Ceilix Skyrunner redefines ceiling crane expertise

Once you consider ceiling cranes, you’d usually consider massive metal I-beam girder methods that weigh 1,000,000 kilos and will in all probability hoist the concrete basis proper out from below the constructing. CeiliX, nonetheless, has invented a sublime omnidirectional system known as the InifnityCrane Skyrunner.

Fairly than a heavy industrial rail, it makes use of a very customizable overhead lattice body that the crane “base” attaches to. It has a sequence of particular person grippers – every outfitted with laterally-facing rollers – in a “tank track-like” configuration. Because it strikes alongside, the “tank tracks” rotate, opening and shutting the grippers, and grabs ahold of every of the specialised overhead rails alongside the lattice because it goes in any course, even diagonally. A winch with a cable can also be fitted within the InfinityCrane to do all of the heavy lifting.

The overhead rail community might be custom-made to any room form or measurement. It would not even matter if there are assist columns or different obstructions, the rails might be constructed round them for full protection of an space – or simply as a lot as you want.

It is fairly genius. And barely harking back to a Barnacle from the sport Half-Life, simply extra cell.

The Skyrunner is able to carrying a ~550-lb (250-kg) payload seemingly effortlessly with only a single individual pushing and pulling the payload round. A number of Skyrunners can work in unison to hold much more weight. They will additionally work in tandem for manipulating payloads, like flipping over an object or handing it off mid-air like a trapeze act – and all with only a single operator, no superhuman energy required.

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Machine and fabrication outlets, aerospace, foundries, warehouses … there are 1,000,000 methods these CeiliX Skyrunners may turn out to be useful for repetitive lifting and shifting of heavy objects. And it frees up floorspace.

Ceilix made its North American debut in Might of 2025 on the Automate convention in Detroit, Michigan, the place the corporate confirmed off its Cell Ceiling-Cobot – a Kassow robotic arm constructed by Rexroth with 7-axis freedom to deal with nearly any job under it. The useful cobot (collaborative robotic) can carry a payload as much as 40 lb (18 kg) and has a attain between 33.5 to 70.9 in (85 to 180 cm).

“We’re opening up a brand new dimension in automation,” stated Mathias Entenmann, CEO of CeiliX. “By shifting processes from the ground to the ceiling, we’re not simply saving house, we’re creating clever overhead methods that adapt, evolve and scale with our clients’ wants.”

Supply: CeiliX