HEINRICH KIPP WERK has added pneumatic clamping elements to its product range. The products are designed for simple clamping and positioning tasks and prove their worth wherever workpieces need to be quickly and automatically exchanged: e.g. when changing pallets, fixture plates or robotic accessories. Due to the robust design, KIPP clamping elements are suitable for demanding operating conditions in semiconductor manufacturing, food processing and pharmaceutical and cosmetic production environments. The following products are available:
- Two different positioning adapters (single or double-acting) for clamping with pins. They provide a clamping force of 30 or 40 N (at 0.5 MPa). The flanged version has a safety function – an integrated spring engages if the compressed air pressure drops.
- Locating cylinder, which enables clamping via locating bushes. The two available variants differ in the clamping principle: In variant 1 a spring performs the actual clamping operation. The clamping force here is 50 N. Compressed air is used to release the clamp. Variant 2 is not initially in the clamping state. Compressed air provides the locating cylinder with a clamping force of 150 N (at 0.5 MPa).
- Centring clamps for direct workpiece clamping. They permit clamping diameters of 16-20 mm and a holding force of 77 N (at 0.5 MPa).
KIPP clamping elements have stainless steel bodies, hardened pins and bushes and seals made of the elastomer NBR. They have an excellent repetitive accuracy of ca. ± 0.2 mm. The operating pressure is 0.3-0.7 MPa. | 
