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Safe Granite & Stone Transport

October 26, 2022

Stone transportation is a tough, dangerous job. Stone and granite slabs or scants can weigh thousands of pounds and can cause fatal injuries if mishandled. To reduce injury risks and potential machinery damage, it’s important to not only have a material handling safety plan in place, but to also invest in the right stone handling equipment.

Stone Transport & Handling Options

At Roura, we offer two material handling options that can be used to transport stone and granite: open-sided hoppers and A-frames.

Let’s look closer.

Open-Sided Hoppers

As the name suggests, open-sided hoppers are containers/storage hoppers that do not feature any closed ends;

Storage Systems: Hopper or Bins?

August 30, 2022

When companies look to upgrade their bulk material handling processes and capabilities, they invariably come face-to-face with choosing between an industrial-strength storage hopper or a bin. The goal is to have a safe, secure, and reliable means of storing, moving, transporting, and unloading end-of-shift or end-of-day scrap metal, trash, or refuse. One solution is safe and easy to use while the other can often put employees at risk of injury.

Keep reading to learn more.

What Is the Difference Between a Hopper & Bin?

It’s not uncommon to hear people use hoppers and bins interchangeably. However,

Roura’s Guide to Selecting a Skeleton Hopper for Sheet Metal Punching

August 30, 2022

Skeleton Hoppers are bulk material containers used to haul and discharge various materials during sheet metal operations. If you’re looking for Skeleton Hoppers, look no further than Roura. We’re an industry-leading steel fabricator that specializes in manufacturing durable bulk material containers.

Keep reading to learn more about our line of Skeleton Hoppers, or contact us today to request a quote.

Which Model Do You Need?

Our Skeleton Hoppers are perfectly balanced, built to withstand heavy use, and capable of holding up to 6,000 pounds of sheet metal. Plus, they’re easy to operate. All you have to do is pull the heavy-duty handle to discharge the load,

How To Safely Handle 55 Gallon Barrels

August 19, 2022

Always follow our safety instructions before using drum handling equipment. These products are specifically designed to secure a drum before lifting, moving and dumping it into a larger container. While our drum lifter design is suitable for use with standard forklifts equipment, always review your equipment before use. This ensures your forklift is capable of handling the weight and rotating requirements of your new drum rotator.

Storing and Transporting

Once you place a drum in your Roura Material Handling drum rotator, you can easily transport it around your facility. Unlike a drum attachment on your forklift, our drum rotator allows you to move a barrel without removing your forklift forks or using a separate attachment.

A person wearing gloves installs casters

Self Dumping Hoppers Guide: Installing Casters

November 10, 2021

In this quick guide, you’ll learn how to install caster wheels onto a Roura self-dumping hopper. The process is quick and easy!

How To Safely Operate a Gaylord Rotator

November 9, 2021

What Is A Gaylord Rotator?How Do You Safely Operate A Forklift Gaylord Rotator?

The operator picks up a corrugated box full of material and takes the box to the Roura Gaylord rotator’s location. The RGR includes a flared reinforced opening feature. The forklift operator guides the corrugated box into the RGR. The forklift operator should then place the corrugated box into the RGR then back up away a safe distance from the container to disengage the RGR. The forklift operator should then lower the forks to the ground.

A Gaylord rotator is a machine that we specifically designed so that it can transfer materials effectively and safely by removing them from containers.

How Do Self Dumping Hoppers Work?

October 21, 2021

Everyone in the manufacturing industry knows the importance of hauling products and materials and removing waste efficiently. But, unfortunately, one of the most prominent problems workers encounter is operating effectively in a cluttered space full of trash and parts they don’t need.

However, a light at the end of the tunnel provides an excellent solution: The self dumping hopper. These practical yet useful hoppers allow manufacturing facilities to have a sound business operation without worrying how materials, scrap, and trash will be moved and stored.

How Do Dump Hoppers Work?

The basic concept of a dumpster hopper is an easy way to collect materials in a large container that will either be moved or disposed of.

What Is a Self-Dumping Hopper?

July 29, 2021

In this definitive guide, we cover all the basics of self dumping-hoppers, including their benefits, industry uses, and more.

Sand Hopper

May 25, 2021

What is a Sand Hopper? A sand hopper is a self dumping hopper used for the disposal, transportation, and storage of sand. However, as dump hoppers by nature are very versatile they can also be designed for use with other materials and items.

While it’s a relatively simple design, hoppers can also be outfitted with a variety of mechanical release systems, as well as other accessories. This includes covers to keep the contents of the hopper well contained, as well as bases for enhanced stability.

Hoppers are available in a wide range of sizes to meet as many customer needs as possible.

Roura Unveils its New Training and Operational Video Series

October 16, 2020

Safety in the workplace is important, whether in an office or on a construction site. Those who work with heavy materials and waste are especially susceptible to multiple types of injuries, so setting up and maintaining secure working conditions is vital. Putting safety first protects health and the long-term success of company operations. An integral factor in keeping a work area hazard-free involves training. This is why Roura Material Handling has created a series of material handling training videos.

We manufacture all of our self dumping hopper models, including customized orders, with safety in mind. However, your employees need to know how best to use and empty our hoppers to take advantage of all the safety mechanisms built into them.