Jumbo: Even more freedom in manual handling

Complex shaped components are not only found in automated production. If, for example, the worker had to handle strongly curved workpieces manually, he lacked a standard option for this despite the versatile gripper selection for the Jumbo tube lifters. Until now, such grippers had to be individually designed as a special solution. J. Schmalz GmbH is now changing this with the Tooling System SXT. Tried and tested as a component for vacuum automation, the modular system now also enables the implementation of complex gripper solutions for standard components on Jumbo tube lifters. By using particularly light and standardized SXT individual components, the user is enabled to move loads ergonomically and comfortably with individual grippers when working with the Jumbo tube lifter.

To ensure that the finished load receptor also fits the JumboFlex or JumboErgo, Schmalz has developed new connection assemblies. The maximum weight of the workpiece so that the SXT gripper can lift it safely is determined by the load capacity of the tube lifter used. In order to adapt the gripper perfectly to the required application, it is assembled directly on the customer's workpiece on site at Schmalz in Glatten. This guarantees an ideal and functionally reliable solution. The Schmalz Tooling System is available immediately for selected variants of the Jumbo series.