Vacuum area gripping system FM for Handling Wood Boards by Layer

In the wood processing industry wooden boards have to be handled in layers. Up until now, boards were lifted from a stack manually. To make this hard and physically strenuous work easier for the employees, the company decided to buy a large-area gripping system from Schmalz.

The vacuum area gripping system FM can lift wood boards from a stack by layer. Thanks to the sealing foam, varying surface properties do not pose a problem to the area gripping system. The FM area gripping system is most impressive because of its low height and weight, which it achieves by being connected to an external vacuum generator. This generates the vacuum electrically, saving energy and operating costs.