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4 Factors You Need to Consider When Purchasing a Mezzanine

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When purchasing a mezzanine or structural platform to expand your processing space, there are a number of factors to consider — many of which deal with the structural capacity of your plant.

While purchasing a mezzanine is a cost-effective way to expand your operations and storage space, the extra load on your floor slap and placement of the support columns are crucial factors when purchasing and installing a structural mezzanine.
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6 Questions to Determine if You Should Invest in a Mezzanine

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When a processing company comes to us looking for ways to expand their product line without taking on the cost of a plant expansion, our first response is: look up — and consider building a mezzanine.

More often than not, processing plants aren’t effectively utilizing the space above their product line – and have more than enough room to expand without a full-out plant expansion. Adding a mezzanine opens up processing and storage space that is often more than sufficient to meet their growing needs.

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Benefits of Laser Cutting

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Laser cutting is the most cost-effective cutting technology that produces clean, smooth edges, extreme accuracy, and can be repeated. Designs are processed through sophisticated nesting software to ensure best usage of material and maximum control over the cutting process.

Basics of Laser Cutting

As the name implies, laser cutters use a high-powered laser to cut through various types of metal. The laser beam is a column of very high intensity light, of a single wavelength, or color. The beam is only about 3/4″ in diameter as it travels from the laser resonator through the machine’s path. The focused laser beam then travels through a nozzle before hitting the material. Along with the focused beam is compressed gas, such as Oxygen or Nitrogen.
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A Safer Way to Lift

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Many food processing tasks require employees to exert force – such as lifting, pushing, pulling, and moving – on heavy objects. These actions are often necessary in the manufacturing process, but they are also contributing factors to back injuries as well as other musculoskeletal disorders.

Lifting especially takes its toll on the body, resulting in fatigue and injury when not done properly. Some common lifting tasks in a food processing plant include dumping products into vats, stacking products onto pallets, transferring product from one workstation to another, and placing product on conveyors that are not adjusted for employee height.

While it may be impossible to completely do away with lifting in your manufacturing process, there are some simple solutions that will reduce the risk of employee injury and save you the high cost of employee down-time.
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Sponsoring the Warren County Fair

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As a locally-grown company, we at Fusion Tech take great pride in our community and regularly invest in making this a better area to live and work. One of the many ways we do this is by regularly sponsoring the Warren County Fair.

We believe in the importance of giving 4H members, cattle and pork raisers, pageant participants, and every other individual participating in the fair the opportunity to develop in their passions and skills. Doing so will only help develop the future of our region.

And we know the importance of investing in our region.

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Implementing an Ergonomic Process

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Incorporating ergonomic solutions into your food processing work stations is a great way to reduce the risk of employee injuries and promote a safe and healthful workplace. A small investment in ergonomic equipment will save you thousands in preventable injuries – but it’s only a start.

Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their workers, and that requires more than just equipment. Implementing an ergonomic process will not only reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders, but will also educate your workforce on how best to prevent injuries themselves.
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Ergonomic Work Station Design

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Work station design plays a huge role in either contributing to or reducing the risk of employee injuries. Neglecting to account for the space needed for tool use, the height and depth of a work station, the location of the work station, lighting, and even the proper flow of the manufacturing process put your employees at risk of injury.

A poorly designed work station can expose workers to awkward postures, extended reaches, contact pressure, and unnecessary movements – all known factors of on the job injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.
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