Pick, place, and repeat – over and over, with ultimate precision, lightning speed, and zero mistakes. Pick-and-place systems have become the prevailing solution in manufacturing, packaging, and logistics thanks to their efficient and dependable core components. They ensure the precise, fast, and automated handling and positioning of components, workpieces and products, forming the cornerstones of cutting-edge automation technologies. However, this superior level of precision, dynamics, and reliability is no accident, but primarily the result of the gears used in these systems.

Pick-and-place systems: Precision meets dynamics
Pick-and-place systems require types of gears that are compact, precise, and dynamic and guarantee low maintenance and a long service life. They need to ensure positioning with pinpoint accuracy and must work reliably even under fast movements, high loads, and frequent changes of direction. What is more, they should be capable of supporting high speeds in tight spaces and be insensitive to vibrations, oscillations, and shocks. Equally important are a lightweight, space-saving design, great power density, and easy integration into robotics and handling systems. Moreover, an easy-to-use design that reduces maintenance costs further contributes to reducing total cost of ownership.

Pick-and-place systems – requirements imposed on the gears:

• High positioning accuracy and repeatability
• High speeds and fast accelerations
• Compact design
• High resistance to mechanical stress and environmental influences
• Low weight at high load capacity
• Minimal maintenance
• Low wear
• Long life
• Effortless integration into robot systems and handling technology

These requirements apply in almost all applications where pick-and-place systems need to handle components, products, or packaging in large quantities and with flawless precision.

Efficient solutions for your pick-and-place automation
Whether you operated in electronics manufacturing, in the food and beverage industry, in the automotive and auto supplier industry, in the pharmaceutical industry, in medical and laboratory technology, in logistics, in e-commerce or in the production industry in general: We have the right gear for every pick-and-place application. Our cycloidal gears and strain wave gears satisfy the highest requirements in terms of precision, torque capacity, dynamics, and torque density and are sure to boost the performance of your picker lines. Aside from being used in a large variety of systems, including delta robots, SCARA robots, articulated arm robots, and portal robots and cobots, they are also established in handling technology, such as packaging and picking systems, automatic assembly machines, feed systems, indexing tables, and assembly cells.

Our gears offer you the following advantages:

• Ultimate precision
• High throughput and shortened cycle times for maximized productivity
• High power density for space-saving designs
• Reliable processes with minimal downtime
• High system availability over the entire life cycle
• Low waste and consistently high product quality
• Great flexibility for different products and formats
• Low effort of integration into and adaptation of existing systems

Engineering and service expertise from a single source
Do you wish to fully exploit the potential of your pick-and-place systems and to team up with a partner who understands your requirements and is always there to answer your questions? Then you have come to the right place! We accompany you through all project phases and ensure that your pick-and-place systems will utilise high-performance gear and drive technology in order to work with maximum productivity and economy.

Our assistance with your gear technology needs:

• Application consultation and selection of the type of gear best suited
• Design of the gears according to your specifications and load profiles
• Prototype development
• Customizations and custom modifications
• Life cycle calculations
• Selection of suitable lubricants and lubrication concepts
• Integration into robotics and handling systems
• Updating and retrofitting of existing systems
• Service, maintenance, and spare parts management

Would you like to learn more about the gears we manufacture for pick-and-place systems, or do you have questions related to a specific project?  Do not hesitate to contact our experts.