Upender machines are widely used in industries such as metallurgy, stamping, sheet metal, mold making, papermaking, steel strip, wire reel, drum, and coils. They can adapt to the engineering turning needs of goods of different specifications, providing safe, stable, and efficient process conveying, achieving the goal of turning goods horizontally to vertical or vertically to horizontal. This equipment also has other names, such as tipper machine, downender machine, but usually refers to the same equipment.
Main Classifications of Upender Machines
Based on Maximum Turning angle:
Upender machines can be divided into 90° upender machines and 180° upender machines.
Based on The Function:
They can be divided into steel coil upender, mold upender, and steel sheet bundle upender machines.
Specific Applications of Different Types of Upender Machines:
1. Steel
coil upender lift heavy steel coils onto the V-shaped surface of the tipper machine and place the steel coils flat on pallets by turning them from 0-90°.
2. The mold upender, used for repairing large and medium-sized molds, can achieve a 0-90° rotation, facilitating convenient, labor-saving, and safe opening, closing, and lifting of the molds. It is an indispensable auxiliary equipment in stamping workshops and also essential for the repair of large molds.
3. The steel sheet bundle upender machine is a piece of equipment mainly for the automotive industry. It is used to turn over large stacks of thin sheets and bundles of steel plates, and is an indispensable auxiliary equipment in automated stamping production lines. It not only reduces scratches on the sheet metal surface, improving product quality, but also reduces the labor intensity of operators and increases production efficiency.
Basic Features of the Upender Machines
1. The upenders are remotely operated, preventing large workpieces from slipping or reversing.
2. It has a workpiece rotation function, allowing rotation to any angle as needed. It is characterized by simple operation, flexible use, and reliability.
3. The upenders can be equipped with a remote control device, allowing operators to operate remotely while maintaining easy up-and-down turning capabilities.
Comparison of Manual turning and Upender Machine turning
Manual turning may lead to accidents, causing workpiece damage, endangering operator safety, and damaging lifting equipment. Using a upender machine improves turning efficiency and significantly reduces user costs. Furthermore, this type of equipment features a mature product structure and eliminates maintenance-related accidents.
| Turning methods: |
Safety: |
Risk of damages: |
Efficiency: |
Labour costs: |
| Manual Turning |
Very low |
High |
Low |
High |
| Use Upenders |
High |
Low |
High |
Low |
There is also a Mobile suspended Upender machine for Large workpieces
Its main function is to turn over large workpieces (especially large cubes or irregular shapes) during welding to complete the welding of large workpieces or all necessary flat surface welding on cubes. This improves welding efficiency and ensures welding quality.
Equipment Features:
1. This equipment is highly mobile and flexible, allowing it to be moved to the work location for suspending and turning workpieces without moving the large workpiece itself.
2. The equipment uses a suspension chain to secure the workpiece being upended.
3. Auxiliary grooved wheels and lifting belts can be replaced for special workpieces, thus avoiding leaving lifting marks after turnover.
4. The suspended upender machine needs to be used as a support device for the crane. In addition, the crane can also be used for on-site tilting. As long as the equipment can be lifted, it can be turned freely, conveniently and quickly.
5. This equipment has the characteristic of turning without being limited by the length, width, size, or shape of the workpiece.
Emanpack owns different types of upender and tipper machines. Our machines are built to order, flexible to make customizations to meet with your specific needs and requirements. If you want to get more details of our upender and tipper machines, please feel free to contact us. We will provide you with the most ideal solution by our responsible team.
Its main function is to turn over large workpieces (especially large cubes or irregular shapes) during welding to complete the welding of large workpieces or all necessary flat surface welding on cubes. This improves welding efficiency and ensures welding quality.
