Previous EOAT designs to handle multiple SKUs

Required multiple individually controlled zones. IO-intensive

Tool to the right has automated adjustment of cup spacing to be able to handle multiple size cases. Heavy, costly, complicated

Newer concept for flexible tooling

Tooling with foam or dense spacing of suction cups. Metered orifices or check-valves at each cup, maintaining performance of covered cups, even with large amount of cups uncovered. No input required to handle different size product or even partial layers.

Less Costly

More Flexible

Able to handle large # of SKUs

Foam or cup tool can handle pallets and slipsheets with no

Versatile Foam Grippers

Handling wide range of products with one simple tool.

Applications• Handling doors of varying sizes and designs• Stacking/Destacking full course of lumber

Foam able to seal over rough surfaces.

Metered orifice or check-valves used to minimize effects of uncovered area.

Schmalz needle gripper series SNG

Applications• Needle gripper for handling of flexible, non-rigid components• Handling of materials which are difficult to grip with vacuum,such as composite textiles, fleece, felt, carpets, metal foam, insulating

Different needle diameters

Synchronized extension of theneedles

Versatile Palletizer/De-Palletizer

Layer gripper for large range of products.

Applications• Depalletizing products coming into distribution centers, to later be singulated and used to build mixed pallets.• Stacking/Destacking full layers of product to build mixed pallets.

Schmalz magnetic gripper series SGMApplications• Magnetic gripper for handling of perforated metal sheets,complex laser-cut workpieces and metal sheets with holes andapertures• Handling of ferromagnetic workpieces

Safe gripping by a permanent magnetBistable design: the magnet settings “grip” and “release” aremaintained in event of power loss

SGM-S with piston control for sensor recognition of piston positionof the magnetic gripper

Schmalz wafer gripper series SWGm

Applications• Wafer gripper for extremely fast and gentle handling of wafersand solar cells in the production processes• Loading and unloading from stacks and conveyor belts• Exact positioning during the visual inspection and position measurement• Fully or partially automated production of PV cells with maximumprocess stability, production line uptime, cell efficiency and lineoutput

High suction rate even forpartial coverage or leakages

Gripper surface made of PEEK for mini mal surface contaminationand reduction of blindspots

Schmalz composite gripper series SCG

Applications• Gripper for handling of composites• Handling of non-rigid and flexible workpieces• Handling of extremely thin, sensitive foils• Handling of blank circuit boards

Suction surface with suctionopenings placed close to eachother Prevents the workpiece from being sucked in or damaged.Integrated vacuum generationHigh suction rate with minimumair consumption