Gorbel G-Force & Easy Arm Intelligent Lifting Devices
Guide the Load by Hand.
Servo-powered Gorbel lifting devices for precise, high-frequency lifts, specified, demonstrated and installed in plants across the Southeast.
Price a G-Force Device
What an Intelligent Lifting Device Is
Precision Control
A Gorbel G-Force is a servo-driven lifting device with a force-sensing handle. The operator pushes or pulls, the device measures the input, and the servo moves the load in the same direction at a proportional speed, positioning in one motion instead of the on/off corrections of a chain hoist.
Float mode holds the load in equilibrium, removing its weight from the operator's perception entirely. A part can be positioned with a fingertip, turning a two-person job into a one-person one.
- What it is. A servo-powered lifting device the operator guides by hand. The device reads the force on the handle and moves with it.
- What it is not. A hoist. A hoist goes up and down at a fixed speed when you press a button. This responds to the operator continuously.
- Float mode. The load hangs weightless. The operator positions it with fingertips.
- Where it earns its cost. High-frequency, high-precision lifts. The more lifts a shift, the faster it pays back.
Where These Earn Their Cost
ROI Conditions
A G-Force is the most expensive lifting device on the floor, and the economics only work under specific conditions. Five factors determine whether it pays for itself or sits underused.
G-Force and Easy Arm
System Compatibility
G-Force mounts on a workstation crane, a monorail, or a jib crane, it is the lifting device, and the crane is the positioning structure.
Easy Arm is an articulating jib arm designed specifically to carry a G-Force. It reaches around obstructions and into machine envelopes where a straight boom cannot, so it suits loading inside a machine rather than beside it.
- Control. Servo, inline force-sensing handle
- Float mode. Load held in equilibrium
- Virtual limits. Programmable soft stops in software
- Mounting. Workstation crane, monorail, jib, or Easy Arm
- Tooling. Grippers, vacuum, custom end effectors
Specified, Demonstrated, and Installed in Atlanta, GA
Demo & Install
These are worth seeing before buying. As an authorized Gorbel dealer we can arrange a demonstration, because the difference between reading about float mode and using it is considerable.
We specify the carrying structure, workstation crane, jib, monorail, or Easy Arm, along with the device and any below-the-hook tooling, and install the whole thing with our own crews
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
What does a G-Force cost?
Substantially more than a chain hoist of the same capacity, and the justification is the number of lifts per shift rather than the lift itself. If the station runs dozens of precision lifts a day, or if it currently takes two people, the math usually works
What can it mount on?
Workstation cranes, monorails, jib cranes, and Gorbel's Easy Arm articulating structure. The device and the structure are specified together.
What are virtual limits?
Programmable soft stops set in software rather than physical hardware, defining the safe operating envelope. When the process changes, they are reprogrammed instead of re-engineered.
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