Custom Workflow Carts
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Flexible Mobility
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Application-Specific Material Handling
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One Cart Can Support an Entire Workflow
The right industrial cart should do more than carry a load. It should organize materials, improve access, reduce unnecessary handling, and move efficiently through every stage of the operation.
Swivels custom workflow carts can be designed around the exact size, weight, shape, sequence, and destination of your materials. Whether your team needs elevated access, organized tool storage, separated component zones, secure load supports, or compatibility with a powered material mover, the cart can be configured to work as part of the process—not as an afterthought.
By combining several functions into one purpose-built platform, a custom cart can help reduce transfers, keep parts with the job, improve workstation organization, and create a more consistent path from storage to production.
Built around the load: Dimensions, capacity, supports, dividers, shelves, and securement features can match the actual materials being handled.
Configured for operator access: Working height, handles, open sides, ladder access, tray position, and tool organization can support the task.
Designed for the travel path: Casters, brakes, steering, tow connections, and powered-mover compatibility can be selected for the facility.
Adapted to changing operations: Modular storage, adjustable components, and application-specific layouts can support evolving production needs.
Swivels Custom Workflow Carts
Purpose-Built Carts for Access, Organization, and Material Flow
Custom workflow carts support tasks that standard utility carts often cannot handle. Each design can be customized around your facility, load, workspace, and operator needs.
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LA Series
Ladder Access Carts
Combine mobile storage with integrated elevated access for faster, safer picking and retrieval.
Designed for warehouses, inventory areas, and production spaces where operators regularly need to reach items stored above normal working height. Ladder height, platform size, cart dimensions, and load capacity can all be tailored to the application.
Best For
- Order picking from elevated shelves
- Warehouse inventory retrieval
- Mobile access in changing work areas
- Combined transport and elevated access
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LS Series
L-Shaped Carts
Create separate storage zones for tall items, short items, bins, and equipment while preserving easy operator access.
The L-shaped frame organizes mixed-height loads on one mobile platform, creating open space for taller equipment while maintaining a lower deck for bins, containers, and shorter materials.
Best For
- Mixed-height tools and equipment
- Bins, containers, and tall materials
- Work cells with limited floor space
- Applications requiring open-side access
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MB Series
Multi-Tray & Pegboard Carts
Keep parts, tools, and supplies visible, organized, and mobile within one compact A-frame cart.
These carts combine tray storage on one side with a configurable pegboard surface on the other for bins, hand tools, fixtures, maintenance supplies, or production materials.
Best For
- Assembly and maintenance workstations
- Tool and component organization
- Mobile kitting and replenishment
- Point-of-use production supplies
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Custom Material Flow
Parts & Materials Carts
Move components, raw materials, fixtures, and work-in-process loads through production with a cart designed for the actual workflow.
These carts can be built around the dimensions, weight, shape, and handling requirements of the load, with shelves, cradles, dividers, securement points, tow connections, or powered-mover compatibility.
Best For
- Production parts and raw materials
- Work-in-process movement
- Fixtures, change parts, and tooling
- Manual, towed, or powered transport
Built for Workflows You Cannot Find Off the Shelf
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Need Several Functions Combined Into One Cart?
Swivels can combine access, storage, tool organization, material presentation, securement, towing, and application-specific mobility into one purpose-built industrial cart.

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Answers for Specialized Cart Applications
Custom workflow carts are built for material handling tasks that standard utility carts cannot solve. These answers cover access, storage, organization, mobility, load support, and powered transport options.
What is a custom workflow cart?
A custom workflow cart is an industrial cart designed around a specific task, material flow, or workstation process. It may combine storage, access, organization, transport, securement, and mobility features that are not available together on a standard utility cart.
When should I choose a custom workflow cart instead of a standard utility cart?
A custom solution is useful when a standard cart does not fit the load, workspace, aisle, access height, storage layout, or travel requirements. It is also a strong option when one cart must perform several functions, such as storing tools, carrying parts, providing ladder access, and connecting to a powered mover.
What are ladder access carts used for?
Ladder access carts combine mobile storage or transport with integrated elevated access. They are well suited for warehouse picking, inventory retrieval, maintenance, and production areas where operators need to reach materials stored above normal working height.
Can the ladder height and platform size be customized?
Yes. Ladder height, step arrangement, platform size, handhold location, cart dimensions, storage area, and load capacity can be tailored to the shelving layout, reach requirement, and materials being handled.
What is an L-shaped cart used for?
An L-shaped cart creates separate storage zones for tall and short items on one mobile platform. The open vertical area can support longer tools, equipment, containers, or materials, while the lower deck provides space for bins, parts, and shorter loads.
Can L-shaped carts be designed for limited floor space?
Yes. Deck width, overall length, vertical support height, handle position, caster placement, and load orientation can be adjusted for narrow work cells, restricted aisles, machine-side access, and other space-limited environments.
How do multi-tray and pegboard carts improve organization?
Multi-tray and pegboard carts keep parts, bins, hand tools, fixtures, and supplies visible and organized in one mobile system. Trays can separate material groups, while the pegboard provides configurable storage for hooks, holders, and frequently used tools.
Can the tray count, tray spacing, and pegboard layout be changed?
Yes. The number of trays, vertical spacing, tray dimensions, divider layout, pegboard size, hooks, holders, and storage accessories can be customized around the tools and components used in the application.
What are parts and materials carts designed to carry?
Parts and materials carts can carry production components, raw materials, tooling, fixtures, change parts, work-in-process loads, containers, and other items that need to move between storage, assembly, manufacturing, and shipping areas.
Can a cart be designed for awkward or irregular materials?
Yes. Custom supports, cradles, rails, dividers, stops, slots, shelves, and securement points can be added for long, fragile, loose, irregular, or unbalanced loads. The cart frame and mobility system can also be configured around the load geometry and center of gravity.
Can workflow carts be connected to a powered material mover?
Yes. Tow connections, hitches, steering arrangements, and other mobility features can be incorporated for compatibility with a powered material mover. The correct setup depends on cart weight, load capacity, travel path, turning requirements, and operating environment.
What caster, brake, steering, and towing options are available?
Options may include fixed or swivel casters, wheel brakes, floor locks, directional locks, tow bars, steering systems, handles, and powered-mover connections. Selection should be based on load weight, floor conditions, aisle width, turning radius, and travel distance.
Can one cart combine access, storage, and material transport?
Yes. A custom workflow cart can combine ladder access, trays, pegboard storage, shelves, bins, tool holders, load supports, securement, towing, and powered mobility. Combining functions can reduce transfers and keep tools and materials with the job.
How is the correct load capacity determined?
Capacity should account for the maximum load, weight distribution, center of gravity, frame structure, caster rating, impact during use, towing conditions, and any elevated storage or access features. A custom design allows each component to be matched to the real application.
What information should I provide when requesting a quote?
Provide the load size and weight, cart dimensions, required access height, storage layout, tray or pegboard needs, aisle and doorway clearances, floor conditions, travel distance, quantity, and whether the cart will be pushed, towed, or moved with powered equipment. Photos and sketches are also helpful.
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