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LOSYCO designs and builds customized heavy-duty transport solutions based on its floor-level LOXrail system. Now, the intra-logistics specialist has expanded the system to include new transport trolleys with a telescopic loading area. Heavy-duty LOXrail trolleys manufactured for a modular timber construction company are designed for load capacities of up to four tons and can be extended from 2.5 m to 4 m wide in six increments. This allows users to pick up payloads in different sizes without changing the track width and to move them manually. The trolleys, which also serve as working platforms, feature floor brakes attached to the side of the platforms that are engaged via a pedal to ensure a secure hold. The trolleys travel on rails with a 25-mm shaft diameter. LOSYCO has equipped them with two patented AllRounder wheelsets each to facilitate lane changes between different production lines. Two rollers mounted at an angle can be rotated in opposite directions in order to realize effortless 90° turns at junction points. Locking bolts attached to the carriages ensure secure positioning on the turning point. This enables rail layouts with linking and crisscrossing lines without the need for additional, high-maintenance shunting equipment. Up to seven of the new heavy-duty trolleys can be connected by coupling rods to form a transport train of around 14 m in length, which employees can move by hand. At the end of the route, the 300-kg trolleys are returned by forklift.

Losyco, expert for intra-logistics on rails, introduces patented AllRounder wheelsets, an easy-to-install solution for taking heavy loads around corners on the floor-level LOXrail system. Two rollers mounted at an angle can be rotated in opposite directions in order to realize effortless 90° turns at junction points. This enables rail layouts with linking and crisscrossing lines without the need for additional, high-maintenance shunting equipment. The time-saving and cost-efficient solution reduces the installation effort, even in halls with complex floor plans. Barriers like supporting pillars are simply avoided. The wheelset design ensures minimal friction due to the very small contact area between the rollers and the guide rail. Thereby, even loads weighing several tons can be easily moved across the rails and around corners by hand. The new solution is also useful for re-routing transport platforms back to the start of the line. Fitted with four wheelsets, the new AllRounder transport platforms for flexible maneuvering carry payloads up to 10 tons on the LOXrail 25 system. LOSYCO will adapt them to customer requirements in terms of dimensions and track widths.

LOSYCO’s floor-level LOXrail system is used in numerous industries for production logistics, machine feeding and material flow. In addition, LOSYCO also designs and installs application-specific solutions for precise positioning of systems and machining centers weighing several tons. The German intra-logistics specialist has recently installed three-track LOXrail lines in three plants of the globally active Klingele Paper & Packaging Group. The transport platforms are geometrically adapted to the plant layouts. Designed for a payload of 5.2 tons, the platforms carry packaging machines, allowing for precise positioning at the transfer points for various product lines. Thanks to the low-friction rail profiles and wheelsets, the entire load can be moved by hand by just one person. However, LOSYCO has also equipped the system for one Klingele plant with an automatic underfloor drive unit. Locking bolts cemented in the hall floor allow for secure fixation of the platforms in place. The floor-level rail system requires no additional safeguards. The transport platforms themselves also feature criss-cross rails for automatic alignment of the belt stations and bundling machines. In this way, packaging from 400 mm to 1 m in size can be fitted without time-consuming changeovers. The new system has enabled Klingele to significantly reduce setup times and workload and increase flexibility in the production process.

The LOXrail system from LOSYCO is available in two versions with rail diameters of 25 mm and 40 mm. In addition to being used in machine production lines and for precision loading of workpieces, the system is used for warehouse logistics and efficient handling of heavy material and components. The durable, minimal-maintenance LOXrail 40 profiles are suitable for moving goods and containers with a total weight of up to 60 tons, introducing an extremely economical heavy-duty transport method for warehouses as well as to and from loading bays. The floor-level installation does not hinder accessibility for employees and industrial trucks around and across the rail tracks. Payloads are transported on trolleys designed by LOSYCO to meet customer requirements. Low-friction wheelsets enable the trolleys to be pushed without auxiliary power. There are handles at the head of the trolleys for safe, ergonomic handling. The trolleys can be fixed in position with locking bolts in the floor to ensure safe loading and unloading.

