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Clemson University students design ergonomic o-ring assembly to reduce worker RSI stemming from prolonged repetitive, awkward and forceful movements. Clemson University’s capstone design project provides students with a realistic design experience that allows them to integrate and apply disciplinary material they have learned during their engineering program to synthesize a new product, device or process….

American Grippers Inc is proud to participate in sponsorship opportunities for University students majoring in Robotics and manufacturing. Washington State University Students are working on a self-operated robotic submarine to enter in the International RoboSub Competition in San Diego. The competition, in its 16th year, brings teams from around the world together to compete in…

AGI Pneumatic Angular Grippers 180 degree opening has gripping forces from 20-200 lb. When the jaws are completely opened, the work piece can be placed in a fixture without having to retract the gripper. This saves an extra step as well as the expense of another axis of movement. Saving time in a production line…

Ergonomic O-Ring Installation Devices Save Companies Money AGI, a leading provider of sophisticated pneumatic devices, releases new tools that automate the installation of O-Rings. Used in many products, including tractors, valves, and home appliances, O-Rings are integral to the manufacturing of devices in innumerable industries. Two different devices are now offered to allow the positioning…

Robotic Tool Changers improve production & safety. The AGI robotic tool changer provides the flexibility to automatically change end-effectors or other peripheral tooling. The products are designed to function reliably for millions of cycles at rated load while maintaining extremely high repeatability.                                                                                                                                                 Typically when robotic tool changers are required is when changing multiple end effectors,…

MRO interchangeable pneumatic components are critical to just about every type of manufacturing facility. When large companies decide to discontinue or phase out an old product line it becomes a MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) nightmare to do machine repair and maintenance. AGI has touched upon this subject by making some of these discontinued items the…

AGT heavy duty linear thruster slide series are pneumatically powered by an external air cylinder guided by hardened shafts running on precision ball bearings. This linear thruster offers the highest load-carrying capabilities due to the dual endplate system. This serves two purposes, one the shafts are bolted together with the endplates making it a rigid…

Pneumatic Rotary Actuators offers Flange Stop Design to reduce internal drive component wear of rack and pinion. AGI a leader in motion control technology, introduces the latest technological advancement in pneumatic rotary actuators. The Series AGR Rotary Actuator features extremely ultra thin profile and bearing supported flange provide an extremely compact package for tight space…

How Does Pneumatic Cylinder Actuators work? i.e.: Grippers, Linear Actuators and Rotary Actuators, they convert energy (compressed air or pressurized oil) into linear or rotary motion. Types of pneumatic actuators include: Pneumatic Gripper Rotary Actuators Linear Actuators Robotic Tool Changers Robotic Load Limiter Multi Motion Actuators O-ring Automated Assembly Feed Escapements A pneumatic actuator consists…