A gripping apparatus (and method) comprising a gripper base body and at least two lifting units arranged on the gripper base body, each comprising a lifting piston which is adjustable along a lifting axis between an axially retracted configuration and an axially extended configuration, wherein at least one lifting unit is designed as a gripping unit including a gripper which is coupled in terms of movement to the lifting piston for gripping the item, and wherein at least one lifting unit is designed as a compressing unit including a compressing element which is coupled in terms of movement to the lifting piston for exerting a pressure force on an item held by the gripper.

An electrode supply device includes: an electrode magazine unit in which a plurality of electrodes are stacked; and an electrode pick-up unit configured to pick up an uppermost first electrode among the plurality of electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrode magazine unit and the electrode pick-up unit includes a heating unit configured to heat the first electrode and a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode to expand an air layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.

The disclosed technology relates to a suction apparatus. More specifically, the suction apparatus of the present invention can take out battery cells in a unit of one sheet without damage through a main cam that horizontally reciprocates and a suction unit that moves vertically and horizontally in conjunction with the main cam.

The present invention is to provide an electrode supply device, an electrode assembly manufacturing apparatus using the electrode supply device, an electrode supply method, and an electrode assembly manufacturing method using the electrode supply method.

A system for picking cards and identification for a card game includes a robot arm, a shuffling machine, a front identification module, and a rear identification module. The plate body has a low front plate and a high rear plate. The low front plate is provided with a front suction cup assembly. The high rear plate is provided with a rear suction cup assembly. With the above system, when the front suction cup assembly picks the playing card, the rear suction cup assembly will not touch the shuffling machine. While the playing card sucked by the front suction cup assembly is identified, the rear suction cup assembly picks the playing card. While the playing card sucked by the rear suction cup assembly is identified, the front suction cup assembly picks the playing card. This can reduce procedural actions and speed up game progression.

Disclosed is a lifting device and an electrode sheet transfer apparatus using the same. The lifting device is a device for lifting a sheet-shaped member, and includes a main suction plate configured to make surface contact with a central portion of the sheet-shaped member and adsorb the central portion; a sub suction plate configured to make surface contact with an edge portion of the sheet-shaped member located outside the central portion and adsorb the edge portion; and a lifting unit connected to the main suction plate and the sub suction plate respectively to raise or lower the main suction plate and the sub suction plate, wherein the lifting unit is configured to lift the main suction plate and the sub suction plate when the main suction plate and the sub suction plate adsorb the sheet-shaped member, so that the sub suction plate is raised before the main suction plate.

An electrode supply device, an electrode assembly manufacturing apparatus using the electrode supply device, an electrode supply method, and an electrode assembly manufacturing method using the electrode supply method are described. The electrode supply device includes: an electrode magazine unit in which a plurality of electrodes is stacked; an electrode pickup unit configured to pick up a first electrode among the plurality of electrodes; and an electromagnetic inductor configured to be able to induce an electric field or a magnetic field. One of the plurality of electrodes is separated from the first electrode by an electric field or magnetic field induced by the electromagnetic inductor.

The invention relates to grasping system comprising a grasping head (15) for a sheet transporting device, in particular for transporting an insert sheet to be inserted between rows of folding boxes in a receptacle, the grasping head (15) having at least one support frame (80) and a plurality of aspiration elements (17, 18). The aspiration elements (17, 18) are mounted on holding elements (50) which are received on the support frame (80) so as to be displaceable with respect to the support frame (80).

A material layup apparatus (100) for producing wind turbine blades using fiber plies (31), comprising a first gantry (1) with a transversal beam (11) extending over a mold receiving space (10). The first gantry (1) comprising at least one gripping unit (4a,4b) attached to the transversal beam (11) and being moveable both in the transversal direction (T) and in a vertical direction (V) so as to be lowerable into and retractable from the mold receiving space (10). Further, the material layup apparatus (100) has a second gantry (2) comprising a transversal beam (21) extending over the mold receiving space (10) providing a storage area (24) for a stack (3) of fiber plies (31). The second gantry (2) is adapted to be moveable in the longitudinal direction (L) into a ply-pickup position in that the storage area (24) of the second gantry (2) is arranged under the at least one gripping unit (4a,4b) of the first gantry (1) so that at least one ply (31) of the fiber plies (31) provided on the stack (3) of fiber plies (31) can be picked up by the at least one gripping unit (4a,4b). Thus, a transversal material layup that currently includes many process steps that include manual labor can be automated and by that productivity as well as safety can be increased.

Disclosed is a lifting device and an electrode sheet transfer apparatus using the same. The lifting device is a device for lifting a sheet-shaped member, and includes a main suction plate configured to make surface contact with a central portion of the sheet-shaped member and adsorb the central portion; a sub suction plate configured to make surface contact with an edge portion of the sheet-shaped member located outside the central portion and adsorb the edge portion; and a lifting unit connected to the main suction plate and the sub suction plate respectively to raise or lower the main suction plate and the sub suction plate, wherein the lifting unit is configured to lift the main suction plate and the sub suction plate when the main suction plate and the sub suction plate adsorb the sheet-shaped member, so that the sub suction plate is raised before the main suction plate.