LOSYCO, a specialist in intra-logistics and material feeding, has introduced a new, innovative solution for rail-based transport, extending its LOXrail program. The new AllRounder generation is the first ever solution for going around corners and making 180° about-turns on the floor-level conveyor rails that does not require the installation of additional maneuvering elements in the floor, such as turntables or intersections. For this purpose, the battery-powered transport trolleys have a special chassis. The AllRounder transport system enables particularly flexible lines even in factories with complex floor plans. Support pillars and other obstacles can be circumnavigated with little installation effort. In addition, the new solution is suited for automatically returning the trolleys from the end of the line back to the start without additional conveyor equipment. The new AllRounder model is designed for payloads up to 10 tons, running on the LOXrail 25. LOSYCO will adapt it to customer requirements in terms of dimensions and track widths.

LOSYCO has implemented new assembly lines for excavator and wheel loaders in the German plant of YANMAR CE, one of the world’s leading construction machinery manufacturers. The LOXrail transport system features floor-level rails with a 25-mm shaft diameter for payloads up to 20 tons. The plant layout with three corners posed a particular challenge. Previously installed rails required extra effort, in that the loaded trolleys had to be coupled to a special towing device in order to navigate any of the curves. To improve upon this, LOSYCO installed three motorized, sensor-controlled turntables, which interface directly with the rails and allow smooth maneuvering around corners. As another innovation, LOSYCO introduced separate lines for the excavator undercarriages and superstructures, which significantly facilitates handling. A newly installed rail-guided transverse shuttle allows staff to manually unite both modules for final assembly. Lifting platforms integrated into the route with sensor-controlled end position detection ensure safe and precise transition when the construction machines are lifted from the rails at the end of the assembly line in order to mount the wheels. “A major advantage of the new rail system is its low friction. Therefore, the machines can be easily pushed from one station to the next by hand. Built-in maneuvering elements such as turntables and the shuttle ensure efficient, safe work processes and reduce the physical strain on our employees,” says YANMAR plant manager Stefan Rückartt.

At the LogiMAT exhibition from 19 to 21 March, in Stuttgart, Germany, LOSYCO (booth 7/A51) will present a selection of its diverse LOXrail-based solutions for heavy-duty transport in production, loading and material logistics. The German manufacturer will showcase customer-specific application examples and innovative system components. The LOXrail technology allows for easy, energy-saving and cost-efficient transportation of loads weighing several tons. The company implements LOXrail layouts in various expansion stages and with different degrees of automation to optimally meet the requirements of diverse applications from heavy-duty transport in mechanical and plant engineering to precision feeding welding cells and laser cutting systems. In addition, the LOXrail system is suitable for transporting heavy loads in warehousing. Multiple expansion options from lifting and lowering platforms to heavy-duty weigh stations allow for flexible adaptions to specific production requirements. Branching assembly lines can be realized with crossings and turntables for an unhindered production flow and easy re-routing of semi-finished products. Drive systems can optionally be installed under the floor, with inductive power supply and sensor-based position detection. The LOSYCO team is looking forward to welcoming visitors to the booth and discussing their intra-logistics requirements and customized solutions.

LOSYCO, a specialist in rail-based intra-logistics and feeding systems, has laid five floor-level LOXrail tracks for a German machine manufacturer’s two assembly lines. A newly developed transport solution allows the transport system to be adapted to three different track widths: a telescopic axis connects two customized carriers with a 1.5-ton payload, each featuring two double-roller wheelsets. This enables variable transport setups for machines with different dimensions. Loads are directly positioned on the carriers, which feature a rubberized contact surface. For example, machines can be placed on a two-axes combination and manually pushed from one assembly station to the next. Larger machines can be transported using all three tracks and four carrier combinations alternately positioned on different tracks. The carriers can be designed for payloads up to 5 tons for even more enhanced flexibility and scalability of the LOXrail system, which has already proven itself worldwide in various applications for optimized production logistics, material flow and machine feeding across all industries. The floor-level rail system ensures barrier-free access on the shop floor for staff, mobile racks and pallet jacks.

