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Steel Investment Castings Made by a buyCASTINGS Foundry Increase the Quality of Life and Care
With the aging population, health care is becoming a growing market. Metal castings can play a role in this growth.
buyCASTINGS was called to assist LiftAid Transport LLC, Wixom, Michigan in procuring castings for its patient mobility system, The Lift Aid Transport™. The Lift Aid Transport™ increases the quality of life and care while reducing the cost and risk of that care!
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The Lift Aid Transport™ is a revolutionary portable patient lift and transportation system. It is affordable, cost effective alternative for care providers. A single care giver can lift, transfer, weigh and transport a patient up to 500 Pounds with ease, comfort and security. In the care environment, The Lift Aid Transport™ helps to reduce lifting injuries, which can lower disability claims and reduce lost time. In the professional health care environment, this system can help reduce payroll costs and back injuries while enhancing patient care and increasing safety.
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The Lift Aid Transport ™
* Lifts and transports *
* Saves labor costs *
* Reduces back injuries *
* 500 Pound Lift Capacity *
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3 Steel Investment Cast Parts for LiftAid Just after Shell Removal
(~ 2' high by 1' wide)
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The castings range in weight from 2 pounds for the front joint caster up to 8 pounds for the rear joint caster. The size ranges from 6 inches to over 118 inches. The material that was chosen was steel alloy 8620 for its strength, castability and weldability.
Tooling and sample castings were produced in a six week period. Production is now in progress and is expected to increase as the product becomes more popular with care givers through out the world.
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"Without the help of buyCASTINGS, we would have never had the chance to get this order and subsequently help improve the quality of life of people using this product. It makes us proud to be able to assist in the production of this fine product"
-- Don Marion of MCM Precision Castings, June'05
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The Lift Aid Transport™ incorporates 6 steel castings which are investment cast allowing the parts to be used as cast with no machining required. In addition, excellent dimensional control of the process allows adjacent components to fit easily for subsequent welding.
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The six castings were tooled up and are in production at MCM Precision Castings in Weston, Ohio which is another advantage to LiftAid Transport, their close proximity to the casting supplier. Ms. Theo Wilkinson, General Manager of LiftAid talking about the team of buyCASTINGS and MCM Precision Castings said: "MCM and buyCASTINGS helped us in sourcing the casting in a timely and professional manner."
Individuals with disabilities are very excited about the lifts because they improve the quality of life for them and their caregivers! The castings make this a cost effective technology device which increases people's independence and mobility.
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Wax of Parts for LiftAid
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As one satisfied user put it:
"As an orthopedic surgeon, I frequently care for people who are permanently or temporarily disabled: paraplegics, stroke patients, elderly women with hip fractures, multiple trauma patients, people with neuromuscular disease, and so on. I also care for the injuries sustained by nurses, nurses' aids, and physical therapists while trying to move or transfer disabled patients. Occasionally I also care for the injuries sustained by patients when their caregivers are not able to safely transfer them. It is with this background that I have evaluated both the in-room and the portable Lift Aid devices. I can say without reservation that they are excellent, well made, practical and affordable devices that fill a need that has not previously been met. The existing portable lifts are extremely expensive and so cumbersome to use that they usually end up in storage. There is nothing currently available that is comparable to the in-room lift. I fully endorse these lift units, and have recommended them to hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, foster care homes, and private patients." |
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