Manipulator Arms and Rigid Column Lift Videos

Our team designed, engineered, and fabricated this manipulator arm to lift 210-pound steel pipes. The arm features: vertical limit stops, 360 non continuous rotation with pneumatic brake on the mast, 330-degree rotation with pneumatic brake on the primary arm, and 360 degree non continuous rotation with friction brake on the secondary arm. The arms end effector is a magnetic gripper tool that features hi-temperature air actuated adjustable magnets, up/down controls, ergonomic hi/low dual interlocking grip/release controls, brake controls, and a green/red magnet grip indicator.

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Ergonomic Partners manufactured this under hung articulating manipulator arm to lift 200-pound steel and fiber drums. The arm and gripper tool features: an ergonomic handle bar, grip/release with a common button controls, proportional up/down controls, operator controlled brakes that lock the arm, air powered Linatex lined grip jaws, 360-degree rotation (non-continuous) at the ceiling mount, and 300-degree rotation at the secondary arm and 300 degree rotation at the end effector.

Our Easy Manipulator Arm (EMA) and a pneumatic grip tool was designed and built to lift and grip large power line electrical insulators. The air powered manipulator arm features precision bearings, 360-degree rotation at the mast, and 360-degree rotation at the secondary arm. The grip tool features a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, ergonomic handle bar with up/down, grip/release controls, rotation brake controls, adjustable grip jaws, and 10 degrees of horizontal adjustment allowing alignment of the insulator into a crimping machine.

Our in-house team of engineers and fabricators custom designed and built this unique tool arm for lifting 200-pound square tubes. The arm features: adjustable grip jaws, vertical limit stops, 360-degree non-continuous rotation with pneumatic brake on the mast, 330-degree rotation with pneumatic brake on the primary arm, 360 degree non continuous rotation with friction brake on the secondary arm. The arm is controlled with a custom high-low grip/release and up/down handles with brake.

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This vacuum gripper tool is integrated into a rigid manipulator arm designed to grip and lift sheet metal. The air powered manipulator arm features precision bearings, 360-degree rotation at the mast with brake, and 360-degree rotation at the secondary arm with brake. The vacuum grip tool features a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, vacuum pressure gauge, force sensing handle which automatically senses operator movement for up/down control, grip/release controls with a common button and rotation brake controls.

Our Lightweight Manipulator Arm (LMA) was designed and built to grip, and lift steel domes. The air powered manipulator arm features precision bearings, 360-degree rotation at the mast, and 360-degree rotation at the secondary arm with brakes at each rotation arm. The grip tool features a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, pivoting air powered double acting magnets, ergonomic handle bar, grip/release controls, and rotation brake controls.

This custom pneumatic manipulator arm grips and 90-degree pitches lead ingots for loading a CNC machine. The arms main feature: is the always on zero gravity float mode which allows the operator to control the up/down movement of the arm by pulling up or down using the grip handles. The arm has grip/release controls with a common button; and brake controls that lock the primary and secondary arms in any desired position.

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Our Lightweight Manipulator Arm (LMA) was designed and built to grip, lift, 180-degree pitch, and tilt sink molds. The air powered manipulator arm features precision bearings, 360-degree rotation at the mast, and 360-degree rotation at the secondary arm with brakes at each rotation arm. The grip tool features a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, float mode with adjustable float mode controls, ergonomic handle bar, grip/release controls, rotation brake controls, 180-degree rotation, and tilt controls.

The Reach In Arm (RIA) is ideal for very tight work areas with low headroom. This arm is customized with 4 floating electromagnets and a battery backup in the event of a power loss. The arm uses precision bearings for smooth precise movement and has operator controlled air powered rotation brakes.

This (ABA) Air Balancer Arm was designed to lift up 75 pound boxes in a low headroom application. The tool has an extended handle with two sets of controls to keep the operators in a good ergonomic position when the boxes are placed at the top or bottom level. The tool has an interlocking control to prevent the accidental release of the part in mid-air. This arm is under 10 foot tall and can load boxes up to 73 inches.

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This custom articulated jib is mounted on a rigid mast with 9 feet of vertical travel for loading and unloading a Broaching machine. The tool features: a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, radio remote controls with variable up/down, and grip/release controls with a common for safety. The mast uses linear rails for the 9 feet of vertical travel and has precision bearings allowing 360 degrees of rotation. The secondary arm of the jib has 300 degrees of rotation with adjustable rotation stop points.

We integrated our Easy Manipulator Arm (EMA) with a custom lifting device to grip and lift large power line electrical insulators. The air powered Easy Manipulator Arm features: precision bearings for smooth, accurate 360-degree rotation at the mast, and 360-degree rotation at the secondary arm. The grip tool features a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, ergonomic high/low handle bar with high/low, up/down controls, rotation brake controls, and adjustable grip jaws.

Our load balancing manipulator arm is designed and built to pitch, lift and grip large rolls. The air powered manipulator arm features precision bearings, 360-degree rotation at the mast, and 360-degree rotation at the secondary arm. The grip tool features steel serrated jaws, aluminum powder coated frame, ergonomic high/low handle bar with interlocking high/low grip/release controls, pitch up/down controls, green/red grip indicator gauge, and load balance adjustment controls.

