The FATH Lift Castor

Flexibility is one of the important features of modern manufacturing facilities. Setting up and leveling a machine or installation into a relatively permanent position for years to come is not necessarily common practice any longer.

It is with this scenario in mind that FATH Components has developed its Lift Castor unit as a “Plug-and-Work” solution which has been conceptualized as a mounting for machinery and facilities with a maximum lifting load of
500 kg per unit. The extra flat unit is composed of a Blickle swiveling roller that is screwed on to an aluminum mounting. The rolling mounts of these swiveling rollers are bedded into the die-cast aluminum chassis using a Teflon strip. The helix threading translates rotation of the lift into vertical movement. An Ergoswiss hydraulic cylinder drives the rotation.

The Lift Castor is delivered as a set containing four lifting units including the leveling feet, a manual hydraulic pump and the necessary hydraulic piping. The lifting units are simply screwed on to the structure that is to be moved. Just by turning a crank, any machine or installation using this equipment can be lifted by the integrated leveling feet and easily pushed along any normal industrial floor. The lifting motion is conducted evenly so that nothing tilts or becomes unleveled.