An industrial manipulator is equipment for facilitating handling operations. It can pick up and manipulate heavy loads, enabling the user to carry out fast, convenient and safe handling. Manipulators are efficient and versatile and relieve users during laborious maneuvers such as gripping, lifting, holding and rotating loads.
In order to choose the most suitable industrial manipulator for your application, we recommend that you consider the following criteria:
The weight of the product that your industrial manipulator will have to move
The load is the most important element when making your choice, so refer to the indicative load given by the manufacturer. Some manipulators can lift light loads (a few dozen kilograms), while others can carry larger loads (several hundred kilograms, up to 1.5 tonnes).
The size and shape of the product to be moved
The trajectory of the movement to be performed
What kind of manipulating do you require? Lifting? Rotating? Reversing?
Your manipulator’s working radius
An industrial manipulator is used to move a load. The working radius depends on the dimensions of the manipulator.
Please note: the larger the working radius, the more expensive the manipulator will be.
Your manipulator’s power supply
The power supply of your industrial manipulator will determine its speed, power, accuracy and ergonomics.
You will have to choose between hydraulic, pneumatic, electric and manual.
Your choice of power supply may also be limited by the environment in which your industrial manipulator will be used: if you work in an ATEX environment for example, favor a pneumatic or hydraulic power supply.
The type of gripping device should be adapted to the product to be manipulated
According to the object your industrial manipulator will have to grip and move, you can choose between:
a suction cup
a vacuum lifter
pliers
a hook
un chuck
a magnet
a handling crate
Post time: Jun-27-2024