Customized Gripper for Shoe last
Gripper
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- Customer: Footwear Research Institute
- Development Period: Scanning & Design - 3 days, Production - 2 days
- Gripper Weight (incl. suction cup and flange): Upper Portion (67g), Lower Portion (63g), Side Portion (63g) / Based on 240mm Last
- Manufacturing: 3D Printing (High-Strength Composite Material)
- Application: Footwear manufacturing automation system
- Customized and topological optimized grippers considering suction position and angles to handle three-dimensional curved shoe lasts effectively.
- Designed grippers respectively that can suction the upper, lower, and side of the last based on the type of transportation in the automation system.
- Utilized topology optimization to minimize gripper weight.
- Designed built-in vacuum channels within the gripper for convenient use with connecting one-touch fitting and vacuum tubes.