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37 products, each exploded into a recursive bill of materials. Open one and keep clicking down to the bolts.

AS/RS Stacker Crane
AS/RS Stacker Crane A single-mast automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) stacker crane running in a warehouse aisle to store and retrieve unit loads from high-bay racking. 276 parts · 11 subsystems
Automated Guided Cart (AGV)
Automated Guided Cart (AGV) A battery-powered automated guided vehicle that ferries load carriers along a defined route: differential drive wheels under closed-loop control, a navigation suite that follows magnetic tape or a laser map, and safety scanners that stop it before a collision. 749 parts · 12 subsystems
Automated Mooring System
Automated Mooring System Quayside robotic system with vacuum pads, articulated hydraulic arms, tension monitoring, and shore control enabling rapid vessel mooring without crew interaction. 81 parts · 9 subsystems
Bucket Elevator
Bucket Elevator A vertical conveyor that lifts bulk grain, feed, or aggregate in buckets attached to an endless belt running between a head and a boot. 336 parts · 9 subsystems
Container Spreader
Container Spreader The lifting attachment that hangs under a port crane and grips a shipping container: a telescoping beam extends to 20, 40, or 45 ft, four corner twistlocks engage the container castings, and a head block transmits the load to the crane ropes. 559 parts · 10 subsystems
Container Tilter
Container Tilter A hydraulic machine that locks an ISO shipping container by its corner castings and tilts it to 60–90 degrees so bulk cargo discharges by gravity. 71 parts · 7 subsystems
Conveyor Sorter
Conveyor Sorter A high-rate parcel sortation system: a powered belt-and-roller conveyor carries cartons past a scan tunnel, and a divert mechanism pushes each parcel onto the destination chute under PLC control, with an HMI for operators. 2,957 parts · 10 subsystems
Drum Handler
Drum Handler A forklift- or crane-suspended attachment that grips a 205-litre drum by its rim or body and rotates it through a worm gear for controlled pouring. 40 parts · 7 subsystems
Electric Chain Hoist
Electric Chain Hoist A motor-driven hoist that lifts loads on an alloy-steel link chain through a pocketed lift wheel, with a spring-applied brake and pendant control. 83 parts · 9 subsystems
Electric Pallet Jack
Electric Pallet Jack An electric walkie pallet truck for warehouse load handling. 215 parts · 12 subsystems
Electric Pallet Stacker
Electric Pallet Stacker A pedestrian (walkie) electric pallet stacker that lifts and stacks palletised loads on a telescoping mast. 235 parts · 13 subsystems
Electric Tow Tractor (Tugger)
Electric Tow Tractor (Tugger) A compact electric tugger that pulls trains of wheeled carts around a plant or warehouse: a single traction motor drives through a gearbox, the operator rides standing or seated behind a tiller, and a coupler hitches the cart train behind. 493 parts · 12 subsystems
Forklift Paper-Roll Clamp
Forklift Paper-Roll Clamp A hydraulic forklift attachment that grips paper rolls between curved padded arms and rotates them 360 degrees for upending and stacking. 52 parts · 6 subsystems
Horizontal Storage Carousel
Horizontal Storage Carousel A goods-to-person storage carousel of linked bin carriers circulating on a horizontal oval track, rotating the wanted bin column to a fixed pick station on controller command. 1,417 parts · 7 subsystems
Hydraulic Dock Leveler
Hydraulic Dock Leveler A pit-mounted hydraulic dock leveler that bridges the height gap between a loading dock and a truck bed, raising its deck and extending a hinged lip onto the trailer floor for forklift traffic. 60 parts · 7 subsystems
Jib Crane
Jib Crane A pillar-mounted crane whose horizontal jib arm slews around the mast, carrying a hoist trolley to serve a circular work area. 124 parts · 7 subsystems
Lifting Electromagnet
Lifting Electromagnet A crane-suspended DC electromagnet that grips ferrous loads through a coil-energised pole face, with battery backup holding the load through power loss. 130 parts · 6 subsystems
Linkspan Ramp
Linkspan Ramp Fixed quayside ramp system with hydraulic or pneumatic lift adjustment, hinged spandrel beams, rubber bumpers, and ramp sealing for ro-ro vehicle boarding. 86 parts · 9 subsystems
Manual Pallet Jack
