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Vacuum Knowledge
The Vacuum System and its Components
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Vacuum Knowledge

Vacuum Suction Cups

Special Grippers

Vacuum Grip- ping Systems

Mounting Elements

Special grippers are used in applications in which regular suction cups cannot be used. Special grippers are used to handle wafers,
films, paper, fragile workpieces or textile fiber composites. They serve as a connection element between the workpiece and the
Vacuum Generators
handling system just like the suction cup.
Schmalz separates special grippers into the following series:
• Floating suction cups • Wafer grippers
• Magnetic grippers • Composite grippers
• Needle grippers • Thin glass grippers Technology
Valve

Switches and Monitoring

Floating Suction Cups

Floating suction cups are pneumatically operated special grippers with integrated vacuum generation. They operate on the Bernoulli
principle and work as a low-contact system. The workpiece “floats” on an air cushion at the gripper surface. This makes the floating
suction cup ideally suited for the handling of very sensitive Filters and Connections
products. The high volume flow can compensate for leakage,
when handling porous workpieces.

Advantages of floating suction cups: Services
• Low-contact handling
• High volume flow
• Safe separation of thin, porous workpieces
• Integrated vacuum generation
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Typical areas of application:
• Handling of fiber composites, paper, film, wood veneer, printed
circuit boards, wafers and solar cells
Index of Products
• Separation of thin, porous workpieces Produktindex Produktindex Produktindex

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