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, Automotive, Construction
- Challenge: Seat Handling
Seat weight increased beyond single operator capability.
Prior fairings weighed less than 100 pounds and were handled manually, due to a larger fairing size a handling device was needed to complete the operation. The operator must transport the heavy and awkward fairing from the container to the riser, which is more than 50 feet. The riser is also in an open well bay and has a safe zone that operators must remain clear of.
- 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.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction, Military and Defense
- Challenge: Cylindrical
Cylinders are stacked on top of each other in a crate with no access for a gripper end-effector. Additionally, wash racks do not have access for an end-effector to grip around the parts.
- Industry: Metal Production
- Challenge: Engine Handling
The Differentials are not large, but are heavy and hot. While there is only one size of Differential, the operator must reach into the mold to extract the part and manually rotate it.
- Industry: Metal Fabrication
- Challenge: Pallet Handling
Pallets are very heavy, awkward to handle and expensive. Operators are presently using a forklift and hoist to handle parts. Machining centers have limited space and a hoist does not hold the part securely or provide precise placement control.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction, Military and Defense
- Challenge: Engine Handling
Pins are transferred in and out of machining centers, each with its own clearance problems dictating where the pin can be gripped. Customer’s machine operators are apprehensive concerning manipulators. End-effector must be lightweight, simplistic, operator-friendly and safe to use.
- Industry: Appliances, Electronics, HVAC
- Challenge: Electric/White Goods Handling
Placing electric panels in the cabinets was labor intensive, requiring 2 or 3 people to place and secure the panels into the cabinets.