PHD

Market context

PHD supplies actuators, grippers, slides and end-of-arm tooling for industrial automation. Its Flexion Pneu-Connect gripper package provides a UR-compatible pneumatic gripper solution for collaborative robot handling tasks.

Facts

• Website: https://www.phdinc.com/
• HQ: Fort Wayne, US
• Founded: 1957
• Segment: End Effectors

Events

• 2018-02-16 - Product Launch - PHD releases Pneu-Connect gripper integration for Universal Robots - The release connected PHD pneumatic grippers directly to UR robot arms. The product included valve hardware and a UR software interface for setup from the cobot teach pendant. The product gives PHD a concrete offering for robot manipulation, haptics or tactil…

Relationships

• Universal Robots - Flexion Pneu Connect Gripper Compatibility - UR Marketplace lists PHD Flexion Pneu-Connect as a pneumatic gripper package for Universal Robots.

Context tags

• Material handling - Workflow - PHD's robotics products or services are relevant to material handling workflows.
• End effector - Stack Layer - PHD's robotics role maps to the end effector stack layer.
• End-effector supplier - Peer Group - PHD belongs in the end-effector supplier peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
• Collaborative factory automation - Workflow - PHD's robotics products or services are relevant to collaborative factory automation workflows.