Ergonomic manual material handling
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Ergonomic manual material handling

Why use manual handling systems? Back and musculoskeletal ailments do considerable damage to business and the economy. They are the most common reason for sick leave and reduced performance at the workplace. A large number of these illnesses can be attributed to handling loads incorrectly. Production processes and services are therefore delayed or cannot be completed. Increasingly health and safety at work is becoming more and more important. Our systems provide a significant contribution. They help improve workplace design to ensure that workers can adopt the most favourable posture in...

Everything from a single source Tailor-made solutions Our strength lies in individual engineering solutions and project management. In cooperation with our customers, we develop the perfect solution for the projects entrusted to us. ZASCHE handling equipment is tailored precisely to your needs and optimised for ergonomic workplace design. All grippers are individually designed for each application and for each load. The device geometry, such as the height of the pillar and working radius, are exactly matched to the requirements at the individual workplace. The globally operating sales...

Service modules Services such as consulting, project engineering, handling trial and simulation in project planning phase. After-sales service package with service hotline, inspection, maintenance and upkeep, express spare parts service, implementation of necessary regular inspections of new or already installed devices. Safety inspections to accident prevention regulations for your handling equipment, hoists and cranes by our trained and certified personnel. Inspection of your handling equipment, hoists and cranes to ensure faultless operation. Maintenance of your handling equipment,...

Steel structure In order to operate crane systems or handling devices, you normally required a steel structure to install them. We would be pleased to plan and implement this for you. The work is carried out by our in-house experts and certified welding personnel with the relevant equipment in our manufacturing department. Suspension crane installations A wide variety of customised crane installations can be built from various steel or aluminium profile sections based on a comprehensive modular system. Profile sections The basic elements are steel or aluminium profile sections available in...

Application examples in different industries Besides being used in traditional industries such as the automotive industry and its suppliers, engineering and m etal processing, you can find ergonomic handling solutions in almost all branches of industries. Here are some examples:

Rope hoists Rope balancers are lifting devices with suspended load guidance. Thanks to the low manual force and their low deadweight, these units are the optimum solution for sensitive load balancing and positioning. Complicated positioning and assembly tasks can be performed with ease. They can be supplied with a wide variety of different control types. Pneumatically balancer Rope balancers make it possible to move loads quickly in short cycles. Load capacities of up to 110 kg are available as standard. There is shown a pneumatically balancer with hand force control. SpeedHoist The...

Slewing jib cranes / Pivot arms Pivot arms in light-duty design are combined with pneumatic rope balancers or electric rope winches. These units are fitted close to the pillar and thus offer the operator very easy handling, as only the low arm mass has to be moved. Technical specifications: • Loads up to 115 kg • Outreach up to 3´800 mm With pivot arms in heavy-duty design it is possible to fit pneumatic lifting axes or electric telescopic lifting devices with a load capacity of up to 500 kg. This combination is a highly efficient and cost-effective variant for rigid load handling. Pivot...

Parallelogram devices Our parallelogram devices combine a pneumatic drive with a parallelogram. This design makes it possible to absorb torques and thus to pick up workpieces outside their centre of gravity. All devices are designed and manufactured in accordance with the latest regulations and standards. They feature the highest safety standards in compliance with the current regulations. During development, endurance tests are carried out in the test bay (e.g. continuous vibration tests) The parallelogram devices are supplied with an arm length of up to 3500 mm as standard. The arm length...

Lifting axes Our lifting axes are pneumatically powered units and carry out a linear movement. They are used for ergonomically rigid load guiding. They are used to guide loads easily and safely since hand movements are transferred direct to the load. They feature particularly low masses and offer smooth operation. The guide systems are hardened and ground ball bearing linear guides of machine-tool quality. Matching low-maintenance ball bearing runners are used which require only low manual forces for the lifting motion. Load capacities up to 300 kg and torques up to 2500 Nm are possible as...

Telescopic devices Telescopic devices are lifted and lowered by inside or outside running chains of electrically driven chain hoists. We offer these units as single or double telescopic sections with round guides (TR) or square guides (TV). They are particularly suitable for handling heavy workpieces (up to 1500  kg) and large torques (up to 5000 Nm) in long cycles. They can also be used in low buildings with double telescopic sections. . Stacking crane Off-centre lifting points and high lifts. These are the core applications of a stacking crane. The operating bracket remains at an...

SEMI automation A handling device does not just have to guarantee a high degree of process reliability nowadays. Flexibility and transformation ability, shorter cycle times and repeat accuracy are becoming increasingly important. Manually controlled applications reach the limits of their capability when difficult and sensitive handling tasks are involved. Lack of room is another argument in favour of semi-automation. The applicable standards for fully automated systems do not apply in manually guided automatic operation, meaning that the relevant space requirement caused by protective...