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Demographic change is permanently transforming our society. High-precision drive elements ensure that the strict requirements for use near patients are met in medical technology and rehabilitation technology. There can be no compromises when it comes to people’s health.
The requirements for the drive units can vary significantly depending on the application. In most cases, factors such as
- Smooth operation
- Leak resistance
- Easy cleaning
- High power density
- Low weight
are the main focus. Common to all requirement profiles, however, is the challenge of ensuring top quality, reliability and operational safety, because any failure could have fatal consequences.
Framo Morat is in an ideal position, since it is certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 and has many years of expertise in producing gear components and developing complete drive systems – as well as an in-house production depth that covers all processing steps critical to quality.
From highly complex 3-axis drive systems for curved stairlifts and component mixing units for dental technology, to highly precise miniaturized gears in post-operative shoulder mobility splints, to gear components or complete drive units for operating table control systems – Framo Morat has been a reliable partner of the most renowned global players in this industry for generations.
The stairlift drive developed by Framo Morat consists of a total of three individual drives: the main drive for the up and down movement of the lift, the seat swivel drive, which makes the lift easy to get on and off, and the drive for tilt correction, which ensures that the seat always remains in a horizontal position on different inclines within a section of stairs. 
Two worm gears were installed in a shoulder mobility splint: One raises and lowers the patient’s arm, and the second performs a rotational movement of the shoulder. This allows a motion to be generated corresponding to the natural movement pattern of the shoulder. Post-operative movement of the shoulder requires maximum precision, since the movement passes over dead center at the top. Excessive gear backlash can be painful for the patient, which is why our gears are manufactured with a total backlash less than 1.5°.
A three-stage spur gear was developed for a stair climber. The stair climber is very easy to attach to standard wheelchairs for transporting wheelchair users weighing up to 160 kg up and down stairs. Since this application demanded extremely smooth operation and high performance, particular attention was paid to the quality of the gear components. For the stair climber manufacturer, the guaranteed quality was the decisive factor that led them to select Framo Morat as the gear unit supplier.
Medical applications make extremely high demands of drive components when it comes to precision, smooth operation and durability. This is also true of the stainless steel worm gear sets, which can be used to adjust all the moving parts of an operating table.
Autonomous mobile disinfection robots consist of a self-driving platform equipped with a UV system. Ultraviolet light is used to disinfect surfaces and kill pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and other types of harmful microorganisms. The user-friendly UV robot reduces operating costs and functions safely and reliably. The robots are equipped with high-precision, ultra-compact wheel hub gears from Framo Morat. When the cleaning staff starts one up, it moves quietly and autonomously from room to room.
In the electric pipette, the metered quantity of liquid is controlled via a miniature bevel gear set paired with a planetary stage. This enables automatic metering of liquids from the hand-held device in the desired quantity. With just the push of a button, it is able to dispense this quantity again. The electric pipette is used in research institutes and laboratories.
Various drive elements ensure reliable, precise metering in mobile infusion machines, for example. We also manufacture various housing parts that are subject to high demands on surface quality and the dimensional accuracy of their exterior contour due to sterility requirements.
Every day, individual parts and drive elements perform vital services for patients in a wide variety of devices and equipment – be it in preventive examinations, operating rooms or rehabilitation clinics.
Framo Morat manufactures complete assemblies for applications such as laboratory pumps, which support precisely metered quantities with smoother operation thanks to especially low backlash gear sets.