Lifting stuff into racks

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon Nov 12 10:19:41 2001

Not being a lover of rack-mounted equipment, I'm not the one to do this sort of
thing often, but, when we were setting up the ISP, with dozens of drawers of
5-1/4" disk drives and the associated power supplies to heft into place so they
could be screwed to the frame, we used two fellows with muscle and a third with
a screwdriver and small hands with nimble fingers.

When I worked in the aerospace industry, where the "right" equipment is always
in the wrong place, I frequently observed a technician with a solid plate he'd
made from a piece of heavy steel and a couple of brackets, on which he situated
a pair of small bottle jacks with which he pushed the equipment into place so he
didn't have to get help when he rearranged the hardware in the racks. I found
that fairly clever, though I imagine one still had to have some skill to go with
it.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lawson" <jpl15_at_panix.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: Lifting stuff into racks


>
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
>
> > What kind of equipment/strategy do we use to lift heavy equipment into
> > place in a rack so that it can be fastened to the rack? Is there some
> > jack or hydraulic lift that can be used?
>
>
> In some cases the rack can be laid down, the equipment mounted in it,
> and then it can (hopefully) be stood upright again... if the rack is heavy
> and you are performing this solo, you can tip the rack back against
> something so there is less of a 'lift' later.
>
> Depends on the hieght of the rack and the tonnage involved.
>
> Alternatively, you can run in some rack screws under the flange of the
> items, then mount them with the normal screws, and remove the first set.
>
> I have also used temporary aluminum rails that the unit could be slid
> onto in order to mount it by the flanges.. the rails are then removed for
> later re-use.
>
> I have, in the case of big heavy things (>200lb) used jacks and lumber,
> but this gets to be quite a production.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> John.
>
> PS: Even one other person to help makes it *much* easier.
>
>
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