Special Grippers

Special grippers can be used for applications in which regular suction cups cannot generate a vacuum. Schmalz offers a variety of special grippers with various shapes, sizes and principles of operation.

Floating Suction Cups

Gripping using the Bernoulli principle
Low-contact handling of thin and sensitive workpieces
Lateral force absorption by elastomer buffers

Magnetic Grippers

Magnetic gripping
Handling of ferromagnetic workpieces

Needle Grippers

Gripping through the insertion of needles
Handling of workpieces that are difficult to grip by vacuum
Handling of porous materials

Wafer Grippers

Grippers for gentle handling of wafers and cells
Integrated vacuum generation
Maximum process reliability

Flow Grippers

Gentle handling of extremely thin plastic films and porous materials
Handling of thin glass, blank and assembled printed circuit boards and dry food products
Integrated vacuum generation

Thin Glass Grippers

Gentle gripping of thinnest glasses
Extremely dynamic and contamination-free handling
Integrated vacuum generation or connection for external vacuum generation

Feed Ejectors

Suction capacity up to 8,640 l/min
Diameter 6 to 75 mm

Vacuum Lifting Cylinders

Body of aluminium with integrated lifting cylinder
Connection thread for vacuum grippers M5 and G1/8"