Product profile
GEP5000
GEP5000 is Zimmer Group's two-jaw electric parallel gripper for industrial automation. The official series page specifies up to 8 mm stroke per jaw, 980–11...
Facts
- Company
- Zimmer Systems
- Product type
- electric_gripper
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- robotic_manipulation
- Website
- https://www.zimmer-group.com/en/products/components/handling-technology/2-jaw-parallel-grippers/series-gep5000
About GEP5000
GEP5000 is Zimmer Group's two-jaw electric parallel gripper for industrial automation. The official series page specifies up to 8 mm stroke per jaw, 980–1150 N gripping force, IP64 protection and brushless actuation with IO-Link and I/O connectivity.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Parallel electric gripper
Core: Up to 1,150 N gripping force
Function: Performs high-force two-finger gripping in automated industrial workcells
Audience: Robot integrators, manufacturers and automation engineers
Specifications
- actuation
- Brushless motor
- communication
- IO-Link and I/O
- cycle_life
- Up to 30 million cycles
- finger_count
- 2 fingers
- grip_force_n
- 980–1150 N
- jaw_stroke_mm
- Per jaw mm
- protection_rating
- IP64
Operations
- Environment
- industrial_factory, automated_workcell, manufacturing_floor
- Primary user
- robot_integrators, manufacturers, automation_engineers
- Role
- robotic_manipulation, industrial_automation, adaptive_grasping
- Interaction model
- adaptive_grasping, end_effector_integration, force_control
- Mobility class
- robot_mounted_component, end_effector
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- NEURA Robotics and Zimmer Systems enter into strategic partnership — 2026-02-13
- Zimmer Group components enable an automated solar fastener assembly system with robotic handling — 2025-11-03
- Zimmer Group launches a new standard gripper for automated laboratory handling — 2025-07-14
- Zimmer Group and VMECA announce an official partnership — 2025-02-19