Ergonomic Partners

Leave the keg lifting contest for the weekends. EP designed this pneumatic tool for a brewery that needed to grip, lift, and rotate four different keg sizes on the production floor.

- Adjustable Grip Jaws: Handles Mini, Quarter Barrel, Half Barrel, and Slim Quarter kegs — no changeover.
- Automatic CoG Shifter: Keeps the keg perfectly level throughout the lift and resets when the load is set down.
- Gripper Safety Circuit: Prevents accidental mid-air release.

Watch the full demo here: https://bit.ly/ep-keg-lifter

Loading engines into a skid steer frame is a reach-in job — the engine goes over the top and down into the frame, and the worker needs to hold position precisely during installation. Ergonomic Partners built a custom pneumatic rigid arm manipulator for for a skid steer manufacturer handling exactly this. The arm takes the load completely — the operator guides, not lifts.

Engineered for the application:
Pneumatic Buoyancy: The arm supports the full weight of the engine, leaving the operator with effortless control through the reach-in path.
Joint Parking Brake: Locks arm position the moment the operator releases the handle — keeps the engine stable and in position during installation.
Custom Transfer Hook: Designed around the specific geometry of the skid steer frame, giving the operator clean clearance on the approach without fighting the cutout.

See the full demo here: https://www.ergonomicpartners.com/manipulator-arms-rigid-column-lift-videos