LiftOne Takes the Strain

Health and safety regulations apply to all businesses. But there are some matters that need to be given special consideration by employers. The government has earmarked ‘Lifting and Handling’ in the workplace as one of these key areas. In As far as tyres are concerned this has particular significance with regards to tyre bays, where fitters manually handle heavy tyres and wheels during the tyre changing process.

According to the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) more than a third of all ‘over-three-day’ injuries reported each year are caused by manual handling – ‘the transporting or supporting of loads by hand or by bodily force’.

The Butler EVO series has designed itself around the manual-handling problem. The ‘LiftOne’ device has been developed to raise the wheel from the floor, and then turn it over in to a horizontal position, aligning with the self centring device. This means that the operative is merely overseeing the operation rather than manoeuvring the wheel.

All parts that are in contact with the rim and the tyre are made of plastic or are plastic coated, ensuring that expensive rims are not damaged. When clamped on a Butler machine the ‘LiftOne’ is designed to allow the operative to work using minimal space.