ETFA Gantries

Introduction
Specialised in the integration of automated handling systems, Fives has developed a line of standard product initially designed to meet the performance and reliability requirements of the automotive sector.
With over 10,000 installations worlwide, Fives' ETFA gantries are reputed for their excellent components.
They are available as bare mechanics or can be fully integrated by us.
These standard products ensure quick delivery times.
Advantages
All the Fives' ETFA gantries are made from extruded aluminium beams that hold guiding rails in precision ground steel.
This soultion makes them highly scalable (addition of carriages or leg supports, lenghtening of beams, moving of leg supports, etc.).
The three guiding rails on which simple bearings are rolled ensure that there are no hyperstatic constraints.
The gear reducers are compatible with equipement from the major motor manufacturers (Rockwell, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Bosch, Schneider, Fanuc, etc.).
Maintenance on the gantries is very easy and fast.
Automated production line of crankshafts – Renault facility (Cléon, France)

Characteristics
The gantry ETFA 80X is an area-covering steel gantry with a telescopc arm. It is suited to pallet loading and logistics applications.
The gantry ETFA 80X can transport loads up to 80 kg and can achieve high performance levels.
Comments
The gantry ETFA 80X is available in multi-carriage and multiple arm versions.
Maximum vertical travel : | 2 m |
Maximum horizontal travel: | 20 m |
Maximum mobile beam travel : | 4 m |
Maximum load up to : | 80 kg |
Repeatability of vertical arm : | +/- 0.1 mm |
Vertical arm speed : | 2.7 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 4 m/s2 |
Repeatability of horizontal carriage : | +/- 0.5 mm |
Speed of horizontal carriage : | 3 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Advantages
Fast and silent : the belt drive system gives a low noise level and dynamic performance.
Compact design : telescopic arm for long travels, in particular for workshops of limited height.
Characteristics
The gantry ETFA 90 is a single-beam aluminium gantry that meets all the needs of the manufacturing industry :
- loading of machines,
- storage,
- pallet loaders, etc.
The gantry ETFA 90 can transport loads up to 80 kg and can achieve high performance levels that enable optimum efficiency of production machines.
Comments
The gantry ETFA 90 is available in multi-carriage and multiple arm versions.
Numerical or pneumatic rotations are available as optional features.
Maximum vertical travel : | 2 m |
Maximum horizontal travel : | 30 m |
Maximum load up to : | 80 kg |
Repeatability of vertical arm : | +/-0.2 mm |
Vertical arm speed : | 2 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 5 m/s2 |
Repeatability of horizontal carriage : | +/- 0.3 mm |
Speed of horizontal carriage : | 4 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3.5 m/s2 |
Advantages
Compact : motor placed vertically on the carriage, perfect integration into machines by leaving a maximum of space for passing the various pipes and connection cables.
Modular : it is possible to change the length, add or move leg or add carriages without machining or welding.
Fast and silent : belt-driven.
The horizontal beam in extruded aluminium ensures high inertia and excellent torsional resistance.
Comments
The gantry ETFA 180 is available in multi-carriage and multiple arm versions.
Numerical or pneumatic rotations are avilable as optional features.
Maximum vertical travel : | 2 m |
Maximum horizontal travel : | Unlimited |
Maximum load up to : | 180 kg |
Repeatability of vertical arm : | +/- 0.05 mm |
Vertical arm speed : | 1.25 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Repeatability of horizontal arm : | +/- 0.1 mm |
Speed of horizontal carriage : | 3 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Advantages
Compact : motor placed vertically on the carriage, perfect integration into machines by leaving a maximum of space for passing the various pipes and connection cables.
Modular : it is possible to change the length, add or move a leg support or add carriages without machining or welding.
Reliable : rack/pinion (with helical teeth) transmission is perfectly suited to the constraints of the harshest industrial environments.
The design of the gantry ETFA 180 ensures a repeatability of 0.1mm, which is perfectly suited t handling.
The horizontal beam in extruded aluminium ensures high inertia and excellent torsional resistance.

