CKD Corporation

Market context

Robot cells depend on the component layer around the arm: grippers, valves, cylinders, motion axes and process-control hardware. CKD matters as a factory automation supplier with direct end-effector and actuation relevance.

Products

• GCKW 3-Finger Gripper

Facts

• Website: https://www.ckd.co.jp/en/
• HQ: Komaki, Aichi, JP
• Founded: 1943
• Ticker: 6407.T / TSE
• Segment: End Effectors

Factory automation components around the robot arm

CKD supplies industrial automation hardware, including pneumatic equipment, electric actuators, grippers, fluid-control systems and automatic machinery used around robot cells and production lines.

• Target environment: Factories, automation cells, collaborative robot installations, machine-builder programs and production equipment environments.
• Deployment model: Component supply through grippers, actuators, pneumatic and process-control products for automation OEMs and integrators.
• Customer context: Robot OEMs, system integrators, machine builders, factory automation teams and production engineers.
• Workflow context: End-effector selection, part handling, collaborative robot peripherals, pneumatic actuation, electric gripping and machine automation.
• Commercial maturity: Mature industrial supplier with public cobot peripheral certification and broad automation product lines.
• Market position: Component supplier for the surrounding hardware layer of industrial robotics.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on gripper fit, stroke, force, controller compatibility, reliability, regional support and automation-cell requirements.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent to robot arms, cobots, end effectors, pneumatics, industrial machinery, assembly automation and inspection cells.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2020-09-30 - Product Launch - CKD releases grippers for collaborative robots certified by Techman Robot and Omron - CKD released three gripper models for collaborative robots: RLSH-TM, RHLF-TM and RCKL-TM. The grippers were certified for Techman Robot and Omron TM Series collaborative robots with plug-and-play setup. Major applications included machine tending, pick-and-pl…
• 2020-02-26 - Product Launch - CKD releases three UR-certified collaborative robot gripper models - The release covered the RLSH, RHLF, and RCKL gripper series. CKD said the grippers were customized for Universal Robots collaborative robots. The company listed machine tending, pick-and-place, and product assembly as major applications.

Team

• Katsuhito Okuoka - Representative Director, President - His role sits over CKD's automation components, pneumatic systems and robot-compatible gripper business.

Context tags

• Industrial end-effector supplier - Peer Group - CKD grippers are certified as collaborative robot peripherals by Techman Robot and OMRON.
• End-effector supplier - Peer Group - CKD supplies grippers and end-effectors for collaborative robot and industrial automation cells.
• Electric gripper supplier - Peer Group - CKD supplies electric grippers including the GCKW 3-finger gripper family.
• End-effector adjacent hardware - Stack Layer - CKD supplies grippers, pneumatic components and automation hardware used around robot end-effectors.
• Factory Automation Components - Peer Group - CKD supplies pneumatic, fluid-control and automation components around robot cells.
• Cobot end-effector peripherals - Workflow - CKD grippers appear in collaborative robot peripheral programs.
• Industrial gripper builder - Peer Group - CKD has certified gripper products for collaborative robot peripheral programs.

Sources

• https://www.ckd.co.jp/kiki/en/product/detail/1052/GCKW?t=model&w=ppe