Abstract: The invention relates to a valve apparatus (10) for vacuum applications, comprising a valve housing (20) which delimits a valve chamber (22), the valve chamber comprising a vacuum supply opening (28), a suction opening (32), and a ventilation opening (36); comprising a valve body (40) which is arranged in the valve chamber and can be displaced along a switching axis (38) between a suction position and a ventilation position, wherein the valve body in the suction position closes the ventilation opening and in the ventilation position closes the vacuum supply opening; comprising a bistable actuator (50) for driving a displacement movement of the valve body, the actuator comprising an armature (52), connected to the valve body, and an electromagnetic coil (54) for driving a displacement movement of the armature; and comprising a swing check valve (74) for opening and closing the vacuum supply opening (28). The invention also relates to a vacuum handling apparatus (100) comprising a valve apparatus (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a handling device for handling objects, including a base unit which extends overall in an elongate manner along a base axis from a first end to a second end, wherein a flange portion is arranged at the first end for fastening the handling device to a robot arm and wherein a pivot unit having a pivot portion is arranged at the second end, wherein the pivot portion is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis by a pivot joint, wherein the base unit has a pneumatic cylinder which is designed to pivot the pivot portion about the pivot axis, and including a couplable or coupled, pneumatically operated end effector for gripping an object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a handling device for handling objects, including a base unit which extends overall in an elongate manner along a base axis from a first end to a second end, wherein a flange portion is arranged at the first end for fastening the handling device to a robot arm and wherein a pivot unit having a pivot portion is arranged at the second end, wherein the pivot portion is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis by means of a pivot joint, wherein the base unit has a pneumatic cylinder which is designed to pivot the pivot portion about the pivot axis, and including a couplable or coupled, pneumatically operated end effector for gripping an object, wherein the base unit includes an integrated negative-pressure generator and is constructed as a structural unit with its own module housing, wherein the module housing is designed to extend in an elongate manner along the base axis and in particular surrounds the pneumatic cylinder and the negative-pressure generator.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for a tube lifter having a suction grip device arranged on one end of the lifting tube, the operating device having a suction port for fluid communication with the suction grip device, a lifting tube port for fluid communication with the tube interior of the lifting tube, and a valve means for controlling the fluid communications, the valve means comprising a blocking member, a ventilation valve and a control valve, the valve means being designed such that the control valve is adjustable independently of the position of the blocking member and the valve means being designed such that when the ventilation valve is shifted into the ventilation position the blocking member always closes off the flow path between the tube interior and the suction grip device. The invention also relates to a tube lifter comprising an operating device of this kind.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for a tube lifter having a suction grip device arranged on one end of the lifting tube, the operating device having a suction port for fluid communication with the suction grip device, a lifting tube port for fluid communication with the tube interior of the lifting tube, and a valve means for controlling the fluid communications, the valve means comprising a blocking member, a ventilation valve and a control valve, the valve means being designed such that the control valve is adjustable independently of the position of the blocking member and the valve means being designed such that when the ventilation valve is shifted into the ventilation position the blocking member always closes off the flow path between the tube interior and the suction grip device. The invention also relates to a tube lifter comprising an operating device of this kind.

Abstract: The invention involves a vacuum generator apparatus with an electrically driven primary vacuum generator with a suction connection for sucking in a primary suction flow, and with at least one ejector apparatus, which has an inflow opening open to the environment, an outflow opening, and a suction opening that can be streamed through by a suction stream created at the suction opening from the inflow opening to the outflow opening, whereby the suction connection of the electrically driven primary vacuum generator is connected by flow with the outflow opening of the ejector apparatus.

Abstract: The invention involves a vacuum generator apparatus with an electrically driven primary vacuum generator with a suction connection for sucking in a primary suction flow, and with at least one ejector apparatus, which has an inflow opening open to the environment, an outflow opening, and a suction opening that can be streamed through by a suction stream created at the suction opening from the inflow opening to the outflow opening, whereby the suction connection of the electrically driven primary vacuum generator is connected by flow with the outflow opening of the ejector apparatus.