Characteristics
The gantry ETFA 180 is a single-beam aluminium gantry that meets all the needs of the manufacturing industry :
- loading of machines,
- storage,
- sorters,
- pallet loaders, etc.
The gantry ETFA 180 can transport loads up to 180 kg and can achieve high performance levels that enable optimum efficiency of production machines.

Characteristics
The gantry ETFA 180X is an area-covering aluminium gantry that is particularly suited to pallet loading applications and that can be used for loading machines and storage.
The gantry ETFA 180X can transport loads up to 180 kg and can achieve high performance levels.
Comments
The gantry ETFA 180X is available in multi-carriage and multiple arm versions.
Numerical or pneumatic rotations are available as optional features.
Maximum vertical travel: | 2 m |
Maximum horizontal travel : | 60 m |
Maximum mobile beam travel: | 4 m |
Maximum load up to : | 180 kg |
Repeatability of vertical arm : | +/- 0.05 mm |
Vertical arm speed : | 1.25 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Repeatability of horizontal carriage : | +/- 0.1 mm |
Speed of horizontal carriage : | 3 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Advantages
The mobile beam uses a patented compliance system that ensures maximum reliability by eliminating all guiding constraints.
Modular : it is possible to change the length, add or move a leg or add carriages without machining or welding.
Reliable : rack/pinion (with helical teeth) transmission is perfectly suited to the constraints of the harshest industrial environments.
The design of the gantry ETFA 180X ensures a repeatability of 0.1mm, which is perfectly suited to handling.
The horizontal beam in extruded aluminium ensures high inertia and excellence torsional resistance.

Characteristics
The gantry ETFA 350 is a single-beam aluminium gantry that meets all the needs of the manufacturing industry :
- loading of machines,
- storage,
- sorters,
- pallet loaders, etc.
The gantry ETFA 350 can transport loads up to 350 kg and can achieve high performance levels that enable optimum efficiency of production machines.
Comments
The gantry ETFA 350 is avilable in multi-carriage and multiple arm versions.
Numerical or pneumatic rotations are available as optional features.
Maximum vertical travel : | 2 m |
Maximum horizontal travel : | Unlimited |
Maximum load up to : | 350 kg |
Repeatability of vertical arm : | +/- 0.05 mm |
Vertical arm speed : | 1.25 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Repeatability of horizontal carriage : | +/- 0.1 mm |
Speed of horizontal carriage : | 2.3 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s2 |
Advantages
Compact : motor placed vertically on the carriage, perfect integration into machines by leaving a maximum of space for passing the various pipes and connection cables.
Modular : it is possible to change the length, add or move a leg support or add carriages without machining or welding.
Reliable : rack/pinion (with helical teeth) transmission is perfectly suited to the constraints of the harshest industrial environments.
The design of the gantry ETFA 350 ensures a repeatability of 0.1mm, which is perfectly suited to handling.
The horizontal beam in extruded aluminim ensures high inertia and excellent torsional resistance.

Characteristics
The gantry ETFA 350X is an area-covering steel gantry, designed for the loading of machining centres. It has a tranversal axis that allows it to push the pieces into the work holding device.
The gantry ETFA 350X transports loads that can go up to 350 kg and reaches a high performance that optimises the efficiency of production machines.
Comments
The gantry ETFA 350X is available in multi-carriage and multiple arm versions.
Digitised or pneumatic rotations are available as optional features.
Maximum vertical travel : | 2m |
Maximum horizontal travel : | 60 m |
Maximum mobile beam travel : | 2 m |
Maximum load up to : | 350 kg |
Repeatability of vertical arm : | +/- 0.05 mm |
Vertical arm speed : | 1.25 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s² |
Repetability of horizontal carriage : | +/- 0.1 mm |
Speed of horizontal carriage : | 2.5 m/s |
Acceleration up till : | 3 m/s² |
Advantages
Robust : it has prismatic steel beams and the horizontal and vertical guiding rails.
Modular : it is possible to change the length, add or move a leg or add carriages without machining or welding.
Reliable : rack/pinion (with helical teeth) transmissions is perfectly suited to the constraints of the hardest industrial environments.
The design of the gantry ETFA 350X ensures a repetability of 0.1mm which is perfectly suited to the loading of the machining centre including when using adapters.
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