Automate Manual Clamping Technology
Robots automate movements. CLAMPBOOSTER automates the clamping process.
CLAMPBOOSTER automates manual vises – for retrofitting existing CNC machines and for new automation concepts.
Without major machine modifications. Without new clamping tools. Without complex robotics.
Automate Manual Clamping Technology
Robots automate movements. CLAMPBOOSTER automates the clamping process.
CLAMPBOOSTER automates manual vises – for retrofitting existing CNC machines and for new automation concepts.
Without major machine modifications. Without new clamping tools. Without complex robotics.
Automation rarely fails due to the robot.
It fails due to the clamping process.
Robots, CNC machines, and controls are highly advanced today.
In practice, however, automation often ends where manual clamping processes begin.
The Problem
Manual vises are flexible, proven, and universally applicable. However, they are not designed for automation.
The Consequence
Automation concepts become expensive or are not implemented at all – not because of the machine, but because of the clamping technology.
This is precisely where CLAMPBOOSTER comes in.
Not as a replacement for existing and proven clamping tools,
but as technology that makes them automation-capable.
The Solution
The CLAMPBOOSTER closes precisely this gap. As an End-of-Arm-Tool (EOAT) for industrial and collaborative robots (cobots) to automate manual machine vises, it enables the automation of CNC machining centers without converting existing machines to automatic clamping tools.
Automating manual clamping technology – rethought
What is CLAMPBOOSTER?
The robot positions the tool and workpiece – the CLAMPBOOSTER takes over the clamping process. As an End-of-Arm-Tool, the CLAMPBOOSTER automates manual vises. It extends robots and cobots with an intelligent drive, enabling CNC automation without interventions in the machine or replacement of existing clamping tools.
The CLAMPBOOSTER is not classic robot accessory, but intelligent technology to enable automation.
- Software-based adjustable torque (5–100 Nm)
- Reproducible opening paths via defined spindle rotations
- Plausibility check of the workpiece without additional sensors
- Fast commissioning and high scalability
This creates process reliability where it is needed – directly at the clamping operation.
The function of automated clamping of the workpiece in a manual vise is unique in the national and international market. CLAMPBOOSTER is patent protected.
The CLAMPBOOSTER is not limited to one integration form, but is deliberately designed to adapt to different automation concepts.
- Stand-alone operation:
No robot communication necessary – opening, closing, monitoring, and process release are performed autonomously by the CLAMPBOOSTER. - Standard integration:
Digital/analog signals or fieldbus (e.g., Profinet, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT) - Deep system integration:
Integration into existing control cabinet and control concepts
The CLAMPBOOSTER adapts to automation – not the other way around.
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Can your machine be retrofitted from a manual to an automatic vise?
YES
Can you install the supply line and control system? But is the retrofit of your machine also efficient given the high investment, especially since it would result in changing your existing vise system?
By choosing CLAMPBOOSTER, you avoid interfering with your reliably functioning production process. Because you continue to work with your proven manual vise system and benefit from the automated clamping of the workpiece.
NO
Is there no possibility to implement a supply line and control system for an automatic vise?
The CLAMPBOOSTER is the solution! Your CNC machine remains in use unchanged, and you continue to work with your manual vise system. With its unique function of automated clamping of the workpiece by opening and closing the manual vise, the CLAMPBOOSTER takes the final turn towards your fully automated CNC production.
Will you still be able to use your existing manual vises?
YES
You will continue to use your manual vise systems and will not switch to automatically driven vises?
The CLAMPBOOSTER is the solution! You can use the CLAMPBOOSTER without additional training effort and without changes to your usual clamping process. Continue to use your familiar vise systems, your accustomed working environment, and your reliably functioning production process!
And without reprogramming existing production data for new vises, you also don't need to introduce new quality assurance processes.
NO
Can an automatically driven vise be used in your new machine? But why this additional investment and long-term commitment to highly complex systems?
With the CLAMPBOOSTER, you don't even have to change the clamping process of your workpiece and can continue to use your familiar vise systems and production processes while maintaining your accustomed working environment.
Training on a new system is also not required. Your production becomes maximally flexible, and a new, elaborate QA process for component release to your customers is not necessary.
Why CLAMPBOOSTER? The benefits at a glance
- Everything stays the same….
- Your old vises
- Your old vise jaws
- Your old handles
- Your old programming
- Your old QM processes
- and of course your old machine
… and simply gets better!
- Retrofit instead of new investment
- Simple operation instead of complicated programming
- Less complex and thus less fault-prone system
- Only one adjustment instead of multiple interventions in established processes
- Optimization of machine runtime with maximum reliability
- Extension of the service life of existing machines
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The idea, the first draft, the many prototypes, the mature product. Everything down to the last screw comes from us; it is our pride and our passion. The CLAMPBOOSTER is our product. For this, we want doers and go-getters.
Join us – we look forward to hearing from you!