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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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Defense Industry Series Production: Why It Relies on Reproducible Manufacturing Lines
In the defense industry, the focus is shifting from small-batch production to reproducible series production, and handling technology is the key to managing this transition cleanly.
Jul 3
Defense Ramp-Up: What the Manufacturing Boom Means for Suppliers and Handling Technology
The defense ramp-up has reached the entire supply chain, and for suppliers who must ramp up production quickly and safely, handling technology is a central building block.
Jul 2
Manipulator for the Plastics and Injection-Molding Industry
In injection molding, a manipulator changes heavy tools, removes large molded parts and handles material safely while relieving the worker.
Jun 30
Manipulator for the Wood Industry: Handling Panels and Glulam Ergonomically
A manipulator for the wood industry moves bulky, heavy and pressure-sensitive solid wood panels, glulam beams and furniture carcasses damage-free, ergonomically and in cycle.
Jun 27
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
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
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
Lifting aid for cleanroom and pharma: particle-free and precise
Fully electric stainless steel manipulators up to 800 kg and lift axes up to 1,200 kg work without compressed air and handle containers, vessels and isolators in cleanroom and pharma ergonomically.
Jun 11
Lifting aid for the food industry: hygienic handling
Stainless steel manipulators up to 800 kg and lift axes up to 1,200 kg handle sacks, containers, moulds and vessels in the food industry hygienically, ergonomically and without contamination risk.
Jun 11
Lifting aid for pallets: palletising and depalletising
Instead of stacking loads by hand, a manipulator guides boxes, sacks and containers pendulum-free up to 800 kg (the ZH90 lift axis up to 1,200 kg), layer by layer and precisely.
Jun 11
Handling technology for aviation and aerospace: safely moving large components
Aerospace handling technology demands precision, gentle handling, and documentation. How manipulators and lifting axes move large, delicate components.
Jun 10
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