Product novelty 06. November 2023
Recognising, gripping, depositing - Solution Kit from Schmalz automates sheet metal handling
Metalworkers are faced with several challenges: high variance of workpieces with small batch sizes, high cost pressure and a lack of personnel due to strenuous and monotonous activities in sheet metal processing. With the Schmalz ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit, companies can automate the loading of machines - simply, flexibly and economically.
Sheet metal processors and contract manufacturers want to produce efficiently in order to be profitable and ensure their competitiveness. The challenge: high part variance with fluctuating batch sizes. The shortage of labour and rising wage costs exacerbate the situation. The use of robots can provide a remedy here and ensure a sustainable improvement. However, classic robot systems and bin-picking solutions have often failed in the past when it came to flexibility and adaptability.
With their ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit, the vacuum experts from the Black Forest elegantly automate the handling of sheet metal parts, offering sheet metal processing companies the optimum solution quickly and easily. The Solution Kit consists of the latest 3D camera technology, the ivOS vision operating system and the highly flexible FMG matrix gripper. This gripper consists of seven modules, each with twelve suction cups, which are linked to form a flexible area gripper. The 84 individually controllable suction points adapt automatically to the changing workpiece geometries. This offers users maximum flexibility when handling different sheets and gripper changes can be reduced to a minimum.
Sheet metal processors and contract manufacturers want to produce efficiently in order to be profitable and ensure their competitiveness. The challenge: high part variance with fluctuating batch sizes. The shortage of labour and rising wage costs exacerbate the situation. The use of robots can provide a remedy here and ensure a sustainable improvement. However, classic robot systems and bin-picking solutions have often failed in the past when it came to flexibility and adaptability.
With their ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit, the vacuum experts from the Black Forest elegantly automate the handling of sheet metal parts, offering sheet metal processing companies the optimum solution quickly and easily. The Solution Kit consists of the latest 3D camera technology, the ivOS vision operating system and the highly flexible FMG matrix gripper. This gripper consists of seven modules, each with twelve suction cups, which are linked to form a flexible area gripper. The 84 individually controllable suction points adapt automatically to the changing workpiece geometries. This offers users maximum flexibility when handling different sheets and gripper changes can be reduced to a minimum.
J. Schmalz GmbH
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