The JumboFlex lifting aid streamlines order picking at Sunrise

Handling Vacuum Instead of Muscle Power

2026-09-30 A guest post by Timo Gans, Head of Corporate Communications, J. Schmalz GmbH | Translated by AI 4 min Reading Time

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Sunrise Medical not only manufactures medical devices but also ensures a healthy work environment in its own operations. The JumboFlex lifting aid takes the strain off your back and makes your shift easier.

Thanks to JumboFlex Generation 2, employees can effortlessly move wheelchairs weighing as much as 40 kilograms.(Image: Lard) — Thanks to JumboFlex Generation 2, employees can effortlessly move wheelchairs weighing as much as 40 kilograms.
(Image: Lard)

In Sunrise Medical’s shipping warehouse, employees effortlessly pack wheelchairs and batteries into boxes and stack the boxes on pallets. What sounds like a simple task was, until recently, hard physical labor. Julian Wiegand, a team leader in production, recalls: “In the past, our order pickers had to laboriously lift the products into the boxes by hand. That was very physically demanding for them.”

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