How do Vertical Dock Levelers Improve Safety & Efficiency

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How do Vertical Dock Levelers Improve Safety
Efficiency?
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Vertical Dock Levelers

• Vertical dock levelers are hydraulic lift in
  operation and offer a complete seal when stored
  in their upright position.
• A dock leveler that stores with the deck and lip
  assemblies in a vertical orientation.
• This storage option also allows for the overhead
  doors to close completely, sealing in the
  conditioned air.

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• Vertical levelers are an excellent choice in food
  warehousing or in a cold storage facility where
  the clean pit design offers a sanitary solution
  and also reduces the possibility of vermin entry.
• The leveler lowers through a rotational motion to
  meet the truck trailer bed for unloading.
• This differs from conventional pit levelers which
  store with the deck in the horizontal position

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How do Vertical Dock Levelers Improve Safety?

• Protect the overhead doors from damage
• Positioned in front of the overhead door vertical
  dock levelers protect the door from impact.
• Saves costly repairs
• Act as a barrier to prevent falls
• Provides a visual cue for drivers. Act as a
  barrier to prevent fork lift drives from driving
  off the dock.
• Protects workers from injury.

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• Improved rodent, vermin control, reduced dirt and
  debris entry
• As the dock leveler stores vertically inside the
  building, it allows the overhead door to be
  closed tightly against the pit floor and against
  the pit wall sides.
• This creates an improved sealing of the loading
  dock which reduces rodent and vermin entry
• Also reduces the infiltration of dirt and debris
  into the facility

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How do Vertical Dock Levelers Improve Efficiency?

• Easier Cleaning
• Access for cleaning is improved
• Benefits industries where a cleaning loading dock
  is important
• Food processing operations are a good example
• Choose between individual pit or continuous ledge
• An individual pit allows for use of floor space
• A continuous ledge is easier to keep clean

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• Improve Vermin Control
• Vertical dock leveler stores upright
• Improves sealing to reduce rodent entry
• Vertical dock levelers stop debris and dust
• Reduce air exchange in cold storage
• Improve building design
• Open truck doors after truck is parked
• Transport truck trailers can leave doors closed
  with vertical dock levelers
• Increase security of truck cargo
• Protect cargo from outside elements
• Climate controls product
• Save air conditioning costs

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Benefits of Vertical Dock Levelers

• Easier to keep clean
• The design of the vertical dock leveler makes it
  easier to clean the pit below
• Increased worker safety
• Minimizes accidents by creating a barrier between
  the dock and the fork truck
• Easier Maintenance
• Vertical levelers are easier to maintain given
  the orientation when stored