The company serves customers in a variety of end markets, including automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear. Built on a legacy of more than 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio for engineering precise motion-control, positioning, and clamping solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers worldwide.
DESTACO’s product family includes industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, End Effectors, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers, CRL Manipulators, and Transfer Ports.
Among the company’s products:
MANUAL, PNEUMATIC & POWER CLAMPING SYSTEMS
DESTACO has provided clamping solutions for welding and assembly applications in the automotive and transportation industries for decades. Today, we continue to leverage our expertise to provide manufacturers with robust clamping solutions developed to match their evolving applications.
Since 1936, when the first manual toggle clamps were designed and manufactured, DESTACO has been a global leader in workholding innovation and technology. DESTACO offers a wide selection of durable clamps including vertical handle clamps, horizontal handle clamps, latch-type clamps, straight-line action clamps, and squeeze-action clamps. Whatever your manual lamping needs are, DESTACO has a solution.
DESTACO’s pneumatic power clamps range from heavy-duty sealed clamps for welding environments to compact, lightweight clamps for various clamping applications. These pneumatic toggle-action clamps deliver exceptional clamping forces and holding capacities—far greater than clamps of similar size. Available pneumatic clamps include: manual power clamps, pneumatic power clamps, toggle-action pneumatic clamps, swing-clamp pneumatics, hook-pin clamps, pivot units, and pin packages. DESTACO pneumatic clamps use air-powered cylinders to actuate the clamping mechanism. They are ideal for rapid clamping in repetitive production operations, yet still portable and cost-effective for short-run jobs with temporary fixtures.
DESTACO’s hydraulic clamping products provide powered clamping solutions where greater clamping forces combined with fast, repeatable, and reliable actuation are required—such as in modern machine shops. We offer a wide range of hydraulic clamping components, power sources, and accessories, suitable for upgrading or installing simple mechanical systems or more complex clamping and positioning applications. Most components are available in single-acting versions to allow the use of our air-oil boosters. These economical power sources provide an affordable way to obtain hydraulic power using your shop’s air supply.
Markets: Automotive Food & Packaging Industrial Aerospace Applications: Assembly & inspection Welding CNC machining
DESTACO offers a wide range of products and solutions, providing gripping-system services to all markets. Our pneumatic and robotic gripping options include stainless-steel grippers for food and beverage, miniature products for pharmaceutical clean rooms, and heavy-duty material-handling solutions for industrial automotive applications. Our gripping products include: Sheet-metal grippers Parallel grippers Electric parallel grippers Bag grippers Pneumatic automation grippers
A pneumatic gripper is a type of pneumatic gripping solution that includes jaws or fingers that hold an object. Grippers operate using compressed air and have the ability to lift, position, hold, and release objects during operation. Features Fail-safe grippers Dual-wedge design key for durable and long-lasting grippers DirectConnect™ feature enables a full multi-axis pick-and-place solution without the need for adapter plates High-precision grippers with low backlash for handling delicate, precise parts with high repeatability Available in a wide range of sizes and configurations
DESTACO’s Robohand electric grippers provide maintenance-free operation, faster setup, lower maintenance costs, and greater reliability compared to traditional pneumatic grippers. Opening and closing of the jaws is controlled by a separate output from a standard industrial controller such as a PLC. They are the industry's most durable and user-friendly electric grippers. Features include: Simple, fast installation with no software required Energy efficiency and reduced operating costs Easier to operate and control than pneumatic grippers Clean-room compatibility Zero maintenance for maximum machine uptime No valves, tubing, compressors, or filters required DirectConnect™ mounting to other DESTACO Robohand rotary/linear products
DESTACO sheet-metal grippers are ideal for robotic part-handling applications. Lightweight for high transfer speeds in stamping applications, and fully enclosed models for harsh welding environments. The internal mechanism prevents accidental opening in case of air loss. All grippers feature lightweight, compact design, modular openings, multiple gripping styles, and multiple contact points.
DESTACO bag grippers provide end-of-line palletizing pick-and-place solutions. The DBG series uses a simple, lightweight, field-adjustable design to offer the fastest and most reliable bag-handling solutions available today. Features: High speed — up to 30 bags per minute with robotic automation Secure handling — fold-lock pneumatic clamp with integrated open/close sensing Additional options include sheet-slip pickup, spring or pneumatic backup, and valve/control packages
Camco offers a range of high-performance rotary positioners for light-to-heavy applications. All series include large thru-holes and zero-backlash mechanisms. Larger units can rotate several tons of automotive body panels in seconds, while smaller servo units index pharmaceuticals or electronics in milliseconds. These servo positioners provide easy multi-axis integration, 60+ cycles per minute, and programmable motion profiles. Products include: Servo positioners Robohand pneumatic rotary positioners Mechanical rotary positioners Overload clutches AC gearmotors
For more than 50 years, Camco products have been the industry standard in high-precision cam-driven motion-control systems. Their rotary indexing tables and servo indexers deliver precise positioning for a wide range of products and components—ideal for both heavy industrial applications (automotive plants) and small-format requirements (pharmaceutical/electronic components).
DESTACO offers a wide variety of rotary actuators: shaft-output or flange-output, high or low precision, for light-to-heavy-duty applications. Units featuring DirectConnect™ allow easy integration without adapter plates.
For applications requiring precise part handling and pick-and-place capabilities, DESTACO’s CAMCO part handlers offer the ideal rotary or linear configuration—whether high speed, high load, or high capacity.
DESTACO’s linear positioning products provide cost-effective solutions tailored to machine builders’ performance and price expectations. We offer dozens of sizes and stroke options, designed to replace competing models directly, with higher performance and lower maintenance. Products include: Robohand thrusters and slides Rite Link conveyors Precision Link conveyors
These conveyors allow automation designers and engineers to plan, price, build, and deliver automation systems quickly. Suitable for products ranging from automotive components to medical devices, they meet the highest demands for precise positioning and indexing.
Robohand linear slides and thrusters handle small-to-large objects in pick-and-place applications, operating in environments from single-axis to complex FEED ESCAPEMENTS
DESTACO Robohand escapements separate components fed from a track or conveyor. The integrated safety mechanism ensures only one finger can retract at a time.
DESTACO offers a full line of robotic end-of-arm tooling (EOAT). For over 30 years, the company has supplied EOAT for nearly every global market segment, providing full design, manufacturing, and assembly services for world-class automation systems. Products include: Vacuum products for EOAT Tool changers Spider-style EOAT Round tooling Lightweight tooling Compliance devices Automotive body-shop EOAT
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