
MATERIAL HANDLED
Heavy cartons of paper (68 pounds) closed by a loose box-top secured with 2 flimsy plastic straps
The Challenge

THE SOLUTION
Paper Carton Vacuum Gripper
Real-World Material Handling
In a perfect world, every carton is perfectly shaped, sealed with hot glue, loaded with lightweight goods, moving evenly down a conveyor to be whisked away by a robot's vacuum gripper. In the real world, boxes may be loaded to maximum capacity and held together with flimsy straps.
High-flow Millibar Vacuum Pumps Power Custom Solution
Millibar Robotics developed a custom solution using Millibar high flow, dirt tolerant vacuum generators driving 10 suction cups on a lightweight carbon fiber frame. This application is for handling boxes filled with reams of paper so not only is the environment dusty from the corrugated but also includes dust from the paper slitting process. This application taps two Millibar strengths: 1) producing high performance venturi vacuum pumps that are compact enough to mount directly to the EOAT, and 2) designing lightweight, high strength, turnkey robot end effectors.
