News from J.Schmalz
Digital solutions for vacuum technology
With a new bin-picking solution, the use of the digital twin and a software tool for centralized access to IO-Link components, Schmalz offers a number of innovations for the smart factory.
J. Schmalz GmbH has developed a complete solution for the complex task of automated bin picking: it combines grippers optimized for bin picking with a 3D camera system, the control software and suitable accessories for robots. The vacuum is generated by the electric CobotPump ECBPi, for example. Schmalz has designed a new suction gripper for gripping workpieces directly at their corners and edges.
Schmalz has already demonstrated how customers can benefit from digital solutions and services with its engineering tool for the SLG lightweight gripper: Customers can configure their individual gripper themselves via a web platform. Another option is the digital twin - the virtual image of vacuum components. Users can use the detailed CAD model to design their gripper system as early as the design stage.
The topic of increasing efficiency also plays a role in another new development: the Schmalz Connect Suite. The software solution reads service data from components and analyzes it. The system is suitable for both new and old systems and can be operated on the hardware supplied and, in future, on the customer's own servers, edge platforms or from the cloud. With the Schmalz Connect Suite, IO-Link components from different manufacturers can be commissioned, managed, monitored and improved more quickly.
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