FIPA in practice: Restack packages and sacks
by pressing a button
At IKEA Components s.r.o. in Malacky
north of Bratislava/Slovakia, packages
and plastic sacks weighing up to 35 kg
are transferred from one pallet to another.
This has always been rather heavy work. Equipped with a Varioflex® bellows
vacuum cup with a diameter of 160 mm,
the tube lifter is the ideal solution for
transferring and picking packages and
boxes.
IKEA was thus looking for a versatile
ergonomic solution that would increase
their productivity. FIPA and local partner
O.P.O. (http://www.opo.sk/) impressed
IKEA with a flexible handling solution for
five workplaces. The complete package
included consultation, delivery and on-
site installation. The proven vacuum cup with two
hardness ranges, 30° Shore A on the
sealing lip and 60° Shore A on the
bellows body, ensures reliable handling
even in case of slight load unevenness,
thanks to the very soft sealing lip.
Complete solution with FIPALIFT Smart
For each workplace the solution includes
a jib crane, a FIPALIFT Smart tube
lifter with all the accessories and three
different systems that ensure flexible
adaptation to the handling task.
The particularly ergonomic FIPALIFT
Smart tube lifter with a lifting force of up
to 65 kg has been optimized for in-house
logistics processes.
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The lifting device with the load can
be easily rotated 360° for precision
depositing. The FIPALIFT picks up or
deposits the load at the touch of a
button. Thanks to the flexible change-
over system, the lifting device is quickly
adapted to the respective handling task.
The vacuum gripper, consisting of a cross
beam and four bellows vacuum cups with
a diameter of 75 mm, enables comfortable
relocation of cardboard boxes.
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