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Vacuum Handling-Joulin (Piab Group)

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JOULIN invented and perfected a suction cup insensitive to porosities in various patents. This product, now known world-wide as a "foam gripper" works according to the physical principles below:

  • Foam grippers operate at a lower pressure, but higher flow than suction cups. The lifting capacity is generated by the larger surface in contact with the products.
  • Suction cups generally require higher vacuum pressure with lower flow.
  • The higher flow allows foam grippers to be less sensitive to contamination, porosity and irregular product geometry, than conventional suction cups.
  • The Advantages

  • A significant air flow rate allows for the compensation of any residual leakage.
  • The foam adapts to irregularities in the thickness and shape of the products.
  • There is no need to change the settings when changing the configuration of the products to be lifted (number, shape, pallet, spacer, ...).

The foam gripper a multi-functional tool without adjustments, replacing several single-function EOATs on the same gripping hand.

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