Choosing the right vacuum lifter for your glass handling needs can be a complex decision.
With a variety of models and features available, ensuring you select equipment that optimizes efficiency, safety, and future-proofs your operation is paramount. We sat down with Holger Brechtelsbauer, Senior Product Manager for Vacuum Lifting Equipment at HEGLA, to distill the selection process into three key considerations.
Three questions, three answers – Holger Brechtelsbauer explains!
Which three criteria should be taken into account when choosing a vacuum lifter? Holger Brechtelsbauer, Senior Product Manager for Vacuum Lifting Equipment at HEGLA:
- Efficiency and adaptation: The ideal lifting equipment should be compatible with frequently used pane formats and weights, but not oversized.
- Safety and user-friendliness: Operator safety is the highest priority. Ergonomic designs such as pillar-guided systems ensure stability and precise freedom of movement, resulting in greatly increased user comfort.
- Fit for the future, thanks to integration: In digitalised production, the handling device remains a central link. Its integration in digital processes – e.g. through laser marking or label scans – enables flexible and efficient communication between machine and operator.
Early, holistic planning is the key to optimised processes!
Source: HEGLA GmbH & Co. KG with additional information added by GlassBalkan
