Apparatus and method for remotely moving a circuit breaker into or from a circuit breaker cell housing

A racking apparatus is provided for remotely inserting into and removing an industrial electric circuit breaker from a cell housing. The racking apparatus includes a housing having a base and a frame extending upwardly from the base. A Wheel structure is coupled to the base to permit wheeled movement of the housing. A motor mount structure is coupled to the frame for generally vertical movement toward and away from the base. An electric motor is mounted to the motor mount structure. The motor has a shaft and an adaptor structure is operatively associated with the shaft. The adaptor structure is constructed and arranged to be coupled to a circuit breaker. Actuating structure is associated with the motor mount structure to cause the generally vertical movement of the motor mount structure. A controller is carried by the housing for controlling the motor and the actuating structure. A control station is operatively associated with the controller to operate the controller at a location remote from the apparatus.