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Piab’s light-weight bag gripper, the LBG-50. | Supply: Piab
Piab strengthens its grip on the palletizing options market with a light-weight bag gripper, the LBG-50. The brand new gripper lifts sacks and baggage with weights of as much as 110 lbs (50 kg). As it’s a pre-engineered device, invaluable growth time will be saved.
An unavoidable problem when defining a brand new bag gripping system in a palletizing line is to get the precise measurements to align with the conveyor rollers for a easy lifting and releasing course of. This calls for time-consuming evaluation and design and, afterward, much more time for adaptation and changes.
Moreover, extra options might need to be thought-about, e.g., for slip sheet dealing with, which prolongs the implementation course of and will intervene with the unique set-up and goal of the gripper.
Piab’s new child within the palletizing device household, the light-weight bag gripper LBG-50, goals to unravel all of that.
“LBG-50 is the results of our lengthy expertise from creating customized palletizing Finish-of-Arm-Tooling (EOAT)”, Madeleine Sheikh, Product Supervisor at Piab Vacuum Automation Division, stated. “What we’ve got here’s a full pre-engineered bag gripper that’s simple to put in, modify and preserve. It affords flexibility to suit any curler conveyor in the marketplace, and slip sheets are dealt with simply as simply by our vacuum-based improve choice with Duraflex suction cups and COAX expertise.”
Dealing with sacks usually poses a problem as they’re heavy and versatile, but with a floor that’s delicate to pinching, puncture or tough therapy. LBG-50 avoids that by offering a delicate however agency carry whereas a built-in high clamp plate secures the bag from above throughout movement. This, in flip, permits greater cycle velocity.
Each the arm and the framework of LBG-50 are product of aluminum, which makes it strong but light-weight. Different constructive options are versatile width and finger positioning and beneficiant mounting choices. Flexibility additionally goes for the valve bundle, which will be configured with both Discrete I/O, Ethernet/IP or Profinet.
“LBG-50 will likely be built-to-order in each the EU and the US. We advocate consulting an Utility Engineer to make sure the right gripper choice earlier than buy”, Madeleine Sheikh stated.