COVAL is a French manufacturer specialising in industrial vacuum automation and vacuum handling technology for automated machinery and robotic applications. Its portfolio includes vacuum generators, suction cups, vacuum pumps, vacuum switches, gripping systems and accessories for fast, precise handling and positioning of components and materials. By combining pneumatics, modular engineering, energy-efficient control and intelligent monitoring, COVAL helps machine builders reduce compressed-air consumption and improve process reliability. Its solutions are deployed internationally across packaging, automotive, plastics, food processing, logistics, robotics, metalworking and general industrial automation.
COVAL has been committed, for several years now, to improving the energy efficiency of their vacuum pumps. The French manufacturer of components and solutions for vacuum handling offers the Energy Saving App software, accessible online, which allows easy evaluation of energy savings made by an installation equipped with a vacuum pump using the ASC energy saving system.
Collaborative robots, or cobots as they are known in the industry, are developing rapidly, with an annual growth rate of more than 60% from 2017 to 2021* (Source Technavio). To offer solutions to this new market, Coval is launching its EOAT (End Of Arm Tools) range. The CVGC series of carbon vacuum grippers are the first product series to be launched.
Good hygiene is paramount to the food and pharmaceutical industries. Manufacturing must ensure product quality and thus protect the consumer against any risk. Components used near the manufactured products or which come into in direct contact with them must easily cleaned on a very regular basis. COVAL offers a new Wash Down range of suction cups and vacuum pumps that can be exposed to water and humidity and quickly dismounted, while still maintaining a high performance level. They fully meet the strict hygiene requirements of these industries.
“More speed, more flexibility, more performance”, this is what manufacturers are asking of packaging machines. To meet these expectations, COVAL has launched the CVPC series, a range of vacuum cartridges which can be fully integrated into the process for greater efficiency.
The size and weight of the new CVGL vacuum grippers from COVAL make them the lightest and most compact range in the market. The strict regime meets the expectations of manufacturers who rely on vacuum handling technology for their products and packaging.