Abstract: The invention provides a suction gripper, the drive means of which consists of a compressed-air source and which is disposed, respectively, that a connectable drive means can consist of a compressed-air source. The suction gripper according to the invention has a central channel in a casing which preferably is arranged along the longitudinal axis of the casing. The central channel has a first opening opened up by a convex surface around the central channel. The central channel adjacent to the convex surface has its smallest cross-section and from this broadens towards the second opening opposite the first opening.