The Schmalz vacuum tube lifter JumboFlex Battery, distributed in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa by Tectra Automation, provides a complete solution for the ergonomic and safe handling of starter batteries. The solution ensures the reliable commissioning of starter batteries for system suppliers and distributors. 

Batteries that are commissioned edge-to-edge on a pallet are difficult to remove, especially for models without handles. These batteries, weighing up to almost 30 kilograms each, have to be manually removed and transferred because they cannot be mechanically gripped.

The new Schmalz JumboFlex Battery vacuum handling system grips, lifts and transports starter batteries of different shapes, sizes and weights without any physical exertion for the user. It consists of a lifting unit, operator handle and gripper. The gripper is the extraordinary feature of this system and is equipped with a special sealing gasket and suction resistances. This enables the system to retrieve batteries from above, regardless of whether they have different cover geometries and whether or not they have handles.

 A few advantagesThere is no need for tool conversion between different battery sizes and geometries. The ergonomic operator handle is designed to be operated with one hand and is easy to use. The lifting unit consists of a flexible hose that provides the required suction flow to securely hold the batteries and the system is completed with a responsive aluminum crane used as a jib crane or as an overhead crane system.

In addition to commissioning starter batteries for system suppliers and distributors, JumboFlex Battery ensures they are supplied to automotive manufacturers in the correct sequence.

Tectra Automation, a Hytec Group company, is a single source supplier of the entire Schmalz vacuum handling solution for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.