Design of vortex jet gripping devices for automatic loading of process equipment

The questions of use of vortex and jet effects for automation of loading of processing equipment are taken up. The designs of gripping devices capable to hold the objects having a flat surface are considered. Deduction happens due to creation of a vacuum in the field of the capture adjoining to the object plane. The structural elements are proposed that allow increasing the area and size of negative pressure, which increases the lifting force. Vortex jet gripping devices are a perspective load facility of the technological equipment owing to profitability, simplicity and other advantages. In this paper, we consider possible design schemes of vortex jet grippers and their effect on the device load capacity and also depending on the design features of the captured objects.