It's difficult to imagine modern production processes without using vacuum technology for the holding, transporting or handling of goods. How else would it be possible to stack cardboard so quickly and reliably, move glass panels, hold wooden components for milling, or load heavy items such as paper rolls, sacks or even bricks?
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The idea is simple and ingenious. A suction cup, vacuum plate or vacuum table is used to apply suction and hold an object firmly.
This is an extremely effective method for moving, transporting or clamping objects.
In automated production processes such as furniture manufacturing, the component parts are moved by vacuum through the entire production line. The process begins with the delivery of wooden panels that are fed to the initial processing machine by a robot fitted with a vacuum suction device. The panels are held by vacuum and processed on this machine before being transported to the next processing stage by another vacuum gripper. At the end of the production line, a robot automatically stacks the crated furniture items on pallets.
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In printing shops, vacuum is used to transport individual sheets of paper. They are drawn into the printing machine by vacuum, where they are fed through the individual printing stations by rollers using vacuum before being stacked again after printing. The paper is also fed through all the subsequent processing machines using vacuum.
Which Hokaido series are particularly suited for holding and handling goods?
Due to the numerous areas of application and tasks involved in holding and handling goods, the requirements for vacuum generators could hardly be more varied. For instance, dry running and oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pumps from the HKDR-V and RH series, 2HB&4HB side channel regenerative blowers, RC claw vacuum pumps may be suitable.
If the vacuum supply of the operation is centralized, individual vacuum systems may be more appropriate.