Making access as easy as possible

Responsibility and technological progress go hand in hand - in the form of resource-saving and efficient processes in a healthy working environment. At Hannover Messe 2024, Schunk will be showcasing automated solutions that pave the way for this transformation.

"Automation is the key to shaping a healthy, efficient and responsible industry," emphasizes Timo Gessmann, CTO of Schunk. To this end, the technology company is focusing on two key topics this year: "The Healthy Factory" and "Innovation through Collaboration". The aim is to design a healthy and economically successful production process for people and the environment. Innovative automation and digitalization modules play a central role in this, which Schunk aims to promote through the expansion of its expert network and an open culture of exchange. Automation helps to close skills gaps and produce more efficiently. It helps to respond flexibly to changing production landscapes.

In order to make access to automation as easy as possible, Schunk is making its expertise available via user-friendly digital services, among other things. At the trade fair stand, the company will be demonstrating how industrial processes from loading and unloading to machining can be designed from a single source in an energy-saving, safe and flexible manner: with tailor-made applications from clamping technology, gripping technology and automation technology. New electric gripper series such as EGU and EGK enable safe handling processes in varied production environments with individual parameterization and different gripping modes. They are based on a standardized, user-friendly functional concept. This also characterizes the 2D Grasping Kit. The application kit consists of an application-specific gripper such as the EGU, a camera system and an industrial PC with Schunk's own AI software. The kit was developed for a quick introduction to the autonomous handling of non-position-oriented objects.

Hanover Fair: Hall 6, Stand A26

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