Vaculex - Baggage Handling Lifting Equipment

Vaculex AB is a world-leading manufacturer of vacuum lifts that facilitates or replaces manual lifting. The company develops, manufactures and markets lifting aids for loads up to 200kg.

The principle of lifting using a vacuum tube lift is a Swedish invention, which was introduced at the end of the 1970s. Vaculex’s founder worked closely with the inventor for over ten years on the development of tube vacuum lifting technology.

The company was founded in Gothenburg in 1986. Its main office is in Mölndal outside Gothenburg in Sweden. Vaculex AB exports to some 30 companies around the world and is represented by local distributors.

BAGGAGE LIFTING

Vaculex offers airport baggage handling, using lifting equipment based on vacuum technology. The Vaculex BaggageLift is an ergonomic solution to the high injury risks associated with manual baggage handling.

The design concept of the Vaculex BaggageLift, was to create a lifting aid that was operator-friendly and easy to work with, ensuring that operators had a viable alternative to manual handling.

Loading and unloading baggage from a chute, conveyer belt, or baggage loader to carts should be as quick and easy as manual handling. The result is an ergonomic user-friendly unit that weighs only a little over 5kg.

VACUUM LIFTING TECHNOLOGY

The Vaculex BaggageLift uses vacuum to lift and grip the bag, this results in the equipment being very comfortable to use, and the instant-release means that there are no hooks involved, so there are no handles or straps to locate.

The unit is mounted to a light aluminium overhead rail system. This enables any work area to be covered and several units to be installed in one work area. This specially designed light rail system is only 1.3kg/m which means only low forces are required to move the bridge.

THE DANGERS OF REPETITIVE LIFTING

Vaculex has worked closely with NIOSH studies, and these have found that the repetitive handling of lighter loads, such as 15kg, can also be as dangerous as lifting heavier loads. When using the Vaculex BaggageLift, operators do not have to lift any weight, and therefore do not have to be strong, and do not suffer from fatigue.

Since its launch in 2006, Vaculex BaggageLift has been installed in many leading airports across Europe and the United States.

OTHER PRODUCTS

To compliment the Vaculex BaggageLift, Vaculex also have the Vaculex TP, which works with the same technology, but lifts boxes and packages. The Vaculex TP has been a great help within the air cargo sector, with the breakdown and sorting of air cargo pallets.

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