Changing dies and mould parts
Taking heavy tools out of the machine, setting them down and fitting new ones – guided level, so guide pillars and fits do not suffer.
Industry
Handling technology for foundries and forges
In a foundry equipment fails not on capacity but on environment. Radiant heat, moulding sand, scale and splashes attack every guide, every seal and every piece of electronics – in weeks, not years.
- Capacity of the heavy-duty unit
- 250 kg
- Part temperature at the mount
- 300 °C
- Reach over the moulding line
- 4000 mm
01 — Applications
Where it is hot, dusty and heavy, the execution decides.
Typical handling tasks in Foundry and forge — and what they demand technically.
Removing castings
Lifting hot parts out of mould or die without anyone standing beside them with tongs. The mount keeps distance, the operator stays out of the radiant heat.
Setting cores
Placing delicate sand cores into the mould accurately. Breakage risk and dimensional accuracy make this a positioning task, not a lifting one.
Feeding the fettling shop
Bringing raw parts to grinding, cutting and blasting stations and turning them – the movement on which most of the time in fettling hangs.
Moving forgings
Moving hot parts between furnace, press and rack, with mounts sized for the temperature and the scale layer.
02 — What matters
What Foundry and forge demands of handling technology
Heat is a design input, not a footnote
A part at three hundred degrees radiates not only at the operator but at the mount. Seals harden, lubricants coke, plastic guides creep. So for hot applications we work with heat shields between load and device, temperature-resistant materials on every contacting part and a designed distance that still holds when the mount stands over the part for minutes. What is saved here comes back as downtime.
Dust, sand and scale eat guides
Moulding sand is abrasive, scale likewise. Open racks, exposed linear guides and unprotected piston rods do not last in this environment. What works are enclosed guides, pneumatic drives without electronics at the load, and service points reachable from below. IP rating is only half the answer – the other half is a form in which dust cannot collect.
Heavy does not automatically mean crane
Castings are heavy, but the task is rarely a plain lift. Cores are set accurately, parts are turned for inspection, tools are run into guides. For all of that the rigid arm is the right design – the overhead crane can take the weight but not the movement. In practice the two work together: the crane brings the load into the area, the workstation device provides the accuracy.
03 — Device catalogue
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Equipment for Foundry and forge
Design, payload and reach — the shortlist for this industry.
Lifting equipment · Manipulators
01
Articulated Arm Hoist
The jointed arm for millimetre-precise handling.
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Lifting equipment · Conveyor systems
02
Rail System
The whole area covered – in X and Y.
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Lifting equipment · Lifting axes
03
I-GO Lifting Axis
Compact power for vertical lifting.
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Lifting equipment · Assembly aids
04
Torque Arm
Takes the reaction torque – your hands stay free.
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04 — Services
From analysis to inspection
01
Sizing & Custom Solutions
Load, reach, cycle time – plus grippers for anything without a catalogue entry.
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02
Plant Construction
Process plants – planned, built, documented and commissioned.
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03
Lifting Technology
Lifting equipment, manipulators and balancers for industry, medical technology and logistics.
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04
Statutory Inspections
Recurring inspection of your equipment to German accident prevention regulations.
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05 — Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions from Foundry and forge
Up to what part temperature is a manipulator possible?
With standard components up to about 150 °C at the mount. Above that we work with heat shields, extended mounts and temperature-resistant materials; up to around 300 °C that is well manageable. Higher becomes a special design in which seal life is calculated too.
Do vacuum cups hold on castings?
As a rule no. The surface is rough, scaled and often warm – three reasons vacuum fails here. We work positively: prism cradles, clamping tongs with form inserts, or mounts at the runner or a bore.
What about the fettling shop?
There the strain is particularly high, because parts are turned repeatedly and taken to several stations. A rail system over the fettling line with a rotating gripper takes exactly those repetitions – and usually pays back faster than in the moulding shop.
How often does inspection have to happen here?
Periodic inspection stays annual, but the visual check matters more: abrasive dust wears pins and bushes far faster than in an assembly hall. We recommend a shortened maintenance schedule and wear parts replaceable without dismantling the assembly.
07 — Guides
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Contact
We do not know your shop floor yet — but we know the task.
One short conversation usually settles more than three quotations. Call or write — you will reach an engineer directly.