SMC MHM Gripper Demonstration

Video Transcription:

Trevor

Hi, welcome to the Scott Equipment Company automation simplified Video Series. Today we are going to be talking about the SMC MHM magnetic gripper.

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Hello, I am Trevor Gan. I am one of the design and application engineers here at Scott Equipment Company. Joining me today is Kevin Berger. He is our Robotics Specialist.

Kevin

Today we are going to go into a brief overview of the SMC MHM magnetic gripper and a short demo of the gripper in operation.

Trevor

Kevin, can you give us a high-level overview of how this gripper works, please?

Kevin

Absolutely Trevor. So, the SMC MHM magnetic gripper use a short body cylinder with a with a magnetic piston capable of handling most ferrous payloads up to about twenty pounds. It comes in three different payload ranges and with an optional cobot mount.

Trevor

Kevin, can you go ahead and tell me about the key features about this SMC magnetic gripper?

Kevin

Absolutely. So, the first thing you see is this SY3 valve which gives you local control the gripper without needing external valve bank. The gripper is controlled by this MA connector, which is standard the most Cobots on the market. The Cobot mount on the bottom works with most Cobots on the market. So, it just mounts up directly. And the rubber ring on the top is just to protect it from damage over time, not to function as a vacuum seal of any kind.

Trevor

Kevin, can you go ahead and show us this demo that you designed for this magnetic gripper?

Kevin

Absolutely just let me mount this up on the robot.

What you see in front of you is a demonstration we designed using the SMC MHM gripper. It is interacting with HIWIN linear rails that we stock at Scott Equipment Company. The rail segments are somewhere between about four pounds and eight pounds each. The demonstration shows that even in various orientations and motions, the MHM will not lose its grip.

SMC built the MHM gripper with a permanent magnet unlike other grippers on the market, which is electromagnets, means that in a power loss situation, it will not lose the component. It also saves on power because it is not always holding a charge on the magnet.

Trevor

Thank you for watching our video on the SMC magnetic gripper. If you would like more information, please see the link in the description below. Thank you for joining me, Kevin. And thank you for watching our Automation Simplified video series.