GRIPPING DEVICE FOR A HANDLING APPARATUS, HANDLING APPARATUS HAVING THE GRIPPING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR GRIPPING A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF THE GRIPPING DEVICE

摘要

The automated movement of parts, which is necessary, for example, in the processing, sorting, or packaging of parts, always requires that the part is held by an automation apparatus. This problem is solved, according to the invention, by a gripping device (1) for a handling apparatus (2) for gripping a workpiece (9), comprising at least a first and a second gripping field section (3a, b, c, d), wherein the first gripping field section (3a) has a plurality of first gripping segments (4a) and wherein the second gripping field section (3b) has a plurality of second gripping segments (4b), wherein the gripping segments (4a, b, c, d) are arranged in such a way that each can be moved in a movement direction (V) for automatic adaptation to the workpiece (9), and comprising an actuating apparatus (8) for producing a relative motion between the first gripping segments (4a) of the first gripping field section (3a) and the second gripping segments (4b) of the second gripping field section (3b), wherein the movement directions (V) of the gripping segments (4a, b, c, d) of the at least two gripping field sections (3a, b, c, d) are oriented parallel to each other or directed identically and wherein, by means of the relation motion of the gripping field sections (3a, b, c, d), the gripping segments (4a, b, c, d) are brought together in order to fasten the workpiece (9) in a gripping position.