Laminated Dock Bumper Provides Excellent Impact Resistance
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An industrial company’s loading dock area typically is one of the most likely places at its facility for property-damaging accidents to occur. One of the reasons for this clearly is the significant size of the trucks and semi trailers that drive into and out of these areas. A contributing factor to dock-area truck mishaps is that some visiting truck drivers simply are lacking the necessary experience or the proper diligence to maneuver in tight spaces, especially at loading dock areas that they’ve never visited before. Having appropriate dock-area safety equipment, clearly, is key to preventing the property damage that these drivers can cause. One very important piece of such safety equipment is the
laminated dock bumper. Please take a few moments to read the following brief article concerning laminated dock bumpers and how they can prevent costly damage to your loading dock area.
Maneuvering a semi trailer into a busy loading dock area and then backing it up to a specific dock often is not an easy task, even for a very experienced driver. When backing up to a dock, drivers sometimes incorrectly judge the distance between the back of the truck and the dock. On other occasions, they simply don’t brake properly. Either mistake can result in an impact between the truck’s rear portion and the dock. This type of impact can damage the dock, the truck, and sometimes even a portion of the truck’s cargo. The key piece of
material handling equipment to install in order to prevent property damage from these types of impacts is the
laminated dock bumper. Also known as a
loading dock bumper, a
laminated dock bumper attaches permanently to a dock and acts as a top-notch cushion against truck impacts.
The laminated dock bumper is constructed of recycled rubber that has been reinforced with fabric and is adhered together with steel tie rods.
Loading dock bumpers typically are available in three configurations: vertical, horizontal, and one known as flat one side. Laminated dock bumpers have both the hardness and the resilience to enable them to excellently cushion docks and trucks from impacts. The design and composition of the dock bumper has been result of considerable compression testing that has provided valuable information on how to best construct this equipment for optimum impact resistance. When a truck driver makes an error that causes an impact, the dock bumper is there to provide maximum shock absorption.
Taking into account their relatively inexpensive cost and comparing it with the potentially costly dock-area damage they prevent, laminated dock bumpers are among the most cost-effective loading dock equipment available on today’s
material handling equipment market. An added plus concerning the laminated dock bumper is how well they perform their impact-cushioning job over many years of service. They are extremely heavy-duty and stand up excellently for many years to weather conditions such as rain, snow, intense heat, or extreme cold. They are virtually maintenance-free, feature high durability, and are designed not to warp, rot, harden, or crack over years of continued use. It is the customer’s responsibility to verify correctness of fit for applications.
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