Hopper Car Gate Openers
Description: WORKMASTER™ Gate Openers help prevent worker injuries that result from opening or closing gates to make work sites safer, better, and more productive.
MODELS:
- GO-M04 Manual Gate Opener
Generates 400 ft-lbs of torque output
Suitable for these railcar unloading operations:
- Gates are easy to open
- Most rail cars have fixed position gate mechanisms
- Trackside surface is level, smooth, and unobstructed
Generates 3200 ft-lbs of torque output with 173 ft-lbs torque input
Suitable for these railcar unloading operations:
- Gates are easy to moderately difficult to open
- Most rail cars have fixed position gate mechanisms
- Trackside surface is level, smooth, and unobstructed
- GO-A2 Pneumatic Gate Opener
Generates 1750 ft-lbs of torque output at 90 p.s.i.
Suitable for these rail car unloading operations:
- Gates are easy to moderately difficult to open
- Most rail cars have fixed position gate mechanisms
- Level, smooth, and unobstructed trackside surface*
- GO-A3-PW Pivot Wheel Pneumatic Gate Opener
Generates 1750 ft-lbs of torque at 90 p.s.i.
Suitable for these rail car unloading operations:
- Gates are easy to moderately difficult to open
- Most rail cars have fixed position or traveling capstan gate mechanisms
- Level, smooth, and unobstructed trackside surface *
- Unloading several rail cars a day
* Traveling gate mechanisms only
- GO-A8-PW Pivot Wheel Pneumatic Gate Opener
Generates 13000 ft-lbs of torque at 90 p.s.i.
Suitable for these rail car unloading operations:
- All degrees of difficulty for rail car gates
- Level and unobstructed trackside surface*
- Rail cars with a fixed or traveling gate mechanism
- Unloading several rail cars a day
* Traveling gate mechanisms only
- GO-A13-HA Height Adjustable Pneumatic Gate Opener
Generates 13000 ft-lbs of torque at 85 p.s.i.
Suitable for these rail car unloading operations:
- Allows rail car unloading in extreme height variations of the capstan projections
- All degrees of difficulty for rail car gates
- Level and unobstructed trackside surface*
- Rail cars with a fixed or traveling gate mechanism
- Unloading several rail cars a day
*
Traveling gate mechanisms only
- GO-E2 Electric Gate Opener *
Generates 2000 ft-lbs of torque at 230/460VAC/3PH/60HZ.
Suitable for these rail car unloading operations:
- Private or fleet controlled rail cars are well maintained and regularly repaired
- Compressed air is not available or limited
- Rail cars are always in the easy to moderately difficult to open range
- Rail cars received have both fixed and traveling gate mechanisms
- Trackside walkway/platform is wide and unobstructed
*
Rolling carriage beam mount assembly shown is extra* Specify voltage needed for control box when ordering
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