3P winner tackles back-breaking work
9 September 2014
![UTS 3P business plan competition winner, Karl Vaupel with a model of his "dolly" design](/sites/default/files/styles/container_width_large_x1/public/dab-uts-3P-business-plan-competition-winner-karl-vaupel.jpg?itok=Nh8EnLgg)
UTS 3P competition winner Karl Vaupel, picture by Lesley Parker
A piece of equipment that its designer says will bridge the gap between forklifts and conveyor belts – keeping workers safe and costs down – has won this year's UTS 3P business plan competition.
A dolly is a mobile platform used for moving heavy loads. Industrial design student Karl Vaupel came up with his own innovation on the traditional model after he and a group of friends spent time in China earlier this year looking at ways to make a timber mill more efficient.
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Lesley Parker