[Nhcoll-l] vertical rotating shelving systems

[Jim Croft]

It looks like it violates the Prime Rule of Everything: No. Moving. Parts.
 ;)

jim

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Peter Rauch <peterar at berkeley.edu> wrote:

>  Looks like a lot of vibration due to often-moving specimen trays/drawers.
> (The specimen --and EVERY specimen/drawer-- whether of interest or not--
> is moved to the viewer every time any specimen is to be viewed, rather than
> the viewer going to the one specimen or single drawer of specimen, moving
> it.)
>
> For collections of specimens/materials which can tolerate a lot of
> vibration, perhaps this isn't an issue.
>
> Peter
>
> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>]
> *On Behalf Of *Sendall, Kelly RBCM:EX
> *Sent:* October-05-12 2:52 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] vertical rotating shelving systems
>
> We are considering something like the Rotomat or  Lean Lift system from
> Hänel as a storage system for some of the NH collections at the Royal BC
> Museum.
>
> http://www.hanel.us/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPSHAENEL.woa/cms/page/locale.enUS/pid.63.69/Products.html
>
> Does anyone know of these in use for NH collections?
>
> Kelly
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