AUSLITE GANTRY
The AUSLITE gantry is here. The next step in a ‘no lift’ industry.
Austeng and Lite Industries have collaborated to develop the Auslite gantry to address the risks of manual handling of coffins and monumental ledgers.
There has been a growing awareness of the risks and responsibilities associated with the manual handling within cemeteries especially coffins and ledgers for some time now. These risks and responsibilities are growing as OH&S legislation becomes more onerous, coffins become larger and heavier and there is a greater propensity for litigation generally. Moreover, Cemetery Boards and management recognise that they cannot contract-out their duty of care to funeral directors, families or other persons while they are performing tasks within the cemetery site. The challenge is that cemeteries have a diverse and challenging range of issues facing them from narrow pathways, restricting access, hilly uneven ground, varying height and width monuments and so on.
The gantry is modular, lightweight, easily transportable and can come in a variety of finishes. A dual battery powered hoist arrangement with remote control allows coffins and ledgers to be easily handled is a safe and controlled manner. For coffin interment, quick-release clips allow the lowering straps to be detached without entering the grave.
The gantry has been engineered to meet all relevant National Lifting Codes and Safety Regulations.
The use of the gantry minimises risk of injury to funeral directors, cemetery staff, and family members with the process also being seen as more respectful.
See brochure Auslite Gantry
See Auslite Gantry Demonstration
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