HFT Series Wider Air Gripper

About

About HFT Series Wider Air Gripper

HFT Series is a family of double-acting pneumatic grippers for larger industrial workpieces. Twin pistons increase clamping force, while a rack-and-pinion mechanism synchronises the opening and closing jaws. Five bore sizes—10, 16, 20, 25 and 32 mm—cover a stated gripping-force range from 14 to 228 N under the specified test conditions.

The grippers operate on filtered air at 0.25–0.7 MPa and across −20°C to 70°C. Repeatability is ±0.1 mm, a magnet is included for position sensing, and the bumper-cushioned mechanism is rated for up to 40 cycles per minute on sizes 10–25 or 20 cycles per minute on HFT32. Integrators add application-specific fingers and mount the selected model to a machine or robot arm for pick-and-place, assembly or transfer work.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Robotic grasping
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation, Material handling
  • Operating environments: Industrial automation cells, robot arms, fixture handling and production-line pick/place
  • Target markets: Integrators needing a practical air gripper rather than an electric or dexterous-hand end-effector.
  • Deployment model: Commercial pneumatic gripper for industrial automation cells and robot end-effector integration.
  • Robotic grasping

    Claimed - AirTAC presents HFT for synchronized pneumatic gripping of larger workpieces.

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  • Material handling

    Claimed - AirTAC presents HFT for synchronized pneumatic gripping of larger workpieces.

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Context

Market context

Wide-opening pneumatic gripper for larger industrial workpieces and synchronized jaw motion.

  • Target environment: Industrial automation cells, robot arms, fixture handling and production-line pick/place
  • Workflow context: Pneumatic gripping, workpiece handling and end-effector actuation
  • Customer context: Integrators needing a practical air gripper rather than an electric or dexterous-hand end-effector.
  • Deployment model: Commercial pneumatic gripper for industrial automation cells and robot end-effector integration.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product page with public feature-level specifications; model-level force/stroke values should be checked in the full AirTAC catalog.
  • Adoption constraints: Requires pneumatic supply, valve/control integration, mechanical sizing and workpiece-specific grip-force validation.
  • Adjacent products: Robotiq 3-Finger Adaptive Gripper, CKD GCKW 3-Finger Gripper, Unitree Dex1-1, suction gripper families

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