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Explore how advanced lift assist solutions improve trolley handling efficiency, workplace ergonomics, operational safety, and productivity in food industry manufacturing environments.
Pharmaceutical Industry
A large company in the pharmaceutical industry have to handle trays filled with glass containers: about 30 trays per hour have to be picked from the filling machines and released unto a trolley.
This operation was carried out manually by means of women operators.
At the end of their work shift the workers couldn’t keep the same work pace as at the beginning, thus decreasing overall productivity. Productivity needed to be kept constant and handling operations fluid and quick.
The trays weigh maximum 25 kg, but each tray has a different weight, therefore a traditional pneumatic manipulator wasn’t suitable, because it can’t get adjusted to different load weights automatically and in real time.
A traditional hoist was not suitable as well because it requires to keep a button pressed for the up/down movements and has a fixed speed, resulting too slow.
