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MANIPULATORS, LIFTING AXES AND LIFTING AIDS IN PRACTICE
On the Zeilhofer Handhabungstechnik blog, you'll find practical examples, industry solutions, and news about manipulators, lifting axes, and lifting aids. The articles showcase specific applications from the automotive, food production, rail vehicle manufacturing, and other sectors. Our lifting aids guide covers the fundamentals, and the product finder shows the right solution for your component.
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Calculating the amortization of a lifting aid: formula, calculation example and worksheet
When does a lifting aid pay off? The formula for payback period and ROI, the five savings items, a complete calculation example with transparent assumptions and a worksheet for your own calculation.
Oct 1
Mobile lifting aid for panels: picks up, rotates and moves without a crane
Picking up, moving and precisely placing panels up to 100 kg without a crane: how the mobile lifting aid with two suction cups, 48-volt battery and omniwheels works. With case study, calculation examples and selection guide.
Oct 1
Choosing the Right Lifting Aid: Manipulator, Lift Axis & Lifting Device Compared
Choosing the right lifting aid determines ergonomics, safety and economy. This guide walks step by step through load capacity, application and installation space and shows when a manipulator, lift axis, rope manipulator or lifting device is the right choice.
Jul 6
ATEX and Ex Protection: Handling Technology for Areas at Risk of Explosion
This article explains what ATEX means, which Ex zones exist and why the drive decides whether a manipulator is suitable for areas at risk of explosion.
Jun 26
Retrofitting a Manipulator: When Retrofit Beats a New Purchase
An aging manipulator often does not need replacing: a retrofit with a new gripper, new controls or more load capacity can adapt the existing system to a changed task.
Jun 25
Rent or Buy a Manipulator: What Pays Off for Your Application
Whether to buy, lease or finance a manipulator through hire purchase depends less on price alone than on duration of use, utilization and how individual the solution has to be.
Jun 24
Lift Column, Lift Axis or Manipulator: What Is the Difference?
A lift column adjusts the height, a lift axis raises heavy loads sway-free on the vertical axis, and a manipulator handles the component freely in space.
Jun 23
Handling Technology Glossary: Key Terms from A to Z
This glossary from Zeilhofer explains the key terms around handling technology, manipulators and lifting aids, from balancer and key indicator method to vacuum lifter.
Jun 16
Lifting aid for drums and containers: lift, tilt, empty
Instead of wrestling drums by hand, a manipulator with a drum gripper guides the load pendulum-free, up to 800 kg (the ZH90 lift axis up to 1,200 kg).
Jun 12
Electric lifting aid: mobile and battery-powered without compressed air
An electric lifting aid works entirely without compressed air: battery-powered systems are mobile and flexible, and fully electric lift axes lift heavy loads with precision.
Jun 12
Manipulator as a lifting aid: one device, two terms
A manipulator is a lifting aid, that is, a technical device that takes the weight of a load and guides it pendulum-free, up to 800 kg.
Jun 12
Lifting aid for the semiconductor industry: handle wafer carriers
Lifting aid for the semiconductor industry must be cleanroom-compatible, low-particle and highly precise. Fully electric manipulators and lift axes handle wafer carriers, trays and equipment ergonomically (manipulators up to 800 kg, lift axes up to 1,200 kg), without compressed air.
Jun 11
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