• Schmalz India Private Limited

Vacuum Handling System for Sheet-Metal Parts

The loading of sheet metal working machines with vacuum handling devices offers many benefits. In spite of this, many users are not prepared to spend money on such devices, although a complete solution constructed from standard modular components is very cost-effective provided that the various components, such as the crane system and the vacuum handling device, are perfectly matched with respect to their design, performance, installation and operation. A typical Schmalz vacuum handling system for sheet-metal parts can lift steel sheets up to 1,000 x 1,500 mm in size and weighing up to 12 kg each, also saving the manpower required to do the same manually. Using such a system, loading and unloading of such sheets on metal working machines becomes much easier. It also avoids accidents and damage to the parts, in the process safeguarding workers against injury. System consultants from Schmalz can suggest optimal solutions based on modular components from the standard range of vacuum tube lifters JumboErgo with suction pads FM and suitable crane system. Only one operator is needed to handle metal sheets and blanks with the aid of the vacuum handling system. Handling is also much faster and safer, the idle times of the laser-cutting machine are far shorter, and the health of the operator is no longer subject to the risks of manual handling.