would be happy to remove any extra cost incurred by electical propulsion. I have seen a wheeled system for wheelchair evacuation with a 3 tier triangular wheel system; maybe that is the start point.

The Health and Safety Executive are also involved in doing their best to assist in our quest to find a solution to the problem associated with manual handling difficulties of this type of product. I know that if a solution could be found by a engineering design and manafacturing company, a large quantity of sales could be generated for the founders of such a device. I am hoping that someone can either point me in the direction of existing technology and solutions to this issue or push me in the direction of someone who could be interested in designing such a solution.

A rather long winded e mail but I really would like some advice on this matter as I will be speaking to the working group within the Carpet Foundation mid-January 2008. Has anyone got any ideas how we could generate a solution to this problem that really does effect a great deal of suppliers?

I look forward to a response. Thank you for your co-operation and advice in advance.

Mick Cooper

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