Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) Subcommittee
The Vertical Reciprocating Conveyer (VRC) Subcommittee of the
Conveyor & Sortation Systems industry group is
comprised of the industry’s leading suppliers of material lifts intended to meet
the safety requirements of
ASME B20.1 – Safety Standard for Conveyors and Related Equipment.
These members design, manufacture, and
install VRCs worldwide for use in a wide variety of industrial, commercial, and
institutional operating environments.
What is a VRC?
A VRC is defined as a reciprocating (alternating up and down)
power or gravity actuated lift that receives objects or material only
(not designed to carry passengers or an operator) onto a carrier and then transmits
these objects vertically between two or more fixed elevations.
Vertical reciprocating lifts, like other types of conveyor, are used to provide a more
efficient movement and/or storage of material within a manufacturing, retail, wholesale,
or distribution facility – especially where one or more overhead storage or process areas
are utilized.
VRCs can be operated automatically or manually, and are available in a
wide variety of lifting capacities, speeds, carrier footprint sizes, and compatibilities
for virtually any operating environment (outdoor, explosion-proof, clean room, low or
high temperatures, etc.).
What We Do
VRC Subcommittee members
meet regularly to review, discuss and implement programs which effectively communicate and
promote the safe application, design, installation and operation of vertical reciprocating lifts.
The VRC Programs Include:
- The publication and promotion of technical literature on the application,
installation, training, inspection, safe use, and maintenance of VRCs.
- The ongoing review of, and revision to, nationally recognized safety standards
which effect vertical reciprocating lifts.
- The discussion and adoption of industry best practices as it pertains to the
application, design, installation, and safe operation of VRC equipment.
- The preparation and distribution of educational and promotional materials which
explain the benefits of VRC equipment solutions.
- The regular review and discussion of regulatory and legislative activity – at the
federal, state, and local levels – which may effect the vertical reciprocating lift
industry, and respond to that activity as an industry when deemed necessary.
- The establishment of liaison relationships with those private and governmental
agencies establishing policy which effects the application and use of VRC equipment
and technology.