For manufacturers of two-sided materials—from flooring, furniture and plywood to metal plates and composite doors—turning stacks of such materials, either side up or side down for processing, has traditionally been done manually. But in today’s ultra-competitive marketplace, such a reliance on manual labor is almost certainly too inefficient and injury-prone.
The sheer size, weight and volume of turning over and processing such two-sided materials can increase labor cost, injury risk, material damage, floor space waste and turnaround time. Back or repetitive motion injury can especially threaten worker safety and company profits.