Silicone gripper Soft Gripper from OnRobot

The silicone gripper Soft Gripper from OnRobot can pick up a wide variety of irregular shapes and delicate objects. This makes it ideal for pick-and-place applications. The Soft Gripper is particularly suitable for applications in food and beverage production, manufacturing and packaging. The gripper is available with three interchangeable silicone-coated suction cups. Whether eggs, fruit, bottles or cans – this silicone gripper from OnRobot makes food and beverage automation easier.

Like all OnRobot grippers, the Soft Gripper can be seamlessly integrated into the robot of your choice. The Soft Gripper operates without an external air supply, so there is no additional cost or complexity, and no dust or noise is generated as with conventional grippers.

Seamless integration into the robot of your choice. For example Universal Robots, Nachi, Doosan, Yaskawa, TM Robot, Kawasaki, ABB, Kuka, Hanwha, Fanuc.

Functionality
Due to the simple connection of the grippers and the operation and programming via the dedicated URCap (only applies to Universal Robots), the grippers are ready for use in the shortest possible time.
In addition, the connection time is reduced by the OnRobot quick change system Quick Changer and Dual Quick Changer.

Features of the silicone gripper SoftGripper
The new OnRobot Soft Gripper is available with three interchangeable, silicone-coated suction cups. This makes it suitable for a variety of irregular shapes and delicate objects. It is ideal for pick-and-place applications in food and beverage production. It is also suitable for other “clean” production applications such as cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, as well as for manufacturing or packaging. The Soft Gripper comes with OnRobot’s revolutionary Quick Changer, a base unit and silicone suction cups in star or finger version for more flexibility.

The silicone suction cups of the Soft Gripper are dishwasher safe and comply with FDA 21 CFR (for fat-free food). It also comply to EC 1935/2004 regulation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The maximum payload of 2.2 kg depends on the shape, softness and friction of the objects to be handled. The handle dimensions are between 11 mm and 118 mm depending on the suction cup used.