Cycle time at a painting line had to be improved. The load and unload cycle had to be carried out in 20 seconds max. The lifting aid required to handle 30 kg engine blocks had to be user friendly, with no buttons to keep pressed and safe against load fall.

A manufacturer of hoist does not meet such requirements as it's not fast enough and requires the operator to keep the up/down button pressed. A pneumatic manipulator is not fast enough, it's equipped with end effectors, which are too bulky due to air pipes, furthermore it's not self balancing. This latest feature is very important when the operator has to handle loads with different weights with no time to waste for selecting a different setting.

The only solution to the above requirement is an INDEVA Liftronic Easy. A real self balancing zero gravity balancer; tthat responds to the operator's touch with no time lapse and moves in the required direction requiring no effort to the operator; it allows precise and quick load positioning as the operator can handle loads as smoothly as in manual handling as if the professional manipulator were an extension of the operator's arms, but with the power of a machine.