For World Malbec Day we’re highlighting VMECA’s Bottle Gripper. The BOT-Gripper is a pneumatically operated bottle handling solution for transferring glass or PET bottles, take a look…
For World Malbec Day
Its capabilities are not just limited to bottles! VMECA’s Bottle Gripper can also be used to handle cylindrical objects such as machined parts or steel bar ranging from 18mm – 32mm diameter. Also perfect for machine tending applications.
Features and Strengths
Principle of Operation
Once compressed air is supplied to the pick-up head the grip tube is inflated and clamps the product.
When the compressed air supply is stopped, the check valve closes the air-inlet. The rapid outlet is opened and supplied air is vented out, this then releases the product (bottle).
Here are some interesting facts for World Malbec Day…
- 115,993 acres is the surface area planted with Malbec (for vinification) in Argentina, up to 2023, which represents 24.9% of the total cultivated area in the country.
In 2023, 1,212,645 hectoliters of Malbec were exported, equivalent to $410.5 million. The main destination market for Argentine Malbec is the USA, followed by the United Kingdom and Brazil.
VMECA’s comprehensive range of vacuum products are perfect solutions for numerous applications. From pneumatically operated bottle grippers to air-driven vacuum pumps, suction cups and vacuum conveyor systems – ideal solutions for food and drink industries, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
Many of Simmatic’s recently solved challenges are listed on our website’s Blog Page – complete with video demonstrations. You will see red lentils, dog biscuits, fruit, vegetables, bricks and much more handled with success. So, if you’re gripping, moving, holding, pushing, pulling, lifting or lowering Simmatic have the products and the knowledge to deliver your solution.
Ask Simmatic Automation Specialists Ltd about VMECA’s BOT-Gripper, (perfect for World Malbec Day) and challenge us with your difficult to handle products. We can show you how to solve all your industrial vacuum handling applications.
