Master Thesis at Baxter Luleå - Patient lift leg widening mechanism

This is where you save and sustain lives
Liko AB, a Baxter Company, is a world-leading company which, since the start in 1979, has specialized in developing solutions for simple and safe lifting and transferring of disabled persons. Our specialization and experience have given us a lead in knowledge, technique and methods, which we use every day to create the best solutions for the users of our products. Liko AB develops, manufactures, and markets patient lifts, slings and other accessories. In 2021 Liko AB was the winner of the Swedish Lean price.
Baxter's Products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.
R&D Sustaining's responsibility is to develop and improve our current Liko product portfolio. This means leading various projects with the goals of increasing customer satisfaction, increasing product quality, optimizing product design, and strengthening the competitiveness of our products. The engineers at R&D are a team of experts and support the production, quality department and other functions with their technical expertise and product knowledge.
Purpose
A patient lift such as the Liko Golvo™ patient lift needs to have a leg widening system to be able to fit through door openings but also to be able to straddle around wide objects such as a wheelchair.
The Golvo™ has a parallel moving type of leg widening system that is unique on the market with many benefits.
The drawback with this system is that it does not have capacity to operate up to more than around 70% of the lifting capacity of the lift.
It is a market request for the leg widening system to be able to operate at the same max load as the lift capacity.
Goals
Design and dimension a design concept solution for the leg widening system that can operate at max load with good margin for different floor types
Estimated Duration and compensation
30 hp starting by agreement.
An economic compensation will be handed out after the thesis is complete.
Contact
We’re looking forward for you application.
If you have any questions regarding this Master’s thesis or Liko AB feel free to contact us.
Please send it you application to:
Amanda Karlsson, HR Business Partner
Amanda_karlsson@baxter.com