Transforming Air Conditioning Assembly with Advanced Pit-Mounted Lift System

Enhancing assembly line efficiency with advance pit-mounted high-capacity lift system.

A leading manufacturer of large commercial air conditioning systems faced a critical bottleneck in their assembly line. To meet increasing demand and maintain high standards of productivity, the company needed a robust material handling solution. The challenge was to design a lift system capable of effortlessly raising and lowering massive air conditioning units to optimal working heights, ensuring both efficiency and safety for the technicians.

After thorough research and collaboration with the customer, Autoquip identified a high-capacity lift system as the key to transforming their assembly process.  Our solution included (8) Super Titans – with four units in the front and four units in the back to create a total system width of 162″ and a total system length of 912″. The system is pit mounted with powered conveyors on top of the platform to move the large commercial air conditioning systems along the assembly line, while simultaneously raising and lower them in and out of the pit to ergonomic working heights for technicians to work along side the AC System.

Features:

• (8X) STN-120-0110-SP
• CAPACITY: 76,000 LBS MAX LIFTING
• (4X) 5 HP
• HMI TOUCHSCREEN ON CONTROL PANEL
• PEDESTAL-MOUNTED PUSHBUTTON
• (4) CABLE-EXTENSION TRANSDUCERS TO MONITOR PLATFORM POSITION

AQ Project#

167537

Integrating the advanced pit-mounted lift system will revolutionize the assembly process by safely handling the massive commercial air conditioning units. The pit-mounted design provides stability, while the powered conveyors ensured smooth transitions of the heavy units. This configuration not only will streamline the workflow but also minimize the physical strain on technicians, allowing them to work alongside the air conditioning systems with ease and precision.