Gripper for crankshafts

On a crankshaft production line, a gripper needed to provide feedback about the gripped part when loading and unloading a tooling machine for the purpose of checking for the correct part. The high level of part variance was another challenge.

A standard swivel unit and a standard angular gripper were used for gripping the parts. The type check took place using an analog stroke measurement system that transmitted the exact bearing diameter to the control system.