Lightweight gripper
Individually configurable gripper from the 3D printer
With the SLG, Schmalz has developed a system that can be designed and configured quickly and easily online. Production using 3D printers optimizes the entire manufacturing process. The lightweight gripper is suitable for a wide range of handling tasks.
Automation with batch size 1 is an achievement of digitalization. This presents robot suppliers and users alike with the task of finding gripper solutions for individual handling tasks - in a dynamically changing production environment. J. Schmalz GmbH now offers the new SLG lightweight gripper: Users can configure the system quickly, individually and without prior knowledge online.
Schmalz developed the digital platform for this together with the software company trinckle 3D GmbH from Berlin. The specialist for 3D printing applications provided its cloud technology and expertise in automated design and configuration, while Schmalz provided its expert knowledge of vacuum automation with cobots. The result is an intuitive engineering tool.
Self-configured
At the beginning, the user defines the handling task. In addition to various predefined workpieces, they can upload their own objects - whether cubic, angular or with free-form surfaces. They then start the configuration of the appropriate gripper. The tool guides the user intuitively through the various design steps, allowing them to select the number, diameter and type of suction cups from the Schmalz Select range. The intelligent software takes care of positioning the suction cups; alternatively, the user can determine the position and angle of the suction points themselves.
Finally, the user selects the appropriate flange insert and the desired vacuum generation. Once all components and parameters have been defined, the customer receives a CAD model and a quote for their gripping solution. Additive manufacturing technology is the key to cost-efficient and fast single-part production. It also reduces interfering contours, for example by fully integrating the air duct.
The gripping system can be combined with various vacuum components such as the CobotPump ECBPi or the vacuum switch VSi. In this way, Schmalz can quickly produce particularly light and robust grippers that are designed for the respective application. Adapted to lightweight robots and cobots, the solution can hold loads weighing up to ten kilograms. dsc
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