SOUTHWORTH'S BRIGHT IDEA GALLERY

In over 150 years, we've built just about every type of lift you can imagine. If you've got a difficult or unique application, and there's not an off-the-shelf solution available, then you need to talk to us. With the industry's largest, most experienced engineering staff, we can custom build a solution for any need.

The following gallery of images is just a small scrapbook of custom solutions we have provided for our customers. Please take a moment and scroll through the images. Who knows, maybe you'll get inspired.

Work Positioner | Operator Platform Lifts / Personnel Lifts | Fixturing Application
Positioning | Transporting | Vertical Conveyors

Work Positioners

Lift and Tilt used to position large assemblies during manufacturing.

Necropsy Lift (small animal autopsy)

Lifts to vertically position pallets for manual loading along a conveyor
system.

Panel lift for feeding saw allows one man to do the work of two.

2,000 lb. capacity lift with oversized platform used in work cell for
woodworking assembly.

Multiple work stations for positioning and assembly.

Lift with gravity rollers to handle large sheets.

Pallets of automotive axles are set on the smaller lifts and they are
loaded onto the racks which go on the circular lifts.

Wood Panel Lift for beam saw.

Small traveling lifts line up with large work platform.

13' x 28' Elevating Work Platform fitted with 4 smaller pallet lifts.
Note traveling ramp to allow egress to platform.

Each of the smaller lifts is fitted with a manual turntable to allow
near side loading.

Tandem wide lift fitted with a special "dog bone" style turntable.

Roll on Stack Box Lift with stainless steel platform.

Roll-on level loader with turntable for near side loading.

Portable PalletPal fitted with square platform to support wide baskets.

Roll-On Level Loader with manual turntable.

Stack Box Lift used for positioning small wheeled loads.

Roll-On Level Loader with powered turntable; this is a pallet jack
accessible lift.

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Operator Platform Lifts / Personnel Lifts

Carousel Lift used in conjunction with a horizontal parts carousel.

Large platform lift to accommodate the elevation difference to the
new factory addition.

Carousel Lifts position the operator to the correct ergonomic height.

Carousel Lifts have interlocked gates that will not open unless the
platform is fully lowered.

Personnel Lift to position worker in front of large electrical transformer.

3-sided personnel lift with special traversing platform sections for
different width tractors.

Elevating Work Platform for positioning personnel around a large
electrical assembly.

Personnel Lift with full perimeter accordion skirts.

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Fixturing Applications

500 lb. capacity lift (LL05.5-26) with special wheel arrangement to
align with custom fixture.

Tandem long lift to support a large 8' x 16' platform.

Special 90° Upender for inverting stacks of windows.

Track mounted lifts to position fixture on X-Y-Y axis.

90° Upender with powered belt conveyor.

90° Upender for large electrical panel assembly. Upender is mounted
to a scissor lift (shown fully lowered).

Vehicle Assembly Lift (end view)

Special Vehicle Assembly Lift which lifts and supports vehicle by the
frame so work can be done on the wheels, axle & brakes.

Very special, ultra high-speed, high-cycle lift for the automotive
industry (3 second rise/lower time).

Chain driven powered turntable.

Heavy Duty, Chain Driven powered turntable.

 

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Positioning

Lift with special tilter to support large windows during inspection.

8,000 lbs capacity lifts with special powered vertical support props to
support the load while technicians are working under the load.

Lift in conveyor system with right angle chain transfer.

90° paper roll Downender with gravity roller and powered belt conveyor.

Tandem long, wide base lift fitted with chain driven roller conveyor.

Lift with side shifting platform to center paper roll between mandrels.

Roll Lowering Table with roll chocks; tilting platform discharges paper
roll.

90° Upender for standing up large electrical panels at a work cell.

90° Upender designed to customer's specifications. Belt conveyor
discharges the load after it is upended.

Special 90° Upender for standing slit rolls of paper onto a wooden
pallet for shipping. Compression clamp on left side prevents slit rolls
from cascading.

Custom lift for supporting and transporting a SAM (Small Article Monitor)
for the nuclear industry.

Lift with full steel skirts and gravity roller deck. Note the arrangement
of rollers to allow a fork truck to get under the pallet.

Lift with right angle rollers in platform to position wood panels.

Lift contained in a conveyor system. Lift platform will be fitted with
fingers to raise and position load above rollers.

A large platform lift to position stacks of cardboard at a folding machine.
The small lift is to position the operator.

Lift to feed wood panel into CNC shaper. Note the risers to allow for
truck to set down a stack of panels.

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Transporting

Special powered transporter with a 24" travel lift and manual turntable.

 

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Vertical Conveyors

Veritcal Reciprocating Conveyor (Fully Raised)

Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (Partially Raised)

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