Gorbel Case Study featuring the G-Force with custom end effector
The Gorbel G-Force shines again in another application. Read on to see how it was implemented in this custom lifting application. If you have sensitive parts where product damage and precise placement is of vital importance then the G-Force or the Gorbel Easy Arm may be your answer. Contact us at sales@ergonomicpartners.com for us to take a look at your custom lifting application.
Damage & Injury Risk “Virtually” Eliminated with G-Force®
Atlas Copco’s gas and process division engineers turbo compressors and expansion turbines that serve a number of industries, including natural gas processing and power generation. At an assembly facility where the components of the large compressors are assembled, multiple work processes were sharing a single overhead crane system for handling the components and sub assemblies. Workers would often be at a stand still while a co-worker used the crane, or would forgo the crane altogether and risk injury by lifting heavy parts by hand.
The company decided to target the high throughput milling applications for a process
change, and installed Gorbel work station cranes to eliminate the productivity delays
caused by the shared crane. While the new cranes would eliminated that problem,
finding a lifting device to fit the application was a challenge due to the size of the load and the sensitive machinery it was being placed into. In this work cell, large stainless steel cylinders that range from 5-15” in diameter and weigh from 15 to 400 pounds milled down from a bell shaped impeller blanks into the finished impeller with razor sharp edges. Moving the parts by hand posed multiple injury risks, as well as high potential for damage.
“We’re lifting very heavy steel cylinders and trying to place them with precision into the milling machine without damaging the part or the machine,” said Diehl. “We needed something that gave us a lot of control.” After exploring multiple servo-powered lifting devices, the company selected a 660 pound capacity G-Force® Q. While all the servo-powered devices delivered very good control, Atlas Copco felt they would have the most control with the G-Force® after seeing a demo of the unit’s
virtual limit package, float mode feature, and overall smooth movement thanks to the unit’s wire rope.
An operator now secures the impeller blanks into the tooling grip that Atlas Copco designed,which locks onto the blanks’ outer rim. Once secured, the operator engages Float Mode on the G-Force® handle, and then moves the load up and down by holding the gripping tool or the load itself.
We can bring the G-Force to you for you to see it in person. Drop us a line at sales@ergonomicpartners.com for an appointment!
Damage & Injury Risk “Virtually” Eliminated with G-Force®
Atlas Copco’s gas and process division engineers turbo compressors and expansion turbines that serve a number of industries, including natural gas processing and power generation. At an assembly facility where the components of the large compressors are assembled, multiple work processes were sharing a single overhead crane system for handling the components and sub assemblies. Workers would often be at a stand still while a co-worker used the crane, or would forgo the crane altogether and risk injury by lifting heavy parts by hand.
The company decided to target the high throughput milling applications for a process
change, and installed Gorbel work station cranes to eliminate the productivity delays
caused by the shared crane. While the new cranes would eliminated that problem,
finding a lifting device to fit the application was a challenge due to the size of the load and the sensitive machinery it was being placed into. In this work cell, large stainless steel cylinders that range from 5-15” in diameter and weigh from 15 to 400 pounds milled down from a bell shaped impeller blanks into the finished impeller with razor sharp edges. Moving the parts by hand posed multiple injury risks, as well as high potential for damage.
“We’re lifting very heavy steel cylinders and trying to place them with precision into the milling machine without damaging the part or the machine,” said Diehl. “We needed something that gave us a lot of control.” After exploring multiple servo-powered lifting devices, the company selected a 660 pound capacity G-Force® Q. While all the servo-powered devices delivered very good control, Atlas Copco felt they would have the most control with the G-Force® after seeing a demo of the unit’s
virtual limit package, float mode feature, and overall smooth movement thanks to the unit’s wire rope.
An operator now secures the impeller blanks into the tooling grip that Atlas Copco designed,which locks onto the blanks’ outer rim. Once secured, the operator engages Float Mode on the G-Force® handle, and then moves the load up and down by holding the gripping tool or the load itself.
We can bring the G-Force to you for you to see it in person. Drop us a line at sales@ergonomicpartners.com for an appointment!
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