Schmalz Vacuum Grippers, Suction Cups & Vacuum Components
M6 Revolutions supplies and supports Schmalz vacuum automation across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and California.
WHAT THEY MAKE
Flagship Products
- Suction cups (FSGA bellows through flat) → the part that touches your product, matched to its surface
- Vacuum generators and ejectors (including the electric GCPi) → sized to the leak rate, electric where no air line runs
- Compensators, filters and fittings → the wear parts that keep a gripper holding after month three
See Schmalz’s full range of suction cups, vacuum generators, grippers, and lifters at schmalz.com →
WHERE IT FITS
Ideal Applications
The first question with vacuum is not how many cups. It is whether vacuum will hold this part at all, and that depends on the surface far more than the weight.
Suction cups are matched to what they touch: flat for sheet, bellows for bags and uneven surfaces, and cup materials chosen for oil, abrasion, food contact, or ESD. Vacuum generators and ejectors are sized to the part's measured leak rate, and the electric GCPi covers cells with no air line. Area grippers pick whole layers, and tube lifters put vacuum in an operator’s hands.
What makes this specifiable rather than a guess is that Schmalz publishes per-cup holding-force figures and a sizing calculator. The number of cups comes out as arithmetic, and you know before you buy whether the part is holdable at all.
Compensators, filters, and fittings are the wear parts that decide whether the gripper still holds in month three. Send us the part and the cycle and we will calculate the vacuum.
GOES DEEPER
Related Solutions
Have a different gripping challenge, odd geometry or mixed parts? See the gripping page; we match the end effector to your part.
WHY M6
We engineer the cell around the products we supply
A quote from us comes with the engineering around it. We match the right equipment to your application, integrate it, and stay with it through commissioning and beyond. Call 509-310-3584.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Common questions
What areas do you support Schmalz in?
M6 Revolutions sells and supports Schmalz vacuum automation for manufacturers across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and California, and does the sizing that makes vacuum handling reliable.
How many suction cups does my part need?
That's a calculation, and it should never be a guess: part weight, surface, and the cycle's acceleration set the cup count, cup type, and vacuum level. Schmalz publishes per-cup holding-force figures and a sizing calculator, and we run them against your actual part and cycle. Undersized vacuum drops parts; oversized crushes them.
Should I use a vacuum or a mechanical gripper?
Vacuum for flat, smooth, or sealed surfaces: sheet, glass, boxes, molded parts. Mechanical jaws for porous, uneven, or heavy parts a cup can't hold. We carry both technologies, so the answer follows the part surface rather than the product line.
Do you have cups for food contact, ESD, or oily parts?
Yes. Cup compounds are matched to the application: food-contact-rated materials, ESD-safe for electronics, and abrasion- and oil-resistant compounds for stamped and machined parts.
Can I run vacuum without compressed air?
Yes. Schmalz's electric GCPi pump generates vacuum with no compressed-air supply at all, and switchable ejector banks on the FA-X area gripper cut air consumption where you do use ejectors.