Goudsmit magnets offer a combination of magnetic timing belts, sheet separators and magnetic grippers. With this unit, steel sheets can be quickly and accurately separated, lifted and placed into the press. The timing belt transports sheets into and out of the printing press. This is achieved with an acceleration of 6 m / s2. Optional switchable permanent magnets or electromagnets enable robots to pick up sheets. Goudsmit magnetic grippers, optionally equipped with friction pads, handle sheets without damage and provide sufficient friction when required. To prevent two sheets from being picked up together, the system is equipped with two compact pneumatic switchable sheet separators. The timing belt is suitable for sheet thicknesses of 0.7-2.5 mm.

Goudsmit Magnets:Sheet separator

The newly developed magnetic sheet separator is equipped with extremely powerful neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets and can be switched pneumatically. The switchable thin-sheet separator separates stacked steel sheets, enabling the robot to remove them one at a time from the stack. Without such a separator, oiled sheets stick together, and the robot may occasionally pick up two sheets simultaneously. As a result, sheets may drop or be pressed together, which can cause considerable damage.

Goudsmit Magnets:Magnetic gripper

Magnetic grippers or end-of-arm tools for robots can be equipped with rubber friction linings for picking up or gripping objects such as steel sheets (even perforated sheets) and blanks in robotic applications. Ultra-lightweight magnets can be opened and closed pneumatically. This enables the system to pick up and transport very thin steel sheets one at a time. Rubber pads at the ends prevent damage and slippage of workpieces during vertical pickup. These magnetic grippers replace traditional vacuum grippers, which are prone to failure and wear. Vacuum grippers must also position the suction cups correctly, as they will not grip at all if they are even partially located over holes in the metal sheet. Magnetic grippers with permanent magnets are lightweight, wear-resistant and have a longer service life than vacuum grippers.