Car Door Lifting with a Vacuum Tool

Car door lifting is a repetitive, all-shift job in an automotive parts plant: doors and body panels go from carts onto storage racks and back again. The panels are thin, sharp-edged and scratch easily, so carrying them by hand is tiring and risks damaging the parts.

FullSharp installed a three-part solution: a car door vacuum tool with vacuum pads, an ENDO air hoist for lifting and lowering, and a double-girder 5T ceiling rail that carries the tool anywhere in the work cell. One operator can lift, move and rack each door.

Car door lifting equipment: vacuum tool, double-girder 5T rail, ENDO air hoist

Car door vacuum tool under an ENDO air hoist, running on a double-girder 5T ceiling rail.

What the car door lifting solution includes

Car door vacuum tool: yellow steel frame, vacuum pads that hold the panel by suction, and a handle with a control box.
ENDO air hoist: smooth pneumatic lifting and lowering that stops where you want, with a coiled air hose that travels with the hoist.
Double-girder 5T ceiling rail: two parallel ceiling rails with a bridge beam travelling on them, covering a rectangular work area.
Air filter-regulator: mounted on the rail, supplying clean, steady air to the hoist and the tool.

How the car door vacuum tool works

The operator holds the tool handle, with the control box right on it. Place the tool on the door, grip it by vacuum, then lift it with the ENDO air hoist.

Push the tool along the double girder to the right slot on the rack, lower it and release. The whole system runs on compressed air, so no power cable reaches the tool.

Key specifications

LoadCar doors, body panels
Lifting deviceENDO air hoist
Rail5T steel rail, double-girder ceiling-mounted
Working load marked on the rail80 kg
PowerCompressed air

Benefits of a car door lifting device

No carrying sharp-edged panels

The door is gripped and lifted by the equipment; the operator only guides it, with less fatigue and no cut hands.

Fewer scratches

Vacuum pads hold the panel on its flat face instead of hooking or clamping the edges.

Reach across the whole cell

The double girder moves the tool lengthwise and crosswise, so carts and racks anywhere in the cell are within reach.

Real installation photos

Car door lifting equipment: vacuum tool, double-girder 5T rail, ENDO air hoist - photo 1

Car door lifting equipment: vacuum tool, double-girder 5T rail, ENDO air hoist - photo 2

Car door lifting equipment: vacuum tool, double-girder 5T rail, ENDO air hoist - photo 3

Car door lifting equipment: vacuum tool, double-girder 5T rail, ENDO air hoist - photo 4

Car door lifting equipment: vacuum tool, double-girder 5T rail, ENDO air hoist - photo 5

Click a photo to enlarge. Album of 5 photos taken in the plant.

Frequently asked questions

Will the vacuum tool scratch the car door?

The vacuum pads hold the panel by suction on its flat face and never hook or clamp the edges, so there is less risk of scratches than with hooks or clamps.

How is a double-girder rail different from a single rail?

A single rail moves equipment along one line. A double girder has two parallel rails with a bridge beam travelling on them, so the tool moves both lengthwise and crosswise across the whole cell.

How much can this system lift?

The system in this project is marked for an 80 kg working load on the rail. FullSharp 5T steel rail is rated at 200 kg; the actual capacity depends on the hoist and tool used.

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Send FullSharp the size and weight of the doors or panels and a few photos of the work area for a free site survey and quotation.

Car door lifting solution with a vacuum tool, double-girder 5T ceiling rail and ENDO air hoist