This paper describes the numerical model of a Non-contact Bernoulli gripper which provides the necessary suction force to achieve the non-contact handling. The device works by generating the lift force on basis of Bernoulli principle. The device consists of a cone-mill nozzle through which a highspeed fluid flow between the gripper and the product is allowed to generate the force which lifts the product. A Non-contact Bernoulli gripper with the cone-mill nozzle is taken and modeled numerically. Since, the gap between the gripper and the product is very small, the velocity of the fluid flow will be greater than 100 m/s. When it reaches this velocity or above, the flow is considered to be compressible. Hence the gripper is modeled numerically by considering the viscous terms and the momentum equation is solved. The performance of the gripper is analysed with the the different gap height and the results and conditions are discussed.
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