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An "Outside the Box" Solution Helps Increase Productivity for Electrical Enclosure Manufacture
A Midwestern manufacturer of electrical enclosures splits its time building both standard stock and high end custom enclosures for their customers, so they know what it’s like to go out of their way to create a unique solution for customer satisfaction.
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DEMAG KBK Crane handles large panels in Automotive Plant
An automotive manufacturer needed a safe and ergonomic way to handle stamped metal panels. The large size and awkward shape of the panel presented challenges that were fully met by the Demag KBK Enclosed Track Crane System supplied. First, a Lift and Tilt Table was used to present the panel to the operator in a comfortable position and greatly reduced the amount of reaching he needed to do.
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Production In Work Cell Increases With Help Of Easy Arm®
A components supplier of commercial lawn mowing equipment installed a new press brake for forming sheet metal into the decks for large mowers. The brake bends the ends of pre-cut sheet metal and forms deck plates that measure 42-72 inches. The metal sheets are 7 to 10 gauge, and range in weight from about 40-125 pounds.
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Achieving Ergonomic Sustainability with the Gorbel PIVOT PRO™
The Opportunity: A large manufacturer of flooring materials makes a considerable effort toward environmentally friendly products, using recycled and biodegradable materials in its products whenever possible. While their process was targeting environmental sustainability, it was becoming very obvious that it was not ergonomically sustainable.
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G-Force® Proves It Can Handle The Heat
A leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment was seeking a new solution for the handling of hydraulic cylinder pins during the heat treat process. In this application, the hydraulic pins are loaded and eventually unloaded from the heat treat furnace and placed directly into a quenching machine. The size of the pins are extremely variable, with some as small as 3” long, 1” in diameter and just 5 lbs, up to pins that are 48” long, 16” in diameter with a weight of 300 lbs. One operator is responsible for the loading and unloading of 20- 30 parts per hour.
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G-Force® Helps Company Become Ergonomically Friendly
An international distributor of sustainable, environmentally friendly office space had recently opened a new facility in the south, and was looking to optimize the safety of its employees in high risk applications.
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G-Force® Impresses Physician In Annual Injury Prevention Visit
A leading hydraulic cylinder manufacturer purchased a 1320 lb capacity G-Force® to handle their increasingly heavy products in the summer of 2009, and they knew they found a lifting solution that they could bank on for the future.
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Easy Arms Help Reduce Injuries AND Increase Productivity
When reviewing statistics from the previous year, the Safety Manager at an aluminum castings company in the northwest saw something he couldn’t ignore. Of all the injuries and complaints, 47% of them were the result of poor ergonomics. While looking for a lifting solution, the company saw a demonstration of Gorbel’s Easy Arm. The immediate response to the Easy Arm was so positive; the company decided the long term solution for this work cell was a 330 pound capacity unit.
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Wire Company Gets Productivity Jolt With Gorbel® Work Station Crane
A manufacturer of insulated power and control cables for use in consumer electronics, aerospace and petrochemical industries was experiencing a drag in productivity and risking injury in its “bunching” application. After exploring motorized lifts as well as jib cranes, the company decided that a Gorbel freestanding workstation bridge crane was the most attractive solution.
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Intelligent Lifting In Action: Damage & Injury Risk “virtually” Eliminated with Gorbel’s G-Force
Atlas Copoco needed a piece of equipment that was able to lift very heavy steel cylinders and place them with precision into the milling machine without damaging the part or the machine. After exploring multiple servo-powered lifting devices, the company selected a 660 pound capacity G-Force Q. The G-Force has reduced the risk of injury and product damage and the worker response to the G-Force has been overwhelmingly positive.
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Custom Supports In Action: Custom Supports for Work Station Cranes Give Machine Shop Freedom & Flexibility
Just In Time CNC Machining was relocating and looking for a crane system that would service several CNC machines and the full selection of products without interfering with the current flow of materials. The building was leased with very high ceilings so they could not use a ceiling mounted system. Gorbel provided them with a freestanding work station crane system which solved their problems.
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Complete, Clean Solution for Food Processing
A manufacturer of processed cheese products was struggling with productivity on a production line that feeds 640 pound blocks of bulk Mozzarella and Cheddar cheese into a shredding machine. Ingersoll Rand developed a system that included an all-aluminum ceiling mounted Overhead Rail Workstation, air balancers that require no lubrication and custom Stainless Steel handling devices to clamp the cheese. This solution requires minimal maintenance and is a safer, more environmentally clean solution.
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Freestanding Enclosed Track Workstation Crane (x2)
A leading manufacturer of fluid system products needed a way to increase productivity, while making it easier for operators to safely load 40 lb. valves into and out of machining centers. In their existing layout, 4 machining centers were used for the final manufacturing step in the valve production line. With no overhead truss system to support the rail, they needed a freestanding system capable of spanning the entire area, while allowing each machining center to have independent control of an overhead solution.
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Hood Lift Assist Device for Motor Vehicle Manufacturer
A US car manufacturing plant needed to be able to transfer hood components safely from a conveyor to a storage rack without causing product damage. Ingersoll Rand solved both problems by providing a vacuum lift assist consisting of a 3-handled control arm mounted on a modified torque reaction arm powered by an air cylinder.
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Easy Arm™ Intelligent Lifting Device In Action: Precision Lifting Protects People And Products
Nissan Castings is an Australian castings plant for transmission housings. In this work cell, they were loading and unloading alloy transmission castings into a jig where a quick machining process takes place.
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Easy Arm™ Intelligent Lifting Device In Action: Precision Placement Protects Pumps on Test Stand
Gorbel's Easy Arm™ has made loading and unloading two test stands in different work cells much easier for this pump manufacturer.
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Manipulator Designed to Solve Ergonomic Problem
Positech designed and manufactured a manipulator with a three function end of arm tooling to allow one operator to ergomomically perform a task.
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Cranes Lift Aircraft Firm's Productivity
An aircraft maintenance re-manufacturing plant in Canada needed a safer, more productive process for disassembling and reassembling turbine engine reduction gear boxes without product damage. The operation utilized a motorized I-beam crane with an electric hoist to lift shafts from gear boxes.
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Workstation Crane Solves Handling Problems
An automotive manufacturer in Canada needed a process for overhead material handling when their plant converted from a warehouse operation to a manufacturing operation. Learn how a freestanding bridge crane system provided their solution.
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A Pneumatic Balancer Provides Safety Without Inhibiting Transfer Cycle Time
The problem was how to safely handle picture tubes. The necks of the tubes cannot support the maximum weight (140 lbs.) of the tubes so it can be used as a grip point. The distance between the pick up point and set down point was 17 feet. There is a large variation in the sizes and funnel angles. Learn how this manufacturer who makes several size tubes, from 19" to 35" diagonally, solved its problems through the use of a pneumatic balancer by insuring that safety was a first priority, but the safety procedures did not inhibit the transfer cycle time.
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