Omnia Material Handling
In the world of stone fabrication there are a number of materials that are used for hard surfaces. One of those materials is Omnia. And when you work with Omnia materials, there are some tools and equipment that make your day-to-day work much easier. This page is part of the information about engineered quartz equipment. In this article we will talk a bit about some of the equipment used for handling Omnia materials.
What is Meant by Material Handling?
Are you wondering what material handling entails? Discussing material handling and Omnia products in depth would take quite a bit of time. But let's look at just three facets of Omnia material handling. 1) moving Omnia slabs, 2) loading and unloading them, and 3) storing them in a warehouse or slab yard. These aspects of material handling apply to any natural or man made product that exists in slab form; including Omnia.
Storing Omnia Products
Slabs in fabrication shops can sometimes sit for a period of time before they are used for creating a surface. That is where the storage aspect of material handling comes in. Omnia slabs need to be kept somewhere when they are not being used. Fabricators make use of a Omnia stone slab storage rack to keep the slabs in until they are ready to use them.
Omnia Transport Equipment
One of the facets of material handling that may seem obvious is transporting Omnia slabs from one place to another. Having the ability to easily move a slab of Omnia across the fabrication shop is a practical asset. With a two side a frame Omnia cart or similar piece of equipment, fabrication shop workers can move Omnia slabs around the shop easily and quickly, not to mention safely.
Omnia Loading Equipment
Fabricators are always lifting slabs onto and off of machines, tables, saws, etc. And the slabs they are loading and unloading from these various locations are not light. That's why there are lifting machines of various kinds for loading Omnia slabs and unloading them. One of the machines used for this is a scissor style Omnia slab grabbing clamp. There are others too. The idea though is that this machine is able to hold the slab so that it can be lifted.
In conclusion, having the proper material handling equipment for managing Omnia products is not really all that different from what you would need to handle natural stone surfaces. Like any engineered quartz, working with Omnia takes various products that are designed to lift, transport, and load large slabs of product.
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