Unique gripping system for framed workpieces
The SWL gripLifter is a unique gripping system for handling workpieces by their frame – specifically for windows, doors and frame constructions. The clamping gripper ensures that sensitive frame surfaces are transported gently.
The Barbaric SWL Grip-Lifter is a special lifter combining vacuum technology with mechanical gripping. It is used where pure vacuum handling reaches its limits — for workpieces with irregular geometry, strongly profiled surfaces or materials that cannot build sufficient vacuum. The vacuum face positions the load; a mechanical underclamp or edge gripper then secures it with a positive-fit hold. This enables reliable lifting of complex parts such as stair treads, frame profiles or pre-assembled furniture components. The SWL Grip-Lifter is available in several load capacity classes and with different gripper geometries. Asamer engineers the Grip-Lifter for joinery shops, stair builders and special applications in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary — including gripper adaptation, safety acceptance and DGUV inspection service.
Stair treads with shaped edges or profiled battens are hard to secure with vacuum alone. The SWL mechanical gripper additionally encloses the edge and prevents slipping even at higher weight or inclined transport angle.
On rough, perforated or heavily textured surfaces, vacuum cannot build safely. The Grip-Lifter compensates via positive-fit mechanical hold and handles workpieces that would otherwise require two workers to move manually.
Choose the SWL Grip-Lifter when your workpieces regularly deviate from the standard vacuum lifter profile — due to geometry, surface or material properties. For classic panel handling, the UWL-3 is sufficient. Before quoting, Asamer clarifies gripper geometry based on your typical parts and recommends the right load capacity class.
Stair treads, milled frames, solid wood beams, heavy worktops with edge profile and pre-assembled furniture bodies. Wherever pure vacuum adhesion is considered unreliable at inclined transport or during acceleration/braking.
Barbaric manufactures the mechanical gripper based on typical part geometries — adjustable clamping ranges for a format range are common, not for one exact size. Asamer takes typical workpiece samples before dimensioning and coordinates the design.
Clamping and releasing the mechanical gripper slightly extends cycle time. For typical quantities in stair or special part production, this is negligible, since parts spend much more time in machining than in transport.