The intra-logistics specialist LOSYCO has expanded its LOXrail system, adding a new automatic trolley with a rotating loading platform for flexible orientation of heavy workpieces directly on rails. This solution, which has already been successfully implemented in a machine factory, increases flexibility in assembly line layouts and simplifies the adaptation of the rail transport system to existing production lines and floor plans. The new trolley can be realized in different dimensions according to customer requirements. It enables manual or motor-driven rotation and orientation of payloads up to 10 tons. Application areas include laser and robot welding cells, measuring machines, feeding systems and other production systems requiring highly precise positioning and easy access to workpieces. The turntables can be powered via drives installed at the respective work stations or onboard drives fed via cable, energy guiding chain, battery or induction. LOSYCO is thus expanding its adaptable range of LOXrail-based transport systems for production logistics, material flow and machine loading and unloading, which ranges from manually moved trolleys to shuttles and transport platforms with sensor-controlled automatic braking to versions with mechanical or semi-automatic steering.

The German intra-logistics expert LOSYCO has expanded its LOXrail heavy-duty transport system, adding a new generation of AllRounder platform, now featuring semi-automatic steering. Unique among the solutions for intra-logistics rail transport, the new AllRounder keeps the payload on the same height level as it is re-oriented. The steering platform features a battery-powered servomotor that automatically re-positions the wheelsets as required. The steering is controlled via three buttons on the platform for 90° left or right turns or 180° rotation. Designed for payloads up to 15 tons, the AllRounder can run on LOXrail tracks with shaft diameter of either 25 mm or 40 mm. Its low height ensures ergonomic handling and easy loading, assembly and transport in one-piece flow production lines. The novel steering system saves time-consuming extra work for the installation of switches or turntables in the hall floor. Even with branching lines, it now suffices to firmly anchor LOXrail tracks and simple crossing elements in the floor. Thus, the entire intra-logistics rail system can be flexibly planned and efficiently implemented, even with complex track layouts, while the elimination of moving components in the hall floor makes it a particularly low-wear and low-maintenance solution.

LOSYCO has expanded its range of services for heavy-duty production logistics: the intra-logistics specialist now also designs and installs customer-specific feeding systems for setup areas and material loading. The new solutions based on the LOXrail floor rail system allow for precise positioning of bulky parts and heavy materials on motor-driven or manually operated platforms with payloads of several tons. The system allows for fully automatic material feeding through interfacing with the plant control system. Applications that demand increased precision, such as laser cutting systems, welding cells or measuring portals, can be equipped with leveling points and limit switches for maximum repeatability. The manufacturer adapts the rail layout to the individual plant or production line for optimal use of space with a large loading capacity. Optionally, rotating platforms, crossings and changes of direction can be implemented for better accessibility of semi-finished products. For high throughput in limited space, the manufacturer can also design special upper and lower carriages with different loading heights and track widths in order to transport raw materials and finished parts independently of each other on the same line. LOSYCO’s scalable feeding systems enable tailor-made solutions for on-point material provision and safe loading and unloading of heavy and large-format workpieces. The floor-level rails pose no obstacles for employees or pallet jacks. The LOSYCO brochure “Loading and unloading with Loxrail®” is available for download at https://www.losyco.com/en/media-library.

