Automation Canada Quarterly Volume 1 Issue 1 - 13

Simple and flexible gripper for cobots
PR OD UC T NEWS
The versatile gripper SCHUNK Co-act gripper EGH enables a
particularly easy entry into the world of cobots. With a variably
adjustable total stroke of 80 mm, the parallel gripper covers a
particularly wide range of workpieces. For each gripping operation,
the finger position can be individually defined and the gripper status
evaluated via IO-Link.

applications where the human and robot workspaces do not directly
overlap (coexistence).
Typical fields of application include handling and pick & place tasks in
clean or slightly dirty environments, such as in the automotive and
electrical industries as well as in machining plants. The Co-act gripper
EGH comes in size 80 as standard and, with a dead weight of approx.
1 kg, can handle force-fit parts up to 0.5 kg or up to 3 kg with a form
fit. SCHUNK recommends the certified Co-act EGP-C small
components gripper or the powerful Co-act EGL-C long-stroke
gripper for collaboration types where humans and robots work
directly together, such as sequential collaboration, cooperation or
reactive collaboration.

With its freely programmable stroke and rapid commissioning and programming,
the flexible SCHUNK Co-act gripper EGH enables easy entry into the world of
cobots.

Parallel kinematics ensures constant gripping forces over the entire
stroke while no Z compensation is required during programming - a
distinct advantage compared to grippers with scissor kinematics.
The gripper status is indicated via an integrated LED strip light,
enabling smooth interaction between human being and robot.
Starter package for quick and easy entry
The plug & work module is available as a fully pre-assembled starter
package with suitable interface and URCaps plugin for Universal
Robots cobots. Commissioning and programming are easy and
intuitive and take just thirty minutes. The flexible fingers and
changing inserts mean different workpieces and geometries in
particular can be gripped quickly. The Co-act gripper EGH is
particularly suitable for use in cells with a protective fence or for
C A N A D I A N A U TO M AT I O N

With a variably adjustable total stroke of 80 mm, the SCHUNK Co-act gripper EGH
can handle of a wide variety of parts flexibly.

The gripper fingers of the SCHUNK Co-act gripper EGH can be adapted quickly and
easily to different workpieces.

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