New LINAK Lifting Column Takes Cobot Palletizers to New Heights

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 5, 2023 (Newswire.com) - To meet the demands for flexibility in automation, LINAK launched the ELEVATE™ lifting column, a new product that extends the height of cobot palletizers. ELEVATE delivers on speed, flexibility, and precision to optimize the palletizing process and ease the setup, programming, and monitoring of the system.

Heiko Kleineder, Business Development Manager, at LINAK, explains: 
"ELEVATE extends the reach of your cobot and enables it to palletize higher. This not only optimizes the stacking process, it can also reduce freight costs as each pallet carries more goods. With ELEVATE, we tailored a lifting column for cobot palletizers with focus on fast lifting speed, interfaces, stability, and compactness. The fact that it can be combined with a regular cobot makes it an affordable solution."

New levels of performance 
With its fast-lifting speed and optional simultaneous run, ELEVATE boosts palletizers to match the cycle time of the production line. The lifting speed is constant with up to 100 mm/sec. and independent of load. With a brushless motor and an integrated controller, ELEVATE provides high position accuracy. Proven slider technology keeps the cobot steady and able to withstand high bending moments while moving.

ELEVATE fits into multiple palletizer designs

The integrated controller allows for compact size and eliminates the need for external control boxes. This makes ELEVATE extremely space-saving and easy to integrate, reducing the complexity of the whole palletizer system. 

Three interface options - ELEVATE Easy, Pro, or Modbus - offer the level of control and feedback required by a specific task, and data enable smooth troubleshooting, diagnostics, and performance optimization. Due to these interfaces, ELEVATE is compatible with a wide range of cobots. Accessories like cobot mounting plates make for easy and fast set up. 

Markus Hofmann, Product Manager at LINAK, explains: "ELEVATE comes with an accessory kit for easy setup. The kit includes mounting plates, cables, and in individual cases a cobot brand-specific driver software, such as a URCap for cobots from Universal Robots. Furthermore, you can use ELEVATE with your preferred power supply and safety relay. This makes ELEVATE an adaptable component within multiple palletizer setups." 

LINAK recently introduced the new lifting column at Promat, a trade show featuring the latest in manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain equipment and systems. Over 50,000 manufacturing and supply chain professionals visited McCormick Place in Chicago for the biennial show.

About LINAK

LINAK provides electric actuation solutions that improve people's quality of life and working environment. Linear movement might be the simplest movement in the world. And yet, perfecting something simple is one of the hardest challenges. This is, however, what we strive to do every day at LINAK. With our innovative actuator solutions, we bring movement to hospital beds, office desks, medical applications, comfort beds and some of the strongest industrial applications. 

Source: LINAK