Auburn Hills, MI, USA (05/11/2021)

Destaco is pleased to announce another advancement in its portfolio of lightweight, high-performance sheet metal grippers that have been designed to improve operations within press shop applications. The new patented 84N5 Series Sheet Metal Gripper expands the number of solutions available in Destaco’s successful high-speed and cost-effective portfolio of 84N Series of grippers. The 84N5 Series grippers are part of Destaco’s Accelerate® Collection, which are designed to help users boost productivity in automotive manufacturing press shop stamping lines.

The true innovation in the 84N5 grippers is their unmatched combination of strength, speed, durability and lightweight materials that delivers high-velocity operation with reduced moment forces to lower system wear. Operating at actuations speeds of 78 milliseconds (ms), twice the speed of competing products, the 84N5 grippers maintain a firm grip force of 1200N at 5 bar (72.5 psi). The precision design produces low wear that increases operational life with minimal field maintenance needed, all while producing more stamped parts per hour. 

“Uptime, faster throughput with reduced maintenance and costs are critical for our customers to stay competitive,” said Gary Labadie, Global Product Director, Grippers for Destaco. “This new gripper product delivers and exceeds on those key application metrics. The result is a universal highly configurable fully adjustable gripper that is more durable, easy to reconfigure, reduces a customer’s on-site inventory requirements and is very cost effective.”

The 84N5 grippers are available in fixed, double-open and 90-degree jaw configurations. The jaws are interchangeable and can be quickly adjusted in the field in 10 minutes or less with a single Allen wrench. The jaws include a visual opening angle indicator and are adjustable at any point within a 15- to 75-degree opening angle. A series of color-coded tips lets the user visually know what sheet metal thickness can be gripped. The 84N5 jaws are universally designed to accept both single- and double-tip designs, which increases overall application flexibility.

Sensing solutions include in-jaw sensing that validates a part is positioned between the jaws. The side-body sensing option includes two sensors that let the user selfdetermine whether single blank, double blank, full open or full close operation is necessary. Because of its compact size, the 84N5 gripper has the versatility to fit into any press shop tooling and mounting configuration. The 84N5 gripper includes a failsafe locking mechanism, preventing part drop in the event the gripper loses air pressure. The parts remain securely gripped, which reduces scrap from an e-stop event.

To learn more about any of Destaco’s high-performance automation, workholding or remote-handling solutions, please call (888) DESTACO (888- 337-8226).