Half the air consumption while saving engineering time Background The customer wanted to save energy and be consistent with picking up parts while loading and unloading laser welded blanks (sheet metal blanks). They were looking for a more energy efficient way of robotically handling their welded blanks with better consistency of picking parts. In the past they used a centralized vacuum pump solution that was placed on the shoulder of the robot arms. There were other air-driven competitive units being considered. Solution The energy saving was proven through flow meter and the savings were compared with competitive units and showed better vacuum flow and energy savings with Piab's decentralized pump - the VGSTM3040 with piSAVE onoff and the friction suction cup BFF110P. Result Within a sho

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