Pneumatic grippers tips

Pneumatic grippers tips on increasing reliability and productivityThe following items are tips on increasing pneumatic gripper reliability:1) Minimize tooling finger length and weight. Longer tooling will deflect as well as put excessive moment torque on bearing, increasing friction and reducing gripping force.2) Build in compliance to reduce stress on the actuator and machine.3) Design in smooth deceleration and acceleration via programming or shock absorbers.4) Design tooling fingers with an encompassing grip for a secure and precise placement of the part.5) Never use WD-40, "Water Displacement, 40th formula." this is a penetrating oil “very low viscosity” and water-displacing spray, it will cause seal and bearing failure.Next we focus on increasing productivity. Below are tips for achieving this:1) Design tooling jaws to limit space between the tooling jaws and work piece; this improves the cycle time of actuation.2) Select the proper material for tooling jaws to prevent deflection; look up the coefficient of friction between the work piece and tooling to prevent slippage.3) Use a lockout regulator to prevent tampering of air pressure and avoid damaging the part being handled.4) Realign the gripper to the work piece after changing venders or molds since the tolerance may be different, causing jams or crashes.5) Use a standard off-the-shelf gripper; custom units will halt production until a new one is manufactured. +American Grippers Inccan help with your pneumatic gripper end effectors by supplying  a complete range of sophisticated automation assembly products that include pneumatic grippers, rotary actuators, thrusters, linear actuator slides, mini slides, robotic tool changers, and overload devices, robotic gripper. All products are available in imperial and metric versions for flexibility of design for a world market. Our company headquarters is located in Trumbull, CT, and all of our parts are made in the USA. Still, our products are available in imperial and metric versions for flexibility of design in our globalized economy. Our products are used in a variety of manufacturing processes, including assembly, packaging, loading and unloading, and part transfer.