Intra-logistics specialist LOSYCO has realized a new production line with intelligent process control for a construction machinery manufacturer. For continuous production data acquisition, LOSYCO equipped all stations with networked operator terminals and implemented a central control and evaluation unit with visualization and an MES interface. There, events triggered at the stations by pushbutton input are registered and evaluated – cycle prompts, help requests in the event of material shortage or assembly requirements, and emergency stops. Based on these comprehensive data, the construction machinery manufacturer can optimize the performance of the entire line through targeted process control by efficiently coordinating start, cycle and break times, and organizing the station-related tasks according to how much time each takes. Problems and interruptions of the process flow can be identified early on and corrected, for example, by reassigning tasks or readjusting the quality of components and manufacturing and logistics processes. Designed with 12 workstations on a total length of 165 m, the line can be expanded to up to 17 cycles. It has a maximum towing capacity of 170 tons. Assemblies weighing several tons are placed on special transport platforms running on floor-level rails. A special drag system consisting of tie rods and a chain conveyor moves the transport platforms from station to station. A chain conveyor with a cycle length of 10.15 meters is installed at the end of the line.

LOSYCO will showcase innovative solutions for intra-logistics, material flow and machine loading at the LogiMAT trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany, 25 – 27 April 2023, Hall 7, Stand F41. Co-presenting with the mechanical engineering supplier DRECKSHAGE at a completely redesigned booth, the German intra-logistics specialist will exhibit new developments and completed applications for one-piece flow production and precision feeding based on its LOXrail floor-level rail transport system. LOSYCO’s trade fair premieres include a newly developed automatic trolley with an integrated turning function and a compact version of the successful LOXrail AllRounder. The steerable AllRounder trolley is designed for payloads up to 15 tons and allows workpieces and assemblies to be aligned and rotated without lifting them off the trolley. It is offered with either a mechanical steering system mounted on the underside of the carrier or semi-automatic steering. Additional trade fair highlights will be demos of various applications implemented by LOSYCO for material feeding and flow production. One model shows the production line recently set up for an excavator and wheel loader manufacturer with customized trolleys and turntables integrated in the floor. Another example is taken from modular timber housing construction: the trolleys carrying the building modules are moved to a parallel production line on a cross-shuttle installed in the concrete floor. The third model will be a high-precision loading system designed for a laser welding booth, consisting of trolleys with lifting function, which can be equipped for manual operation or with auxiliary drives and a control system. The LOSYCO team is looking forward to welcoming visitors to the booth and discussing their intra-logistics requirements and customized solutions.

LOSYCO will present innovative intra-logistics and material feeding solutions at the LogiMAT trade fair (Stuttgart, Germany, 31 May – 2 June 2022, Hall 7, Stand D37). The German manufacturer will demonstrate the latest additions to its LOXrail transport system. A new version of the AllRounder steering platform enables an electrically controlled change of direction, rotation and alignment of payloads up to 15 tons on the rails, without the need to hoist transported goods. A battery-powered servomotor aligns the wheelsets. Users can switch to straight or sideways travel or a 180° about-turn at the push of a button. Another novelty on show will be the fully automatic SmartBrake module with sensor-based obstacle detection. The sensors cause the platform to automatically stop when people or objects block the track. Sensors at the rear detect the step pattern and activate the brake as soon as the operator stops pushing. Both detection methods reliably activate the brake even with protruding loads. They automatically switch functions when the direction of travel is reversed. In addition, LOSYCO will present a new way of re-routing empty rail-based trolleys and transport platforms and returning them to the start of a production line off the rails, without the use of forklifts or pallet trucks. A team of experts will inform visitors to the LogiMAT booth about the wide range of applications and configuration options of the LOXrail system. They are looking forward to discussing customer-specific best ways to approach production logistics, material flow, flow production and feeding systems.

