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: 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: Paper
The vertical up and down dimensions of the manipulator end-effector was critical due to the large variation in roll heights and part orientations. The end-effector must prevent the rolls from telescoping when pitched down.
- 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: Paper
How to safely pitch heavy rolls, varying in size from vertical to horizontal beneath a hoist.
- Industry: Metal Fabrication
End-effector must handle large variations in roll diameters. The roll cannot withstand excessive grip force. The unit would need to handle over 5,000 in-lbs. of off-center moment loading.
- Industry: Furniture
- Challenge: Sheet Lifting
The material handling solution must be ergonomically correct and of simplistic design. Unit would be handling a variety of payload weights.
- Industry: Metal Production
- Challenge: Engine Handling
Long parts are laying horizontal on the welding table at a 30° down angle. The catalytic converter is towards the operator. Parts are placed into the rack vertically and the catalytic converter is away from the operator at at a 15° forward angle. Intake tube on the bottom of the part is lifted over and onto a 3″ stud. exhaust tube snaps into clips at the top of the rack.
The end-effector must be able to access both sides of the aisle in the workstation. Low headroom limits available handling options.