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How a box manufacturer tackled labor issues with robotics

February 18, 2022 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Robotiq palletizing application

Box manufacturer Alliora had wanted to add automation to its production lines for a while. Unfortunately, its first experience was difficult.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: Robotiq

OnRobot VGP20 electric vacuum gripper targets heavy-duty palletizing

March 2, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

VGP20

After a busy year product-wise in 2020, OnRobotĀ released its first new end-of-arm tool (EOAT) for 2021. The VGP20 is an electric vacuum gripper that can handle payloads of 20kg (44.09lbs). OnRobot said the VGP20 is “compatible with all leading robot brands” and is designed primarily for heavy-duty palletizing applications, but it can be used for […]

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: OnRobot

Six-packs now within reach of robotic grippers with new Piab vacuum system

October 21, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Six-packs now within reach of robotic grippers with new Piab vacuum system

Grabbing some beer is now possible for packaging and palletizing robots, thanks to a new gripper from Piab. It has designed a vacuum system that can handle six-packs without damaging them.

Filed Under: Design & Development, End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, Manufacturing, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Press Release, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: piab

OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed for picking challenges, food handling

April 7, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed for picking challenges, food handling

The new OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed to work without an external air supply. The end effector comes in three configurations, is FDA-certified, and works with the One System Solution.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, News, Soft Robotics, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: ABB, Hanwha Precision Machinery, OnRobot

piCOBOT vacuum gripper now compatible with more cobots

October 8, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

piCOBOT

piCOBOT, a vacuum-based end-of-arm tool from Piab, is now compatible more collaborative robots and even smaller industrial robots. This is possible thanks to a new generic electrical interface and new mechanical mounting plate options that are in accordance with the ISO 9409-1 standard. piCOBOT was originally certified to work with cobots only from Universal Robots […]

Filed Under: Grippers, News, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: piab, piCOBOT

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