New product improves handling of "non-rigid" workpieces such as cardboard boxes, trays, film-packed goods, etc.
For the automated handling of non-rigid workpieces, large-area vacuum grippers equipped with a large number of individual suction pads provide far better results than such grippers equipped with a foam sealing mat.
The vacuum specialists at Schmalz have implemented this principle in a new product.
This new "suction-pad solution" operates far more dynamically, with improved process safety, and offers the users many benefits:
Our highlights – your benefits
Large-area vacuum gripper with individual suction pads
>> Flexible handling of "non-rigid" workpieces such as cardboard boxes, intermediate layers of paper, film-packed goods, trays, etc.
Plug-in suction pads permit fast replacement
>> Very easy installation, low overall height, low weight
Valve technology integrated into the suction pads
>> Cost optimisation
Soft, adaptable sealing lip
>> Good sealing on curved or rough surfaces
Optional foam-rubber ring seal on suction pads
>> Good sealing on very rough surfaces
Applications
Handling of workpieces with variable dimensions and/or undefined positions and of workpieces with holes and apertures
Handling of cardboard boxes, intermediate layers of paper, film-packed goods, trays, etc., particularly in the packaging industry
Fully automatic palletising, commissioning, depalletising and sorting
Construction
Large-area vacuum gripper system FXC-SG with integrated vacuum generator; large-area vacuum gripper system FMC-SG for use with an external vacuum generator
Suitable for many different handling tasks thanks to many different suction pads and two different principles of operation (SVK-W, SW)
Modular design permits the combination of several vacuum gripper systems to form a system solution which is perfectly matched to your requirements
For more information contact Millsom Vacuum Components