Vacuum Tube Lifter JumboFlex Simplifies the Handling of Cardboard Boxes

Type of handling: Manual handling
Sector: Logistics
Workpiece: Cardboard box

Hansgrohe AG is based in Schiltach, Germany. "With 34 branches in all continents of the world, it is one of the few global players in the field of sanitary facilities. The specialist for faucets and showers has four brands (Hansgrohe, Axor, Pharo and Pontos) and stands for innovative products and design-oriented solutions in the bathroom.

Hansgrohe now has five factories in Schiltach and Offenburg, where products are packed in cardboard boxes in the packaging and order picking departments and then order picked from roller belts for shipping on pallets. Previously, the cardboard boxes were lifted manually from roller belts onto pallets lying on the floor. To make this hard and physically strenuous work easier for the employees, Hansgrohe AG decided to buy a lifting aid.

With the vacuum tube lifter JumboFlex 35, cardboard boxes can be lifted and placed on pallets quickly and ergonomically. Thanks to single-handed operation and low weight, all employees can perform this activity without great effort. The double suction pad that is used can easily pick up all types of cardboard boxes, including those that are glued or strapped. In order to provide the appropriate flexibility to handle wider cardboard boxes, the double suction pad is mounted on a longitudinal beam with a length of 160 mm, and it can be flexibly adapted to the size of the cardboard box. The SK column-mounted slewing crane is also used at Hansgrohe. It is mounted on a mobile base plate (1,200 x 1,200 x 170 mm, length x width x height) that guarantees flexible use of the crane and devices.

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