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Vacuum Grippers

Founded in 1994, you can rely on 30 years of experience, providing manual handling solutions, including vacuum grippers to businesses across the West Midlands, United Kingdom and the globe. You can benefit from working with a team of expert engineers dedicated to helping you improve the safety and productivity of your business by providing professional advice, innovative design, and premium quality manufacture of your tailored solution

Vacuum Grippers

Founded in 1994, you can rely on almost 30 years of experience, providing manual handling solutions, including vacuum grippers to businesses across the West Midlands, United Kingdom and the globe. You can benefit from working with a team of expert engineers dedicated to helping you improve the safety and productivity of your business by providing professional advice, innovative design, and premium quality manufacture of your tailored solution.

Vacuum Grippers Lifting White Goods

What Are Vacuum Grippers?

Vacuum grippers use a vacuum to grip and lift various load types. They are a simple system comprising a vacuum pump connected by a hose to a suction head and suction foot (known as suction cups or vacuum pads). These are the contacts that hold the load.

When the suction feet touch the load, the airflow is blocked and an airtight seal is formed, causing the vacuum level to increase until the load is secure and can be gripped and lifted confidently and safely throughout the handling process.

Vacuum grippers have multiple suction feet built into a frame. This frame is attached to an industrial manipulator which allows full movement and rotation of the load. They can lift loads from a vertical or horizontal position and can turn or move them to a desired location.

They have become a popular choice for material handling thanks to their ease of use, weightless feel, and as they can be used by a single operator. Vacuum grippers are perfect for lifting large white goods, panels, sheets, or boards, as the multiple contact points provide safe lifting control.

For your tricky lifting and handling application and to find out if a vacuum gripper is the right solution for you, contact us today for a detailed assessment to help you solve your material handling problem.

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Why Are Vacuum Grippers Used?

Vacuum grippers provide fast and smooth operation, making them ideal for repetitive handling tasks. They are an ergonomic handling solution and increase workplace productivity.

Panel, board, & sheet manufacturers often produce products that are very large and cumbersome to lift. They can be easily damaged through manual handling. Material handling equipment that can protect both the worker and the load from damage is an ideal outcome.

They are also a cost-effective solution. Vacuum grippers are low maintenance and, when serviced, downtime and disruption are reduced, which improves production line efficiency.

Handling Concepts' Vacuum Grippers Material Handling Solution

The Benefits Of Using Vacuum Grippers

Vacuum grippers reduce injuries in the workplace and damage to products. They can benefit your workers and business and can help in various ways:

  • Lifting something too heavy for a person to handle manually.
  • Reducing the risk of Musculoskeletal injuries and repetitive strain injury through incorrect manual handling.
  • Avoid employee fatigue.
  • Improving the efficiency of the production line.
  • Reducing the risk of workplace accidents and damage to products


This material handling equipment provides both function and protection for the product and worker.

Vacuum Grippers Full Turnkey Solution with Industrial Manipulator

Handling Concepts' Vacuum Gripper Solution

This vacuum gripper solution can safely lift loads up to 40kg. It was brought in to lift a family of white good cabinets of varying sizes. The task was to lift the cabinets off a conveyer and place them onto another, inside an awaiting cardboard tray.

It is suspended from a balanced arm manipulator which enables vertical and horizontal movement of the load. The vacuum grippers have two fixed suction feet, and another two mounted onto a rail with a centre pivot so that they will always encounter the product no matter what size it is.

Material handling equipment removes the need for workers to manually lift the load, reducing the risk of workplace injuries. It also increases production line efficiency, as the task can be carried out swiftly and easily by a single operator.

The Benefits Of Using Vacuum Grippers

Vacuum grippers reduce injuries in the workplace and damage to products. They can benefit your workers and business and can help in various ways:

  • Lifting something too heavy for a person to handle manually
  • Reducing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries and repetitive strain injury through incorrect manual handling
  • Eliminating employee fatigue from moving items manually
  • Improving the efficiency of the production line
  • Reducing the risk of workplace accidents


This material handling equipment provides both function and protection for the product and worker.

Handling Concepts' Vacuum Gripper Solution

This vacuum gripper solution can safely lift loads up to 40kg. It was brought in to lift a family of white good cabinets of varying sizes. The task was to lift the cabinets off a conveyer and place them onto another, inside an awaiting cardboard tray.

It is suspended from a balanced arm manipulator which enables vertical and horizontal movement of the load. The vacuum grippers have two fixed suction feet, and another two mounted onto a rail with a centre pivot so that they will always encounter the product no matter what size it is.

Material handling equipment removes the need for workers to manually lift the load, reducing the risk of workplace injuries. It also increases production line efficiency, as the task can be carried out swiftly and easily by a single operator.

For advice, design, manufacture, installation, training, and long-term service support, contact us today to find out if a Handling Concepts vacuum gripper is the right material handling solution for you.

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Phone: +44 (0) 1527 570 900

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