The task first. The device second.
Hardly anyone searches for an articulated-arm manipulator. People search for the task: fitting a gearbox, turning a sheet of metal, moving a drum in a hazardous area. Here is what those tasks look like, what they hinge on technically, and what we solve them with.
- Cases
- 40
Fitting gearboxes on the assembly line
The weight is not the problem. The repetition is.
- Component
- Gearbox, engine, axle
- Weight incl. gripper
- 60 to 125 kg
- Cycle
- under 60 seconds
Turning sheet metal at the press brake
It is not the weight that forces two people. It is the area.
- Component
- Sheet metal, 1 to 3 mm
- Format
- up to 2,000 × 1,000 mm
- Weight
- 15 to 50 kg
Moving drums in hazardous areas
The zone is in the document. The equipment follows from it.
- Container
- drum 200 l, canister 30 l
- Weight
- 200 to 250 kg
- Zone
- zone 1 (gas), partly zone 21
Supporting torques up to 600 Nm
The torque goes into the arm – or into the person.
- Tool
- pneumatic or cordless nutrunner
- Tool weight
- 4 to 9 kg
- Torque
- 120 to 600 Nm
Moving eight hundred cartons a shift
Twenty-five kilos are manageable. Eight hundred times twenty-five are not.
- Container
- carton, pack, sack
- Weight
- 5 to 25 kg
- Quantity
- 600 to 900 per shift
Removing mouldings from the machine
The reach into the mould area is the most expensive of the shift.
- Component
- moulding, partly hybrid part
- Weight
- 8 to 60 kg
- Condition
- warm, deformation-sensitive
Loading film reels into the machine
Any crane can pick it up. The unit has to hit the shaft.
- Reel
- film, paper, non-woven
- Weight
- 40 to 300 kg
- Diameter
- 300 to 1,200 mm
Moving sacks and packs in the wet area
What cannot be cleaned will not be used.
- Pack
- sack, crate, container
- Weight
- 15 to 40 kg
- Quantity
- 300 to 700 per shift
Palletising sacks from the bagging line
Fifteen tonnes a day, sack by sack, with the back.
- Component
- Valve or pillow sack
- Weight
- 15 to 50 kg
- Cycle
- 6 to 12 sacks a minute
Setting glass panes and glazing
Glass does not forgive a second attempt.
- Component
- Insulating, laminated or facade glass
- Format
- up to 3,500 × 2,000 mm
- Weight
- 60 to 400 kg
Setting battery modules into the housing
A module that knocks is not damaged. It is quarantined.
- Component
- Cell module, battery pack
- Weight incl. gripper
- 25 to 80 kg
- Joining clearance
- 3 to 8 mm per side
Changing moulds on the injection moulding machine
The machine is not idle because it is broken. It is idle because it is being set up.
- Component
- Injection mould, mould insert
- Weight
- 200 to 2,000 kg
- Frequency
- 2 to 15 changes a week
Mounting wheels on the assembly line
Lifting is not the work. Aligning is.
- Component
- Complete wheel, car to commercial vehicle
- Weight
- 20 to 90 kg
- Cycle
- 30 to 90 seconds per wheel
Feeding profiles and tubes to the saw
Six metres of steel is not a weight. It is a lever.
- Component
- Profile, tube, beam
- Length
- 3 to 6 m, longer on request
- Weight
- 20 to 250 kg
Moving and standing up gas cylinders
The cylinder does not fall while being lifted. It falls while being tipped.
- Component
- Compressed gas cylinder 10 to 50 l
- Weight
- 20 to 90 kg
- Height
- up to 1,700 mm
Loading panels onto the CNC
Two people carry the panel. One of them carries only its size.
- Component
- Chipboard, MDF, plywood or coated panel
- Format
- up to 2,800 × 2,070 mm
- Weight
- 25 to 120 kg
Changing pumps and valves in maintenance
There is no crane above the pump. There is a pipe rack.
- Component
- Centrifugal pump, motor, gate valve, valve
- Weight
- 50 to 300 kg
- Frequency
- planned and unplanned, several times a month
Tipping and emptying containers
The container is not hard to lift. It is hard to meter.
- Component
- Mesh pallet, small load carrier, drum, special container
- Weight
- 50 to 800 kg
- Tipping angle
- up to 135 degrees
Changing coils at the press
The mandrel forgives two centimetres. The crane will not give them.
- Component
- Coil, slit strip, ring
- Weight
- 300 to 1,500 kg
- Bore diameter
- 400 to 610 mm
Changing cable drums
Nobody stops a rolling drum by hand.
