Engineering Consultation
With nearly 40 years of experience, we can meet with your project team on-site at your facility (engineering, quality control, safety, production, and operators) to clearly define the application and the expected productive output of the project.
Installation Services
Positech can supply supervised installation (turnkey or partnership) with local contracted installation personnel or your internal maintenance personnel to assure a safe, efficient installation.
Integration Services
Positech can source and supply entire work cell solutions that may include lift assists, lift tables, conveyors, overhead rails, carts, fixtures, and other ergonomic solutions for a total project solution.
Operator and Maintenance Personnel Training
After a new piece of equipment or process is installed in your facility, it is very important that the operators, production people and maintenance personnel are trained to operate and maintain this installation safely and efficiently.
Planning & Layout Design
Positech can supply 2D and/or 3D layouts and profiles of the existing area and the product flow and production enhancement of the completed project.
Long-Term Service Support
Positech has 24-hour phone support, preventative maintenance services and spare parts support for the life of the equipment.
Case Studies
- Industry: Paper
The rolls are very heavy and expensive to manufacture. The largest roll is 63″ in length, 30″ in diameter and weighs 1,450 lbs. While core diameter remains constant at 6″, the length, width, and weigh vary. Vertical travel is a concern in order to be able to retract the material handling device in the vertical orientation. Operator safety is top priority when considering the weight of the rolls to be handled.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction, Military and Defense
- Challenge: Engine Handling
Operators were using a chain and hoist solution to transfer parts. It was deemed an unsafe environment with several dropped parts. Accurate placement in workstation positioners and pallets could not be achieved. Operators were not meeting cycle times with prior handling method.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction, Military and Defense
- Challenge: Engine Handling
Heavy parts were being mounted to an engine on a hanging conveyor and engines are allowed to sway. Operators had to crawl under the engine to insert shields onto installed housing with only 6″ clearance.
- Industry: Metal Fabrication, Tire
- Challenge: Engine Handling
Multiple parts to be handled. The dunnage and bell housing create clearance restrictions above, below, and around the part. This leaves the face of the flywheel as the only exposed surface for gripping. The gripper cannot interfere with power tool access for driving in the attachment bolts. The entire process must be completed within a 54 second cycle time.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction, Military and Defense
- Challenge: Tire and Wheel Handling
Operators were lifting hubs out of a crate and holding the heavy part, while trying to align the wheel stud holes and place it on the wheel. This procedure required two operators and still resulted in back injuries.
- Industry: Chemical
- Challenge: Drum Lifting and Tipping
A new storage area was being created that required compact (vertical) storage of various drums used at the facility. Low overhead clearance and a variety of drum types required special grip considerations.
High torque application requiring 100mm nuts being tightened and loosened on a steel fixture. The bolts were both in vertical and horizontal orientation. The application required the operator to use heavy impact wrenches, hand wrenches, and sledgehammers. There was no ability to monitor the actual torque of the nuts and high potential for injury to the employee.
- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Challenge: Glass Handling
The bottles themselves are not heavy, but a total of 60 bottles are required to fill a box. The operator has to pick up as many as possible with each hand to place in the box, a very repetitive operation.