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INDEVA KEEPS THE WHEELS MOVING
Scaglia Indeva, headquartered in Val Brembilla, Lombardy, manufactures industrial manipulators and material handling solutions. A recent request was from a car tyre stockist, whose operator had to move tyre rims from a trolley onto stock shelves. The operator was doing this manually, which as well as carrying health and safety implications was also slow. A lift assist device was needed. A hoist was
speed and the need to keep the Up/Down button pressed all the time. These features in a repetitive task. A pneumatic industrial manipulator was also unsuitable because of slow responsiveness and the intrinsic ergonomics and productivity. It was also necessary to reach deep
into the racks without hitting them: space between racks was narrow. The only solution that could fully meet all of the requirements proved to be an Indeva linear manipulator.
Another major Greek manufacturer is light hoist maker Niko, which has a presence in the US and Europe as well as its home country. “We recently completed the development of our new range of aluminium cranes for loads up to 500kg and 7 metre bridge length, to cover the demand for lighter crane profiles,” says marketing manager Maria Forti. “Four aluminium profiles are available - in both plain and reinforced variants - along with support brackets, end carriages and joints, so a complete aluminium crane can be provided. “We have been providing certified fall
arrest systems since 1998, and this year we managed to enrich the range with new products. An example is the new NIKO workstation bridge crane with reinforced tracks. It is certified by TUV Austria and it allows multiple users to cover a wider working area while protecting them in case of a fall. We are also scaling up our digital on-line crane configurator to create a more interactive and useful tool for the buyer and end user. It will provide a 3D overview of the crane system they have selected and will minimize the quotation time, so the customer will have
a thorough perception of the system he is purchasing, and step files will be at the user’s disposal for further editing if he adds to or changes the system.” For Greece, the Balkans are an adjacent
market. Economies here have been far from strong for many years, and this has provided a niche for Tsiolis cranes, based in Thessaloniki. Its main business is the reconstruction and installation of used hoists and cranes; “We are the only company, as far as I know, in the Balkans to do such a thing,” says owner Ioannis Tsiolis.
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cranes has been high since 2009, when the global financial crisis started,” he says. “There is demand for new cranes as well, but those are either part of an investment that is partially funded by the EU or part of a project, which is funded by the government. In such cases it is mandatory for the crane to be new. But generally most private companies in Greece and the Balkans do not have sufficient funds for investments and banks do not give credit for it since they are sometimes in a worse condition than their customers. Moreover, a crane is not the machine that will produce their final product, but a tool to make production easier. As a result, investing in a used or reconstructed crane
Its electronic control technology allows the operator to pick, move and release the tyre rims deep into the shelves while maintaining an ergonomic and comfortable position.
The linear manipulator does not need any adjustment when the load weight changes, interruption for adjustment; it acts as an
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