Gripping technology

IBG developed a special gripper to hold circlips of different diameters. This was integrated into a complete system for automatic circlip assembly.

A retractable negative copy of the pump head was attached to this gripper to accommodate pumps. The pump is held by a robot and a sealing ring is also implemented.

Components of different shapes and dimensions can be taken from a disordered container. The robot was equipped with a special vacuum suction system for this task. He guides the component to a camera, which recognizes the rotational orientation of the face embossing at the head end.

An automated workpiece loading by robot was implemented. The gripper on the robot was specially designed to grip the components. After the process, the robot changes the tool and uses e.g. a deburring tool to further process the parts.

In this project, a system was implemented that cooperates with a camera to record various profiles. In addition to the gripping function, the gripper is also equipped with a vacuum area gripper to separate the profiles from each other.

This gripper is used to grip a motor on the material supply and then transfer it to another workpiece carrier. The robot communicates with the automated transport vehicle on which the carrier is located to ensure the correct pickup position.

The rims are fed to the milling machine by the robot and removed again after completion. The gripper is suitable for wheel diameters of 13" - 22" and a wheel weight of max. 30 kg. It is also equipped with collision protection to prevent damage to the components.

The gripper is used, for example, to lift components that have been heated by pressing out of the mold and cool them down on the way to the next processing station. The handling device is equipped with several suction pads and guides that hold the component in the correct position.

This gripper is a specially developed suction gripper, which is used to remove blank panels from a stack and place them on the cutting table. The circuit boards to be processed are coated and can stick to one another. Due to this fact, the raw blanks are lifted from the material supply with a peeling movement.

A robot equipped with a double gripper head takes a motor from a load carrier. The position of the motor is detected by a camera attached to the pick-up head and the pick-up position is fine-tuned. The robot moves to the next station with the motor in the gripper. Here the robot inserts the motor into the housing and bolts the two together.

Equipped with a combined gripping and welding unit, this robot feeds shafts to the storage area, from which the worker removes them. Cardan shafts for passenger cars are measured in the system in order to determine their original and residual imbalance. Then balancing weights are welded on by the welding unit. Finally, the robot removes the cardan shafts from the clamping fixture and drives to the assembly station for the paint covers.

The cylinder heads to be moved are mounted on standardized adapter plates with defined gripping points. The gripper is used to realize the automatic handling of the components. The components are removed from the feeder and placed on a tray on a turntable. In this aligned position, the components are fed into an automatic washing line.

An industrial robot is equipped with a special gripper that enables truck wheels of different sizes to be picked up in a defined manner. The gripper allows the wheels to be handled precisely during further processing, such as automatic balancing. Furthermore, IBG realizes grippers for the automated handling of complete wheels of all kinds.