Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Custom Gaylord Box Builder


A custom vacuum lift and pitch lifting device powered plant air which ran the venturi vacuum and pitching, rotating cylinders was integrated with a Gorbel Easy Arm Zero-Gravity PLC controlled hoist.  Because the boxes we tall and varied in pick height from the floor to 50” a floating handle was provided to keep the operators hands at a safe ergonomic level.  Because we used an extended handle, a Gorbel G-Force pendant handle was used with the tool instead of a Gorbel G-Force slide handle to give the operators leverage on the tool when it was loaded and unloaded. The lift assist was incorporated with our standard gripper safely circuit, which prevents the part from being released in mid-air. The Gorbel G-Force allows for smooth, quick, and precise lifting of boxes to assist the operators in handling the large loads.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Steel Pipe End Effector With Pneumatic Grip and Rotate for CNC Loading

This custom end effector is designed to lift up to 250 pound steel pipes or cylinders to load a CNC machine. The tool can manually adjust to handle multiple widths. Tool pneumatically grips and pneumatically rotates in a clockwise/counterclockwise motion. This tool was suspended from a Gorbel Easy Arm 330 lb unit. This allowed utilizing float mode for easy loading of the large product into very sensitive machining centers.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Aircraft Flap Track Grip and Rotate Tool

Ergonomic Partners was tasked to solve a problem for a world leading aircraft manufacturer. With much collaboration with the customer we designed, manufactured and installed the tool in the video link above. If you have a tough material handling problem let us know and we are happy to assist. Check out this link to the video of the custom tool on a Gorbel Easy Arm. Click Here