Manual Pallet Jack A hand-operated truck whose hydraulic pump raises two forks about 120 mm to lift and wheel pallets across a floor. 60 parts · 6 subsystems
Marine Loading Arm
Marine Loading Arm Ship-mounted articulated pipe arm assembly with swivel joints, counterweights, quick-connect couplers, and emergency response system for safe liquid cargo transfer. 51 parts · 9 subsystems
Mobile Harbor Crane
Mobile Harbor Crane Self-propelled heavy-duty harbor crane with lattice boom, slewing platform, outrigger support, traveling undercarriage, and electric winches for general cargo and container handling. 80 parts · 9 subsystems
Order Picker
Order Picker An electric high-level order picker: the operator rides up the mast on a guarded platform to hand-pick cases from racking, with a Li-ion battery, AC traction and lift drives, and wire-guidance for narrow aisles. 433 parts · 14 subsystems
Overhead Bridge Crane
Overhead Bridge Crane A double-girder electric overhead travelling (EOT) crane spanning a factory bay on elevated runway rails, lifting loads with a wire-rope hoist trolley that traverses the bridge. 108 parts · 7 subsystems
Pallet Stretch Wrapper
Pallet Stretch Wrapper A semi-automatic turntable stretch wrapper that rotates a loaded pallet while a powered carriage pre-stretches and wraps polyethylene film around it for transport stability. 66 parts · 7 subsystems
Pneumatic Ship Unloader
Pneumatic Ship Unloader Shipboard pneumatic suction system with boom, nozzle arm, rotary valve, receiving separator, and air blowers for rapid discharge of bulk powders and granules. 52 parts · 9 subsystems
Powered Roller Conveyor
Powered Roller Conveyor A modular conveyor that moves cartons and totes on motor-driven rollers, divided into sensor-controlled zones for zero-pressure accumulation. 431 parts · 7 subsystems
Reach Stacker
Reach Stacker Heavy-chassis tractor with telescopic boom, articulating spreader, counterweight frame, and diesel engine for stacking containers up to 5 tiers high. 71 parts · 9 subsystems
Reach Truck
Reach Truck An electric warehouse reach truck: a telescoping mast on a counterweighted chassis with a pantograph reach mechanism, Li-ion traction battery, and a seated operator station for high-bay narrow-aisle racking. 514 parts · 14 subsystems
Rubber-Tyred Gantry Crane
Rubber-Tyred Gantry Crane A diesel-electric rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane that straddles container stacks in a port yard, lifting ISO containers with a telescopic spreader and moving between rows on steerable tyre bogies. 150 parts · 8 subsystems
Screw Conveyor
Screw Conveyor A trough conveyor that moves bulk powders and granules along its length with a rotating helical screw flight on a central pipe. 140 parts · 7 subsystems
Ship Gangway
Ship Gangway Telescoping aluminium walkway with hydraulic luffing and slewing drive, safety rails, hand ropes, and control station enabling safe crew and cargo access. 52 parts · 9 subsystems
Shiploader
Shiploader Quayside cargo-handling machine with boom-mounted conveyor system, shuttle and luffing mechanisms, gantry travel drive, and telescopic chute for rapid bulk loading of vessels. 73 parts · 9 subsystems
Straddle Carrier
Straddle Carrier Portal-frame vehicle with articulated hoist, spreader bar, diesel-electric drivetrain, and steering/wheel units for lifting and transporting containers over long distances. 122 parts · 9 subsystems
Telehandler
Telehandler A telescopic handler with a turbo-diesel engine, four-wheel drive/steer, and a telescoping boom carrying a fork carriage. 349 parts · 12 subsystems
Terminal Tractor
Terminal Tractor Heavy-duty tractor with articulated fifth wheel, offset cab, powered lift deck, and diesel drivetrain for container and trailer spotting. 72 parts · 9 subsystems
Vacuum Tube Lifter
Vacuum Tube Lifter An ergonomic lifting device in which a vacuum pump both grips the load through a suction foot and lifts it by evacuating a corrugated lift tube, controlled single-handed from an operator handle. 57 parts · 7 subsystems
Vertical Lift Module
Vertical Lift Module An enclosed automated storage tower: stored trays sit in front and rear racks, and a central extractor lifts and shuttles the requested tray to an access bay at waist height, so the picker never walks the aisle. The goods come to the operator. 820 parts · 11 subsystems