Special Gripping Elements for Handling with Flat Objects

Abstract:

The paper analyses possibilities to use new materials having a high degree of adhesion for designing vacuum gripping elements with a view to increase the radial capacity and at the same time to preserve the compressed air consumption or the vacuum level. Structural modification of the suction cup is presented with a bearing supporting plate having a material with an adhesion layer on the contact boundary and allowing the down-pressure to be regulated depending on mechanical properties of the object kept. In conclusion the results achieved are summarized illustrating a marked increase of the radial load capacity with regard to the defined vacuum level and the degree of shifting in the contact profile compared with the standard suction cups with a similar geometrical diameter in relation to the contact surface.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 282)
• Pages: 27-32
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.282.27
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Marcel Horák, František Novotný
• Keywords: Adhesion, Gripping Element, Handling, Radial Loading, Vacuum

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