FIPA in practice: Restack packages
and sacks by pressing a button
Ergonomic workplaces take the strain off
personnel while increasing productivity
in commissioning. IKEA Components in
Slovakia also realized this and improved
working conditions using FIPA handling
solutions. Thanks to the flexible FIPA
solution, the company can adjust
perfectly to ever changing product and
process variants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The system operates around the clock
and seven days a week.
adapted to the respective handling task. IKEA Components s.r.o. is full of praise for
The vacuum gripper, consisting of a easy conversion.
cross beam and four bellows vacuum
cups with a diameter of 75 mm, enables
comfortable relocation of cardboard
the FIPALIFT tube lifter’s versatility and
The short conversion times allow
personnel to react quickly to different
boxes. commissioning tasks.
The FIPALIFT extension featuring an oval The delighted process developer says:
suction shell with sealing foam, which can
be changed even without tools, is suitable
for handling sacks or other shrink-
“Improving working conditions is very
important to us. With the FIPALIFT Smart,
FIPA provides a handling solution that
wrapped goods. improves ergonomics at the workplace
Time is money for logistics productivity.”
Faced with increasingly complex www.fipa.com
while increasing our company’s
challenges, automation needs to deliver
peak performance, especially in the
warehouse.
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