SMW-AUTOBLOK will showcase solutions for automating and digitizing industrial processes at this year’s automatica . The group is focusing on end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), significantly increasing its efficiency and safety with a concept combining mechatronic grippers and an inductive coupling system.
From June 24 to 27, 2025, visitors to Munich’s world-leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics can experience SMW solutions for the digital factory at booth A5.327. One of the highlights will be the mechatronic grippers of the MOTIACT series, which SMW will demonstrate in action together with its inductive coupling systems.
MX-U: New size for the MOTIACT mechatronic gripper series.
SMW’s comprehensive portfolio of mechatronic 2-finger parallel grippers was recently expanded to include the MX-U mechatronic universal long-stroke gripper. It features an extra-long stroke of 52.3 mm per jaw and a gripping force of 300 N with a low installation height. This offers a high degree of flexibility for a wide variety of pick & place tasks and expands the spectrum of industrial cobot applications.
The MX-U incorporates the strengths of the MOTIACT gripper: An integrated absolute position measuring system allows its jaw position to be precisely adjusted to the object to be gripped. The gripping force can also be infinitely adjusted. In the event of a power failure, the position measuring system and a motor brake ensure that both the gripping position and the gripping force are maintained 1:1. This means that even with a wide variety of variants, the variables position and force can always be controlled appropriately, leading to greater efficiency and safety in gripping processes.
Inductive coupling systems: More flexibility in EOAT motion sequences
The EOAT concept is completed with the inductive coupling systems from SMW. They enable the contactless transmission of energy and signals between the rotating gripper unit and the stationary unit of the cobot. Eliminating the need for cable connections enables the mechatronic grippers to rotate continuously in both directions, thus increasing the flexibility of the motion sequences in the EOAT. The disc-shaped systems of SMW’s F series are particularly suitable for cobot applications. Furthermore, the inductive coupling systems are also available in cylindrical and cubic shapes, allowing them to be selected to suit the motion requirements of different applications.