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: HVAC
- Challenge: Electric/White Goods Handling
Several operators were trying to assemble shrouds onto the dampers, flipping the parts over and handling sharp edges. Customer needed a way to lift, hold and rotate the dampers as operators install sheet metal shrouds with rivets.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction, Military and Defense, Tire
- Challenge: Tire and Wheel Handling
The tire assembly needs to be oriented so that the hub centerline is parallel to the centerline of the axle. there is a close fit between the hub ID and axle OD. The tire assembly must be rotated to align the hub key with the axle keyway. Thus, the tire assembly is lifted, pitched, swiveled, and rotated during installation onto the axle. An overhead hoist with a sling or C-frame lifting device was used for lifting; however, this method lacked control and safety.
- 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: Agriculture, Automotive, Construction, Military and Defense
- Challenge: Glass Handling
Safe3ly pitch heavy glass panels varying in size, weighing up to 150 lbs. up to 110°, from vertical to horizontal and rotate through the pitched horizontal axis to line up holes for installation.
- Industry: Agriculture, Construction
- Challenge: Engine Handling
Cylinder liners are heavy and difficult to handle manually. Customer required three liners to be picked, emptied, and transferred simultaneously. End-effector needs to pick and place liners quickly and easily. Work place environment is dirty and has a wide variance in temperature.
- 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: 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 Production
- Challenge: Castings
Grip point is at the middle of the length, across the width of the bra. Pattern width extends over the grip point 5″ on the current product, 10.5″ on the future product. At grip point pattern, clearance is reduced to2 “. Bras (supported plates) must be picked up off a table with a 1” stand-off clearance. Wax pattern out of mold machine is unstable and requires gentle placement on cart.