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: Automotive, Tire
- Challenge: Tire and Wheel Handling
Increase in injuries during the tire stitching process.
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: 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: Castings
Ingots are 24″ long. The zinc ingot is 9″ wide and the copper ingot is 3″ wide. They are gripped in random order and heated to 700°F. The furnace hood is 92″ from the floor. The top of the furnace is 48″ from the floor. The ingot must be placed into a pot that is 32″ and under the hood. Extended reach-in is required to place the ingot around all sides of the pot.
The previous solution, using dual hoist, required cumbersome tooling and excessive positioning caused hoist motors to burn out.
- 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: Electronics, Metal Production
- Challenge: Castings
Different diameter and height of plaster molds. Molds are manually handled, rotated, and transferred. End user would like to easily handle the molds in a safe manner that protects both the operator and product handled.
- 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.