Framo Products in Medicine/Rehabilitation Technology

Requirements: Quiet running Leak-free Reliability Easy to clean High power density Lightweight Compact design

Contact: Carlo Koch Tel. +49 (0) 7657 / 88-207 c.koch@framo-morat.com

A custom drive for stair lifts. The drive consists of the main drive with a disc-rotor motor, a 3-stage planetary gear and a seat adjusting drive with a permanent-magnet motor and double worm gear.

For the stair climber application Framo designed a 3-stage spur gear unit. The stair climber can be easily attatched to almost any commercially available wheelchair and comfortably tranports persons up to 160 kg over stairs and other obstacles. To meet the extremely high demands in respect of noise and reliability, special attention was paid to the quality of the gear components. This was the main reason for the customer to choose Framo as supplier for the gear unit.

The Pentamix 3 of 3M ESPE is used in the field of dental technique. It automatically measures and mixes two tenacious, pasty materials at the push of a button in the right ratio and amount. The challenge for Framo was to develop a drive that had to be small and quiet but twice as powerful as the forerunner.