Data center: choosing the optimal lifting trolley

Data center: choosing the optimal lifting trolley

Manual lifting and moving of server units and batteries poses a risk in data centres. Units are often heavy, requiring two or more co-workers to lift during racking. They are also expensive and easily damaged when dropped. Nevertheless, manual server handling is a common practice which frequently results in injury and costly downtime. In addition, musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive lifting leads to absence, dissatisfaction, and ultimately the loss of valuable competence.

The answer to streamlined server handling

With a Lift&Drive data centre lifter, server handling becomes a safe, efficient, and
ergonomic one-person job. Lift&Drive lifters provide easy manoeuvring along narrow
aisles, thanks to lightweight design with a compact footprint and tight turn radius. With
precise, stepless control and unparalleled height span, the specially designed lifting
platform reaches from the lowest rack units to the very top positions. This makes it easier and smoother than ever to mount or remove a server or battery, with perfect alignment at
every rack position. 

The adavantage of choosing a lifting solution adapted for data centres

Equipping your facility with an adapted Lift&Drive data centre lifter is an easy way to
keep employees healthy and safe, meeting applicable HSE standards through uniform,
machine-aided materials handling. It also empowers your co-workers to serve your
customers in a better, more productive way – minimising the risks of costly equipment
damage and unplanned downtime. 

The need for efficient lifting equipment extends far beyond the places traditionally associated with heavy lifting, such as factories, warehouses, and workshops. Whenever a person bends, lifts, turns, and moves with an item that is not designed for easy portability, there are risk factors that
combine over time to cause repetetitative strain injuries (RSI). This applies to work in restaurants and kitchens, retail businesses, and data centres, to mention a few.

Not just a matter of weight

The most basic risk factor is manually lifting a load, even at manageable weights. This is especially true when the lifting involves bending and twisting. When an item is large, bulky, and/or difficult to grip, manual handling with retained ergonomy is often impossible. Any task that includes repetitive or forceful motions also carries a long-term risk of RSI, as does work carried out in an awkward or static posture.

 

Expertise in lifting and handling should be a major criterion in the choice of supplier

On the leading edge of workplace safety Pronomic is the lifting and moving solutions company – providing smart, smooth materials handling systems for sustainable safety at work. Since 1989, Pronomic has developed premium quality lifting solutions that help businesses boost productivity and employee well-being, by making their work safer and more efficient.

Through the years, Pronomic has kept our entrepreneurial spirit: combining Swedish engineering expertise with relentless exploration. We’re always looking for better and safer ways to carry out heavy and strenuous work. For us, expertise means approaching each challenge with curiosity and inquisitiveness, with attention to every detail.

That’s how we stay at the very forefront of lifting innovation.

Today, Pronomic tailor mobile and stationary solutions for lifting, moving, loading, installing,
stacking, assembling, and much more. Whatever lifting challenges our customers are facing, we can solve them and make your work safer and smoother. Based outside Stockholm, our network of group companies and partners ensures that we are present globally to serve and assist our customers.