Assembling enclosure panels
Uprighting side and rear panels, guiding them to the frame and bolting them – painted surfaces that take no scratches.
Industry
Handling technology for electrical engineering and switchgear
In electrical production the weights are rarely in the critical range and the requirements high nonetheless: enclosure panels, transformers and battery modules are heavy, their attachments delicate – and between them lies production to a cycle.
- Capacity at the assembly station
- 120 kg
- Height of an enclosure housing
- 2400 mm
- Torque at the bolted joint
- 60 Nm
01 — Applications
Heavy and delicate at once – that is the combination.
Typical handling tasks in Electrical and electronics — and what they demand technically.
Fitting mounting plates
Entering populated mounting plates into the enclosure, held level, without knocking the fitted components.
Setting transformers
Joining compact, very dense parts into housings and frames – heavy relative to their size, with an offset centre of gravity.
Inserting battery modules
Entering modules into racks and housings, with fine positioning and without contact to the terminals.
Bolting without reaction
Absorbing tightening torques above 40 Nm through a torque arm instead of passing them into wrist and shoulder.
02 — What matters
What Electrical and electronics demands of handling technology
The load is manageable, the geometry is not
An enclosure rear panel weighs forty kilograms – carryable if it were compact. But it is two metres tall, painted and has to be guided vertically to the frame. The need lies exactly in that combination: not in the weight but in the fact that one person cannot grip the part so that it stays in position and the painted surface stays untouched.
ESD and surface determine the mount
In electronics production, conductivity requirements apply: mounts, handles and wheels are made from conductive materials so no charge builds on the part. At the same time the surfaces are delicate. Together that leads to cup and clamp pads of conductive polyurethane – a design that has to be specified from the start and is not retrofitted later.
Bolting belongs to the workstation
After joining comes bolting, and tightening torques above about forty newton metres pass as reaction into wrist and shoulder. A torque arm on the same device absorbs it: the tool hangs, the operator only guides. That keeps the station one unit instead of a lifting aid plus a separate tool balancer – two devices at one station are rarely a good idea.
03 — Device catalogue
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Equipment for Electrical and electronics
Design, payload and reach — the shortlist for this industry.
Lifting equipment · Balancers
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Skyline Rope Balancer
Weightless handling – floating instead of lifting.
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Lifting equipment · Manipulators
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I-GO Articulated Boom
Articulated arm plus integrated lifting axis.
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Lifting equipment · Conveyor systems
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Rail System
The whole area covered – in X and Y.
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Lifting equipment · Assembly aids
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Torque Arm
Takes the reaction torque – your hands stay free.
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04 — Services
From analysis to inspection
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Design
CAD design in 2D and 3D – from requirements analysis to production-ready drawings.
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02
Workstation Analysis
We look at the workstation before we talk about equipment.
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03
Safety Devices
Sizing of safety valves and rupture discs – the last link in the safety chain.
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Lifting Technology
Lifting equipment, manipulators and balancers for industry, medical technology and logistics.
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05 — Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions from Electrical and electronics
From what weight is a device worthwhile here?
Earlier than elsewhere. Because the parts are large and delicate, the need often arises at 20 to 25 kg – not because of the load but because one person cannot hold the part in position. The key indicator method reflects that through posture and execution conditions.
What has to be considered in ESD areas?
Every contacting and load-bearing part has to be conductive and included in the earthing: pads, handles, wheels and the path from the device to the hall floor. That is a standard design but has to be explicitly required – retrofitting is laborious.
Can we use the same station for different enclosure sizes?
Yes, via adjustable cup arms or a clamping width with detents. We size the range from the smallest and largest format occurring – in between it changes over without tools.
How is it with battery modules?
There safety is added to handling: no contact with the terminals, defined insulation at the mount, no jamming while entering. We work with positive mounts on the housing and a fine positioning that handles the last millimetres without force.
07 — Guides
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Manipulator or balancer?
Both hold the load. Only one guides it.
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9 min
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Ergonomics at the workstation
There is no limit value. There is a duty to assess.
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Lifting aids at the assembly station
The question is never “which unit?”. It is “which movement?”.
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Contact
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