New practical solutions

Configuration of linear modules

Katja Preydel, 08.05.2024, 13:00

New practical solutions

Two new tools from Schunk enable the validated design and individual configuration of linear modules. The new Schunk Control Center also offers an intuitive user experience.

In future, customers will be able to access comprehensive digital modules with the familiar app functionality and use them easily and flexibly. For example, the parameters of electric grippers, such as gripping force, positions and gripping speeds, can be optimally set for the application before commissioning using the available software. Schunk is also designing new production steps with adapted automation solutions in changing future industries such as e-mobility and electronics. This was demonstrated in Hanover using the example of the new RCG round cell gripper for the flexible handling of battery cells with a diameter of 46 millimetres. The gripper can be expanded as required to form multiple gripping units and, in combination with the dynamic linear direct axes, enables reliable high-speed applications.

"We are convinced that collaboration and openness lead to pioneering innovations that sustainably develop the industry," explains Timo Gessmann. This is why Schunk is involved in partnerships on many levels and pursues an open, user-centered approach. Schunk makes its products accessible as digital twins for plant simulation via platforms such as NVIDIA, the world's leading provider of AI computing. In the innovation ecosystem for artificial intelligence (AI) Ipai, the company is working on new practical solutions with the key technology. Schunk also wants to contribute to the design of a shared digital data space as part of the Manufacturing-X initiative, where experts work together to ensure that the digitalization of industry gains significant momentum in the coming years.

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