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mand is executed and the gripping state changes accordingly. Every command leads to a change of state so
the completion of a command can be identified by waiting for a change of state.
Thus, the gripping state provides a simple opportunity to monitor the gripping process in the controlling
PLC or robot control. After a new gripping command has been issued, you must just wait for the change of
the gripping state to identify the correct or incorrect execution of the command and take the next process
step accordingly.
[Power On]
Activate &
Release
Activate &
Grip
[No part]
Release
Grip
[Part detected]
FAULT
(FAULT = 1)
Deactivate
[Error]
[Part lost]
Release
Deactivate
Grip
[No part]
Activate &
Grip
[Part detected]
NOT INITIALIZED
(all state flags 0)
Homing
Deactivate
Deactivate
RELEASED
(RELEASED = 1)
IDLE
(IDLE = 1)
NO PART
(NO PART = 1)
HOLDING
(HOLDING = 1)
Figure 12: Gripping state
9.6
Parameterizable Grips
Four different grips can be parameterized for the gripping of different parts. The grip is selected via the grip
index, which is transmitted by the cyclic process data, and is performed with the gripping commands GRIP
or RELEASE.
As depicted in Figure 13, for parameterization, a position window must be determined by the RELEASE Lim-
it and NO PART Limit for each grip. The part to be gripped must be within this window. When the base jaws
are blocked within this window during GRIPPING, the gripping module detects a valid grip and changes to