Airport & Port Lifting and Handling
TAWI provides ergonomic, flexible lifting solutions to improve baggage handling in airports and cruise terminals, reducing employee injuries and increasing efficiency. TAWI’s vacuum lifters streamline processes like loading, unloading, and screening, supporting safe and productive operations across the industry. Our airline catering trolley also offer ergonomic handling for airline catering operations.
Recently, baggage handling in airports and cruise terminals has become a significant concern due to the high number of work-related injuries. Handling heavy, unwieldy baggage can cause back pain and shoulder pain along with long-term health problems for employees.
To provide a safe workplace, TAWI offers lifting solutions to revolutionize airport and cruise terminals’ baggage handling processes. The flexibility of TAWI’s products means that we can overcome physical constraints and design a solution that helps our customers’ processes while also fitting into their existing or required infrastructure. Also, the highly versatile and customisable equipment means employees can use a vacuum lifter to lift a variety of items that come in different shapes and sizes.
Where can TAWI help your baggage handling operations?
Arrival and Departure
Baggage handling is critical to ensuring a seamless travel experience for passengers during arrival and departure. Efficient baggage handling is essential to prevent delays and ensure passengers receive their belongings quickly.
To support efficient airport baggage handling, TAWI’s vacuum lifter works as an flexible, ergonomic solution to lift passenger’s bulky baggage. Employees with a vacuum lifter can safely and quickly handle baggage at various parts of airport terminals, such as at carousels, conveyor belts, AKEs, or open carts, to get the job done.
Loading and Unloading Baggage
Avoid the challenge and exhaustion of manual lifting baggage for operations like moving from chutes to carts or loading from a conveyer belt to open carts.
Using TAWI’s vacuum lifter for baggage handling can help with productivity over a long shift. Let our equipment do the heavy lifting, so employees are less physically exhausted. This support allows employees to handle larger loads with less effort, which means less time loading and unloading baggage.
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Baggage Handling in Check Baggage Reconciliation Areas
When suspicious baggage is identified, it is diverted to a Checked Baggage Reconciliation Area (CBRA). To undergo additional screening, the baggage is moved several times to different conveyers. However, manually handling during this process can result in injuries or decreased productivity.
TAWI’s vacuum lifting solutions offer a safer, faster way of handling this baggage to reduce the time required for baggage screening and reconciliation. Also, our flexible solutions can be customized to help lift items in confined spaces with tight working heights and building columns, which are found in CBRA environments.
Airport Cargo Handling Equipment
Loading and unloading air cargo involves a lot of work moving it between pallets, open type of containers, airplanes, and load carriers. This loading, unloading and sorting processes are often carried out manually, causing repetitive work-related strain injuries that decrease productivity and lead to more absences from work. But in the fast-paced world of logistics, time is critical.
To maintain safety and efficiency, vacuum lifters can support quick and seamless movement of cargo. They are much safer than manual handling and highly versatile, lifting many different cargo types and sizes.
A Company You Can Trust
TAWI has over 650 TAWI baggage lift units installed in more than 65 airports worldwide, making TAWI a trusted company to increase safety and efficiency of baggage handling operations.
It speeds production up, and also saves the individual from doing a lot of lifting.
Doug Jordan Sr., Ceres Porter Header
Airline Catering Trolley for Portable & Ergonomic Handling
Our airline catering trolley is designed to streamline the demanding workflow of airport catering operations. Built as a portable, ergonomic lifting trolley, it enables staff to safely move, lift, load, and unload multiple airline food trolleys with minimal physical strain.
With TAWI’s portable solution, operators can manage:
- 2 full-size airline trolleys
- 4 half-size airline trolleys
This reduces manual pushing, pulling, and lifting. Boosting both safety and throughput.
Ergonomic Loading & Unloading
The system is engineered for smooth height adjustment and optimal access, ensuring that staff can load and unload food carts at the correct ergonomic working height. This helps prevent awkward postures, repetitive strain, and lower-back stress.
Portable & Flexible for Dynamic Workflows
Designed for mobility, the trolley can be quickly moved between workstations, making it ideal for busy catering kitchens, prep areas, and logistics zones.
Commonly Asked Questions
What types of luggage can TAWI’s baggage handling solutions handle?
Our systems can handle a variety of luggage sizes and weights, from small carry-on bags to large suitcases.
Can TAWI’s baggage handling solutions be customized to fit my facility?
Yes, our systems can be customized to fit any space and can be tailored to meet the specific needs of your facility. Our team of design engineers can develop lifting devices in collaboration with customers and integrators.
Are TAWI’s baggage handling solutions easy to use?
Yes, our systems are designed to be user-friendly and easy to operate. We also offer training and support to ensure that your staff is comfortable using our solutions.