Gripper Components
The most commonly used three types of grippers in industrial applications are mechanical, vacuum, and magnetic grippers. Apart from these devices, there are also some other gripper types available such as adhesive, scoops, hooks, and inflatable bladder.
Mechanical gripper mechanisms
Mechanical grippers and its actuating mechanisms can be classified into several methods. The first method is based on the type of movement. During this arrangement, the opening and closing can be actuated by either pivoting, or linear or translational movement. Pivoting movement:
Vacuum grippers
Vacuum grippers are used for grasping the non – ferrous objects. It uses vacuum cups as the gripping device, which is also commonly known as suction cups. This type of grippers will provide good handling if the objects are smooth, flat, and clean.
Suction cups
In the Pick & Place, all the vacuum exhausters fulfill the same task: Lift up and move parts. To do this, different types of suction cups are used, depending on the shape, size and material of the items to be handled: One suction cup is flat, another with folds, while yet another one is oval or has supporting ribs.
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Magnetic grippers
Magnetic grippers are most commonly used as an end effector for grasping the ferrous materials. It is another type of handling the work parts other than the mechanical grippers and