Facility managers are always faced with
the challenges when it comes to choosing the right loading dock leveler for
their warehouses or factory. Either you are a newbie, or a veteran warehouse
manager the tasks at hand could mean either a highly efficient and effective
productive business or a total disaster. There are several factors to be
considered like trailer designs changing, dock leveler’s technological
advancements, and a vast market of commercial vendors in the loading dock
industry. Check out below some points to consider in choosing a dock leveler for
your business:
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Tip No. 1:
Easy Operability
Convenience and easy to operate are
important elements in selecting the right dock leveler. Your team would simply
operate the machinery with no hassles from installation to a functioning unit.
Usually, most dock levelers still need people to be trained both theoretically
and on practical use, select dock levelers that are simple, easy and
free-of-over-technicalities. Beneficial additions would be big savings for the
training seminar which includes workers, trainers and facility downtime
operation hours, which affects the company bottom line profits.
When it comes to convenience,
consider Action
Automatic Door & Gate’s air-powered dock levelers.
Air-powered dock levelers are the first invented dock levelers which were
designed to help workers transport goods and items at their convenience and
ease of use:
1.Serco Air Bag Dock Leveler Model AB
Serco’s airbag dock leveler is safe and
easier to operate with a push a button. Workers would no more have
back-wrenching pulling of chains, walking down the deck and no springs or
hold-down to repair or replace.
2.Serco Air Powered Edge-of-Dock Model
This air-powered edge-of-dock leveler
eliminates manual lifting with its patented high volume, low-pressure airbag
lift system. Specially designed with a lift system that fully operates under
extreme temperatures of -65 to 180 F (-53 to 82 C).
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Tip No. 2:
Low Maintenance
Some facility planners and decision
managers failed and neglected small and long-term factors- systems maintenance
costs. While others are budget-wise when it comes to assessing the various
market’s competitive pricing, however, it made an oversight on the quality of
the product design specifically how the system will require maintenance and its
costs.
Commonly, hydraulic systems require less
maintenance compared to other types of leveler system, however, some levelers
might be more of an upfront design investment. More considerations that need to
be evaluated such as how would the system lower the maintenance cost,
pre-emptive adjustments to hold down the system and mechanical failure due to
overage and usage.
Designed with new and exclusive
SafeTFrame® design, patented HYDRA MAX® powered-in/powered-out lip extension
and regenerative hydraulics makes this your ideal low maintenance dock leveler.
2.Serco Hydraulic Dock Leveler Model HLR
The same model version designs as Model
HLQ, provided as an additional variety of engineered designs to suit ideally
for different customer specification needs.
3.Serco Hydraulic Edge-of-Dock Model
Custom built with an efficient and
reliable hydraulic lifting system, and with exclusive Lug Style Lip Hinge
provides superior strength and extended life makes it your low maintenance dock
leveler.
4.Serco Hydraulic Dock Leveler Model HD
It also has low maintenance considering
its regenerative hydraulics, patented HYDRA MAX® powered-in/powered-out lip
extension, and heavy-duty B410-14F dock bumpers.
Mechanical dock levelers are considered
also low maintenance equipment, considering some notable designs like exclusive
HYDRA CAM™ Plus automatic lip extension, CLEAN FRAME® design, and heavy-duty
B410-14F dock bumpers.
6.Serco Mechanical Dock Leveler Model WS
Much more alike Model WL, with
specifications like the new, exclusive SafeTFrame® Design, single adjustment points
extension spring counterbalance and integral maintenance strut & lip
support latch.
7.Serco Mechanical Edge-of-Dock Leveler
Customized with exclusive lug style lip
hinge provides superior strength and extended life, high strength steel tread
plate (ramp & lip) and robotic welding for improved strength, quality and
consistency.
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Tip No. 3:
Leveler Dimension and Size
It is vitally important that facility
engineers and planners must consider the leveler capacity when making their
business plan. Analyzing and evaluating several factors down to the last
detail like the number of service trucks per day, loads per truck, and sizes of
loads per trailer trucks, are the small things that should be considered a big
factor by turning small gains to the company opportunities.
Action Automatic Door &
Gate’s specialty
dock leveler models
products are flexible and compatible when it comes to docking leveler capacity
requirements. We have a range of specialty dock models namely:
-Serco Versadock Dock Leveler
-Serco Power-Assisted Dock Leveler Model
PAL
-Serco’s Power-Assisted Leveler
-Serco Vertical Dock Leveler
-Serco Vertical Hydraulic Rail Leveler
-Loadhog
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Tip No. 4:
Budget
Definitely yes, budget constraint is a
must. As most dock levelers are highly low-priced and competitive, full
considerations as to how that chosen to dock leveler can fully function
efficiently and effectively, improve fully the productivity and overall have
more savings on time and effort.
Action Automatic Door &
Gate has several dock
in-plant lifts models:
-Serco Level Lift Model
-Serco Rail Lift Model
-Serco Loadwarrior Air Lift Model
-Serco Loadwarrior Turntable Model
-Serco Scissors Dock Lift Model SDL68-5
-Serco Loadwarrior Double Scissors Table
Model
-Serco Loadwarrior Tilter Model
-Serco Loadwarrior Scissor Table Model
-APS Dockleveler T-Track PVC Weather Seal
-APS Dock Stufr
-APS Dockleveler T-Track Brush Weather
Seal
-APS Chain Sealer
-APS Flexback Panel
-APS Z-Track Guard
At Action Automatic Door & Gate, we have a full line of dock levelers at our loading dock levelers Naples FL. Our
professional sales consultants will help you find the perfect solution for your
needs and your budget. We can be reached at Lee County: 239-768-3667, Collier
County: 239-643-3667, Charlotte County: 941-627-0150 and Southwest Florida:
800-375-3667.
In January 2018, Action Automatic Door & Gate became
a division of DuraServ Corp., since 1981, Action has been providing homeowners
and businesses with the highest quality products and service of garage doors, openers, gates, access systems, and commercial door systems in Southwest Florida.
We also offer free estimates at http://bit.ly/actiondoor-request-quote, our Service Technicians would be happy to serve and can
provide you with any loading dock queries, or you can directly make a service
call at http://bit.ly/actiondoor-scheduleservice.
You can also visit us personally at our
Service Area Offices: Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Estero, Bonita Springs, Lehigh
Acres, Marco Island, Naples, Port Charlotte, North Port, Punta Gorda, Venice
and Sarasota.
