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

Availability

• As of August 2007