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This arm lifts and grips 250-pound batteries for loading large battery boxes. The uniquely designed secondary arm floats the in and out movement allowing operators to position the heavy batteries with smooth and precise movements in very tight work areas. The arm features: a lightweight steel and aluminum powder coated frame, air over oil cylinders -preventing buoyancy, locating guides, momentary up/down controls, grip/release controls, and power assisted down force controls.

The precision bearings and the design of this arm allows for smooth and precise movements in very tight work areas. The arm stays in zero gravity float mode when loaded or unloaded; and uses pneumatic cylinders for lifting and gripping the parts.

This arm grips and lifts 55, 30, 16, and 5-gallon drums. The uniquely designed end effector grip tool is quickly and easily adjusted for different size drums. The secondary arm allows operators to position the heavy drum barrels with smooth and precise movements in very tight work areas. The arm and tool features: a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, pneumatic lifting cylinders, parking brake, locating guides, momentary up/down controls, interlocking grip/release controls, and a gripper safety circuit to prevent operators from releasing the drums in mid-air.

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Our in-house team of engineers’ custom designed and built this unique tool arm for grinding tall parts. Our team machined a one-of-a-kind sleeve bearing to allow this unique grinder to rotate and move 360 degrees on all 3-axis. The tool arm is articulating and has a wide range of movement. The secondary arm and has 50 inches of vertical travel and keeps the tool in a zero gravity position at all times. The mast for the arm is mounted to a portable base with locking casters.

This arm lifts and grips 250-pound batteries for loading large battery boxes. The uniquely designed secondary arm allows operators to position the heavy batteries with smooth and precise movements in very tight work areas. The arm features: a steel and aluminum powder coated frame, air over oil cylinders -preventing buoyancy, locating guides, momentary up/down controls, grip/release controls, and power assisted down force controls.

Our triple articulated manipulator is perfect for extremely tight work areas. The manipulator arm and the end effector can be customized to fit your material handling application.

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The lightweight design of this arm allows for fast and easy movement. This arm has optional air brakes that lock the unit in place when needed. This arm uses air to power pneumatic cylinders in order to do the lift.

Pneumatic Manipulator for unloading and loading 200lb parts up to 1000 degrees F. The parts are coming out of an oven and put into a quench tank. To combat the heat, stainless steel jaws and heat resistant tubing was used.

Air Operated Magnet Manipulator to grip multiple wire spools and load onto an unwinding machine. The rigid vertical lift cylinder is designed to lift up to 500 pounds of creels at once.

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Ergonomic Partners manufactured this 600-pound capacity hydraulic articulating arm to lift various length metal sheets. The HMA features proportional up/down controls, operator controlled brakes, and a safety system to prevent the metal sheets from being released in mid-air. The end effector is an adjustable vacuum gripper tool for different lengths of sheet metal.

This custom pneumatic manipulator arm lifts bearings. The grip tool has a momentary 360-degree rotation and the arm has brakes that lock the arm in the desired position.

The low profile and lightweight design of this arm allows for fast and easy movements in very tight work areas. This arm can be customized with our floating handle to prevent the operator from bending down. The LPA uses pneumatic cylinders for lifting and a vacuum gripper to grab material. The arm uses precision bearings for smooth precise movement and can be fitted with operator controlled air powered rotation brakes.

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This rigid manipulator lifting device allows one operator to load large metal cylinders into a CNC machine.

Custom Rigid Torque Tube to lift 300 pound gate valves. The tool uses a pneumatic cylinders to lift and grip. The tool has spring loaded detents for lifting at multiple angles.

This custom work seat allows the operator to have a wide range of movement for working on vehicles, machines, or industrial equipment. The revolving seat is attached to a manipulator arm allowing 360 degree rotation mounted on a 43 foot long bridge crane. It features a 4-point safety harness and lever controls for six feet (72") of vertical height adjustment allowing for movement in all directions.

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This tool was designed to pick up 300 pound gate valves to be loaded into lapping machines with very little clearance.

Custom manipulator to grip and rotate 500 pound parts and load them in to a hydraulic press.

Articulated Manipulator Arm with the ability to grip and rotate 200 pound parts 180 degrees for installation into pump housing.

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Gorbel Easy Arm with rigid Thompson rod shafts utilizing a pneumatic grip, pitch and manual rotate for automotive parts.

This rigid vertical lifter was designed and built for installing HVAC Panels onto an assembly. It has 90 degrees of momentary pitch, continuous 360 degrees of rotation and grips the panels using four vacuum cups.

Our team of engineers integrated a Gorbel G-Force with rigid telescoping tubes and mechanical fork tool for lifting off center loads.

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This large industrial articulated manipulator arm with fork attachment is ideal for unloading trays of battery plates and loading them into a cart.

We designed this rigid vertical tool for lifting steel tubes. It features a pneumatic grip and pitch and is integrated with the Gorbel Easy Arm.

Rigid vertical lift column integrated with the G-Force zero gravity intelligent assisted lifting device.

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