{"id":2855,"date":"2016-10-04T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2016-10-04T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T06:41:00","slug":"mhis-lodem-releases-newly-revised-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/mhis-lodem-releases-newly-revised-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"MHI\u2019s LODEM Releases Newly Revised Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturers (LODEM) industry group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/mhi\/\">Material Handling Industry (MHI)<\/a> has released several newly revised standards for dock levelers, vehicle restraining devices, and portable dock leveling devices.<\/p>\n<p>These ANSI-approved standards represent recommended safety practices and performance testing criteria that may be used in product selection and utilization.\u00a0These standards provide guides to the responsibilities of designers, manufacturers, sellers, installers, owners, users and governing bodies of dock levelers.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.22.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-07-38-22\" width=\"547\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.22.png 547w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.22-400x248.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.22-371x230.png 371w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.22-440x273.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.22-524x325.png 524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dock Levelers: This ANSI-approved standard (ANSI MH30.1-2015), Performance and Testing Requirements for Dock Leveling Devices represents recommended safety practices and performance testing criteria that may be used in product selection and utilization.<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle Restraining Devices: This ANSI-approved standard\u00a0(ANSI MH30.3-2015), Vehicle Restraining Devices: Performance and Testing defines performance and testing requirements for rear impact guard (RIG) type and wheel dependent type vehicle restraining devices.<\/li>\n<li>Portable Dock Leveling Devices: This ANSI-approved standard (ANSI MH30.2-2015), Performance and Testing of Portable Dock Leveling Devices defines performance and testing requirement for the design, use, and maintenance of portable dock leveling devices.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.31.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-07-38-31\" width=\"522\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.31.png 522w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.31-400x259.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.31-355x230.png 355w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.31-440x285.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-07.38.31-502x325.png 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about these resources and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhi.org\/LODEM\">LODEM<\/a> Industry Group, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhi.org\/LODEM\">www.mhi.org\/LODEM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2856\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/logo.png\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"220\" height=\"71\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhi.org\/LODEM\">LODEM<\/a> members are the industry&#8217;s leading suppliers of loading dock equipment. 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