Pronal palletising gripper tubes

The Pronal palletising gripper tubes range from Air Springs Supply is designed for rapid automated bottling and packaging tasks while also enabling efficient handling of new-generation complexly shaped bottles and flasks.

Made from hot vulcanised elastomer coated fabrics, the grippers are designed to securely grip glass bottles and flasks for palletising and depalletising.

The grippers are compatible with rapid automated bottling and packaging systems. They are able to accommodate minor variations in bottle positioning during rapid movement.

The grippers are typically used in multiple banks of gripping lengths configured to user requirements. Available in standard sizes of 1230 and 1460 mm, special lengths are available on request.

The range of grippers includes different set-ups for different bottle styles to cater to the diverse demands of the food and beverage industry. In addition to the standard ranges, short neck and half inflatable ranges are available. Each range has an optional double feed system or quick-setting nut manufactured from reinforced fabric.

A variety of configurations are available within each of these ranges, including different inflated diameters, height when empty and thickness when empty.

Pronal palletising grippers complement Firestone’s range of AirPicker and AirGripper end-effectors, also available from Air Springs Supply.

These product handling devices incorporate neoprene bladders which inflate gently and evenly to manipulate delicate products or containers as light as 20 g or as heavy as 20 kg.

AirPickers work by being inserted into products while deflated, then inflated outwardly and evenly to hold onto the product’s interior walls. AirGrippers surround a product with a collar from which a rubber sleeve is inflated inwardly to grip the product’s exterior.