The Ergo Cup Team from Manchester Tank Quincy (MTQ) won second prize in the 2013 McWane Ergo Cup Competition for their entry of a pneumatic manipulator and end-effector. The MTQ team designed and installed a special pneumatic lift mechanism to eliminate the need to manually lift a 56 pound head and place it onto a roller conveyor. The installation of this pneumatic lift significantly reduced the required manual handling process.
The average daily production of this line is 150 tanks per 8 hour shift. With two lifts per punched head the total pounds manually handled each day by the operator was 16,800 pounds.
Congratulations to the MTQ team for a very innovative entry!
