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Thanks to the INDEVA® automatic balancing system, up/down movements and load positioning are exceptionally smooth, fast and precise: with almost no effort (about 300 g), the operator can easily and ergonomically lift panels up to 250 kg. Four standard handle sizes are available to suit different applications and ensure ergonomic arm and hand positions at all times.

The reel has to be picked from vertical position at about 1m height and released unto the machine in horizontal position (release height about 1m). A ceiling mounted INDEVA® model Liftronic® with articulated arm, complete with gripping tooling by vacuum. The tooling features two lines of vacuum cups mounted on a frame with adjustable width to suit reels of different diameter.

A large company in the pharmaceutical industry have to handle trays filled with glass containers: about 30 trays per hour have to be picked from the filling machines and released unto a trolley. This operation was carried out manually by means of women operators. At the end of their work shift the workers couldn’t keep the same work pace as at the beginning, thus decreasing overall productivity

A Company that manufactures parts for the Aerospace industry needs to pickle metal parts. This manufacturing stage needed a load handling system for picking, rotating and moving metal crates containing the metal parts to be pickled. The required material handling solution needed to perform the entire work cycle in a safe manner and

To assembly lawnmowers a Company needed two workers who manually had to pick, lift, rotate by 180° and precisely position the product (weighing 30 kg) on the assembly line: this operation required consistent physical strain with non ergonomic movements for the two workers, with consequent risk of product damage and cumulative

A Company producing earth work machines was used to have chain hoists for handling hydraulic cylinders at the paint line. The hoist end effector by a hook presented hazards to safety and ergonomics. The risk of cylinder accidental fall and injure for operators was high. The need for the operator to constantly

A Company manufacturing trolleys for shop floor material handling needed a lift assist device for handling 46 different types of large trolleys at the sealing stage of their production line. Loads to be handled: 46 diferent types of large trolleys for Food Industry: • 31 types of large sliding trolleys • 5 types of large trolleys for carrying dishes

Companies producing sausages and hams are generally equipped with automatic lines that end with a packaging machine for packing the hams into a plastic net, as the machie s produced by Tecnobrianza in Italy. Every 20 seconds, the packaging machine releases 1 hanger with 4 bresaole. The worker has to pick up the hanger and place it on a cart.