Sam Carbis Solutions Group

Integrating Loading Solutions

Listing out the factors to be considered before shortlisting a loading arm, this paper highlights the one question that is often overlooked - will the loading arm work with a company's new or existing truck or rail car loading racks? Focusing on the importance of integrating the loading arm into the loading rack and with other dynamic equipment for unhindered functioning, it uses the example of a 1,100 mm high safety cage system that sits on top of a tank truck for fall prevention. To illustrate how the loading arm need to go up and over the safety cage system, it explains that if there is a low canopy or roof overhead, the loading arm may crash into the overheard structure and not allow the loading arm drop tube to come up and over the safety cage. It asserts that the storage location of the arm also needs to be considered and emphasizes that to avoid any complications companies should look at manufacturers that produce loading rack systems and loading arms all under one roof.