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    Motorization for automation
    Motorized assistance
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    Industry
    Production cycle optimization.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling equipment allows improving production cycle while preserving the health of operators. Motorize any rolling equipment in industry such as heavy load carriers, industrial hand trucks or special machinery.
    Visuel domaine industry
    Automotive
    Logistics flow optimization.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling equipment allows improving logistics flow while preserving the health of operators. Motorize any rolling equipment in automotive industry such as milk run trolleys, towed trailers or kitting trolleys.
    Visuel domaine automotive
    Food processing
    Handling optimization in harsh environments.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling equipment allows improving inter-units logistics while preserving the health of operators. Motorize any rolling equipment in food processing industry such as pusher/pullers of DIN9797 tanks, stainless steel tanks or drum trolleys.
    Visuel domaine food processing
    Logistics / Retail
    Support the production rate increase.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling engine allows supporting the production rate increase while preserving the health of order picker. Motorize any rolling equipment in logistics and retail sector such as order preparation trolleys, picking trolleys or pusher/puller.
    Visuel domaine logistics retail
    Medical
    Healthcare workers support.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling equipment allows preserving the health of healthcare workers.
    Motorize any rolling equipment in medical sector such as patient transfer, laundry trolleys, pusher/puller, catering trolleys…
    Visuel domaine medical
    Pharmaceutical
    For an efficient and safe manual handling.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling equipment allows preserving the health of pharmaceutical workers and improving productivity. Motorize any rolling equipment operating in pharmaceutical sector such as stainless-steel tanks, picking trolleys, drum trolleys.
    Visuel domaine pharma
    Entertainment
    Clean and quiet mobility solution.
    Adding an electrical motorization on manual handling equipment or vehicle facilitates and optimizes every trips.
    Motorize any rolling equipment in entertainment sector such as stage machinery, food carts, street trolleys, parade floats.
    realisation serie 300I parade float
    Outdoor
    Daily green mobility.
    Adding an electrical motorization on rolling equipment or vehicles facilitates and optimizes every daily trip while preserving environment. Motorize any rolling equipment used in public spaces such as street trolleys, land drone, delivery carts.
    realisation serie 10 agricultural drone
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    Industrial automation
    Autonomous mobile production tools.
    SWD® solutions make all the production equipment of the Factory of the Future mobile and autonomous on the move, regardless of their size and operating cycles.
    ! Automatisation industrielle
    Warehouse Robotisation
    Means for automated logistics.
    SWD® solutions enable the automation of all order picking, Good-to-Man, automated storage or pallet and package conveying applications for the modern logistics warehouse.
    ! Robotisation entrepots
    Industrial transition
    Tools for automated load transfer.
    SWD drives can be adapted to all load transfer axis automation needs in intralogistics, with a minimum of development and integration effort. The certified safety control bricks accelerate the market introduction of innovative solutions that comply with applicable regulations.
    ! Transitique industrielle
    Collaborative Robot
    AGV, AGC and AMR development accelerator.
    The new SWD® technology allows to robotize a rolling machine with only 3 components: two SWD® wheels and a safety scanner. The engineering effort to develop a safety compliant mobile robot is drastically reduced and can cut development costs by a factor of 5, and the absence of bulky components offers complete freedom of robot layout and shape.
    ! Robots collaboratifs
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    SWD® Simplest mobile robot set up ever ez Wheel
    The simplest mobile robot set-up ever
    The SWD® safety wheel drives provide a simple, versatile, and safety-compliant technological brick for system integrators and AGV manufacturers.
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ez-Wheel

An innovative French company
ez-wheel about
ez-Wheel SAS, an IDEC CORPORATION group company, is an innovative technology corporation founded in 2009.

Located in Angoulême (France), ez-Wheel offers a unique range of industrial wheel drive solutions dedicated to handling of heavy loads and intralogistics automation in factories and warehouses.

About IDEC

Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, IDEC Corporation is a global manufacturer known worldwide for over 75 years for its reliable control and automation products.

In Europe IDEC, through its daughter company APEM, has representation in over twenty countries to assist customers with choosing the right switches, relays, power supplies, PLCs, Operator Interfaces, sensors and more.

