Vacuum Gripper for Porous Shoe Midsole
Gripper
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- Customer: Domestic Footwear Research Laboratory
- Development Period: Approx. 3 days
- Gripper Weight (incl. suction cup and flange): Approx. 200g
- Manufacturing: 3D Printing (High-Strength Composite Material)
- Application: Footwear manufacturing automation system
- Designed a lightweight gripper with a straight shape tailored to the midsole's form. The gripper's lower extension bars are designed to be replaceable based on shoe sizes.
- Equipped with individual check valves to securely grip the porous midsole.
- Designed built-in vacuum channels within the gripper for convenient use with connecting one-touch fitting and vacuum tubes.
- Use bellows-type suction cups to accommodate the curved surface of the midsole.