Piab offers an updated Duraflex Friction Cups poster, suitable for wall hanging. The poster shows all available suction cups with part numbers for 10 different types of fittings to suit your machineβs connection.Β There is also a table of lifting forces and measurements to help guide your suction cup selection. This line of suction cups […]
Grippers
AutomationDirect adds NITRA pneumatic rotary actuators, grippers
AutomationDirect’s line of NITRA pneumatics now includes rotary actuators and pneumatic object grippers. NITRA rotary actuators are available in four body sizes with or without shock absorbers. All are double acting and have an adjustable travel range from zero to 190 degrees. Anodized aluminum bodies include integral mounting slots for position switches and a durable […]
MVG modular vacuum gripper series can be configured to applications
The new MVG Modular Vacuum Gripper series by Coval can be configured to beΒ perfectly adapted to every application, with the technical assistance of the Coval team. To obtain thisΒ result, some important developments have been made. The first choice offered to the user is its size. The MVG vacuum gripper series is tailoredΒ to the desired size. […]
ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs system from FIPA creates safe injection molding and cutting solution
When a well-known automotive manufacturer needed its front and rear wheel arches molded by an injection molding specialist, it turned to Proper Polymers,Β a South Carolina-based company that manufactures plastic parts using the injection molding process. The project presented considerable challenges, achieving a viable solution maintaining zero vestige, producing a cutting station that would handle two […]
Vacuum tooling system offers secure global grip in automation
Highly versatile and cost-effective, Piab’s Modular Automation Tooling system PMAT is available across the globe, helping manufacturers to realize secure, flexible and adjustable vacuum gripper/fixture tools for their assembly lines. Machined from high quality anodized aluminum alloy, PMAT is lightweight and easy to assemble on site without welding or special tools. It offers multiple mounting […]
Festo thinks assembly in “Industry 4.0” mode
Adaptability, flexibility and the use of the OPC UA communication standard are some key Industry 4.0 features that are typical of the gripper units used for engine block assembly in the automotive industry. Festo is using these features to respond to the major issues that Industry 4.0 presents, such as the dynamic assembly processes in […]
Cantilevered jaw arrangement avoids interference
The LPG gripper from Fabco-Air handles oversize parts and heavy loads up to 300 lb. This gripper is an adaptation of Fabco-Air’s EZ Series linear slides; its jaws are a pair of tool bars. An integral, double-acting air cylinder drives the shorter jaw bar and inboard pair of guide shafts. A double rack and pinion […]
FIPA creates gripper system for protective film removal for sheet metal handling
FIPA Inc. recently created a custom EOAT solution that facilitates the removal of protective film from sheet metal with a cost- and labor-saving automated process. Developed for Foilpuller GmbH, a stainless steel sheet metal processing company based in Bobingen, Germany, FIPAβs system combines long lifecycle, high holding force vacuum cups with pressure-regulating, air-saving compact ejectors […]
Piab acquires Sweden-based Vaculex
Piab has acquired Sweden based Vaculex, a leading manufacturer of lifting equipment based on vacuum technology. With 30 years of experience, Vaculex designs, manufactures and sells ergonomic lifting systems for various applicationsβe.g. baggage handling, packaging, distribution and logistics. Piab and Vaculex have complementary product offerings and the combination will enable accelerated growth. Both companies have […]
Piab extends line of gripping tools for packaging and palletizing
Piab is extending its program of advanced packaging and palletizing products with the Kenos range of suction pad/foam grippers. The gripping systemsβKenos Vacuum Gripper (KVG), Kenos Sack Gripper (KSG) and Kenos Vacuum Gripper Layer (KVGL) β use Piabβs proprietary and energy efficient multi-stage vacuum ejector technology in combination with specially developed, high quality suction pads/foam […]