A leader in the industry, IDEC produces only the highest quality products.

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Technology

ez-Wheel proposes the first electric wheel featuring embedded motor, batteries and electronics, bringing electrical assistance to rolling equipment used indoors and outdoors. Thanks to optimal integration of the motor, batteries, and electronics inside the hub, the wheel can be fixed quickly and easily – a safe, clean and quiet solution.

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Cover
All components of the autonomous wheel are contained in a a robust and totally waterproof cover. The wheel is able to operate in the toughest environments.
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Battery
The energy embedded in the wheel is stored in a cutting-edge Ni-MH battery. Built to last, rock-solid and reliable, this technology is also one of the safest available on the market.
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Motor
The high torque and ultra-compact drive is ensured by a high-tech permanent magnet motor, and a mechanical reducer fully integrated into the wheel’s architecture.
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Electronics
The brain of the wheel is powered by two microcontrollers and two real-time operating systems. It enables wireless communication, battery management and full customization of the wheel’s features.
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HMI
The user interface is extremely simple. It includes the wheel’s recharge connector, a diagnostic button, and lights indicating the wheel, battery level and wireless communication status.

Awards and distinctions

Supply Chain winner
December - 2022
Winner of the "Supply Chain Trophy" - innovative company category
Nuit de la Supply Chain, Paris
Handling Awards winner
October - 2020
« Handling Awards » Winner – Automation category
Motek Fair - Stuttgart
Handling Awards nomination
October - 2014
« Handling Awards » nomination
Motek Fair - Stuttgart
Winner of the Embarqué critique Award
November - 2011
Winner of the « Embarqué critique » Award
Postal Technology International Awards nomination
September - 2011
« Postal Technology International Awards » nomination
Post-Expo Fair trade - Stuttgart
Winner of the Innovation des éco-industries Award
October - 2014
Winner of the « Innovation des éco-industries » Award
Poitou-Charentes
Winner of the Grand Public Transport Mechatronics Award
May - 2010
Winner of the « Grand Public – Transport Mechatronics » Award
European Mechatronics Meeting
Winner of the PME Bougeons nous de RMC / BFMTV Award
October - 2011
Winner of the « PME Bougeons nous de RMC / BFMTV » Award
Winner of the Concours Européen de l'Entreprise Innovante Award
December - 2010
Winner of the « Concours Européen de l'Entreprise Innovante » Award
Winner of the Concours National d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes Award
June - 2010
Winner of the « Concours National d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes » Award
Winner of the Concours National d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes Award
June - 2009
Winner of the « Concours National d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies Innovantes » Award

Research and development

A R&D-driven strategy

The company dedicates most of its resources to Research and Development into innovating methods. The ez-Wheel team’s industrial experience ensures good assessment and management of the risk related to the delivery of innovative products to market. The product’s embedded features correspond to those usually required by professionals in the field and the production process uses controlled and standardized methods.

Implementation promoting the mechatronics innovation

Founded and located in Charente, a strategic location for electric motors and batteries in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ez-Wheel benefits from geographical and economic advantages provided by a number of industrial players and SMEs implanted locally.

The innovative technology of ez-Wheel is the result of recognized expertise and local know-how going back over 50 years.
recherche et developpement stratégie orientée R&D innovation mécatronique

Origin commitment

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Strong industrial partners

The production process is ensured by industrial partners selected on quality, competitiveness and local criteria, monitored by our quality/manufacturing departments and outside organizations.

« Origine France Garantie » labelled products

Since 2012, ez-Wheel has been authorised to use the “ORIGINE FRANCE GARANTIE” quality label on its products.

Delivered by approved organisations (PRO France and Bureau Veritas) this certification is obtained by meeting precise tender specifications that validate the manufacturing origin of products in the French national territory.

Eco-design

Our products have been developed following a life-cycle in which production, use and end-of-life conditions are taken into consideration from the design phase.
A lot of effort is made regarding the choice of components and the integration of mechatronics, with the intention of delivering to market reliable, powerful, sustainable and eco-friendly products, to satisfy your mobility issues.
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