AUTOMOTIVE
Vacuum Handling Solutions for the Automotive Industry
Automotive manufacturers are faced with fast and far-reaching changes. COVAL has been at their side roviding support to keep pace with these developments or more than three decades.
Beyond mere products, COVAL delivers comprehensive olutions that measure up to these challenges. We ake pride in our ability to analyze, propose, develop, roduce, and support the most suitable solution.
We are your Vacuum Managers in everything that we do every day.
COVAL provides the various players in the automotive industry with an overall vacuum handling approach for all their lifting, moving, placing, and clamping needs for any parts of the car body, glazing, and accessories.
COVAL solutions, such as vacuum pumps and suction cups, can be fitted on robots for presses, welding,assembly, and glass fitting.
The challenges that the automotive industry and its partners raise require technical expertise, know-how, innovation, and dedicated services.
To meet these challenges, COVAL relies on its strengths:
- A sound ability to innovate and deliver
- A team that is fully dedicated to the automotive industry
- A comprehensive range that includes both mechatronics and communication
- Compact vacuum solutions
- Compliance with the most stringent quality standards
- An international presence thanks to our subsidiaries located in all high-potential economic areas
- Solutions that enable great flexibility and modularity in production
- Higher performance characteristics combined with greater compactness
- Solutions that account for developments in materials and machines
- A single contact point for all vacuum handling solutions
Safety, Productivity, and Flexibility at Every Step in Production
Equipment for stamping lines
- GVMAX HD vacuum pumps
- And C-series high-performance suction cups for handling stamped parts
Equipment for body assembly lines
Equipment for final assembly
- LEMAX mini vacuum pump bank on high-speed robot
- GVMAX HD vacuum pumps and VPYR ball joint suction cups for handling of glazed elements
Our solutions
Compact and lightweight vacuum pumps
- Compact and lightweight “all-in-one” solution with integrated control, vacuum regulation, blow-off air, and “part presence” detection functions.
- Vacuum pumps that are able to communicate and fully integrate with the fi eld network without requiring any gateways or other specific interfaces allow the confi guration and vacuum control to be managed from a remote location.
- Air Saving Control (ASC) technology allows for energy savings of up to 90%
- Because they are extremely compact, COVAL vacuum pumps can be installed right next to the suction cups, thus combining energy savings with short response times A clog-free open silencer ensures maximum operational capacity.
High-speed structured suction cups
- Handle thin metal sheets without deforming them
- Ideal for robotic applications
- Slip prevention stops ensure optimal placement of oiled metal sheets
- Broad range of suction cups in various shapes and sizes for a perfect fi t with handled parts
Accessories and complementary products
- COVAL has a wide range of accessories for vacuum networks: extensions, vacuum connections and feeders, vacuum switches, and more
Your Expectations
Solutions that increase your productivity
- Reduce cycle times
- Decrease energy costs
- Minimize maintenance
- Adapt quickly to changing workpieces
- Increase equipment lifetime
- Manage equipment from remote locations
