Pneumatic Gripper And Pneumatic Clamp

What’s the pneumatic gripper?

It’s a type of gripper which the jaws or fingers were actuated by the pneumatic cylinder. The cylinder consists of a piston and rod moving inside a closed barrel, designed to move in a straight line to deliver linear motion. And it’s drove by compressed air. The jaws or fingers were assembled on the cylinder piston rod by gear device or the lever structures. When the cylinder rod is pushed to contract or extend, the fingers are opened or clamped to grasp the object.

Where were the pneumatic grippers were used?

Normally were combined with a collaborative industrial robot arm, or mechanical arms to pick up and hold objects and completed the transport task. Most time, it’s the automate key processes, such as inspection, assembly, pick & place and packing finally.

They are positioned at the end of the arm and their abilities allow you to combine the strength of an arm with the dexterity of a hand. This combination opens up a huge range of possibilities for material handling with robots, from stacking large boxes to handling tiny, delicate electronic components.

The Pneumatic gripper is a key component of modern manipulators. The air gripper has the following characteristics.
① All the structures are double acting, which can realize two-way grasping, automatic centering, and high repeat accuracy.
② the holding torque is constant.
③ non-contact detection switches can be installed on both sides of the cylinder.
④ there are various installation and connection methods.

What’s the pneumatic swing clamp?

it provides quick swing-and-clamp movement though a piston cylinder which with a screw rod.  The piston rod is directly processed into a screw, and the piston reciprocates linearly.
These clamps are intended for quick clamping in secondary manufacturing operations on metallic or non-metallic products. These double-acting, pneumatic swing clamps offer a wide combination of features that make them uniquely adaptable to applications such as welding and assembly operations.
Dg-Pnetic offers a wide range of models in a variety of bore sizes and mounting styles. The standard pneumatic swing clamps are non-locking clamps that provide a clamping force in direct proportion to bore size and inlet pressure.