ntra-logistics specialist LOSYCO has developed a new two-story trolley concept for automatic loading and unloading of heavy parts, based on its LOXrail transport system. Two double-track LOXrail 25 lines, each 25 meters in length, provide high feeding capacities on a small footprint. Two types of trolleys using different tracks and one fitting under the other can travel on the floor-level rails independent of each other. They can overtake each other, allowing for maximum flexibility in feeding raw material into the manufacturing cell and unloading processed panels. The four trolleys have a payload of 6.5 tons each. The upper trolleys had to be additionally reinforced to accommodate for such heavy loads; this was challenging because of the space constraints due to the raised design. In addition, their surfaces were fitted with cutouts for easier access to the transported parts. For a drive solution that requires minimal space, Losyco mounted geared motors on the wheelsets. These are powered via covered energy-guiding chains. The trolleys are integrated in the plant control system for exact coordination of the loading procedures and the handling portal. Upon reaching the end position, they send a load/unload signal to the controller. The trolleys’ integrated sensor unit ensures the high positioning precision required for smooth handover to and from the handling portal. This new solution extends the range of applications for the LOXrail system beyond production logistics in assembly lines to applications where large, heavy, or bulky material has to be loaded in and unloaded from processing equipment.

Losyco expands its LOXrail intra-logistics system for the mechanical engineering industry, introducing an innovative brake module that fully automatically stops loads transported on rails. Specified for manually operated trolleys and transport platforms, the SmartBrake system autonomously safely stops trolleys and loads if the track is blocked by an obstacle or when the operator stops pushing. This is enabled by special sensors with pattern detection active in two directions. Both detection methods reliably activate the brake even with protruding loads. They automatically switch functions when the direction of travel is reversed. Sensors at the rear detect the step pattern and activate the brake as soon as the operator stops pushing. Upon restarting, the brake is automatically released. Sensory obstacle detection towards the front automatically stops the platform if persons or objects block the path. The manufacturer configures the newly engineered SmartBrake module for individual customer projects. The self-reinforcing system is not subject to load limitation and can be adapted for all manually operated transport trolleys for LOXrail floor rails with a 25 or 40-mm diameter.

LOSYCO announces the relaunch of its company website with a modern look and clearly structured menu navigation. At www.losyco.com, the intra-logistics expert provides information on its extensive range of services and current developments in production logistics. LOSYCO designs and implements holistic concepts for lean manufacturing, cooperating with technology partners from mechanical engineering, process optimization, and productivity research. The redesigned web pages focus on the LOXrail system for easy handling of loads weighing several tons, on its components and new product innovations. Animated videos demonstrate newly developed solutions such as the 15-ton steering platform AllRounder or the onboard, sensor-controlled automatic brake. Sample references from successful projects illustrate the wide range of possible LOXrail applications and expansion options. The portfolio also includes tailor-made solutions for material logistics based on various conveyor belts or roller conveyors as well as easy-to-assemble modular systems for material management according to kanban methods. In addition, the company designs and manufactures individual machine covers, soundproof booths, as well as auxiliary and supply systems, and supplies modular solutions for ergonomic workplace design. Website visitors will find the latest brochures and press releases in the download area, and they can subscribe to company newsletter and use the contact form to send inquiries directly to LOSYCO.

German intra-logistics specialist LOSYCO announces a generational change on the executive level. As of the beginning of 2020, Manuel Granz and Christoph W. Münter manage the operational business of the internationally successful provider of LOXrail handling solutions. The two new managing directors used to be in charge of sales and technology in a managerial capacity. LOSYCO was founded as a startup in 2016 by experienced intra-logistics expert Derek P. Clark who remains a shareholder of the company and will continue to support its sales activities. LOSYCO’s core business is planning, development, construction, and commissioning of rail-based conveyor systems for heavy-duty intra-logistics transport, for instance in machine and plant engineering. The portfolio includes tailor-made LOXrail solutions, various drive technologies, and the integration of material and media provision. In addition, LOSYCO supports manufacturers wishing to streamline their production logistics through conversion to one-piece flow. Smaller businesses can get a free check-up of their production facilities‘ potential for efficiency optimization. For input on the latest advances in scientific research, the company cooperates with research facilities such as the IWT institute for economic and technological management at the TH OWL university of applied sciences and arts in Detmold, Germany.