VACUUM GRIPPER-AN IMPORTANT MATERIAL HANDLING TOOL

Varieties of robotic grippers are developed with high flexibility and multi-functional approaches. In this paper, the study is an innovative approach of a gripper for handling variable size, shape and weight of unpacked food products i.e. ‘Vacuum Gripper of Robots’ which is working on Bernoulli Principle for generating a high-speed flow between the gripper plate and product surface thereby creating vacuum. Feasibility observations are studied to demonstrate and obtain an overall understanding on the capability and limitations of the vacuum gripper. The main objective of this report is to highlights the importance of vacuum gripper in industrial applications. The end-effectors like vacuum gripper are designed for the specific application. This paper describes a gripping technology and loading approaches. The system comprises of the gripping mechanism itself as well as its supporting environment.