PIAB Modular Automation Tooling (PMAT)

Piab’s Modular Automation Tooling, also known as PMAT, allows you to construct flexible and adjustable vacuum gripper tools or vacuum fixture tools to meet your needs with minimal design time.

PMAT offers adjustability and also rigidity with the same products. PMAT can be used to design robot end-effector tools, ergonomic tools or fixture tools for use on all types of automation equipment.

The tooling consists of connecting parts for welded frames or extruded profiles and swivel arm assemblies with a choice of various “functional” attachments. Some functional attachments include an ejector that is based on the latest COAX® technology. The ejector unit provides vacuum and also a release function. The ejector can also be equipped with a vacuum check valve and an energy saving unit called Vacustat, under the platform of VGS™3040.

Connections to main frame

These are interface parts for easy attachment to the main welded frame or main extruded profile of the handling/holding device. Durable mounting bars, clamp blocks with tubes and special parts that all will fit to any type of welded frames or extrusions. They form the structure of the PMAT end-effector and interfaces nicely with the ...

Swivel arms & function attachments

The swivel arm offers unlimited positioning possibilities of the suction cup, making it easy to find the right spot on the object to be handled or hold. Functional attachments are decentralized vacuum pumps or vacuum connections for centralized vacuum systems. They come in several different configurations with special features for energy ...

Accessories

Suction cup attachments are parts which make it easier to position the suction cup at the right spot on the object or give precise movement to the cup. These parts should be considered especially for objects with differing geometries.  The ball-joints can, for instance, help to avoid bending stress on the suction cup when lifting ...