- Component
- Cable or winding drum
- Weight
- 100 to 800 kg
- Diameter
- 800 to 1,600 mm
Fitting vehicle doors
The door is not heavy. It is painted.
- Component
- Side door, tailgate, bonnet
- Weight incl. gripper
- 30 to 70 kg
- Cycle
- 60 to 120 seconds
Loading welding fixtures
Placing it in is quick. Seating it is the work.
- Component
- Sheet assembly, frame, section part
- Weight
- 25 to 120 kg
- Movement
- lift, insert, press against the stop
Changing IBCs at the filling station
Full it weighs twenty times empty. The route is the same.
- Component
- IBC, pallet container, drum on pallet
- Weight
- 60 kg empty to 1,200 kg full
- Movement
- lift, guide level, set down
Destacking containers
The stack is too high at the start and too low at the end.
- Component
- Small load carrier, mesh box, stacking bin
- Weight
- 10 to 45 kg
- Stack height
- up to 2.10 m
Removing deep-drawn parts from the press
Twelve kilograms, a metre and a half of edge – and one dent is scrap.
- Component
- Deep-drawn part, body panel
- Weight
- 8 to 25 kg
- Dimension
- up to 1,800 mm edge length
Flange-mounting electric motors
The first ninety centimetres are transport. The last two are assembly.
- Component
- Standard, geared or pump motor
- Weight
- 40 to 180 kg
- Frame size
- 90 to 200
Changing rolls
The change takes twenty minutes. Nineteen of them are alignment.
- Component
- Roll, press roll, printing cylinder
- Weight
- 80 to 400 kg
- Length
- 800 to 2,500 mm
Changing filter elements
Eight kilograms is nothing. Eight hundred overhead is not.
- Component
- Filter candle, cartridge, bag filter
- Weight
- 4 kg clean, up to 12 kg loaded
- Length
- 600 to 2,000 mm
Turning precast concrete parts
Concrete forgives nothing. A chipped edge stays visible.
- Component
- Precast part, slab, shaft element
- Weight
- 30 to 250 kg
- Movement
- lift, turn, set down
Assembling furniture carcasses
The scratch does not happen while carrying. It happens on setting down.
- Component
- Carcass side, base, back panel, front
- Weight
- 15 to 60 kg
- Dimension
- up to 2,400 x 900 mm
Changing dies
Warm, heavy and with guide pillars that forgive nothing.
- Component
- Die, die-casting mould, tool half
- Weight
- 150 to 600 kg
- Temperature
- up to 300 °C at the surface
Setting sand cores
Gripping too hard is as wrong as dropping it.
- Component
- Sand core, core package, chaplet
- Weight
- 5 to 80 kg
- Movement
- lift, guide, lower vertically
Assembling insulating glass
Two millimetres of offset is not a tolerance, it is scrap.
- Component
- Float glass, insulating glass unit
- Weight
- 30 to 200 kg
- Format
- up to 3,000 x 2,000 mm
Stacking ceramic panels
Three metres long, twelve millimetres thick, and the edge breaks.
- Component
- Ceramic panel, porcelain stoneware
- Weight
- 25 to 90 kg
- Format
- up to 3,200 x 1,600 mm
Moving sheet stacks
A shifted stack cannot be saved at the feeder.
- Component
- Sheet stack, paper stack, blank stack
- Weight
- 50 to 400 kg per stack
- Format
- up to 1,200 x 1,600 mm
Assembling enclosure panels
Forty kilograms would be carryable. Two metres of edge is not.
- Component
- Side panel, rear panel, mounting plate
- Weight
- 20 to 60 kg
- Format
- up to 2,200 x 800 mm
Setting transformers
Compact is not light. Compact is only small.
- Component
- Transformer, choke, converter module
- Weight
- 40 to 250 kg
- Movement
- lift, guide, lower vertically
Loading structural parts
Sixty kilograms over six metres is heavier than two hundred over one.
- Component
- Panel, shell, frame, stringer
- Weight
- 40 to 100 kg
- Length
- up to 6,000 mm
Fitting underfloor units
Overhead, at eighty centimetres, with two hundred kilograms.
- Component
- Compressor, converter, battery box
- Weight
- 80 to 300 kg
- Working height
- 600 to 1,000 mm under the vehicle
Assembling medical devices
Every movement is documented. Including the one that goes wrong.
- Component
- Drive unit, generator, column, module
- Weight
- 15 to 80 kg
- Movement
- lift, rotate, join
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