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Vacuum Technology with Wow Effect - for Automation and Handling
With Schmalz products, you boost your automated processes and relieve your employees of heavy physical work: smart, efficient and sustainable all around.
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Find the right products for your application. Schmalz offers a wide range of products for automation with vacuum. Order them quickly and easily in our Online Shop.
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Products for lifting, moving and clamping with vacuum

Vacuum Technology for Automation
- Wide range of individual components for designing your own vacuum systems. Customized ready-to-connect gripping systems.

Vacuum Technology for Robotics
- Individual and flexible vacuum gripping systems for use on lightweight robots and cobots
- Ready-to-connect sets for robot handling and bin picking

Vacuum Clamping Technology
- Vacuum clamping technology for reliable and distortion-free processing of workpieces in CNC machining centers
- Flexible clamping solutions for wood, metal and glass processing

Manual Handling
- Ergonomic handling technology for manual workflows
- The solutions consist of a vacuum lifter and a matching crane system
- Individual design of the complete system according to ergonomic principles
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Schmalz Energy Storage receives award at the Baden-Württemberg Environmental Technology Prize
The Glatten-based company has been awarded the Baden-Württemberg Environmental Technology Prize in the "Energy Efficiency" category for its highly efficient and scalable redox flow stack. With this solution, Schmalz is bringing the most powerful stack in Europe onto the market.
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Even more flexible: Schmalz expands the range of applications of the VCBL-GL vacuum block
Vacuum specialist Schmalz has further developed the VCBL-GL vacuum block. The new generation impresses with a modular design, an extensive spare parts catalog and a wider range of applications - for more flexibility and lower costs over the entire life cycle.
EOAT is the key to flexible automation
Dr. Maik Fiedler is a member of the company management and head of the Vacuum Automation business unit at Schmalz. In this interview, he explains the strategic importance of End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) for automation and describes how Schmalz designs the connection between robot and workpiece.
Area grippers: pack flexibly, save efficiently
Grip whatever comes your way: Different materials, changing workpieces and increasing cost pressure require systems that can adapt flexibly. With the vacuum area gripping systems FA-X / FA-M, Schmalz is launching two solutions that move parts of all kinds safely and save energy at the same time.
The Schmalz Group - on site for you worldwide!
We combine the internationality of a globally active group of companies with the charm of a medium-sized family business. Schmalz products are used in logistics applications as well as in the automotive industry, the electronics sector or furniture production. The combination of comprehensive consulting, high innovation orientation and first-class quality ensures customers sustainable added value. Intelligent solutions from Schmalz make production and logistics processes more flexible and efficient - and at the same time fit for the advancing digitalization. Schmalz is represented in all important markets with its own locations and trading partners in around 70 countries. The family-owned company employs around 1,800 people at its German headquarters (Glatten, Black Forest) and in 30 other companies worldwide.














