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Piab introduces piSoftgrip 50-2

January 8, 2021 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Piab has once again extended its pi-Softgrip family with a new pinch gripper developed for the automation of the food/chocolate industry. The vacuum-based soft gripper can grip sensitive and lightweight oblong objects with odd geometries and/or objects with an unusual surface. piSoftgrip has two gripping fingers and a sealed vacuum cavity, all made in one […]

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Piab introduces piSoftgrip 50-2

December 3, 2020 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Piab has extended the piSoftgrip family with a new pinch gripper developed for the automation of the food/chocolate industry. The vacuum-based soft gripper can grip sensitive and lightweight oblong objects with odd geometries and/or objects with an unusual surface. piSoftgrip has two gripping fingers and a sealed vacuum cavity, all made in one piece, resulting […]

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Piab extends piSOFTGRIP program with the piSOFTGRIP 30-3

October 8, 2020 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

The vacuum-based soft gripper will grip sensitive and lightweight objects of odd geometries and/or an unusual surface. piSOFTGRIP has three gripping fingers and a sealed vacuum cavity, all made in one piece, resulting in a simple and robust product. The product is not sensitive to dust and the gripping force is easily adjusted and controlled […]

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Pre-engineered robotic carton clamp tool can be used out of the box

October 2, 2020 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

This standard clamp tool is designed to increase efficiency and decrease production time. The carton clamp tool EOAT is pre-engineered and one-of-a-kind in the industry; it’s simple to set up and allows for multiple configurations and accessories. It’s a suitable tool for handling boxes, crates, and trays and has a payload of up to 50 […]

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Bag grippers help keep roads ice-free

January 10, 2020 By Mike Santora Leave a Comment

Piab grippers can move saxks up to 50kg

At the company Sapho GmbH, a company of the Bilgram Chemie Group, the old bag gripper no longer provided the necessary performance. The regions of southern Germany, Austria, and parts of France are supplied by Sapho with de-icing salt from its up to 50,000 tons of salt warehouse, which is partly filled from May to […]

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Robotics is driving a manufacturing revolution

January 10, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Robots of future will cost less, run safer, improve productivity and adapt their operations on the fly. Contributed by Donna Ritson, President, DDR Communications I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, on a research study exploring the state of the robotics industry, its key markets, recent […]

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Piab Kenos KCS gripper

November 7, 2019 By Mike Santora Leave a Comment

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Piab’s Kenos KCS gripper enables a collaborative robot (cobot) that can handle just about anything, anywhere, at any time. This makes it a suitable ”co-working” tool, especially for small businesses, where flexibility is essential. Originally developed together with a leading cobot manufacturer as a tailor-made automation tool for one customer, the resulting vacuum gripper cobot […]

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Getting a grip with pneumatic grippers

October 22, 2019 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

Figure 1. Pneumatic grippers are usually the end effector and must be coordinated with the motion systems on which they are mounted. Image courtesy of AutomationDirect

Pneumatic grippers are a common and useful way for machines to handle product and other items, but they must be properly selected to match the payload. Pat Phillips, PE, Product Manager for AutomationDirect, Fluid Power and Mechanical Product Div. Prior to the industrial revolution, grippers used in manufacturing were human hands and simple implements. Automation […]

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Piab Kenos KCS gripper

August 29, 2019 By Mike Santora Leave a Comment

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Piab’s Kenos KCS gripper enables a collaborative robot (cobot) that can handle just about anything, anywhere, at any time. This makes it a suitable ”co-working” tool, especially for small businesses, where flexibility is essential. Originally developed together with a leading cobot manufacturer as a tailor-made automation tool for one customer, the resulting vacuum gripper cobot […]

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Schunk grippers now will be assembled in USA

July 5, 2019 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Schunk will now be assembling grippers in the United States. The company has completed a 40,000 square foot expansion in Morrisville, N.C. earlier this year, resulting in an additional 19,000 square feet of manufacturing space allowing increased capacity and additional product line assembly. Another 22,000 square feet of additional office and training space completed the expansion. The […]

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