Roll Handing - The Key to Balancing Productivity, Safety

While preventing problems, such as damage to rolls, is a top priority for many converting and printing companies, it's important to find a balance between productivity and protecting operators, van Haasteren said. "The use of roll handling equipment is a balance between productivity and risk. In many cases, it's faster handling a roll by hand, but conversely nothing is potentially more dangerous and potentially more costly to the company if an operator is injured. So, we as a supplier, need to address both issues: the roll handling equipment should minimize or eliminate the risk of operator injury, but not significantly impede the productivity requirements," he said.