
Customized gripper at the click of a mouse
With the SLG, Schmalz has developed a lightweight gripper that can be designed and configured quickly and easily online. Production using 3D printers optimizes the manufacturing process.
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With the SLG, Schmalz has developed a lightweight gripper that can be designed and configured quickly and easily online. Production using 3D printers optimizes the manufacturing process.

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IEF-Werner no longer only offers its palletizing systems as belt loaders. The automation specialist from the Black Forest is now also designing its systems for use with floor rollers.
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Industry 4.0 is the hot topic of the moment. For small and medium-sized companies and contract manufacturers, it holds great potential for increasing production efficiency step by step. The focus here is on efficient and user-specific automation solutions.

The flexible Schunk EGH co-act gripper promises an easy entry into the world of cobots. With a variably adjustable total stroke of 80 mm, the parallel gripper covers a wide range of workpieces.

Industrial production will change towards intelligent processes, says Henrik A. Schunk. The component landscape will change accordingly and grippers will have to become flexible and smart.

By optimizing the shape of the housing and taking design measures, SMC has succeeded in reducing the weight of the pneumatic parallel grippers in the MHL2 series by up to ten percent. At the same time, strokes of up to 120 millimetres are possible.

CoreTigo has introduced a scalable IO-Link wireless platform with low latency.

With the SLG, Schmalz has developed a system for various handling tasks that users can configure individually online without any prior knowledge. Schmalz developed the digital platform for this together with the software company Trinckle 3D from Berlin.