Making lifting easier: with handling systems from Sachs-Products

Easy operation and good design: The young company Sachs Products attaches particular importance to these properties in its handling systems. In its Manipulators Mantis and Vertis, Sachs Products uses bearing assemblies from Franke. Their smooth running, their small installation space combined with high load capacity and their low weight are decisive benefits for Sachs Products.

With its manipulators, Sachs wants to contribute to offering employees in production and logistics an optimal environment. "The design of the personal workplace is very important for the satisfaction of an employee," says Michael Schubert, Managing Partner at Sachs Products. "We have our own product designer in-house and attach great importance to the design of our products," he emphasizes. Not only the optics, but also the functionality benefit from it. With Sachs manipulators, for example, all components such as pneumatic hoses or wire rope hoists are installed protected inside the housing, which prevents impairments of the mechanics. However, the space inside the housing is limited, which is why it also depends on the compactness of the bearings used.

Michael Schubert sees the biggest advantage of Sachs handling systems in their smooth running. In order to achieve this, new approaches have been taken with the wire rope manipulators, for example: "In connection with the wire rope hoists, we use our own patent, which contributes to comfortable handling," he explains. There is no question that Sachs also attaches great importance to low-resistance and precise guidance in the Franke bearings, which are used in articulated arm manipulators for rotary movements. All Sachs units are completed by a uniform and modern product design combined with ergonomic operation.

Pioneers of bionics

The work in the management is currently shared by Michael Schubert and Wolfgang Sachs, namesake and founder of the renowned engineering office Sachs Engineering. The company Sachs Products emerged from the engineering office Sachs Engineering and is still very closely networked with it. "The majority of our staff work for both companies," explains Michael Schubert. Wolfgang Sachs is one of the pioneers in the use of bionics in lightweight construction. The transfer of building principles of nature to technical constructions is a special competence of Sachs. Bionic findings and methods were also used in the development of Sachs handling systems. For example, to achieve the required strength with minimal weight.