Know the economic and safety benefits of telescopic dock levellers

Conventional swing/ hinged lip dock levellers often don’t suit every load-in or load-out situation. Trucks and trailers are usually loaded right to the back doors, meaning the swing lip dock leveller can’t engage, requiring the first row of goods to be unloaded by hand before a forklift can be used. This slows down productivity and creates health and safety issues, with gaps between the warehouse and the truck posing slip and fall hazards. Manual handling of heavy packages also increases injury risk.

Telescopic dock levellers provide infinite end load access with precise lip extension, safely bridging the gap for forklift access and preventing damage to cargo or forklifts. They eliminate the risk of forklifts getting stuck and create safer working conditions.

Compared to vertically stored dock levellers, horizontal dock levellers stored flush with the floor improve warehouse visibility, which enhances safety for cross-traffic operations, and increases valuable floor space for staging areas. They also eliminate the high costs of installing bollards, stanchions, and guardrails.

Telescopic levellers can be stored within the building, allowing overhead dock doors to close tightly for optimal sealing. This enables truck/trailer doors to open within facility walls, essential for maintaining the cold chain and ensuring efficient refrigeration and air-conditioning systems, ultimately reducing energy bills.

Ask us today about how EBS PT-80 telescopic dock levellers can help optimise your operations.

For further information, please visit EBS at www.ebssolutions.com.au.