Monorails: Moving the Industry Along
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
Consider them the workhorse of material handling, and not just the monorails themselves. The nine‑member Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA) is a small but productive group.
Over the last two years, the MMA has worked to update two ANSI standards, one related to patented tracks and another for enclosed tracks.
“It’s quite a process to get them revised,” said Lee Bailey, P.E., president of MMA and manager, manufacturing integration and engineering with MHI member Schmalz, Inc. That meant putting the ANSI standards, MH 27.1 and MH 27.2, into new formats and addressing technological changes that have occurred since the last revisions nearly a decade ago.
“While not a lot has changed with cranes, you have to consider new methods and new materials because we want to make sure it is an inclusive document, that it includes everyone who is manufacturing these products,” Bailey said. “We are trying to make sure what is done is done safely.”
