Do you use pneumatics in your industry? When pneumatic system is properly applied, it can be truly valuable for mechanical operations. These systems primarily use gas or pressurized air to move cylinders, motors or other mechanical parts.
Pneumatic gripper
A pneumatic gripper is a pick-and-place device. It utilizes compressed air to operate gripper jaws, also known as fingers. These fingers, appear similar to human fingers and they help in grasping, holding and releasing the work pieces. A pneumatic gripper usually either have two fingers (parallel or angular) or 3 fingers with a single or double acting cylinder for control. These devices are typically used in in automated manufacturing processes to grip a work pieces, which may range from small objects like circuit boards or chips to large objects like an engine block. These grippers are versatile tools used to automate a wide range of tasks, and is popularly used in packaging and palletizing tasks.
Advantages of pneumatic gripper
- Light weight
- Economical
- High gripping force
- Capable to grip variety of work piece configuration
- Adjustable gripping force
Pneumatic Slide Table
Pneumatic slide table make use of gas to power sliding motion platforms for a number of vertical or horizontal uses. These tables are often equipped with speed controls, shock absorbers, and stop blocks for improving position accuracy to make specific table moves and work piece mounting repeatable. They are generally used for automated processes such as tall parts, pick-and-place operations. They make cross cutting easier and safer and are used in industrial, research and development, production, and quality inspection environment. Pneumatic slide table is used for automatically bringing the parts to be assembled under the heated probes and out again into a clear load area.
It makes loading of the part easy, fast, safe and convenient as operator’s hands stay away from the hot probes. It has stops on both the in and out positions. It runs on two, rail and recirculating ball bearing assemblies for smooth, trouble-free operation.
It combines an air cylinder power source with a guide mechanism that supports the workload over a precise linear path. These devices can perform tasks as simple as a pressing operation, or as challenging as multiax is robotics. Today’s equipment designer can choose from a wide array of pneumatic slide table models offered in the marketplace
Pneumatic griper and pneumatic slide table applications are used in to meet diversified industry needs. Pneumatics applications are used in a wide variety of industries, including construction, healthcare, mining, the automotive industry and in all types of assembly and fabrication applications.