Dalmec, designer and manufacturer of manipulators, innovates. The pharmaceutical, perfumery and cosmetics industries benefit from handling and lifting solutions tailored to their specific needs, in particular all-stainless steel manipulators and grippers designed to pick up and move all types of products and containers.
Lifting and moving heavy objects has never been so easy. Pneumatic manipulators on industrial sites make carrying loads easy, without weight-related risks for handlers. The promise of the designers of this type of equipment: to reduce physical effort and the risk of MSD (musculoskeletal disorders), and improve working conditions for operators.
This is the field in which Dalmec, an Italian company that has been designing and manufacturing manipulators since the early 1960s, has specialized. Dalmec's manipulators are equipped with different types of custom-designed gripping devices, adapted to the products to be handled, the workstations, and the industrial sectors.
"Our range currently comprises 10 manipulator models. Each model can be adapted to the weight of the loads to be handled (up to 1,500 kg!), the working environment, the area to be covered and the conditions of use, for example. Each manipulator is offered in four variants: fixed on the floor, overhead/fixed, overhead/mobile, and mobile on the floor, or even on rails for the smallest footprints, in order to adapt to the specific needs of manufacturers", explains Paola Tullio, Sales Manager.
Specific gripping solutions
In their standard version, the manipulators are fitted with a simple hook, but more often than not (around 70 % of applications), we combine manipulators with gripping tools that are developed according to the part being handled and the operations to be carried out at the workstation. The gripping tool is specific to each application. Capable of reproducing all the operations performed by the operator, gripping tools are the natural extension of the human hand. They are developed according to the accessibility, measurements, characteristics and geometry of the parts to be handled.
The Italian company's aim is to supply a complete device (manipulator and gripping system specifically adapted to the load to be lifted) capable of assisting operators when lifting, turning, tilting, inclining or positioning loads of all types and sizes, from 5 kg to 1,500 kg.
One of its latest products, the MegaPartner articulated-arm pneumatic manipulator, can handle loads of up to 1,500 kg. It also covers a large working area, with a radius of action of up to 5 meters for a 650 kg load. The operator can move the load, even overhanging it - which sets the MegaPartner manipulator apart from more traditional handling systems. In addition, the MaxiPartner range, designed and built for particularly difficult handling tasks, has been completely redesigned to offer greater flexibility and maneuverability.
Manipulators for the cosmetics industry
Picking up, lifting and pouring drums, handling drums, bags and cartons to prepare mixes, various types of order picking... manipulators are now present in all the laboratories and factories of perfume and cosmetics manufacturers.
"As in all industrial sectors, we're called in whenever there's a part to handle, load-bearing issues and a desire to improve working conditions. For example, we offer manipulators for handling drums, enabling them to be transferred, lifted above a tank and then partially or totally emptied, a type of equipment found in the cosmetics industry for the preparation of mixtures. The gripping tool is adapted to handle drums of different diameters, whether plastic, metal or cardboard. Given the limited headroom available in weighing plants, the manipulator is generally offered in a low-profile version. In this way, it integrates perfectly into the working environment", explains Paola Tullio.
Industrial manipulators can be used for gripping, lifting, holding at height, moving and rotating loads. The pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries are particularly demanding in terms of hygiene and safety. For this type of industry, as for the food industry, for example, Dalmec has developed all-stainless steel manipulators, as well as manipulators that meet Atex standards.
In the case of all-stainless steel devices, the structure is made of Aisi 304 stainless steel, with a few rare elements in Aisi 420/421 stainless steel. Welding is mainly carried out using the Mag and Mig processes in an inert gas atmosphere. The most aesthetically and functionally important welds are ground and polished. Visible surfaces are polished and brushed. All Dalmec manipulators can be supplied in stainless steel.
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