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Primary and secondary shaft handling gripper

Mechanical gripper developed to grip, hold and transfer primary and secondary shafts, with CAD design, FEA substantiation and functional validation.

DisciplineHandling · Mechanical gripping · SWL 10 kg
Documented scope3 project stages
Primary and secondary shaft handling gripper — FORGIA industrial project
01 — Project journey

From requirement to industrial reality.

A documented view of the decisive engineering, manufacturing and validation steps.

  1. 01Étude fonctionnelle & CAO 3D
  2. 02FEA calculations & mechanical validation
  3. 03Manufacturing, assembly & functional testing
Stage 01

Étude fonctionnelle & CAO 3D

Gripper design, including the gripping surfaces, guidance, clamping mechanism and interfaces required to hold the shaft during transfer.

Primary and secondary shaft handling gripper — Étude fonctionnelle & CAO 3D
Stage 02

FEA calculations & mechanical validation

ANSYS 2019 R3 · Definition of constraints and loads, mesh review, equivalent-stress analysis and verification of gripper displacements under load.

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Stage 03

Manufacturing, assembly & functional testing

Gripper manufacturing and assembly, mechanism adjustment, then gripping trials on a representative shaft to validate holding, stability and mechanical operation for a 10 kg SWL.

Primary and secondary shaft handling gripper — Manufacturing, assembly & functional testing
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