We’ve long recognized the demand for an “off the shelf” cart we could offer the steel industry. Steel coils are ubiquitous in many manufacturing applications that require accuracy and strict tolerances.
What if we designed a standard cart that was flexible enough to accommodate the many coil sizes used in the industry? Hamilton engineers designed a prototype and we approached a steel and metal processing plant down the road from us to test drive it firsthand. Soon after, we received a request from one of the world’s premier automotive manufacturers for a steel coil cart.
With a 22-ton payload, the cart itself has a versatile design, able to cradle either uncut master coils (as seen in the video) or accommodate a series of “mults” with the help of removable center stakes to keep them upright. Couplers, retained by the use of a hitch pin, can be mounted at either end and at two common heights for towing, while side lashing rings provide extra tie-down power to restrain the coils as needed. Open tubes at the front allow easy fork truck access or can be used to power/steer a loaded truck.
With a 22-ton payload, the caster steer steel cart has a versatile design, able to cradle either uncut master coils or accommodate a series of “mults” (master coils that have been cut into narrower slit coils) with the help of removable center stakes to keep them upright. Couplers, retained by the use of a hitch pin, can be mounted at either end and at two common heights for towing, while side lashing rings provide extra tie-down power to restrain the coils as needed. Open tubes at the front allow easy fork truck access or can be used to power/steer a loaded truck.
