Vertical Reciprocating Coneyors
Simply put, vertical reciprocating conveyors (VRCs) are material lifts designed to transfer materials between levels. But there’s more to them than just that. They’re more cost-effective than a regular elevator, and safer than using a forklift to move materials. Wildeck offers a variety of customizable styles, options and sizes to fit your lifting needs.Benefits of Wildeck VRCs
The biggest benefits of Wildeck VRCs are that they are cost-effective and safe, while also providing an easy and efficient upgrade to how your facility moves its materials between floors. Wildeck offers hydraulic, mechanical and rideable lifts, depending on your application, with everything from carriage size to lift height and the number of stops completely customizable. Typically, most applications can be served with ground plus one or ground plus two floor solutions. VRCs also help eliminate potential injury of employees, since they remove the need for employees to carry materials between floor levels. This safety improvement is also extended to the materials themselves. Each VRC contains a number of safety controls and protective caging that keeps materials intact, should there be a machine failure or materials shift while the lift is in motion. A Wildeck VRC’s ease-of-use shows especially when it’s being operated. The controls to operate the VRC are straightforward, and only require basic training for authorized personnel to ensure the lift runs smoothly. When working closely with the right installer, like Bode, Wildeck’s products can be installed in the shortest time frame possible with the least amount of disruption to your operations. Wildeck VRCs allow facility operations to work more efficiently, too. With a lift, your materials are transferred at a faster and easier rate between levels in your facility compared to a forklift or by hand. This allows employees to focus on unloading and transferring materials around their respective levels of the facility versus worrying about moving materials from one level to the next, and potentially injuring themselves.Popular Applications for VRCs
There are a wide variety of applications that can effectively utilize a material lift. Generally, any application that requires frequent movement of materials from one level to another could benefit from a VRC. Bode has found that some popular industries that utilize VRCs the most include:- Restaurants
- Manufacturing
- Hotels
- Aerospace
- Distribution