SCHUNK combines its sensory and actuator clamping devices for modern automation applications under the term "Electromechanical clamping systems". Relevant process, parameter, diagnostic, and event data can be transmitted in a standardized manner thanks to integrated electronics and IO-Link interface. This enables end-to-end monitoring, ensures maximum transparency, and guarantees reliable sequences. Simultaneously, electromechanical clamping devices offer an energy-efficient alternative to pneumatic and hydraulic solutions, and can directly replace them in numerous applications. SCHUNK's sensory clamping devices are suitable for a gradual phase-in of digitalized manufacturing: They are still pneumatically or hydraulically actuated, but also have a sensor system completely integrated into the clamping device.
