Beacon HPK dock leveler passes MH 30.1 ANSI Standard

Beacon Industries, Inc. a material handling Equipment Company is proud to present the HPK line of Loading Dock Levelers, which meets the strict requirements for a government institute establishing standards for the United States.  Event ID: 6565

The Beacon HPK hydraulic dock leveler has passed and is certified with the MH 30.1 ANSI Standard for the Safety, Performance and Testing of Dock Levelers Devices. The objective of the test is to perform dynamic and static loading testing. The dock leveler description was a four movement hydraulic dock leveler rated at 30,000 lbs capacity.

The test description summary included a cyclic 30,000 lb. load applied at mid-span of the dock leveler through a 3” wide by 1” thick contact surface of material with 80 shore “A” hardness.  The contact of the material extended across the full width of the loading dock leveler.  The loads were applied and removed 50,000 times.

Standard Beacon HPK Hydraulic Dock Leveler, rated for 30,000 lb dynamic force.

In addition, a cyclic 30,000 lb load was applied directly over the juncture of the lip and platform of the dock leveler through a 3” wide by 1” thick contact surface of material with 80 shore “A” hardness.  The contact of the material extended across the full width of the loading dock leveler.  The loads were applied and removed 50,000 times.

Finally, a 15,000 lb load was applied through an 8” wide by 3” long by 1” contact surface of material with 80 shore “A” hardness footprint centered at the midpoint of the unreinforced section.

The HPK hydraulic leveler has been manufactured and in the field starting in the early 1950’s.  However this specific 30,000 HPK dock leveler testing was accomplished between December 29, 2009 and January 2010.

The test model had negligible, permanent deformation (less than the 0.060” allowed by the ANSI specifications).  This also pertains to the localized, 15,000 lb loading of the deck plate where as much as 0.250” distortion is allowed by ANSI.