The weight of die casting products is reaching values which exceed manual manipulation legal safety limitations. This results in complex product gripping and manipulation. In addition to product weight issue there is also the complexity of product topology, which characterises die cast products. The above mentioned issue was approached by sorting the products into five major groups. Each group was analysed with the objective of finding proper solutions. A detailed work place analysis was conducted, in which basic production steps were defined focusing on the ones that can be influenced. In accordance with the company requirements a morphological matrics of grippers was created based on the physics of gripping. They were evaluated and the best solution was chosen. The chosen physical concept was upgraded with 3 acceptable grippers. They were quantifiably assessed and the highest ranked solution represents an applicable gripping concept for the end product.
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