Skeans proudly carries Piab as their main supplier of Vacuum & gripping product solutions. Piab has an extremely large variety of Material Handling vacuum products and can offer solutions to destacking layers of sheets, metal stamping, press transfer, glass forming & handling, auto racking, woodworking, wood handling, pump packaging, pick-and-placing, bag opening and sealing, any many more!
Material Handling
Piab Material Handling
Material Handling is a large category for vacuum, a sampling of applications would include palletizing and depalletizing, bag opening, automatic pick and place, glass forming and transfer, metal body assembly, destacking layers of sheets, metal stamping and many many more. Piab's Vacuum Handling solutions page has information on their solutions for these industries along with videos and simulations of their products at work
piLIFT® SMART

piLIFT® SMART is the first vacuum lifter ever that meets the needs of industry 4.0. The usability, flexibility and data management capability put it in a category of its own. Combining the best of vacuum lifting technology with 76% less energy consumption, minimal sound levels and smart data features, the quick and intuitive piLIFT SMART is truly a leap forward. piLIFT® SMART brings the latest technology to enable both operator and operation to obtain live information on performance and status via a web-based platform. The weight of the lifted object will be displayed on the piLIFT® SMART screen which will help the operator to distinguish and identify loads as well as quality assure incoming or outgoing products. No handling device has been more ergonomic, intuitive and easy to learn. Not only is the operator considered, the piLIFT® SMART offers increased benefits of operation. An improvement that will benefit users, operations and environment.
- Safe and intuitive
- Ergonomic
- Smart features
- Low sound levels
- piLIFT® SMART is the very first vacuum lifter for Industry 4.0
- Lifting heavy weights fast
- Save over 70 % in energy
- Increases efficiency
Joulin Material Handling

Joulin designs and manufactures complete vacuum systems for every industry, including timber. See the Joulin site for detailed brochures on handling of cartons, palletizing tins, barrels and buckets, palletizing layers of cans, handling of glass jars, infeed of autoclave and handling building materials.
Packaging
Piab Packaging
Packaging solutions from Piab include applications like handeling of flexible packaging (ie pouches, bags & envelopes), labeling, pick and place, blister pack, case and tray and palletizing. Whether you are trying to fill a bag or move a stack of blister packs, Piab has a solution to improve your efficiency and down time
Process Vacuum
Process Vacuum
Piab offers a number of solutions for you vacuum process needs including leak testing, vacuum forming, evacuation & filling of liquids, vacuum lamination/bagging, vacuum for instrument calibration, vacuum drying, evaporation/crystallization, filtering of liquids, and degassing