Schunk Supports Entry into Partial Automation with Application Kit MTB

Schunk has presented something very interesting, which is why I simply reproduce the press release below. By the way, I am always happy about press releases. When I have little time or little news happens, they are referred to.

Automated machine tool loading

Automated loading and unloading in just a few steps: With the new MTB application kits, SCHUNK provides a convenient introduction to part automation with cobots. The grippers and force clamps included are perfectly adapted for use in machining and can be combined with robot-specific connection kits. This saves time during planning, enables up to 50 percent faster loading and unloading, and improves machine utilization.

Cobots are the perfect helpers when machines need to be loaded and unloaded easily and flexibly in production. They load raw parts and retrieve finished products. In doing so, they relieve employees of monotonous and stressful tasks and free up time for other tasks. But how do you get started with automated application? It's easy with the new MTB application kits from SCHUNK. The automation specialist has developed three sets specifically for this purpose.

Gripping and clamping from a single source

Depending on space and task, the application kits are available with either single or double grippers. Each kit contains one or two universal grippers JGP-P with a blow-off nozzle and a sealed valve box. SCHUNK launched the high-performance 2-finger parallel gripper only at the end of last year. The "double gripper package" ensures maximum productivity: since the two grippers can load and unload the machine in one work step, they save almost 50 percent time. By combining the power clamp and gripper from a single source, commissioning is particularly easy and fast. For this purpose, SCHUNK offers a third application kit for automated stationary workpiece clamping. This includes the compact and low-maintenance PGS3 power clamping block with valve terminal, which can be mounted directly on the machine table via an integrated flange and, like the grippers, can be integrated into the robot controller.

Thanks to the sealed valve box, the user-friendly product kits are ideally suited for use in the harsh environment of a cutting machine. An integrated blow-off nozzle in the gripper packages additionally relieves the employees: It independently removes dirt and chips from the power clamp and workpiece. Manual removal with compressed air is no longer necessary and the clamping points are reliably cleaned for repeatable clamping. The application kits are available for cobots made by OMRON, Universal Robots, TM, Doosan and FANUC. With specific cables, hoses and the like from the respective robot connection packages, users connect the components from SCHUNK to the cobot in just a few steps - and automated machine loading and unloading can begin.

To the photo at the top: With the new MTB application kits, SCHUNK provides a convenient introduction to the partial automation of machine tools with cobots. Image: SCHUNK.

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