Joining assemblies
Fitting heavy sub-assemblies into housings and frames – accurately, repeatably and without contact to visible surfaces.
Industry
Handling technology for medical device manufacturing
In medical technology, handling is part of a validated process. A device that endangers the cleanroom class or cannot be operated reproducibly is not relief but a risk in the documentation.
- Capacity at the assembly station
- 80 kg
- Usual cleanroom class
- 7 ISO
- in the product area
- 0 open lubrication points
01 — Applications
Where every step is documented, the device is part of it.
Typical handling tasks in Medical technology — and what they demand technically.
Turning devices
Rotating units for assembly from below instead of tipping them over and straining them in the process.
Moving cleanroom parts
Moving parts between airlock, workstation and packing without burdening the particle balance.
Loading test rigs
Placing devices into test fixtures and removing them again – the movement that sets the cycle in the test area.
Handling packing units
Setting finished devices into transport containers, correctly oriented and without knocks.
02 — What matters
What Medical technology demands of handling technology
Cleanroom means: as few friction points as possible
Every movement generates particles. So a device for a cleanroom is not enclosed afterwards but designed from the start with few friction points: enclosed guides, rolling instead of plain bearings in the product area, no open lubrication points and extracted drives. Added to that are materials with low abrasion that withstand the usual disinfectants. These requirements belong in the first sketch, not in the acceptance test.
Reproducibly operable
In validated production a work step has to run the same way every time. A device that works at different speeds and accuracies depending on force and skill makes exactly that harder. So we place stops, detents and end positions such that the correct movement is the easiest one – and the sequence can be described unambiguously in the work instruction.
Documentation is part of the delivery
What is incidental in other industries is a precondition here: material certificates for every product-contacting part, cleaning and maintenance instructions, declaration of conformity and instructions that match the work instruction. We supply those documents with the device, not on request – because they are needed in the audit and are laborious to obtain afterwards.
03 — Device catalogue
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Equipment for Medical technology
Design, payload and reach — the shortlist for this industry.
Lifting equipment · Balancers
01
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 · Balancers
04
Articulated Rope Unit
Articulated reach meets weightless floating.
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04 — Services
From analysis to inspection
01
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
Technical Documentation & CE
Operating manuals, risk assessment and CE conformity – legally sound.
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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 Medical technology
Are your devices cleanroom-capable?
In the appropriate design yes. Cleanroom capability is not a property of a catalogue product but a construction: enclosed guides, suitable materials, extracted drives, no open lubrication points. Which class we design for we settle together with your quality assurance.
What about disinfectants?
They are the commonest cause of early failure. Alcohols and oxidising cleaners attack many elastomers and plastics. Tell us the agents in use and we choose seals and pads accordingly – that is not an extra service but part of the design.
Do we need to validate the device?
The device itself is usually not validated, but the process it sits in is. For that we supply the documents you need: material certificates, cleaning and maintenance instructions and a description of the sequence that can be taken into your work instruction.
The weights are small – is it worth it at all?
Often yes, but for different reasons than elsewhere. It is rarely about the load and mostly about repeatability, freedom from scratches and not having to set a part down and regrip it. Where that does not matter, we say no.
07 — Guides
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Grippers & lifting devices
The unit lifts. The gripper decides whether it works.
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8 min
02
Standards & safety
CE is not a badge. It is a file.
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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
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.