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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2025
J.schmalz Gmbh, Glatten, DE;
Bernd Heinzmann, Loßburg, DE;
Matthias Frey, Sulz-Dürrenmettstetten, DE;
Martin Stehle, Haigerloch, DE;
Hermann Reinisch, Dornhan, DE;
J. Schmalz GmbH, Glatten, DE;
Abstract
A method for handling a gripping object by a vacuum handling device, comprising a vacuum gripper with a plurality of individually activatable suction points and a vacuum generating device, comprising providing a reference negative pressure value pU, which represents a negative pressure pUthat occurs when a number nof suction points is activated during open suction without a gripping object in a suction flow path, nis less than or equal to the difference between nand n, nrepresents the number of suction points Sused to grip the gripping object through suction, nrepresents the minimum number of suction points required to hold the gripping object securely on the vacuum gripper; activating the suction points Sand applying suction to the gripping object; measuring a negative pressure value pU, which represents a negative pressure that occurs in the suction flow path.