[Nhcoll-l] heavy lifting in compactor aisles

[Janet Waddington]

Hi All,

Please respond on list as this is an important issue for many.

Thanks,

Janet


Janet Waddington
Assistant Curator and Collection Manager
Department of Natural History - Palaeobiology
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 2C6
Phone  (416) 586-5593  Fax  (416) 586-5553
Email  janetw at rom.on.ca
>>> "Dietrich, Elizabeth" 09/11/12 7:48 AM >>>

Yes, I*ve already responded requesting aisle width.


From: Hawks, Catharine 
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 7:00 PM
To: Jeff.Stephenson at dmns.org; NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu
Cc: Logan.Ivy at dmns.org; Dietrich, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: heavy lifting in compactor aisles



Hi Logan



Am copying this to Liz Dietrich our Facilities Manager for the SI Museum
Support Center. The MSC faced a similar situation in it's fluid storage
pod, so Liz may be able to help you.



Cathy

Catharine Hawks

Conservator

National Museum of Natural History, MRC 106

Research & Collections, NHB 394

Smithsonian Institution

PO Box 37012

Washington, DC 20013-7012

Office 202.633.0835

SI Cell 202.701.8458

CH Cell 703.200.4370

hawksc at si.edu










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Jeff.Stephenson at dmns.org [Jeff.Stephenson at dmns.org]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 6:45 PM
To: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu
Cc: Logan.Ivy at dmns.org
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] heavy lifting in compactor aisles

Hello,
On behalf of Logan Ivy, Earth Sciences Collections Manager at the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science:

The Denver Museum of Natures & Science is building a new collections
facility and almost all of the storage will be on compactors. The Earth
Science part of the collection contains some large dinosaur specimens
that are only safely moved with machinery, such as pallet jacks and
forklifts. Because of elevator capacity and aisle width constraints, we
will not be able to use a standard electric forklift in the area where
the dinosaurs will be placed on the compactor shelves. Since the
carriages for the compactors ride just above the floor, there is no room
to use the lighter forklifts with wheeled feet projecting out in front.
We need something that lifts about 1200 lbs., has a flat front, and
weighs less that about 5,000 lbs., preferably powered. We are asking the
community if anyone has had to deal with a similar problem with
compactorized shelves bearing heavy specimens and how they solved the
problems. The industry makes fairly light weight forklifts that you walk
behind and control with a pull down yoke, but there may be other
solutions out there we have not thought of yet.

Thank you

Logan Ivy
Collections Manager
Earth Sciences
Denver Museum of Nature & Science


JEFF STEPHENSON
COLLECTIONS MANAGER, ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT






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