How Does a Vacuum Lifter Work

With a Vacuum Lifter, you can easily lift materials and components with a flat or smooth surface. You can modify them to fit your needs. This makes them suitable for use in a variety of industries.

Choosing the right material handling equipment can be difficult. Industrial manipulators are a well-known type of lifting equipment, but they may not be the best solution for your material handling issue.

Vacuum lifters can be the most effective and ergonomic solution. Understanding the fact that how they work is critical so you can make an informed decision.

What Is a Vacuum Lifter?

The answer is in the name. Vacuum lifters grip and lift various load types using a vacuum. It is a simple system that consists of a vacuum pump connected by a hose. This hose further connects to a lifting tube with a suction head and suction foot (also known as suction cups or vacuum pads) at the end. These are the contacts that keep the load in place.

Suction feet come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and we can use them as single or multiple options depending on the lifting operation. When they make contact with the load, the airflow is blocked, and an airtight seal forms. At the same time, increasing the vacuum level until the load is secure helps in lifting or gripping confidently and safely throughout the handling process.

Vacuum Beam

A vacuum lifting beam is a series of suction feet built into a specialized frame. This beam is suspended from an overhead crane, and the load is moved vertically using a chain hoist. This material handling system is ideal for lifting large glass panels. The suction feet provide multiple attachment points for the load, allowing for large safe working loads.

Vacuum Tube Lifter

A vacuum tube lifter is an excellent material handling system because it feels weightless, and a single operator can use it. They do away with the need for chain hoists and manipulators. They have a protective sleeve around the lifting system and are easy to use with one hand.

What Is the Purpose of a Vacuum Lifter?

Vacuum lifters can boost productivity while also providing an ergonomic solution to your material handling needs. With a single operator, they grip, support, lift, and lower the load. Because this operation is quick and smooth, it is ideal for repetitive handling tasks.

Material handling equipment can relieve the operator of the burden of manual handling. Moreover, it will improve worker health and safety and reduce workplace injuries.

Using suction feet allows lifting of the components without damaging the surface or edges of the products, which is often the case with manual lifts or grippers. This makes it ideal for industries that manufacture panels, boards, sheets, white goods, doors, or glass windows.

They are a low-cost option. Vacuum lifters require little maintenance, and if properly serviced, downtime and disruption are reduced, improving production line efficiency.

With Shree Krishna Industries lifters, you can eliminate the burden of maintaining your handling equipment. It keeps it safe, compliant, and operational.

Vacuum Lifter Types

There are numerous types of vacuum lifters. Heavy-duty lifters, vertical-horizontal lifters, coil lifters, battery-powered vacuum lifters, and products with mobile attachments are all options.

To construct heavy-duty lifters, we utilize oversized lifting frames, vacuum pads, and vacuum stations. They are best to work with materials and products such as metal plates.

Depending on the application, vertical-horizontal lifters can hold a load either vertically or horizontally.

We use coil lifters that are vacuum lifters to handle rolls and coils.

Battery-powered lifters are similar to those that are electrically powered, but they have a rechargeable battery.

Mobile vacuum lifters can be used with forklifts, excavators, and other end-effector equipment.

Glass Lifters are the same as vacuum lifters. They have the same application as well.

How Does a Vacuum Lifter Work?

The installation of vacuum lifters at many workstations can immediately improve the working ergonomics of production personnel. It works by avoiding heavy and laborious lifting.

Vacuum lifters can efficiently handle a wide range of goods and packaging. We can use it to lift different materials, such as wood, glass, stone, and metal. Moreover, it supports cardboard, paper, and plastic safely and gently with a vacuum without leaving marks on the surface with the right lifting device.

With a Shree Krishna Industries vacuum lifter, you're ready for any handling task in your warehouse, manufacturing facility, or shipping department. With our manipulators and vacuum suction devices, you can safely lift, hold, and transport large pieces of glass, small windows, or bulky structural elements.

 We have the right solution and your customized glass lifter for virtually any task as a manufacturer with decades of experience and tradition in handling devices. Their best quality lifting devices and glass handling equipment impress users with their long service lives and adaptability.

Advantages Of Vacuum Lifters

·         Superior load lifting and handling

·         Improved production ergonomics - back injuries are a thing of the past!

·         Handle large, thin/flexible products easily, safely, and without causing product damage.

·         Make use of specific/precise pick/handling points on the workpiece.

·       obviates the need for dangerous and time-consuming lifting mechanisms like hooks, slings, or chains

·         There is less downtime between lifts.

·         Employees are not required to climb onto trailers to attach slings or chains.

·         Can lift material without disturbing neighboring pieces

·         Produces a strong positive load engagement (hooks, slings, and chains can shift or come loose, endangering employees)

·     Reduces or eliminates the need for tagline operators on the ground. Vacuum lifting systems can go places where people should not go.

·         Removes the need for expensive cribbing or spacers for pipe or plate.

·         Alarms, both visual and audible, indicate hazardous lifting environments.

Is A Vacuum Lifter Appropriate for You?

Vacuum lifters are quickly becoming the material handling equipment of choice for applications requiring single operator material handling of repetitive and heavy loads. Many large manufacturers use these systems, but their low cost makes them a useful tool for any business.

Choosing the vacuum lifter that best meets your load lifting needs will increase your productivity and provide a safer working environment.