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Demag KBK Enclosed Track Crane with Manipulator Arm
Installation of front and rear axles at a compact car assembly plant required a custom designed handling system that could safely lift, transfer and manipulate these awkward parts into the correct position for installation.
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Demag KBK Enclosed Track Monorail for a Dip Tank Sequence
A parts manufacturer needed a way to quickly and carefully transfer parts up to 500 lbs. through a multi-stage dip tank sequence without suffering damage. Operator safety and ergonomics throughout this operation were top priority.
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Telescoping Bridge Helps Overcome Spacing Issues
Work Station Crane w/Telescoping Bridge with Chain Hoist helps overcome spacing issues for a supplier of machined components. “The telescoping WSC allowed us to maximize our available space while keeping the work area free of obstructions”. Machining operations occur in order across three different CNC machines, located side by side, arranged in a line. Operators are required to take a blank out of dunnage, perform a brief machining operation on a workbench in front of them and then load the blank into a CNC machine. The machined part is then unload and placed into finished dunnage and moved to the next process in the line if needed.
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Work Station Crane’s Flexibility Wins Customer’s Loyalty
An Electric Lift Truck Manufacturer needed a work station crane to lift truck parts of different sized and shapes from a steel cart and moved into a room where precision measuring takes place on a laser measuring table. They needed a system for their fragile application and have the flexibility to change or add to it as need in the field.
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Hybrid System Used In Place of Conventional Enclosed Track
Industry: Manufacturer of Gears and Gear Cutting Machinery for the Auto Industry. Application: Large, heavy machined parts are brought in on pallets to have tolerances measured. Parts are picked from the pallet, moved to the testing machine, and once testing is complete moved back to the pallet and on to the next operation. Several Stations perform similar processed very close to each other.
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Work Station Crane Helps Protect Product And Workers In Fabricated Stone Industry
A Free Standing Work Station Bridge Crane with a 1000# aluminum bridge and chain hoist was installed for a Manufacturer of Fabricated Stone Products. The Application was that large stones slabs are loaded and unloaded by hand or with fork trucks. Both methods caused problems with space, safety, and productivity. Not to mention the stress caused by the fact that the slabs are hand picked by the customer and any damage to the slab would be a very costly and time-consuming mistake. The crane system has helped to recruit and retain good employees by allowing them to work in a safe environment.
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Demag Ergonomic Crane Systems for Airport Baggage Handling
In 1990, 275,000 passengers passed through the Leipzig/Hall Airport in Germany, by 1995 that number had grown to 2 million and today more than 4.5 million passengers per year utilize this hub. A DEMAG ALU Enclosed Track Single Girder Crane with a High Speed Rocker Switch style hoist was installed along the sides of a 75’ long oval conveyer belt. The 13’ lightweight Aluminum Crane Girders allow the bags to be moved from conveyer to cart with minimum effort.
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Demag KBK Enclosed Track in the Semi-Conductor Industry
A manufacturer in the semi-conductor industry entered into a new line of business that required components to be assembled in a class 10000 clean room. Since some bundles weighed in excess of 4000 lbs., a method of safely and carefully moving these within the room was needed. A DEMAG KBK Enclosed Track Double Girder Crane with a lifting capacity of 4400 lbs was selected for this task.
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Time is money, and this system doesn’t need a break
This tire manufacturer wanted to improve productivity. We created an automatic monorail system that increased productivity and reduced costly mixing errors. The system was originally handled by individual monorail systems with an operator required for each system. By automating the system they required only one operator to run the main switch center safely and comfortably.
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Replaced hand washing with crane system and improved safety
This manufacturer wanted to improve productivity. We created a system that allows one operator to safely run a parts washing system. The system allows the operator to cover the loading area, wash tank, and unloading area, while being clear of any splash areas.
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Batch Handling Monorail System Improves Productivity
Operating only one shift, the batch room fills enough buckets to supply the furnaces for 24 hours. Some buckets go directly to the furnaces, where they automatically discharge their load into the furnaces. Others are stored on the six full-bucket storage lines in front of the furnace fill lines.
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SPANCO Workstation Bridge Crane Provides Ergonomic Solution for Metal Fabrication Facility
A 10,000 square foot metal fabrication facility in central Pennsylvania specializes in assembling and fabricating steel bases that are used to support printing presses in large print facilities. After being in business for two years, the company president re-evaluated the fabrication workflow, looking to lower production costs in order to stay competitive.
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Tarca® System Helps Save Valuable Floor Space
Industry: Heavy Truck Maintenance and Repair. Application: This company provides maintenance and customization for heavy trucks. Parts weighing from 1 to 3 tons are lifted and moved about 25 ft. across the building to a staging area where maintenance is done.
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Tarca® Systems Help Double Productivity For Distributor
Industry: Distributor of Industrial Pipe Valves and Fittings. Application: The loading and unloading of pip product in the warehouse is a slow and cumbersome process. It requires multiple trips with a fork truck as well as two or more employees to safely handle the loads. This process can turn approximately 3 trucks per day.
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Work Station Crane Helps Commercial Printer Increase Safety And Decrease Product Damage
Lifting, changing, and moving print rollers weighing 65 lbs. The work area serves two twin printing presses with a 15 ft. wide aisle between presses. Work Station Crane Helps Commercial Printer Increase Safety And Decrease Product Damage.
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Work Station Crane Helps 1 Worker Lift 850# Granite Slabs
This customer fabricates countertops using granite and marble. In this application, workers at a new facility need to move huge slabs of granite from station to station through the various stages of the fabrication process. Business: Stone Countertop Fabrication, SIC Code: 3281, Product type: Free Standing Work Station Crane, Lifting Device: End Effector (provided by others).
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Monorail System in Waste Water Treatment Plants
Waste water treatment facilities are extremely demanding on their equipment resulting in a real mess if the equipment is down for an extended period of time. The Demag KBK Internal Busbar track offered the perfect solution. The location of the loading dock made it difficult to unload the two ton pumps from the service trucks. In addition, the available space made it impossible to remove, negotiate and enter the equipment repair room with a fork truck. The Demag KBK overhead monorail extended over the service truck and in conjunction with the 2 speed Demag chain hoist made it easy to position the unit over the load and drive it to one of four repair benches.
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Demag ALU Enclosed Track Crane in the Printing Industry
Bundles of individual magazine pages are transferred from a pallet to a “stitching machine”. They are then properly sequenced and stapled together to create the magazine. The equipment selected for this task was a Demag ALU (Aluminum Enclosed Track Crane System suspended from the existing building structure.
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Gorbel Cranes Easily Accommodate Growing Facility
Gorbel’s Work Station Crane with telescoping bridges provided a Wisconsin valve maker with a cost effective way handle a growing work cell. Husco International is a world leader in providing products and services that optimize the performance, control and safety of mobile equipment. This particular work cell in their Wisconsin plant handles valves which are supplied to a leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment.
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Gorbel Work Station Cranes Help Distribution Center Improve Productivity
This customer was a manufacturer who received a multi-year contract from a large national retailer to supply retail products for regional distribution Centers. The manufacturer was required to build individual pallet orders on a per-store basis for thousands of locations. This required the company to dedicate an in-house order picking “store” to palletize the requests of individual retail locations. The company wanted a lift assist systems that would allow 2 works per shift to build 20 pallets (240 cases) per worker hour in a work cell measuring 100’ x 40’.
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